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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 33.2% (163rd of 714)

Based on 77 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679B Model: AMD Radeon HD 8990
Poor: 18%Average: 33.2% Great: 37%

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Poor average bench

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 averaged 66.8% 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) 42.6fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 35.6fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon HD 8990 is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon HD 8990 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 31.3fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 57.9fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 77 samples)
Rank 16333.2%
Min Avg Max
13 Lighting 42.6 47.5
16.2 Reflection 31.3 36.3
31.5 Parallax 57.9 64.1
34.7% 43.9 fps
Min Avg Max
16 MRender 29.5 32.5
24.8 Gravity 44.8 49.3
20 Splatting 35.6 40.1
30% 36.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
34% Below average
Lighting 45.4
Reflection 36.3
Parallax 61.8
37% 47.8 fps
MRender 32.6
Gravity 49
Splatting 25.4
28% 35.7 fps
AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
33.8% Below average
Lighting 45.1
Reflection 35.8
Parallax 65.9
37% 48.9 fps
MRender 32.4
Gravity 48.8
Splatting 25.2
28% 35.5 fps
AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2
33.7% Below average
Lighting 46.1
Reflection 34.9
Parallax 57.4
38% 46.1 fps
MRender 30.2
Gravity 44.5
Splatting 23.8
26% 32.8 fps
AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
33.1% Below average
Lighting 45.5
Reflection 34.4
Parallax 56.3
37% 45.4 fps
MRender 30.3
Gravity 42.5
Splatting 23.3
26% 32 fps
AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB
CLim: 300 MHz, MLim: 150 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1
9.46% Terrible
Lighting 12.6
Reflection 8.7
Parallax 17.1
10% 12.8 fps
MRender 7.2
Gravity 14.8
Splatting 7.5
8% 9.83 fps
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AMD(1002 0B28) 100% 33% ± 6%
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Typical Radeon HD 8990 Builds (Compare 1,685 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples578x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples451x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples232x
GPU
Radeon HD 8990AMDBench 33%, 77 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples44x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples54x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 34% - Below average Total price: $130

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