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Average Bench: 31.8% (61st of 544)

Based on 12,074 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6811 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270, AMD Radeon R9 270, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 200, AMD Radeon(TM) R9 270
Poor: 26%Average: 31.8% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 68.1% 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) 97.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 82.3fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 9.07%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 76.4fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 56.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,074 samples)
Rank 6131.8%
Min Avg Max
74 Lighting 97.2 109
61.2 Reflection 76.4 85.4
91.4 Parallax 126 144
33.3% 100 fps
Min Avg Max
50.3 MRender 56.1 61.4
69.5 Gravity 82.3 91.3
72 Splatting 80.3 88.4
30.7% 72.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.2
33.2% Below average
Lighting 103
Reflection 79.6
Parallax 132
35% 105 fps
MRender 57.5
Gravity 86.1
Splatting 83.1
32% 75.6 fps
PowerColor(148C 2337) 2GB
CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
33% Below average
Lighting 102
Reflection 79.6
Parallax 132
35% 104 fps
MRender 57.4
Gravity 85.2
Splatting 83.4
32% 75.3 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
32.9% Below average
Lighting 102
Reflection 78.8
Parallax 130
35% 104 fps
MRender 57.7
Gravity 84.4
Splatting 82.5
32% 74.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
31.9% Below average
Lighting 98.4
Reflection 76.2
Parallax 126
34% 100 fps
MRender 56.2
Gravity 81.9
Splatting 80.3
31% 72.8 fps
AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.1
31% Below average
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 77.4
Parallax 121
33% 98.3 fps
MRender 55.1
Gravity 79.2
Splatting 78.3
30% 70.9 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
30.9% Below average
Lighting 95.7
Reflection 73.9
Parallax 122
33% 97.3 fps
MRender 54.9
Gravity 79.3
Splatting 77.7
30% 70.6 fps
Device(1B0A 90D2) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.1
30.5% Below average
Lighting 97.7
Reflection 77.6
Parallax 113
32% 96 fps
MRender 56.3
Gravity 74.3
Splatting 81.1
29% 70.6 fps
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Based on statistics from 12,074 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
Sapphire(174B E271) 23% 32% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $197.727 months ago.
Asus(1043 048D) 16% 33% ± 4%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
MSI(1462 3050) 15% 31% ± 6%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 13% 33% ± 3%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $169.999 months ago.
AMD(1002 0B04) 9% 30% ± 6%
XFX(1682 9270) 7% 30% ± 4%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 6% 32% ± 5%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 4% 32% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 3% 32% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86A4) 2% 31% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 36% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0493) 1% 30% ± 4%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 1% 30% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 2015) 0% 22% ± 0%
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 50%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 76%, 33,679 samples1,869x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 75%, 22,209 samples1,287x
Core i5-4460Intel  $180Bench 65%, 40,922 samples193x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $170Bench 32%, 12,074 samples275x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $149Bench 97%, 104,558 samples143x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 95%, 160,532 samples136x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 60%, 972 samples77x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 59%, 572 samples288x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 57%, 267 samples185x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 337 samples151x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $627

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Good

3 months ago.

A good card and need only 6-pin connector. I have this and can play newer games at high or medium settings.

ITA-User
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Good

4 months ago.

but in crossfire

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Terrible

2 months ago.

Nice price and performance

LyGhT
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Very good

7 months ago.

This Card is very good for gaming, with a little tweak you can even get it faster than the R9 270x as shown in my Userbenchmark http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2772284

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