In an odd turn of events, Windows 8 has been banned from HWBot, one of the world's top benchmarking and overclocking communities. All existing benchmarks recorded by Windows 8 have been disqualified.

Every PC in use today has a small piece of hardware built into the chipset that is known as a real-time-clock. This is a piece of hardware that keeps accurate track of time even when the PC is turned ...

HWBot, one of the internet’s largest benchmarking and overclocking communities has banned Windows 8. Any benchmarks from systems running Microsoft’s latest operating system have been removed from ...

On the back of HWBot recently announcing a blanket-ban for all Windows 8 submitted scores due to an RTC exploit they have now updated the ban with some exemptions and clarifications. Christian Ney, ...

With a small but dedicated team already in place, we’re actively seeking more people to join and push us even higher in the tables! – We should note that you don’t need to own the best CPU in the ...

Benchmarking site HWBot has announced that Windows 8 is no longer welcome on its service, with all existing results posted from Windows 8 machines becoming invalid overnight. Designed as a web-based ...

HWBOT is now actively listing three new models Threadripper processors, they are named Threadripper 2990X, 2970X and 2950X. If we can believe the specs, there will be a 16, 24 and 32 core version each ...

The one-on-one workshop was jointly set up by G.SKILL and overclocking-enthusiast group HWBOT. Rather than getting me to build from scratch, the instructors had already put together a rig that would ...

AMD has now launched the most core-happy desktop processor the world has ever seen, the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, and it's already bagged four of the eight CPU world records listed on HWBOT. It may ...

Intel has the enthusiast segment in its crosshairs with the new Core i9 series, and the 7900X is currently its most potent offering. Priced at $999, the Core i9-7900X features 10 cores and will have ...