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GTX 1060-3GB

Average Bench: 52.9% (99th of 681)

Based on 589,949 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: 48%Average: 52.9% Great: 56%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 47.1% 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) 64.5fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 66.7fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 7.63%. 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) 69.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 61.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 589,949 samples)
Rank 9952.9%
Min Avg Max
58.8 Lighting 64.5 69.2
60.9 Reflection 69.5 98.7
55 Parallax 61.6 68.8
52.1% 65.2 fps
Min Avg Max
61.5 MRender 66.2 70
61.6 Gravity 66.7 70.7
55.9 Splatting 60.2 65.5
53.7% 64.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 512.95
55.4% Above average
Lighting 66.8
Reflection 71
Parallax 65.1
54% 67.6 fps
MRender 68.9
Gravity 71
Splatting 65.6
57% 68.5 fps
Zotac(19DA 2437) 3GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 516.59
55.3% Above average
Lighting 66.4
Reflection 108
Parallax 66.9
54% 80.3 fps
MRender 71.9
Gravity 70.7
Splatting 65.8
57% 69.5 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 471.41
54.9% Above average
Lighting 67.4
Reflection 102
Parallax 63.3
54% 77.7 fps
MRender 68.2
Gravity 68.6
Splatting 62.9
55% 66.6 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 512.15
53.9% Above average
Lighting 65.9
Reflection 67.5
Parallax 62.5
53% 65.3 fps
MRender 67
Gravity 67.7
Splatting 62.2
54% 65.6 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,409,837 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 589,949 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 13% 53% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonUS $26018 months
MSI(1462 3287) 9% 53% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $2962 years
HP(103C 82FC) 8% 52% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 2438) 7% 53% ± 3%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
BHPhotoUS $2303 years
AmazonUS $40010 months
Asus(1043 85B9) 6% 53% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B1) 6% 53% ± 2%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
BHPhotoUS $2603 years
AmazonUS $5006 months
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 52% ± 3%
MSI(1462 3285) 5% 54% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $2902 years
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $2902 years
MSI(1462 8C95) 5% 52% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonUS $5251 month
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 5% 52% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6162) 4% 54% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
EbayUS $2681 month
AmazonUS $4502 days
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 4% 52% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6160) 3% 52% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
AmazonUS $44810 months
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 3% 53% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonUS $4497 months
Asus(1043 863B) 2% 53% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 2% 54% ± 3%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $27018 days
Dell(1028 11C2) 1% 53% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B0) 1% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 55% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $41919 months
Asus(1043 85BC) 1% 53% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 6367) 1% 57% ± 0%
Asus(1043 200B) 1% 51% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3727) 1% 51% ± 3%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 1% 50% ± 1%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 55% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 2438) 0% 52% ± 1%
PNY(196E 11D9) 0% 53% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85BB) 0% 51% ± 1%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 50% ± 3%
Asus(1043 85B8) 0% 56% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6167) 0% 58% ± 4%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 51% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11C2) 0% 52% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 2437) 0% 52% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3286) 0% 55% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 6438) 0% 52% ± 1%
Asus(1043 863C) 0% 53% ± 0%
HP(103C 6900) 0% 53% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3742) 0% 53% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 9438) 0% 53% ± 0%
Dell(1028 3492) 0% 55% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CA) 0% 47% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 2440) 0% 51% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85BD) 0% 53% ± 0%
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Gaming 46%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $185Bench 75%, 803,461 samples20,096x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $156Bench 82%, 1,192,841 samples14,761x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $260Bench 78%, 350,428 samples6,393x
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GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $230Bench 53%, 589,949 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 392,925 samples4,310x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 76%, 209,348 samples2,217x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 770,272 samples1,910x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 606,492 samples5,186x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 80%, 558,010 samples3,690x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $58Bench 83%, 284,518 samples2,560x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $580

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,574

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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8,768

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

IND-User
Avatar level
4,150

Poor

1 month ago.

I own this and its working epic

MEX-User
Avatar level
3,424

Excellent

9 months ago.

I have one since 2016 and i can play a lot of games

CZE-User
Avatar level
3,008

Good

1 month ago.

Im using it 3 years, and its so good even on new games

KOR-User
Avatar level
2,874

Good

2 month ago.

My First Graphics Card, and it's still running as my main card for over 5 years. still runs csgo at 120~150 fps, GTA5 at more than 60 fps, And it runs games that needs high specs such as Battlefield V, BeamNG.Drive no problem at all.

COL-User
Avatar level
2,712

Poor

10 days ago.

La mejor grafica que he tenido hasta el momento, superior en rendimiento a la Rx 470/ Rx 570/ Rx 5500. Bastante superior a la hora de hacer stream, editar etc.

SWE-User
Avatar level
2,482

Good

1 month ago.

The GTX 1060 3GB is a great card that served me for years

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,439

Good

2 months ago.

FIN-User
Avatar level
2,278

Good

7 days ago.

I think it's average for most popular games such as minecraft, fortnite etc...

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,274

Poor

4 months ago.

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

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,814

Excellent

3 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
1,574

Good

5 years ago.

BHR-User
Avatar level
590

Outstanding

5 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

Viper207
Avatar level
470

Terrible

23 months ago.

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

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

5 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Excellent

4 years ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

ColdSpy
Avatar level
332

Good

2 years 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
Avatar level
318

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

ViceCity
Avatar level
118

Excellent

4 years ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

Dariex
Avatar level
112

Poor

2 months ago.

Mom can I get a gtx 1060? No, we already have a gtx 1060 at home. Gtx 1060 at home:

FpsMakerProI9
Avatar level
26

Terrible

20 months ago.

hate

HendoThaNeezy
Avatar level
22

Excellent

2 years 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
Avatar level
20

Good

5 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

3 years ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

4 years ago.

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

mztk25
Avatar level
14

Average

4 years ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144
Avatar level
14

Excellent

2 years ago.

I have it

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

3 years ago.

get the 6bg card instead

SilverStorm
Avatar level
6

Average

3 years ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

4 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
Avatar level
4

Excellent

4 years ago.

BEST GPU

farzher
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

5 years ago.

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

Ivomola
Avatar level
2

Good

4 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
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 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.

CPE137
Avatar level
2

Good

3 years ago.

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

TattlingElk
Avatar level
2

Average

2 years 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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