pcstats test system specs:
Computer Hardware:
Processor:	AthlonXP 2700+
Clock Speed:	13 x 166 = 2.16 GHz
Motherboards:	MSI K7N2-L MSI K7N2G-ILSR
Chipsets:	nVIDIA nForce2 SPP nVIDIA nForce2 IGP
Videocard:	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro (not used with the K7N2G) Integrated GeForce4 MX
Memory:	2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2
Hard Drive:	20GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+
CDROM:	NEC 52x CD-ROM
Floppy:	Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Heatsink:	Thermalright SK6 w/37 CFM YS Tech
PowerSupply:	Vantec 470W Stealth PSU
Software Setup	WindowsXP Build 2600 VIA Hyperion 4.45 nVIDIA nForce 2.00 Catalyst 2.5
Benchmarks	SysMark 2002 Business Winstone 2002 Content Creation 2002 Winbench 99 SiSoft Sandra 2002 PCMark2002 3DMark2001SE Quake III Arena

We all know how fast the nForce2/Radeon 9700 Pro is, and for this review it was not used. Our tests with the MSI K7N2G-ILSR are based entirely on the use of the integrated GeForce4 MX GPU.

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.	K7N2-L - 166/400	274
2.	K7N2G-ILSR - 166/333	280
3.	K7N2G-ILSR - 175/350	296
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1.	K7N2-L - 166/400	171
2.	K7N2G-ILSR - 166/333	183
3.	K7N2G-ILSR - 175/350	189

Yes, I know nForce2 runs fastest when the memory is running in sync with the FSB, but this shows that pretty well too. Overclocking brings a slight performance boost.

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.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
	Content Content (FSB/Memory)	Score	Ranking
1.	K7N2-L - 166/400	31
2.	K7N2G-ILSR - 166/333	31.3
3.	K7N2G-ILSR - 175/350	33.2
	Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)
1.	K7N2-L - 166/400	45.1
2.	K7N2G-ILSR - 166/333	44.3
3.	K7N2G-ILSR - 175/350	45.5

The Winstone 2002 benchmarks show that MSI's the two motherboards perform about the same (no big surprise). Since we're testing this board based on its integrated video chipset, benchmarks for the FIC AU11, Epox 8RDA+ and Asus A7N8X motherboards which did not make use of the IGP, are not included here.