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
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	6677
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	6062
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6478
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6198
CPU	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	6432
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	6468
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6481
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6440
Memory	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	5302
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	5130
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	5227
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	5254
HDD	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	6260
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	6310
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	7050
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	7045

The MSI P4N Diamond performs quite nicely in PCMark04, and its HDD performance is quite a bit faster than Intel's 955X or 945P motherboards.

PCMark05	Source: FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCMark05:
Overall	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	5662
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	6094
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6136
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6171
CPU	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	5253
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	5294
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	5252
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	5287
Memory	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	4151
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	4088
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	4151
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	4148
HDD	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533)	6410
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533)	6458
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6989
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667)	6927

PCMark05 results are very good and it is nice to see that nVIDIA can out perform Intel with its first Intel chipset. HDD numbers are very impressive considering all systems are using the same 74GB WD Raptor.