GENERAL RULES

- Intel LGA1851 Platforms & G.SKILL OCWC 2026 provided memory
- RETAIL components (No ES hardware) - No lapped CPUs
- HWBOT & G.SKILL reserve the right to reject any entry
- It is not allowed to remove submissions once it has been submitted, or make crucial changes after submission.
- After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
- We expect fair play. HWBOT & G.SKILL reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples: Influence others & pull submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change.
- No smartphones allowed at the booth. Only earplugs allowed, thus no Earphones or Headphones. Also no prepared notes allowed

HARDWARE

- Intel Core Ultra CPUs for LGA1851 platforms
- G.SKILL DDR5 OCWC2026 memory only
- 8 Processor Performance cores, no Hyper Threading (disabling cores allowed). Unless specified
- Maximum processor/cache frequency limitation of 6005 MHz
- Maximum D2D / NGU ratio: max 30x ratio
- No SOC Bclock change (straight boot from Bios) exclusive DDR5 Mem Freq stage

SOFTWARE

- G.Skill provided Windows 11 OS : 2 x NVMe per competitor
- Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
- For Evolve scores GPU-Z 2.69 must be additonally opened
- No other 3rd party tweaking software allowed
- All benchmarks are run as is, no minimizing or hiding windows, no PE Windows

STAGES: 

POINTS:

Stage Points: 65-60-56-53-50-47-45-43-41

Mem Frequency Stage points only: 65-61-58-56-54-52-50-48-46

FINAL NOTES

- In case of same score, the earliest submission wins.
- In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be (yet to be decided)

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