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After a long journey, warp9-Systems has reached #1 fastest Team in the world!! (Again). Thanks to our long standing team captains. Mr.Scott, MacsBeach, Mr.Paco, and Machine learning. Special thanks to all our team members for the hard work and dedication. It wouldn't have been possible without you guys. Much love. Special thanks to GeorgeK for his wisdom and help on a personal level. He has helped me grow and understand the platforms and the expectations with certain benchmarks and tweaks. And thank you to all teams out there. You've all brought many crazy challenges to the table with your experience and fortitude. And also, for the USA 🇺🇸- Happy independence day and thanks to all that fought for it, including those in my own family WW2. Thank you warp9-systems family - CHEERS!! Jon

1st team over 300k now. WTG W9!!

Hey all, You may know me from the prodigious amount of PSC DDR3 that I binned and sold over the years, maybe some strong air results, but not so much from actual BOT submissions or scores. Although I subbed frequently when I first joined the bot, and went cold a couple of times, most of my time in OC became focused on binning for the sake of better understanding and measuring the limits of what hardware can achieve, not climbing the leaderboards. Basically, I tended to be more research-oriented about OC than competitive. Anyway, my single biggest project was binning PSC, and I always had this idea of creating "The PSC Report," a gigantic summary of all my findings. It took me a long time to actually put it together, but recently I finished it! I published it elsewhere, but I didn't want these findings to only be behind a paywall, so I've put it up for free here: [Public] DDR3 Elpida_PSC 1Gbit Rev.D Overclocking Test Report.pdf [Google Drive mirror. Please let me know if you have issues with access for any reason!] This report details the results of research conducted into the DDR3 memory IC PSC/Elpida 1Gb Rev.D (A.K.A. "PSC" or "BDDG") in the context of competitive overclocking and binning modeling. This includes a brief history, competitive context, and demystification of nomenclature and identification. This is followed by a detailed overclocking test report, containing statistical models gathered at various points across the IC voltage-frequency curve, percentile binning targets, and analysis of the tested memory modules and the effect of characteristics such as PCB model and speed rating on their performance. We hope that these findings will inspire further research into constructing behavioral models of overclocked computer hardware with statistical and scientific rigor. The scientist in me must acknowledge the report is limited and imperfect, (years late to the party ,) and just barely scratching the surface of the world of PSC overclocking. There's so much ground I could not cover, in particular systematically testing subzero results and investigating whether any robust relationship could be measured between ambient and cold. I'm not the first to conduct a mass binning, but to my knowledge, no single, cohesive work like this has ever been attempted in the history of OC. Even if you're not interested in this area of legacy hardware, I hope my work at least demonstrates that as messy as it can be, it is possible to systematically understand overclocking, and you can learn a lot by doing so! For the "screens or it didn't happen" folks, you can find all of my screens, for PSC and otherwise, archived here. Thanks to the Memelords (you know who you are) for their support, as well as all the other overclockers I've interacted with over the years. Now that The PSC Report is done, I can officially retire Thanks HWBOT for the space.

Tim is going to update the current frontend by a new graphical Interface of HWBOT at around 07:00 CET This thread is specifically dedicated to determine spotted errors, bugs , layout suggestions, ... We realize there is still a lot of work to do on fine-tuning this updated version HWBOT, so we count on your cooperation OC community! DESKTOP: After editing a score, the update on the overall Benchmark page is not happening Some submission specifics need a Font increase ( CPU clocks eg ) Per hardware profile the Submission counter doesn't work properly Team Captains can't comment on flagged/reported scores Cache update is too slow on several pages ADMINS: Moderated submission list is endless, scores are also not removed from this list after moderation When adding a comment it is not stored the first time a submission is reported/flagged FIXED: Front page ranking seems sorted by date --> swap to boints - CHECK Participate competition button leads to profile login ? - CHECK EDIT button is available when watching someone else's sub, but is luckily disfunctional Search results are ranked by user , this must be ranked by highest score and in descending order - CHECK Competiton Permalinks with more than one sub list the wrong data - CHECK Clicking on a competition stage leads to an error - CHECK New Profile layout - CHECK Country Cup 2024 link is broken - CHECK GA-MA790FXT-UD5P link is broken - CHECK Change copyright 2020 to 2024 - CHECK Zero pointers and Alpha benchmarks must not be listed in Top Points part of the User profile - CHECK WR rank on a submission is leading to the wrong link - CHECK Y-Cruncher PI BBP submission don't work Achievements slider is full (100%) while the data lables reads out eg only 2% - CHECK Commenting on a score is not possible, no sub info on forum - CHECK Recalc buttons is missing for admins - CHECK From Page 2 the Search query gets lost - CHECK Navigating pictures in submission by arrows doesn't work - CHECK Team creation date added - CHECK Page navigation buttons fixed - CHECK Search funciton possible from 2009 - CHECK Changing Team page avatar/banner doesn't work - CHECK HWBoints page updated with new GUI style - CHECK Superpi 32 WR page has false entries - CHECK Changing Team page avatar/banner doesn't work - CHECK MOBILE: No submit button --> Not possible yet FIXED No login button --> high priority - CHECK No search bar --> high priority - CHECK No profile/team button - CHECK

