RE: Overclocking your PC, how does it work?

Just FYI, if you have a Ruzen 5950X, which is marketed to overclockers, it's best gaming performance is realized when using the Percision Boost Overdrive Feature.

You can set an optimizer curve in the bios, that will allow for the ZEN architecture to take full advantage of its design that prioritizes 2 specific Cores on each chip. The Cores are easy to identify with PBO on because they will always be the highest and second highest frequency.

Overclocking all Cores will not allow for you to reach 5ghz, that is only attainable with the 2 best Cores in PBO.