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 the same performance level. The only significant difference was to ECS PN2 SLI2+ (nForce 680i) with DDR2-1066 memories, which was 3.56% faster. But since on this motherboard the memory was running at 1,066 MHz and on the reviewed board, 800 MHz, this difference should not be taken into consideration, as we are comparing apples to bananas.