Oh don't be sorry... the point is to find the best possible board for all around benchmark results without buying every board out there...
If the classy is better for that matter I'd get that. It seems that bclk and uncore reign supreme for most benchies, so the higher bclking board the better.
Whenever I start on a new platform I have a bad habit of getting a crappy board and then upgrading later.... I'm trying to break that pattern with 1156.
so far the M3E is winning my vote.