ROG OC Showdown Formula Series Round 1

ASUS Republic of Gamers is launching ROG OC Showdown 2015, a global online overclocking competition that invites both enthusiast and amateur overclocks to compete for kudos and great prizes!

ROG OC Showdown 2015 Formula Series is made for the enthusiast overclockers that use air and water cooling to run their system. Formula Series Round 1 runs from March 6 through April 6, 2015. You’ll need an ASUS/ROG/TUF Z87 or Z97 motherboard (and ASUS/ROG/TUF graphics card, for 3D benchmarks) to participate to this competition.

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03.06.2015 12:00 +0000
04.06.2015 12:00 +0000

Participate

  • This competition is closed. You can no longer join
  • ROG OC Showdown Formula Series Round 1 is closed since 6 April 2015
  • This competition is between members

Stages

Formula series

  • No extreme cooling (<20°C) allowed.
  • Only Rookie, Novice and Enthusiast leagues are eligible
  • Overclockers that participated in offline international competitions are not eligible.



General Competition Rules

  • Only one HWBOT account per overclocker is allowed.
  • Can’t change series from one Round to the other.
  • HWBOT and ASUS reserve the right to reject any entry.
  • Employees of MB/VGA/Memory/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!
  • All submissions screenshot must include the official wallpaper of the round (download)
  • All submissions must include a picture of the rig (MB, VGA, memory, CPU cooler during use).
  • No limitation in the number of submissions per benchmark.
  • Participants must submit to all the stages to participate to the lucky draw.
  • Some country winners may be liable to import duty.
  • 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


Hardware

  • Must use commercially/retail available components. Engineering samples are not allowed.
  • We reserve the right to ban specific products
  • Participants can only use ASUS VGA for 3D benchmarks. No restrictions for 2D benchmarks and memory benchmarks.
  • Participants can only use Z87 and Z97 platforms.


Benchmarks

Please check the stage details for more information

Stage 1: XTU

  • Score is divided by the number of CPU cores.
  • Highest score wins
  • Min CPU temperature = 20°C

Stage 2: Catzilla 720P

  • Single GPU
  • Highest score wins
  • Min CPU/GPU temperature is 20°C
  • Must supply verification link

Stage 3: MaxxMem Read Bandwidth

  • The target score will be released on 20/03/2015.
  • The target score is: TBD
  • Participants need to be as close as possible to the target score, and as quick as possible
  • The closest and fastest wins the maximum points


Point Distribution per Stage

50-41-36-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-...

Partners


PlaceFormula Series
1st
  • ROG Maximus VII Formula
  • Intel Core i7 4790K
  • HyperX Predator 8GB kit (2x4GB) DDR3-2800 CL12
  • HyperX FURY SSD 240GB
2nd
  • ASUS Strix GTX 980
  • Intel Core i5 4690K
  • HyperX Predator 8GB kit (2x4GB) DDR3-2666 CL11
3rd
  • ROG Maximus VII Impact
  • HyperX Predator 8GB kit (2x4GB) DDR3-2400 CL11
  • Enermax Platimax 1350W
  • Enermax LIQMAX II 240
4th
  • HyperX FURY SSD 120GB
  • Enermax Platimax 850W
  • Enermax LIQMAX II 240
5th
  • HyperX FURY SSD 120GB
  • Enermax LIQMAX II 240

More chances to win with the lucky draw! The lucky draw is open to all participants of the 3 stages. Get a chance to win:

  • 5x ROG T-Shirt
  • 5x HyperX USB key
  • 5x Enermax TwisterStorm 3500rpm 12cm fan
  • 5x Enermax HDD/SDD Mobile Rack (choice between 11 models)


Ranking

Rank Participant XTU Catzilla 720P Target: MaxxMem Read Bandwidth
PTS
1 50 pts 41 pts 50 pts 141 pts
2 32 pts 50 pts 36 pts 118 pts
3 36 pts 24 pts 30 pts 90 pts
4 26 pts 22 pts 41 pts 89 pts
5 28 pts 32 pts 24 pts 84 pts
6 14 pts 36 pts 28 pts 78 pts
7 41 pts 28 pts 69 pts
8 30 pts 32 pts 62 pts
9 10 pts 19 pts 22 pts 51 pts
10 19 pts 30 pts 49 pts
11 9 pts 18 pts 20 pts 47 pts
12 18 pts 26 pts 44 pts
13 7 pts 17 pts 19 pts 43 pts
14 12 pts 26 pts 38 pts
15 6 pts 15 pts 17 pts 38 pts
16 2 pts 16 pts 18 pts 36 pts
17 5 pts 14 pts 16 pts 35 pts
18 11 pts 20 pts 31 pts
19 1 pts 13 pts 15 pts 29 pts
20 1 pts 12 pts 14 pts 27 pts
21 24 pts 24 pts
22 1 pts 11 pts 11 pts 23 pts
23 22 pts 22 pts
24 1 pts 10 pts 10 pts 21 pts
25 20 pts 20 pts
26 1 pts 9 pts 9 pts 19 pts
27 3 pts 8 pts 8 pts 19 pts
28 17 pts 17 pts
29 16 pts 16 pts
30 4 pts 12 pts 16 pts
31 15 pts 15 pts
32 13 pts 13 pts
33 13 pts 13 pts
34 8 pts 8 pts

