Formula series

• Round 1 runs from August 26th to September 26th
• Round 2 runs from October 28th to November 28th

• No extreme cooling (temp >30°C) allowed. For XTU load temp must be higher than 60°C
• Only Rookie, Novice and Enthusiast leagues are eligible

General Competition Rules

• Only one HWBOT account per overclocker is allowed.
• HWBOT and ASUS reserve the right to reject any entry.
• Employees of MB/VGA/MEM/CPU/PSU manufacturers are not allowed.
• No hardware sharing is allowed (cf HWBOT 3.2.E)
• It is not allowed to remove submissions from the competition.
• After the end of the competition no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed. Plan your submission ahead!
• Unfair play may lead to disqualification
• Examples of unacceptable behavior:
  • Changing League before/during the competition for strategic purposes
  • Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking
  • Deliberately forget/make a mistake in the submission process and ask later for change
• In case of a tie, the fastest GPUPI for CPU 1B score will be the deciding benchmark

Hardware

• Must use ASUS motherboard (Intel or AMD)
• Must use commercially / retail available components at the beginning of the competition (no server).
• We reserve the right to ban specific products
• No limitation for graphics card

Submission

• All submissions screenshot must include the official wallpaper of the round (download), except XTU
• Submissions must include a picture of the rig (MB, VGA, memory, CPU cooler) during use, except XTU.

Points

• Stage 1: 5-4-3-2-1
• Stage 2: 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Stage 3: 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Additional Points

• On September 5 at 12pm (GMT+8), +1 point will be rewarded for the Top-10 overall ranking of the Round
• On September 14 at 12pm (GMT+8), +1 point will be rewarded for the Top-10 overall ranking of the Round
• At the end of Round 2, the overclocker with the maximum unique submission views will be awarded of +2 points
• At the end of Round 2, complete all stages of round 1 +3 points and complete all stages of round 2 +3 points

Benchmarks

• Stage 1: XTU
  • Score will be divided by the number of CPU cores
  • No screenshot required
  Score = XTU score / (default) CPU cores
• Stage 2: GPUPI 1B for CPU
  • Maximum 6 threads may be enabled
  • The best score win the stage
  • Screenshot
• Stage 3: X265
  • Score will be divided by the number of CPU cores
  • Screenshot