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  1. More details soon

     

    23-02 Prize money confirmed, official press release on Monday 26th of February
    24-02: Initial rules draft
    25-02: Competition end date and Final Benchmarks added
    26-02 Frequencies confirmed
    27-02 hardware prizes confirmed & sample screenshots added

     

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    GENERAL RULES

    • Intel LGA1700 Platforms & G.SKILL DDR5 memory
    • RETAIL available 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 below official OC World Cup 2024 Qualifier desktop wallpaper


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    HARDWARE

    • Limited to Intel LGA1700 Platforms (no motherboard bios restrictions)
    • G.SKILL DDR5 memory (No engineering samples)
    • 4 Processor Performance cores, no Hyper Threading (disabling cores allowed). Unless specified
    • Maximum processor/cache frequency limitation of  6005 MHz for Stages 2,3 & 4

    SOFTWARE

    • Windows 10 only (no server OS)
    • CPU-Z 2.09 or newer
    • BenchMate 11.3 only
    • Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module

     

    Cooling Limitation

    • No limitation

     

     

    STAGES

     

    STAGE 1: DDR5 Memory FREQUENCY

     

    • Rules
    • A VALIDATED CPU-Z Verification link is required being (no XOC mode)
    • Memory Frequencies in screenshot showing result not more than 0.5% lower than validated frequency.
    • Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
    • Include a picture of their rig during use (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooling)

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    STAGE 2: 4-Perf cores at 6 GHz   PYPrime 32B  with BenchMate

    • Rules
    • Maximum CPU and Cache frequency of 6005 MHz (by CPU-Z and BM result tab)
    • Submission via BM Datafile
    • Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
    • Include a picture of their rig during use (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooling)

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    STAGE 3: 4-Perf cores at 6 GHz   7-Zip with  BenchMate

    • Rules
    • Maximum CPU and Cache frequency of 6005 MHz (by CPU-Z and BM result tab)
    • Submission via BM Datafile
    • Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
    • Include a picture of their rig during use (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooling)

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    STAGE 4:  Maximum of 4 cores at 6 GHz   Superpi 32M with BenchMate 

    • Rules
    • Maximum CPU and Cache frequency of 6005 MHz (by CPU-Z and BM result tab)
    • Submission via BM Datafile
    • Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
    • Include a picture of their rig during use (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooling)

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    POINTS PER STAGE:

    • 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

     

    FINAL NOTES

        ●   In case of same score, the earliest submission wins.
        ●   In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be DDR5 memory frequency.
        ●  The top-9 of online qualifier will receive an entry ticket to compete for the $40,000 USD cash prize pool in the live contest at 
             Computex 2024.
        ●  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 2024, 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 DDR5-8000 2x24GB memory kit
    • 3 x Lucky draw winners using DDR5 will receive a G.Skill DDR5-7600  2x16GB memory kit (must participate in all stages)

     

    • The top-9 of online qualifier will receive an entry ticket to compete for the $40,000 USD cash prize pool in the live contest at Computex 2024.

     

    G.Skill Live Stage prize money (for Computex 2024 participants)

    • 1st $10000
    • 2nd $6500
    • 3rd $5000
    • 4th $4200
    • 5th $3400
    • 6th $3000
    • 7th $2800
    • 8th $2600
    • 9th $2500

     

     

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