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Best Bench: 28% EVGA(3842 2957)
Worst Bench: 22% Zotac(19DA 1376)

Poor: 22% Great: 28%

SPEED RANK: 187^th / 714

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Best Bench: 28% Gigabyte(1458 372B) 2GB
Worst Bench: 24% Gigabyte(1458 372C)

Poor: 24% Great: 28%

SPEED RANK: 186^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		25.6 %			25.7 %	+0%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	31.6 fps		32.4 fps	+3%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	37.5 fps	Slightly better reflection handling. +10%	34.1 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	34.2 fps		36.5 fps	Slightly faster multi rendering. +7%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	31.4 fps		32.9 fps	+5%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	35.9 fps		36.6 fps	+2%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	45.8 fps	Better peak reflection handling. +15%	39.8 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	36.3 fps		38.3 fps	Slightly faster peak multi rendering. +6%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	34.6 fps		35.2 fps	+2%


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	122 Fps	Slightly Better CSGO Fps. +8%	113 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	50 Fps		71 Fps	Much Better Fortnite Fps. +43%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	38 Fps		39 Fps	+1%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	119 Fps		122 Fps	+2%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	69 Fps	Slightly Better Overwatch Fps. +8%	64 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	33 Fps		36 Fps	Slightly Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +7%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	133 Fps		193 Fps	Much Better Minecraft Fps. +45%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	84 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +14%	74 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	45 Fps	+0%	45 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	66 Fps	+1%	65 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.09 %		0.45 %	Hugely higher market share. +400%
Value Value For Money	60.6 %	+1%	60 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	59 %	+4%	57 %
Price Price (score)	$100	+1%	$101


Age Newest	104 Months		89 Months	More recent. +14%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	32.7 fps		35.2 fps	Slightly better peak texture detail. +8%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	30.9 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +26%	24.5 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	29.6 fps		31.7 fps	Slightly better texture detail. +7%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	28.1 fps	Faster complex splatting. +25%	22.5 fps

The GTX 950 is Nvidia's latest Maxwell card which is based on a GTX 960 but with 25% fewer CUDA cores and 25% fewer texture units. Comparing the GTX 960 and 950 shows that, as expected, effective speed has been reduced by 25%. The GTX 950 is positioned above GTX 750 Ti which is Nvidia's energy efficient mass market GPU. Comparing the 750 Ti and 950 shows that 950 is nearly 50% faster but it's also priced 50% higher so the 950 doesn't offer improved value for money. Gaming performance for the GTX 950 at resolutions up to 1080p on high/ultra settings will be satisfactory most of the time. That said, the GTX 950 is priced on the high side ($160). At present the GTX 960 ($171) offers 25% better performance for just 7% more money. See a current list of the best value graphics cards here. ^{[Aug '15 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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