Last week was the end of the GIGABYTE Z97 - Pentium AE Beat the Heat Challenge, an overclocking competition organized by GIGABYTE and hosted on www.hwbot.org. After verification of all submissions, we are happy to announce the winners!
This challenge was divided into 5 stages and invited the overclocking community to push the limits of the recently launched Intel Pentium AE processor on any GIGABYTE Z97 series motherboard.
Here are the winners:
Stage | Benchmark | Winner | Prize |
Stage 1 | XTU | nvidiaforever2 | USD $500 for 1st place |
Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 | HWBOT Prime SuperPI 32M Memory Clock CPU Frequency | 1: DFORDOG (78 pts) 2: Yin92 (69 pts) 3: ZeR0_Dan (46 pts) | 1st: USD $1,000 + Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 2nd: USD $500 3rd: Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 motherboard |
Lucky Draw #1 | Hotrod717 | G-Powerboard kit | |
Lucky Draw #2 | Nelson | G-Powerboard kit | |
Lucky Draw #3 | Bullshooter | G-Powerboard kit | |
Lucky Draw #4 | Stubass | G-Powerboard kit | |
Lucky Draw #5 | Joe90br | G-Powerboard kit |
Also worth of mention is DFORDOG Global First Place score on the HWBOT Prime 2xCPU http://hwbot.org/submission/2623715
And DINOS22 SuperPi 32M Hardware First Place! http://hwbot.org/submission/2627043
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to all participants for joining this challenge!
See you soon at the next comp!!