Prelude to Benchmarks

The details of how the Asus M2-CROSSHAIR 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 nForce 590 SLI 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 X2 5000+ Intel Pentium D 940 Clock Speed: 14 x 200 MHz = 2.8 GHz 16 x 200 MHz = 3.2 GHz Motherboard: Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI) ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (VIA K8T890) MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI) Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI) Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150) 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
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	283
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	287
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	290
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	363
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	359
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	363
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	358
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	359
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	246
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	257
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	255
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	315
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	314
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	319
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	313
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	316
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	339
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	348
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	340
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	425
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	434
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	439
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	432
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	433
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	273
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	265
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	273
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	336
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	339
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	341
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	339
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	338
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	212
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	207
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	218
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	255
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	238
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	235
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	236
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	235
Communication:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	216
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	189
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	223
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	258
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	247
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	247
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	247
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	244
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	219
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	223
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	217
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	282
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	258
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	258
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	257
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	257
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800)	201
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667)	209
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800)	205
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800)	215
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800)	214
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800)	204
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	207
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800)	206

The Asus M2-CROSSHAIR motherboard performs on par with the other Socket AM2 motherboards in Sysmark 2004.