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			22 November 2014 - 22 November 2014: ASUS Open Overclocking Cup 2014 Final


15 August 2014 - 15 September 2014: ASUS Open Overclocking Cup 2014 Qualifier

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Stages

Stage 1 - XTU 5GHz
Stage 2 - 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
Stage 3 - PiFast

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This competition was open to everyone.

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ASUS Open Overclocking Cup 2014 Qualifier ranking

8 Pack

97 pts

Dancop

87 pts

Wizerty

80 pts

Alex@ro

77 pts

Xtreme Addict

71 pts

Perica_barii

69 pts

mortisboy

68 pts

der8auer

67 pts

OGS

67 pts

BenchBros

66 pts

giorgioprimo

64 pts

rsannino

58 pts

stummerwinter

55 pts

Strat

52 pts

ivanov

39 pts

henkenator68NL

36 pts

Maedhros

33 pts

loul

30 pts

twisted1

29 pts

RULE

29 pts

_12_

25 pts

daimons

22 pts

Sven

21 pts

T0lsty

19 pts

Smoke

16 pts

tiborrr

14 pts

John_White

13 pts

Nifir

12 pts

TerraRaptor

10 pts

Official competition

This is an online event. Participants can compete from all around the world, and make submissions online.

As this is an official level 1 competition, competitors will receive season points for the final ranking as following.

Comments

11 August 2014 Massman says:

Get ready, gentle(wo)men!

11 August 2014 John_White says:

Core i5 4690K most useless (.

11 August 2014 Splave says:

Yaaaay for Europe!

11 August 2014 OGS says:

Ah dat group thing will be a pain

11 August 2014 TaPaKaH says:

How does one distinguish G3258 people from 4690K/4790K people?

What if I use G3258 for two stages and 4790K for a third stage, to which group do I belong?

11 August 2014 der8auer says:

I guess you have to use the same CPU for all stages.

11 August 2014 BenchBros says:

Are epowered VGA allowed?

Will hardware sharing rule be like HWBot one, so 2D no CPU sharing and 3D no CPU/GPU sharing, or will this rule also apply to PSU, SSD, memory and all other stuff?

11 August 2014 Massman says:

How does one distinguish G3258 people from 4690K/4790K people?
What if I use G3258 for two stages and 4790K for a third stage, to which group do I belong?

If you want to apply for the G3258 category, you must use that CPU in all stages.

I think this is on the competition page.

11 August 2014 TaPaKaH says:

What is the point distribution for each of the stages?

11 August 2014 Phil says:

Last year the teams that were in most cases from the same country,were getting the one pair of hardware(vga+mobo) before the final to test and prepare.What is going to happen this year that the pairs in most cases will probably not be from the same country?

12 August 2014 slamms says:

Last year the teams that were in most cases from the same country,were getting the one pair of hardware(vga+mobo) before the final to test and prepare.What is going to happen this year that the pairs in most cases will probably not be from the same country?

We not will send before final one kit in this time. Every final team will be in the same conditions.

12 August 2014 Massman says:

What is the point distribution for each of the stages?

25-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

12 August 2014 Perica_barii says:

I am glad that slamms pushed this competition for this year, and will be more than happy to participate, good luck to everyone...

12 August 2014 slamms says:

Thank you, Perica!

12 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Great effort Vlad, glad to see it on! I shall participate for sure Just my 2 cents, I think you drank a bit too much with Smoke when creating few rules (teams) but I have to admit, it's something new Let's give it a try

BTW

If anyone picks me, be careful, legends go around that I am hw killer lol

12 August 2014 slamms says:

Great effort Vlad, glad to see it on! I shall participate for sure Just my 2 cents, I think you drank a bit too much with Smoke when creating few rules (teams) but I have to admit, it's something new Let's give it a try

BTW

If anyone picks me, be careful, legends go around that I am hw killer lol

Michal, about rules with teams:

1. Each team can speak on English (so, we will prevent language problem like was on GOC);

2. TOP-16 in qualifier, from my point of view, - should be more stronger team. We not will have a chance to be a LN2 Monkey

3. It`s something new. Will be not intresting, if AOOC will be same from year to year.

Will be happy to meet you again

12 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

will try this. Good to see Asus Russia is back again with competition)

12 August 2014 slamms says:

will try this. Good to see Asus Russia is back again with competition)

welcome!

12 August 2014 Trouffman says:

It`s something new. Will be not intresting, if AOOC will be same from year to year.

I definetly love this !

The team pairing is interesting at least !

13 August 2014 Hiwa says:

Very nice you guys made it again this year. You are doing an awesome job, this helps a lot our community slamms.

I am in.

Hope Asus do the same in us or Asia.

13 August 2014 mortisboy says:

very interesting guys...love the comp...but again bad timing why so much comps in the middle of August?

13 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Michal, about rules with teams:

1. Each team can speak on English (so, we will prevent language problem like was on GOC);

2. TOP-16 in qualifier, from my point of view, - should be more stronger team. We not will have a chance to be a LN2 Monkey

3. It`s something new. Will be not intresting, if AOOC will be same from year to year.

Will be happy to meet you again

Yes totally understand Will be fun for sure. Last AOOC was perfect, so I am sure this one will be too

13 August 2014 slamms says:

Guys, i am happy to see a lot good words about AOOC Lets do it better together!

