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Wait till he has to go find the real scores on the USB 😉

Thanks guys It's just a good old fashioned volt modded board, I tried Antinomy's bios on it but had a whole lot of memory related issues, so going to try again sometime with the stock Asus bios. Voltage was 2.03v at -140c, any colder and I lost stability, Northwood seems to have FSB issues when too cold.

The tool is for ratio, bclk, and vcore on XP. btw, can you re-send me your XP image?

This Tool is for what? [spoiler] My 4000C19 Kit: New Random 3200C14 Kit from ebay: [/spoiler]

@Luumi Finally sent me the XP OC Tool shown in his post here: So, I've made a new Google drive backup including all relevant bioses and tools I've saved. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u4YPtDfhKwE_SQlEyAPmGQ4PTM0ESOQi/ Hopefully, I'll update this further after I have a board again, but that may not be for a while.

I think that is a great way of stating it! And no one got shit on. Jesus Christ, you are getting softer with age.

@Sayved this is not gonna make you look smarter. Benchmate doesn't guarantee a valid result for hwbot rankings. All scores require at least a CPU-Z window for CPU and one for Memory. If you don't comply with the rules, your scores are out. Moderating your laptop scores does not benefit him in any sense whatsoever

APNX introduced the LC1-D 360 and 240 all-in-one liquid coolers, featuring an integrated display capable of showing detailed hardware stats and animations. Reportedly priced around $130. The HAVN BF 360 case supports up to two 180mm fans on the front and top panels, suggesting significantly enhanced cooling potential within the chassis. COMPUTEX 2025 saw a significant increase in the number of exhibitors compared to previous years, with booth spaces fully occupied even on the 4th floor of Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2. Due to a limited two-day visit, much of the exhibition could only be briefly explored, and some already-launched products are not covered in this article due to space constraints. Key hardware highlights included motherboards and graphics cards featuring white color schemes, rear-connector designs, and new high-end AMD products. Case designs emphasized rear-connector layouts, wider-angle glass panels, workstation applications, and creative aesthetics. Gaming monitors focused on QD-OLED technology and ultra-high refresh rates between 500Hz and 600Hz, offering enhanced visual experiences. Riding on the AI momentum of the past two years, COMPUTEX 2025 remained vibrant both inside and outside the venue. Tech giants rallied behind their partners and fueled excitement with high-profile product launches and signings. As in previous years, the exhibition featured a variety of debut products and upcoming releases set for later this year. AI servers were a major highlight, including previews of models like the upcoming GB300. The integration of hardware with AI software was showcased across a range of applications—robotics, healthcare, design, and gaming—demonstrating the expanding potential of AI technologies. For the second consecutive year, COMPUTEX adopted AI as a sub-theme, reflecting its vast potential and wide-ranging applications. We look forward to seeing even more advanced and user-friendly AI innovations in the near future. In addition, I’m sharing a two-day visual recap of COMPUTEX through photos and short videos. A great deal of time went into filming and editing, resulting in multiple Shorts videos that highlight a wide range of new product showcases. There’s also a fun “Easter egg” clip titled "Here’s What I Actually Looked At", offering a behind-the-scenes look at the event. Compared to photos, these videos bring the exhibition to life and offer a quicker, more immersive way to experience the excitement of COMPUTEX. If you found the content helpful, I’d truly appreciate your support by subscribing to my YouTube channel—your feedback is what keeps me going. Computex, see you next year. 😊

