General Rules

• Invited participants must use sampled CORSAIR DDR5 memory.
• Invited participants must use commercially available components and Software (CPU and motherboard Engineering Samples are not allowed).
• Bios version and OC Tools need to be readily available to others "at least 10 days before the competition ends".
• Hardware sharing is not allowed.
• All participants have to use the same platform for all 3 stages.
• All submissions must include the official CORSAIR DDR5 competition desktop wallpaper
• All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, MEM, CPU cooler clearly visible).
  
  
• After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
• We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and CORSAIR 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 CORSAIR reserve the right to reject any entry.
• HWBOT and CORSAIR have the right to ask for video proof if needed.

Hardware

• Must use commercially / retail available components. No 12900KS or ES samples.
• Participants must use the same platform combo for all stages
• Participants must use the sampled CORSAIR memory.

Software

• Windows 10 submissions only. No Windows Server or Windows 11 versions allowed.
• CPUZ 2.00 or newer version only.

Stage 1: PYPrime with BM CLOSED

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• A CPUZ 2.00 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup.

Stage 2: SuperPi 32M with BM CLOSED

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• A CPUZ 2.00 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup.

Stage 3: AIDA64 OPEN

• Use version AIDA64 Extreme Beta from the compo package with key: 13J74-8YWD6-BX3BY-8D5S1-FP5XR
• Dual Channel Submissions only.
• Run Full AIDA test, not only Memory Benchmark.
• Screenshot with CORSAIR desktop wallpaper as background; AIDA64 score, CPU-Z 2.01 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory and SPD.
• CPUZ 2.01 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup
• Prepare Videoproof just in case of!

Final Notes

• In case of a tie, Stage SuperPi32M 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