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)

Official Background