For the Intel series, ASRock focused on the ARC lineup, including the newly released ARC Pro models. The standout piece was the white Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend 12GB OC, featuring a distinctive triple-fan design in the upper-left display. Below it were the more compact B50 and B60 models. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Creator 24GB also drew attention, with hopes for a more competitive price point at launch. ASRock has shown strong momentum in rolling out graphics cards powered by the latest AMD and Intel GPUs. InWin unveiled the ChronoMancy, a 40th-anniversary concept case inspired by a trophy symbolizing a journey through time. The case features a sculpted blue industrial-grade plastic top, and an arc-shaped aluminum front panel that opens and closes via a rotating mechanism controlled by a wand-like baton. The entire motion is synchronized with music, adding a theatrical element. Standing over 1.1 meters tall, the ChronoMancy is a highly creative and thoughtfully engineered concept chassis. The SHIFT open-frame platform is built with a full aluminum chassis and features movable cooling brackets, making it well-suited for extreme overclocking and hardware showcasing. Its flexible orientation allows it to be positioned vertically or horizontally, which also makes it a practical option for use as an open-air test bench. The DLITE is a streamlined ATX case that inherits design elements from the DUBILI series. With its minimalist look accented by aluminum trims and a spacious interior, it offers a clean aesthetic and user-friendly assembly experience. On the left, the WIEW ATX case combines style and performance, offering a panoramic view and enhanced airflow design to better showcase hardware components. On the right, the TACTIX features a dual-chamber, dual-power supply layout, built to support multi-GPU systems—making it ideal for high-end gaming setups and workstation builds. The Covalent Super Tower workstation case features a tall vertical design, purpose-built for EEB motherboards and multi-GPU configurations. It's ideal for AI development, deep learning, and high-performance computing, while its exterior styling also aligns with modern gaming aesthetics. In the Ducky and sub-brand exhibition area, a wide range of products were showcased, including keyboards, mice, gaming chairs, PC cases, liquid cooling systems, and power supplies. Each year, Ducky releases a unique, limited-edition keyboard inspired by the Chinese zodiac. Last year’s model featured a lavish dragon-themed design. This year, the spotlight is on the snake, incorporating totems of the Paiwan people—an Indigenous group in Taiwan—alongside the hundred-pacer viper motif, giving the keyboard’s appearance and backplate a strong cultural identity. Additionally, Ducky also showcased a collaboration keyboard with Japanese VTuber group hololive.

The MEG VISION X AI desktop is equipped with an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU, Intel Core i9-285K processor, and Silent Storm Cooling AI for advanced thermal performance. It also features a built-in 13-inch vertical AI HMI touchscreen with the new EZ Mode interface, offering a more intuitive user experience. At the ASUS ROG booth, the ROG OMNI CASEMOD drew attention with its unique robot-inspired design. The ROG Falcata is a 75% modular gaming keyboard designed for customizable layouts. The left module can be used independently for gaming-specific setups. The ultra-light ROG Harpe II Ace gaming mouse weighs just 48 grams and is equipped with a 42,000-dpi ROG AimPoint Pro optical sensor and glass tracking technology. It uses optical switches rated for 100 million clicks, and its shell is made from an innovative bio-based nylon material. The ROG CROSSHAIR X870E Hero BTF is a high-end, rear-connector motherboard designed for the AMD platform. The TUF Gaming x Hatsune Miku collaboration series incorporates Miku’s signature teal color across multiple peripherals, including the TUF Gaming H1 Gen II headset, K3 Gen II keyboard, Mini wireless mouse, and P1 mouse pad. The ROG RAPTURE GT-BE19000AI router integrates an NPU and MCU, using AI capabilities to intelligently allocate bandwidth in multitasking environments. BIOSTAR, a brand rooted in consumer-grade motherboards, showcased a wide range of entry-level Intel and AMD motherboards at the event—highlighting its strong presence in the budget-friendly segment. BIOSTAR also highlighted its high-end lineup with the Z890 VALKYRIE, a showcase build themed around the Valkyrie, emphasizing both craftsmanship and performance. The mid-range lineup includes the Z890A-SILVER and B850M-SILVER motherboards, while the B850MT-E PRO represents the entry-level segment—catering to users with different needs. BIOSTAR's entry-level boards at the show offer attractive pricing, but current market interest is leaning toward white-themed motherboards and high price-performance mid-to-high-end models. There’s strong demand for more competitive options in the SILVER and VALKYRIE series to meet these expectations. ASRock showcased several of its latest graphics card models, including the popular mid-range gaming cards from the AMD series — the 9070 and 9070 XT. On the second day of the exhibition, two newly announced 9060 XT models were also spotted at the booth.

