3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher.

3DMark05
Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4482
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4959
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4678
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5517
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	5627
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	5896
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5708
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5572
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5583
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5519
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5579
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5568
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5585
CPU:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4824
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4920
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4654
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5096
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	4835
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	4893
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5088
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	4560
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5321
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5113
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5110
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	4851
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5042

Overall and CPU scores are both good with the ECS KN1 Extreme motherboard. If you are on a tight budget, this motherboard looks like a steal!

Comanche 4	Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique test as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4
640x480	FPS	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	78.26
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	79.88
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	79.51
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	80.38
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	77.92
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	79.84
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	79.01
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	80.77
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	81.83
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400)	81.16
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400)	82.03
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400)	80.4
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	80.44

Comanche 4 framerates are pretty goo. Impressive when you consider that the ECS KN1 Extreme is about half the price of some of the other motherboards we compared it to.