There will be a big patch coming end of the month, it should have this login issue and other quirks adressed. - moving from session based authentication to stateless token based authentication (JWT) - refactoring of all HWBOT URLs - adding permanent redirects for old URLs - removing user impersonate function - adding Spring-Security layer - rate limiting for bots and query tuning - using Roles and fine tuned authentication managers to secure HWBOT - adding "permanent login" function to login side - redirecting user after successful authentication to previous visited side - many smaller code clean ups and bug fixes including view clean up - videocard series will be visible in the submission page

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.

Welcome to Hyperless Havoc by TAGG, ShaggySVK and Ground Hardware: any CPU that fits into 1366 any RAM except Elpida Hyper (TAGG and Ground will be checking plausibility - Mem Kit pics required) DIY sticks are allowed (as long as not Elpida Hyper) no populated second CPU socket allowed Rules: Standard Hwbot verification rules apply + SPD Tab Legacy CPU-Z allowed no cooling restrictions Verification screenshots must contain official Hyperless Havoc wallpaper All scores must include a picture of the benching rig as well as a picture of the memory sticks used with labels or IC text visible if OEM / DIY sticks judges may request video proof In case of a tie SuperPi 32M stage is the tiebreaker WINDOWS 7 BenchMate Submissions only: Max Core Frequency AND Max Effective clock must have a check mark The following benchers are exempt from prices: Ground, ShaggySVK, TAGG, Tapakah Benchmarks: Stage 1: 65P Superpi 32M with Benchmate 4505MHz/4505MHz Stage 2: 65P Pyprime 2B with Benchmate 4505MHz/4505MHz Stage 3: 65P Y-cruncher 1B with Benchmate 4505MHz/4505MHz Stage 4: 15P Mem Clock x58a-oc banned (Bonus Round)

Merry Christmas everybody !!!

final price drop, next week I start breaking 1 in half every day

When looking at a submission you made yourself, there used to be a list of all your previous scores made with the same hardware under there. I consider that a very useful feature because without it, it's hard to look back at old scores

It’s unfortunate that no modern CSS frameworks have been implemented here. Using something like Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap could make the site fully responsive without adding much extra work. For fonts, I’d suggest something like "Inter," which is a variable font and thus easily adaptable. There are plenty of UI/UX designers who could handle the prototyping for a reasonable price, ensuring thoughtful positioning and presentation. Often, developers aren’t designers and vice versa, so collaborating with specialists can make a big difference. I’d recommend restoring the familiar, original design as a foundation, then gradually expanding in the UAT phase with community feedback. Additionally, I noticed no posts on the homepage announcing that help was needed, which could have been communicated more effectively. regards

This. If you read Revision Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors, you'll figure out that the FX model number if calculated as follows (row number 3): If you read the note at the top, you'll know that if NN=0 then the BIOS should program "AMD ES" which it apparently didn't. Then ZZ= 24 + NN (=0) we get FX-24. This is simply an unrated ES AMD FX CPU and given by it's stock frequency is an FX-57 ES. I will delete the category in the future. Right now I've discovered a huge bunch of interesting and supposedly, unknown info about s754/940/939. Stay tuned.

congratulations, warp9

Yes, Thank you. Thank you for HWBot staff and affiliates to keep the place up and running while trying to make improvements. Keep up the good work.

