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GeForce GTX 980M

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 39.5% (151st of 715)

Based on 10,379 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1617 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 28%Average: 39.5% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M averaged 60.5% 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) 47.7fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 45.6fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M is just 14.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 57.4fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 49fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,379 samples)
Rank 15139.5%
Min Avg Max
30.2 Lighting 47.7 52.4
49.9 Reflection 57.4 71
40.9 Parallax 49 54.9
38.9% 51.4 fps
Min Avg Max
36.9 MRender 54.7 57.7
37.6 Gravity 50.6 53.9
41.6 Splatting 45.6 47.4
40.7% 50.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 1140) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1186 MHz, MLim: 1277 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.05
41.8% Average
Lighting 50.6
Reflection 83.1
Parallax 51.6
41% 61.8 fps
MRender 57.4
Gravity 52.7
Splatting 48.5
43% 52.9 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 552.44
41.3% Average
Lighting 50.3
Reflection 57.8
Parallax 50.3
41% 52.8 fps
MRender 56.6
Gravity 52.5
Splatting 46.9
42% 52 fps
Asus(1043 1CED) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 556.12
40.8% Average
Lighting 49.7
Reflection 56.7
Parallax 49.2
40% 51.9 fps
MRender 55.4
Gravity 52
Splatting 46.2
41% 51.2 fps
MSI(1462 1157) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 556.12
39.2% Below average
Lighting 46.8
Reflection 57.2
Parallax 49.6
38% 51.2 fps
MRender 55.6
Gravity 52.7
Splatting 45.3
41% 51.2 fps
Clevo(1558 6543) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5123
38.7% Below average
Lighting 46.1
Reflection 60.9
Parallax 40.1
38% 49 fps
MRender 55.4
Gravity 51.5
Splatting 45.5
41% 50.8 fps
Asus(1043 1CED) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 555.85
38.5% Below average
Lighting 45.7
Reflection 79
Parallax 49.1
37% 57.9 fps
MRender 55.4
Gravity 51.1
Splatting 45.7
41% 50.7 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 555.99
38% Below average
Lighting 46.5
Reflection 52.1
Parallax 45.1
38% 47.9 fps
MRender 50.9
Gravity 48.4
Splatting 42.6
38% 47.3 fps
Asus(1043 108E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 556.12
37.4% Below average
Lighting 44.1
Reflection 66.8
Parallax 39.4
36% 50.1 fps
MRender 53.5
Gravity 50
Splatting 45.4
40% 49.6 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Asus(1043 1CED) 30% 40% ± 2%
Asus(1043 22DA) 22% 40% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1157) 21% 39% ± 4%
Asus(1043 108E) 7% 38% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 6782) 3% 41% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1140) 3% 39% ± 5%
Legend(17AA 3803) 3% 35% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 7703) 2% 40% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7503) 2% 41% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 6543) 1% 39% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 0871) 1% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 15CD) 1% 41% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 40% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6542) 1% 38% ± 6%
Dell(1028 05AA) 1% 39% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6783) 1% 42% ± 0%
Acer(1025 108B) 0% 38% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7701) 0% 41% ± 1%
HP(103C 176B) 0% 41% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7501) 0% 42% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7102) 0% 41% ± 0%
HP(103C 176C) 0% 40% ± 0%
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation 26%
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System: Asus G752VY

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples311x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples73x
GPU
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples382x
SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples93x
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples36x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples35x
RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples52x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples41x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $31

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