General Rules

• Participants must use Retail G.SKILL DDR4 memory.
• HWBOT and G.SKILL reserve the right to reject any entry
• HWBOT and G.SKILL have the right to ask for video proof if needed
• Employees of MB/VGA/MEM/CPU/PSU manufacturers are not allowed to compete
• No hardware sharing is allowed. ES CPUs allowed
• 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
• All submissions must include a picture of their rig (MB, VGA, MEM, CPU cooler) during use
• All submissions must include a picture of G.SKILL memory with heatsink and serial number; If the heatsink is removed, the picture must clearly show the PCB and IC
• We expect fair play from everyone. HWBOT and 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 of unacceptable behavior: Influence others’ submissions to profit your ranking, Deliberately make a mistake in the submissions process and ask later for change
• All submissions must include the official G.Skill Tweakers desktop wallpaper, available here:

Hardware

• Only released hardware components at start of the competition.
• Participants must use Retail G.SKILL DDR4 memory.
• Extreme cooling allowed on CPU and memory.

Stage 1: DDR4 Frequency in Geekbench 4 by BenchMate: CLOSED

• CPUZ 1.94 Validation link
• Geekbench3 & CPUZ 1.94 validation link are required, registered on your HWBot name.
• Screenshot with event desktop wallpaper as background; Geekbench3 score, Benchmate validation, CPU-Z 1.94 CPU, Motherboard, Memory and SPD tab (showing result not more than 1% lower than validated frequency (e.g. DDR4-4000 requires minimum DDR4-3960).

Stage 2: PYPrime 2b by BenchMate: CLOSED

• Screenshot with event desktop wallpaper as background; PYPrime score, Benchmate validation, CPU-Z 1.95 for CPU, Motherboard, Memory and SPD tab.

Stage 3: SuperPi 32M by BenchMate

• Screenshot with event desktop wallpaper as background; Superpi 32M score, Benchmate validation, CPU-Z 1.98 for CPU, Motherboard, Memory and SPD tab.

Final Notes

• In case of same score, the earliest submission wins.

Points per Stage

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