We measured the overall performance of this motherboard using SYSmark2002, which is a software that simulates the use of real-world applications. Thus, we consider this the best software to measure, in practical terms, the system performance.
The benchmarks are divided into two groups: Internet Content Creation and Office Productivity. The programs used on Internet Content Creation batch are the following: Dreamweaver 4.0, Photoshop 6.0.1, Premiere 6.0, Flash 5 and Windows Media Encoder. The programs used on Office Productivity batch are the following: Word 2002, Excel 2002, PowerPoint 2002, Outlook 2002, Access 2002, Netscape Communicator 6, NaturallySpeaking 5, VirusScan 5.13 and WinZip 8.0.
The software delivers specific results for each batch and also an overall performance result, all in a specific SYSmark202 unit.
Unfortunately we didn’t have other socket 754 motherboards with on-board video to compare to WinFast 760GXK8MB from Foxconn. Since usually all socket 754 motherboards have the same performance – because the system north bridge is embedded inside the CPU – we decided to include just one high-end motherboard in the comparison (MSI K8N Neo Platinum, based on nForce 3-250 Gb).
We also installed a Gigabyte Radeon 9800 Pro on the board being reviewed to see if by disabling its on-board video and installing the same video card we used together with the motherboard from MSI the board from Foxconn would be able to reach the same performance level of a high-end motherboard.
The results you see on the graph below.
K8N Neo Platinum from MSI was 4.03% faster than Foxconn WinFast 760GXK8MB, but when installed a Radeon 9800 Pro video card on it, its performance raised to the same level of MSI K8N Neo Platinum. This means that by installing an external VGA card you can “transform” the tested motherboard in a motherboard with the same overall performance level as a high-end motherboard.
