GENERAL RULES

- Intel LGA1851 Platforms & G.SKILL OCWC 2026 provided memory
- RETAIL components (No ES hardware) - No lapped CPUs
- HWBOT & G.SKILL reserve the right to reject any entry
- It is not allowed to remove submissions once it has been submitted, or make crucial changes after submission.
- After the end of the competition, no more submissions or rectifications will be allowed.
- We expect fair play. HWBOT & G.SKILL reserve the right to remove results and/or participants who compete unfairly; The decision is final and will not be discussed afterwards; Examples: Influence others & pull submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change.
- No smartphones allowed at the booth. Only earplugs allowed, thus no Earphones or Headphones. Also no prepared notes allowed

HARDWARE

- Intel Core Ultra CPUs for LGA1851 platforms
- G.SKILL DDR5 OCWC2026 memory only
- 8 Processor Performance cores, no Hyper Threading (disabling cores allowed). Unless specified
- Maximum processor/cache frequency limitation of 6005 MHz
- Maximum D2D / NGU ratio: max 30x ratio
- No SOC Bclock change (straight boot from Bios) exclusive DDR5 Mem Freq stage

SOFTWARE

- G.Skill provided Windows 11 OS : 2 x NVMe per competitor
- Verification screenshots include CPUZ tabs for CPU, MB, Memory and SPD tab per memory module
- For Evolve scores GPU-Z 2.69 must be additonally opened
- No other 3rd party tweaking software allowed
- All benchmarks are run as is, no minimizing or hiding windows, no PE Windows

STAGES: 

- Highest DDR5 Memory Frequency
- SuperPi 32M @6GHz 8 CPU Cores, 5GHz Uncore
- 7-Zip @ 6GHz 8 Performance CPU Cores, 5GHz Uncore
- PYPrime 32b @ 6GHz 8 Performance CPU Cores, 5GHz Uncore
- Y-Cruncher - Pi-5b @ 6GHz 8 Performance CPU Cores, 5GHz Uncore
- Evolve @ 6GHz CPU 8 Performance Cores, 5GHz Uncore, IGPU 2.5GHz

- Your first benching slot will have specific benchmarks each limited to 40 minutes per stage, If the benchmark is
   already running when the time slot expires it will still be taken into account.

- During the 2nd benching slot you can bench the selected benchmarks in random order

POINTS:

Stage Points: 65-60-56-53-50-47-45-43-41

Mem Frequency Stage points only: 65-61-58-56-54-52-50-48-46

FINAL NOTES

- In case of same score, the earliest submission wins.
- In case of a tie the deciding benchmark will be Mem Freq stage
- The top-3 of the Live Qualifier will compete during the Grand Final at Computex 2026.

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