PCStats Test System Specs:

processors: amd athlon64 4000+ socket 939 amd athlon64 3200+ socket 754* clock speeds: 4000+: 12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz 3200+: 10 x 200 mhz = 2 ghz motherboards: msi k8t neo2 fir (k8t800 pro)** msi k8n neo2 platinum (nf3 ultra)** epox 9nda3+ (nf3 ultra)** gigabyte ga-k8nxp-9 (nf4 ultra)*** asrock k8 combo-z/asr (ali m1689)** videocard: asus x800xt/vtd** msi rx800xt-vtd256*** memory: 2x 512mb mushkin pc3200 special ed. hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom powersupply: vantec 400b ion software setup windowsxp build 2600 via 4in1 4.53v forceware 4.34 forceware 6.10 beta catalyst 4.9 workstation benchmarks sysmark 2004 business winstone 2004 content creation 2004 super pi sisoft sandra 2004 pcmark04 3dmark2001se 3dmark05 aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003 ut2004 doom 3

*the athlon64 3200+ processor was used only on the asrock k8 combo-z/asr board to test socket 754 performance. **using the asus x800xt/tvd which is based on the radeon x800xt pe gpu. ***using the pci express-based msi rx800xt-vtd256 which uses the radeon x800xt gpu (slightly slower than the asus card).

SYSmark 2004	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.

SysMark 2004
Internet Overall:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	222
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	225
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	224
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	230
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	202
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	180
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	220
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	219
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	211
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	215
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	202
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	179
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	244
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	268
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	269
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	276
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	246
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	216
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	205
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	195
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	197
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	205
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	167
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	152
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	212
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	201
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	204
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	208
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	201
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	176
Communication:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	218
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	206
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	208
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	217
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	210
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	191
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	226
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	217
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	216
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	221
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	217
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	189
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400)	194
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	182
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	183
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	189
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939	177
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754	152

At stock speeds we see that the ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR motherboard is slightly slower than the other motherboards, which is not really surprising. Overall performance is decent though. Even with the much slower Socket 754 Athlon64 3200+ the ASRock motherboard does fairly well for itself.