On April 22, 2025, one of Team Russia's key members, Alexey Shubin, better known as Traktor, passed away. He joined the HWBot overclocking community in 2015 and rapidly progressed from air cooling to LN2 benching. Ultimately, Traktor found his true calling in Hardware Points overclocking, preferring the calm and steady pace of chilled-water benching at home. With persistence and without rushing—true to his nickname "tractor"—over the course of 10 years, he benched more hardware than most people could manage in several lifetimes. As a result, with over 2000 gold cups, Traktor achieved third ranking in the HWBot Hardware Masters league among more than 200,000 overclockers worldwide, and he was first in the world in 3D Hardware Points. Traktor had a congenital heart condition, which he attempted to treat at the age of 44, but unfortunately without success. Complications arose during his heart surgery, resulting in irreversible damage. Doctors managed to restart the "Traktor’s engine," but sadly, Alexey passed away a little over ten days later without ever regaining consciousness. On behalf of Team Russia and the entire HWBot overclocking community, we deeply mourn this loss. We knew Alexey as a joyful, cheerful, cultured, and polite person who was always ready to lend a helping hand. That is how we will always remember you. Rest in peace, friend! Vlad Zakharov aka slamms Team Russia

Motivated by an other recent post in our forum , i decided to make this "re-post" of an older wordpress blog , about running older 3D Benchmarks with current pc systems that use modern hardware and OS. All credit goes to the author of this blog , (aka scali) https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2020/12/25/running-anything-remedy-futuremark-madonion-ul-in-2020/ Also copy-pasting his post (i hope he doesn't have a problem with this) just in case something gets lost in the future. People with more knowledge , please feel free to contribute in this thread. // Running anything Remedy/Futuremark/MadOnion/UL in 2020 Posted on December 25, 2020 by Scali There has always been a tie between Futuremark and the demoscene. It all started with the benchmark Final Reality, released by Remedy Entertainment in 1997. Remedy Entertainment was a gaming company, founded by demosceners from the legendary Future Crew and other demo groups. Remedy developed an early 3D acceleration benchmark tool for VNU European Labs, known as Final Reality, which showed obvious links to the demoscene, both because of the demo-like design of its parts, the name “Final Reality” being a reference to the Future Crew demo Second Reality, and the fact that a variation of Second Reality’s classic city scene was included in Final Reality. After this first benchmark, a separate company focused on benchmarking was founded, which was to become Futuremark. After releasing 3DMark99, they changed their name to MadOnion.com. Then after releasing 3DMark2001, they changed back to Futuremark Corporation. Eventually, after being acquired in 2018 by UL, they changed the name to UL Benchmarks. With every major milestone of PC hardware and software, generally more or less coinciding with new versions of the DirectX API and/or new generations of hardware, they released a new benchmark to take advantage of the new features, and push it to the extremes. Traditionally, each benchmark also included a demo mode, which added a soundtrack, and generally had extended versions of the test scenes, and a more demo-like storytelling/pacing/syncing to music. As a demoscener, I always loved these demos. They often had beautiful graphics and effects, and great music to boot. But, can you still run them? UL Benchmarks was nice enough to offer all the legacy benchmarks on their website, complete with registration keys: Futuremark Legacy Benchmarks – UL Benchmarks Or well, they put all of them up there, except for Final Reality (perhaps because it was released by Remedy, not by Futuremark/MadOnion). But I already linked that one above. I got all of them to run on my modern system with Windows 10 Pro x64 on it. I’ll give a quick rundown of how I got them running, starting from the newest. 3DMark11, 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, 3DMark05 and 3DMark03 all installed and ran out-of-the-box. 3DMark2001SE installed correctly, but the demo would not play. Looking at the error log revealed that it had problems playing back sound (which explains why regular tests would work, they have no sound). But when you select the Compatibility mode for Windows 8, that fixes the sound, and the whole demo runs fine. 3DMark2000 was a bit more difficult. On my laptop it installed correctly, but on my desktop, the installer hung after unpacking. The trick is to go to Task Manager, find the setup.exe process in the Details tab, right-click it and select “Analyze wait chain”. It will tell you what the process is waiting for. In my case it was “nvcontainer.exe”. So I killed all processes by that name, and the setup continued automatically. Now 3DMark2000 was installed properly, but it still did not work correctly. There is a check in there, to see if you have at least 4MB video memory. Apparently on a modern video card with multiple GBs of memory, the check overflows, and thinks you have less than 4MB. It then shows a popup, and immediately closes after you click on it. So I disassembled the code, found the check, and simply patched it out. Now it works fine. If you want to patch it yourself, use a hex editor and change the following bytes in 3DMark2000.exe: Offset 69962h: patch 7Dh to EBh Offset 69979h: patch 7Dh to EBh XL-R8R dates from the same era as 3DMark2000, and I ran into the same issue of setup.exe getting stuck, and having to analyze the wait chain to make it continue. It did not appear to have a check for video memory, so it ran fine after installation. 3DMark99Max was more difficult still. The installer is packaged with a 16-bit version of a WinZip self-extractor. You cannot run 16-bit Windows programs on a 64-bit version of Windows. Luckily you can just extract the files with a program like 7-Zip or WinRar, by just right-clicking on 3DMark99Max.exe and selecting the option to extract it to a folder. From there, you can just run setup.exe, and it should install properly. Like 3DMark2000, there’s also a check in 3DMark99Max that prevents it from running on a modern system. In this case, it tries to check for DirectX 6.1 or higher, and the check somehow mistakenly thinks that the DirectX version is too low on a modern system. Again, a simple case of disassembling, finding the check, and patching it out. If you want to patch it yourself, use a hex editor and change the following byte in 3dmark.exe: Offset 562CCh: patch 75h to EBh Final Reality then, the last one. Like 3DMark99Max, it has a 16-bit installer. However, in this case the trick of extracting it does not help us. You can extract the setup files, but in this case the setup.exe is still 16-bit, so it still cannot run. But not to worry, there are ways around that. Initially I just copied the files from an older installation under a 32-bit Windows XP. But an even better solution is otvdm/winevdm. In short, x86 CPUs can generally only switch between two modes on-the-fly under Windows. So a 32-bit version of Windows can switch between 32-bit and 16-bit environments, which allows a 32-bit version of Windows to run a 16-bit “NTVDM” (NT Virtual DOS Machine) environment, in which it runs DOS and 16-bit Windows programs. For 64-bit versions of Windows, there’s a similar concept, known as Windows-on-Windows (WOW64). This allows you to run 32-bit Windows programs. The original NTVDM for DOS and Win16 programs is no longer available. Otvdm works around this by using software emulation for a 16-bit x86 CPU, and then uses part of the Wine codebase to translate the calls from 16-bit to 32-bit. This gives you very similar functionality to the real NTVDM environment on a 32-bit system, and allows you to run DOS and Win16 applications on your 64-bit Windows system, albeit with limited performance, since the CPU emulation is not very fast. Because it’s not a sandbox environment like most emulators, but it actually integrates with the host OS via 32-bit calls. In our case, we can simply run the Final Reality installer via otvdm. Just download the latest stable release from the otvdm Github page, and extract it to a local folder. Then start odvdmw.exe, and browse to your fr101.exe installer file. It will then install correctly, directly onto the host system. There appear to be no compatibility problems with this oldest benchmark of them all, funny enough, so that rounds it all up. Here is a video showing all the 3DMark demos: And here is the XL-R8R demo: And finally the Final Reality demo:

