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GTX 550-Ti

Average Bench: 8.93% (283rd of 681)

Based on 52,331 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1244 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Poor: 7%Average: 8.93% Great: 10%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 550-Ti averaged 91.0% 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) 10.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 11.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 550-Ti is just 2.5%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 550-Ti performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 15fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 9.24fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 52,331 samples)
Rank 2838.93%
Min Avg Max
8.28 Lighting 10.2 11.2
10.9 Reflection 15 18.2
3.1 Parallax 9.24 11.3
8.23% 11.5 fps
Min Avg Max
11 MRender 15.2 16.7
9.6 Gravity 11.5 12.5
7.9 Splatting 10.5 11.8
9.73% 12.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB
CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
14.1% Very poor
Lighting 21.3
Reflection 15.9
Parallax 11
17% 16.1 fps
MRender 16.6
Gravity 12.3
Splatting 11.5
10% 13.5 fps
EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB
CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
9.49% Terrible
Lighting 10.8
Reflection 15.9
Parallax 11
9% 12.6 fps
MRender 16.5
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 11.5
10% 13.4 fps
Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
8.96% Terrible
Lighting 10.2
Reflection 15
Parallax 9.6
8% 11.6 fps
MRender 15.6
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 10.8
10% 12.6 fps
Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
8.96% Terrible
Lighting 10.2
Reflection 15
Parallax 10.6
8% 11.9 fps
MRender 15.6
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 10.8
10% 12.6 fps
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
8.89% Terrible
Lighting 10.2
Reflection 15
Parallax 10.7
8% 12 fps
MRender 15.5
Gravity 11.3
Splatting 10.6
10% 12.5 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,409,837 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 52,331 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $250 @ launch in Mar '11)
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Device(0000 0000) 15% 8% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1556) 10% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83C2) 8% 9% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83BE) 7% 9% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 5% 7% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 089C) 5% 9% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 5% 10% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 5194) 5% 9% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3536) 4% 9% ± 0%
PNY(196E 089C) 3% 9% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2610) 3% 9% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3537) 3% 10% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1559) 3% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83BC) 3% 10% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 3% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 838C) 2% 9% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90A2) 1% 9% ± 0%
MSI(1462 809D) 1% 8% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 0401) 1% 8% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1557) 1% 10% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1190) 1% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2059) 1% 10% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0801) 1% 9% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2612) 1% 9% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 5194) 1% 9% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1554) 1% 9% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2368) 1% 9% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1217) 0% 9% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0901) 0% 8% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 5515) 0% 9% ± 0%
Device(107D 2734) 0% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83D8) 0% 8% ± 0%
Device(1048 0FB9) 0% 9% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0921) 0% 7% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 6194) 0% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8419) 0% 9% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8412) 0% 9% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 02FF) 0% 10% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 552C) 0% 8% ± 0%
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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 4%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 75%, 278,187 samples3,395x
Core i7-2600Intel  $150Bench 72%, 174,023 samples2,909x
Core i5-2400Intel  $20Bench 68%, 164,950 samples1,992x
GPU
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 52,331 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 392,925 samples1,758x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 58%, 157,829 samples917x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 181%, 1,342 samples737x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 438,079 samples1,875x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 175,410 samples1,257x
1x4GBUnknownBench 27%, 153,244 samples754x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $576

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GPUPro
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USA-User
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8,768

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

Works great for fast office PC

BRA-User
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4,131

Good

8 days ago.

Cause these are one of the worse GPU EVER MADE

AUS-User
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3,524

Excellent

15 days ago.

really good for money got mine for $20 and runs games great

UKR-User
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3,343

Poor

3 months ago.

Served me for 9 good years Rest in Peace Gygabite GTX 550-Ti

ZAF-User
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2,486

Average

21 months ago.

For a cheap gpu its actually decent for some games.

FIN-User
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2,278

Good

11 months ago.

This was the gpu that i used it was great back in the day....

gvrax
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372

Terrible

4 years ago.

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Dariex
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112

Good

2 months ago.

Not great but i'm sure you can still play a few esport games decently.

Geicihg
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18

Average

23 months ago.

Can run plenty of old and simple 3D game, play movies, a bit old and cheap

tAnK
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8

Poor

4 years ago.

Runs rather hot and loud during periods of intense usage

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