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Average Bench: 66.1% (53rd of 613)

Based on 220,758 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1C02 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. [Sep '16 GPUPro]

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Poor: 56%Average: 66.1% Great: 72%

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Above average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 33.9% 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) 198fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 194fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 15.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 174fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 152fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 220,758 samples)
Rank 5366.1%
Min Avg Max
171 Lighting 198 219
151 Reflection 174 189
158 Parallax 190 214
60.4% 187 fps
Min Avg Max
133 MRender 147 163
172 Gravity 194 210
135 Splatting 152 167
70.4% 164 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13
70.3% Very good
Lighting 212
Reflection 182
Parallax 214
66% 202 fps
MRender 148
Gravity 204
Splatting 164
74% 172 fps
PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB; VCGGTX10603XGPB-OC-BB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.64
68.8% Good
Lighting 209
Reflection 181
Parallax 192
63% 194 fps
MRender 150
Gravity 202
Splatting 164
73% 172 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.64
66.8% Good
Lighting 205
Reflection 174
Parallax 189
62% 189 fps
MRender 148
Gravity 196
Splatting 150
71% 165 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.64
66.8% Good
Lighting 199
Reflection 175
Parallax 190
60% 188 fps
MRender 149
Gravity 195
Splatting 157
72% 167 fps
Asus(1043 863B) 3GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.64
66.4% Good
Lighting 202
Reflection 178
Parallax 185
61% 188 fps
MRender 147
Gravity 194
Splatting 155
71% 165 fps
220,758 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 12 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 151 fps Fortnite: 95 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 65 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 60 fps League of Legends: 158 fps Overwatch: 97 fps Battlefield 1: 55 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 52 fps DOTA 2: 117 fps World of Warcraft: 60 fps World of Tanks: 95 fps Minecraft: 190 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,046,372 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 220,758 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 13% 67% ± 5%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
EbayUS $20028 mins
AmazonUS $21225 mins
MSI(1462 3287) 11% 67% ± 5%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $2402 months
HP(103C 82FC) 7% 63% ± 5%
Zotac(19DA 2438) 6% 65% ± 8%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
NeweggUS $1952 months
AmazonUS $22016 days
BHPhotoUS $23010 months
OutletPCUS $2598 hrs
EbayUS $26328 mins
Asus(1043 85B9) 6% 66% ± 4%
MSI(1462 8C95) 6% 67% ± 4%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
EbayUS $1654 mins
AmazonUS $27525 mins
Asus(1043 85B1) 5% 66% ± 10%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
AmazonUS $21425 mins
EbayUS $24328 mins
BHPhotoUS $2609 months
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 65% ± 5%
MSI(1462 3285) 5% 68% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
EbayUS $27028 mins
AmazonUS $27025 mins
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
EbayUS $27028 mins
AmazonUS $27025 mins
NeweggUS $27421 months
EVGA(3842 6162) 4% 68% ± 4%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
EbayUS $20028 mins
AmazonUS $21825 mins
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 4% 66% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 6160) 4% 67% ± 4%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
EbayUS $18528 mins
AmazonUS $22025 mins
OutletPCUS $2308 hrs
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 4% 65% ± 7%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
EbayUS $1624 mins
AmazonUS $2292 months
Asus(1043 863B) 3% 69% ± 3%
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 2% 68% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 2% 64% ± 21%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $27024 mins
PNY(196E 11D9) 2% 68% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 2438) 1% 65% ± 2%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 58% ± 22%
Dell(1028 11C2) 1% 64% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 69% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $2964 days
Asus(1043 200B) 1% 66% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6367) 1% 65% ± 7%
Asus(1043 85B8) 1% 66% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85B0) 1% 66% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11C2) 1% 67% ± 1%
Device(7377 0000) 1% 68% ± 2%
Asus(1043 863C) 0% 50% ± 20%
Asus(1043 85CA) 0% 56% ± 14%
MSI(1462 3286) 0% 68% ± 1%
PNY(196E 11DA) 0% 66% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85B3) 0% 69% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6167) 0% 64% ± 0%
Device(1B4C 11C2) 0% 65% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 5160) 0% 63% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3727) 0% 69% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 0% 60% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 6438) 0% 65% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3731) 0% 69% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 71% ± 0%
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 39%
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System: HP 580-023w

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $184Bench 69%, 82,312 samples1,873x
Core i7-7700Intel  $323Bench 83%, 90,953 samples23x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 91%, 98,474 samples8x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $162Bench 66%, 220,758 samples1,801x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $78Bench 106%, 126,406 samples70x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples28x
RAM
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 2,087 samples795x
4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 2x4GBMicronBench 63%, 1,353 samples448x
M378A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 2,799 samples379x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding Total price: $424

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 Comments

GPUPro
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948

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
5,200

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 days ago.

The 3gb version should not exist, but it's decent enough and runs games such as BFV on medium high setting at 60 fps.

