PC Worldbench (Office)
Microsoft Office XP	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	583
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	585
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	617
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	605
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	610
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	625
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	618
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	628
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	634
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	630
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	652
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	647
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	650
Ahead Nero Express 6.0.0.3	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	603
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	610
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	632
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	625
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	630
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	629
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	625
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	623
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	642
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	644
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	667
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	653
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	670
Mozilla 1.4	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	407
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	400
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	418
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	422
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	413
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	420
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	415
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	420
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	425
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	421
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	441
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	438
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	440
Multitasking Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder	Points	Ranking
DFI LANPartyUT NF590 SLI-M2R/G (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	853
Asus M2N32 WS Professional (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Athlon64)	846
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	983
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600)	975
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	952
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	960
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	944
Abit AB9 Pro (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	957
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	996
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	995
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	1066
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	1024
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	1060

With these office application tests, it's clear DDR2 memory is the way to go. The currently lax latency with DDR3 slows the system down, and to be honest a dual core Intel Core 2 Duo simply doesn't need the new memory standard. Quad core is another story, and a story for another time.