This document summarizes the results of the Rookie Rumble #18 overclocking competition hosted by HWBOT. It provides rankings and analyses of the 373 participants and over 1,000 submissions. The top performers achieved frequencies up to 5.3GHz and hardware records in categories like the Xeon E5 2698 V3. Outreach efforts included pop-up invites, newsletters, social media posts, and articles to promote the event.

1. Rookie Rumble #18 Report
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2. Competition Information
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3. Competition Key Visual
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4. Competition Page
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5. Competition Ranking (overall)
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6. Competition Ranking (Stage 1)
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7. Competition Ranking (Stage 2)
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8. Competition Ranking (Stage 3)
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9. Stage 1 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2874963

10. Stage 2 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2877381

11. Stage 3 Winning Result
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2866533

12. Competition Analysis
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13. Result Analysis
• 0 World Records achieved
• 2 Global Category First Place
• 24 Hardware Category First Place
• 39 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

14. Hardware First Place
Xeon E5 2698 V3 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2866533

15. Hardware First Place
Xeon E5 2698 V3 XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2871350

16. Hardware First Place
Xeon ES QG7U HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2874920

17. Hardware First Place
Core i7 5930K GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2876756

18. Hardware First Place
Xeon E5 2698 V3 HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2872934

19. Hardware First Place
Pentium G3220T GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2870848

20. Hardware First Place
Core i5 4590 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2873221

21. Hardware First Place
Core i3 4160T XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2857504

22. Hardware First Place
Core i5 3570 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2874821

23. Hardware First Place
A8-3870K GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2859142

24. Hardware First Place
Celeron E3300 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2862860

25. Hardware First Place
Core i3 4030U GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/285708

26. Hardware First Place
Pentium G3220T HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2870816

27. Hardware First Place
Core i7 4720HQ HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2873054

28. Hardware First Place
Core i5 3570 HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2874805

29. Hardware First Place
Core i5 4310U HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2859277

30. Hardware First Place
Pentium G3220T XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2870774

31. Hardware First Place
Core i5 4690S XTU
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2870401

32. Hardware First Place
Core 2 T9300 HWBOT Prime
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2856152

33. Hardware First Place
Pentium E5200 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2858643

34. Hardware First Place
Celeron E3300 GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2862482

35. Hardware First Place
Core i7 4700HQ GPUPI for CPU – 100M
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2871817

36. Participant Analysis
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The rank is based on the overall Overclockers League rank, combiningall leagues
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37. CPU Overclocking Results
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Highest frequency: 5347 MHz by Staticpage
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GHz
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4.01 - 4.5
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4.51 - 5.0
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5.01 - 5.5
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CPU Frequency

38. Hardware Information: Processor
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Corei74790K
Other
Corei75820K
Corei54690K
PentiumG3258
Corei54670K
Corei73770K
Corei74710HQ
Corei75930K
Corei74770K
Corei54570
Corei75960X
Corei34160
Corei74720HQ
Corei54210U
Corei73770
Corei74700MQ
Corei54590
XeonE52698V3
Corei73930K
Corei74700HQ
Processor
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CPU Cooling

39. Hardware Information: Motherboard
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ASUS MSI GIGABYTE Other ASRock Biostar Evga
Motherboard Brand
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40. Hardware Information: Memory
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G.SKILL Kingston Corsair Crucial HyperX Patriot ADATA Avexir
Memory Manufacturer
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41. Hardware Information: PSU
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PSU Product

42. Rookie Rumble History
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Results Users

43. Exposure
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44. Competition Page
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• 19,372 impressions
• 14,550 competition page
• 4,822 submission pages
• 373 participants
• 1045 submissions

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

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