13 August 2014 The_Animator says:

Me and my new G3258 are ready for this! I'll be picking up a block of dry ice on saturday.

13 August 2014 TaPaKaH says:

Will it be allowed and/or mandatory to use own hardware (such as CPUs or VGAs) in live finals?

13 August 2014 Dancop says:

Intel must be happy...Europe is binning dc now

14 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Happy? Europe is doing DC RMA...

14 August 2014 Dancop says:

Potatoe country

14 August 2014 slamms says:

Will it be allowed and/or mandatory to use own hardware (such as CPUs or VGAs) in live finals?

Sam, only provided hardware. But if you want you can bench own hardware on next day. We will live in same building, and Moscow Cyber Stadium is open 24 hours, like it was in Cyber Arena in 2012 year.

14 August 2014 Smoke says:

It will be cool) 3 days drinking tournament)))

14 August 2014 Trouffman says:

Sam OCX : as long as you dont fall the stairs and end up in the hospital you can bench non stop.

15 August 2014 Dinos22 says:

nice one Slamms

15 August 2014 slamms says:

Smoke, if you want to drink, you should be focus on alcohol competitions or alcoholics forums for sure, what are you doing there

Dino, thanks!

15 August 2014 Smoke says:

Slamms, after your EU trip you are more PRO with Alcobenching))))

16 August 2014 henkenator68NL says:

Good luck to all! Nice competition Asus!

16 August 2014 TaPaKaH says:

Is it allowed to use Maximus VII Impact boards for live qualifier?

Competition has already begun but the boards are not commercially available.

16 August 2014 Perica_barii says:

Yep would be nice to clarify what model of z97 boards are allowed for this competition...

18 August 2014 Vivi says:

same as maximus 7 formula

18 August 2014 Massman says:

Both M7F and M7I are allowed for this competition

18 August 2014 Phil says:

Congrats for keeping the competition alive Vlad.Will try to qualify.

18 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

I did submit this score (http://hwbot.org/submission/2607714_stummerwinter_xtu_core_i7_4790k_1301_marks) but not shown in the competition, used the competition page to submit...

I'm too stupid? PiFast worked...

18 August 2014 Massman says:

You're not stupid, I am.

Fixed it

18 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Thank you!

18 August 2014 slamms says:

Wow, welcome Boris!

18 August 2014 Trouffman says:

Stummy ! That comp will be fun for sure

18 August 2014 Wizerty says:

AOOC is back !!!!!!!

Thanks to take care of us Slamms

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Sh*t, DC, , one year to find a good 4770k, and 15day later, next contest, the CPU is not allowed haha

Anyway, nice rules, low clock, GPU bench (not cpu limited), and cpu test. Like it.

I hope I will be qualify, it will be nice, for sure

18 August 2014 Moose83 says:

Thinking to take Part in qualify

19 August 2014 slamms says:

Wizerty, yep, you should try Moscow driving

Moose83, will be happy to see new faces

19 August 2014 BenchBros says:

I also will join the game this year!

Thank you very much Vlad for bringing up this very cool event again!

With the background of some awful events still going on its a very good sign for the rest of the world that the great overclocking community meet from CIS and Europe to do together what they love!!!

20 August 2014 Smoke says:

Hope to see some old faces in Moscow)

21 August 2014 slamms says:

Looks like a lot of german OCers is active now

BenchBros, welcome!

21 August 2014 Dancop says:

Tomorrow will be the first decision right? The total leader will get a price then, or just the leader of stage one?

21 August 2014 BenchBros says:

XTU stage will be tight... what happens when e.g. three overclockers reach same result?

Will the first uploaded result be in higher position (would be cool because no benefit from sandbagging), or will all points added together and distributed to number of overclockers have same result?

uploaded 1st - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 1 = 25

uploaded 2nd - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 2 = 18

uploaded 3rd - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 3 = 16

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 1 = 20

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 2 = 20

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 3 = 20

Thanks

21 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

I found my way to the final...

21 August 2014 TaPaKaH says:

Not retail so not allowed

21 August 2014 Phil says:

In my screenshot of XTU submission,the XTU window is not visible for some reason(although it was opened while taking screenshot) and I found out after session.Is it a valid submission?

http://hwbot.org/submission/2609954_phil_xtu_core_i7_4790k_1304_marks

21 August 2014 I.nfraR.ed says:

Same happens for me if I use "capture.exe". Noticed that during MOA qualifiers.

21 August 2014 der8auer says:

In my screenshot of XTU submission,the XTU window is not visible for some reason(although it was opened while taking screenshot) and I found out after session.Is it a valid submission?

http://hwbot.org/submission/2609954_phil_xtu_core_i7_4790k_1304_marks

yea this would be invalid. Don't use capture.exe for a XTU screenshot. Good old paint helps

21 August 2014 Perica_barii says:

Just pin it to the taskbar, and click it there....I have no problem as you can see on my screen

22 August 2014 Moose83 says:

I found my way to the final...

