MSI MOA 2013 "Class B" APAC Online Qualifier - Cinebench - R11.5

Celebrating its 6th anniversary, MSI Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) is changing the overclocking game. Themed “NO LIMITS”, MSI has shaped the first extreme starting with the worldwide online qualifier on the world-class overclocking community website HWBOT.org on May 1, 2013.

The Qualifier competition is divided into two groups: Class A and Class B branched into AM, EMEA and APAC regions. Each group has different competition rules and benchmarks. Every overclocker can only chose one of group to participate in. The first round of the qualifier will end on May 31st after which one (or two) winners will go directly to the grand final and the top half (minimum 15) of the participants qualifiers will continue to the Semi-Finals. At the end of the Semi-Finals on July 31, the top 15 winners are qualified as MOA representative of the online competition. They have a chance to continue their journey to the MSI Master Overclocking Arena Grand Final, for free.

Competition details

• Start: May 1st, 00:00 GMT+0
• End: May 31th, 20:00 GMT+0
• You can only compete in Class A or Class B
• Benchmark points

  • 3DMark: 50-41-36-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
  • SuperPI: 25-20.5-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9.5-9-8.5-8-7.5-7-6.5-6-5.5-5-4.5-4-3.5-3-2.5-2-1.5-1
  • Cinebench: 25-20.5-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9.5-9-8.5-8-7.5-7-6.5-6-5.5-5-4.5-4-3.5-3-2.5-2-1.5-1

The top 50% (minimum 15 for Class A, minimum 10 for Class B) overclockers will be chosen in each group during the qualifier contest. These members may continue to submit scores in Semi-finals. The top 15 overclockers from different classes and regions will be invited to the MOA 2013 Grand Final. Only the highest ranked participant per country (for each round) will get a ticket to Grand Final. The maximum amount of participants from the same country in the Grand Final is 3: 1x Class A Qualifier, 1x Class A Semi-Final, 1x Class B).

CLASS A QUALIFIER RULES

• Any MSI motherboard
• MSI graphics card. Single GPU.
• NVIDIA GTX Titan not allowed.
• Use 1 CPU. Server CPUs (Xeon, Opteron) not allowed.
• This competition is between Members. Employee (either full-time or part-time) of any motherboard manufacturers is not eligible for the contest.
• Please attach a picture of your overclocking rig.
• A verification screenshot is required.
• A verification link is required (system info must be available!)
• Must use official competition background
• Not allowed: engineering samples, Lucid Virtu MVP, hardware that is not commercially available at the beginning of the competition.
• Screenshot must contain: CPU-Z CPU tab, CPU-Z motherboard tab, CPU-Z memory tab, GPU-Z (if 3D benchmark), benchmark (subtest) score(s) and settings, official MOA background.

CLASS B QUALIFIER RULES

• Only use 3570K (or lower) or FX-8350 (or lower) CPUs. No Socket LGA2011, LGA1366 and Intel Core i7 3770K CPUs.
• Any MSI LGA1155 or AM3+ motherboard.
• Any MSI GTX 650 Ti Boost (or lower) or HD7790 (or lower) graphics card. Single GPU.
• Use 1 CPU. Server CPUs (Xeon, Opteron) not allowed.
• This competition is between Members. Employee (either full-time or part-time) of any motherboard manufacturers is not eligible for the contest.
• Please attach a picture of your overclocking rig.
• A verification screenshot is required.
• A verification link is required (system info must be available!)
• Must use official competition background
• Not allowed: engineering samples, Lucid Virtu MVP, hardware that is not commercially available at the beginning of the competition
• Screenshot must contain: CPU-Z CPU tab, CPU-Z motherboard tab, CPU-Z memory tab, GPU-Z (if 3D benchmark), benchmark (subtest) score(s) and settings, official MOA background.

CLASS A SEMI-FINAL PLATFORM

• Any MSI "next generation Intel platform" motherboard
• MSI graphics card. Single GPU. NVIDIA GTX Titan allowed.

CLASS B SEMI-FINAL PLATFORM

• Only use 3570K (or lower) or FX-8350 (or lower) CPUs. No Socket LGA2011, LGA1366 and Intel Core i7 3770K CPUs.
• Any MSI LGA1155 or AM3+ motherboard.
• Any MSI GTX 650 Ti Boost (or lower) or HD7790 (or lower) graphics card. Single GPU.
• Use 1 CPU. Server CPUs (Xeon, Opteron) not allowed.

For Clarification, this is the hardware you can use for Class B.

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Prizes

To enter the Lucky Draw activity all you have to do is upload your scores before May 15th 2013. We believe this will be an extremely fierce competition and expect to see your great performance.

CLASS A

CLASS B