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Best Bench: 110% Zotac(19DA 0426)
Worst Bench: 93% EVGA(3842 6183)

Poor: 93% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 61^st / 714

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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)

Poor: 53% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 112^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		102 %	Much faster effective speed. +73%		59.3 %


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	129 fps	Much better lighting effects. +75%	73.7 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	146 fps	Much better reflection handling. +69%	86.4 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	114 fps	Much faster multi rendering. +50%	75.9 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	135 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +85%	72.8 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	143 fps	Much better peak lighting effects. +70%	83.9 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	203 fps	Much better peak reflection handling. +80%	113 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	122 fps	Much faster peak multi rendering. +51%	80.6 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	147 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +82%	80.9 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	198 Fps	Slightly Better CSGO Fps. +8%	183 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	140 Fps	Much Better Fortnite Fps. +33%	105 Fps
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	96 Fps	Much Better PUBG Fps. +36%	70 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	94 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +55%	61 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	215 Fps	Better LoL Fps. +13%	191 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	124 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps. +19%	104 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	111 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +50%	74 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	94 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +56%	60 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	239 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps. +15%	207 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	163 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +20%	136 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	96 Fps	Better WoW Fps. +27%	75 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	133 Fps	Better WoT Fps. +20%	111 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.69 %	Hugely higher market share. +705%	0.21 %
Value Value For Money	60.7 %	Hugely better value. +116%	28.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	70 %	Slightly more popular. +6%	66 %
Price Price (score)	$400	Cheaper. +20%	$500


Age Newest	94 Months	More recent. +18%	115 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	146 fps	Much better peak texture detail. +76%	83 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	126 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting. +74%	72.3 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	130 fps	Much better texture detail. +74%	74.8 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	117 fps	Much faster complex splatting. +79%	65.3 fps

The GTX 1080 is Nvidia’s new flagship graphics card. It features the new 16 nm (down from 28 nm) Pascal architecture. This is the first die shrink since the release of the GTX 680 at which time the manufacturing process shrunk from 40 nm down to 28 nm. In terms of typical 3D gaming performance the 1080 is around 30% faster than the GTX 980 Ti and it manages to deliver the additional performance with a TDP of just 180 Watts which is 70 Watts less than the 980 Ti. The new Pascal architecture delivers a satisfying jump in performance over Maxwell and the GTX 1080 is now the fastest single GPU available. Over the coming months older generation cards will likely see significant price drops as the better value for money 1070, 1060 and 1050 cards slowly replace their predecessors. ^{[May '16 GPUPro]}

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The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. ^{[Sep '14 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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