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Average Bench: 40.4% (78th of 611)

Based on 26,432 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 679A Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 280
Poor: 33%Average: 40.4% Great: 45%

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Below average average bench

The AMD R9 280 averaged 59.6% 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) 122fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 120fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 280 is just 12.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 280 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 78.9fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 60.9fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 26,432 samples)
Rank 7840.4%
Min Avg Max
94.3 Lighting 122 144
68.5 Reflection 78.9 90.1
141 Parallax 168 190
42.8% 123 fps
Min Avg Max
53.7 MRender 60.9 68.5
104 Gravity 120 131
75.3 Splatting 86.5 98.6
38.6% 89 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.2.3
42.7% Average
Lighting 131
Reflection 82.7
Parallax 175
46% 130 fps
MRender 63
Gravity 128
Splatting 89.6
41% 93.5 fps
MSI(1462 277C) 3GB
CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.2
42.2% Average
Lighting 130
Reflection 80.6
Parallax 171
45% 127 fps
MRender 62
Gravity 126
Splatting 89.2
40% 92.5 fps
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.2
41.8% Average
Lighting 126
Reflection 79
Parallax 180
45% 128 fps
MRender 61.2
Gravity 124
Splatting 87.3
40% 90.9 fps
XFX(1682 3003)
CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.1
40.6% Average
Lighting 125
Reflection 77.7
Parallax 165
43% 123 fps
MRender 60
Gravity 122
Splatting 85.6
39% 89.1 fps
Sapphire(174B A003)
CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.1
40% Average
Lighting 123
Reflection 77.3
Parallax 164
43% 121 fps
MRender 59.3
Gravity 120
Splatting 84.2
38% 87.8 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 5 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 127 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 43 fps League of Legends: 123 fps Battlefield 1: 48 fps World of Tanks: 55 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 16,301,228 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 26,432 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $185 @ launch in Mar '14)
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Sapphire(174B A003) 41% 40% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 280 3GB Dual-X
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MSI(1462 277C) 13% 41% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 229A) 12% 43% ± 4%
Asus(1043 047E) 11% 41% ± 3%
XFX(1682 3003) 9% 39% ± 4%
XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation
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XFX R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Black
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PwrHis(1787 3000) 5% 37% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 5000) 4% 41% ± 3%
PowerColor(148C 3000) 2% 40% ± 5%
Asus(1043 0482) 1% 42% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2800) 1% 41% ± 1%
Asus(1043 047C) 0% 38% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 229B) 0% 37% ± 2%
MSI(1462 277D) 0% 22% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0480) 0% 46% ± 0%
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Typical R9 280 Builds (Compare 19,794 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $75

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $70Bench 55%, 189,087 samples5,607x
FX-6300AMD  $60Bench 46%, 141,200 samples5,541x
FX-8320AMD  $95Bench 51%, 62,101 samples2,639x
GPU
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 40%, 26,432 samples1x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $34Bench 52%, 156,133 samples878x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 105%, 407,778 samples810x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 60%, 40,144 samples403x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 3,004 samples712x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 5,185 samples672x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 2,768 samples577x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $364

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

3 months ago.

— Slightly faster than a 1050 Ti for less money, and mine overclocked and benched well on air cooling. Definitely a good card. Helped my mom learn Engrish before we sold her back into slavery in Hong Kong.

GBR-User
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Excellent

30 days ago.

Cool

TUR-User
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3,102

Terrible

1 month ago.

one of the best price/perfomance cards in the market

HUN-User
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2,045

Excellent

5 months ago.

Is my card for nearly 5 years and runs most of the latest games, only problem is its sound .

NLD-User
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1,980

Average

9 months ago.

Have this card for 3 years now. Still performs. Aiming to get an upgrade soon though. For the latest triple A titles with high (not ultra or something) settings at 2k this card just doesn't cut it anymore. it still performs smooth at 1080 medium though :) So for a budget system, I'd say. you'd still be good.

NOR-User
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1,292

Excellent

19 months ago.

keeps at around 60 degrees celsius on games like bf1 bf4 and pubg. playing with 70-90 fps!!

gvrax
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360

Terrible

19 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

Ghost_Supreme
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2

Excellent

4 months ago.

Amazing performance for a cheap graphics card! Can run any modern game at 30 fps, and many triple A games at 60+fps, even at ultra settings!

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