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. This is due to a fault in Windows 8′s real-time clock (RTC), which all benchmarking tools use as a baseline.
This seems fixable, but to have your flagship OS banned from one of the top benchmarking sites is a remarkable turn of events.
Oh, come on, you had to go with “banned” and not “benched”?
benched is a sports term that not everyone would get.
“According to HWBot, Microsoft made some changes to Windows 8′s timekeeping routines to allow for low-cost devices and embedded systems that don’t always have a conventional PC-compatible RTC.”
Oh look, another compromise in Microsoft’s “no compromises” OS.
Microsoft changed things in this release of Windows to enable cheaper, more power efficient hardware. I’m going to quote a commenter on their site, “Yes, because Microsoft should change the way they manage low-power devices because it affects benchmarking scores. That makes sense.”