Beer tweak allways good

22 August 2014 Phil says:

yea this would be invalid. Don't use capture.exe for a XTU screenshot. Good old paint helps

Ok Roman,I will rerun after work.

22 August 2014 Strat says:

First of all thanks Vlad and Asus Russia for the great effort. Hosting such an event is never easy! Keep up the good work. I hope i'll make it once again and go to the final.

I've a question, i cannot afford Ti Matrix, external power allowed? It's not written in the rules.

22 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

DCU2 don;t need epowers

22 August 2014 Moose83 says:

When you have good one :banana:

22 August 2014 Massman says:

XTU stage will be tight... what happens when e.g. three overclockers reach same result?
Will the first uploaded result be in higher position (would be cool because no benefit from sandbagging), or will all points added together and distributed to number of overclockers have same result?

uploaded 1st - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 1 = 25

uploaded 2nd - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 2 = 18

uploaded 3rd - XTU 1300 - Overclocker 3 = 16

or

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 1 = 20

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 2 = 20

XTU 1300 - Overclocker 3 = 20

Thanks

It's like in your first example where the person who submits first gets the most points.

22 August 2014 Rbuass says:

Slamm's high level competition on more time.

Thanks for push this kind of event to OC community.

22 August 2014 Vivi says:

DCU2 don;t need epowers

yes, the vrm will get 100C and probly die with 1900+. but if you put a heatsink with thermal paste they will probly be 50c and totally fine lol

22 August 2014 Moose83 says:

Benched my 1.7v 1850 with naked vrms haha

22 August 2014 slamms says:

Power boards with ASUS VGA is allowed.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

Dominated....

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was my goal and I got it!

Thanks for that awesome contest!

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2610534_

So xtu is a real "xueta"((

22 August 2014 Strat says:

What does that mean? Buggued run?

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

no, bugged benchmark. With this tweak i can get different results from run to run - 1310 to >2000. And the tweak fully complies with the rules.

22 August 2014 Strat says:

Huh sounds very bad

22 August 2014 giorgioprimo says:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2610534_

So xtu is a real "xueta"((

well ....maybe you can open a discussion about that.....just to check with the stuff if the Tweak is ok

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

I don't think it is legal for current version of benchmark anyway. Want me to post overall global wr to start discussion, lol?)

22 August 2014 Splave says:

5.3ghz ftw?

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2610576_

I beleive 7.9 is not possible? This is still 5ghz run. I can cold boot to windows and show you same results running xtu without need of any actions prior to running xtu.

22 August 2014 slamms says:

Thank you, Terra Raptor!

Looks like XTU is not valid anymore.

Let me know your opinion, please vote:

1. Just 2 current benchmarks;

2. Add one more and share what do you want?

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

Let others decide. I won't use it for qualifiers but the tweak is simple enough to be discovered by others. And it allows runs with deviations small enough (I.e. +10 points to an average 1320) to be accepted by most moderators.

Me personally vote for 2 benchmarks (pifast and fsx) with equal point distribution (50%/50%).

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

Changing the rules afterwards???

Hmmm

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

Benchmark compromised - I pass validation and, again, the thing I do is not against the rules. I will try to qualify. You see better options than deny xtu from qualification? What if I share tweak with other guys but not with you?)

22 August 2014 slamms says:

I am prefer to just disable XTU points. Let`s wait for few more opinions.

Anyway, i agree, that changing rules now, will be not correct.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

Benchmark compromised - I pass validation and, again, the thing I do is not against the rules. I will try to qualify. You see better options than deny xtu from qualification? What if I share tweak with other guys but not with you?)

No matter what will be done...but said anyway!

You're right, slams is right, everyone is right...but as I said...sad anyway

22 August 2014 der8auer says:

Benchmark compromised - I pass validation and, again, the thing I do is not against the rules. I will try to qualify. You see better options than deny xtu from qualification? What if I share tweak with other guys but not with you?)

Does this issue only happen in Windows 8.1 / Windows 8?

If yes the solution would be simple to ban the OS (again).

We can always switch to another benchmark and also extend the qualification timeframe if required. That would not be an issue.

Also switching from XTU 5 GHz to XTU full-out might be a solution. Depending on what exactly caused the bug we're talking about.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

I thought win 8 is banned anyway?!?!?!

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

No it isn't. Will post a result with win7 within 20 minutes. Description of the tweak sent to der8auer as he is a part of hwbot team.

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

Win7.

22 August 2014 der8auer says:

XTU reports a frequency of 5,7 GHz. I think if we set the limit there to 5,1 it could solve the issue. I think there is a problem with reading out the frequency wrong and XTU does some "score calculation" (which we know doesn't exist )

Maybe you can recheck that?

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

I saw some results with bs like 458345395395035 there and they are in line with others)

22 August 2014 Splave says:

^ mine says 5.1 when 5.0 tho

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

aaand:

22 August 2014 OGS says:

RIP XTU, nice find & report TR

22 August 2014 RULE says:

i'm for replace xtu with spi 32m @ 5ghz, in the finals there's always spi 32m and if the purpose of xtu @ 5ghz was see who is the more skilled with the same frequency, well the spi 32 can be perfect.

