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 C2D E6600)	7012
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	6917
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	6897
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	7035
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	7045
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	7046
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6890
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	7022
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6884
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	7029
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	7143
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	7625
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	7423
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 C2D E6600)	6145
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	6140
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	6131
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	6144
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6146
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6221
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6130
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6128
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	6115
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	6150
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	6152
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	6856
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	6819
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 C2D E6600)	5372
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	5366
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	5387
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	5323
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	5426
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	5336
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	5143
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	5314
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	5324
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	5453
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	5555
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	6160
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	5878

While the performance of the Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe motherboard is great, we're seeing a pattern here of DDR2 beating out DDR3 memory on the Intel P35 Express platform. The advantages of DDR3 would be better realized if a quad core processor were used.