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+3%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)
Poor: 53% Great: 66%
SPEED RANK: 112th / 714
2,413 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 69% HP(103C 84DB) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 42% HP(103C 84DB) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 42% Great: 69%
SPEED RANK: 109th / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		59.3 % 61.2 % +3%
Average Score 
+5%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		73.7 fps +2% 72.6 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		86.4 fps 98.4 fps Better reflection handling.
+14%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		75.9 fps 78.3 fps +3%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		72.8 fps 75.8 fps +4%
Overclocked Score 
+5%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		83.9 fps +3% 81.8 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		113 fps 122 fps Slightly better peak reflection handling.
+8%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		80.6 fps 89.4 fps Faster peak multi rendering.
+11%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		80.9 fps 85.4 fps Slightly faster peak NBody calculation.
+6%
Value & Sentiment 
+1,116%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.23 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,200% 		0.01 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		66 % Much more popular.
+32% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+19%
Age
Newest 		116 Months 80+ Months Much more recent.
+31%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		83 fps 87.6 fps Slightly better peak texture detail.
+6%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		72.3 fps 91.6 fps Faster peak complex splatting.
+27%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		74.8 fps 77.4 fps +3%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		65.3 fps 83.3 fps Faster complex splatting.
+28%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 59.3%
Average Bench 61.2%
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