PCStats Test System Specs:
Computer Hardware:
Processor:	AthlonXP 2700+
Clock Speed:	13 x 166 = 2.16 GHz
Motherboards:	DFI AD77 Infinity MSI K7N2-L
Chipsets:	VIA KT400 nVIDIA nForce2
Videocard:	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
Memory:	2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2
Hard Drive:	20GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+
CDROM:	NEC 52x CD-ROM
Floppy:	Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Heatsink:	Thermalright SK6 w/37 CFM YS Tech
PowerSupply:	Vantec 470W Stealth PSU
Software Setup	WindowsXP Build 2600 VIA Hyperion 4.45 nVIDIA nForce 2.00 Catalyst 2.5
Benchmarks	SysMark 2002 Business Winstone 2002 Content Creation 2002 Winbench 99 SiSoft Sandra 2002 PCMark2002 3DMark2001SE Quake III Arena

8x AGP was functioning properly on both motherboards.

BAPCO Sysmark 2002	Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
	Internet Content (FSB/Memory)	Sysmarks	Ranking
1.	AD77 Infinity - 166/333	266
2.	K7N2-L - 166/400	274
3.	K7N2-L - 175/350	295
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1.	AD77 Infinity - 166/333	171
2.	K7N2-L - 166/400	176
3.	K7N2-L - 175/350	183

SysMark 2002 seems to favor the K7N2 quite a bit more then the KT400 based motherboard. In the Office Productivity portion of the benchmark the performance is much closer.

Page 1: MSI K7N2-L nForce2 Motherboard Review
Page 2: Over clocking and heatsink Clearances
Page 3: The Wonderful Blue BIOS
Page 4: Benchmarks: Sysmark 2002
Page 5: Benchmarks: Winstone 2002, Winbench 99
Page 6: Benchmarks: Sandra 2003, PCMark 2002
Page 7: Benchmarks: 3DMark 2001, QIII Arena
Page 8: nForce2 is the real deal