General Rules

• Participants from Elite, Extreme and Apprentice League only
• Participants must use retail Intel Pentium Gold Processors.
• All participants must use commercially available components and Software (Engineering Samples are not allowed).
• Hardware sharing is not allowed.
• All submissions must include the official Intel Pentium Gold competition desktop wallpaper, available here:
• All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, MEM, CPU cooler type clearly visible).
  
  
• After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
• We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and Intel reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples of unacceptable behavior: Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change. Cheating on cooling method or Software hacking
• HWBOT and Intel reserve the right to reject any entry.
• HWBOT and Intel have the right to ask for video proof if needed.

Hardware

• Must use commercially / retail available components. No ES samples.
• Participants must use the same CPU/motherboard combo for all stages
• No cooler limitation

Software

• No Windows 11 versions allowed.
• CPUZ 2.0.1 or newer version only.

Stage 1: Cinebench R20

• Use CB R20 latest version
• Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Stage 2: HWBot X265 1080P

• Use HWBot X265 V2.3
• Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Stage 3: Superpi 32M

• Use Superpi 32M Mod 1.5XS
• Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Final Notes

• In case of a tie, Stage 3 score is the tie breaker.

Points per Stage

50-48-46-44-42-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1