pcstats test system specs:
computer hardware:
processor:	pentium 4 2.66
clock speed:	20 x 133 mhz = 2.66 ghz 20 x 165 mhz = 3.30 ghz
motherboards:	msi 845pe max2
chipset:	intel i845pe
videocard:	msi g4ti4600-td
memory:	256mb corsair xms3500
hard drive:	40 gb samsung sp4004h
cdrom:	nec 52x cd-rom
floppy:	panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive
heatsink:	avc sunflower
powersupply:	vantec 420w stealth psu
software setup	windowsxp build 2600 intel inf 4.00 detonatorxp 30.82
benchmarks	sysmark 2002 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 winbench 99 sisoft sandra 2002 pro pcmark2002 3dmark2001se quake iii arena

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.	845PE Max2 - 133/333	349
2.	845PE Max2 - 165/330	417
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1	845PE Max2 - 133/333	169
2.	845PE Max2 - 165/330	187

At stock speeds, the MSI 845PE Max2 performs very well and overclocking really boosts performance quite a bit!

Winstone 2002	Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000 (SP6 or later), Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone doesn't mimic what these packages do; it runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2002 Benchmark Results
	Content Content	Score	Ranking
1.	845PE Max2 - 133/333	36.7
2.	845PE Max2 - 165/330	38.6
	Business Winstone
1.	845PE Max2 - 133/333	23.9
2.	845PE Max2 - 165/330	28.6

At stock speeds, the MSI 845PE Max2 performs on par with what we would expect and overclocking brings a healthy performance boost.