PC Worldbench (Data Crunching)
Roxio Videowave Movie Creator	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	412
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	405
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	484
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	478
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	493
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	485
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	478
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	490
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	492
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	492
MusicMatch Juke Box 7.10	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	572
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	566
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	640
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	633
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	620
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	615
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	623
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	628
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	637
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	638
Windows Media Encoder 9.0	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	523
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	530
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	572
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	571
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	575
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	572
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	575
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	573
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	577
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	576
WinZip 8.1	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	507
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	500
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	625
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	624
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	613
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	618
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	610
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	615
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	625
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	620

Considering that the MSI P35 Platinum has more bandwidth available to it than the P965 Express, I would have expected the P35 Express and Core 2 Duo combo to perform a bit better in the data crunching tests.... still the results are at par.