SiSoft Sandra 2005	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 2005 Benchmark Results
	Multimedia Benchmark		CPU Benchmark		Memory Benchmark
Motherboard	Integer SSE2:	Floating-Point SSE2:	Dhrystone SSE2:	Whetstone SSE2:	Integer SSE2:	Float SSE2:
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	48799	53396	21837	8172 FPU / 10620 SSE2	6688	6607
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	49031	53788	22011	8263 FPU / 10700 SSE2	6737	6656
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	48963	53456	22014	8266 FPU / 10718 SSE2	6694	6612
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	49006	53359	22011	8263 FPU / 10701 SSE2	6646	6565
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	63621	71847	29035	7322 FPU / 10783 SSE2	5318	5275
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	63545	71756	29211	7312 FPU / 10763 SSE2	5214	5175
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	62560	70920	28774	7228 SSE2 / 10672 SSE2	5643	5596
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	62807	71205	28923	7258 FPU / 10712 SSE2	5651	5599
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	63606	71990	29230	7361 FPU / 10793 SSE2	5593	5528
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	63045	71513	29014	7318 FPU / 10762 SSE2	5613	5578
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	63124	71956	28962	7314 FPU / 10758 SSE2	5555	5484
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	63218	71859	29063	7325 FPU / 10757 SSE2	5521	5486
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	62715	70963	28863	7212 FPU / 10706 SSE2	5595	5534
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	63241	71685	29147	7332 FPU / 10763 SSE2	5896	5906
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	62900	71322	28912	7265 FPU / 10717 SSE2	5852	5846
Units:	it/s	it/s	MIPS	MFLOPS	MB/s	MB/s

Processor numbers from the MSI P35 Platinum are in line with what we expect from an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor. Memory bandwidth is nice and high, an easy 300MB/s more than was available from the Intel P965 Express chipset!

Super Pi Mod 1.5	Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The program allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 thousand to 32 million. Our benchmark is set to 1 Million digits and 19 iterations.

SuperPi
1 Million Digits:	Seconds	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	34
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	34
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	33
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	33
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	21
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	20
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	20
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	20

The extra memory bandwidth provided by the MSI P35 Platinum is not enough to lower the 1 million digit calculation time. Still 20 seconds is pretty darn quick!

Futuremark PCMark05 1.1.0	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
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	6629
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	6454
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	6647
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	6127
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	7012
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6917
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6897
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	7035
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	7045
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	7046
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6890
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	7022
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6884
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	7029
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	7143
CPU	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	5317
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	5342
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5832
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5336
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6145
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6140
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6131
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6144
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6146
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6221
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6130
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6128
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	6115
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	6150
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	6152
Memory	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	4964
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	5074
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5113
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5035
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5372
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5366
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5387
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5323
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5426
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5336
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5143
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5314
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	5324
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	5453
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	5555

PCMark05 results are nice and high, the MSI P35 Platinum puts on another strong showing. The two Intel P35 Express motherboards exchange roles here, in any case the boards seem to have a lot of memory bandwidth available. Let's see what the other benchmarks have to say....