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Average Bench: 9.3% (218th of 621)

Based on 32,485 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1244 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Poor: 8%Average: 9.3% Great: 10%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 550-Ti averaged 90.6% 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) 33.4fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 35.8fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 550-Ti is just 2.24%. 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) 33.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 28.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 32,485 samples)
Rank 2189.3%
Min Avg Max
28.3 Lighting 33.4 35.9
29.3 Reflection 33.5 36.2
20.1 Parallax 28.8 32.2
8.43% 31.9 fps
Min Avg Max
27.4 MRender 31.9 34.6
31.5 Gravity 35.8 37.1
23.4 Splatting 33.2 37.2
10.5% 33.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
9.16% Terrible
Lighting 32.8
Reflection 33.3
Parallax 29.6
8% 31.9 fps
MRender 31.6
Gravity 33.9
Splatting 34.2
10% 33.2 fps
Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
9.05% Terrible
Lighting 32.4
Reflection 33
Parallax 28.3
8% 31.2 fps
MRender 31.8
Gravity 33.5
Splatting 34
10% 33.1 fps
Asus(1043 838C) 1GB
CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54
8.35% Terrible
Lighting 25.5
Reflection 33.9
Parallax 30.3
7% 29.9 fps
MRender 32.1
Gravity 34.4
Splatting 34.5
10% 33.7 fps
32,485 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 2 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 56 fps League of Legends: 77 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,001,733 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 32,485 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $250 @ launch in Mar '11)
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Device(0000 0000) 12% 8% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1556) 10% 10% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83BE) 9% 9% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3536) 9% 9% ± 3%
Asus(1043 83C2) 7% 9% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2610) 6% 10% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 5194) 5% 9% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 5% 10% ± 1%
PNY(196E 089C) 3% 9% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3537) 3% 10% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83BC) 3% 10% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 089C) 3% 9% ± 1%
Asus(1043 838C) 3% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1557) 3% 10% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2612) 2% 9% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90A2) 2% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1559) 2% 9% ± 0%
MSI(1462 809D) 2% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2059) 2% 10% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 1190) 2% 9% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 1% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 839E) 1% 10% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1554) 1% 9% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2368) 1% 9% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 1% 9% ± 1%
Device(107D 2734) 1% 13% ± 9%
Sapphire(174B 5194) 1% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8412) 1% 9% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 1217) 0% 9% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0801) 0% 10% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 55A1) 0% 9% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8419) 0% 9% ± 0%
Sanyo(144D 8099) 0% 9% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2056) 0% 10% ± 0%
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Gaming 17%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 22%
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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $291Bench 54%, 86,774 samples2,278x
Core i7-3770Intel  $265Bench 61%, 133,593 samples2,251x
Core i5-2400Intel  $95Bench 49%, 74,836 samples1,650x
GPU
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 32,485 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 104%, 476,048 samples1,041x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 383,604 samples674x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 61%, 55,529 samples660x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 237,266 samples2,020x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 105,919 samples1,402x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 85,550 samples635x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 31% - Below average Total price: $621

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 Comments

GPUPro
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Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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5,550

Good (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

Not powerful in 2019

DEU-User
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3,609

Excellent

2 months ago.

I have it I want to replace it with a 950 or 960 or 970 In compares , the gtx 550 ti is very bad at running games that they released from after 2015 I hate gtx 550 ti

AUS-User
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2,440

Good

5 months ago.

Oustanding performance to price(2nd, used)

GamingEliot
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494

Poor

17 months ago.

Just buy a GTX 460 if you're looking for a cheap graphics card used. I can't justify the used $50 dollar price tag given that with the same money you can get a 470 or for cheaper a 460.

gvrax
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Terrible

24 months ago.

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Poor

21 months ago.

Runs rather hot and loud during periods of intense usage

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