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Business users want to see a nice simple number to compare systems with. PC Magazine's Business Winstone attempts to give an easy to understand performance rating.

The P5WD2 came in second last in a field of four, but it should be noted that it is only 5.2% out of first place.

What does that mean in real-world terms?

Basically that you would not be able to feel the difference between the performance of any of these systems during normal office type applications. Typically you need to see at least a 10% difference before it is perceptible, and 20% for an obvious difference.

The Content Creation benchmark saw the P5WD2 come in last, but there was only a 2.6% difference between first place and last place; all of these boards performed well.