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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

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Average Bench: 70.7% (50th of 621)

Based on 15,075 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1B83 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Poor: 61%Average: 70.7% Great: 79%

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Good average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB averaged 29.2% 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) 218fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 205fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 192fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 158fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,075 samples)
Rank 5070.7%
Min Avg Max
184 Lighting 218 245
168 Reflection 192 210
161 Parallax 206 240
66.1% 205 fps
Min Avg Max
138 MRender 155 192
183 Gravity 205 224
138 Splatting 158 176
74.2% 173 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
72.8% Very good
Lighting 226
Reflection 201
Parallax 216
69% 214 fps
MRender 149
Gravity 214
Splatting 168
76% 177 fps
MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24
72.8% Very good
Lighting 229
Reflection 193
Parallax 205
68% 209 fps
MRender 150
Gravity 214
Splatting 171
76% 178 fps
Asus(1043 8655) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
72.7% Very good
Lighting 226
Reflection 201
Parallax 214
69% 214 fps
MRender 148
Gravity 212
Splatting 170
76% 177 fps
Nvidia(10DE 12D9) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
72.5% Very good
Lighting 224
Reflection 197
Parallax 209
68% 210 fps
MRender 161
Gravity 210
Splatting 162
76% 178 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1B83) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35
71.5% Very good
Lighting 220
Reflection 196
Parallax 208
67% 208 fps
MRender 151
Gravity 210
Splatting 163
75% 175 fps
Gigabyte(1458 371A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
67.2% Good
Lighting 206
Reflection 188
Parallax 198
63% 197 fps
MRender 147
Gravity 196
Splatting 151
71% 165 fps
PNY(196E 11D8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
25.2% Poor
Lighting 0.3
Reflection 0.8
Parallax 204
23% 68.3 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 0.8
Splatting 70.3
27% 70.4 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 8 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 134 fps Fortnite: 109 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 65 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 58 fps League of Legends: 171 fps Overwatch: 114 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 57 fps Minecraft: 202 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,222,601 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 15,075 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Zotac(19DA 3451) 29% 72% ± 6%
Nvidia(10DE 12D9) 20% 72% ± 4%
MSI(1462 328D) 13% 70% ± 7%
Gigabyte(1458 371A) 11% 70% ± 4%
Asus(1043 8655) 11% 70% ± 7%
Nvidia(10DE 1B83) 4% 71% ± 3%
PNY(196E 11D8) 3% 67% ± 13%
Gigabyte(1458 37CD) 3% 69% ± 6%
Zotac(19DA 1438) 1% 68% ± 3%
MSI(1462 336F) 1% 66% ± 7%
Gigabyte(1458 37CA) 1% 70% ± 4%
MSI(1462 328E) 1% 67% ± 7%
Zotac(19DA 4381) 1% 71% ± 2%
Asus(1043 8656) 1% 68% ± 4%
Nvidia(10DE 11C0) 1% 55% ± 23%
MSI(1462 328F) 0% 69% ± 2%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 72% ± 2%
Device(1B4C 12D9) 0% 72% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 37C9) 0% 73% ± 0%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $182

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $340Bench 93%, 319,061 samples7,855x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $240Bench 91%, 118,413 samples5,429x
Core i5-8400Intel  $179Bench 78%, 109,239 samples3,638x
GPU
GeForce GTX 1060 6GBNvidiaBench 71%, 15,075 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 477,755 samples1,223x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 107%, 167,548 samples1,120x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 113%, 373,885 samples835x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 85%, 226,966 samples1,780x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 9,298 samples649x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 89%, 65,165 samples614x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $704

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