Overclocking
Overclocking results listed in this section are achieved with the default fan and voltage settings as defined in the VGA BIOS. We choose this approach as it is the most realistic scenario for most users.
Every sample overclocks differently, which is why our results here can only serve as a guideline for what you can expect from your card.
On NVIDIA cards with Boost, the values discussed are the highest observed boost clock after overclocking. The same clock increase was applied to all clock levels.
Maximum overclock of our sample is 2425 MHz on the memory (19% overclock) and +58 MHz to the GPU's base clock, which increases maximum Boost from 2076 MHz to 2134 MHz (7% overclock).
Maximum Overclock Comparison |
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| Max. GPU Clock | Max. Memory Clock |
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Gigabyte GTX 1070 XtremeGaming | 2134 MHz | 2425 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1070 Gaming Z | 2114 MHz | 2365 MHz |
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EVGA GTX 1070 SC | 2088 MHz | 2370 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X | 2101 MHz | 2420 MHz |
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NVIDIA GTX 1070 FE | 2088 MHz | 2330 MHz |
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Important: Each GPU (including each GPU of the same make and model) will overclock slightly
differently based on random production variances. This table just serves to provide a list of typical
overclocks for similar cards, determined during TPU review.
Using these clock frequencies, we ran a quick test of Battlefield 3 to evaluate the gains from overclocking.
Actual 3D performance gained from overclocking is 10.2%.