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MSI MEGA mPC 945 Barebones Small Formfactor PC Review

MSI MEGA mPC 945 Barebones Small Formfactor PC Review - PCSTATS

The MSI MEGA mPC945 system is based around the Intel 945G and Intel ICH7 chipsets and is compatible with all Socket 775 Intel Pentium 4/D/XE, Celeron processors.
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SFF PC Benchmarks: SYSMark2004

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.

SysMark 2004
Internet Overall:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	284
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	280
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	278
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	280
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	283
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	288
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	286
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	282
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	253
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	254
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	248
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	252
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	246
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	252
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	251
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	251
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	335
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	333
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	336
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	333
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	339
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	345
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	338
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	335
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	263
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	255
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	250
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	251
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	273
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	274
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	275
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	253
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	210
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	193
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	207
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	210
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	212
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	214
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	215
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	208
Communication:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	218
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	200
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	211
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	217
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	216
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	217
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	220
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	216
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	204
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	185
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	206
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	205
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	219
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	222
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	223
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	203
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	200
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667)	196
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667)	201
ECS 945G-M3 (945G 200/667)	200
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	201
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800)	204
ECS C19-A SLI (NF4 SLI XE 200/800)	203
MSI MEGA mPC 945 (945G 200/667)	198

The MSI MEGA mPC 945 performs quite well here in SYSmark2004 with its Intel GMA950 videocard. Performance results are par with the many of the flagship chipsets used in the comparison motherboards. If you need a good simple office or workstation computer the MSI Mega mPC 945 certainly handles mundane office tasks as well as any other comparably outfitted PC.

Contents of Article: MSI Mega mPC 945

Pg 1. MSI MEGA mPC 945 Barebones Small Formfactor PC Review
Pg 2. The MEGA mPC 945 Chassis
Pg 3. Looking under the SFF hood
Pg 4. Inside the mPC 945 SFF
Pg 5. Ease of Installation and Tool Free Design
Pg 6. Installing Drives and more...
Pg 7. Intel 945G and GMA950 integrated videocard
Pg 8. BIOS Features are Slim / Test Specs
Pg 9. — SFF PC Benchmarks: SYSMark2004
Pg 10. SFF PC Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
Pg 11. SFF PC Benchmarks: PCMark05, 3DMark05
Pg 12. SFF PC Benchmarks: 3DMark06, FarCry, X3: Reunion
Pg 13. SFF PC Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3, Quake 4
Pg 14. Small Formfactor Redeux

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