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 2450 MHz on the memory (22% overclock) and +215 MHz to the GPU's base clock, which increases maximum Boost from 1949 MHz to 2164 MHz (11% overclock).
Maximum Overclock Comparison |
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| Max. GPU Clock | Max. Memory Clock |
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MSI GTX 1060 Armor | 2164 MHz | 2450 MHz |
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ZOTAC GTX 1060 Mini | 2177 MHz | 2270 MHz |
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Gigabyte GTX 1060 XtremeGaming | 2164 MHz | 2400 MHz |
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ASUS GTX 1060 STRIX OC | 2188 MHz | 2420 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 3 GB | 2152 MHz | 2415 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1060 OC | 2114 MHz | 2370 MHz |
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Palit GTX 1060 Super JetStream | 2114 MHz | 2345 MHz |
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MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X | 2139 MHz | 2435 MHz |
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NVIDIA GTX 1060 FE | 2101 MHz | 2380 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 16.5%.