Overclocking the 8K3A+ was a very interesting adventure. We had some pretty weird results.... Because of the KT333CE's 2/5th AGP and 1/5 PCI divider we found that the overclocking performance of the motherboard wasn't as great as we had initially hoped it would be.

In fact, even at 180 MHz FSB's we could barely beat out older KT266A based boards at 166 MHz. We noted these results in the KT333CE VS KT266A article. We were able to get the Epox 8K3A+ up to a 180 MHz FSB however as you'll see the performance is honestly not as impressive as it should be with the KT333 chipset.

pcstats test system specs:
computer hardware:
processor:	athlonxp 2100+
clock speed:	13x133 mhz = 1.73 ghz 9.5x180 mhz = 1.71 ghz
motherboards:	epox 8k3a+
chipset:	via kt333ce
videocard:	msi geforce 4 ti4600
memory:	256mb kingmax ddr333
hard drive:	40 gb maxtor d740x
cdrom:	panasonic 48x cd-rom cr-594-b
floppy:	panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive
heatsink:	thermalright sk-6 w/36 cfm delta
powersupply:	antec 400w psu
software setup	windowsxp build 2600 via 4in1 4.38v detonatorxp 28.90
benchmarks	sysmark 2001 sysmark 2002 business winstone 2001 content creation 2001 winbench 99 sisoft sandra 2002 pro pcmark2002 3dmark2001se quake iii arena

BAPCO Sysmark 2001	Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SYSmark2001 uses real world applications concurrently as an accurate way to test the system by following patterns that reflect the way real users work. SYSmark2001's workloads accurately represent today's updated business usage model. The benchmark runs at a realistic execution speed, with think times between application interactions, in order to emulate a desktop user's interaction with the operating system and applications. Higher numbers denote better performance.

BapCo SysMark 2001 Benchmark Results
	Internet Content (FSB/Memory)	Sysmarks	Ranking
1.	8K3A+ 133/333 MHz	204
2	8K3A+ 180/360 MHz	210
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1	8K3A+ 133/333 MHz	173
2.	8K3A+ 180/360 MHz	187

The 8K3A+ performs very well in SysMark2001 and overclocking boosts performance by a bit.

BAPCO Sysmark 2002	Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
	Internet Content (FSB/Memory)	Sysmarks	Ranking
1.	8K3A+ 133/333 MHz	230
2.	8K3A+ 180/360 MHz	239
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1	8K3A+ 133/333 MHz	180
2.	8K3A+ 180/360 MHz	191

SysMark2002 confirms what SysMark2001 says, the Epox 8K3A+ with an AthlonXP 2100+ is simply a monster.