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+77%
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Best Bench: 35% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB
Worst Bench: 29% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB
Poor: 29% Great: 35%
SPEED RANK: 169th / 713
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Best Bench: 60% Gigabyte(1458 371D)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 3490) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 51% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 119th / 713
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		31.6 % 56.1 % Much faster effective speed.
+77%
Average Score 
+72%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		36.5 fps 69.6 fps Hugely better lighting effects.
+91%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		37.2 fps 76.8 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+106%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		48.6 fps 65.8 fps Much faster multi rendering.
+35%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		45.4 fps 70 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+54%
Overclocked Score 
+68%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		40.9 fps 75.4 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+84%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		53.2 fps 109 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+105%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		51.4 fps 70.1 fps Much faster peak multi rendering.
+36%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		50.8 fps 74.9 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+47%
Game FPS 
+38%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		114 Fps 160 Fps Much Better CSGO Fps.
+40%
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		38 Fps 62 Fps Much Better GTAV Fps.
+62%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		140 Fps 178 Fps Better LoL Fps.
+27%
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		80 Fps 101 Fps Better Overwatch Fps.
+26%
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		98 Fps 131 Fps Much Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+33%
Value & Sentiment 
+612%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.11 % 2.17 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,873%
Value
Value For Money 		20.8 % 114 % Hugely better value.
+448%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		55 % 88 % Much more popular.
+60%
Price
Price (score) 		$360 $117 Much cheaper.
+68%
Nice To Haves 
+51%
Age
Newest 		152 Months 100 Months Much more recent.
+34%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		53.6 fps 73.3 fps Much better peak texture detail.
+37%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		41.1 fps 70.6 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+72%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		48.8 fps 66.9 fps Much better texture detail.
+37%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		37.6 fps 65.7 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+75%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 31.6%
Average Bench 56.1%

The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. [Jul '16 GPUPro]

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