Winstone 2004	Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP. Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2004 Benchmark Results
Business Winstone 2004:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	24.3
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	24.4
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	23.9
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	23.7
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	24.4
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	25
Content Creation 2004:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	30.8
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400)	30.7
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	30.2
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	30.4
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	30.2
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	31.4

In the Winstone 2004 benchmarks the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal motherboard continues its dominance and is able to beat every other motherboard. Very impressive showing here.

Winbench 99	Source: Zdnet

WinBench 99 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphical, disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems.

WinBench 99
Business Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	9740
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400)	9650
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400)	9140
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	9750
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	9130
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	7760
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	9290
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	22800
High-End Disk WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	36500
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400)	35700
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400)	36600
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	36000
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	35700
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	23400
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	34400
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	59900
Business Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	859
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400)	762
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400)	751
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	814
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	861
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	849
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	737
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	863
High-End Graphics WinMark:	Points	Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400)	1580
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400)	1400
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400)	1350
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	1390
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	1560
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400)	1590
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400)	1330
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	1580

Thanks to PCSTATS new WD Raptor test drives, the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal performed slightly better than the other systems in the disk tests. Graphics results were also excellent, this time without the benefit of outside help.