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GeForce GTX 1060

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 34.4% (160th of 714)

Based on 79 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1C03 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Poor: 11%Average: 34.4% Great: 102%

Poor average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 averaged 65.6% 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. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 144fps
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 30.9fps

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is 90.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 37.6fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 46.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)
Rank 16034.4%
Min Avg Max
6.97 Lighting 30.9 58.2
1.4 Reflection 37.6 77.3
12 Parallax 46.2 63.9
25.2% 38.2 fps
Min Avg Max
13.4 MRender 43.9 81.8
20 Gravity 144 822
25.4 Splatting 44.5 76.7
60.9% 77.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
50.3% Above average
Lighting 61.8
Reflection 74.6
Parallax 59
50% 65.1 fps
MRender 59.3
Gravity 55.8
Splatting 66.6
50% 60.6 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
49.8% Average
Lighting 60.8
Reflection 73.6
Parallax 58
50% 64.1 fps
MRender 60.6
Gravity 55.6
Splatting 65.9
50% 60.7 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
49% Average
Lighting 60.4
Reflection 71.5
Parallax 56.9
49% 62.9 fps
MRender 58.1
Gravity 54
Splatting 63.8
48% 58.6 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
48.5% Average
Lighting 59.6
Reflection 72
Parallax 56.7
49% 62.8 fps
MRender 58.4
Gravity 53.2
Splatting 63.8
48% 58.5 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
48.1% Average
Lighting 58.9
Reflection 71.8
Parallax 56.7
48% 62.5 fps
MRender 58.4
Gravity 53.8
Splatting 63
48% 58.4 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
46% Average
Lighting 57.5
Reflection 65
Parallax 53.8
47% 58.8 fps
MRender 52.2
Gravity 50.3
Splatting 58
44% 53.5 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 30.0.14023.3004
34.4% Below average
Lighting 33
Reflection 46.9
Parallax 67.6
27% 49.2 fps
MRender 56.7
Gravity 54.4
Splatting 65.6
49% 58.9 fps
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 31.0.14051.5006
3.85% Terrible
Lighting 1.7
Reflection 0.5
Parallax 10.3
1% 4.17 fps
MRender 3.4
Gravity 13.5
Splatting 13.2
9% 10 fps
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