Awarded Season Points

First Position

141 pts fanta1ty

Discussions

March 3, 2015 at 6:06:44 AM UTC

"Overclockers that participated in offline international competitions are not eligible."

 

what about world series for amateurs?

 

Thanks

March 6, 2015 at 11:24:51 PM UTC

Hey why i can sumbit Catzilla 720p.HWbot say my verify link is null but it loading not error.how i can fix that end sumbit score to competittion ?

March 7, 2015 at 12:53:38 AM UTC

"Overclockers that participated in offline international competitions are not eligible."

 

what about world series for amateurs?

 

Thanks

 

I think that should be fine, but let me check with ASUS :)

 

Hey why i can sumbit Catzilla 720p.HWbot say my verify link is null but it loading not error.how i can fix that end sumbit score to competittion ?

 

Can you try again?

March 7, 2015 at 3:15:43 AM UTC

I try a lot but Hwbot stay say null verify link

March 7, 2015 at 3:49:14 AM UTC

Did you enter a verification link?

March 7, 2015 at 4:43:56 AM UTC

yes

March 7, 2015 at 10:54:09 AM UTC

hi , what time will u release the target maxxmem on 20/03/2015 please?

March 7, 2015 at 5:14:41 PM UTC

yes

 

Hm, tried to fix something.

 

Can you try again?

March 7, 2015 at 7:24:26 PM UTC

* A VERIFICATION LINK IS REQUIRED. - YOUR SUBMISSION DOES NOT COMPLY TO THIS RULE

 

VERIFICATION URL MUST MATCH PATTERN: http://HTTP://[W\.]*CATZILLA.COM/SHOWRESULT?LP=[0-9=?]*

 

 

http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=447491

March 8, 2015 at 9:57:42 PM UTC

it's strange that the longer my score sits there, the lower it goes...

March 9, 2015 at 2:17:25 AM UTC

Man i am gonna brutally murder my poor 4770k trying to keep up with those 4790k :S

March 9, 2015 at 3:44:20 PM UTC

it's strange that the longer my score sits there, the lower it goes...

 

How do you mean?

March 9, 2015 at 10:21:23 PM UTC

TheKimster says: Man i am gonna brutally murder my poor 4770k trying to keep up with those 4790k :S

 

mine is doing ok, not sure how much more i want to push it though :S

March 10, 2015 at 6:24:02 AM UTC

Hi could we know at what time u're releasing the target maxxmen on 03/20/2015 please?

March 10, 2015 at 6:59:00 AM UTC

The target score will be released on 03/20/2015 at 12:00pm UTC :)

March 10, 2015 at 8:08:31 AM UTC

Thanks

March 10, 2015 at 1:09:04 PM UTC

Is it mid day or mid night time ? it s a bit confusing

thanks

March 10, 2015 at 9:39:43 PM UTC

I believe that HWMonitor should be open from the beginning to the end of the benchmark .

example

 

http://img.hwbot.org/u45698/image_id_1358992.jpeg

March 11, 2015 at 4:33:48 AM UTC

[quotepMassman says:

 

sixthcoma said: it's strange that the longer my score sits there, the lower it goes...

 

 

 

How do you mean?

 

my initial score was 32. later that day, 30, then the next morning, 28.

March 11, 2015 at 4:34:32 AM UTC

Now, 24.

March 13, 2015 at 12:10:43 AM UTC

When people submit better scores, you go down in the ranking and get less points. The only way to improve your ranking is to improve your score :)

March 13, 2015 at 7:26:38 AM UTC

"is it mid day or midnight time please "

 

Anyone?

March 13, 2015 at 7:31:07 AM UTC

12PM is noon

March 13, 2015 at 10:25:31 AM UTC

Thanks

March 13, 2015 at 9:49:34 PM UTC

12PM is noon

 

 

 

I believe that HWMonitor should be open from the beginning to the end of the benchmark .

example

 

http://img.hwbot.org/u45698/image_id_1358992.jpeg

March 14, 2015 at 5:15:56 PM UTC

Z77 boards do not apply?

March 16, 2015 at 2:44:09 PM UTC

"Engineering samples are not allowed." What does this mean? If you have access to wierd super secret Asus hardware???

