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Radeon R9 290X

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 49.4% (131st of 714)

Based on 3,695 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B0 Model: AMD Radeon(TM) R9 290X
Poor: 45%Average: 49.4% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 290X averaged 50.5% 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) 64.1fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 61.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 290X is just 7.32%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 290X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 70.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 88.5fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,695 samples)
Rank 13149.4%
Min Avg Max
58.2 Lighting 64.1 68.4
64.5 Reflection 70.2 73.2
78.3 Parallax 88.5 96.8
52.3% 74.2 fps
Min Avg Max
53.4 MRender 60.9 63.9
53.4 Gravity 61.5 65
40.1 Splatting 43.2 45.2
44% 55.2 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
50.3% Above average
Lighting 65.5
Reflection 69.8
Parallax 89.1
53% 74.8 fps
MRender 61
Gravity 62.8
Splatting 43
44% 55.6 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
49.7% Average
Lighting 64.5
Reflection 69.7
Parallax 88.5
53% 74.2 fps
MRender 60.8
Gravity 62.6
Splatting 43.4
44% 55.6 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
49.1% Average
Lighting 63.6
Reflection 70.1
Parallax 86.1
52% 73.3 fps
MRender 61.5
Gravity 60.4
Splatting 43.1
44% 55 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 27.20.20913.2000
49% Average
Lighting 62.9
Reflection 70.5
Parallax 88.2
51% 73.9 fps
MRender 61.3
Gravity 62.7
Splatting 43.7
44% 55.9 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
48.3% Average
Lighting 62.1
Reflection 69.8
Parallax 85.7
51% 72.5 fps
MRender 61.4
Gravity 60.7
Splatting 43.2
44% 55.1 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
48.3% Average
Lighting 62.1
Reflection 70.4
Parallax 83.9
51% 72.1 fps
MRender 61.4
Gravity 59.6
Splatting 43.8
44% 54.9 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
48.2% Average
Lighting 61.8
Reflection 70.7
Parallax 85.6
50% 72.7 fps
MRender 61.1
Gravity 60.4
Splatting 43.9
44% 55.1 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
47.3% Average
Lighting 61
Reflection 68.4
Parallax 84.8
50% 71.4 fps
MRender 60.4
Gravity 57.7
Splatting 42.7
43% 53.6 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2
45.6% Average
Lighting 59.6
Reflection 64.5
Parallax 86.9
49% 70.3 fps
MRender 55.1
Gravity 56.3
Splatting 38.8
40% 50.1 fps
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples180x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples102x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples32x
GPU
Radeon R9 290XAMDBench 49%, 3,695 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples18x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples17x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $549

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