Value Dual Socket-370 Motherboard Roundup - August 2001

Business Performance - SYSMark 2000

Those of you who are familiar with SYSMark 2000 know that it is not a multi-tasking intensive benchmark, the area in which multiple processors are most useful. Therefore, for dual processor systems, SYSMark 2000 is a less than ideal benchmark for showing the real performance of the board.

However, our test results once again demonstrate something interesting. While the Acorp 6A815EPD and the Iwill DVD266-R continue to clinch the first and second place, the remaining boards using the Apollo Pro133A chipsets again fall into a wide gap of 5%.

Combine these results with those we saw from Content Creation 2001 and Business Winstone 2001, and it is clear that manufacturers have focused enough to make sure that their boards function properly in SMP mode, but have done little to tweak performance.

Business Performance - Office Bench 2.0

Interestingly enough, the Acorp 6A815EPD came out first in the Office Bench 2.0 test with a 6% lead over the second place Iwill DVD266-R. The rest of the boards also perform pretty well and fall into a narrow gap.