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Worst Bench: 22% Zotac(19DA 1376)

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Best Bench: 60% Gigabyte(1458 371D)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 3490) ≥ 4GB

Poor: 51% Great: 60%

SPEED RANK: 119^th / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		25.6 %			56.1 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +119%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	31.6 fps	69.6 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +120%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	37.5 fps	76.8 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +105%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	34.2 fps	65.8 fps	Hugely faster multi rendering. +92%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	31.4 fps	70 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +123%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	35.9 fps	75.4 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +110%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	45.8 fps	109 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +138%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	36.3 fps	70.1 fps	Hugely faster peak multi rendering. +93%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	34.6 fps	74.9 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +116%


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	122 Fps	160 Fps	Much Better CSGO Fps. +31%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	50 Fps	101 Fps	Hugely Better Fortnite Fps. +104%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	38 Fps	62 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +61%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	119 Fps	178 Fps	Much Better LoL Fps. +50%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	69 Fps	101 Fps	Much Better Overwatch Fps. +47%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	33 Fps	56 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +67%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	133 Fps	215 Fps	Much Better Minecraft Fps. +62%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	84 Fps	131 Fps	Much Better DOTA 2 Fps. +57%
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	45 Fps	77 Fps	Much Better WoW Fps. +70%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	66 Fps	105 Fps	Much Better WoT Fps. +60%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.06 %		2.17 %	Insanely higher market share. +3,517%
Value Value For Money	60.6 %		114 %	Hugely better value. +88%
User Rating UBM User Rating	59 %		88 %	Much more popular. +49%
Price Price (score)	$100	Cheaper. +14%	$117


Age Newest	111 Months	100 Months	Slightly more recent. +10%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	32.7 fps	73.3 fps	Hugely better peak texture detail. +124%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	30.9 fps	70.6 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +128%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	29.6 fps	66.9 fps	Hugely better texture detail. +126%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	28.1 fps	65.7 fps	Hugely faster complex splatting. +134%

The GTX 950 is Nvidia's latest Maxwell card which is based on a GTX 960 but with 25% fewer CUDA cores and 25% fewer texture units. Comparing the GTX 960 and 950 shows that, as expected, effective speed has been reduced by 25%. The GTX 950 is positioned above GTX 750 Ti which is Nvidia's energy efficient mass market GPU. Comparing the 750 Ti and 950 shows that 950 is nearly 50% faster but it's also priced 50% higher so the 950 doesn't offer improved value for money. Gaming performance for the GTX 950 at resolutions up to 1080p on high/ultra settings will be satisfactory most of the time. That said, the GTX 950 is priced on the high side ($160). At present the GTX 960 ($171) offers 25% better performance for just 7% more money. See a current list of the best value graphics cards here. ^{[Aug '15 GPUPro]}

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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. ^{[Jul '16 GPUPro]}

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