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Average Bench: 32% (80th of 584)

Based on 17,966 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: 27%Average: 32% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 67.9% 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) 98.1fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 82.6fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 7.79%. 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) 76.7fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 56.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,966 samples)
Rank 8032%
Min Avg Max
75.2 Lighting 98.1 106
63.5 Reflection 76.7 83.4
89 Parallax 127 144
33.6% 101 fps
Min Avg Max
50.9 MRender 56.3 60.4
70.6 Gravity 82.6 91.4
72.5 Splatting 80.6 87.2
30.8% 73.2 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4
36.2% Below average
Lighting 112
Reflection 87.8
Parallax 146
38% 115 fps
MRender 61.9
Gravity 93.6
Splatting 89.7
34% 81.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1
34.1% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 81.6
Parallax 146
37% 110 fps
MRender 57.3
Gravity 86.4
Splatting 84.8
32% 76.2 fps
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1
33.5% Below average
Lighting 103
Reflection 80.1
Parallax 133
35% 105 fps
MRender 58.9
Gravity 86.7
Splatting 84.4
32% 76.7 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
32.7% Below average
Lighting 99.9
Reflection 77.8
Parallax 138
35% 105 fps
MRender 56.8
Gravity 82.1
Splatting 80.7
31% 73.2 fps
Asus(1043 0493) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4
31.9% Below average
Lighting 99
Reflection 77
Parallax 126
34% 101 fps
MRender 56
Gravity 82.4
Splatting 79.7
31% 72.7 fps
Asus(1043 86A4) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4
30.9% Below average
Lighting 96.4
Reflection 75
Parallax 121
33% 97.4 fps
MRender 55.4
Gravity 78.6
Splatting 77.6
30% 70.5 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 8,319,823 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 17,966 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $155 @ launch in Nov '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 22% 32% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $2004 months
MSI(1462 3050) 20% 32% ± 4%
Asus(1043 048D) 17% 33% ± 2%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 12% 33% ± 2%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $17016 months
AMD(1002 0B04) 7% 31% ± 3%
XFX(1682 9270) 7% 30% ± 6%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 4% 32% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 3% 32% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 30% ± 7%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 1% 30% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0493) 1% 31% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86A4) 1% 31% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 200B) 1% 32% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E270) 0% 36% ± 1%
Device(1B0A 90F3) 0% 29% ± 1%
XFX(1682 2015) 0% 24% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3051) 0% 28% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 2015) 0% 26% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 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

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Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 77%, 53,750 samples2,295x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 75%, 35,662 samples1,653x
Core i5-4460Intel  $182Bench 66%, 64,612 samples234x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $170Bench 32%, 17,966 samples350x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples152x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,515 samples83x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 59%, 925 samples383x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 57%, 402 samples218x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 547 samples189x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $615

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

27 days ago.

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Poor

15 days ago.

Good performance, let down by terrible drivers + software

gvrax
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Terrible

6 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

LyGhT
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Very good

14 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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