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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)

Poor: 53% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 112^th / 714

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Best Bench: 56% Gigabyte(1458 3724)
Worst Bench: 48% HP(103C 82FC) 3GB

Poor: 48% Great: 56%

SPEED RANK: 123^rd / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		59.3 %	Faster effective speed. +14%		52 %


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	73.7 fps	Better lighting effects. +16%	63.8 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	86.4 fps	Better reflection handling. +27%	68.3 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	75.9 fps	Faster multi rendering. +16%	65.2 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	72.8 fps	Faster NBody calculation. +10%	66 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	83.9 fps	Better peak lighting effects. +22%	68.7 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	113 fps	Better peak reflection handling. +17%	96.2 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	80.6 fps	Faster peak multi rendering. +18%	68.5 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	80.9 fps	Faster peak NBody calculation. +15%	70.3 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	183 Fps	Better CSGO Fps. +22%	150 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	105 Fps	Slightly Better Fortnite Fps. +7%	98 Fps
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	70 Fps	Slightly Better PUBG Fps. +9%	64 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	61 Fps	+2%	60 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	191 Fps	Better LoL Fps. +29%	148 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	104 Fps	+4%	100 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	74 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +35%	55 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	60 Fps	Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +19%	51 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	207 Fps	Better Minecraft Fps. +13%	184 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	136 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +17%	116 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	75 Fps	Better WoW Fps. +24%	61 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	111 Fps	Better WoT Fps. +17%	95 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.2 %	0.92 %	Hugely higher market share. +360%
Value Value For Money	28.1 %	103 %	Hugely better value. +268%
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	66 %
Price Price (score)	$500	$119	Much cheaper. +76%


Age Newest	115 Months		92 Months	More recent. +20%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	83 fps	Better peak texture detail. +25%	66.6 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	72.3 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +11%	65.1 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	74.8 fps	Better texture detail. +23%	60.7 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	65.3 fps	Slightly faster complex splatting. +8%	60.2 fps

The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. ^{[Sep '14 GPUPro]}

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The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. ^{[Sep '16 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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