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Radeon R9 290X

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 50.8% (127th of 715)

Based on 75 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B0 Model: AMD Radeon R9 290X
Poor: 18%Average: 50.8% Great: 58%

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Average average bench

The AMD Radeon R9 290X averaged 49.2% 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) 62.2fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 55.1fps

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon R9 290X is 39.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the AMD Radeon R9 290X performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 67.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 90.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 75 samples)
Rank 12750.8%
Min Avg Max
0.26 Lighting 62.2 76.1
47.9 Reflection 67.2 80.1
81.9 Parallax 90.7 101
50.7% 73.4 fps
Min Avg Max
57.1 MRender 61.7 68.2
56.9 Gravity 74.7 70.4
43.3 Splatting 55.1 76.6
51.5% 63.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E282) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1175 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
61.2% Good
Lighting 80.7
Reflection 84.1
Parallax 107
66% 90.5 fps
MRender 72.5
Gravity 74
Splatting 50.7
52% 65.7 fps
Asus(1043 046C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.7.2
53.6% Above average
Lighting 70
Reflection 74.3
Parallax 95.4
57% 79.9 fps
MRender 64.8
Gravity 66.5
Splatting 45.8
47% 59 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.7.2
52% Above average
Lighting 67.4
Reflection 72.7
Parallax 92.8
55% 77.6 fps
MRender 64.1
Gravity 65.4
Splatting 45.1
46% 58.2 fps
PwrHis(1787 2342) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.11.1
47.9% Average
Lighting 61.2
Reflection 69.6
Parallax 81.7
50% 70.8 fps
MRender 61.4
Gravity 59.2
Splatting 44.5
44% 55 fps
Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 27.20.15026.17000
47.8% Average
Lighting 61.8
Reflection 67.6
Parallax 85.5
50% 71.6 fps
MRender 58.8
Gravity 60.5
Splatting 41.7
43% 53.7 fps
MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.9.3
32.2% Below average
Lighting 38.6
Reflection 57.1
Parallax 53.5
32% 49.7 fps
MRender 49.1
Gravity 40
Splatting 36.2
34% 41.8 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,579,886 GPUs tested

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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AMD(1002 4002) 32% 53% ± 5%
Sapphire(174B E285) 17% 39% ± 19%
MSI(1462 3080) 11% 52% ± 1%
XFX(1682 9290) 9% 53% ± 3%
Asus(1043 046C) 7% 56% ± 2%
AMD(1002 0B00) 4% 52% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 2281) 4% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 046A) 3% 52% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3072) 3% 54% ± 2%
Device(0000 0000) 3% 60% ± 52%
Gigabyte(1458 227C) 1% 52% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3082) 1% 58% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 2342) 1% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0472) 1% 49% ± 0%
Dell(1028 068B) 1% 56% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E289) 1% 50% ± 0%
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Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (MS-7760) - $333

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples139x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples74x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples45x
GPU
Radeon R9 290XAMDBench 51%, 75 samples1x
SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples11x
RAM
4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 1,028 samples23x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 1,250 samples7x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 99%, 23 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $538

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