PCMark04	Source: FutureMark

The latest version of the popular PCMark series, PCMark04 is an application-based benchmark and a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including whole applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to maintain a smaller installation size while still giving accurate results.

PCMark04:
Overall	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	5085
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	5422
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	5204
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	5112
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	5114
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	5139
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	5173
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	5207
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	4885
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	6472
CPU	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	4956
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	5284
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	5034
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	4978
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	4929
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	4759
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	4955
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	5011
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	4861
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	6412
Memory	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	5329
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	5712
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	5370
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	5076
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	5023
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	4679
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	5197
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	5431
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	4329
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	4827

The PCMark04 numbers back up the results we saw from Sisoft Sandra earlier. The Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro is one powerful motherboard with a Pentium D 840 CPU installed, but its memory bandwidth is not the greatest.

3DMark2001	Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark 2001 SE continues to provide a good overall system benchmark. 3DMark2001 SE was created in co-operation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.

3DMark2001SE:
Motherboards:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	22419
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	23249
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	21984
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	22441
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	21810
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	21530
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	22554
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533)	23047
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	20408
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	20241

The Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro did not excel at this benchmark, though it still posted a decent score. Let's see if this trend carries through to the rest of the 3D benchmarks.