G.Skill World Cup Online Qualifier 2025 (15/02 till 19/03 2025)

[Leeghoofd]

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

 

SOFTWARE

• Windows 10/11 only (no server OS)
• CPU-Z 2.13 or newer
• BenchMate xxx  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

 

Cooling Limitation

• No limitation

 

POINTS PER STAGE (Mem Frequency points not finalized):

• 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

 

FINAL NOTES

    ●   In case of same score, the earliest submission wins.
    ●   In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be stage   .
    ●  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 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)

 

• The top-9 of online qualifier will receive an entry ticket to compete for the $xx.xxx USD cash prize pool in the live contest at Computex 2025.

[CENS]

Can’t wait! Thx gskill for supporting another exciting year of competition 

[Watchmydebt]

Going to be a blast this year! looking forward to this starting. Thanks to G.skill and HWbot for organizing everything!

[Splave]

15900K allowed? In 4 lucky draw

[Luumi]

Big thumbs up to G.Skill for hosting the contest once again. Let's see if I have the chance to try the qualifier this time.

[Micka]

On 1/28/2025 at 9:49 AM, Luumi said:

Big thumbs up to G.Skill for hosting the contest once again. Let's see if I have the chance to try the qualifier this time.

You must be!  🫦

[Rauf]

Good G.skill keeps the competitive XOC alive. Def. not sure I will take part though. Probably too much pain to relearn everything and bin etc. But tried one random chip and seems decent. not sure if c32 is any good anymore or if c30/28 is what matters now