PCStats Test System Specs:

processor: intel pentium 4 3.0c clock speed: 15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz 15 x 210 mhz = 3.15 ghz motherboards: gigabyte ga-8knxp asus p4c800-dlx msi 865pe neo2-fis2r sis 655fx reference board gigabyte ga-8s655tx ultra videocard: ati radeon 9800 pro memory: 2x 256mb corsair twinx3200ll hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed. cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu software setup windowsxp build 2600 intel inf 5.00.1012 catalyst 3.7 workstation benchmarks sysmark2002 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 winbench 99 sisoft sandra 2003 pcmark2002 3dmark2001se aquamark3 quake iii arena ut2003

* - hyperthreading was enabled and running for all the tests.
** - i865pe boards were benchmarked before pat enabled bios's were released!

BAPCO Sysmark 2002	Source:FutureMark / 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.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400)	449
2.	P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)	445
3.	P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400)	425
4.	P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400)	447
5.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400)	453
6.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420)	465
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400)	254
2.	P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)	237
3.	P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400)	220
4.	P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400)	247
4.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400)	256
6.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420)	261

The Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra starts off pretty well here. It beats both the i875P based Gigabyte GA-8KNXP and the Asus P4C800-DLX as well as surpassing the reference SiS 655FX motherboard!

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 Creation (FSB/Memory)	Score	Ranking
1.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400)	49
2.	P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)	48.5
3.	P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400)	47.6
4.	P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400)	49.8
5.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400)	50
6.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420)	51.4
	Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)
1	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400)	34.5
2.	P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)	34.5
3.	P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400)	33.5
4.	P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400)	37.5
5.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400)	37.6
6.	P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420)	38.5

The trend continues here in the Winstone 2002 benchmarks. It should be pretty evident that SiS based motherboards are the real deal.