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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 11.6% (276th of 714)

Based on 233 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 699F Model: Radeon RX 540
Poor: 8%Average: 11.6% Great: 13%

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Terrible average bench

The AMD Radeon RX 540 averaged 88.3% 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) 13.1fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 19.1fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon RX 540 is just 4.67%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon RX 540 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 23.1fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 18.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 233 samples)
Rank 27611.6%
Min Avg Max
8.81 Lighting 13.1 15.3
18.4 Reflection 23.1 27.3
14.8 Parallax 18.1 20.8
10.7% 18.1 fps
Min Avg Max
10.1 MRender 15.6 23.3
9.48 Gravity 13.5 14.9
13.3 Splatting 19.1 24
13.4% 16.1 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Intel(8086 2075) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.50.08
11.5% Very poor
Lighting 13.5
Reflection 19.2
Parallax 19.1
11% 17.3 fps
MRender 12.7
Gravity 14.6
Splatting 17.1
12% 14.8 fps
Intel(8086 2075) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 13.4
Reflection 19.4
Parallax 16
11% 16.3 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 11.7
Splatting 17.1
11% 13.5 fps
Intel(8086 2075) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12
10.9% Very poor
Lighting 12.7
Reflection 21.7
Parallax 18.7
10% 17.7 fps
MRender 13.3
Gravity 13.3
Splatting 16.7
12% 14.4 fps
HP(103C 83B4) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 27.20.21026.6002
10.5% Very poor
Lighting 10.6
Reflection 22.3
Parallax 16.5
9% 16.5 fps
MRender 20.7
Gravity 12.8
Splatting 18.5
14% 17.3 fps
Intel(8086 2075) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12
10.4% Very poor
Lighting 12.1
Reflection 21
Parallax 18.1
10% 17.1 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 13.2
Splatting 15
12% 13.9 fps
HP(103C 83B4) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12016.3004
7.91% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 19.3
Parallax 11.8
6% 12.9 fps
MRender 7.8
Gravity 13.6
Splatting 17.3
11% 12.9 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Intel(8086 2075) 68% 12% ± 1%
HP(103C 83B4) 30% 11% ± 2%
HP(103C 83D2) 1% 11% ± 0%
HP(103C 8416) 0% 12% ± 0%
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC8CYB

CPU
Core i3-8121UIntelBench 54%, 242 samples48x
GPU
Radeon RX 540AMDBench 12%, 233 samples40x
SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial  $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples2x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples2x
TM8PS7001T 1TBTeamBench 75%, 2,755 samples2x
RAM
F6E304HB-MGCj 2x4GBSamsungBench 76%, 152 samples30x
F8E304HB-MGCj 2x2GBSamsungBench 67%, 48 samples16x
2x4GBMicronBench 68%, 3,234 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 18% - Very poor Total price: $160

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