I don't waste my time trying to compete with some bugged result.

But this is only my opinion

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

Adding another benchmark now...i think that's not a good solution for those that already did their scores!

Deleting xtu ok...but adding another benchmark...limited again at 5ghz...we all know which psc kit will win!

22 August 2014 T0lsty says:

I`m for pi32 5ghz too , but its 1 week behing ,

just disable xtu , and other leave the same , with same points 35/25 : fs/pifast

22 August 2014 RULE says:

is more difficult than that, psc + skills win, psc without skills loose.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

I stop commenting here.

the decision must be done by others!

I just hope it's a good decision...and I'm ready for everything!

22 August 2014 der8auer says:

Mh is the performance that much off if XTU reports 5,1? Doesnt look that bad to be honest.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2610479

look at my score...reported 4972, screened 4972

22 August 2014 OGS says:

I think spi 32m lcc is a bad call... LCC without any safety measurements in a competition like AOOC can create "problems".

I would say remove XTU and stage 1 completely or replace it with XTU Full Out.

22 August 2014 Dancop says:

Xtu full out when you can do 2064 with 5ghz???

22 August 2014 TerraRaptor says:

The best I did with this setup is 1314 so far - just a slightly tweaked win7. 1350 is too much for the clocks/timings anyway. And it could be 1340, which is worse for cheat identification... Now you know, the tweak works as it should and gives some boost but benchmark itself can't handle this most of the times.

22 August 2014 OGS says:

Yeah but at least XTU has some safety measurements like freq analysis, freq report, etc.

Imagine running spi 32m @5 Ghz locked

22 August 2014 Moose83 says:

I allways say xtu is bugged 32m please for it

22 August 2014 Phil says:

Let's stay with the other two.

22 August 2014 der8auer says:

Guys first we will try to find a solution for this issue.

I already have an idea what causes this and also an idea how to verify it. I will do some testing straight tomorrow and tell you if it works or not

23 August 2014 Massman says:

Is it just me, or is it really easy to detect TR's bugged runs? In all of the bugged ones, the "maximum CPU frequency" exceeds the allowed frequency. And of course it's not possible to tell the frequency if the monitoring is disabled.

Just check the Maximum CPU Frequency and the monitoring line.

23 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Pieter mine run is 5 GHz straight from bios... no tweaks, no changing settings in OS, just boot to OS open XTU and run.

and I have 5.11, others seem to have similar. So you theory seems to be wrong.

23 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Boot with 44x102 into OS an set to 49...

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Alright guys, the tweak is actually easy to detect.

First let's take a look at XAs result which is valid. I marked the mandatory and important validation details. This stuff has to be visible! Otherwise your result might be considered as invalid.

Maximum Processor Frequency is 5.11 GHz. All monitoring data on the right is correct and visible (Max turbo Boost freq ~5.0 GHz).

The monitoring data is fully visible on the right with also 5.11 GHz core and ~5.0 GHz cache.

The monitoring line on the left is also fully visible and the CPU Frequency is a straight line without peaks.

Lets take a look at example screenshot #1 which would be invalid:

Monitoring details are not available and also system details on the right are missing.

Example #2 with applied "tweak"

The Maximum Processor Frequency is out of line with 5.32 GHz (Maximum allowed is 5.11). Take a look at the Processor frequency line which has two peaks (bumps from 5.0 to 5.3 GHz) which cause the wrong result. Also the details on the right are not visible. This is invalid aswell.

So the tweak is very easy to spot and we can just continue here.

However:

- Your result has to show the correct Maximum Processor Frequency

- Details on the right have to be visible

- Monitoring data has to be fully visible and a straight line without peaks.

23 August 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

That looks easy to check, good.

23 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Please have a look on my screen...

Max CPU is 0...

And the line is not straight, belive me or not, frequency was NOT changed, can show a video as prove...

23 August 2014 Strat says:

Seems ok! Good work Roman!!

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Please have a look on my screen...

Max CPU is 0...

And the line is not straight, belive me or not, frequency was NOT changed, can show a video as prove...

Your line is almost straight which is okays. No bumps visible. However Max CPU 0 is strange.

23 August 2014 Perica_barii says:

So after this we will apply that screen for all XTU submissions must be mandatory ( not talking about competition only) I mean all xtu submission should have screen visible as you showed us...

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Yes, we are discussing this internally at the moment

23 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Your line is almost straight which is okays. No bumps visible. However Max CPU 0 is strange.

Or I have "fantasy" values: http://hwbot.org/submission/2607714

Maybe caused by disabled service...

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Yea you and Dancop seem to have this issue with the strange values. I think it's a windows related issue or due to disabled services. Can't be hardware since other guys also use the Maximus VII Formula with the same BIOS version and it works.

23 August 2014 giorgioprimo says:

Yea you and Dancop seem to have this issue with the strange values. I think it's a windows related issue or due to disabled services. Can't be hardware since other guys also use the Maximus VII Formula with the same BIOS version and it works.

