Our mainstream clock squeezers will love to hear about this. Gigabyte is curious as to how far overclockers over at HWBot can take a dual core Pentium G6950 and they've got their best answer from over@locker886 from Hungary who pwned everyone else with a 5.85GHz chip with a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD7. The lucky stiff gets a brand new GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard and an Intel Core i7 930 processor.
over@locker886's scores at HWBOT
Here are the results of the top three guys who joined in this contest:
| Benchmarks | over@locker886 | Moonman | TK-OC |
|---|---|---|---|
| SuperPi 1M | 7sec 781ms | 8sec 62ms | 8sec 140ms |
| SuperPi 32M | 7min 15sec 500ms | 7min 23sec 516ms | 7min 52sec 765ms |
| wPrime 32M | 10sec 792ms | 10sec 890ms | 10sec 907ms |
| wPrime 1024M | 5min 46sec 72ms | 5min 54sec 734ms | 5min 50sec 297ms |
For those of you who aren't too updated with today's chips, the Intel Pentium G6950 is a dual core CPU with hyper-threading (for a total of 4 threads) priced at about PhP 4,800. It's an LGA-1156 32nm chip clocked at 2.8GHz, has 3MB of L2 cache, and supports 64-bit processing. Full specs from Intel's Ark's below:
| Intel Pentium G6950 Specs | |
|---|---|
| Status | Launched |
| Launch Date | Q1'10 |
| Processor Number | G6950 |
| # of Cores | 2 |
| # of Threads | 2 |
| Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| Intel Smart Cache | 3 MB |
| Bus/Core Ratio | 21 |
| DMI | 2.5 GT/s |
| Instruction Set | 64-bit |
| Embedded Options Available | Yes |
| Supplemental SKU | No |
| Lithography | 32 nm |
| Max TDP | 73 W |
| VID Voltage Range | 0.6500V-1.4000V |
| 1ku Bulk Budgetary Price | $87.00 |
| Memory Specifications | |
| Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) | 16 GB |
| Memory Types | DDR3-1066 |
| # of Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 17 GB/s |
| Physical Address Extensions | 36-bit |
| Graphics Specifications | |
| Integrated Graphics | Yes |
| Intel HD Graphics | Yes |
| Graphics Base Frequency | 533 MHz |
| Intel Flexible Display Interface (Intel FDI) | Yes |
| Intel Clear Video HD Technology | No |
| Dual Display Capable | Yes |
| Expansion Options | |
| PCI Express Revision | 2.0 |
| PCI Express Configurations | 1x16, 2x8 |
| # of PCI Express Ports | 1 |
| Package Specifications | |
| Max CPU Configuration | 1 |
| TCASE | 72.6°C |
| Package Size | 37.5mm x 37.5mm |
| Processing Die Size | 81 mm2 |
| # of Processing Die Transistors | 382 million |
| Graphics and IMC Lithography | 45 nm |
| Graphics and IMC Die Size | 114 mm2 |
| # of Graphics and IMC Die Transistors | 177 million |
| Halogen Free Options Available | Yes |
| Advanced Technologies | |
| Intel Turbo Boost Technology | No |
| Intel Hyper-Threading Technology | No |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | No |
| AES New Instructions | No |
| Intel 64 | Yes |
| Idle States | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology | Yes |
| Intel Demand Based Switching | No |
| Thermal Monitoring Technologies | No |
| Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
Press Release
GIGABYTE Announces Winners of Pentium G6950 OC Challenge on HWBOT
over@locker886 Takes Top Score for all 4 Benchmarks
TAIPEI, Taiwan - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today proudly announced that over@locker886 from Hungary was the winner of the Pentium G6950 OC Challenge hosted by HWBOT, scoring a total of 40 points by reaching the top spot in 4 different benchmark categories using a GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD7 motherboard.
Overclocking a mainstream Pentium G6950 processor requires a special set of overclocking skills, so GIGABYTE wanted to test just how far overclockers were able to take the performance of their processor. Using any GIGABYTE P55/H55 motherboard, overclockers from all over the world submitted to HWBOT some truly impressive results on Super Pi and WPrime, as both benchmarks highly stress the processor and are good indicators for showing system stability in extreme overclocking.
The top 3 winners for the Pentium G6950 OC contest are: 1st place: over@locker886 from Hungary scoring 40 points and leading the competition with his amazing 5.85GHz overclocked Pentium G9650. For winning the top spot, over@locker886 gets a brand new GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard and an Intel® Core™ i7 930 processor. 2nd place: Moonman from Slovenia using a GIGABYTE GA-H55M-UD2H motherboard and 3rd place: TK-OC from Taiwan using a GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P. There was tough competition between 2nd and 3rd places with a narrow score difference of a mere 5 points.