The details of how the Albatron KM51PV-AM2 motherboard test system was configured for benchmarking; the specific hardware, software drivers, operating system and benchmark versions is indicated below. In the second column are the general specs for the reference platforms this nVidia GeForce 6150 based motherboard is to be compared against. Please take a moment to look over PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark results on the next page.

PCSTATS Test System Configurations

test system reference system #1 reference system #2 processor: amd Athlon64 FX-62 Intel Pentium D 940 Clock Speed: 14 x 200 MHz = 2.8 GHz 16 x 200 MHz = 3.2 GHz Motherboard: Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150) ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (VIA K8T890) MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI) Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI) Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI) Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100) Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X) Videocard: MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E Memory: Corsair Twin2X2048-8500 Hard Drive: 74GB Western Digital Raptor WD740 CDROM: AOpen Combo 52x PowerSupply: PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510 SLI Heatsink: AMD Athlon64 FX-62 Reference Thermaltake Jungle 512 Software Setup: Microsoft WindowsXP SP2 VIA 4in1 5.09a nVIDIA Forceware 91.27 Microsoft WindowsXP SP2 nVIDIA Forceware 9.35 nVIDIA Forceware 91.27 Microsoft WindowsXP SP2 Intel INF 7.22 nVIDIA Forceware 91.27 Benchmarks: SYSMark 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Content Creation 2004 Super Pi SiSoft Sandra 2005 PCMark05 3DMark05 3DMark06 FarCry Doom 3 Quake 4

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
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	287
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	363
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	368
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	373
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	375
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	365
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	393
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	257
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	315
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	316
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	322
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	328
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	314
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	347
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	348
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	425
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	435
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	450
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	443
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	436
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	470
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	265
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	336
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	340
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	341
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	342
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	335
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	373
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	207
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	255
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	252
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	258
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	261
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	252
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	260
Communication:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	189
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	258
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	253
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	260
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	263
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	255
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	275
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	223
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	282
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	291
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	298
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	297
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	286
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	294
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	209
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	215
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	213
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	211
Asus M2N32SLI-DLX (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	214
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	210
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	217

The Albatron KM51PV-AM2 performs extremely well in the SYSMark2004 tests, it beats out motherboards more than twice the price! It goes to show you that if you're only building a workstation machine, you don't need to blow a lot of money on the motherboard for good performance.