I wanna say thanks to G.Skill for providing this wonderful 48gb kit and Hwbot for being what it is.

I've made an automatic updater, here's its first public build. It's still in rough shape, but it kind of works - at least the straightforward case. I will add info in the app for the separate options, but the minimal setup would be to use default settings (changes saved in settings.xml), select win7 iso, win10 iso and the desired drivers from the dropdown. The most time-consuming step is the updates integration (simplix updater), which also opens several other windows and I can't control that. First run should launch and download the updater pack, then you can turn off "check for updates". If the selected Win7 ISO contains more than one image, you will be asked to pick one from a dropdown, the rest should be automatic. There's an existing issue where my app tries to clean working directory, but the UpdatePack opens a log file on complete and the cleanup fails as that file is in use, but that's just the last step. Keep in mind "Clean" buton deletes the whole Working directory, including the updated "output.iso", so if to be safe you can select a different Output Directory where the ISO will be saved. It is possible to make your own driver package or edit the existing ones - just place it in "drivers" directory. The archive can be zip or 7z, maybe others would work too. Then you select your archive from the dropdown and it will be unpacked in the working directory and later integrated. This makes it possible to update the ISO for any platform, in theory. Or add additional device drivers, like external disk controller, NIC, USB controller, etc. To download Windows bootable ISOs, this is probably the fastest server, at least for me: https://os.click/en/Windows I've tested with 2 different Win7 ISO - one from this site: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677332.iso and one old stripped one I had from Z170 and they boath worked. If your source ISO is already updated, the UpdatePack will probably fail, but you can turn that off from its checkbox. For Win10 I've only tried 22H2 x64. ------------ Can be downloaded from my GoogleDrive: SevenUpdater-v1.0-beta.zip Source is on github: https://github.com/irusanov/win-seven-updater