Check my submission for AOOC.....I have strange value as well ...with gene...

23 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Check my submission for AOOC.....I have strange value as well ...with gene...

Good...

Or maybe not... :eek:

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Okay so the question is how we can get rid of the 0 GHz and 42424125125 GHZ results. Let me know if you have any idea what causes this. At my setup everything works fine so far.

23 August 2014 giorgioprimo says:

Okay so the question is how we can get rid of the 0 GHz and 42424125125 GHZ results. Let me know if you have any idea what causes this. At my setup everything works fine so far.

could be related in using a beta-bios ? (just guessing)

23 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Not me, official bios for M7F...

Guess service, but need to try...

23 August 2014 Dancop says:

I have all mandatory things except max cpu freq!

The straight line ist there!

I tried my system on air and water again and again and I always get 0 ghz or fantasy figures!

How...if it is mandatory, can I change it?

On my 1335 score, I simply bootet and ran xtu. I did nothing else!

No affinity, no service shut downs...nothing!

So...if it is a duty, tell me how to change it to the right figures?!

23 August 2014 Dancop says:

The best thing is...with the same settings and without closing xtu I got one 0 ghz and once 3637228282ghz

I have still some ln2 left here...if you don't mind, come over and check my result

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

Did you apply any tweaks to the OS? Like disabling services?

23 August 2014 Dancop says:

No...nothing!

I just tried the high mem freq.

It was the first run exactly after boot...just to check stability!

And it worked pretty fine.

It was truly nothing changed! I promise

23 August 2014 der8auer says:

What about all BIOS settings @ stock?

23 August 2014 Dancop says:

Haven't tested...

23 August 2014 DrWeez says:

Your line is almost straight which is okays. No bumps visible. However Max CPU 0 is strange.

MAX CPU at zero is that not nasty slow mode still enabled? - no its not that

25 August 2014 giorgioprimo says:

Have a question about the weekly prizes......

If the leader for the 3 weeks will be the same person will he get all the three prizes ?

25 August 2014 Splave says:

Yes, we are discussing this internally at the moment

please make SS mandatory on all XTU now as well while you are doing it

26 August 2014 slamms says:

giorgioprimo, quote from rules:

"Week #1 ends on August 22, 4PM UTC. Week #2 ends August 29, 4PM UTC. Week #3 ends September 5, 4PM UTC. If you are winner of 1st week and still leader of 2nd week, the second motherboard will be provide for second position."

26 August 2014 BenchBros says:

Did you guys made a decision for the XTU problem?

I just want to know if I need to prepare a XTU OS and test RAM for the weekend

26 August 2014 der8auer says:

For XTU check this post: http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=328768&postcount=111

As long as your result is like the first picture you are safe.

Just not sure yet how we can solve the 0 GHz and 4565354325 GHz results.

26 August 2014 BenchBros says:

Alright... have seen this like a kind of suggestion or idea and not as a final statement.

I will take care of these information in the screenshot!

Thanks Roman!

Will all new uploaded scores will be checked?

Or is there just one check for plausibility and errors/mistakes/tweaks at the end of the competition?

If the first point is true I will upload some stock/light OC scores just to check if all Screenshots and Validation-Files are ok.

Just to prevent something happens like we seen during MOA

26 August 2014 giorgioprimo says:

For XTU check this post: http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=328768&postcount=111

As long as your result is like the first picture you are safe.

Just not sure yet how we can solve the 0 GHz and 4565354325 GHz results.

You mean that we get "0" value or "crazy number" is not valid ??

26 August 2014 Dancop says:

For XTU check this post: http://forum.hwbot.org/showpost.php?p=328768&postcount=111

As long as your result is like the first picture you are safe.

Just not sure yet how we can solve the 0 GHz and 4565354325 GHz results.

Just keep the mouse on the monitoring lines for utilisation, clocks and temps, while the benchmark were load!

Then a vertical white line appears, which will also be on the screenshot. The line shows you the actual clocks while load on the left of the monitoring window...when you move it from left to right, you see changing, at least, the utilisation of the cpu!

With that way, we all know, what were the clocks while load...pretty easy...isn't it?

27 August 2014 twisted1 says:

I'm getting 0Ghz also. Normal boot, no diagnostics mode or disabled services.

http://hwbot.org/submission/2613376

I've seen similar behaviour when you run HPET off, but I haven't messed with HPET in Win and I belive it's on in bios.

27 August 2014 Massman says:

HPET should be enabled for Windows 8 based OSes for XTU to work correctly.

27 August 2014 twisted1 says:

I was on win7 though. And HPET is enabled in bios. Haven't messed with enabling it in windows.

Perhaps I should enable it in windows.

28 August 2014 twisted1 says:

Hmm, even with HPET enabled in BIOS and in windows I'm getting 0Ghz. Chipset drivers and IME installed. I've had it working before, tried in on w7/8.1, M5G/M5E/M7R and wont work on any of them now. Strange..

29 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Sry, have to say again, score not shown in competition...

says screenshot required...

29 August 2014 boblemagnifique says:

Z87 allowed ?

