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 to extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SYSmark2004
Internet Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	202
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	228
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	224
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	218
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	230
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	236
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	220
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	232
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	191
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	192
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	192
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	202
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	219
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	211
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	206
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	217
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	210
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	208
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	187
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	178
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	170
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	246
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	273
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	269
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	264
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	287
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	293
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	268
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	291
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	222
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	228
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	234
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	167
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	198
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	197
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	187
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	205
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	206
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	188
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	206
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	168
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	174
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	177
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	201
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	211
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	204
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	207
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	209
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	218
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	182
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	219
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	179
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	187
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	192
Communication:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	210
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	218
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	208
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	231
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	247
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	249
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	245
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	195
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	217
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	229
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	217
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	223
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	216
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	223
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	222
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	224
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	206
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	226
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	188
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	191
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	192
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	177
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	193
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	183
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	188
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	177
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	187
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	196
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	189
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+	157
Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	157
MSI K8N Neo3-F (NF4-4X 200/400) A64 3200+	162

Using a single-channel memory controller makes for a large performance difference in SYSmark as you can see. The MSI K8N Neo3-F did perform relatively well here though, and was able to outperform the Socket 754 competition on most of the tests.