Another highlight is the AI TOP ATOM, powered by NVIDIA’s GB10 Grace Blackwell chip, delivers 1000 AI TOPS, enabling secure and private personal AI computing. On the second day of the show, I started noticing some new products signed by NVIDIA’s CEO. In the laptop lineup, GIGABYTE introduced the affordable GAMING A16 PRO and A18, both equipped with the built-in AI assistant GiMATE, which enables multiple AI features via a simple Press and Speak voice command. Coming soon, GiMATE Creator is designed to boost creativity and productivity, helping beginners generate code through an intuitive AI-driven interface. The AERO X16 combines high performance with a full feature set. Its eco-conscious packaging is cleverly designed to double as a laptop stand. MSI has been dedicated to the laptop market for many years, steadily building a diverse product lineup and increasing its visibility in the industry. In addition to its strong presence in laptops, MSI continues to make waves with its gaming handhelds, regularly releasing new models based on the latest architectures—keeping the buzz going strong. The flagship Titan 18 HX – Nordic Mythology Dragon Soul Collector’s Edition features a premium titanium-textured chassis with 3D dragon embossing, up to Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX and NVIDIA RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, Cherry MX mechanical keyboard, and an exclusive Dragon Soul accessory set. MSI OverBoost Ultra Technology delivers 270W CPU & GPU. A live demo using Prime95 and FurMark pushed the CPU and GPU to full load, highlighting its excellent thermal performance. The Claw A8 BZ2EM made its debut featuring AMD’s latest Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. It comes in green and white, with an 8-inch FHD+ 120Hz touchscreen and versatile I/O ports. Also on display was the Claw 8 AI+ Polar Storm Edition, originally launched earlier this year. This version now comes in white, with an upgraded 2TB SSD and is powered by Intel’s Lunar Lake processor. The two 8-inch Claw models, built on different architectures, also feature noticeably different grip designs. The MSI Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Special Edition features design elements inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the iconic woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, as part of MSI’s craftsmanship showcase series. MSI also unveiled a new industrial design concept for future business laptops, featuring an ultra-thin profile at just 13.9mm and a sleek, rounded, minimalist look. These models are expected to be powered by Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake platform. MSI introduced the new MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50, featuring Samsung’s 3rd-gen QD-OLED panel, with a 2K resolution, 500Hz refresh rate, and ultra-fast 0.03ms GTG response time. It also includes an AI Care Sensor that automatically puts the screen into sleep mode when no user is detected within 120cm. The MAG 272QP QD-OLED X50 offers the same high-end specs—3rd-gen QD-OLED panel, 2K 500Hz, and 0.03ms GTG—delivering top-tier performance for competitive gaming.

Please define "golden" as you don't appear to have a single score on the bot with any of these

You frenchmen, always hiding things... scores on a USB, second wife, second wine cellar 😉

Always open 2 x CPUZ , once for CPU and other one for memory, even when using BenchMate Plz check out the Rules and Sample screenshot before submitting at HWBOT sample screenshot: Red mandatory, Green optional

Yeah that was quicker than George Michael in a public bathroom.

Well done Scotty!!

Low but not slow!

You need to heat whole board from the bottom. Look for BGA soldering videos with preheaters to get the idea. It does two things - heats the whole pcb and prevent bending of the PCB during soldering/desoldering. Desoldering is the worst part, because non-lead solder has melting point around 230C. Then you have to remove the old tin and use the lead solder, which has melting point around 190C - it's much easier to solder.

You need to heat the whole board to about 100-120 Celsius degree from the bottom. Second thing is, that you have to cover RAM slots at least using an aluminium foil or capton tape. Heating from the bottom is necessary, it also reduces thermal expansion of the PCB during the resoldering. You can use an electric grill with thermal control

Great one bro 👌🏼 keep pushing to the gold 💪

Nice one Scotty 🙂

X7u 👍 but 8800 I can't achieve stability at Apex with 8800, I managed to do it. voltage Apex 8600 VDD2 requires less than Tachyon 8600 14900ks sp106 -sp MC 86 VCCSA Voltage 1.25 VDDQ CPU Voltage 1.345 VDD2 CPU Voltage 1.45 Apex -1,4375 DRAM VDD 1.58 DRAM VDDQ 1.56 DDR5 King Bank 8000 48gb

nice!

Great one 👌🏼 this is just testing, I'm waiting for the big score 😁

Finally 3core 7zip works as it should. Great one ale and mat

Nice, congrats =D

Crazy keep going for gold!

Dim0n527, ты наш лучший оверклокер ddr4/ddr5.

wow

Good work bro 👏🏼👏🏼

Very strong FCLK !

Nice one bro!

A decision has been made for the new Y-cruncher 0.8.6 and future versions: We will only allow the 0.8.6 to be used for 5B, 10B and 25B competitive rankings. The main goal is that we don't want to affect current ranking on benchmarks that have over 20K submissions. Secondly most of the 5B and higher are mainly ambient cooled submissions, with far lesser popularity thus current efforts get rewarded with a low amount of HW points for the top spots (6-15 pts maximum). This versus the 1B ranking where several CPUs get 50 HW points for top spot. Via the numerous PMs it is clear that not all users want to rebench "once" more. This stand versus the ones chasing the globals ofc which obviously don't mind the improved performance as they can to grab 'easy' points. We have debated it internally and took the path that HWBot wants to keep the 1B and 2.5B ranking as is and lock it at maximum Y-Cruncher 0.8.5 version. This taking into account the warning of the developers of both Y-Cruncher and BenchMate about the loss of 'optimal' support with newer hardware or Operating Systems. This decision will have pros and ofc haters, but internal testing showed that the performance gain with the newer version would once more obliterate the current rankings with not only the latest and greatest hardware, but will also have an impact on older CPU gens. So what will happen with future releases of Y-cruncher? Since the 5B and higher presets require a massive amount of memory, we will keep that ranking open for new unlocked performance releases, so rebenching to keep eg top spot and idem ditto points is a must with each new software release. Globals will be added to the 5B preset so people will be motivated to bench it. So this decision is a bit of both worlds, the most fair choice to make from our point of view. Secure the current and open up for a new ranking.

