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Radeon R9 390X

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 48.4% (132nd of 714)

Based on 94 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B1 Model: AMD Radeon R9 390X
Poor: 41%Average: 48.4% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 390X averaged 51.6% 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) 61.7fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 45.2fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 390X is just 12.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 390X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 71.8fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 85.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)
Rank 13248.4%
Min Avg Max
45.1 Lighting 61.7 69.7
55 Reflection 71.8 78.1
72.8 Parallax 85.1 95.9
50.3% 72.9 fps
Min Avg Max
59.9 MRender 63.8 68.6
53.2 Gravity 58.8 64.2
42.8 Splatting 45.2 48.2
44.6% 55.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E324) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.10.1
54.9% Above average
Lighting 74.5
Reflection 68
Parallax 81.8
61% 74.8 fps
MRender 61.4
Gravity 58.5
Splatting 44.1
44% 54.7 fps
Sapphire(174B E324) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
51.6% Above average
Lighting 67.1
Reflection 74.7
Parallax 89.3
55% 77 fps
MRender 65.1
Gravity 60.7
Splatting 45.6
46% 57.1 fps
Sapphire(174B E324) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.3
49.8% Average
Lighting 63.7
Reflection 74.4
Parallax 88.3
52% 75.5 fps
MRender 64.9
Gravity 60.8
Splatting 46
46% 57.2 fps
MSI(1462 2015) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
49% Average
Lighting 63.2
Reflection 71.7
Parallax 85.9
52% 73.6 fps
MRender 62.6
Gravity 58.8
Splatting 44.9
44% 55.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E324) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.1.1
48.5% Average
Lighting 61.5
Reflection 73.6
Parallax 85.5
50% 73.5 fps
MRender 64.9
Gravity 59.1
Splatting 46.1
45% 56.7 fps
XFX(1682 9390) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
47.4% Average
Lighting 60.5
Reflection 72.2
Parallax 83.9
49% 72.2 fps
MRender 61.7
Gravity 58.2
Splatting 44.4
44% 54.8 fps
XFX(1682 9390) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.3
47.2% Average
Lighting 60.5
Reflection 71.9
Parallax 83.5
49% 72 fps
MRender 61.2
Gravity 57.6
Splatting 43.3
43% 54 fps
XFX(1682 9390) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.3
46.9% Average
Lighting 59.8
Reflection 71.5
Parallax 83.1
49% 71.5 fps
MRender 61.4
Gravity 57.7
Splatting 43.4
43% 54.2 fps
MSI(1462 2015) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
39.4% Below average
Lighting 47.7
Reflection 70
Parallax 59.8
39% 59.2 fps
MRender 59.4
Gravity 46.2
Splatting 45.1
40% 50.2 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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MSI(1462 2015) 37% 49% ± 4%
Sapphire(174B E324) 21% 48% ± 8%
XFX(1682 9390) 19% 47% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 2358) 6% 48% ± 1%
Asus(1043 04ED) 5% 43% ± 15%
Asus(1043 04DD) 4% 50% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 22BD) 2% 51% ± 3%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 47% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2358) 1% 47% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 1% 49% ± 0%
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Gaming 42%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples41x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples26x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples24x
GPU
Radeon R9 390XAMDBench 48%, 94 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples8x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples8x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 7 samples6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples6x
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