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 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	8276
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	6643
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	6809
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	6707
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	6496
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	6729
CPU	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	5313
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	5694
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	5761
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5729
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5716
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5706
Memory	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	4121
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	5085
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	5066
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5216
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5072
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5183

The MSI K9N SLI Platinum does well in PCMark05, its memory score is particularly impressive considering the 570 SLI is supposed to be a notch below the nForce 590 SLI chipset.

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

3DMark05
Overall:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	7700
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	7912
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	7964
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	7975
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	13342
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	7943
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	13419
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (GeForce 7800GTX Single 200/800)	7934
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (GeForce 7800GTX SLI 200/800)	13326
CPU:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	6225
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	7568
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	7483
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	7533
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	7338
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	7663
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	7523
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (GeForce 7800GTX Single 200/800)	7643
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (GeForce 7800GTX SLI 200/800)	7615

Even with two GeForce 7800GTXs running in SLI, the PCI Express bus is not taxed enough to really impact performance figures. This is why 3D performance from the nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI is on par. In general, 3D performance of the MSI K9N SLI Platinum system is very good and it keeps up with the "higher end" motherboards easily.