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• Refunds
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They accept payment via most major credit cards, Paypal or check (pre-payment). Purchase Orders (PO) are not accepted. If you need to use a PO, please contact SPEC headquarters.

If you have any difficulties with ordering or payment processing services, please contact SPEC headquarters.

Upgrade information:
Upgrade pricing is available to licensees of previous versions of a benchmark suite under most circumstances. To purchase at the upgrade pricing, contact the SPEC office for ordering details.

Non-profit/Educational Discounts
This discount applies to organizations with 501C or equivalent standings, research facilities, government agencies, and accredited educational institutions on selected SPEC benchmark suites. Staff may require proof of qualification. University orders are licensed to a professor or full-time staff member. To purchase by credit card at the non-profit/educational pricing, contact the SPEC office for a special coupon code.

Non-profit/educational pricing for HPG suites (ACCEL, MPI2007, OMP2012)
The HPG benchmarks are available free of charge to organizations which qualify for the non-commercial license by submitting a request for a license. As with all non-profit/educational licenses, the software is licensed to the organization rather than an individual.

Tax
Sales tax/VAT will be charged on items purchased in regions where the third party vendor is required to collect it. If you are tax exempt, you will need to place the order first, then request a refund by emailing authors@us.shareit.com, including the order number along with your exemption certificate (for US state sales tax) or your VAT ID (for EU VAT). They will issue a credit within 3-5 business days.

Site Licenses:
An example of SPEC's General Site License Agr eement (PDF) is provided in the event you need to review it before the purchase. A copy of the agreement is included with each suite and an electronic copy will be sent to you after your purchase.

An example of SPEC's SERT Site License Agreement (PDF) is provided in the event you need to review it before the purchase. A copy of the agreement is included with each suite and an electronic copy will be sent to you after your purchase.

Multiple licenses within a corporation are not necessary. Separate licenses are required for universities at their different locations.

To find out if your organization holds a current license for a specific SPEC benchmark suite before purchasing it, please contact SPEC headquarters.

Membership in SPEC is open to any interested company or organization. To learn more about joining SPEC, see our membership page.

GWPG Commercial/Non-commercial Licensing

The GWPG benchmarks (SPECapc, SPECviewperf, SPECwpc) are available under two licensing agreements:

• A commercial license is required for any commercial enterprise that is not a SPEC/GWPG member and is engaged in marketing, developing, testing, consulting for and/or selling computers, computer services, graphics devices, drivers or other systems or components in the computer marketplace.
• A non-commercial license is available free of charge for use by individuals and organizations that are not required to have a commercial license. The free non-commercial license cannot be used by any commercial enterprise (excepting SPEC/GWPG members) that engages in marketing, developing, testing, consulting for and/or selling computers, computer services, graphics devices, drivers or other systems or components in the computer marketplace.

HPG Commercial/Non-commercial Licensing

The HPG benchmarks (MPI2007, OMP2012, ACCEL) are available under two licensing agreements:

• A commercial license is required for any commercial enterprise that is not a SPEC/HPG member and is engaged in marketing, developing, testing, consulting for and/or selling computers, computer services, accelerator devices, drivers, software or other high performance computing systems or components in the computer marketplace.
• A non-commercial license is available free of charge for use by organizations that are not required to have a commercial license. The free non-commercial license cannot be used by any commercial enterprise (excepting SPEC/HPG members) that engages in marketing, developing, testing, consulting for and/or selling computers, computer services, accelerator devices, drivers, software or other high performance computing systems or components in the computer marketplace.

Refunds:
Please read the system requirements to insure your system will support the use of the SPEC software. If for any reason the purchaser is unhappy with this product, the original software purchase price can be refunded within 30 days of purchase.

To request a refund, please contact SPEC at info@spec.org. We require a completed "Letter of Destruction" before the refund can be issued.

SPECapc Benchmark Requirements:
The SPECapc benchmarks provide only the performance testing software. They do not include the actual applications, which are the intellectual property of their respective software vendors (e.g. SPECapc for 3ds Max 2011 does not include a copy of 3ds Max 2011 software). Specific software version requirements can be found in the SPECapc Project Group rules.

MD5 Checksums:
To verify the file integrity of your downloaded software, we offer MD5 checksums and file sizes for the download files.