General Rules

• Participants only from Rookie, Novice and Enthusiast league. 
• Participants must use commercially available components and Software ( CPU, memory and motherboard Engineering Samples are not allowed). The Hardware must be available at the competition start.
• Bios version and OC Tools need to be readily available to others "at least 10 days before the competition ends".
• Hardware sharing is not allowed.
• All submissions must include the official Competition desktop wallpaper
• All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, CPU cooler 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. 
• AMD & Intel CPUs allowed
• Air, AIO and DIY watercooling loops allowed.
• No Extreme cooling allowed (chiller, Single Stage, Cascade, Dry ice, LN2)

Software

• Microsoft Windows 7-8-10-11 versions only, no Linux nor MacOS
• CPU-Z 2.01 or newer version only.
• BenchMate 0.10.9.2 or newer

Stage 1: CPU-Z Frequency: Closed

Stage 2: SuperPi 32M by BenchMate - Max 5505MHz

• Maximus CPU Core/cache speed of 5505MHz
• A verification screenshot is required, using the official wallpaper, BM score, CPU-Z tabs for CPU and memory.
• A CPU-Z verification link is required registered on your HWBot name
• Disabling cores/hyperthreading is allowed. 
• Windows  10/11 submissions only
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup in the submission
• Prepare Video proof of your cooling setup and benchmarking
• How to Guide (click here)

Stage 3: Geekbench 5 Single Core - Max 5500MHz

• Maximus CPU Core/cache speed of 5500MHz
• A verification screenshot is required, using the official wallpaper, GB5 score, CPU-Z tabs for CPU and memory and HWinfo.
• A VALID GeekBench 5 link is required
• A CPU-Z verification link is required registered on your HWBot name
• Disabling cores/hyperthreading is NOT allowed. 
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup in the submission
• Prepare Video proof of your cooling setup and benchmarking
• How to Guide (click here)

Final Notes

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

Points per Stage

50-47-45-43-41-39-37-35-33-31-29-27-25-23-21-19-17-15-13-11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1