BapCo 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
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	363
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	359
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	363
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	359
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	435
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	430
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	433
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	430
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	430
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	432
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	315
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	314
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	319
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	316
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	372
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	376
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	368
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	372
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	373
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	370
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	425
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	434
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	439
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	433
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	540
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	532
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	542
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	534
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	535
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	540
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	336
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	339
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	341
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	338
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	403
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	400
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	405
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	402
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	400
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	403
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	255
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	238
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	235
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	235
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	302
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	302
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	300
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	301
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	300
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	301
Communication:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	258
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	247
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	247
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	244
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	276
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	275
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	275
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	275
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	274
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	276
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	282
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	258
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	258
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	257
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	345
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	346
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	344
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	344
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	346
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	343
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	215
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	214
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	204
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	206
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	289
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	290
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	290
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	290
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	290
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	288

The ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme motherboard performs very well in SYSMark2004. It has no problems keeping up with the Intel 975X or P965 Express motherboards. It's great to see high performance non-Intel chipsets handle the Core 2 Duo so well.