PCMark05	Source: FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCMark05:
Overall	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	4569
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	4465
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	4685
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	4676
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	4666
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	4708
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	4716
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400)	4575
CPU	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	3402
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	3375
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	3416
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	3416
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	3464
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	3419
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	3451
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400)	3418
Memory	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	4473
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	4204
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	4418
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	4425
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	4513
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	4449
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	4562
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400)	4312
HDD	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	6710
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	5493
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	6671
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	6951
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	6863
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	6945
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	6945
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400)	5846

PCMark05 numbers are decent, yet the ECS RS480-M trails the other platforms slightly in the HDD section. Looks like ATi still has a bit of tweaking to do to get the HDD performance up higher.

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

3DMark05
Overall:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	7588
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	7568
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	7615
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	7676
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	7629
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	7680
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400)	7681
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400 CrossFire Xpress 200)	623
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX)	7561
CPU:	Points	Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5044
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400)	4881
ECS KA1-MVP Extreme (Rxpress 1600 200/400)	5423
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5549
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400)	5410
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5493
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5513
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400 CrossFire Xpress 200)	4315
ECS RS480-M (RS480 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX)	5347

When a GeForce 7800GTX videocard is used for this gaming benchmark, the system scores as expected. The onboard ATI CrossFire Xpress 200 videocard is a little weak for this application and the results highlight that fact.