SYSmark2007 Preview 1.01	Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2007 Preview is an application-based benchmark that reflects usage patterns of business users in the areas of Video creation, E-learning, 3D Modeling and Office Productivity. This new release includes a robust and refreshed set of applications. The new release also incorporates numerous new features and enhancements such as an improved GUI allowing streamlined start-up and run along with a heads-up-display (HUD) and automated error reporting.

SYSmark 2007 Preview 1.01
Overall:	Points	Ranking
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	112
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	100
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	106
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	101
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	100
E-Learning	Points	Ranking
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	100
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	95
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	96
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	94
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	96
VideoCreation	Points	Ranking
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	104
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	100
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	105
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	98
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	99
Productivity	Points	Ranking
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	122
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	115
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	117
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	120
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	118
3D	Points	Ranking
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	102
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	104
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	107
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	105
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	104

There is virtually no performance difference between the various Socket AM2 platforms, at least it would not be noticable to users. The ECS AMD690GM-M2 is a perfectly adequate 2D workstation motherboard with graphics provided by the AMD 690G chipset.

SiSoft Sandra XIb	Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

SiSoft Sandra XIb
CPU:	Dhrystone ALU	Whetstone SSE3
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	18939	15928
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	18928	16019
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	18939	15998
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	18925	15976
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	18945	16002
Multi-Media:	Integer SSE3	Floating Point SSE2
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	49066	53492
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	49138	53485
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	49209	53406
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	49195	53299
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	49306	53512
Memory	ALU MB/s	FPU MB/s
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60)	4048	4059
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	5782	5715
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF 7050PV 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	5929	5969
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	5543	5427
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+)	5412	5378

The processor results from all the motherboards are very close. This is to be expected since all Socket AM2 motherboards are equipped with the same AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ processor. Memory results from AMD 690G motherboards are slightly lower than the nVIDIA competition, let's see how this affects the other results.