General Rules

• One overclocker can only contribute one score per stage. This is done automatically by the engine.
• Retail hardware only, engineering samples not allowed. Hardware must be launched before the start of the competition.
• General HWBot rules apply, we rely on the spirit of fair play as well. HWBot reserves the right to reject any entries without further justification, especially when we suspect the mentioned spirit being ignored. Examples for this can be one system only used and solely cpu/vga swapped for stages which require different hardware, it is all about team effort and not a one man show.
• Server hardware is not allowed

Verification Rules

• Please attach a picture of your overclocking rig in use
• Please provide a screenshot with official background, CPUZ CPU, memory and GPUZ for 3D stages
• Please use CPUZ 1.77 or later and GPUZ 1.11 or later
• For 3DMarks, use latest benchmark version and sysinfo where needed
• For the 3D stages, please provide a futuremark validation link

Stages

Stage 1 – 8S-50P | X265 1080P

• End date: 2016-12-18 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use 8 different LGA1150/1151 CPU
• The ranking is based on the average of the best 8 results

Stage 2 – 6S-50P | SuperPI 32M

• End date: 2016-12-19 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use 6 LGA1155 CPUs from different CPU subfamilies
• The ranking is based on the average of the best 6 results

Stage 3 – 5S-40P | 3DMark03

• End date: 2016-12-20 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use 5 different GPUs with Nvidia G92-G98 Core, one GPU core only
• The ranking is based on the average of the best 5 results

Stage 4 – 5S-40P | 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme

• End date: 2015-12-21 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use 5 different AMD GPU models, single GPU only
• The ranking is based on the average of the best 5 results

Stage 5 – 5S-40P | GPUPI for CPU 1B

• End date: 2015-12-22 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use 5 different AMD CPU models, one each from AMD K10, 15h gen1, gen2, gen3 and gen4
• The ranking is based on the average of the best 5 results

Stage 6 – 1S-30P | Full Out 3DMark Vantage Performance

• End date: 2016-12-23 12:00:00 GMT+0
• Use AMD CPU and Nvidia GeForce 900 series graphics cards
• This stage requires 1 score