While I see your point about why XTU is used and there is no influence from Intel, I am just saying it is not a true reflection of CPU speed. For instance, the highest 3770K with water is 1153 and that required 5.425ghz which is likely a 1 in a million chip to bench that high under water. That score would place 10th in the current competition and no amount of memory tweaking will ever close the inflated performance gap the benchmark sets between the 3770K and 4770K. I enjoy the competition and think it a great way to get new folks involved but as long as XTU is used your winner will always be a 4770K, until Intel releases the next batch of chips, even if another chip wins or almost wins the other 2 stages.