SYSmark2004	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.

We were unable to complete the office productivity section of the Sysmark 2004 benchmark with the Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro. The test system consistently halted on the Internet Explorer portion of the benchmark and refused to continue. We're currently searching for a resolution to this issue.

SysMark 2004: Internet Content Creation
Internet Overall:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	216
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	219
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	217
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	219
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	213
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	204
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	215
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	224
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	214
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	275
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	208
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	210
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	208
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	210
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	206
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	203
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	207
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	211
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	206
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	241
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	255
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	261
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	260
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	261
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	248
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	225
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	257
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	273
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	252
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	331
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	191
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	192
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	192
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	192
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	188
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	186
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	186
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	195
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	188
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	260

For some reason, the Gigabyte GA-8I945P was unable to complete the second half of Sysmark - an error we're chalking up to Bapco. While obviously the dual-processor nature of the Pentium D 840 chip we used in testing this board had a lot to do with these scores, it's great to see that a mainstream board can still excel with this new processor. It's been a long time since we saw any sort of separation between systems in Sysmark 2004, so this is a refreshing start for the GA-8I945P Pro.