PCMark04	Source: FutureMark

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
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	6760
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
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	6486
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
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	5344
HDD	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	7015
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	6061
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	7055
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	7083

The high CPU score pushes the Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal to overall victory in this benchmark, though this fact is somewhat let down by mediocre memory bandwidth numbers like we saw in Sandra.

PCMark05	Source: FutureMark

The latest version of the popular PCMark series, PCMark05 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.

PCMark05:
Overall	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	5141
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	5732
CPU	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	5279
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	5309
Memory	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	3932
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	4201
Graphics	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	3566
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	5412
HDD	Points	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Pro (945P 200/400)	7019
Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal (955X 200/400)	7047

We've only had time to test a couple of motherboards with PCMarks newest 2005 version of its benchmark. The 955X Express chipset seems to have a clear cut performance advantage over the 945P here. We'll see if our 3D gaming benchmarks reflect this.