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It’s time to bring a friendly old school overclocking competition to TPU! We’ve had a number of benchmarks pop up in the polls and comments. The most common, as seen here, ended up being Cinebench R15 and SuperPi 32M – both of which are a firm favorite of many benchers.
There was also a lot of mention of the X265 1080P benchmark, which is a newer benchmark, but one that still benefits from tweaking as well as raw performance.
Given that there wasn’t much support for GPU benchmarks, I feel it’s fair to omit them. Whilst it would be doable, it would also make it incredibly hard to moderate as it’s a more difficult line to draw with regards to the age of the GPU(s).
Whilst it would be fun to deal with all the benchmarks, it makes it incredibly hard to find time for them as most of us are busy in our day-to-day lives. If you’re really disheartened by the choice, please let me know and I will look into adding it.
A firm favorite of mine is seeing how far we can push the overall base clock – known as Front Side Bus (FSB) on 775. I think this should be included as it takes a lot of skill and time to get the most out of your rig. In light of this, I would also like to bring up another competition front for us. Minimum multiplier, typically 6x on Core 2 Duo CPUs, and the highest possible frequency that will pass SPi32M.
Let’s establish some ground rules…
I will do my best to keep track of the results in several Google spreadsheets that you will all be able to see. If I can figure out how to get you to add your own results without changing others, then I will also do that. If anyone knows how to set this up, please let me know.
To summarize, the list of benchmarks are as follows;
Cinebench R15 (see below)
SuperPi 1M – must show the "Pi Calculation Complete" popup!
SuperPi 32M – must show the "Pi Calculation Complete" popup!
X265 – 1080P benchmark (see below)
CPU OC Percentage
Raw FSB frequency – CPU-Z validation upload is fine
Raw FSB frequency with 6x multiplier in Pi32M. Must pass all calculations! (see below)
This is my rough draft – please feel free to message me privately to add something if I’ve missed it. I’m sorry for the delay in getting this posted.
Your screenshot will need to have up to three CPU-Z tabs; one showing the CPU frequency, another showing the memory speed and timings and the motherboard (optional) used as well. The other obvious component that is needed is the score! As mentioned in the other thread, these are essentially the HWBOT rules. If you are already comfortable with them, then there's no issue. I will have to stick to a moderator-esque role and remove submissions that don't follow the rules.
Spreadsheet(s) for the competition are underway.
Here's a link for now:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WB5uhH-BJXH-w0m17rKu-Qj1UmEZ-9_5vF07qJAKeyc/edit?usp=sharing
I am trusting you guys to NOT make changes to other people's results. You can enter your own, and I will verify that they match up with your submission(s).
There was also a lot of mention of the X265 1080P benchmark, which is a newer benchmark, but one that still benefits from tweaking as well as raw performance.
Given that there wasn’t much support for GPU benchmarks, I feel it’s fair to omit them. Whilst it would be doable, it would also make it incredibly hard to moderate as it’s a more difficult line to draw with regards to the age of the GPU(s).
Whilst it would be fun to deal with all the benchmarks, it makes it incredibly hard to find time for them as most of us are busy in our day-to-day lives. If you’re really disheartened by the choice, please let me know and I will look into adding it.
A firm favorite of mine is seeing how far we can push the overall base clock – known as Front Side Bus (FSB) on 775. I think this should be included as it takes a lot of skill and time to get the most out of your rig. In light of this, I would also like to bring up another competition front for us. Minimum multiplier, typically 6x on Core 2 Duo CPUs, and the highest possible frequency that will pass SPi32M.
Let’s establish some ground rules…
- All benchmark runs need to have a valid screenshot to prove the run(s) (see below);
- No CPUs newer than LGA775 and AM3/AM3+ Phenom II to be used.
- Cheaters with invalid submissions will need to be removed from our friendly competition in the form of disqualification.
- All results must be on ambient cooling such as air or water cooling. Nothing subzero to be used!
I will do my best to keep track of the results in several Google spreadsheets that you will all be able to see. If I can figure out how to get you to add your own results without changing others, then I will also do that. If anyone knows how to set this up, please let me know.
To summarize, the list of benchmarks are as follows;
Cinebench R15 (see below)
SuperPi 1M – must show the "Pi Calculation Complete" popup!
SuperPi 32M – must show the "Pi Calculation Complete" popup!
X265 – 1080P benchmark (see below)
CPU OC Percentage
Raw FSB frequency – CPU-Z validation upload is fine
Raw FSB frequency with 6x multiplier in Pi32M. Must pass all calculations! (see below)
This is my rough draft – please feel free to message me privately to add something if I’ve missed it. I’m sorry for the delay in getting this posted.
Your screenshot will need to have up to three CPU-Z tabs; one showing the CPU frequency, another showing the memory speed and timings and the motherboard (optional) used as well. The other obvious component that is needed is the score! As mentioned in the other thread, these are essentially the HWBOT rules. If you are already comfortable with them, then there's no issue. I will have to stick to a moderator-esque role and remove submissions that don't follow the rules.
Spreadsheet(s) for the competition are underway.
Here's a link for now:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WB5uhH-BJXH-w0m17rKu-Qj1UmEZ-9_5vF07qJAKeyc/edit?usp=sharing
I am trusting you guys to NOT make changes to other people's results. You can enter your own, and I will verify that they match up with your submission(s).
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