AquaMark3	Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.

AquaMark 3 - Processor - Benchmark Results
	Processor	Points	Ranking
1.	Athlon65 FX-51	10023
2.	AthlonXP 3200+	7843
3.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz	10632
4.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE	11141
5.	Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd)	12025

AquaMark 3 - Graphics - Benchmark Results
	Graphics	Points	Ranking
1.	Athlon65 FX-51	5439
2.	AthlonXP 3200+	5367
3.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz	5346
4.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE	5349
5.	Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd)	5334

Each platform scores similarly in AquaMark's graphics test - at least within a margin of error for the metric. On the other hand, Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition dominates the processor test, outpacing both the Pentium 4 3.2GHz and AMD's new Athlon 64 FX-51. Nevertheless, we still see a 30 percent discrepancy between the Athlon 64 and Athlon XP.

SuperPI	Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The benchmark is fairly diverse and allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 Thousand to 32 Million. The benchmark, which uses 19 iterations in the test, is set 1 Million digits. Lower numbers denote faster calculation times (seconds), and hence, better performance.

Super PI (1 Million digits) Benchmark Results (Lower is better)
	Processor	Seconds	Ranking
1.	Athlon64 FX-51	38
2.	AthlonXP 3200+	46
3.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz	43
4.	Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE	40
5.	Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd)	36

Super PI measures the amount of time taken to calculate the constant PI to a million digits. Because the result is measured in seconds, small numbers are better and the Athlon 64 FX-51 boasts the lowest score (unless you're counting the overclocked Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, which we'd discourage against). Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition takes second place, followed in kind by the vanilla 3.2GHz part.