Well lucky you're developer then and not a competitive bencher.

I can be an asshole if I need to be.

Jeez, Leeg - I usually appreciate your decisiveness and your reasoning and also am aware of the kind of fortitude your job at hwbot requires - we are some of the biggest assholes in the world (we can't all be kind hearted and gentle souls like Mr. Scott ;-). But in this case... I mean... the statement above about not blindly following the developers was a little disingenuous don't you think? Of course, 99% of us have no idea what this discussion looked like behind closed doors - I hope everyone walked away still friends. It's not like people are breaking down the door to become benchmark devs. Marco

Z890 Tachyon XOC Bios, no special sauces needed. X6Z - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sseio9_BvrAKxgP3ZHx5XVZxxfu5bQ7j/view?usp=sharing X7A - Additional Microcodes added - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mxjNu4HFqtbk9-oh4jqHxb9Qzf2c99ao/view?usp=sharing Really hoping now is retail we can use this?

Also here's the bios I'm using for z790 apex encore, just to make sure it is shared, but there is nothing special about it. It is just 9905 with the ucode from 9933 so that I don't have to disable intel default and enable MCE every time, as well as cpu fan set to always ignore and armoury crate disabled. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6lzydh3a64mzwdz/z790ae9905uc129andbclkandstuffalreadyset.CAP?st=gyr6acjz&dl=0 (needs usb flashback)

Nope and I'm happy for you

Personally I liked the idea of a living benchmark, it rewarded the active benchers. But I understand why others did not like it. For the future I would propose that we clearly label the "living" nature of y-Cruncher 5B, 10B and 25B In the rules and maybe also on the submission page it should be clearly stated that if a new version gets integrated in Benchmate, the performance per clock could increase significantly, thus making it necessary to rebench if you would like to keep your place in the ranking. What is the plan for y-Cruncher 1B? Will it keep Globals? y-Cruncher 5B is also a good compromise for the global rankings, still runable on old 1C, 3C and 5C CPU´s, as you can use 4x8GB DDR3 for max performance and with DDR4 and DDR5 platforms the necessary RAM Capacity is not an issue.

PSChD awarded! 👨‍🎓

- Intel Core I7 4930K only - Mandatory usage fo the Official competition wallpaper, download here - Standard HWBot Benchmark Rules apply - Include a picture of your benching rig - CPU-Z version 2.15 or newer for CPU and memory, Only for CPU frequency the CPU tab is required. Motherboard tab is optional Stage 1: Geekbench3 Memory Multicore Stage 2: Cinebench R11.5 Stage 3: CPU Frequency Stage 4: wPrime 32M Stage 5: SuperPi 32M Remember when using Window 8/8.1/10 or 11 that BenchMate usage is mandatory due to possible RTC bug Sample screenshots at the dedicated forum thread

Something new for you! Found out two new strap/divider combinations: 1:1 (100MHz strap) and 1:1 (166MHz strap) FSB 100 1:1 FSB166 1:1 Feel free to play with it. I've updated the benchBIOS to version 1.1. As you can see, PAT works on these dividers with 865PE boards too (checked on P4P800 and P4P800 SE). @Tzk@digitalbath you might be interested in this finding. Digitalbath you might want to add this to your P4P800 SE BIOS. FSB100 is value 0000 and FSB166 is 1101. benchBIOS v1.1.zip

they are A-Die , but on same sticks G.Skill use both A-Die and M-Die , both in mass production , so need to test or look over the s/n ...ofcourse not all can 8k anyway Tachyon is very storng , all voltages i verified with DMM in real loads , boards is very strong , very accurate what soft read vs DMM .. i can every day bench at 8400

Still with z690 and X4b bios. You can see already, z690 Tachyon have also great support for G.Skill a and m-die

G.Skill 7200 Kit works fine on z690 with X4b Bios

8400 easy peasy for tachyon with right mem settings !!!

4133 on MOCF antique board is easy if you have decent sticks and know what you do, even with old average KBL imc... no Galax sorcery handbin needed