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GTX 1060-3GB

▲ GTX 1060-3GB
BENCHMARKS (432,224)
MKT (1.6%)
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BUY • $210

WatchGameplay Avg: 91 EFps CSGO: 174 EFps

Average Bench: 53.8% (67^th of 643)

Based on 432,224 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]}

Poor: 49%Average: 53.8% Great: 57%

Popular builds with this GPU

Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 46.2% 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) 199fps

Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 195fps

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 8.18%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 174fps

Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 190fps

Average Bench

(Based on 432,224 samples)

Rank 6753.8%

Min	Avg	Max
174	Lighting 199	219
154	Reflection 174	187
166	Parallax 190	215
52.3% 187 fps

Min	Avg	Max
134	MRender 147	155
177	Gravity 195	208
139	Splatting 153	167
54.1% 165 fps

User Benchmarks

Bench

3D DX9

3D DX10

3D DX11

The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 10 mins ago.GTX 1060-3GB

HP(103C 82FC) 3GB

CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.38

55.6% Above average

Lighting 216

Reflection 176

Parallax 197

57% 196 fps

MRender 153

Gravity 201

Splatting 159

56% 171 fps

MYS-User, 7 mins ago.GTX 1060-3GB

Gigabyte(1458 3724)

CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 445.75

54.8% Above average

Lighting 202

Reflection 175

Parallax 186

53% 188 fps

MRender 147

Gravity 200

Splatting 130

55% 159 fps

USA-User, 6 mins ago.GTX 1060-3GB

EVGA(3842 6160)

CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 451.48

52.3% Above average

Lighting 197

Reflection 170

Parallax 181

52% 182 fps

MRender 143

Gravity 190

Splatting 145

53% 159 fps

FRA-User, 9 mins ago.GTX 1060-3GB

Asus(1043 200B) 3GB

CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.38

50.1% Above average

Lighting 194

Reflection 167

Parallax 175

51% 179 fps

MRender 138

Gravity 181

Splatting 146

50% 155 fps

SRB-User, 12 mins ago.GTX 1060-3GB

Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB

CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.38

36% Below average

Lighting 190

Reflection 13.2

Parallax 113

50% 105 fps

MRender 138

Gravity 115

Splatting 146

36% 133 fps

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,092,747 GPUs tested.

Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 432,224 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id

Samples

Bench ± SD

Model / Price (Approx. $220 @ launch in Aug '16)

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Gigabyte(1458 3724)

13%

54% ± 2%

Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC

GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD

$2604 months

MSI(1462 3287)

12%

54% ± 2%

MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1

GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1

$2965 months

HP(103C 82FC)

52% ± 2%

Zotac(19DA 2438)

54% ± 3%

Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini

ZT-P10610A-10L

		$2107 months
		$2302 years
		$2491 month

Asus(1043 85B1)

55% ± 2%

Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC

DUAL-GTX1060-O3G

		$2602 years
		$3401 month

Asus(1043 85ED)

52% ± 2%

MSI(1462 8C95)

54% ± 2%

MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC

GTX 1060 3GT OC

$2111 month

Nvidia(10DE 11C2)

54% ± 2%

EVGA(3842 6162)

55% ± 2%

EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming

03G-P4-6162-KR

		$28022 mins
		$29913 mins

Asus(1043 85B9)

54% ± 3%

Gigabyte(1458 3722)

53% ± 2%

Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC

GV-N1060IXOC-3GD

		$29913 mins
		$42422 mins

Nvidia(10DE 1C02)

53% ± 2%

MSI(1462 3285)

54% ± 2%

MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X

GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G

$2904 months

MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X

GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G

$2904 months

EVGA(3842 6160)

53% ± 3%

EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming

03G-P4-6160-KR

		$2107 months
		$32022 mins
		$3824 months

Asus(1043 863B)

54% ± 1%

Gigabyte(1458 373A)

56% ± 2%

Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2

GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2

$24813 mins

Zotac(19DA 4438)

52% ± 3%

Gigabyte(1458 3721)

