Balancing electricity will not stop true enthusiasts from exploring the potential of computer hardware and overclocking it! And traditional competitions held annually still retain the excitement and passion of overclockers around the world, because they are open to absolutely everyone. This year, the main resource of competitive overclocking HWBOT prepared five categories, in total having 20 disciplines for the competition, one of which is “a small pile” without restrictions, but everything has its time.
We encourage visitors to our resource to support our team of enthusiasts and contribute to the competition! This guide was made to simplify this process and help in participation. It is possible to take part in the competition by submitting the result until 09/15/2024.
Check-in
Each discipline has its own requirements and corresponding hardware. If you want to join, then below is a list of the hardware needed for participation. If you have the necessary, you can move on to the next parts of the guide and prepare a test stand. If there is nothing like that – thank you for paying attention and taking the initiative to help the team!
AMD CPU: any AM2 processors, 3-core AM3 processors (unlocking of cores of younger models is available), AM4 architecture Zen 1 / Zen+ (Summit Ridge, Pinnacle Ridge), 2/4/6/8/12-core processor of the AM4/AM5 platform, except for the X3D series.
Intel CPU: any Xeon LGA 1366, any LGA1156 processors, Core i5 6xxx – 11xxx processors, non-K processor 12xxx.
NVIDIA GPU: any GeForce 4xx series, GTX 550 Ti – GTX 560 Ti, any GeForce 7xx series, any dual-chip GeForce (e.g. GTX 690).
AMD GPU: any ATI Radeon X1000 series, two single-chip ATI Radeon HD 5000 series video cards in CrossFire mode, Radeon RX based on Ellesmere, Polaris 21, Polaris 20 cores, any powerful AMD Radeon video card.
ETC: reference frequency of any motherboard or x86-64 device, DFI LanParty motherboards.
HWBOT Registration
For absolute beginners, we will demonstrate the registration process on the resource. On the main page of HWBOT, there is a registration button at the top left.
On the next page, enter your nickname, password, email address, select the country Ukraine, and the Overclockers.UA team. Read the rules of the resource and agree to them, make it clear that you are not a robot and click the button to complete registration.
Success! You are ready to take part in the competition!
General rules and regulations for participation in any discipline, software
Confirmation of successful completion of a discipline can be of two types: a screenshot or a validation file via BenchMate software or the benchmark itself, for example HWBOT x265 Benchmark. Some disciplines may require additional online validation (UL, CPUID), this will be described in detail in each individual case, and this year’s global instruction looks like this:
standard rules are used HWBOTand screenshots must have an additional CPU-Z window open on the Motherboard tab; No ES hardware (unless otherwise noted); No server-grade hardware (unless otherwise noted); Only single-socket platforms are allowed (unless otherwise noted); Only single-chip graphics cards are allowed (unless otherwise noted); Zen 5 processors and new Zen 4 models after July 15 are prohibited; All results must include a photo of the booth; All results must include the official competition wallpaper, which can be found at link; Manipulation of screenshots such as cropping is prohibited; Hiding the taskbar is prohibited, it must always be visible.
CPU-Z windows must have a visible version line, so this area at the bottom should not be covered by anything.
And the most important thing to remember when participating in the competition: one overclocker can submit only one result for each specific discipline. This means that if a user submitted only three results in Stage 1 – Cinebench – R11.5 – AM2 CPUs – only one best result of this user will be counted (the other two will be, so to speak, backup results). The exception is the Dogpile discipline, where you can submit as many results as you want, even by one person.
Each result should be accompanied by a photo of the IRL test rig, so below is a gallery of examples:
The principle of presenting the result at the competition
On any page of the resource, the “Submit Score” button is available on the right.
We go to the very bottom of the page in the Competitions section, this is where you can submit your results for the competition.
We select the required discipline (for example, AMD CPU) and begin to format the result.
Validation option A – via screenshot. Fill in the fields of the hardware used. Select “enter hardware manually”.
Add a screenshot (their examples will be in each discipline), 1080p is a comfortable resolution for this purpose, smaller ones can already create discomfort when preparing a screenshot in an accessible place. Link to online validation, if necessary, photo of the system, agree to the rules and submit the result.