30 August 2014 mortisboy says:

don't think so...only Z97

30 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Forgot the link...

http://hwbot.org/submission/2615438_

Want's a screenshot, but can't upload...

31 August 2014 stummerwinter says:

Did upload again, works now...

1 September 2014 Massman says:

Did you submit via the normal way or via the competition submission way?

For datafile competitions it's best to submit via the competition page.

1 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Will this be a problem in FSX Validation?

attachment.php?attachmentid=2403&d=1409560501

I have some valid results and at some point the results are not valid anymore.

Same OS (Windows 7!), same benchmark version, 4.29 systeminfo... all the same...

I benched even without restart.

First result is valid, second result (100 points higher) have time measurement problems.

1 September 2014 Massman says:

Are you using Windows 8 or Windows 7 ?

1 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Windows 7 64bit

HPET = enabled

Does anybody have direct contact to Futuremark?

I deleted one results from my account by mistake and can not upload it again because of existing ID

Contact page on futuremark.com is weird!

1 September 2014 der8auer says:

pasi@futuremark.com

The time measurement error occurs if the system is getting unstable during verification.

1 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Thanks!

The system was rock stable all the time... no issues for CPU and RAM and no issues for other validations only moments before.

So the score will not be valid with this kind of validation remark?

2 September 2014 slamms says:

Guys, i have one important update:

Final date changed at November, 22-23. We will prepare some special stuff for you, so need a little bit more time

PS. Hope, it not will be a problem for somebody.

2 September 2014 der8auer says:

Much better for me in case I make it

2 September 2014 BenchBros says:

GTX980 MATIRX will be in da house?

I'm OK with the date... three more weeks to arrange Visa... hopefully my results will be good enough to qualify for the final...

2 September 2014 der8auer says:

I don't even have the hardware yet to participate haha

2 September 2014 slamms says:

I dont want promise any, because it depends not from me... but you should know, i will try do my best!

2 September 2014 Xyala says:

Sweeeeeet! It's gonna be freaking cold in Moscow

2 September 2014 Strat says:

Like last year

2 September 2014 slamms says:

StrategosSan, looks you not was in Kiev in 2012 year was a lot snow on streets

2 September 2014 OGS says:

Strategos, weather was perfect last year, I expected it to be worse

2 September 2014 Strat says:

Still it was cold!

2 September 2014 Wizerty says:

not so much . I was expecting like minus 50°C ... I have the 0Ghz issue, someone have a fix to this ? Is it valid or not ? CPU rockstable (4Ghz), NB and ram @stock, OS fresch, no tweak (1st boot) ....

2 September 2014 Trouffman says:

Damn that's my bday week end... will have to see what I can do ^^

2 September 2014 BenchBros says:

not so much . I was expecting like minus 50°C ... I have the 0Ghz issue, someone have a fix to this ? Is it valid or not ? CPU rockstable (4Ghz), NB and ram @stock, OS fresch, no tweak (1st boot) ....

I also have no fix for this... It's a bug from XTU and I also found no way to get it running, even after hours of testing, installing several/different OS etc.!

The graph for CPU Mhz should be enough... it has to be OK or 80% of the XTU results will be invalid!

2 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Guys as I always say XTU piece of Poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

2 September 2014 Strat says:

Lol Ian

2 September 2014 Gunslinger says:

XTPOOOOOOOOO

2 September 2014 Wizerty says:

Strange, we all use the same program, why did it work on some rig and not on other ?

XA and Perica_barii : Did you used 5.1 ? Look like it work on your system.

Or it's only bug on seven ?

2 September 2014 Dancop says:

22nd is the 2nd birthday of my little daughter...but if I qualify...i am in!

2 September 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

@Wizerty - 5 GHz, settings llike in XTU - 50 x 100.1 straight from bios

3 September 2014 Perica_barii says:

All settings are straight from bios..

3 September 2014 Strat says:

I do not change any settings under windows, i don't even have TurboV Lite installed and still 0Ghz and no temp.

3 September 2014 TerraRaptor says:

Probably you need to install drivers for unknown device in device manager so it become "Intel device" - the driver is part of OC pack.

3 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Futuremark helps when deleted results must be restored.

They restored accidentally deleted result from backup, so all is fine now

3 September 2014 Wizerty says:

All settings are straight from bios.. but 0GHz

5 September 2014 Wizerty says:

Score raised pretty fast, I like it . Nice to see submit before last hour

5 September 2014 TerraRaptor says:

That was a great idea to make weekly prizes during contest - loads of strong results every Friday make it interesting to check AOOC page every day.

5 September 2014 RULE says:

I can't understand how you guys can reach that xtu result.

I've try today with memory on ln2 @ 1400 8-12-8-28 subtimings, rtl, boundary all tight and i can't go above than 1308. There's some magic stuff?

5 September 2014 Alex@ro says:

This is reaqlly ugly bench,we seem to have no rule available,people show 0 ghz or other weird values and results are validated?Just make a clear rule for xtu,what has to be seen and what is good....

5 September 2014 Wizerty says:

It's already like that.... read the thread, you need to show flat orange line + monitoring info...

