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Average Bench: 65.7% (59th of 620)

Based on 249,193 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: 55%Average: 65.7% Great: 72%

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Above average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 34.2% 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) 197fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 193fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 16.3%. 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) 173fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 150fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 249,193 samples)
Rank 5965.7%
Min Avg Max
144 Lighting 197 219
142 Reflection 173 189
148 Parallax 189 214
60% 186 fps
Min Avg Max
135 MRender 146 155
176 Gravity 193 209
121 Splatting 150 168
69.9% 163 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 3721)
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.86
71.4% Very good
Lighting 222
Reflection 185
Parallax 202
66% 203 fps
MRender 152
Gravity 211
Splatting 161
75% 175 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.18
67% Good
Lighting 210
Reflection 177
Parallax 190
63% 192 fps
MRender 146
Gravity 196
Splatting 148
70% 163 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.39
66.1% Good
Lighting 200
Reflection 173
Parallax 191
61% 188 fps
MRender 144
Gravity 195
Splatting 151
70% 163 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.36
65% Good
Lighting 189
Reflection 176
Parallax 185
58% 183 fps
MRender 147
Gravity 191
Splatting 154
70% 164 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.34
61.4% Good
Lighting 183
Reflection 158
Parallax 169
55% 170 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 183
Splatting 147
66% 155 fps
249,193 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

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

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 150 fps Fortnite: 98 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 65 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 60 fps League of Legends: 148 fps Overwatch: 98 fps Battlefield 1: 55 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 51 fps DOTA 2: 117 fps World of Warcraft: 60 fps World of Tanks: 95 fps Minecraft: 188 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,449,159 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 249,193 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 12% 66% ± 4%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonUS $2498 mins
EbayUS $28912 mins
MSI(1462 3287) 9% 67% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $2404 months
Zotac(19DA 2438) 7% 65% ± 8%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
EbayUS $17012 mins
BHPhotoUS $23012 months
AmazonUS $23929 days
OutletPCUS $25719 hrs
Asus(1043 85B9) 7% 66% ± 7%
HP(103C 82FC) 6% 63% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 6162) 5% 69% ± 3%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
EbayUS $18012 mins
AmazonUS $2258 mins
EVGA(3842 6160) 5% 64% ± 9%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
AmazonUS $2228 mins
OutletPCUS $23919 hrs
EbayUS $24612 mins
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 65% ± 9%
Asus(1043 85B1) 5% 64% ± 12%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
AmazonUS $2201 day
EbayUS $25012 mins
BHPhotoUS $26011 months
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 4% 65% ± 9%
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 4% 65% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3285) 4% 69% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $3308 mins
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $3308 mins
MSI(1462 8C95) 4% 64% ± 11%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonUS $1903 days
EbayUS $45011 mins
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 3% 69% ± 4%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $27029 days
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 3% 66% ± 4%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonUS $2268 mins
EbayUS $32211 mins
PNY(196E 11D9) 3% 67% ± 6%
Asus(1043 863B) 2% 68% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 2% 66% ± 1%
Dell(1028 11C2) 1% 66% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6167) 1% 55% ± 22%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 67% ± 5%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $3008 mins
Device(0000 0000) 1% 62% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 6168) 1% 72% ± 5%
Sapphire(174B 2438) 1% 64% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B0) 1% 60% ± 10%
MSI(1462 3286) 1% 70% ± 5%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 67% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6367) 0% 68% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 3781) 0% 39% ± 24%
Asus(1043 200B) 0% 66% ± 0%
Asus(1043 863C) 0% 63% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85B8) 0% 65% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11C2) 0% 68% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 66% ± 0%
Dell(1028 3492) 0% 65% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3727) 0% 66% ± 0%
PNY(196E 119F) 0% 64% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 6438) 0% 64% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 65% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85BC) 0% 62% ± 0%
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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System: HP 580-023w

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $184Bench 68%, 91,030 samples2,009x
Core i7-7700Intel  $320Bench 83%, 95,676 samples23x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $349Bench 96%, 298,143 samples9x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $170Bench 66%, 249,193 samples1,925x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 107%, 160,974 samples77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples57x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 354,977 samples29x
RAM
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 65%, 2,609 samples840x
4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 2x4GBMicronBench 62%, 1,445 samples468x
M378A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 3,029 samples404x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 116% - Outstanding Total price: $424

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 Comments

GPUPro
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968

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
5,390

Good (edit your comment) Add link

11 hrs ago.

very great performance with that price & it saved my budget good fps on games ( for example (ac origins on ultra quality on 1080p on render resolution of 110% ) and fps is 40 with i3-4130 and 8gb of ram

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,495

Excellent

8 days ago.

fark, low mem size & speed

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,292

Terrible

1 day ago.

FRA-User
Avatar level
2,865

Excellent

16 hrs ago.

i like bruno spaghetti and abbacchio

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,539

Excellent

14 days ago.

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

ROU-User
Avatar level
2,539

Excellent

1 month ago.

Run all games on high or ultra 60 fps+

IND-User
Avatar level
2,492

Excellent

8 hrs ago.

I own this and its working epic

UKR-User
Avatar level
2,467

Good

1 month ago.

Спасибо товарищи

VNM-User
Avatar level
2,209

Excellent

1 month ago.

Cus i'm using it for my pc gaming

IRN-User
Avatar level
1,984

Terrible

15 days ago.

i bought it last night and i am playing with this until now its very good

GRC-User
Avatar level
1,943

Excellent

15 hrs 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
1,875

Good

2 months ago.

awesome card love nvidia much more game optimized on NVIDIA titles

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,726

Poor

12 days ago.

its pretty good can run all games on medium settings

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,671

Good

22 days ago.

very good price value to it great way to start

CHL-User
Avatar level
1,590

Excellent

1 day ago.

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

BEL-User
Avatar level
1,574

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,450

Terrible

2 months 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.

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,448

Excellent

13 days ago.

best power to cost rating of any GPU on the market

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,222

Poor

9 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
968

Good

2 years ago.

KWT-User
Avatar level
524

Excellent

16 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

GamingEliot
Avatar level
490

Good

22 months ago.

A great mid-range GPU.

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

2 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

BHR-User
Avatar level
360

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Excellent

22 months ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
218

Terrible

1 month ago.

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

ViceCity
Avatar level
82

Excellent

13 months ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

Zar1
Avatar level
24

Terrible

4 days ago.

OK-ish performance, but the 3 gigs of VRAM really limit its abilities. Instead, get a 1660 ti if you can afford one.

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

11 months ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

22 months ago.

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

mztk25
Avatar level
12

Average

20 months ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

9 months ago.

get the 6bg card instead

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

19 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

19 months ago.

BEST GPU

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

23 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

16 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

6 months ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

CPE137
Avatar level
2

Good

3 months ago.

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

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