Business Winstone 2001

The Business Winstone 2001 suite from ZD Labs is an application-based PC benchmark that uses business programs like MS Office 2000, FrontPage 2000, Lotus Notes, and Netscape to test a system's performance. New in the 2001 version are specific tests for file compression, anti-virus scanning and email. This suite of programs are run from a batch script that attempts to accurately emulate a business system load, then supplies a final performance rating.

The results here are very close, with the 845 Ultra pulling away somewhat from the i845D reference board and coming within a hair of matching the powerful i850.

Content Creation Winstone 2002

The Content Creation 2002 benchmark is similar to the previous Business Winstone test, though the included applications put far more stress on the computer subsystem. This makes it a great test for high-end Windows XP systems, as well as outlining performance with more demanding multimedia applications.

While not quite as close as the Business Winstone scores, the 845 Ultra still pulls away nicely from the i845D competition and makes a run at the i850 as well. This is still a great showing and proves that MSI has some horse under the hood, and help push the i845D to its full potential.