PCMark04	Source: FutureMark

The latest version of the popular PCMark series, PCMark04 is an application-based benchmark and a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including whole applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to maintain a smaller installation size while still giving accurate results.

PCMark04:
Overall	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4804
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	5042
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4992
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4943
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4927
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5024
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	5034
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	4924
CPU	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4552
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4620
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4558
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4546
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4563
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	4564
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	4609
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	4578
Memory	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4968
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	5737
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	5043
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4984
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4994
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5757
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	5790
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	5017

PCMark04 confirms what SiSoft Sandra and Super Pi report, it seems the Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI is slightly slower than its nForce4 counterparts, especially when it comes to the memory. I hope a newer BIOS or official drivers will boost performance...

3DMark2001	Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark 2001 SE continues to provide a good overall system benchmark. 3DMark2001 SE was created in co-operation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.

3DMark2001SE:
Motherboards:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	27601
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	29144
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	28908
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	28383
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	28127
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	27766
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	28976
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	23676
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800XT)	27429
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	21860

The Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI actually comes in last here in 3DMark2001 which is a bit of a disappointment! GeForce 6600GTs in SLI also do not do too well here but then again nVIDIA cards haven't for a while in this test.