UNOFFICIAL BIOS for Z790 APEX Encore based on 9905 that: Fixes MCE on HX CPUs Fixes Tri/Quad GPU AVX512 for Alder Lake without breaking 0x11F Microcode switcher (not bclk ucode) Disables CPU_FAN warning by default Disables Armoury Crate by default https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wo6kRuFDjjznaC6U-lrOC4fC9wxKx2ih/view?usp=sharing Need to flash with USB Bios Flashback (Rename to A5470.CAP) Change from before is that CSM now properly enables itself on its own for legacy GPUs and long/failed first boot fixed EDIT: Link updated to fix win 11 bsod

New platform arrived, here's some initial testing with some G.Skill CK 9466 next gen goodness. G4 looking pretty good and much easier to run over 9000 than G2. All testing done with air cooling no cold testing yet, coming soon. 245K 7z YC GB3 285K 7z YC GB3

Albrecht asked for volunteers to check the test server like 2 months ago and only 4 people gave feedback. It's not like he didn't try that. We need all this feedback in order to get it going and fixed fast. So please be productive and just report any bugs or things you don't like. You can be sure that Tim and Albrecht will look into everything.

for me it is useful to do some stages at cpu limit (aio/water) in order to consider all the categories and look for the best efficiency

Imagine how time consuming such a stage would be ? I honestly don't like Dogpile Stages at all. I cant see the purpose,the usefulness of such stages. Glad to hear what other members think about it.

Nice. :) TY

Copy the link and paste it into a Microsoft EDGE browser. Chrome and Firefox do not support downlaod anymore from our hosting site, we are working on a fix AMD A64 Tweaker A64Tweaker.exe A64Tweaker_V0.6beta.zip APU Tuning Utility APU+Tuning+Utility.zip AMD MSRTweaker MSRTweaker.zip AMD Overdrive AMD+Overdrive.zip AMD Ryzen Master AMD+Ryzen+Master.zip AMD64 Clock Utility AMD64+Clock+Utility.zip AMD CPUID & CPU Info amdcpuid.exe amdcpuinfo.exe AMD Tool 1.0A Amdtool+1.0a.rar BD patch & Conditioner ( STILT tools ) BDx86 2Bx64patch.zip BDC_R1.03B.zip BDC29.zip AMD Dothan Clockgen dothan+clockgen+eist.rar AMD Ryzen DRAM Calculator DRAM Calculator for Ryzen.zip AMD HDBC HDBC_V1.61.zip AMD KSTAT K10STAT091.rar K10STAT154.rar K15TK.zip AMD Llano CPU errata LlanoCPUerrata665_v1.2.zip AMD Phenom 2 Tweaker phenom2_tweaker.zip AMD PSCheck 3.4.1 PSCheck+3.4.1.rar AMD STILT EXTREME (more info in link) APU Fuse interpreter APU Fuse Interpreter.zip BullDozer Conditoner Bulldozer Conditioner.zip Devastator Powertune Devastator PowerTune.zip Trinity Control Interface K2 Trinity Control Interface.zip Copy the link and paste it into a Microsoft EDGE browser.

