The LG 27GP950-B is a 27 inch 4k monitor with a fast 160Hz refresh rate. It's part of LG's UltraGear lineup of gaming monitors and is one of the first monitors on the market to support HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, making it a great choice for next-gen console gamers. It delivers an excellent gaming experience with low input lag, a fast response time, and support for both NVIDIA and FreeSync Premium Pro variable refresh rate technology. Unfortunately, it has disappointing reflection handling, and like most IPS monitors, it's not a great choice for a dark room, as it has low contrast and poor black uniformity. It also has a local dimming feature, but it doesn't do much to improve the picture quality.
Our Verdict
The LG 27GP950 is a great monitor for most uses. The large, high-resolution screen is great for office use or media creation, and it has a superb color gamut in SDR and incredible gradient handling. It's an excellent gaming monitor with low input lag and a fast response time. It's also decent for HDR, with a wide HDR color gamut and high peak brightness, but blacks look gray in dark rooms.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Low input lag.
- Great peak brightness.
- Disappointing reflection handling.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
The LG 27GP950 is a very good monitor for office use. The high-resolution screen delivers outstanding text clarity, and it has excellent gray uniformity. It has wide viewing angles, great if you often share your screen, but the stand can't swivel. Unfortunately, it has disappointing reflection handling, but it's still bright enough to overcome glare in most viewing conditions.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Good gray uniformity.
- Superb SDR color gamut.
- Great peak brightness.
- Disappointing reflection handling.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
The LG 27GP950 is an excellent gaming monitor. It has a fantastic response time at the max refresh rate and low input lag for a responsive gaming experience. It supports both FreeSync and G-SYNC variable refresh rates, ensuring a nearly tear-free gaming experience from almost any source. It also has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, making it a great choice for next-gen console gamers.
- Outstanding response time.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- HDMI 2.1 for next-gen console gaming.
- Low input lag.
- Disappointing reflection handling.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
The LG 27GP950-B is a very good monitor for watching videos. The large, high-resolution screen delivers a more immersive movie-watching experience, and the wide viewing angles are great for watching videos with a few friends. Unfortunately, it doesn't look as good in a dark room due to its low contrast ratio and poor black uniformity.
- Good gray uniformity.
- Low input lag.
- Great peak brightness.
- Disappointing reflection handling.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
The LG 27GP950 is a great monitor for media creation. The large, high-resolution screen makes it easier to see more of your workflow at once, and the wide viewing angles are great if you often share your screen. It has a superb color gamut in SDR, including good coverage of the Adobe RGB color space, and it has incredible gradient handling. Unfortunately, it has low contrast and poor black uniformity, and the stand can't swivel.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Good gray uniformity.
- Superb SDR color gamut.
- Disappointing reflection handling.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
The LG 27GP950 is decent for HDR content. It displays a wide range of colors in HDR, and it has great peak brightness, so highlights pop and colors are vivid. However, it doesn't display deep blacks in dark rooms, and it has a terrible local dimming feature that doesn't do much to improve the picture quality, so it's not a good choice for watching HDR content in dark rooms.
- Displays a wide range of colors in HDR.
- High HDR peak brightness makes highlights pop.
- Low contrast and poor black uniformity.
- Terrible local dimming feature.
Changelog
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Updated Aug 11, 2025:
We changed the Screen Finish from 'Semi-Gloss' to 'Matte' to better reflect how its coating interacts with light.
- Updated Nov 07, 2023: Added that the newer LG 27GR93U-B has better SDR Brightness.
- Updated Oct 12, 2023: Clarified that the LG 32GR93U-B has a slightly better Response Time at Max Refresh Rate.
- Updated Oct 06, 2023: Added that the ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR offers swivel adjustments and has better Ergonomics.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the LG 27GP950-B 27 inch gaming monitor, which is part of LG's UltraGear gaming lineup and is one of the only ones that supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth. There are many other monitors in LG's UltraGear lineup with various configurations, some of which you can see in the table below. As they each have different specs, this review isn't valid for any of the other models. There's also a successor to this model, known as the LG 32GQ950-B, which features a larger screen.
| Model | Size | Panel Type | Resolution | Max Refresh Rate | HDMI 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34GP950G | 34" | IPS | 3440 x 1440 | 180Hz | No |
| 34GP83A-B | 34" | IPS | 3440 x 1440 | 160Hz | No |
| 32GQ950-B | 32" | IPS | 3840 x 2160 | 160Hz | Yes |
| 32GP850-B | 32" | IPS | 2560 x 1440 | 180Hz | No |
| 27GP950-B | 27" | IPS | 3840 x 2160 | 160Hz | Yes |
| 27GP850-B | 27" | IPS | 2560 x 1440 | 180Hz | No |
If someone comes across a different type of panel or their LG 27GP950 doesn't correspond to our review, let us know and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, like gray uniformity, may vary between individual units.
Our unit was manufactured in July 2021; you can see the label here.
Popular Monitor Comparisons
The LG 27GP950-B is an impressive gaming monitor, and one of the few currently available that support HDMI 2.1, making it an especially great choice for console gamers. It doesn't stand out much for PC gamers, though, so if you're not interested in console gaming, there are better choices available.
Check out our recommendations for the best gaming monitors, the best monitors for Xbox Series X, and the best monitors for PS5/PS5 Pro.
The LG 27GP950-B and the LG 27GR95UM-B are both 4k gaming monitors in the LG UltraGear lineup, but there are a few differences. The 27GR95UM-B uses Mini LED backlighting, and even though its local dimming feature is better than on the 27GP950-B, it performs badly. One advantage of the 27GR95UM-B is that it gets much brighter, ideal for using it in a well-lit room.
The LG 27GP950-B is a higher-end monitor than the LG 27GR93U-B, so it has a few extra features, but they perform similarly otherwise. They each have a native 144Hz refresh rate, but the 27GP950-B has an overclock feature to go up to 160Hz. That said, the motion handling is similar between each. The 27GP950-B also has a local dimming feature, which the 27GR93U-B doesn't have, and it allows it to get brighter in HDR, but the local dimming feature is terrible overall. On the other hand, the 27GR93U-B gets brighter, making it the better choice for use in well-lit rooms.
The LG 27GP950-B is slightly better than the Dell S2721DGF. The LG has a higher resolution and much better text clarity, and it supports HDMI 2.1 for next-gen console gamers. The Dell, on the other hand, has much better reflection handling and much better ergonomics.
The LG 27GP950-B is slightly better than the LG 27GN950-B. The 27GP950-B has two HDMI 2.1 ports, so it's a better choice for PS5 or Xbox Series X gamers. The 27GP950-B is also a lot brighter in real scenes in HDR, and it has a much better HDR color gamut, with significantly better DCI P3 coverage.
We buy and test more than 30 monitors each year, all of which we purchase ourselves, without cherry-picked units or samples. We put a lot into each unbiased, straight-to-the-point review, and there's a whole process from purchasing to publishing, involving multiple teams and people. We do more than just use the monitor for a week; we use specialized, custom tools to measure various aspects and deliver objective, data-driven results. We also consider multiple factors before making any recommendations, including the monitor's cost, its performance compared to the competition, and whether it's easy to find.
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