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GTX 1060-3GB

Average Bench: 52% (123rd of 713)

Based on 627,793 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% Great: 56%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 48.0% 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) 63.8fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 60.2fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 8.09%. 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) 68.3fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 60.7fps

Average Bench

(Based on 627,793 samples)
Rank 12352%
Min Avg Max
58.4 Lighting 63.8 68.7
60.7 Reflection 68.3 96.2
55.5 Parallax 60.7 66.6
52% 64.3 fps
Min Avg Max
60.5 MRender 65.2 68.5
60.7 Gravity 66 70.3
55.7 Splatting 60.2 65.1
51.9% 63.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Zotac(19DA 2438)
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 560.94
55.4% Above average
Lighting 67.7
Reflection 70.6
Parallax 64.7
55% 67.7 fps
MRender 75.6
Gravity 68.1
Splatting 63.1
56% 68.9 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 537.13
53.2% Above average
Lighting 65.7
Reflection 66
Parallax 60.7
54% 64.1 fps
MRender 65.4
Gravity 66.6
Splatting 61.6
52% 64.5 fps
Zotac(19DA 2438)
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 536.23
52% Above average
Lighting 63.4
Reflection 67.3
Parallax 61.6
52% 64.1 fps
MRender 66.9
Gravity 66
Splatting 61.4
53% 64.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 560.94
51.6% Above average
Lighting 62.7
Reflection 65.8
Parallax 60.8
51% 63.1 fps
MRender 66.3
Gravity 66.8
Splatting 61.3
53% 64.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 560.70
51.2% Above average
Lighting 61.5
Reflection 83.1
Parallax 51.2
50% 65.3 fps
MRender 67.3
Gravity 67.2
Splatting 61.9
53% 65.5 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,330,574 GPUs tested

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 12% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonUS $2354 months
MSI(1462 3287) 9% 52% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $2964 years
Zotac(19DA 2438) 8% 51% ± 2%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
BHPhotoUS $2306 years
AmazonUS $40014 months
EVGA(3842 6160) 6% 51% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
AmazonUS $40013 days
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 6% 51% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B1) 5% 53% ± 2%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
BHPhotoUS $2606 years
AmazonUS $3491 month
MSI(1462 3285) 5% 54% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $1544 months
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $1544 months
HP(103C 82FC) 5% 51% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6162) 5% 53% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
EbayUS $11918 months
AmazonUS $34016 mins
MSI(1462 8C95) 5% 51% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonUS $29916 mins
EbayUS $43921 months
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 50% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 4% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B9) 3% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 2% 54% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $2702 years
Asus(1043 863B) 2% 52% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 2% 51% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonUS $4492 years
Sapphire(174B 2438) 2% 51% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 1% 51% ± 1%
Dell(1028 11C2) 1% 52% ± 1%
Asus(1043 200B) 1% 50% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85B8) 1% 52% ± 3%
PNY(196E 11D8) 1% 53% ± 3%
Asus(1043 85BB) 1% 49% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6367) 1% 57% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 52% ± 4%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $4193 years
PNY(196E 11D9) 1% 53% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85B0) 1% 54% ± 3%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 51% ± 3%
Device(7377 0000) 1% 51% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3742) 0% 52% ± 1%
Asus(1043 863C) 0% 52% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6365) 0% 54% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6167) 0% 55% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 2437) 0% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 49% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6168) 0% 57% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11C2) 0% 51% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 5160) 0% 53% ± 0%
Dell(1028 3492) 0% 51% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3727) 0% 51% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 2440) 0% 52% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 6438) 0% 54% ± 0%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 45%
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System: Dell Inspiron 5680

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $160Bench 87%, 349,567 samples1,284x
Core i5-8400Intel  $73Bench 82%, 312,220 samples689x
Core i3-8100Intel  $148Bench 71%, 81,392 samples179x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples875x
SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples207x
CV8-8E128-11 SATA 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 5,529 samples111x
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,335 samples92x
RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples199x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples123x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 715 samples73x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $279

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,641

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
9,984

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

20 days ago.

DEU-User
Avatar level
5,827

Good

2 months ago.

I have , it perfectly for moderns games

TUR-User
Avatar level
5,596

Poor

25 days ago.

i can play most of the games at full settings with it in +60 fps:)

CAN-User
Avatar level
5,040

Excellent

1 month ago.

looks cool contine your best ones

IND-User
Avatar level
4,884

Good

9 days ago.

I own this and its working epic

POL-User
Avatar level
4,628

Good

1 month ago.

This card is still very good it can run Call of Duty modern warfare 2019 reaching over 60 fps , it does about 40 fps in the newest Call of Duty modern warfare II it even can run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 which is a bit laggy but by overclocking it i got 60fps. Also in my country Poland u can buy this card for like 65 US dollars which is not bad for a card that runs the newest titles.

MEX-User
Avatar level
3,768

Good

12 months ago.

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

COL-User
Avatar level
3,010

Good

19 months 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
2,808

Good

3 months ago.

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

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,769

Good

15 months ago.

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,572

Poor

10 months ago.

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

CHN-User
Avatar level
2,088

Good

14 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

EST-User
Avatar level
1,642

Excellent

18 months ago.

my Palit JetStream Super GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB can be oc to 2135 core clock and 4335 for memory clock msi afterburner profile - core clock +152 memory clock +309

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,641

Good

8 years ago.

BHR-User
Avatar level
694

Outstanding

7 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

7 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

ColdSpy
Avatar level
330

Good

4 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
314

Terrible

5 years ago.

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

ViceCity
Avatar level
118

Excellent

6 years ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

FpsMakerProI9
Avatar level
26

Terrible

3 years ago.

hate

HendoThaNeezy
Avatar level
22

Excellent

5 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

7 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

6 years ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

7 years ago.

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

mztk25
Avatar level
14

Average

6 years ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144
Avatar level
14

Excellent

5 years ago.

I have it

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

5 years ago.

get the 6bg card instead

SilverStorm
Avatar level
6

Average

5 years ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

5 years ago.

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

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

6 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

6 years ago.

BEST GPU

hyeprofile
Avatar level
4

Excellent

8 months ago.

Me and my son have this in our i7 PCs and we can run COD, Fortnite, Counter-Strike, and any other game we want at 45fps+. Solid dependable and cheap GPUs!

farzher
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

7 years ago.

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

hiwayrobery
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 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

5 years ago.

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

TattlingElk
Avatar level
2

Average

4 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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