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GTX 960M

Average Bench: 16.4% (220th of 698)

Based on 73,363 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 139B Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Poor: 12%Average: 16.4% Great: 18%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 960M averaged 83.5% 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) 20.5fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 21.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 960M is just 6.16%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 960M performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 19.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 19.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 73,363 samples)
Rank 22016.4%
Min Avg Max
13.2 Lighting 20.5 22.5
15.9 Reflection 19.2 25.3
14.9 Parallax 19.3 20.8
16.7% 19.7 fps
Min Avg Max
20.7 MRender 23.2 24.4
15.2 Gravity 21.5 23.3
9 Splatting 15.4 16.8
15.9% 20 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 177D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3141
17.8% Very poor
Lighting 22.3
Reflection 25.9
Parallax 20.8
18% 23 fps
MRender 24.7
Gravity 23.1
Splatting 16.7
17% 21.5 fps
Asus(1043 185D) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3141
17.7% Very poor
Lighting 22.3
Reflection 18.2
Parallax 0.2
18% 13.6 fps
MRender 24
Gravity 23
Splatting 16.6
17% 21.2 fps
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6109
17.7% Very poor
Lighting 22.4
Reflection 17.6
Parallax 21.9
18% 20.6 fps
MRender 23.7
Gravity 22.5
Splatting 16
16% 20.7 fps
Acer(1025 091D) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6172
17.5% Very poor
Lighting 22
Reflection 18.2
Parallax 20.5
18% 20.2 fps
MRender 23.7
Gravity 22.6
Splatting 16.3
17% 20.9 fps
Dell(1028 0706) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9125
17.3% Very poor
Lighting 22.1
Reflection 17.1
Parallax 21.7
18% 20.3 fps
MRender 22.5
Gravity 21.8
Splatting 15.4
16% 19.9 fps
Dell(1028 0706) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2824
17.2% Very poor
Lighting 21.4
Reflection 16.9
Parallax 19.9
17% 19.4 fps
MRender 23.7
Gravity 22.6
Splatting 16.4
17% 20.9 fps
Asus(1043 177D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3141
15.8% Very poor
Lighting 19.1
Reflection 21
Parallax 16.1
16% 18.7 fps
MRender 24.1
Gravity 21
Splatting 16.6
16% 20.6 fps
Asus(1043 185D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8857
15.8% Very poor
Lighting 19
Reflection 15.4
Parallax 19.6
16% 18 fps
MRender 23.7
Gravity 22
Splatting 16.1
16% 20.6 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Legend(17AA 3802) 14% 16% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0706) 12% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1C5D) 9% 16% ± 3%
MSI(1462 115A) 7% 17% ± 2%
Legend(17AA 3978) 6% 17% ± 1%
Dell(1028 06E4) 5% 17% ± 1%
MSI(1462 115B) 5% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1D6D) 4% 16% ± 3%
Asus(1043 185D) 3% 16% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1D3D) 3% 15% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1D8D) 3% 17% ± 1%
Acer(1025 1039) 2% 15% ± 3%
Acer(1025 103B) 2% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 8257) 2% 15% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1138) 2% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 186D) 2% 15% ± 3%
Asus(1043 1420) 2% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 820D) 2% 17% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0797) 1% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 18DD) 1% 17% ± 1%
Acer(1025 0926) 1% 16% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1109) 1% 16% ± 4%
Asus(1043 86C6) 1% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 11E0) 1% 15% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1139) 1% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 820F) 1% 13% ± 4%
Asus(1043 1080) 1% 15% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0707) 1% 16% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 0150) 1% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 177D) 1% 16% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1090) 1% 14% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 1501) 1% 14% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0170) 1% 18% ± 0%
Acer(1025 091D) 1% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 86D8) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AEA1) 0% 17% ± 0%
Legend(17AA 0006) 0% 17% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 1502) 0% 17% ± 0%
HP(103C 825B) 0% 13% ± 6%
HP(103C 2333) 0% 18% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0152) 0% 18% ± 0%
Asus(1043 14E0) 0% 16% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1102) 0% 18% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 2316) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1103) 0% 18% ± 0%
Device(1D05 1021) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1107) 0% 17% ± 0%
HP(103C 8210) 0% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 110E) 0% 14% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 17% ± 0%
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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples1,676x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples559x
GPU
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples859x
SSD
Z400s M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 65%, 2,644 samples127x
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples59x
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples55x
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HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples268x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples175x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples130x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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9,310

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

Don't care if it's free. It's useless.

