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
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	218
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	212
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	236
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	232
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	238
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	240
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	232
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	235
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	207
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	217
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	218
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	220
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	222
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	208
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	221
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	264
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	258
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	293
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	285
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	286
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	285
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	291
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	284
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	187
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	175
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	206
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	201
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	205
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	207
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	206
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	206
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	207
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	210
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	218
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	214
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	220
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	220
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	219
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	222
Communication:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	233
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	247
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	242
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	252
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	251
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	245
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	255
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	223
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	218
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	224
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	215
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	220
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	222
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	226
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	219
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	188
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	182
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	187
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	188
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	196
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	193
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	189
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Xpress 1600 200/400)	196

SYSMark2004 numbers from the ECS KA1-MVP Extreme motherboard are very good. The ATi CrossFire Xpress 1600 does not suffer from any performance problems at all in this configuration.