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GeForce 8400 GS

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 0.59% (556th of 635)

more Based on 15,904 user benchmarks.  Devices: 10DE 06E4, 10DE 0422, 10DE 0427, 10DE 0404, 10DE 10C3 Models: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Poor: 0%Average: 0.59% Great: 1%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS averaged 99.4% 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) 2.16fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 1.54fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS is just 0.5%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 3.71fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 0.94fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,904 samples)
Rank 5560.59%
Min Avg Max
1.4 Lighting 2.16 3.5
2.3 Reflection 3.71 6.1
0.4 Parallax 0.94 1.5
0.57% 2.27 fps
Min Avg Max
1.9 MRender 3.61 5.5
0.81 Gravity 1.54 2.5
1.3 Splatting 2.26 3.99
0.57% 2.47 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
PNY(196E 0878) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 310.90
1.01% Terrible
Lighting 3.5
Reflection 6.1
Parallax 1.5
1% 3.7 fps
MRender 7
Gravity 2.4
Splatting 4
1% 4.47 fps
PNY(196E 0878) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
0.93% Terrible
Lighting 3.5
Reflection 6
Parallax 1.5
1% 3.67 fps
MRender 6
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 4.1
1% 4.13 fps
EVGA(3842 1302) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
0.86% Terrible
Lighting 3.5
Reflection 5.9
Parallax 1.6
1% 3.67 fps
MRender 4.9
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 3.9
1% 3.7 fps
Nvidia(10DE 0867) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.95
0.84% Terrible
Lighting 3.6
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 1.6
1% 3.57 fps
MRender 4.7
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 3.5
1% 3.5 fps
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
0.58% Terrible
Lighting 2
Reflection 3.4
Parallax 0.7
0% 2.03 fps
MRender 4.2
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 2.1
1% 2.53 fps
PNY(196E 080A) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.95
0.51% Terrible
Lighting 0.7
Reflection 3.2
Parallax 0.8
0% 1.57 fps
MRender 3.7
Gravity 1.2
Splatting 1.9
0% 2.27 fps
XFX(1682 229B) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
0.5% Terrible
Lighting 1.8
Reflection 3.2
Parallax 1
0% 2 fps
MRender 3
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 1.7
0% 2 fps
XFX(1682 229B) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
0.5% Terrible
Lighting 1.8
Reflection 3.3
Parallax 0.8
0% 1.97 fps
MRender 3
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 0.1
0% 1.47 fps
Zotac(19DA 5044) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
0.5% Terrible
Lighting 1.7
Reflection 3.2
Parallax 1
0% 1.97 fps
MRender 3
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 1.7
0% 2 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,915,165 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 15,904 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Device(0000 0000) 16% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1302) 15% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8321) 4% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1163) 3% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2295) 3% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1303) 3% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1300) 2% 1% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 34CD) 2% 0% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 349C) 2% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 82B2) 2% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2060) 2% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83CC) 2% 1% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 34ED) 2% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 5044) 2% 0% ± 0%
XFX(1682 229B) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8266) 1% 0% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 080A) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8378) 1% 1% ± 0%
PNY(196E 0878) 1% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 233A) 1% 1% ± 0%
PNY(196E 080A) 1% 1% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 1% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 235C) 1% 0% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 1401) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1162) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 8A98) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 05CC) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2400) 1% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1301) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0472) 1% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 C725) 1% 0% ± 0%
Asus(1043 050A) 1% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 3158) 1% 1% ± 0%
BFG(19F1 0A94) 1% 1% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 853D) 1% 1% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 8050) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 82BC) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2061) 1% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 C738) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2298) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0498) 1% 1% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 853C) 0% 0% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8322) 0% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 3001) 0% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1223) 0% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0867) 0% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1182) 0% 0% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8278) 0% 1% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3509) 0% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 0740) 0% 1% ± 0%
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $190Bench 64%, 146,655 samples2,749x
Core i7-2600Intel  $306Bench 59%, 87,664 samples2,737x
Core i5-2400Intel  $87Bench 55%, 85,508 samples1,925x
GPU
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 15,904 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples1,200x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 62%, 115,170 samples869x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 70,869 samples857x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 275,905 samples2,340x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 119,827 samples1,594x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 94,810 samples758x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $275

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Excellent

23 days ago.

Because Assassins Creed II is to heavy for it

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Terrible

6 days ago.

Terrible performance, intel hd is more fast

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