Crew Leeghoofd Posted May 9, 2022 Crew Share Posted May 9, 2022 lo gents, just to announce that HWBot plans to host a Pentium Gold competition beginning of June, thanks to Intel. General Rules Participants from Enthusiast, Novice and Rookie League only Participants must use retail Intel Pentium Gold Processors. All participants must use commercially available components and Software (Engineering Samples are not allowed). Hardware sharing is not allowed. All participants have to use the same platform for all 3 stages. All submissions must include the official Intel Pentium Gold competition desktop wallpaper, available here: All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup (MB, MEM, CPU cooler type clearly visible). After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed. We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and Intel reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples of unacceptable behavior: Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change. Cheating on cooling method or Software hacking HWBOT and Intel reserve the right to reject any entry. HWBOT and Intel have the right to ask for video proof if needed. Hardware Must use commercially / retail available components. No ES samples. Processor and Memory are cooled ONLY by Air, AIO or Water cooling. Software Use XTU latest build 7.7.0.12 Use BenchMate 0.10.9.2 CPUZ 2.0.1 or newer version only. Stage 1: Cinebench R15 with BenchMate Use CB R15 via BenchMate benchmarking tool ( https://benchmate.org ) Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory. Include pictures of your overclocked setup How to guide (click) Stage 2: XTU 2.0 Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory. Include pictures of your overclocked setup How to guide (click) Stage 3: Superpi 32M with BenchMate Use Superpi 32M via BenchMate benchmarking tool ( https://benchmate.org ) Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory. Include pictures of your overclocked setup How to guide (click) Final Notes In case of a tie, Stage 3 score is the tie breaker. Points per Stage 50-48-46-44-42-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 For more rules check out the EO sports page plz This Ambient competition is only for Rookie, Novice and Enthusiast overclockers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Leeghoofd Posted May 9, 2022 Author Crew Share Posted May 9, 2022 We will have a special compo right after this one in Q2, so moved to 1st of June! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crew Leeghoofd Posted May 30, 2022 Author Crew Share Posted May 30, 2022 Submission guides added: Stage 1: Superpi 32M with BenchMate - OC Guide Stage 2: XTU 2.0 - OC Guide Stage 3: Cinebench R15 with BenchMate - OC Guide 377550839_PentiumGoldCBGuide.docx 288885639_PentiumGoldPIGuide.docx 1587145451_PentiumGoldXTUGuide.docx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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