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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 44.3% (139th of 715)

Based on 78 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B1 Model: AMD Radeon R9 290X
Poor: 29%Average: 44.3% Great: 50%

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Below average average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 290X averaged 55.7% 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) 56fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 42.5fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 290X is 21%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 290X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 67.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 77.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)
Rank 13944.3%
Min Avg Max
19.1 Lighting 56 68.8
29.8 Reflection 67.2 77.5
58.9 Parallax 77.8 91.4
45.7% 67 fps
Min Avg Max
36.6 MRender 58.9 67.6
44.9 Gravity 54.6 63.1
36.2 Splatting 42.5 47.8
41.5% 52 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E285) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.11.1
48.8% Average
Lighting 63.5
Reflection 70
Parallax 84.4
52% 72.6 fps
MRender 61.6
Gravity 57.4
Splatting 43.3
43% 54.1 fps
Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.7.2
48.1% Average
Lighting 62.2
Reflection 69
Parallax 83.2
51% 71.5 fps
MRender 60.9
Gravity 57.3
Splatting 43.5
43% 53.9 fps
Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.10.1
47.9% Average
Lighting 62.3
Reflection 68.7
Parallax 82.6
51% 71.2 fps
MRender 60.1
Gravity 56.5
Splatting 42.9
42% 53.2 fps
Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.10.1
47.4% Average
Lighting 60.9
Reflection 70.1
Parallax 84.3
50% 71.8 fps
MRender 61.7
Gravity 57.3
Splatting 43.3
43% 54.1 fps
Sapphire(174B E285) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.11.1
46.7% Average
Lighting 59.4
Reflection 69.6
Parallax 83.7
48% 70.9 fps
MRender 61.7
Gravity 57.8
Splatting 43.8
43% 54.4 fps
XFX(1682 9295) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.Q3.3
46.1% Average
Lighting 59.1
Reflection 69.4
Parallax 87.8
48% 72.1 fps
MRender 59.3
Gravity 56.3
Splatting 42.6
42% 52.7 fps
MSI(1462 3081) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.11.1
45.6% Average
Lighting 58.2
Reflection 63.3
Parallax 79
47% 66.8 fps
MRender 60.1
Gravity 56.1
Splatting 42.4
42% 52.9 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.11.1
41.4% Average
Lighting 53.5
Reflection 43.6
Parallax 68.3
44% 55.1 fps
MRender 50.2
Gravity 53.9
Splatting 36.2
37% 46.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Sapphire(174B E285) 26% 46% ± 7%
Asus(1043 0470) 12% 49% ± 2%
XFX(1682 9295) 10% 45% ± 3%
MSI(1462 3081) 9% 47% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2343) 8% 39% ± 6%
Asus(1043 0468) 8% 47% ± 3%
AMD(1002 0C01) 6% 35% ± 11%
AMD(1002 0B00) 5% 48% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 2343) 4% 41% ± 4%
XFX(1682 9395) 4% 34% ± 18%
Sapphire(174B E283) 4% 37% ± 17%
MSI(1462 3085) 1% 47% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E289) 1% 54% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2290) 1% 45% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 1% 45% ± 0%
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System: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v21stBench 64%, 772 samples20x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples16x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples15x
GPU
Radeon R9 290XAMDBench 44%, 78 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples12x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung  $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples10x
RAM
M393B1G73QH0-YK 8x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 8 samples7x
HMT31GR7EFR4C-R 7x8GBHynixBench 91%, 9 samples7x
9905403-582.A00 8x8GBKingstonBench 85%, 7 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 26% - Poor Total price: $90

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