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
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	6171
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	8276
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	5955
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	6629
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	6454
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	6647
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	6707
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	6127
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	6712
CPU	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	5287
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	5313
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	5379
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	5317
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	5342
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5832
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5729
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5336
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5756
Memory	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	4148
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	4121
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	4151
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	4964
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	5074
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5113
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5216
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	5035
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	5198

PCMark05 numbers for the EP-MF570 SLI motherboard are very strong. The Epox EP-MF570 SLI motherboard is no slouch in terms of performance when paired with a good PCI Express videocard. Now, let's see how this nForce 570 SLI motherboard handles the 3D benchmarks!

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
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	7866
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	7700
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	7661
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	7896
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	7898
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	7908
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	7866
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	12306
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	7943
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI	12315
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	7859
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	12399
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	7869
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	12353
CPU:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	6513
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	6225
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	6508
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	6621
Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 (GF 6100 200/800)	6557
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	6718
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	6513
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	6543
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	6663
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX SLI	6517
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	6876
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	6665
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX Single)	6615
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800 7800GTX SLI)	6602

3DMark05 shows that the Epox EP-MF570 SLI is as fast as the nVidia nForce 590 SLI based socket AM2 motherboards. It's likely that the nForce 590 SLI chipset will benefit from faster videocards more, but that will have to wait till the next generation.