One of the best ways to measure the performance of a PC is through 3D games, since they usually pull the maximum power from the motherboard, memory, CPU, video card and hard disk drive. We chose five programs for measuring the 3D performance of the motherboard being reviewed: 3DMark2001 SE, 3DMark03, 3DMark05, Doom 3 and Quake III Arena.

We were very curious on how the integrated video from GeForce 6100 would perform. We decided to compare GeForce 6100 performance with the performance of other video cards we had available here in our lab: GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB, 128 bits from Leadtek), a GeForce 6200 (128 MB, 128-bit interface from Leadtek) and a GeForce 6200 TurboCache with 64 MB and 64-bit interface (from XFX).

Of course we compared the performance of GeForce 6100 with its main rival, Radeon Xpress 200 (RS482) from ATI. 

3DMark2001 SE measures 3D performance by making DirectX 8.1 simulations.

You can check the results of our benchmarking below. All the listed video cards were installed on WinFast WinFast 6100K8MA-RS from Foxconn. We also included the results for Foxconn WinFast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS, which is a mainstream motherboard based on nForce 4 Ultra chipset.

3DMark2001 SE (Build 3.3.0)	Score	Difference
GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB, 128 bits)	18959	+235.08%
Foxconn WinFast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS (nForce4 Ultra) + GeForce 6600 GT	18916	+234.32%
GeForce 6200 (128 MB, 128 bits)	13274	+134.61%
Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MA-RS (GeForce 6100 + nForce 410) on-board	5658
ECS RS482-M (ATI Xpress 200 - RS482 + SB400) on-board	5633	-0.44%
GeForce 6200 TurboCache (64 MB, 64 bits)	5123	-10.44%

As you can see, GeForce 6100 achieved a performance similar to its main competitor, Radeon Xpress 200 (RS482).

GeForce 6100 from WinFast 6100K8MA-RS was beaten by GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 6200 but for our surprise it was 10.44% faster than GeForce 6200 TurboCache (64 MB, 64-bit) from XFX.

When we installed a GeForce 6600 GT WinFast 6100K8MA-RS achieved the same performance of Foxconn WinFast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS, which is, as we mentioned earlier, a mainstream motherboard based on nForce 4 Ultra chipset.