March 17, 2015 at 1:06:21 AM UTC

Or CPU engineering samples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_sample

March 17, 2015 at 6:14:49 AM UTC

Ah, so stuff normal people have no access to. Thanks :)

March 17, 2015 at 7:56:39 AM UTC

Hello.

My CPU idle temperature is +8 (ice water). In load above +50.

+20 is a limit to the temperature at idle? Or load?

March 17, 2015 at 4:51:42 PM UTC

Good question !

"The CPU load temperature must be higher than 20°C" Says here:

http://hwbot.org/submit/competition_stage/2028?esports=true&token=4f31ceb6-60aa-487c-894f-2d50faa35763

March 17, 2015 at 5:31:29 PM UTC

I saw it.

 

But there is another formulation:

http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/rogocs_formula_r1/rules

"Min CPU temperature = 20°C"

March 17, 2015 at 7:53:12 PM UTC

I know, Maybe it`s load temperature???

March 17, 2015 at 8:06:10 PM UTC

Hi,

 

i have a problem with Catzilla, start bench and have a bluescreen, but Harware @default?????????????

 

3Dmark and other benches run,no problems.

 

Thx for help

March 18, 2015 at 2:12:39 AM UTC

I saw it.

 

But there is another formulation:

http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/rogocs_formula_r1/rules

"Min CPU temperature = 20°C"

 

During the benchmark monitoring the temperature cannot go below 20°C. So even if the CPU is idle during for example a graphics test, the temperature cannot go below 20°C.

 

Hi,

 

i have a problem with Catzilla, start bench and have a bluescreen, but Harware @default?????????????

 

3Dmark and other benches run,no problems.

 

Thx for help

 

What are your system specifications?

March 18, 2015 at 3:40:44 AM UTC

During the benchmark monitoring the temperature cannot go below 20°C. So even if the CPU is idle during for example a graphics test, the temperature cannot go below 20°C.

If the benchmark(XTU) opened, but is not running, the temperature may be below 20?

March 18, 2015 at 7:10:09 AM UTC

In XTU, the temperature that we look at the the one that is shown with the score as that's the temperature during the benchmark :)

March 18, 2015 at 8:12:37 AM UTC

Massman

 

Look XPU Benchmark

March 18, 2015 at 7:44:15 PM UTC

If that is the temperature, so how to get the maximum processor frequency and highest temperature to work. Mine is not showing anything, like some of us here?

Is it still valid score without them...?

March 18, 2015 at 10:14:46 PM UTC

Asus gtx titan x ????

March 19, 2015 at 2:36:46 PM UTC

Why not, TitanX have only 1 GPU ;)

March 19, 2015 at 10:57:22 PM UTC

In XTU, the temperature that we look at the the one that is shown with the score as that's the temperature during the benchmark :)

asus gtx titan x is ok ????

bios NVIDIA(10DE) ??????

March 20, 2015 at 11:59:50 AM UTC

Titan x isn t available in eu

March 20, 2015 at 2:13:56 PM UTC

Hi, have a higher MaxxMem Score but not the first place ?

March 20, 2015 at 2:32:45 PM UTC

Ok, first rules read :D

March 20, 2015 at 3:43:04 PM UTC

Anyone else having issues submitting for Stage 2? Every time I submit says it is incomplete but does not tell me what is missing even with filling out literally EVERY field.

 

EDIT: Been trying for the hour with nothing. This is extremely frustrating. :mad: I understand if I'm missing something but to not be able to reveal what is needed or missing, is absurd for a competition hosted by such a large manufacture.

March 20, 2015 at 7:45:54 PM UTC

I have problem with Stage 2 submission. Incomplete submission...

March 21, 2015 at 4:30:56 AM UTC

Anyone else having issues submitting for Stage 2? Every time I submit says it is incomplete but does not tell me what is missing even with filling out literally EVERY field.

 

EDIT: Been trying for the hour with nothing. This is extremely frustrating. :mad: I understand if I'm missing something but to not be able to reveal what is needed or missing, is absurd for a competition hosted by such a large manufacture.

 

I'd like to apologize as I figured out what the issue was and was ultimately my fault. During the heat of the moment of trying to submit a somewhat time sensitive competition entry, I overlooked where I was being told what was missing. :o

 

I have problem with Stage 2 submission. Incomplete submission...

 

If you carefully look at the above submission text, it says you need to put in load temp. Thing is the text is same format, color and font of the rest of the already established rules. So combine this with normal HWBot engine not providing an exact location of missing information, it is very easy to overlook.

 

So please, with Stage 2 in this particular competition, make sure to enter your load temps. :celebration:

March 27, 2015 at 4:07:17 AM UTC

Confirmed - trying to fix it :)

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