SiSoft Sandra 2008: Processor	Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

SiSoft Sandra XII 2008: Processor Processor Arithmetic Dhryestone ALU: Points Ranking Asus Striker II NSE (NF 790i SLI 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 22781 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 24555 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 22908 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 24457 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 24538 MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 67596 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 67895 Asus P5E3 Premium/wifi (X48 333/1333) 22826 Gigabyte GA-X48DS5 (X48 333/1066) 22902 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 22757 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 22789 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 22789 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 22726 Intel DG45ID (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 22688 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 22788 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 23981 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 23741 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 23988 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 24058 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 24559 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 22722 Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: Points Ranking Asus Striker II NSE (NF 790i SLI 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17224 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17173 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17288 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17061 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 16968 MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 60205 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 59970 Asus P5E3 Premium/wifi (X48 333/1333) 17252 Gigabyte GA-X48DS5 (X48 333/1066) 17268 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 17238 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 17216 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 17278 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 16785 Intel DG45ID (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17142 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17237 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 17145 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 17115 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 17200 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 17228 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 17188 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 17196 Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: Points Ranking Asus Striker II NSE (NF 790i SLI 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 148119 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147573 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 148974 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147775 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147635 MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 414077 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 413648 Asus P5E3 Premium/wifi (X48 333/1333) 148402 Gigabyte GA-X48DS5 (X48 333/1066) 148905 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 147962 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 148155 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 148180 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 147730 Intel DG45ID (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147497 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 148160 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 147694 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 147215 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 147777 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 147957 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 147787 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 147748 Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: Points Ranking Asus Striker II NSE (NF 790i SLI 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 80308 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 80189 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 80718 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 79729 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 79818 MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 277925 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 278045 Asus P5E3 Premium/wifi (X48 333/1333) 80420 Gigabyte GA-X48DS5 (X48 333/1066) 80667 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 80152 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 80307 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 80298 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 77582 Intel DG45ID (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 79954 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel G45 200/800 C2D E6750 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 80294 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 80191 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 80012 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 79979 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 80354 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 80300 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 80053

The graphs pretty much speak for themselves here. The Core i7's theroetical CPU performance numbers simply dwarf Intel's older processors. The MSI Eclipse Plus and MSI X58 Platinum scores are nearly equivalent here.