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There's a few threads out there showing off all the results from relatively high end systems, but I've noticed a distinct lack of lower end hardware being pushed to its limits. I think this needs to change. Anyone that has any hardware that is mid to low end is welcome to post here.

The intent is to have an overarching high score board for each benchmark, and under that a high score board for individual pieces of hardware. So 750ti's will have their own scoreboard, FX6300's likewise etc.

The template for any entries will be as follows:

Test name
Piece of hardware being scored ( only the one whose category you are looking for a rank in)
Cooling used (stock, custom air, water aio, water custom, ln2 etc)
Custom settings used (yes or no)(this includes changing settings in Nvidia control panel or AMD settings)
Score achieved
Screenshot and validation link(where applicable) can also put hwbot link here in addition to official validation link.
(optional) full spec list

Here are the limitations on what hardware can be used to get a score:
Intel Cpu must be i5 or lower for the 3 most recent generations, no limits on older hardware
AMD cpu must be Ryzen 5 or lower. Any chips from bulldozer and backwards are eligible
GPU criteria divided for each architecture: NVidia:
Pascal 1050ti or lower
Maxwell 960 or lower
Kepler 770 or lower (all 6xx cards welcome)
Fermi and below all cards accepted
AMD:
RX 550 and below
RX 450 and below
R9 280 and below
All R7 and r5 cards welcome
Due to the vast amount of HD series cards there are, I won't go through each one but rather just say use common sense and keep within the midrange stock performance levels.
Everything else is up to you, and has no limitations put on it.

For a full list of tests you can post for, check out hwbot.org's benchmark list.


Happy overclocking!
 
Kicking it off, the first benchmark:

Test: Firestrike
Hardware: R7 260X
Cooling: Stock GPU/AIO Water CPU
Custom settings used: No
Score: 5034
Validation: I scored 5 034 in Fire Strike
CaptainCatatonic`s 3DMark - Fire Strike score: 5034 marks with a Radeon R7 260X
fs5034.JPG

System Specs: Ryzen 5 1400 @3.975GHz
8GB Hynix Single-Rank budget RAM @2666 CL14-16-16-34-61-2T
ASUS DirectCU II R7 260X @1310mhz core 1945mhz mem
 
This one is just for shits and giggles so didn't bother with all the proper verification
Test: 3DMark Cloudgate
Hardware: 2x Sapphire HD 5450's in Xfire
Score: 4345
best5450.JPG

using beta driver so that might affect score.

All in all a shite score, because these cards were never meant to do this kind of stuff and could only do this once without crashing. Haven't been able to do another run at these settings and don't expect to. Sure was fun trying to get it all working though.
 

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