56% ± 1%

Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming

GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD

$41913 mins

Device(0000 0000)

55% ± 2%

Asus(1043 200B)

52% ± 2%

PNY(196E 11D9)

54% ± 1%

MSI(1462 3286)

53% ± 1%

PNY(196E 11C2)

55% ± 1%

Sapphire(174B 2438)

51% ± 1%

Dell(1028 11C2)

54% ± 2%

Asus(1043 85BB)

50% ± 1%

Asus(1043 85B8)

53% ± 0%

HP(103C 6900)

53% ± 1%

Device(7377 0000)

55% ± 3%

Asus(1043 85CA)

52% ± 1%

Sapphire(174B 6438)

51% ± 4%

Asus(1043 863C)

52% ± 0%

Asus(1043 85B3)

53% ± 0%

EVGA(3842 6168)

57% ± 0%

EVGA(3842 6367)

56% ± 0%

EVGA(3842 6167)

57% ± 0%

Device(7377 2001)

54% ± 0%

Device(107D 2770)

55% ± 0%

Gigabyte(1458 3727)

54% ± 0%

PNY(196E 119F)

55% ± 0%

PNY(196E 11D8)

53% ± 0%

Asus(1043 85BC)

55% ± 0%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $139Bench 78%, 457,932 samples	7,955x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $175Bench 84%, 485,030 samples	5,947x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $170Bench 80%, 207,776 samples	2,557x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $210Bench 54%, 432,224 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 62%, 203,355 samples	1,734x
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 61%, 104,294 samples	889x
A400 480GBKingston $47Bench 77%, 73,851 samples	847x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples	1,858x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 388,993 samples	1,635x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $59Bench 86%, 164,493 samples	1,074x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $515

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USA-User

Poor

1 month ago.

does not preform well on newer games

BEL-User

level
1,854

Good

2 months ago.

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

LTU-User

level
1,710

Poor

2 months ago.

best power to cost rating of any GPU on the market

GPUPro

level
1,506

Good

4 years ago.

CHN-User

level
1,500

Good

12 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

GamingEliot

level
500

Good

2 years ago.

A great mid-range GPU.

BHR-User

level
456

Outstanding

3 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

colorgram

level
450

Terrible

3 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

gvrax

level
372

Excellent

2 years ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

Viper207

level
362

Terrible

2 months ago.

very bad vram size this gpu in some games slower than 1050 ti and 1650

ColdSpy

level
330

Good

10 months ago.

Awesome GPU for users who wants decent 1080p 60fps gaming but were so budget constrained that even spending little more penny put them off their budget or aren't willing to replace their 450W or lower PSU with higher wattage one or more quality one. 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM may leads to bottleneck if the game wants or uses more than 3GB of VRAM.

RavenBailiff

level
304

Terrible

15 months ago.

Congratulations, sir! You have just given me my one-trillionth dollar!

ViceCity

level
102

Excellent

2 years ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

HendoThaNeezy

level
22

Excellent

12 months ago.

Great 1080p budget card, I like it over the RX 580 given it uses literally half the wattage even though they're both rated 120w.

blackwolf42

level
20

Good

3 years ago.

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

Promaxinjer

level
20

Good

2 years ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33

level
16

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

mztk25

level
12

Average

2 years ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144

level
10

Excellent

13 months ago.

I have it

Eric350z

level
6

Average

23 months ago.

get the 6bg card instead

chicoviana

level
6

Excellent

16 months ago.

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

Vulcan

level
4

Good

2 years 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

level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

BEST GPU

farzher

level
2

Outstanding

3 years ago.

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

Ivomola

level
2

Good

3 years 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

level
2

Excellent

2 years 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

level
2

Average

21 months ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

CPE137

level
2

Good

17 months ago.

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

TattlingElk

level
2

Average

4 months ago.

It's fine for most of your gaming needs and it is even alright when it comes to some light VR games like Beatsaber.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $290	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $468	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $44

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

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GTX 1060-3GB

Average Bench: 53.8% (67th of 643)

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