Winstone 2004	Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP. Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2004 Benchmark Results
Business Winstone 2004:	Points	Ranking
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	24.4
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	23.9
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	23.7
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	24.3
Content Creation 2004:	Points	Ranking
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	30.7
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	30.2
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	30.4
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	30.8

In the Winstone 2004 benchmarks, the Albatron PX925XE Pro-R is again near the top. Things are looking good so far.

Winbench 99	Source: Zdnet

WinBench 99 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphical, disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems.

WinBench 99
Business Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X 200/400)	9650
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	9140
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	9750
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	9130
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	7760
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	9740
High-End Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X 200/400)	35700
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	36600
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	36000
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	35700
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	23400
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	36500
Business Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X 200/400)	762
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	751
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	814
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	861
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	849
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	859
High-End Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X 200/400)	1400
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	1350
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	1390
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	1560
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	1590
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	1580

The ICH6 is a mature chipset and we see excellent performance in the HDD portion of Winbench 99. In the graphics section, the Albatron scores near the top as well.