Performance

Synthetic Benchmarks and Memory Subsystem Benchmarks

First of all let’s take a look at the results of synthetic benchmarks measuring the memory subsystem performance.

According to the Everest test utility, the memory subsystem of Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R mainboard on Intel P35 chipset doesn’t boast any significant advantages. It is slightly faster than Intel P965 based mainboard in nominal mode, but loses to nForce 650i SLI based one. During overclocking the situation is worse: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R falls noticeably behind the competitors.

Of course, we should blame the Intel P35 chipset for the failure the memory subsystem of Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R suffered during overclocking. The reasons lie with insufficient BIOS optimization. This is a classical issue of Gigabyte mainboards that are often falling behind their competitors during overclocking. In particular, the entire Gigabyte Intel P965 based line-up experiences the same problems.

Now let’s check out the performance in general benchmarks and real applications.