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R9 270

Average Bench: 23.7% (132nd of 643)

Based on 35,471 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: 22%Average: 23.7% Great: 25%

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Very poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 76.2% 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) 95.7fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 87.9fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 2.87%. 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) 78fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 130fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 35,471 samples)
Rank 13223.7%
Min Avg Max
41.9 Lighting 95.7 106
73.2 Reflection 78 82
119 Parallax 130 144
25.1% 101 fps
Min Avg Max
54.5 MRender 57.3 59.5
80.1 Gravity 87.9 91.9
77.9 Splatting 81.8 85.2
23.8% 75.7 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: 19.20
24.7% Poor
Lighting 104
Reflection 81.3
Parallax 134
27% 106 fps
MRender 58.9
Gravity 91.5
Splatting 83.8
25% 78.1 fps
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.8.3
24.5% Poor
Lighting 94
Reflection 51.5
Parallax 133
25% 92.8 fps
MRender 59.2
Gravity 91.3
Splatting 84.4
25% 78.3 fps
Device(1B0A 90D2) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2
22% Poor
Lighting 96.9
Reflection 77.1
Parallax 123
26% 98.9 fps
MRender 56.4
Gravity 80
Splatting 80.2
22% 72.2 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.9.1
21.5% Poor
Lighting 91.1
Reflection 70.4
Parallax 113
24% 91.6 fps
MRender 51.3
Gravity 79.5
Splatting 73.7
21% 68.2 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,092,747 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) 18% 24% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $2002 years
Asus(1043 048D) 17% 24% ± 1%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
MSI(1462 3050) 15% 24% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 12% 24% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $18510 mins
AMD(1002 0B04) 11% 23% ± 1%
XFX(1682 9270) 6% 23% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 5% 24% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86A4) 4% 23% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 4% 24% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0493) 2% 23% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 2% 22% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90F3) 1% 22% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 24% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 24% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 200B) 0% 23% ± 0%
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Typical R9 270 Builds (Compare 3,821 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $299Bench 78%, 161,690 samples1,998x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 77%, 122,596 samples1,321x
Core i5-4460Intel  $170Bench 71%, 186,143 samples197x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $185Bench 24%, 35,471 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $122Bench 114%, 250,009 samples148x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $67Bench 107%, 409,404 samples140x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $135Bench 112%, 553,100 samples79x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 3,654 samples278x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 1,370 samples169x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 58%, 2,237 samples144x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $606

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GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

28 days ago.

Got it for a great price a few months after launch ($130 with free shipping) and it's been fantastic this entire time. I finally have CPU (Intel 8700) that can really push it and it's been fantastic at 1080p gaming.

GBR-User
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4,422

Excellent

2 months ago.

Good performance, let down by terrible drivers + software

CAN-User
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3,646

Average

3 months ago.

I has and still is serving me well :)

gvrax
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372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

RavenBailiff
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304

Average

15 months ago.

Nice value GPU

mark121m
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14

Good

18 months ago.

Picked up this card for 34Dollars - 500rand not bad for a low spec budget gamer build

LyGhT
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Very good

3 years 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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