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Average Bench: 32.2% (80th of 592)

Based on 18,623 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: 32.2% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 67.8% 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) 98.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 82.8fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 6.06%. 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) 77.6fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 56.5fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,623 samples)
Rank 8032.2%
Min Avg Max
83.8 Lighting 98.8 109
72.1 Reflection 77.6 85.1
105 Parallax 128 145
33.9% 102 fps
Min Avg Max
53.2 MRender 56.5 60.8
74 Gravity 82.8 90.7
76.5 Splatting 80.8 87.1
30.9% 73.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
34.3% Below average
Lighting 105
Reflection 81.9
Parallax 147
37% 111 fps
MRender 58.9
Gravity 87.3
Splatting 82.3
32% 76.2 fps
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1
33.7% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 80.9
Parallax 134
36% 106 fps
MRender 59.1
Gravity 86.7
Splatting 84.9
32% 76.9 fps
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1
33.4% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 80.5
Parallax 132
35% 105 fps
MRender 58.6
Gravity 86.1
Splatting 82.4
32% 75.7 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1
33% Below average
Lighting 102
Reflection 79.3
Parallax 132
35% 104 fps
MRender 58
Gravity 84.7
Splatting 82.6
32% 75.1 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1
32.6% Below average
Lighting 101
Reflection 78.6
Parallax 128
34% 103 fps
MRender 57.3
Gravity 84
Splatting 82.2
31% 74.5 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1
32.5% Below average
Lighting 100
Reflection 77.9
Parallax 129
34% 102 fps
MRender 56.7
Gravity 83.9
Splatting 82
31% 74.2 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.2
32.2% Below average
Lighting 100
Reflection 77.6
Parallax 128
34% 102 fps
MRender 56.6
Gravity 82.1
Splatting 80.4
31% 73 fps
MSI(1462 3050) 2GB
CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1
31% Below average
Lighting 95.3
Reflection 75.7
Parallax 124
33% 98.3 fps
MRender 53.6
Gravity 80.1
Splatting 78.5
30% 70.7 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.3
27.4% Poor
Lighting 59
Reflection 69.9
Parallax 123
25% 84 fps
MRender 48.8
Gravity 79.8
Splatting 77.2
29% 68.6 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 9,231,148 GPUs tested.

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $155 @ launch in Nov '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 19% 32% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $2006 months
Asus(1043 048D) 18% 33% ± 4%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
MSI(1462 3050) 16% 32% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 9% 32% ± 6%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $29026 mins
XFX(1682 9270) 8% 32% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B04) 8% 31% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 6% 33% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 5% 32% ± 2%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 2% 30% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 32% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0493) 2% 32% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86A4) 2% 32% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 36% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8651) 1% 31% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 2015) 0% 29% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E221) 0% 32% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2015) 0% 28% ± 0%
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation 50%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 77%, 58,635 samples2,574x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 75%, 41,292 samples1,869x
Core i5-4460Intel  $181Bench 66%, 69,342 samples260x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $200Bench 32%, 18,623 samples373x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $123Bench 95%, 230,460 samples201x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 94%, 310,365 samples164x
LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GBLiteonitBench 73%, 1,424 samples91x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 58%, 1,029 samples438x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 57%, 447 samples244x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 610 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $631

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GPUPro
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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

GBR-User
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2,476

Good

28 days ago.

Good performance, let down by terrible drivers + software

CAN-User
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Poor

8 days ago.

I has and still is serving me well :)

JPN-User
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1,610

Excellent

10 days ago.

more top

gvrax
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Terrible

8 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

LyGhT
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Very good

16 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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