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GIGABYTE March Madness - HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 1080p

Closed User Competition Online

GIGABYTE is excited to kick-off March OC Madness 2017, an overclocking contest held by GIGABYTE and hosted on HWBot.org. Top overclockers can earn bragging rights along with a bundle of top-notch hardware from a total prize pool of over $2500 USD.

This competition will have four challenges that will test your computers 3D graphics and processing: XTU 5G, 3DMark Fire Strike Physics, Geekbench 3 Multi Core and HWBOT x256 Benchmark. In each of these challenges participants can score points based on their benchmark scores. The top 3 participants who have the most points by the end of the contest gets to take home the prize! A lucky draw is also available to participants who submit scores in all stages of the competition.

Information

General

Starts: 27 Mar 2017, 12:00 UTC
Ends: 31 Mar 2017, 12:00 UTC
Status: Completed

Limitations

Must use official competition background: download
Screenshot must include CPU-Z (CPU, Mainboard, Memory)
Processor speed is limited to 5003 MHz.
Only use Gigabyte, Aorus motherboards.
Use 1, 2, 4 processor core(s) in total.
To be eligible for the lucky draw, participants must submit in all stages of the competition.
In a case of a tie, the tie-breaker is the best score in Stage 3. If there’s still a tie, the best score in Stage 2, etc.
Only submissions made on or after 2017-03-01T00:00:00 are allowed.
CPU frequency may not exceed 5003 MHz. Cache multiplier must be lower or equal to core multiplier.

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