Discord Chat at : https://discord.com/channels/662303512948113439/1322292393755541564 Competition Page at: https://hwbot.org/competition/G.SKILL OC World Cup 2025 Online Qualifier GENERAL RULES Intel LGA1700/1851 Platforms & G.SKILL DDR5 memory (no 12th Gen allowed) RETAIL components (No ES hardware) HWBOT & G.SKILL reserve the right to reject any entry HWBOT & G.SKILL have the right to ask for video proof or BenchMate datafile if needed Employees of PC Hardware manufacturers are not allowed to compete No hardware/score sharing is allowed 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 All submissions must include a picture of their rig (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooler) during use All submissions must include a picture of G.SKILL memory with heatsink and serial number; If the heatsink is removed, the picture must clearly show the PCB and IC 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 All submissions must include the official OC World Cup 2025 Qualifier desktop wallpaper HARDWARE Limited to Intel 13/14 and Core Ultra CPUs for LGA1700/1851 platforms G.SKILL DDR5 memory (No engineering samples) 6 Processor Performance cores, no Hyper Threading (disabling cores allowed). Unless specified Maximum processor/cache frequency limitation of 6005 MHz G.Skill crew and judges team allow usage of motherboards released during the competition (retail available) SOFTWARE Windows 10/11 only (no server OS) CPU-Z 2.13 or newer BenchMate 12.1.0 only Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module Stages: DDR5 Memory Frequency PYPrime 32B 7-ZIP SuperPi 32M Y-Cruncher 2.5B (0.8.5) Cooling Limitation No limitation Rules explantion: For SuperPi 32M you can use up to 6 cores, meaning a mix of performance and E cores, no HT allowed For 7zip, Y Cruncher and PYPrime you must use up to 6 Performance cores, no E cores and no HT allowed. But for max performance 6P is highly recommended For Mem freq you use whatever cores or core amount you want, no HT allowed Points per Stage: 65-60-56-53-50-47-45-43-41-39-37-35-33-31-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 Mem Frequency Stage points: 65-61-58-57-55-53-51-49-47-45-43-41-39-37-35-33-31-29-27-25-23-21-19-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Sample Screenshot: FINAL NOTES ● In case of same score, the earliest submission wins. ● In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be Mem Freq stage. ● The top-9 of online qualifier will receive an entry ticket to compete for the $xx,000 USD cash prize pool in the live contest at Computex 2025. ● Participants arrange and cover their own transportation and accommodation. ● In the case that any of the top-9 qualified overclockers cannot attend the Live Qualifier at Computex 2025, their spot will be made available to subsequent runner-ups of the Online Qualifier (e.g. 10th, 11th, 12th, etc. places). HARDWARE PRIZES Each of the top-9 of the online qualifier will receive a G.Skill DDR5- ... memory kit 3 x Lucky draw winners using DDR5 will receive a G.Skill DDR5- ... memory kit (must participate in all stages)

Z790 APEX ENCORE/ Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 *The new BIOS includes Intel microcode 0x12C to enhance the stability of Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen processors. 1. need ln2 mode enabled and mode2 if use gear 4 dont use mode 2 (Only used in xoc) 2. can switch 11F ucode in bios ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 (Based on 2901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE TEST BIOS 9990 (Based on 1901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 With AVX512 (Based on 2901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE TEST BIOS 9990 With AVX 512 (Based on 1901) Download

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)

Welcome to Warp9 Systems' Socket 754 Competition by ShrimpBrime and Mr.Scott Hardware: Socket 754 CPUs and motherboards only (duh) Rules: - Standerd HWBOT verification Rules apply - Legacy CPU-Z versions allowed - No Cooling restrictions - Verification screenshots for Stage 1 and 2 must use the Official Socket 754 competition wallpaper by ShrimpBrime BenchMarks: Stage 1: Superpi 32M (Rules) Stage 2: Pifast (Rules) Stage 3: CPU Frequency (Rules) More info on the dedicated Discord thread More info on the Warp9 Systems Forum Thread Competition Wallpaper

Here at HWBOT we try our best to deliver a fair and enjoyable playing field for all those who participate in the rankings and competition. To be able to provide this kind of service we have tried to design some submission and general rules to help remove any doubts about whether something is allowed or not. Based on continued experience these rules will be updated, expanded and completed as time goes by. Please check back for any updates. The HWBOT Country Cup 2024 allows only single CPU socket retail motherboards and single GPU retail Videocard submissions (unless specifically stated otherwise). No Laptop or other mobile devices, desktop non server hardware only (unless specified) Intel Arrow Lake processors and AMD 9800X3D not allowed Please ensure that the verification screenshot includes the competition background, on top of the standard HWBOT rules, a CPU-Z Motherboard tab is required Plz check out the Standard and specific Country Cup 2024 Rules laid down per stage before submitting. If in doubt contact a moderator CPU Stage 1: 7-Zip by BenchMate: 1x 1, 2 and 5 processor core submission Stage2: Geekbench 5 Single Core - AMD processor: Different CPU cores Stage3: 3DMark CPU profile Max - 1x LGA1155, LGA1200 and LGA1700 submission Stage4: Y-Cruncher PI BBP-10B - 1x 6-12-24 processor cores Stage5: HWBot X265 1080P - 1x FM1, FM2, FM2+ submission Stage6: Cinbench 2024 - Intel - Maximum of 24 processor cores (no E core disabling allowed) GPU Stage 1: 3DMark03 - APU: 1x FM2, FM2+ and AM4 submission Stage2: 3DMark Vantage Perf (GPU) - AMD Videocard: GPU Family Stage3: 3DMark Solar Bay (see card limitations) Stage4: Cinebench 2024 GPU - GPU Family Stage5: 3DMark 2001SE - AMD processor, SLi/Crossfire allowed Stage6: 3DMark Steel Nomad Vulkan - nVIDIA - GPU Family Memory Stage 1: Memory Frequency - Y-Cruncher 2.5 stable: 1x DDR3, DDR4 and DDR5 submission Stage2: Geekbench 5 Multicore: 1x DDR3, DDR4 and DDR5 submission Stage3: 3DMark Time Spy (CPU): Maximum of 10 core processors cores Stage4: PYPrime 32B by BenchMate - Memory Size: 1X 6GB (triple Channel LGA1366) - 8GB and 16 GB submission Stage5: SuperPi 32M: 1x DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 submission Tweaking Stage1: Y-Cruncher Pi-1B by BenchMate - 8 Core AMD CPUs only - 5005MHz - different CPU and Memory Stage2: Pifast by BenchMate - 5005MHz - By CPU socket: 1x AM3+, AM4 and AM5 submission Stage3: 3DMark11 PhysX - 6005MHz - 1 x 8, 12, 16 submission (no E core disabling allowed) Stage4: 7-Zip by BenchMate - 6005MHz - 6 Processor cores: (no E core disabling allowed) Stage5: PYprime32B by BenchMate - 5005MHz - Memory Cas Latency 28 - different CPU and Memory

