ASRock Z87 OC Formula Achieves the Highest CPU Frequency Record on Haswell Platform!
The Winner Announcement of ASRock 8 Series OC Competition
TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 4, 2013 — The world’s leading motherboard brand ASRock today announced the winner list of the 8 Series OC Competition with HWBOT, sponsored by Intel, Kingston, Antec, Nvidia and Gainward. Two contestants broke the record for the highest Haswell CPU frequency and both crossed the threshold of 7.1GHz, which is also the only two in the world to exceeded 7.1GHz for the time being.
The final champion of CPU-Z, Dfordog (China) reached an all-time high CPU-Z score of 7.13609 GHz with ASRock Z87 OC Formula and Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell CPU and won the bonus prize of USD $1, 000.
Besides the incredible result in the CPU-Z category, the final champion of memory clock CherV (Hong Kong) created a stunning score of 2155.7 MHz which ranks second on the worldwide memory frequency chart. The contest successfully generated awesome OC results with ASRock 8 series motherboards: Five scores entering the top 10 Haswell CPU frequency scores, two scores entering the HWBOT Super Pi 32M Hall of Fame and three scores entering the HWBOT Memory Clock Hall of Fame. The final and bi-weekly champions either utilized ASRock Z87 OC Formula or Z87M OC Formula, which strongly corroborates the power of Z87 OC Formula Series, regardless the form factor.
Haswell CPU-Z Category
Name
Country
Score
Motherboard
Overall Winner
Dfordog
China
7136.09 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
1st Bi-Week Winner
Policha
China
6700.2 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
2nd
Bi-Week Winner
NameGT
South Korea
6770.86 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
3rd Bi-Week Winner
CherV
Hong Kong
7102.41MHz
Z87M OC Formula
Super Pi 32M Category
Name
Country
Score
Motherboard
Overall Winner
Xtreme Addict
Poland
4min 43.719sec
Z87M OC Formula
1st Bi-Week Winner
Littleboy
South Korea
4min 51.156sec
Z87M OC Formula
2nd
Bi-Week Winner
Vivi
South Africa
4min 48.828sec
Z87M OC Formula
3rd Bi-Week Winner
NameGT
South Korea
4min 48.031 sec
Z87 OC Formula
Memory Clock Category:
Name
Country
Score
Motherboard
Overall Winner
CherV
Hong Kong
2155.7 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
1st Bi-Week Winner
Lucky_n00b
Indonesia
1900 MHz
Z87M OC Formula
2nd
Bi-Week Winner
Hero
China
1934.6 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
3rd Bi-Week Winner
Hiwa
Switzerland
2017.7 MHz
Z87 OC Formula
For the complete results of ASRock 8 Series OC Competition, please visit – http://oc.asrock.com/Z87
The Hall of Fame for Super Pi 32M: http://hwbot.org/benchmark/
superpi_-_32m/halloffame
The Hall of Fame for Memory clocking: http://hwbot.org/benchmark/
memory_clock/halloffame
About ASRock
Established in 2002, ASRock Inc. is now the world’s third largest motherboard brand with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA. Driven by its passion for innovation, the young and vibrant company has achieved many world firsts with its motherboard designs. With its 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, ASRock has earned a reputation for quality and reliability in the entry and mainstream segments. ASRock is committed to environmentally friendly manufacturing methods. For further information, please visit http://www.asrock.com
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