PCStats Test System Specs:

processor: amd athlon64 3200+ clock speed: 10 x 200 mhz = 2 ghz 10 x 232 mhz = 2.32 ghz motherboards: asus k8v dlx via k8t800 gigabyte k8nnxp nvidia nf3-150 msi k8n neo-fis2r nvidia nf3-250gb gigabyte k8nsnxp nvidia nf3-250gb videocard: asus radeon 9800xt 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 via 4in1 4.49 forceware 3.13 beta nforce3 drivers catalyst 4.4 workstation benchmarks sysmark 2004 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 winbench 99 sisoft sandra 2004 super pi pcmark2002 3dmark2001se aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003 ut2004

SYSmark 2004	Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2004 is BAPCo's latest revision of the mainstream office productivity and Internet content creation benchmark used to characterize the performance of the business client. It is based on a foundation of extensive research into emerging usage models and computing trends and incorporates the latest benchmarking methodologies to evaluate platform technologies. SYSmark 2004 contains scientifically designed workloads that represent the range of activities that an office productivity or Internet content creation work may encounter. In addition with extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SYSmark 2004 Benchmark Results
Internet Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	186
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	188
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	189
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	188
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	188
3D Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	179
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	179
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	188
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	189
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	184
2D Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	219
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	221
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	219
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	220
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	219
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	163
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	168
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	169
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	165
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	167

SYSmark 2004 Benchmark Results
Office Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	175
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	173
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	177
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	176
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	179
Communication	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	193
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	187
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	196
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	194
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	196
Document Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	179
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	182
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	182
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	182
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	188
Data Analysis	Points	Ranking
Asus K8V Deluxe (K8T800, 200/400)	154
Gigabyte K8NNXP (NF3-150, 200/400)	152
MSI K8N Neo-FIS2R (NF3-250, 200/400)	156
Gigabyte K8NSNXP (NF3-250, 200/400)	156
Asus K8N-E (NF3-250, 200/400)	156

It's nice to see that the Asus K8N-E motherboard performs on par with the other Athlon64 motherboards in SYSmark 2004.