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.

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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	212
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	236
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	232
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	230
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	220
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	232
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	232
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	233
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	236
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	207
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	217
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	215
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	206
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	210
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	216
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	208
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	215
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	221
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	258
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	293
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	287
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	287
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	268
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	289
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	291
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	290
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	291
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	175
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	206
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	202
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	205
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	188
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	199
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	206
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	203
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	204
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	210
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	218
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	218
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	209
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	218
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	213
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	219
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	216
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	212
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	233
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	247
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	244
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	231
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	249
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	228
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	245
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	246
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	218
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	224
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	220
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	222
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	206
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	224
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	226
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	221
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	225
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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	182
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	187
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	193
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	177
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	196
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	189
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	189
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	186
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	185

All Athlon64 systems perform quite close to each other in Sysmark 2004, which is nice to know. Whether you go with an inexpensive or top of the line motherboard, you can expect similar office application and content-creation performance.