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GTX 870M

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

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Average Bench: 28.8% (118th of 621)

Based on 2,482 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1199 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Poor: 15%Average: 28.8% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 870M averaged 71.1% 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) 93.5fps
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 77.2fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 870M is just 17.8%. 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) 67.6fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 51.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,482 samples)
Rank 11828.8%
Min Avg Max
25.1 Lighting 77.2 91.3
48.6 Reflection 67.6 73.6
51 Parallax 103 123
26.7% 82.5 fps
Min Avg Max
25.1 MRender 62.2 67.6
30.3 Gravity 93.5 110
23.3 Splatting 51.2 56
30.4% 69 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 157D) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
32.5% Below average
Lighting 89.8
Reflection 72.8
Parallax 112
30% 91.4 fps
MRender 66.7
Gravity 109
Splatting 54.8
34% 76.9 fps
Asus(1043 157D) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
32% Below average
Lighting 90.4
Reflection 72.3
Parallax 110
30% 90.7 fps
MRender 66.9
Gravity 105
Splatting 53.9
33% 75.4 fps
MSI(1462 1106) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
31.4% Below average
Lighting 86.5
Reflection 71
Parallax 111
30% 89.4 fps
MRender 65.2
Gravity 104
Splatting 54.4
33% 74.4 fps
MSI(1462 111A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81
31.3% Below average
Lighting 83.2
Reflection 71.3
Parallax 122
30% 92.3 fps
MRender 62.9
Gravity 102
Splatting 54.2
32% 72.9 fps
Clevo(1558 7481) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735
31.2% Below average
Lighting 86.5
Reflection 70.9
Parallax 111
30% 89.4 fps
MRender 64.6
Gravity 101
Splatting 54.7
32% 73.5 fps
MSI(1462 1106) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
30.5% Below average
Lighting 83.8
Reflection 70.8
Parallax 108
29% 87.7 fps
MRender 63.2
Gravity 100
Splatting 53.2
32% 72.2 fps
Device(1A58 6749) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
30.1% Below average
Lighting 79.4
Reflection 71.5
Parallax 116
29% 89.1 fps
MRender 65.6
Gravity 93.3
Splatting 54
31% 71 fps
MSI(1462 1103) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
29.7% Poor
Lighting 77.9
Reflection 59.9
Parallax 108
28% 81.9 fps
MRender 63
Gravity 96.2
Splatting 54.6
31% 71.3 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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MSI(1462 1106) 38% 29% ± 4%
Asus(1043 157D) 28% 29% ± 7%
MSI(1462 1103) 8% 27% ± 6%
MSI(1462 10FD) 6% 29% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 5281) 5% 29% ± 4%
Device(1A58 6749) 5% 29% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7481) 4% 29% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 1456) 1% 28% ± 6%
MSI(1462 111A) 1% 26% ± 9%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 31% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 1% 31% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0551) 1% 25% ± 9%
Gigabyte(1458 A552) 1% 32% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 0% 32% ± 0%
Acer(1025 026B) 0% 31% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0490) 0% 9% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 31% ± 0%
HP(103C 1630) 0% 25% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AB) 0% 30% ± 0%
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System: Asus G750JS

CPU
Core i7-4700HQIntel  $370Bench 50%, 26,980 samples651x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 50%, 46,003 samples332x
GPU
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 29%, 2,482 samples396x
SSD
mSATA SD5SE2256G1002E 256GBSanDiskBench 67%, 558 samples116x
X110 256GBSanDisk  $100Bench 79%, 2,534 samples98x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples50x
RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,729 samples299x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 10,028 samples90x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 19,909 samples72x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $370

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Performance seems comparable to my other laptop's 970m in some games.

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