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Average Bench: 36.1% (73rd of 592)

Based on 40,118 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6810 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270X
Poor: 33%Average: 36.1% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270X averaged 63.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 111fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 94fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270X is just 6.34%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 87fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 62.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 40,118 samples)
Rank 7336.1%
Min Avg Max
94.7 Lighting 111 121
77.8 Reflection 87 95.2
126 Parallax 146 164
38.2% 115 fps
Min Avg Max
57.3 MRender 62.2 67
86.4 Gravity 94 102
82.6 Splatting 88.8 95.7
34.5% 81.7 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1
37.6% Below average
Lighting 116
Reflection 91.7
Parallax 150
40% 119 fps
MRender 65.6
Gravity 97.1
Splatting 94.5
36% 85.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2272)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1
37.6% Below average
Lighting 117
Reflection 91.5
Parallax 151
40% 120 fps
MRender 64.5
Gravity 97.9
Splatting 91.3
36% 84.6 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2272)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
36.9% Below average
Lighting 115
Reflection 89.7
Parallax 148
39% 117 fps
MRender 64
Gravity 96
Splatting 89.2
35% 83.1 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1
35.9% Below average
Lighting 113
Reflection 87.7
Parallax 144
38% 115 fps
MRender 59.9
Gravity 94
Splatting 87.6
34% 80.5 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 9,241,564 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 40,118 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $199 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 33% 36% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11217-01-20G
Sapphire R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Boost OC
11217-04-20G
Asus(1043 0464) 11% 37% ± 2%
Asus R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II
R9270X-DC2T-2GD5
Gigabyte(1458 2272) 9% 35% ± 7%
Gigabyte R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-2GD
Gigabyte R9 270X 4GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-4GD
MSI(1462 3030) 9% 35% ± 6%
XFX(1682 9275) 7% 35% ± 3%
Sapphire(174B E272) 5% 39% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2336) 4% 36% ± 3%
Sapphire(174B E270) 3% 37% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04A1) 3% 37% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 227D) 3% 36% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 34% ± 4%
Asus(1043 0460) 2% 36% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2336) 2% 36% ± 2%
MSI(1462 3033) 1% 36% ± 8%
PowerColor(148C 2340) 1% 40% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3036) 1% 37% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 226D) 0% 36% ± 1%
Device(1545 9270) 0% 35% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3031) 0% 36% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3037) 0% 36% ± 0%
MSI(1462 303A) 0% 37% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3034) 0% 36% ± 0%
Diamond(1092 2336) 0% 40% ± 0%
Asus(1043 04A3) 0% 36% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0000) 0% 37% ± 0%
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Typical R9 270X Builds (Compare 14,743 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 53%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $95Bench 57%, 116,365 samples4,284x
FX-6300AMD  $60Bench 47%, 95,110 samples3,653x
FX-8320AMD  $100Bench 51%, 49,511 samples2,323x
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R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 36%, 40,118 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 94%, 310,365 samples847x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $55Bench 47%, 133,517 samples757x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $138Bench 95%, 230,460 samples338x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 29,704 samples560x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 28,967 samples507x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 50%, 16,251 samples402x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $486

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GPUPro
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USA-User
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3,850

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

13 days ago.

Garbage

DEU-User
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2,581

Excellent

29 days ago.

It is to old for new games but it is doing its work how it should. Old but gold.

GBR-User
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2,482

Good

4 months ago.

such an underrated graphics card

CAN-User
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2,180

Good

2 months ago.

because was a good card for what it was at for its time and i till kills some cards that were just made

AUS-User
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1,818

Good

2 months ago.

better than 1050ti but power hungry

SVK-User
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1,320

Liked

5 months ago.

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im using this card GIGABYTE AMD RADEON R9 270x 4GB DDR5 with 3 monitors 27inch .. excellent work and games in 5760x1080 resolution :) this resolution some games on ultra details, and other all games on high details ... in 1920x1080 all games run on ULTRA details :) 3 monitors connected via DVI, DVI, HDMI.—Feb '15

BEL-User
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1,248

Terrible

6 months ago.

cheap price but great performance

NZL-User
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1,056

Excellent

10 months ago.

Works for all games on suprisingly high settings

Castellanos
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6

Excellent

5 months ago.

Beast card. There are deffinitely better choices as of 2018, but even now, it delivers a good experience on moderate graphic settings.

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