Participants
This competition is open to any member of HWBOT. Employees (either full-time or part-time) of any motherboard, memory or CPU manufacturers are not eligible for the contest. People living in the following regions are not eligible for the contest due to US laws: Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria..
Competition Rules and Stages
HyperX and HWBOT reserve the right to reject any entry
List of Competition Stages:
- Max Memory clock
- XTU @ 5GHz
- 3DMark11 Physics full out
Hardware Restrictions
- Memory: Kingston Technology or HyperX
- CPU: Intel Skylake, 4c/4t only (disable HT on Core i7-6700K)
- Only components commercially available at the beginning of the competition are allowed, ES hardware is not allowed
- Server class CPUs are not allowed.
You are free to use any brand for the other components
General Benchmarks Rules
- The stage point distribution is 25-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
- General HWBOT rules apply
- CPU-Z version must be v1.73
- You must attach a rig picture (motherboard, memory and cpu cooler during use) to all submissions
- Sharing is disllowed for CPU and memory (Rfr. HWBOT rules 3.2.E)
- In case of a ranking tie the highest memory clock wins, then the best XTU @ 5GHz score
- For validation, photographs are not allowed
Max Memory Clock Rules
- The result must be validated on http://valid.x86.fr/
- HWBOT user name must match CPU-Z validation user name
- The screenshot must contain the following items: official wallpaper, CPU-Z (CPU, Memory, Mainboard, SPD) within 2% of validated frequency
3DMark11 Physics Full Out Rules
- 3DMark11 version must be 1.0.132, SystemInfo version must be 4.40
- The result must be validated by a screenshot and a verification link
- The screenshot must contain the following items: official wallpaper, 3DMark11 score window, CPU-Z (CPU, Memory, Mainboard, SPD per module)
XTU @ 5 GHz Rules
- CPU and Cache Frequency in XTU must be 5.0 GHz or lower
- XTU version must be v6.0.2.8
- Please refer to this guide if you want to upload your score later
- The result must be validated by a screenshot in addition to the validation file
- The screenshot must contain the following items: official wallpaper, XTU result, XTU CPU and Cache Frequency Monitoring during benchmark, CPU-Z CPU, Memory, Mainboard, SPD per module)
(also testing the new discussion features at OC-ESPORTS ... hehehehehe