General Competition Rules

• HWBOT reserves the right to reject any entry.
• No hardware sharing is allowed
• It is not allowed to remove submissions once it has been submitted
• After the end of the competition no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
• We expect fair play from everyone for those competitions. HWBOT and GSKILL 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
• All submissions must include the official World Series North America desktop wallpaper. Available here:< download

Hardware

• Must use commercially / retail available components. ES not allowed

Stages

Stage 1: SuperPI 1M (06/03 5PM EST - 08/03 12PM EST)

• Points = hardware points
• Must provide verification screenshot including SuperPI result, CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and SPD information

Stage 2: Target Score (07/03 2PM EST - 07/03 5PM EST)

• Hit the target the first to win
• Must provide verification screenshot including benchmark result, CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and SPD information

Stage 3: Cinebench R15 (06/03 5PM EST - 08/03 12PM EST)

• Highest points per core wins
• Must provide verification screenshot including Cinebench score, CPU, Motherboard, Memory, and SPD information.

Addition notes

• In case of same score, the first submission wins.
• In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be SuperPI 1M.

Point Distribution per Stage

25-20-15-10-5-1