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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 51.6% (124th of 714)

Based on 5,957 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1B84 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Poor: 47%Average: 51.6% Great: 54%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB averaged 48.4% 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) 63.3fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 59.8fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is just 7.2%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 69.3fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 59.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,957 samples)
Rank 12451.6%
Min Avg Max
58.1 Lighting 63.3 67.3
61 Reflection 69.3 97.6
52.9 Parallax 59.7 67.1
51.6% 64.1 fps
Min Avg Max
60.2 MRender 65.3 68.5
60.7 Gravity 65.4 68.3
56.6 Splatting 59.8 63.6
51.6% 63.5 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 536.23
52.8% Above average
Lighting 64.7
Reflection 67.2
Parallax 61.9
53% 64.6 fps
MRender 65.9
Gravity 67.1
Splatting 62.4
53% 65.1 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 546.33
51.4% Above average
Lighting 63.1
Reflection 95.8
Parallax 60.2
51% 73 fps
MRender 66
Gravity 64.5
Splatting 59.3
51% 63.3 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 551.52
51.3% Above average
Lighting 62.2
Reflection 99.5
Parallax 62
51% 74.6 fps
MRender 67.7
Gravity 65.3
Splatting 60.9
52% 64.6 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 536.23
51% Above average
Lighting 62.7
Reflection 65.4
Parallax 60.5
51% 62.9 fps
MRender 64.7
Gravity 63.4
Splatting 59.2
51% 62.4 fps
Device(7377 0000) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 551.76
50.9% Above average
Lighting 61.7
Reflection 66.3
Parallax 60.1
50% 62.7 fps
MRender 65.3
Gravity 64.7
Splatting 61.5
52% 63.8 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 536.23
50.5% Above average
Lighting 61.6
Reflection 64.6
Parallax 59.3
50% 61.8 fps
MRender 65.1
Gravity 64.8
Splatting 59.1
51% 63 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 552.12
50% Average
Lighting 60.7
Reflection 64.5
Parallax 59.2
50% 61.5 fps
MRender 64.6
Gravity 63.9
Splatting 59.4
51% 62.6 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 546.33
16.3% Very poor
Lighting 0.2
Reflection 60.9
Parallax 56.4
0% 39.2 fps
MRender 63.3
Gravity 62.4
Splatting 51.6
48% 59.1 fps
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Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 81% 52% ± 2%
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Nvidia(10DE 11DE) 6% 52% ± 2%
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Device(1B4C 11DE) 2% 52% ± 1%
Device(7377 2001) 0% 52% ± 0%
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asrock P67 Pro3 - $94

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples213x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples45x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples43x
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060 3GBNvidiaBench 52%, 5,957 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples20x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples19x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples19x
RAM
CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBUnknownBench 42%, 55 samples18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples13x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $420

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Delivers it's performance but at 3gb it is a bottleneck for higher resolution

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