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GTX 1060-3GB

Average Bench: 52.7% (86th of 665)

Based on 506,666 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: 52.7% Great: 57%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 47.2% 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) 64.4fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 66.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 7.73%. 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) 69.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 61.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 506,666 samples)
Rank 8652.7%
Min Avg Max
58.8 Lighting 64.4 69.9
61.7 Reflection 69.9 98.8
54 Parallax 61.3 67.3
52% 65.2 fps
Min Avg Max
61.2 MRender 65.8 68.6
61.5 Gravity 66.5 71
51.9 Splatting 59.1 65.6
53.6% 63.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 471.41
54.1% Above average
Lighting 65.5
Reflection 67.9
Parallax 64.5
53% 66 fps
MRender 67.5
Gravity 68.9
Splatting 64.2
55% 66.9 fps
Zotac(19DA 2438)
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.77
53.1% Above average
Lighting 64.7
Reflection 67.2
Parallax 62.2
52% 64.7 fps
MRender 67.4
Gravity 66.8
Splatting 61.6
54% 65.3 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 460.89
52.7% Above average
Lighting 64.1
Reflection 66.3
Parallax 61.1
52% 63.8 fps
MRender 66.2
Gravity 66.7
Splatting 61.6
54% 64.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 373A)
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.77
51.8% Above average
Lighting 62.9
Reflection 62.4
Parallax 57.2
51% 60.8 fps
MRender 61.2
Gravity 66.4
Splatting 60.2
53% 62.6 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 44,840,054 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 506,666 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 13% 52% ± 3%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonUS $2607 months
MSI(1462 3287) 10% 53% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $29615 months
Zotac(19DA 2438) 8% 52% ± 1%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
BHPhotoUS $2303 years
AmazonUS $3206 months
HP(103C 82FC) 6% 51% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6162) 6% 54% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
AmazonUS $4805 days
EbayUS $5057 mins
Asus(1043 85B9) 5% 53% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 51% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B1) 5% 54% ± 2%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
BHPhotoUS $2602 years
AmazonUS $5005 months
MSI(1462 8C95) 5% 52% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonUS $3905 months
MSI(1462 3285) 4% 55% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $29015 months
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $29015 months
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 4% 52% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 3% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonUS $44930 days
EVGA(3842 6160) 3% 52% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
AmazonUS $4001 month
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 3% 54% ± 4%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $3308 months
Dell(1028 11C2) 3% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 863B) 1% 53% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 2438) 1% 50% ± 1%
Asus(1043 200B) 1% 51% ± 1%
PNY(196E 11D9) 1% 53% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 56% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $4198 months
EVGA(3842 6367) 1% 59% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 1% 51% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6167) 1% 57% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B3) 0% 55% ± 2%
PNY(196E 11C2) 0% 53% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3286) 0% 52% ± 2%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 53% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85BC) 0% 55% ± 2%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 51% ± 3%
Asus(1043 863C) 0% 53% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6168) 0% 55% ± 1%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 55% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3727) 0% 52% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6165) 0% 54% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85BB) 0% 52% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3737) 0% 50% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 0% 51% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3742) 0% 55% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 9438) 0% 52% ± 0%
Device(7377 2001) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CA) 0% 52% ± 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 - $62

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $173Bench 76%, 638,797 samples15,826x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 955,105 samples11,573x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $200Bench 79%, 313,810 samples5,084x
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GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $230Bench 53%, 506,666 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 325,966 samples3,459x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 74%, 165,237 samples1,739x
A400 120GBKingston  $31Bench 59%, 152,789 samples1,563x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 437,643 samples4,077x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 83%, 500,937 samples2,961x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $80Bench 86%, 219,821 samples2,078x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $575

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,545

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
7,994

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

BETTER FPS AND ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE

GBR-User
Avatar level
4,912

Excellent

6 days ago.

This card has served me very well for many years, for such a small card it manages to do really well. The 3gb of onboard VRAM is borderline on inadequite these days with many games using atleast 4gb or more such as the popular Call of Duty: Warzone.

IND-User
Avatar level
3,792

Excellent

2 month ago.

I own this and its working epic

MEX-User
Avatar level
3,246

Poor

13 days ago.

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

UKR-User
Avatar level
3,203

Good

16 days ago.

Спасибо товарищи

VNM-User
Avatar level
3,069

Excellent

6 days ago.

Cus i'm using it for my pc gaming

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,794

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

KOR-User
Avatar level
2,676

Excellent

10 days 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.

SWE-User
Avatar level
2,338

Good

17 days ago.

4GB would be great but it really delivers in 1080p and 1050Ti 4GB has only 66% of the performance of this card.

CHL-User
Avatar level
2,314

Good

26 days ago.

It runs games at 1080p even today, have it since 2016, nice!

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,285

Excellent

26 days ago.

ZAF-User
Avatar level
2,278

Excellent

18 days ago.

does not preform well on newer games

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,120

Terrible

4 months ago.

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

FIN-User
Avatar level
2,108

Terrible

2 months ago.

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

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,674

Good

5 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
1,545

Good

4 years ago.

BHR-User
Avatar level
540

Outstanding

4 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

4 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

Viper207
Avatar level
446

Terrible

12 months ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Excellent

3 years ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

ColdSpy
Avatar level
332

Good

21 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
Avatar level
314

Terrible

2 years ago.

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

ViceCity
Avatar level
102

Excellent

3 years ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

FpsMakerProI9
Avatar level
26

Terrible

9 months ago.

hate

HendoThaNeezy
Avatar level
22

Excellent

23 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
Avatar level
20

Good

4 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

3 years ago.

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

mztk25
Avatar level
14

Average

3 years ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144
Avatar level
14

Excellent

23 months ago.

I have it

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

2 years ago.

get the 6bg card instead

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

3 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

3 years ago.

BEST GPU

SilverStorm
Avatar level
4

Average

2 years ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

farzher
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

4 years ago.

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

Ivomola
Avatar 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
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 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

2 years ago.

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

TattlingElk
Avatar level
2

Average

15 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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