AquaMark3	Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.

AquaMark3 Benchmark Results (Processor)
Motherboard	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX875P Pro	9557
DFI LANParty 875B	9793
Albatron PX865PE Pro II	9766
Gigabyte 8S655TX Ultra	9654
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W	9939
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W (225/450)	10908

AquaMark3 Benchmark Results (Overall)
Motherboard	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX875P Pro	44124
DFI LANParty 875B	44033
Albatron PX865PE Pro II	43981
Gigabyte 8S655TX Ultra	44039
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W	44080
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W (225/450)	44930

In AquaMark3 we see that while the Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W scores much higher in the processor portion of AquaMark3, it does not affect the overall score very much. This is because AquaMark3 is mainly a videocard benchmark.

Comanche 4	Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique benchmark as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4 Benchmark Results
Motherboard	FPS	Ranking
Albatron PX875P Pro	62.18
DFI LANParty 875B	63.35
Albatron PX865PE Pro II	61.69
Gigabyte 8S655TX Ultra	62.3
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W	62.2
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2-W (225/450)	68.45

Comanche 4 shows that all motherboards perform about the same at stock speeds. Overclocking boosts framerates very nicely.