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R9 285

Average Bench: 32.1% (165th of 714)

Based on 6,276 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6939 Model: AMD Radeon R9 200
Poor: 28%Average: 32.1% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 285 averaged 67.9% 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) 40.4fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 30.6fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 285 is just 5.61%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 285 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 44.7fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 51.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,276 samples)
Rank 16532.1%
Min Avg Max
34.4 Lighting 40.4 43.2
41.2 Reflection 44.7 47
45.5 Parallax 51.6 56.8
32.9% 45.6 fps
Min Avg Max
42.2 MRender 44.1 46
35.7 Gravity 40 42.1
29.2 Splatting 30.6 32
30.5% 38.2 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 3140)
CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
32.9% Below average
Lighting 41.7
Reflection 45.6
Parallax 53.9
34% 47.1 fps
MRender 44.1
Gravity 41.2
Splatting 30.9
31% 38.7 fps
PwrHis(1787 200F) 2GB
CLim: 938 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
32.9% Below average
Lighting 41.6
Reflection 45.3
Parallax 53.3
34% 46.7 fps
MRender 44.6
Gravity 40.8
Splatting 30.8
31% 38.7 fps
Asus(1043 0486) 2GB
CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
32.4% Below average
Lighting 40.6
Reflection 45.6
Parallax 53.9
33% 46.7 fps
MRender 44.8
Gravity 41.2
Splatting 31.4
31% 39.1 fps
Gigabyte(1458 229D) 2GB
CLim: 973 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
32.2% Below average
Lighting 40.1
Reflection 46.1
Parallax 54
33% 46.7 fps
MRender 45
Gravity 40.9
Splatting 31.9
31% 39.3 fps
HP(103C 6896) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
31.8% Below average
Lighting 40.1
Reflection 43.4
Parallax 51.4
33% 45 fps
MRender 43.8
Gravity 39.5
Splatting 30
30% 37.8 fps
XFX(1682 9285) 2GB
CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
31.6% Below average
Lighting 39.6
Reflection 44.5
Parallax 50.3
32% 44.8 fps
MRender 44
Gravity 39.8
Splatting 30.2
30% 38 fps
PowerColor(148C 9380) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
31% Below average
Lighting 38.7
Reflection 44
Parallax 51.6
32% 44.8 fps
MRender 44.2
Gravity 38.9
Splatting 30.2
30% 37.8 fps
Sapphire(174B E306)
CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2
29.7% Poor
Lighting 37.4
Reflection 41
Parallax 48.2
30% 42.2 fps
MRender 40.9
Gravity 37.3
Splatting 28
28% 35.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E308) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.300.1005.0
23.6% Poor
Lighting 26.5
Reflection 34.3
Parallax 42.7
22% 34.5 fps
MRender 32.4
Gravity 38.9
Splatting 30.7
28% 34 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $200 @ launch in Sep '14)
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Sapphire(174B E306) 23% 33% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 285 2GB Dual-X OC
11235-03-20G
AmazonUS $2206 years
Asus(1043 0486) 13% 32% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E315) 10% 32% ± 1%
XFX(1682 9285) 8% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3140) 8% 33% ± 2%
MSI R9 285 2GB GAMING
R9 285 GAMING 2G
AmazonUS $2627 years
Gigabyte(1458 229D) 8% 33% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 9380) 7% 31% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2349) 6% 32% ± 1%
PowerColor R9 285 2GB Turbo Duo
AXR9 285 2GBD5-TDHE
AmazonUS $1898 years
HP(103C 6896) 5% 31% ± 2%
Asus(1043 8683) 4% 28% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E305) 4% 32% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2349) 2% 32% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 200F) 2% 32% ± 1%
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Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples127x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples73x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples59x
GPU
R9 285AMD  $189Bench 32%, 6,276 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung  $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples13x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $526

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

22 months ago.

Super cheap used, still relatively capable

FRA-User
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Good

2 years ago.

Not expensive for the price but consume a lot

AUS-User
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3,948

Good

6 years ago.

i have a 592 grapics card and its better for less

SWE-User
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2,784

Good

5 years ago.

It's really good but the 2gb vram really holds it back.

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Good

4 years ago.

Always held its value.

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