The Dual OC has a custom PCB that is different than reference and Strix. I could not find a compatible boardview file, but there might be some other model that uses same/similar PCB. It's my first touch with AMD card newer than HD7970 and I didn't even know what I'm buying, but this particular model seems to be a popular amongst miners in my country. The PCB exposes convenient I2C pads for the main PWM controller and also additional pads for hotwire (vcore, vmem, vddci). To enable hotwire functions, I had to bridge some pads for the different rails, otherwise the pads are disconnected and you can only use the measuring points. - I2C connection to ASP1300 - it's a relabelled IR3567B and EVC2 has full support - bridge pads marked in red to enable OVM and OVCI pins. For example, to control memory voltage with EVC, connect a GND point to GND on EVC, OVM to SRC1 and VDDM to VIN1, then use feedback mode in the software. It should be possible to use a regular hardware mod with a variable resistor (trimpot), but you need to connect one leg to OVM and the other one to GND. Always measure voltage under load. The core pads are on the back of the card, but that's unnecessary if you're going to use the I2C pads for the main PWM. Edit: Replaced images

If that was designed from the ground up, have you considered a library with ready to use components and if yes, can you share the reason for the current approach? I personally like the styling of Tailwind. I know there are pros and cons with everything, but a library would possibly give you responsive layout out of the box, consistent styling, fonts, paddings, etc. For a small dev team and large site that might be the easier solution. Displaying large sets of data and forms on a site is one of the hardest things to design. As for the fonts, Verdana and Ariel are really outdated for the web, they must only be used as fallbacks. There are many modern web fonts that are much nicer, I personally used Rubik for my site, but a typical font-family definition looks like this: "Rubik", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif where "Rubik" is my embedded web font. It depends whether you want the same font on all devices or not. Other popular web fonts are Lato, Montserrat, Roboto, Noto Sans, Open Sans. You also need to account for localization, but I don't think that is a feature you're going to support. PS: I don't know what jquery is still used for, but the versoin is really old (from 2012). PS2: I feel few things are better, but overall there's no consistency and the perception is not that good - perhaps there aren't many common components and layouts and everything is done per page basis, which would be a nightmare to fix and support. There are also many UX issues, e.g. like tags/pills looking exactly the same as buttons, no loading indicators (page simply jumps when a container gets its data replaced), non-clickable elements like dropdown list items (you need to click on the text), inconsistent pointer style (cursor).

First of all, thank you to Leeg and the dev for all the hard work they put in to get our little site updated and working as it should be 😁 Some personal feedback I have is.. 1. Can we get the arrows next to the page numbers back for scrolling pages on the front page? 2. Personally I preferred when the submit score button was separated from the rest of the main menu options, but this is personal preference 3. What happened to the sponsors/partners in the main page banner? 4. Scaling seems to be very weird at the moment as well. I reduced zoom on my 1920x1080 monitor to 90% and it looks a lot better. Full size is just weirdly spaced and awkward to look at imo.

