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 with extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SYSmark2004
Internet Overall:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	209
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	277
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	232
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	348
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	440
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	219
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	248
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	208
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	305
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	391
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	210
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	332
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	291
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	411
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	519
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	261
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	257
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	206
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	335
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	420
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	192
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	192
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	219
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	241
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	291
Communication:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	184
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	202
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	245
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	253
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	291
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	204
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	182
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	226
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	271
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	338
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	193
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	194
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	189
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	205
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	251

It is clear which processor is fastest here, the dual core Athlon64 X2 4800+ simply destroys the competition. The dual core Pentium D 840 does not even come close in terms of office performance in spite of the fact that it is clocked at 3.2GHz while the AMD CPU hums along at 2.4GHz.