Option B – validation via datafile / Benchmate datafile. Load the validation file. Check the correctness of the specified hardware, correct and supplement if necessary.
We add a photo of the system, agree to the rules and submit the result to the competition.
If you don’t know how to use BenchMate, the instructions are described in the previous guide at the link.
Instructions
Glossary:
BM = BenchMate; S = Screenshot; VF = File Validation; OV = Online Validation.
HWBOT Team CUP 2024 – AMD CPU
Discipline Conditions of participation and required hardware Validation Example screenshot Stage 1 – Cinebench – R11.5 – AM2 CPUs only Any AM2 processor (standard, AM2+ is not allowed) BM/S
Stage 2 – 7-Zip – 3 Cores – AM3 3-core processor (allowed to unlock cores, prohibited to disable) BM
Stage 3 – GPUPI for CPU v3.2 – 1B – AM4 Only Zen/Zen+ processors (Summit Ridge, Pinnacle Ridge), PRO series is allowed, 8-core version of R5 1600 BM is prohibited from participation
Stage 4 – Geekbench3 – Multi Core – AM4/AM5 One result for 2, 4, 6, 6, 8, 12 core processors, X3D S+OV series is prohibited
HWBOT Team CUP 2024 – Intel CPU
Discipline Conditions of participation and required hardware Validation Example screenshot Stage 1 – SuperPi – 32M – LGA1366 XEONS only Xeon 5500 Series, Xeon W3500 Series, Xeon 5600 Series, Xeon W3600 BM/S
Stage 2 – PiFast – LGA1156 Any LGA1156 processors any BM/S
Stage 3 – Cinebench – R20 – Core I5 – DDR4
Core i5 (Skylake), Core i5 (Kaby Lake), Core i5 (Coffee Lake), Core i5 10000 series (Comet Lake), Core i5 11000 Series (Rocket Lake)
BM
Stage 4 – HWBOT x265 Benchmark – 4k – 12th gen Non K SKU Only 12000 series (Alder Lake-S) CPUs with locked multiplier (non-K) VF
HWBOT Team CUP 2024 – AMD GPU
Discipline Conditions of participation and required hardware Validation Example screenshot Stage 1 – 3DMark05 – X1000 series Single-chip video card ATI Radeon X1000 series, benchmark rig based on DDR3 S memory
Stage 2 – 3DMark03 – HD5000 Crossfire Single-chip video cards based on Juniper, Cypress cores in CrossFire S mode
Stage 3 – 3DMark – Sky Diver – Radeon RX Radeon RX graphics cards based on Ellesmere, Polaris 21, Polaris 20 S+OV cores
Stage 4 – GPUPI v3.3 – 32B Any single-chip AMD Radeon BM
HWBOT Team CUP 2024 – nVIDIA GPU
Discipline Conditions of participation and required hardware Validation Sample screenshot Stage 1 – Unigine Superposition – 1080P Xtreme – GeForce 400 series Any GeForce 400 series S
Stage 2 – 3DMark11 Extreme – GeForce GTX 550Ti-560-560Ti GeForce GTX 550 Ti (128b), GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192b), GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 560, G TX TX 12Force Ti, (GFce 12Force Ti, GeForce GTX 560 Ti (GF110, 448 Shaders) S+OV
Stage 3 – 3DMark – Time Spy – GeForce 700 series Any GeForce 700 series S+OV
Stage 4 – 3DMark Vantage Extreme – Dual GPU Videocard only Any dual-chip GeForce S+OV
HWBOT Team CUP 2024 – Miscellaenous
Discipline Conditions of participation and required hardware Validation Example screenshot Stage 1 – DOGPILE Reference Frequency – No limits Anything S+OV
Stage 2 – SuperPi – 32M – DFI Lan Party motherboards only (CPU socket)
Платы DFI Lan Party
BM/S
Stage 3 – PYPrime – 32b – DDR2, 3 and 4
D2-D4
BM
Stage 4 – 3DMark2001 SE – No limits Any video card, but the benchmark is very processor dependent S
That’s it. Thanks for the help and support of the team at HWBOT!
If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the discussion of this material, or in the appropriate topic in Conferences. Glory to Ukraine!