I fully support no dogpile, it (dogpile) promotes quantity over quality, which is against the idea of 'keep pushing' imho. I would play with something like low clock by socket/generation in 32M or GB3 with fixed core count and some incentive to pull one of those Socket A dinosaurs out

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cccDcSac5rxPATm_1D76TD2lOqs27Erj/view?usp=sharing Old bios but if you want it here you go

I have LCBBE X2 chips. Seen a few x2 4400+ models with this, and the odd x2 3800+. Never saw an x2 4800+ or FX60 with it, though. Also, Opterons have it, sometimes (less for 939, but plenty of 940 opterons with this type of batch) I don't really know how part numbers are supposed to work, but there are plenty of other examples - E3 vs E6 venice chips come to mind (they have different part numbers, too, and are distinguishable). Then you have F2 vs F3 Windsor CPUs for AM2, G1 vs G2 Brisbanes (both with different part numbers), and for some Athlon II models you can have Regor, Propus or Deneb cores (Athlon II X2 220 in particular) - but with the same part number. You also have different part numbers for different wattage bins, though I'm not sure if those can be easily identified through software. (like, the 4400+ comes in an ADV and an ADA flavor) The question is just where you want to draw the line, and I also wonder if this was talked about some 15 years ago, too (it was noticed, and all of us 939 heads knew that these were dual cores with one core disabled - but there was also the question of "category inflation" from what I remember, so the decision was to keep them together)

Z790 APEX ENCORE/ Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9933 For XOC 1. need ln2 mode enabled and mode2 if use gear 4 dont use mode 2 (dont use ambient temp OC, only use to LN2 OC) 2. can switch 11F ucode in bios https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/intel-700-600-series/raptorlake-resources/m-p/1035782/highlight/true#M24593

UNOFFICIAL BIOS for Z790 Apex Encore and Z790 Apex I made to fix Multicore Enhancement not working on the laptop CPUs. Also adds AVX-512 Microcode for 12th gen, and fixes tri/quadfire. Must use USB BIOS Flashback - First boot might take a long time, I think it might be because of the custom bios name, but don't worry about it. If you get d4, just reboot. Z790 Apex Encore 9905 Laptop MCE Fix (Rename to A5470.CAP) Z790 Apex 9905 Laptop MCE Fix (Rename to MZ790A.CAP) Alternatively, you can use XTU to remove power limits.

Thanks For the help. It was under My Account and I needed a password for that team. I submitted the required info and I've now have switched to that team 🙂

Boot with Z690 Apex, open device manager, install these drivers to all devices that are missing drivers. Then boot with Z790 Apex Encore. You will need PS/2 probably to reinstall USB drivers. https://www.mediafire.com/file/dap6k6n96t27l1a/DP_Ported_DriversCollection_v24.7z/file Thanks to George King on MSFN

Z790 APEX ENCORE/ Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9922 For XOC 1. need ln2 mode enabled and mode2 if use gear 4 dont use mode 2 (dont use ambient temp OC, only use to LN2 OC) 2. can switch 11F ucode in bios https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/intel-700-600-series/raptorlake-resources/m-p/1025284/highlight/true#M23653

Make sure RSVD_1 and RSVD_2 switch are set to Off Edit: Actually having it boot ever is weird if you were to have RSVD_2 enabled, I guess also make sure to not be using Maximus Tweak Mode 2, as this loads skews that only work well at ln2 temp.

Latest Z890 Apex test bios: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/20fhm5ok9fh2d2hd3m7jc/ROG-MAXIMUS-Z890-APEX-ASUS-0005.CAP?rlkey=nfcu21ruvyb5rhnxbdzq66ob8&st=j9t9afki&dl=0

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I never saw the beta invitation on discord and I'm fairly active there, I would have loved to check it out Maybe a post in the discord announcement channel with ping would be good next time you have a similar call to action.

As the market is a bit short on 1 DPC ram pots as boards are moving towards 1 DPC for XOC boards, I designed this pot with input from onewolf and zeus. frostvolt rampot Version 1. Comes in 2 variants, black anodised aluminium and nickel plated copper. the aluminium version weighs 220g and the copper version weighs 720 grams. all fit into a width of 24mm. WhatsApp Video 2024-06-14 at 19.08.22_3658f824.mp4

Binned Tachyon? Why? They work all on the same level, for Gear4 you can have small differences but for Gear2 they are all same. Non X board is hard to find, maybe here on marktplace or ebay, but TachyonX is still available in different shops