This document summarizes the results of Rookie Rumble #16, an overclocking competition hosted by HWBOT. It provides rankings and analyses of the 407 participants' submissions across various hardware categories and stages of the competition. The top submissions set several hardware category records, with the highest CPU frequency reaching 5411 MHz. Exposure statistics show over 15,000 people viewed the competition page and over 1000 submissions were made.

1. Rookie Rumble #16 Report
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2. Competition Information
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3. Competition Page
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4. Competition Ranking (overall)
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5. Competition Ranking (Stage 1)
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6. Competition Ranking (Stage 2)
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7. Competition Ranking (Stage 3)
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8. Stage 1 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2814714

9. Stage 2 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2804965

10. Stage 3 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2804706

11. Competition Analysis
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12. Result Analysis
• 0 World Records achieved
• 0 Global Category First Place
• 7 Hardware Category First Place
• 15 results are in the global top-100
• ‘Not Best’ is when the score is not the best result of a user.
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Global Hardware

13. Hardware Category First Place
Pentium T4300 HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2797372

14. Hardware Category First Place
Core 2 P8600 HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2798319

15. Hardware Category First Place
Core i5 2435M XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2802347

16. Hardware Category First Place
Exynos 5 Octa 5410 1600MHz HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2807963

17. Hardware Category First Place
Core i7 4712MQ XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2809298

18. Participant Analysis
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The rank is based on the overall Overclockers League rank, combining all leagues
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19. CPU Overclocking Results
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Highest frequency: 5411 MHz by Mehere1963
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20. Hardware Information: Processor
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21. Hardware Information: Motherboard
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22. Hardware Information: Memory
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23. Hardware Information: PSU
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24. Rookie Rumble History
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Results Users

25. Exposure
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26. Competition Page
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• 15,351 impressions
• 11,008 competition page
• 4,343 submission pages
• 407 participants
• 1062 submissions

27. Competition Timeline
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28. Competition Promotion
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• Popup Invitational for eligible
submissions
• Newsletter
• Social Media
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Google+
• Articles
• Winner announcement
• Discussion
• Forum

29. Thanks
Questions? Contact us.
Pieter Jan-Plaisier
+886 970 726 470
pieter@hwbot.org
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