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Average Bench: 52.1% (58th of 621)

Based on 275,256 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: 47%Average: 52.1% Great: 56%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 47.8% 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) 202fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 195fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 9.02%. 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) 192fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 275,256 samples)
Rank 5852.1%
Min Avg Max
179 Lighting 202 218
156 Reflection 174 188
167 Parallax 192 214
51.7% 189 fps
Min Avg Max
136 MRender 147 158
178 Gravity 195 209
134 Splatting 152 167
52.7% 165 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
EVGA(3842 6162)
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60
57.1% Above average
Lighting 220
Reflection 191
Parallax 207
56% 206 fps
MRender 164
Gravity 216
Splatting 166
58% 182 fps
EVGA(3842 6162)
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.30
54.2% Above average
Lighting 211
Reflection 183
Parallax 197
54% 197 fps
MRender 152
Gravity 202
Splatting 161
55% 172 fps
Asus(1043 85B1)
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.15
53.6% Above average
Lighting 208
Reflection 184
Parallax 198
53% 196 fps
MRender 151
Gravity 198
Splatting 163
54% 171 fps
Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.30
53.2% Above average
Lighting 203
Reflection 175
Parallax 211
53% 196 fps
MRender 148
Gravity 198
Splatting 158
54% 168 fps
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.30
53.1% Above average
Lighting 204
Reflection 179
Parallax 215
53% 199 fps
MRender 148
Gravity 194
Splatting 158
53% 167 fps
275,256 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: 100 fps Battlefield 1: 55 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 51 fps Minecraft: 206 fps DOTA 2: 115 fps World of Warcraft: 60 fps World of Tanks: 95 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,237,989 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 275,256 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 14% 52% ± 3%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonUS $28010 mins
EbayUS $42813 mins
MSI(1462 3287) 8% 52% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonUS $2404 days
Asus(1043 85B1) 7% 53% ± 3%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
EbayUS $21013 mins
AmazonUS $2203 days
BHPhotoUS $26013 months
Zotac(19DA 2438) 7% 52% ± 3%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
EbayUS $17013 mins
OutletPCUS $21019 hrs
AmazonUS $22328 days
BHPhotoUS $23014 months
HP(103C 82FC) 6% 51% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B9) 6% 52% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6160) 5% 50% ± 3%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
EbayUS $20037 mins
AmazonUS $21910 mins
OutletPCUS $23019 hrs
MSI(1462 8C95) 5% 52% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonUS $24010 mins
EbayUS $45012 mins
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 51% ± 3%
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 5% 52% ± 2%
MSI(1462 3285) 5% 54% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $40010 mins
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $40010 mins
EVGA(3842 6162) 4% 54% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
EbayUS $22013 mins
AmazonUS $2304 days
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 4% 51% ± 3%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonUS $24110 mins
Asus(1043 863B) 3% 53% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3% 53% ± 2%
Dell(1028 11C2) 2% 52% ± 2%
PNY(196E 11D9) 2% 54% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 54% ± 3%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $3002 days
Sapphire(174B 2438) 1% 51% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 1% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $2703 months
Device(7377 0000) 1% 54% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 5160) 1% 53% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85BB) 0% 52% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 6367) 0% 57% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B8) 0% 50% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 6167) 0% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85B0) 0% 52% ± 1%
Asus(1043 200B) 0% 52% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 0% 52% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85BC) 0% 52% ± 0%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85B3) 0% 54% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6168) 0% 59% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 50% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CA) 0% 42% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 6438) 0% 50% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3731) 0% 54% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 50% ± 0%
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Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 33%
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System: HP 580-023w

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $184Bench 56%, 102,006 samples2,128x
Core i7-7700Intel  $305Bench 72%, 103,909 samples23x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $315Bench 83%, 306,631 samples9x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $170Bench 52%, 275,256 samples2,034x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 107%, 181,967 samples86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 105%, 485,777 samples59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 110%, 393,683 samples30x
RAM
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 65%, 2,847 samples874x
4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 2x4GBMicronBench 62%, 1,607 samples490x
M378A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 3,095 samples423x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $434

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 Comments

GPUPro
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973

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
5,580

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 day ago.

awesome

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,623

Good

14 hrs ago.

Why does somebody makes a bad version of a good graphics card

GBR-User
Avatar level
3,610

Excellent

13 days ago.

Great Value

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,400

Excellent

15 days ago.

Great card

FRA-User
Avatar level
2,985

Excellent

29 days ago.

ghfyrux

ROU-User
Avatar level
2,631

Good

9 days ago.

Run all games on high or ultra 60 fps+

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,627

Good

4 days ago.

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

IND-User
Avatar level
2,608

Excellent

21 days ago.

I own this and its working epic

ESP-User
Avatar level
2,545

Good

7 days ago.

because i haveit and is amazing

UKR-User
Avatar level
2,535

Excellent

1 month ago.

Спасибо товарищи

VNM-User
Avatar level
2,307

Terrible

23 days ago.

Cus i'm using it for my pc gaming

IRN-User
Avatar level
2,124

Terrible

26 days ago.

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

GRC-User
Avatar level
2,013

Excellent

1 month 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
1,945

Good

5 months ago.

awesome card love nvidia much more game optimized on NVIDIA titles

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,792

Good

29 days ago.

its pretty good can run all games on medium settings

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,737

Excellent

2 months ago.

very good price value to it great way to start

CHL-User
Avatar level
1,678

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,638

Excellent

1 month ago.

Extremely good budget card

BEL-User
Avatar level
1,616

Excellent

20 days ago.

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

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,516

Good

28 days ago.

best power to cost rating of any GPU on the market

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,506

Poor

11 days 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.

SGP-User
Avatar level
1,282

Good

25 days ago.

asd

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,274

Good

9 days 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
973

Good

3 years ago.

MDA-User
Avatar level
814

Excellent

25 days ago.

most balanced gpu

KWT-User
Avatar level
532

Excellent

1 month ago.

its cheap and good

GamingEliot
Avatar level
494

Good

24 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
368

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Excellent

24 months ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
226

Terrible

3 months ago.

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

ViceCity
Avatar level
82

Excellent

15 months ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

Zar1
Avatar level
28

Terrible

2 months ago.

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

HendoThaNeezy
Avatar level
22

Excellent

13 days 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

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

14 months ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

mztk25
Avatar level
12

Average

23 months ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144
Avatar level
8

Excellent

29 days ago.

I have it

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

11 months ago.

get the 6bg card instead

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

21 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

21 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

2 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

18 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

9 months ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

CPE137
Avatar level
2

Good

5 months ago.

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

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