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Average Bench: 33.8% (58th of 543)

Based on 12,316 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: 29%Average: 33.8% Great: 37%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 66.1% 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. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 56.3fps
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 98.3fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 7.34%. 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) 77.1fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 82.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,316 samples)
Rank 5833.8%
Min Avg Max
81.8 Lighting 98.3 106
69.1 Reflection 77.1 82.5
111 Parallax 128 144
33.3% 101 fps
Min Avg Max
52.9 MRender 56.3 59.9
74.5 Gravity 82.7 89.9
74.4 Splatting 80.3 85.5
31.4% 73.1 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: 17.4.4
35.6% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 81
Parallax 134
35% 106 fps
MRender 59.1
Gravity 86.9
Splatting 84.8
33% 76.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1
35% Below average
Lighting 102
Reflection 79.4
Parallax 132
34% 105 fps
MRender 57.3
Gravity 84.3
Splatting 82.8
32% 74.8 fps
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4
34.6% Below average
Lighting 101
Reflection 78.6
Parallax 130
34% 103 fps
MRender 57.4
Gravity 84.7
Splatting 81.5
32% 74.5 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
34.6% Below average
Lighting 101
Reflection 78.8
Parallax 130
34% 103 fps
MRender 57.4
Gravity 84.1
Splatting 81.6
32% 74.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1
33.9% Below average
Lighting 99.9
Reflection 77.4
Parallax 126
33% 101 fps
MRender 56.9
Gravity 83.2
Splatting 81.9
32% 74 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
33.2% Below average
Lighting 98.4
Reflection 77
Parallax 124
33% 99.8 fps
MRender 54.1
Gravity 80.8
Splatting 79.3
30% 71.4 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 4,313,463 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 12,316 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
Sapphire(174B E271) 22% 34% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $197.724 months ago.
Asus(1043 048D) 18% 35% ± 2%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
MSI(1462 3050) 15% 34% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 13% 35% ± 4%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $169.997 months ago.
AMD(1002 0B04) 8% 32% ± 4%
XFX(1682 9270) 7% 33% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 4% 34% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 4% 32% ± 6%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 3% 32% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 32% ± 7%
Asus(1043 0493) 2% 34% ± 2%
Asus(1043 86A4) 1% 31% ± 5%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 39% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90F3) 0% 32% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 200B) 0% 34% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8651) 0% 33% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2015) 0% 31% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $305Bench 76%, 29,966 samples1,580x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 75%, 19,793 samples1,091x
Core i5-4460Intel  $178Bench 65%, 33,921 samples163x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $170Bench 34%, 12,316 samples243x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $165Bench 96%, 86,761 samples116x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $96Bench 94%, 137,510 samples106x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 60%, 870 samples68x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 60%, 478 samples242x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 229 samples157x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 64%, 281 samples123x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $640

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GBR-User
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Good

27 days 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

2 months ago.

but in crossfire

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Terrible

22 days ago.

Nice price and performance

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Very good

5 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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