Join the Smallformfactor.net HWbot Team.

It's time for a little friendly competition!

HWBOT is a 100% FREE to use online benchmarking repository.
The rules are simple:
1. Create an account.
2. Join the team.
3. Run benchmarks.
4. Submit your results.

Link to the team: http://hwbot.org/team/smallformfactor.net/#Members

Why should I run benchmarks?
- Your contribution(s) earn points for the smallformfactor.net team.
- It starts some friendly competition with other members of the Small Form Factor community.
- Competition helps to optimize builds and eek out performance that would otherwise go unnoticed.
- Teammates help each other by finding ways to improve their scores.
- The more points our team earns, the higher we rank among other teams worldwide.

As a lot of our builds share similar hardware inside various SFF chassis, this helps to ensure that our hardware is running at its best.

What is HWBot?

It's a website were you can browse processor and videocard specifications, and compare your performance based on thousands of submitted results. It's also an overclocking competition site. If you like tweaking your computer, you can send in your results and be handed out awards for best performing videocard / processor, etc.

- HWBOT is the official website for benchmarking/ overclocking enthusiasts.
- It's been around since 2006 as the gold standard in benchmark result submissions.
- Every record that has even been, was submitted to HWBOT for accuracy and validation.

How do I join the Smallformfactor.net team?
Step 1. Visit the website hwbot.org/

Step 2. Select the option to register

Step 3. Enter your username at it appears on the Small Form Factor Forums.

Step 4. Select the team.

Step 5. Complete your registration

Now what?
Run benchmarks and submit your scores to help the team.
You can benchmark your CPU, GPU, RAM, and HDD.

3DMark submissions will require a 3DMark account, you can make one here: http://www.3dmark.com/login

Is there an FAQ where I can learn more?
Absolutely!
https://hwbot.org/article/faq

If you have any additional questions, please ask them below and I will do my best to answer them.

Let the games begin!

Quick Links:
Download Benchmarks: http://hwbot.org/benchmarks
Submit Results: http://hwbot.org/submit
Browse CPU results: http://hwbot.org/hardware/processors
Browse GPU results: http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocards

Spoiler: Additional Software required

To submit scores, you will need to have CPU-Z and GPU-Z installed.
The programs need to be opened and included in the screenshots that are submitted to HWBOT.
CPU-Z
GPU-Z

3DMark can be purchased on Steam here.

Spoiler: Advanced Signature Configuration

Step 1. Configure your forum signature on HWBOT's page and remember the 2 underlined sections.
http://hwbot.org/profile/

Step 2. Visit the URL to changes your signature on Smallformfactor.net
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/account/signature

Step 3. Select the option to input BBCode

Step 4. Alter the BBCode provided by HWBOT to match your:
A. Username
B. Your HWBOT u#####.png

It needs to match the following example to function on this site.

Step 5. Click on Preview to view the changes, if you're happy, click on save.

 

[MarcParis]

I've more submissions blocked due to this prehistorical constraint of windows 8/10 limitation with MB that can change their bclk...what a waste of time

At least it will save me time to play instead of benchmarking

 

[3lfk1ng]

Yeah, there is a Windows 10 bug with timing that can allow people to spoof benchmark scores.

It's not a matter of people necessarily reporting you, it's a matter of their team purging some Windows 10 submissions until the bug is fixed by MS to ensure that all submissions are valid.

Original Report: http://hwbot.org/newsflash/2684_win...lock_bug_like_windows_88.1_disallowed_for_now

Skylake: http://hwbot.org/newsflash/3182_imp...kylake__clarification_on_engineering_hardware

Ryzen post, same issue: http://hwbot.org/newsflash/4335_ryz...bias_w88.110_not_allowed_on_select_benchmarks

 

[MarcParis]

well, I was aware of these bugs...but as far as I know sleep bug was corrected.

anyway I won't spend much time on benchmark as everything is almost forbidden...it's a pity as I received my new gpu..

 

[Biowarejak]

Gonna have to wait a bit on adding anything more, my motherboard was pulled from an HP Pavilion and wasn't recognized by HW Bot :/

 

[MarcParis]

I took your 2nd place @3lfk1ng ...I let you see how..

 

[3lfk1ng]

...oh, it's on.

 

[MarcParis]

I hope I didn't upset you...you took again 2nd position..

 

[3lfk1ng]

haha, no way! A little friendly competition can be a lot of fun.

I should have a new rig to bench shortly and I believe that it's similarly specced to yours so it should help to ensure that both of our rigs are decently optimized.

 

[MarcParis]

Ahah friendly competition, that was i love..

Eager to see your new setup..

 

[3lfk1ng]

haha, me too.

It's actually a gift for my wife but I'm going to abuse it before gifting it to her so she legitimately thinks that it's my new computer.

 

[Kwirek]

Hey! You two made my team-points drop.

 

[MarcParis]

haha, me too.

It's actually a gift for my wife but I'm going to abuse it before gifting it to her so she legitimately thinks that it's my new computer.

Lol clever..

Hey! You two made my team-points drop.

Yeah it happens sometimes..

 

[MarcParis]

ooops I did it again..
http://hwbot.org/league/combined?offset=-8&team=smallformfactor.net

 

[MarcParis]

Well, well, another 8 scores blocked due this stupid windows 10 blockade...I'll finish by hate this hwbot.org...they can stay with their stupid windows 7 and windows XP...hoping there is more wannacry to crush their obsolete os...

By the way...windows 10 is using HPET...that is consuming more ressources than on windows 7 and previous...so, so frustrating!!!!

 

[MarcParis]

I'm giving another try to HWbot thanks to Agesa 1.0.0.6.

I'm joining this competition : http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/rookie_rumble_amd_39

I'm 5th out 8, not great...but I'm still not understanding how similar OC cpu can overpassed mine, even on windows 10 (most probably they are cutting lots of programs whereas I'm just shuting off one loaded on start up)

But I'm proud of my RAM kit.. : 3680Mhz for a 3200Mhz kit..
http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/rookie_rumble_amd_39/3799/memory_clock

 

[3lfk1ng]

Keep pushing it!
We're 5th this month.

 

[confusis]

I'm 4th in the team! Also submitted a 3.7 => 4.5ghz OC on my Athlon. w00t.

 

[MarcParis]

Gg..

 

[confusis]

http://hwbot.org/submission/3582058_confusis_cpu_frequency_celeron_2.4ghz_(northwood)_2736.2_mhz
http://hwbot.org/submission/3582059_confusis_reference_frequency_pm10_ec_(p4m266_8233)_114.01_mhz


Because why not

 

[3lfk1ng]

Nice job on that 1st place. Those are always nice ones to find and own.

Does anyone else ever get that feeling when you're decently proud of a benchmark score only for the HWBot results to show that you're nearly at the bottom of all who have submitted scores with that same hardware.

I must be missing some sort of optimization or something... or perhaps I just need to overclock more.