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GeForce RTX 3060

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 95.9% (70th of 714)

Based on 8,299 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 2544 Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Poor: 86%Average: 95.9% Great: 100%

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Excellent average bench

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 averaged just 4.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 130fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 87.7fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is just 14.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 106fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 121fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,299 samples)
Rank 7095.9%
Min Avg Max
116 Lighting 130 138
94 Reflection 106 150
107 Parallax 121 133
106% 119 fps
Min Avg Max
84.1 MRender 89.5 92.6
95.3 Gravity 102 106
81.6 Splatting 87.7 92.1
75.8% 93.1 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 397D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2167 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86
101% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 105
Parallax 129
113% 124 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 108
Splatting 93.7
80% 98 fps
PNY(196E 13B8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12
99.1% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 105
Parallax 125
110% 122 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 104
Splatting 90
78% 95.3 fps
Asus(1043 88B2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22
97.4% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 102
Parallax 123
108% 119 fps
MRender 90.6
Gravity 102
Splatting 88.8
76% 93.8 fps
MSI(1462 397D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02
94.7% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 102
Parallax 120
104% 116 fps
MRender 88.3
Gravity 104
Splatting 90
77% 94.2 fps
Gigabyte(1458 40CF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22
92.6% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 96.8
Parallax 98
102% 107 fps
MRender 85.7
Gravity 100
Splatting 86.3
74% 90.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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MSI(1462 397D) 18% 96% ± 4%
Asus(1043 88A8) 14% 96% ± 4%
PNY(196E 13B8) 13% 96% ± 5%
Nvidia(10DE 17AE) 12% 96% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 40E0) 12% 97% ± 4%
Asus(1043 88B2) 9% 95% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 40CF) 8% 96% ± 5%
Zotac(19DA 2630) 5% 96% ± 3%
Nvidia(10DE 2544) 5% 94% ± 5%
Device(7377 2000) 2% 97% ± 2%
Device(7377 1500) 1% 94% ± 6%
Device(7377 1501) 1% 92% ± 7%
Asus(1043 88A9) 0% 94% ± 7%
Asus(1043 88B3) 0% 97% ± 1%
Device(1ED3 2544) 0% 98% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H610M-K D4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples1,578x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples828x
Core i5-12400Intel  $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples337x
GPU
GeForce RTX 3060NvidiaBench 96%, 8,299 samples1x
SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples204x
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples135x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples99x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples243x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GBGBench 89%, 16,709 samples129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 12,959 samples117x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 120% - Outstanding Total price: $133

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

9 months ago.

the 8gb model was not a good option due to its high price however, in recent times the gpu has dropped in price, around $100 less than the 12 gb model

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Excellent

15 months ago.

Great performance at a reasonable cost. Upgraded from an nvidia 1060 and the 3060 improves a great deal.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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