General Rules

• Participants must use commercially available components and Software ( Intel CPU, memory and motherboard Engineering Samples are not allowed). The Hardware must be available at the competition start.
• 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 submissions must include the official Competition desktop wallpaper
• All submissions must include a picture of the working overclocking setup  (MB, 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 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. 
• Intel Alder Lake CPUs only.

Software

• Windows 10 submissions only. No Windows Server or Windows 11 versions allowed.
• CPU-Z 2.01 or newer version only.

Stage 1: Geekbench 5 Single Core

• Maximum core/cache frequency of 6505 MHz.
• A VALID Geekbench 5 verification link is required registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup.
• Prepare Video verification !

Stage 2: SuperPi 32M by BenchMate

• Maximum core/cache frequency of 6505 MHz.
• Maximum memory Frequency of 4800 MT/s
• A CHECKED CPU-Z 2.01 (or newer) Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup.

Stage 3: Pentium Gold G7400 stage

• Maximum CPU multiplier of 34 and maximum core/cache speed limitation of 5500MHz
• A CHECKED CPU-Z 2.01 (or newer) Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Stage 4: To be announced

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• CPUZ 2.01 or newer Validation link is required, registered on your HWBOT username.
• Include pictures of your overclocked setup

Final Notes

• In case of a tie, Stage 3 score is the tie breaker.

Points per Stage

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