IND-User
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4,374

Good

2 years ago.

Doesn't thermal throttle a lot

ESP-User
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3,565

Poor

2 years ago.

nice but needs more power to play ultra but over medium-high is good

NLD-User
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3,316

Good

3 months ago.

My small midget cousin has this in his laptop and he always lags. Poor baby. 1 star

PAK-User
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3,010

Good

5 months ago.

it can run games at 720p 60fps

SWE-User
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2,618

Good

8 months ago.

It's starting to show it's age with some newer maps on CS:GO running at about 15-30FPS which is not really playable for an FPS.

AUT-User
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2,575

Good

6 months ago.

It's my GPU and I've never had any problem running anything so I like it.

LTU-User
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2,140

Excellent

24 months ago.

I have it, and i genuinelly love it.

SVN-User
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1,980

Good

2 years ago.

Don't worry if you have this GPU if your laptop has a thunderbolt like my Acer Nitro Black Edition from yesteryears and get an eGPU if you want better gaming. Otherwise, on lower settings, I have been able to play everything I wanted.

ARE-User
Avatar level
1,711

Poor

9 months ago.

can run many games med setting but only worth under 800USD price anymore money in this card is a waste

koopahermit
Avatar level
42

Good

5 years ago.

It's a 750ti

xstar97
Avatar level
16

Average

3 years ago.

decent for gaming and code/game/web development

HipNDesk
Avatar level
12

Good

3 years ago.

It's... alright. Runs pretty much every title on the market at a playable framerate. Amazing for lower end games, and good enough for modern AAA titles. Can cause some throttling to occur though.

ererbe
Avatar level
12

Good

3 years ago.

My Graphics Card of my Laptop, Works well - is enough for Unity and not heavy Gaming, but many heavyer Games Need to be on lower Quality or my Laptops goes hot :D

Legitti
Avatar level
8

Terrible

3 years ago.

slow

CDPCH
Avatar level
6

Average

4 years ago.

does the job well, especially when overclocked, but power consumption could be better (don't expect more than 2 hours of gaming on this even with a decent battery), and with just 2gb of VRAM, you might have to lower texture quality on most newer games (though there's a 4gb variant which I'd recommend over the 2gb)

Maguns
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 months ago.

All these people that are saying its terrible and bad, are wrong! The reason they are saying its bad, its because they probably don't have dual channel ram, which is a must with this GPU. After I upgraded my ram to dual channel my fps doubled, and it can now run every game I throw at it, atleast 60 FPS on 1080p.

StonedDunkey
Avatar level
2

Terrible

4 years ago.

fukn bad

Thermallyy
Avatar level
2

Poor

3 years ago.

It's really obvious that this GPU is outdated. Was a beast, my laptop was one of the best at my high school. Now it's ability is to run 15 fps on 2019 games such as Fortnite Chapter 2.

compy9
Avatar level
2

Average

2 years ago.

Released in 2015, couple of months after the 900 series desktop cards, the GTX960M was a Maxwell, midrange laptop gaming GPU, available in 2 main configurations, 2GB GDDR5 and 4GB GDDR5 versions. In terms of gaming performance, dont expect high FPS in modern titles. From my experience, in Call of Duty Warzone, I would average about 30-40 FPS, low settings, 900p. However, this GPU can still play less demanding titles such as Sea of Thieves, State Of Decay 2, etc, with frames ranging 60+ FPS. But, If you want to continue playing the newest games with adequate framerates/resolution, an upgrade is a good idea. In terms of Overclocability, yes, this card can OC (I tried +100mhz core, +150mhz memory), however, be aware of overheating, I applied Liquid metal instead of thermal paste on my 960M in my laptop, so my temps are around 60-65 degrees for GPU under full load, but without LM, expect temps to be in the realms of 80-95 degrees (of course, depending on your laptop model). In conclusion, this GPU can game, but if you want to play the latest AAA games at decent framerates, an upgrade to a new computer would be good.

pastasos
Avatar level
2

Average

6 days ago.

For use in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop? it's okay I use it to play old games like Half life 2 and other source games but i will admit, it is slow asf

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