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,174

Good

2 days ago.

CAN-User
Avatar level
2,844

Poor

6 days ago.

can over clock to the limit and won't bottle kneck. also performs better than a 570 in every aspect besides detail q. which is not very reasonable

ROU-User
Avatar level
2,455

Excellent

6 days ago.

Run all games on high or ultra 60 fps+

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,449

Poor

3 days ago.

It goes very good on some games for example tom Clancy wildlands

IND-User
Avatar level
2,392

Excellent

8 days ago.

I own this and its working epic

UKR-User
Avatar level
2,377

Excellent

20 days ago.

Спасибо товарищи

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,264

Poor

1 month ago.

its good

VNM-User
Avatar level
2,131

Poor

1 month ago.

Cus i'm using it for my pc gaming

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,012

Good

5 days ago.

good price for good money

GRC-User
Avatar level
1,899

Average

2 months ago.

very nice value for money card but there is an issue on extended hdmi cable. It can't power it, i had RX480 that is almost similar in specs and the cable was working properly, also it works properly on my 1080ti... In PUBG i experience fps Drops that is not ok cause it supposed this card should be the first that will be up to date with compatibility and etc because of its market share..

MYS-User
Avatar level
1,799

Good

1 month ago.

awesome card love nvidia much more game optimized on NVIDIA titles

BGR-User
Avatar level
1,708

Excellent

16 days ago.

Price, power, results.

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,672

Good

1 month ago.

its pretty good can run all games on medium settings

CHL-User
Avatar level
1,526

Excellent

1 month ago.

I love because i can play everything with this GPU :D

BEL-User
Avatar level
1,506

Excellent

4 days ago.

This is a awesome graphic card for game and programmation... This graphic card is made for minimal budget...

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,396

Excellent

1 month ago.

best power to cost rating of any GPU on the market

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,390

Terrible

22 days ago.

For high fps gaming, this card is great. Of course, there might be some very specific, unoptimised games for which 3GB of ram won't do very well, so if you're not sure if you play/are gonna play those games, make sure to read some more in-depth reviews about it.

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,182

Poor

7 months ago.

in most games, the 1060-3g could hit the level of 1060-6g, the best choice for getting a 1060 graphic card if you have limited budget

GPUPro
Avatar level
948

Good

2 years ago.

KWT-User
Avatar level
512

Excellent

14 months ago.

The Nvidia GTX is a great choice for budget gaming if you have extra money to spend on the GPU i would recommend the GTX 1070 since that's the sweet spot to be in to be ready for future games and such if you want a VR ready GPU the GTX 1070 is the choice to go with but with the VR's now have low latency tracking you can still play on a GTX 1060 normally like you would on the GTX 1070 although the

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

2 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Excellent

20 months ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

BHR-User
Avatar level
350

Outstanding

24 months ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

GamingEliot
Avatar level
290

Good

20 months ago.

A great mid-range GPU.

GHA-User
Avatar level
192

Excellent

2 months ago.

Good card

ViceCity
Avatar level
82

Excellent

11 months ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

blackwolf42
Avatar level
20

Good

2 years ago.

Better than the RX 570 but the smarter choice is to get the 6gb for only 30$ more

Promaxinjer
Avatar level
20

Good

9 months ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

21 months ago.

What amazing power for such a great cost! :D I'm so lit right now.

mztk25
Avatar level
12

Average

19 months ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

7 months ago.

get the 6bg card instead

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

17 months ago.

Got this GPU, can run almost all games on max graphics @60fps 1080p if not it will be fine on high. It's only issue (for its pricepoint) is the lack of video memory. Meaning anything higher than 1440p will most likely destroy it. Definitely not a bad card if building a budget 'eSports' based gaming build as it runs most fps and mobo smooth. But stuggles with high end games like ghost recon: wildlands at anything above medium settings @1080p.

rubene45
Avatar level
4

Excellent

17 months ago.

BEST GPU

chicoviana
Avatar level
4

Excellent

21 days ago.

Works great for 5:4 screen, runs pretty much anything on high.

farzher
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

2 years ago.

The #1 best value card you can buy currently. Personally using it for 144hz 1080p gaming

Ivomola
Avatar level
2

Good

21 months ago.

It will be beter if it had 4gb like the rx 4/580 "budget" version (for mirrors edge Hyper settings for example), but for the price is hugely better than the 6gb model (only 6fps on average of improve compared with the "expensive" model, if i was you, I'll think 3 times before buying)

hiwayrobery
Avatar level
2

Excellent

14 months ago.

I thought I was buying the cheapo because of the present market, I had wanted a 1070. I plugged this guy up and 60-90 fps in my favorite games (in 1080p) and was completely happy.

SilverStorm
Avatar level
2

Average

5 months ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

CPE137
Avatar level
2

Good

1 month ago.

It's an okay budget card, I've used it for 3 years

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