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Intel Pentium Gold competition - Ambient

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06.01.2022 12:00 +0000
07.01.2022 12:00 +0000

Participate

  • This competition is closed. You can no longer join
  • Intel Pentium Gold competition - Ambient is closed since 1 July 2022
  • This competition is between members

General Rules

  • Participants from Enthusiast, Novice and Rookie  League only
  • Participants must use retail Intel Pentium Gold Processors.
  • All participants must use commercially available components and Software (Engineering Samples are not allowed).
  • Hardware sharing is not allowed.
  • All participants have to use the same platform for all 3 stages.
  • All submissions must include the official Intel Pentium Gold competition desktop wallpaper, available here:
  • All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, MEM, CPU cooler type clearly visible).

  • After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
  • We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and Intel 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 Intel reserve the right to reject any entry.
  • HWBOT and Intel have the right to ask for video proof if needed.

Hardware

  • Must use commercially / retail available components. No ES samples.
  • Processor and Memory are cooled ONLY by Air, AIO or Water cooling.

Software

Stage 1: Cinebench R15 with BenchMate

  • Use CB R15 via BenchMate benchmarking tool ( https://benchmate.org )
  • Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz
  • Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
  • Include pictures of your overclocked setup
  • How to guide (click)

Stage 2: XTU 2.0

  • Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz
  • Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
  • Include pictures of your overclocked setup
  • How to guide (click)

Stage 3: Superpi 32M with BenchMate

  • Use Superpi 32M via BenchMate benchmarking tool ( https://benchmate.org )
  • Maximum CPU Frequency of 5006MHz
  • Screenshot with Intel Pentium Gold desktop wallpaper as background; CPU-Z 2.0.1 or newer tabs for Processor, Memory.
  • Include pictures of your overclocked setup
  • How to guide (click)

    Final Notes

    • In case of a tie, Stage 3 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

    Ranking

    # Participant Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
    Points
    1
    50 pts
    46 pts
    50 pts
    146 pts
    2
    46 pts
    50 pts
    48 pts
    144 pts
    3
    48 pts
    48 pts
    46 pts
    142 pts
    4
    42 pts
    44 pts
    42 pts
    128 pts
    5
    40 pts
    40 pts
    38 pts
    118 pts
    6
    38 pts
    38 pts
    36 pts
    112 pts
    7
    44 pts
    44 pts
    88 pts
    8
    42 pts
    40 pts
    82 pts

    Awarded Season Points

    First Position

    146 pts Wat3rm3lon

    Discussions

    June 5, 2022 at 2:54:10 AM GMT

    I went out of my way to buy a CPU for this tournament. I can't believe the time period is only a month, the organizers care so much about the beginners... ♪

    June 5, 2022 at 9:49:39 AM GMT

    it was announced nearly 2 weeks ago on Facebook, was also visible at the HWBOT competition pages and already discussed on Discord...

    My last resort is to maybe call you?

    We also have other competitions running, a big one with Intel is near too, hence why this one was pushed forwards.

    Team Cup next, Challenger Rounds, Pro OC...

    we want to avoid overlapping compeititions as much as possible... too many at the same time is also not good.

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    June 5, 2022 at 10:15:56 AM GMT

    I hate Discord because it cannot be translated into Japanese! Japan is an isolated island.

    June 5, 2022 at 11:08:37 AM GMT

    Just wade through the forum and the competition thread more.

    As you can see in the screenshot below I created the Pentium Competition threads at the 9th of May, so people could get ready. End of May the stages were defined and background got available

     

     

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    June 5, 2022 at 11:17:54 AM GMT

    Thanks for sharing all of this with us.

    June 16, 2022 at 7:01:06 AM GMT

    Why can't I install XTU? Windows 10.

    June 16, 2022 at 10:11:46 AM GMT

    I've tried older versions, but during the installation process, it stops with a critical problem.

    June 17, 2022 at 4:57:08 AM GMT

    I reinstalled the Windows 10 OS and the symptoms are the same I get a fatal error during installation. Please help me.

    June 17, 2022 at 10:26:27 PM GMT

    I tried, but I don't get it!

    June 18, 2022 at 2:22:38 AM GMT

    I don't mean to criticize. XTU 2.0 installation is difficult for people like me and beginners I think this is the reason why there are so few participants. I like OC and I want to make HWBOT more exciting, so I bought a CPU and I'm participating... I have not been able to figure out how to install it! In the meantime, I used a different CPU and submitted the results in Windows 11, but it seems to be buggy! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

    June 18, 2022 at 10:50:59 AM GMT

    8 hours ago, Broken APEX49 said:

    I don't mean to criticize. XTU 2.0 installation is difficult for people like me and beginners I think this is the reason why there are so few participants. I like OC and I want to make HWBOT more exciting, so I bought a CPU and I'm participating... I have not been able to figure out how to install it! In the meantime, I used a different CPU and submitted the results in Windows 11, but it seems to be buggy! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

    plz send me the bugged datafiles to albrecht@hwbot.org

    June 20, 2022 at 6:10:37 AM GMT

    Please elaborate on the installation process.

    June 30, 2022 at 10:42:18 PM GMT

    XTU frequency readout is bugged, will my cpuz screen be ok??

    June 30, 2022 at 11:35:25 PM GMT

    In case it isnt I uploaded also my baseline..

    July 1, 2022 at 8:47:04 AM GMT

    Last effort to get a better XTU result..

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