Overclocking

Overclocking results listed in this section are achieved with the default fan, power, 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.



This is where things get interesting. Since the GTX 1060 GDDR5X uses D9VRL Micron chips that are clocked at only 1000 MHz, we're having high hopes for memory overclocking, especially considering these exact chips are rated for 1375 MHz by Micron.

With manual overclocking, maximum overclock of our sample is 1440 MHz on the memory (44% overclock!) and +175 MHz to the GPU's base clock, which increases maximum Boost from 1924 MHz to 2050 MHz (7% overclock).

Really impressive memory overclocking, and no special tweaks are needed. Just dial up the clocks like on any other card until you see artifacts appear. GPU overclocking is lower than on other GP104 GPUs, which suggests some binning.

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 as determined during TPU review.

Overclocked Performance

Using these clock frequencies, we ran a quick test of Unigine Heaven to evaluate the gains from overclocking.


Actual 3D performance gained from overclocking is 14.7%.