We measured processing performance using PCMark05 Professional program. PCMark05 Professional measures the system performance by running several tests. The System batch, which was the one we used, performs the following tests: HDD XP Startup, Physics and 3D, 2D Transparent Window, 3D Pixel Shader, Web Page Rendering, File Decryption, 2D Graphics Memory – 64 lines, HDD General Usage and three multithreading tests. The results are given in a PCMark05 specific unit.

Here all motherboards achieved similar results, the only performance difference was against Intel D975XBX2, where ECS P2N SLI2+ was 4.33% faster than this motherboard from Intel when using DDR2-800 memories (using DDR2-1066 memories this difference increased to 5.72%, but this is an unfair comparison as D975XBX2 does not support DDR2-1066).