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R9 270

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 24.1% (190th of 715)

Based on 47,409 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: 24.1% Great: 26%

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Very poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 75.8% 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) 31.2fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 22.9fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 3.37%. 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) 33.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 39.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 47,409 samples)
Rank 19024.1%
Min Avg Max
28 Lighting 31.2 33.3
30.2 Reflection 33.5 35.7
36.3 Parallax 39.8 44.2
25.4% 34.8 fps
Min Avg Max
26.5 MRender 28.3 30
26.9 Gravity 29.1 30.9
21.6 Splatting 22.9 24.2
21.5% 26.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 048D)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
25.1% Poor
Lighting 32.3
Reflection 35.8
Parallax 41.9
26% 36.7 fps
MRender 29.9
Gravity 30.8
Splatting 24.2
23% 28.3 fps
PowerColor(148C 2337) 2GB
CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.11.1
24.6% Poor
Lighting 31.6
Reflection 35.2
Parallax 41.3
26% 36 fps
MRender 29
Gravity 30.1
Splatting 23.8
22% 27.6 fps
AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.1
23.5% Poor
Lighting 30.1
Reflection 34.1
Parallax 39.6
24% 34.6 fps
MRender 28.7
Gravity 28.9
Splatting 23
22% 26.9 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
23.4% Poor
Lighting 29.9
Reflection 33.6
Parallax 39.6
24% 34.4 fps
MRender 28.7
Gravity 29
Splatting 23
22% 26.9 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $155 @ launch in Nov '13)
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Asus(1043 048D) 21% 25% ± 1%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
Sapphire(174B E271) 18% 24% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $2699 months
MSI(1462 3050) 12% 24% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B04) 12% 23% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 10% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $1403 years
XFX(1682 9270) 7% 24% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86A4) 6% 23% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 4% 24% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 3% 24% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 24% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0493) 2% 24% ± 1%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 1% 23% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 26% ± 2%
Device(1B0A 90F3) 0% 23% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3051) 0% 25% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $125Bench 71%, 255,027 samples2,761x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples1,776x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples211x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples169x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples166x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples161x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples357x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples199x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples151x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $345

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Terrible

2 years ago.

I has and still is serving me well :)

PAK-User
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Good

15 months ago.

way better as per proce to performance and when over clocked it is on another level one of the best graphic cards out there for budget gamers hands down a legend

MDG-User
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Good

3 years ago.

AMD has a better quality than Nvidea

RavenBailiff
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Average

5 years ago.

Nice value GPU

mark121m
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Good

5 years ago.

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

LyGhT
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Very good

22 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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