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
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	202
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	228
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	220
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	220
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	218
3D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	202
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	219
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	214
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	210
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
2D Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	246
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	273
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	265
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	268
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	264
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	167
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	198
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	188
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	188
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	187
Office Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	201
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	211
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	181
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	182
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	207
Communication:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	210
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	218
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	155
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	149
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	212
Document Creation:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	217
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	223
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	208
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	206
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	223
Data Analysis:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	177
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	193
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
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	184
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	196
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	188

We're happy to see that the Albatron K8X890 Pro II performs well in SYSmark2004. It's not the fastest but neither is it the slowest of the motherboards tested. Interestingly the K8T890 chipset seems a little slower than its predecessor in this benchmark, but not enough to make even the slightest difference to actual applications.