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GTX 870M

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

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Average Bench: 28.6% (95th of 597)

Based on 1,925 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1199 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Poor: 14%Average: 28.6% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 870M averaged 71.3% 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. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 91.9fps
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 77.9fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 870M is just 18.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 870M performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 67.1fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 51.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,925 samples)
Rank 9528.6%
Min Avg Max
27.9 Lighting 77.9 91.9
34.7 Reflection 67.1 74.9
45.1 Parallax 101 122
26.7% 82.1 fps
Min Avg Max
25 MRender 61.8 67.6
30.3 Gravity 91.9 108
28.5 Splatting 51.7 56.5
30.1% 68.5 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 157D) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
32.3% Below average
Lighting 90.7
Reflection 72.7
Parallax 112
30% 91.7 fps
MRender 65.9
Gravity 108
Splatting 54.4
34% 76.1 fps
Asus(1043 157D) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
32.3% Below average
Lighting 90.2
Reflection 70.9
Parallax 113
30% 91.3 fps
MRender 65.3
Gravity 108
Splatting 54.1
34% 75.8 fps
MSI(1462 1106) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
31.3% Below average
Lighting 86.7
Reflection 75.1
Parallax 116
30% 92.4 fps
MRender 62.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 56.9
32% 73.4 fps
Asus(1043 157D) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
31% Below average
Lighting 89.6
Reflection 70.3
Parallax 105
29% 88.2 fps
MRender 63.7
Gravity 102
Splatting 53.1
32% 72.8 fps
MSI(1462 1106) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
30.8% Below average
Lighting 85.9
Reflection 72.5
Parallax 122
31% 93.4 fps
MRender 64.5
Gravity 93.9
Splatting 53.3
31% 70.6 fps
Device(1A58 6749) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8859
28.6% Poor
Lighting 82.5
Reflection 65.7
Parallax 85.3
26% 77.8 fps
MRender 62
Gravity 93.6
Splatting 54.1
31% 69.9 fps
MSI(1462 1106) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1722
25.6% Poor
Lighting 58.5
Reflection 54.6
Parallax 72.5
20% 61.9 fps
MRender 63.6
Gravity 87.5
Splatting 55.2
30% 68.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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MSI(1462 1106) 37% 30% ± 3%
Asus(1043 157D) 25% 28% ± 7%
MSI(1462 1103) 7% 26% ± 7%
Clevo(1558 7481) 7% 27% ± 8%
MSI(1462 10FD) 6% 29% ± 6%
Device(1A58 6749) 5% 28% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 5281) 4% 27% ± 8%
Gigabyte(1458 1456) 3% 28% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 2% 30% ± 4%
MSI(1462 111A) 1% 29% ± 6%
Dell(1028 0551) 1% 27% ± 7%
Gigabyte(1458 A552) 1% 29% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 35% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0490) 0% 14% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 37% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1063) 0% 31% ± 0%
HP(103C 190A) 0% 28% ± 0%
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Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation 38%
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System: Asus G750JS

CPU
Core i7-4700HQIntel  $370Bench 59%, 21,154 samples470x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 34,042 samples212x
GPU
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 29%, 1,925 samples262x
SSD
mSATA SD5SE2256G1002E 256GBSanDiskBench 66%, 443 samples89x
X110 256GBSanDisk  $100Bench 76%, 1,921 samples67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $67Bench 105%, 334,073 samples41x
RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 8,234 samples194x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 7,034 samples67x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 14,617 samples58x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $370

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