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Radeon R9 255

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 10.1% (298th of 714)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6835 Model: AMD Radeon(TM) R9 255
Poor: 9%Average: 10.1% Great: 11%

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Terrible average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 255 averaged 89.8% 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) 11.7fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 15.6fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 255 is just 1.84%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 255 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 15.4fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 16.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 29810.1%
Min Avg Max
10.4 Lighting 11.7 12.6
10.7 Reflection 15.4 16.8
16 Parallax 16.7 18.4
9.57% 14.6 fps
Min Avg Max
12 MRender 12.9 13.1
11.2 Gravity 11.6 12
0.04 Splatting 15.6 17.8
11.2% 13.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
HP(103C 7925) 2GB
CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6
9.11% Terrible
Lighting 10.8
Reflection 16.8
Parallax 16.8
9% 14.8 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 11.4
10% 11.9 fps
HP(103C 7925) 2GB
CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6
8.95% Terrible
Lighting 10.6
Reflection 10.7
Parallax 16.8
9% 12.7 fps
MRender 12.8
Gravity 11.3
Splatting 11.2
10% 11.8 fps
HP(103C 7925) 2GB
CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6
8.93% Terrible
Lighting 10.6
Reflection 16.5
Parallax 16.5
9% 14.5 fps
MRender 12.5
Gravity 11.3
Splatting 11.2
10% 11.7 fps
HP(103C 7925) 2GB
CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12
8.87% Terrible
Lighting 10.4
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 16.2
8% 14.1 fps
MRender 12.8
Gravity 11.2
Splatting 11.5
10% 11.8 fps
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Typical Radeon R9 255 Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 (MS-7721) - $155

CPU
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD  $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples51x
A8-5600K APUAMD  $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples25x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD  $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples22x
GPU
Radeon R9 255AMDBench 10%, 21 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples6x
A400 120GBKingston  $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples6x
RAM
1 99U5471-012.A00LF 3 99U5471-034.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 37%, 41 samples16x
1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 3 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 8GBMicronBench 34%, 16 samples9x
ST102464BA1339.16F 1x8GBCrucialBench 26%, 528 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $242

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