6 September 2014 RULE says:

which version are you using guys? 5.0?

6 September 2014 slamms says:

RULE, 1330+ easy with highest memory frequency and tight timings.

6 September 2014 Alex@ro says:

1330 easy here with 2666 6-11-7

7 September 2014 Dancop says:

It's all about rtl...

11 September 2014 TerraRaptor says:

yes, just point monitoring line with mouse

12 September 2014 T0lsty says:

slamms , if few participants will get the equal number of points ?

13 September 2014 slamms says:

slamms , if few participants will get the equal number of points ?

I think decision will be based on HWBot ranking, so higher will overclocker, which submitted scores first.

13 September 2014 T0lsty says:

and what about overall rankings ?

now 4 ppl from 12 to 15 place have 24 points . how to decide who will be out ?

what benchmark in this case define their rankings ?

14 September 2014 slamms says:

Greece guys, please double check, that your actual scores and pictures is correct. Please kindly let me know, that you 100% sure in your scores and pictures of setups. If something wrong, please edit ASAP. Thank you!

14 September 2014 der8auer says:

and what about overall rankings ?
now 4 ppl from 12 to 15 place have 24 points . how to decide who will be out ?

what benchmark in this case define their rankings ?

After rechecking with Vlad we decided to set Fire Strike Extreme as deciding benchmark. If 4 ppl from 12 to 15 have the same amount of points like you say we will go by the highest Fire Strike result.

14 September 2014 OGS says:

I checked my results (and photos) and I guess that I am ok from my side.

14 September 2014 mortisboy says:

I also upload the right pics at 3rd stage and checked all other....i believe it's ok now

14 September 2014 Phil says:

All I can find in my submissions is that the vga in this score is a Titan Black and not a 780ti but I thought it would not be a problem.

14 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Why is it a problem an ASUS Titan black should be fine??

15 September 2014 Phil says:

Why is it a problem an ASUS Titan black should be fine??

The Titan is in the picture although the run is made with a 780ti as it is also reported by XTU hardware.If it is a problem let me know so I can fix it.

15 September 2014 Wizerty says:

@Phil : add picture of your rig, even on air, some other overclocker are waiting deadline to report...trust me . Sadly I learn how it works this years. So keep your picture + add other one to be 100% sure. for me it already good, but to avoid any complaint...

15 September 2014 Phil says:

Ok I will fix it as soon I get back home after work.

15 September 2014 slamms says:

Phil, problem is not in Titan and so on.

Guys, i gave a time for checking and confirmation. I am still waiting for latest information, then i will announce my decision.

15 September 2014 Phil says:

Vlad if you mean we are suspicius for harware sharing,then like this are the half of the others submissions.We are three guys that partially bench together and share tweaks,OSs and hardware that is allowed by hwbot rules.It is logical to have close scores,like others from same countries/teams.

15 September 2014 mortisboy says:

i don't understand what the problem is, i put so much effort this year to produce these scores why should apologize for?

15 September 2014 Alex@ro says:

I don't think the problem is with you,if you check phil's and firekillergr submissions you can see that they were performed on exact same system....

http://hwbot.org/submission/2626784

http://hwbot.org/submission/2626400

15 September 2014 Wizerty says:

Damn, they both used Maximus 7 gene and asus VGA, ban them all (kidding ) // They are allowed to share everything except VGA for 3d and cpu for 2d... so if thez have 2 vga and 2 cpu, then no issue, even if they used same pot, same benchtable, same MB, same bed ...

15 September 2014 Alex@ro says:

I have no problem personally,i was just pointing out a possible cause of problems.

15 September 2014 GENiEBEN says:

I don't think the problem is with you,if you check phil's and firekillergr submissions you can see that they were performed on exact same system....

http://hwbot.org/submission/2626784

http://hwbot.org/submission/2626400

Based on what? Did they honestly bothered to move the setup on two different bench tables for the sake of fooling us?

15 September 2014 slamms says:

Guys, let`s stop this discussion. Each one can use all same HW for everything, except CPU for 2D and except VGA for 3D.

15 September 2014 Dancop says:

Nice decision!

I think we all know what is allowed and what not!

So just keep gently and stay within the rules

15 September 2014 Phil says:

Because I don't have proof for having a card of my own at the time(I used a card that was for sale and after testing her I send it back to owner because it was crap) I will remove my FSX score and I guess everything will be fine.

15 September 2014 Vivi says:

in future we should make MEMS for xtu, because its clearly the only important piece of hardware here

15 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Phil only losers care!! No one else does. I am sure your fine.

15 September 2014 slamms says:

First pick will be from 8Pack.

Ian, please wait final confirmation from HWBot stuff, they should check all scores, then we will inform you, that you can do a choice.

15 September 2014 Phil says:

Phil only losers care!! No one else does. I am sure your fine.

Thanks Ian.Congrats for first place.

