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GeForce GT 530

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 3.29% (485th of 714)

Based on 5,672 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 0DE5 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530
Poor: 3%Average: 3.29% Great: 3%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GT 530 averaged 96.7% 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) 3.92fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 5.55fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GT 530 is just 0.46%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GT 530 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 5.83fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 1.41fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,672 samples)
Rank 4853.29%
Min Avg Max
3.66 Lighting 3.92 4.1
4.7 Reflection 5.83 6.8
1 Parallax 1.41 2
3.2% 3.72 fps
Min Avg Max
5.3 MRender 5.55 5.7
4.2 Gravity 4.35 4.6
3.2 Splatting 3.25 3.44
3.43% 4.38 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Device(1B0A 90A3) 2GB
CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.73
3.42% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 1.3
3% 3.53 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 5
4% 4.93 fps
Asus(1043 839A) 1GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.62
3.23% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.4
Parallax 1.3
3% 3.5 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.5
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.43 fps
Sapphire(174B 7162) 2GB
CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77
3.23% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.7
Parallax 1.8
3% 3.77 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.4
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.4 fps
Asus(1043 839B) 2GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.54
3.23% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.7
Parallax 1.8
3% 3.77 fps
MRender 5.6
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.4 fps
Asus(1043 839B) 2GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
3.22% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 1.9
3% 3.73 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.37 fps
Zotac(19DA 5162) 1GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
3.22% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 5.4
Parallax 1.2
3% 3.47 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.37 fps
Asus(1043 839B) 2GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
3.16% Terrible
Lighting 3.7
Reflection 5.6
Parallax 1.8
3% 3.7 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 3.3
4% 4.37 fps
MSI(1462 230A) 1GB
CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
3.16% Terrible
Lighting 3.7
Reflection 5.6
Parallax 1.6
3% 3.63 fps
MRender 5.4
Gravity 4.3
Splatting 3.3
3% 4.33 fps
Device(1B0A 90A3) 2GB
CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
3.04% Terrible
Lighting 3.7
Reflection 5.4
Parallax 0.7
3% 3.27 fps
MRender 5.4
Gravity 3.2
Splatting 3.1
3% 3.9 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Device(1B0A 90A3) 29% 3% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 7162) 18% 3% ± 0%
Asus(1043 839B) 15% 3% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90A1) 11% 3% ± 0%
Asus(1043 839A) 7% 3% ± 0%
MSI(1462 230A) 6% 3% ± 0%
Sanyo(144D 809B) 6% 3% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 5162) 3% 3% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 2% 3% ± 0%
MSI(1462 230D) 1% 3% ± 0%
MSI(1462 230C) 0% 3% ± 0%
Sanyo(144D 809A) 0% 3% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2309) 0% 3% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0828) 0% 3% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Asus CM6630_CM6730_CM6830.

CPU
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples123x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples82x
Core i7-2600Intel  $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples74x
GPU
GeForce GT 530NvidiaBench 3%, 5,672 samples41x
SSD
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples14x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples14x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples12x
RAM
EL63I1C1624ZV 8GBAdataBench 49%, 316 samples38x
EL64C1C1624Z1 2x4GBAdataBench 55%, 601 samples38x
SLA302G08-GGNHC 06C1 SLZ302G08-GGNHC 6GBUnknownBench 46%, 500 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $165

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

18 months ago.

Only reason to use this is if you have no other GPU

ESP-User
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3,735

Good

4 years ago.

old but powerfull for low\med req games in minimal with a lb oc you will play borderlands 2 in medium settings at around 50/40 fps..... my granny aprov

SWE-User
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Terrible

4 years ago.

it really brings down my gaming experience

Ravash7
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Terrible

5 years ago.

Awful GPU. Had this bundled with an FX-8100 eight core back in 2012. Fits great with any low-end CPU from 10-12 years ago, but definitely not an FX-8100 in 2012.

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