Review: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 OC 9Gbps

by Tarinder Sandhu on 12 May 2017, 15:30

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Testing Methodology

Asus GeForce GTX 1060 OC 9Gbps Specification


GPU Comparisons

 
GPU
Memory
Miscellaneous
Cores
Base
(MHz)
Boost
(MHz)
Size
(MB)
Clock
(MHz)
Bus
(bits)
Power Config
Driver
Price
Asus GeForce GTX 1070 OC Gaming 1,920 1,569 1,759 8,192 8,008 256 6+6 381.65 £360
Asus GeForce GTX 1060 OC 9Gbps 1,280 1,595 1,810 6,144 9,008 192 6 381.65 £325
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC Gaming 1,280 1,607 1,835 6,144 8,008 192 6 381.65 £230
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC Gaming 1,152 1,607 1,835 3,072 8,008 192 6 381.65 £200
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ LE 2,304 - 1,450 8,192 8,000 256 8+6 17.4 press £270
PowerColor Radeon RX 570 Red Devil 2,304 - 1,320 4,096 7,000 256 8 17.4 press £190
Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC 2,304 - 1,342 8,192 8,000 256 8 17.4 press £220

HEXUS Graphics Test Bench

Hardware Components Product Page
Processor Intel Core i7-6700K (overclocked to 4.4GHz) intel.com
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15S noctua.at
Motherboard Asus Z170 Pro asus.com
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-2400 crucial.com
Power Supply be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W bequiet.com
Primary Storage 256GB Samsung 950 Pro samsung.com
Secondary Storage 512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300 skhynix.com
Chassis Fractal Design Define R5 Windowed fractal-design.com
Monitor Philips Brilliance 4K Ultra HD LED (288P6LJEB/00) philips.co.uk
Operating system Windows 10 (64-bit) microsoft.com

Benchmark Suite

Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme, Time Spy and Time Spy Stress Test
VRMark Orange Room and Blue Room
Gaming Benchmarks and Settings
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided DX12, TAA, Ultra Quality
Doom Vulkan, TSSAA (8TX), Ultra Quality
Gears of War 4 DX12, TAA, Ultra Quality
Hitman DX12, FXAA, Ultra Quality
Rise of the Tomb Raider DX12, SMAA, Very High Quality
Total War: Warhammer DX12, FXAA, Ultra Quality
General Benchmarks
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record system-wide mains power draw both when idle and while playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and while playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Overclocking Maintaining out-the-box voltage, we increase the card's power target and aim for an optimal balance of core and memory overclock.

Notes

To minimise the impact of any CPU bottlenecks, our test platform is configured with a quad-core Intel Core i7-6700K processor overclocked to 4.4GHz across all cores and 32GB of Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 memory set to run at 2,400MHz using the built-in XMP profile.

For this benchmark suite, we have an array of games tested at FHD (1,920x1,080) and QHD (2,560x1,440) resolutions. Where applicable, any vendor-specific enhancements such as PhysX and TressFX are disabled to help even the playing field. In-game benchmark results are recorded as average frames per second and minimum fps is included where available.

As Asus currently prices this GTX 1060 6GB at over £300 and brings older, faster GPUs into play, we have also benchmarked a GTX 1070 OC card, to show you what kind of extra performance is available if the budget stretches that bit farther.