15 September 2014 coolice says:

have fun in moscow guys

15 September 2014 slamms says:

Please check my calculations for Intel PAE category:

PAE XTU

1. Maedhros – 30 pts;

2. John White – 22 pts;

3. Sven – 19 pts;

4. Daimons – 18 pts;

5. Twisted1 – 17 pts;

PAE 3DMark

1. John White – 35 pts;

2. Sven – 25 pts;

3. Daimons – 22 pts;

4. Twisted1 – 21 pts;

5. Maedhros – 20 pts;

PAE PiFast

1. Daimons – 25 pts;

2. Maedros – 18 pts;

3. John White – 16 pts;

4. Sven – 15 pts;

5. Twisted1 – 14 pts;

PAE Total:

1. John White – 73 pts;

2. Maedros – 68 pts;

3. Daimons – 65 pts;

4. Sven – 59 pts;

5. Twisted1 – 52 pts.

If i did not miss any, John White and Maedros see you in Moscow!

15 September 2014 Wizerty says:

I make calculation on my own for PAE, and I find same total. So you are right or I made the same mistake .

see you all

15 September 2014 leeghoofd says:

Strrrrrrrrrrong Lineup!!

15 September 2014 Splave says:

Ian pick me!

15 September 2014 Wizerty says:

If he don't, I will

15 September 2014 daimons says:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2629524

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4054536

Sven incorrect result

John White, Maedros - congratulations

15 September 2014 Sven says:

Yeap. Sad but true. My fault

15 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Are all other results were also checked by hwbot crew, so ranking is final?

Strong competition Ian! Congratulations!

15 September 2014 der8auer says:

Not checked yet. We will inform you guys as soon as the ranking is final.

16 September 2014 Massman says:

We need some time guys

16 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Guys do I pick team mate yet?? as it says if I dont do it today I loose my pick.

16 September 2014 Dancop says:

Simply pick in advance your scores are valid!

Why not?

16 September 2014 mortisboy says:

Right, i agree with Daniel

16 September 2014 Christian Ney says:

Scores checked. Ranking is final.

16 September 2014 BenchBros says:

Thanks Christian for quick ranking validation!!

So guys #1-7... make your choice

I bet most of the Top7 guys are active in this thread, so hopefully there is no need to wait one week until all teams are clear...

Then the next competition for first visa will start

16 September 2014 John_White says:

Hi there!

What about PAE team and with SVEN's broken FSX?

16 September 2014 slamms says:

5 mortisboy 36 pts

6 Xtreme Addict 36 pts

7 Smoke 36 pts

Ranking based on 3DMark FSE:

5 mortisboy 36 pts

6 Smoke 36 pts

7 Xtreme Addict 36 pts

Ian, you can pick first. No time limatation, no worry

16 September 2014 slamms says:

PAE team: Maedhros & John White

16 September 2014 der8auer says:

Hold on guys. Massman just told me that the engine does not update the ranking after the time is up. So we have to wait until he manually recalculates the ranking tomorrow at the office. Should be fine tomorrow morning (europe time).

16 September 2014 8 Pack says:

I pick Der8auer. CaseKing OCUK Destroyers!!

16 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Raggers!!!

16 September 2014 8 Pack says:

Batterers!!!

16 September 2014 Dancop says:

Yeah...nice team...if I am allowed to pick now....benchbros!

Andy my friend...your first Wodka after the SIEG!!!

Must be written german...sounds more legit

17 September 2014 Massman says:

Hold on guys. Massman just told me that the engine does not update the ranking after the time is up. So we have to wait until he manually recalculates the ranking tomorrow at the office. Should be fine tomorrow morning (europe time).

All good now

17 September 2014 slamms says:

Team 1: 8 Pack & Der8auer;

Team 2: Dancop % BenchBros;

Team PAE: John_White & Maedhros

Wizerty, your pick is next

17 September 2014 Wizerty says:

Time to choose...

As far as I know, Russian guys want to be together, same for Greece, and maybe XA+Perica...

so I will pick terraraptor

I know I'm allowed to "broke" team, but if an other french was in top8-14,

I would have appreciated to be with him, so don't want to be the heart killer

And I'm sure terraraptor will be a good team mate. Get ready bro, we will kill other team hahaa

17 September 2014 John_White says:

Wow, AOOC 2014 will be like as alliance between France & Kazakhstan )

Nice choice

17 September 2014 Wizerty says:

Wow, AOOC 2014 will be like as alliance between France & Kazakhstan )

Nice choice

Haha, true

17 September 2014 TerraRaptor says:

Hope we will kill others bro) Cheers for choosing me!

17 September 2014 Vivi says:

very noble wizerty!

you 2 will make kick ass team

17 September 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Very strong team

17 September 2014 OGS says:

Strong team but whatever happens please dont kick my arssh (jk)

Cu in Moscow guys

17 September 2014 Alex@ro says:

I am sorry to be the heart killer or whatever this means for a team in the past.I really tought hard about this and i came to a conclusion.Since the greek guys want to be a national team,russian guys too my choice will probably make me the black sheep but...

I will choose Perica_barii.

17 September 2014 Xtreme Addict says:

Don't worry it's okay No hard feelings

You got the most slowly (preparing setup) and failing ocer in history (drying motherboard for 2 hours - I check it and big drops of water everywhere)... but he is a deadly weapon if he has few weeks to produce a score