Earlier, the Socket 7 was popular due to its low price, but the release of the AMD Duron and VIA Cyrix III, as well as a huge number of quite cheap chipsets with an integrated core made the Socket 7 less attractive. The systems which must satisfy the requirements on the maximum possible performance.
Performance also matters, but the emphasis is on the cost.
Working machines for which the speed of program implementation is important, but in the first place we put an optimal balance of performance and price. Besides, we will often refer to the summary table of characteristics where you can find the most important data on the chipsets, specifications they support and other technical nitty-gritty. The i850 chipset is intended for production of motherboards for Intel Pentium 4. More detailed information can be taken in the article on this processor. It's impossible to compare its efficiency with other chipsets since the Pentium 4 works only on the i850.