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
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	287
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	363
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	358
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	359
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	188
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	257
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	319
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	313
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	314
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	176
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	348
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	439
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	432
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	434
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	224
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	265
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	341
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	339
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	339
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	168
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	207
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	235
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	236
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	238
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	173
Communication:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	189
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	247
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	247
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	247
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	206
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	223
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	258
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	257
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	258
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	268
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
Pentium D 940/975X (200/667)	209
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 570 SLI (200/800)	204
Athlon64 X2 5000+/nForce 590 SLI (200/800)	207
Athlon64 X2 5000+/GeForce 6150 (200/800)	214
Sempron 3600+/GeForce 6150 (200/533)	150

The Sempron 3600+ system than the other systems but whether you'd notice is another thing. For a rig that's less than $400, it offers you a very versatile workstation machine that can handle most 2D applications without much difficulty. Sure the Athlon64 X2 5000+ is faster...