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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 194 GB/s. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G has 10 execution units with 1280 shaders.

FP32: 4.64TFLOPS
Boost Clock: 1.81GHz
Memory: 6GB GDDR5
TDP: 120 W

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Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.64 TFLOPS.

Based on: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GPU Chip: GP106-400-A1 (Pascal)
Streaming Multiprocessors: 10
Shader: 1280
Render Output Units: 48
Texture Units: 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G can use 6 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 194 GB/s on a 192 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size: 6 GB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 2.027 GHz
Memory Speed: 8.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth: 194 GB/s
Memory Interface: 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G is 1.506 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock: 1.506 GHz
Boost Clock: 1.809 GHz+6 %
Avg (Game) Clock: 1.784 GHz
Overclocking: Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP: 120 W
Tjunction max: 94 °C
PCIe-Power: 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type: Axial
Fan 1: 2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type: Air cooling
Noise (Idle): 0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G.

Max. Displays: 4
HDCP: 2.2
HDMI: 2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort: 2x DP 1.4
DVI: 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution: 7680x4320
DirectX: 12_1
Raytracing: No
DLSS / FSR: Yes
LED: MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264: Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: Decode
AV1: No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G is 277 mm long and 140 mm high. With a width of 39 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length: 277 mm
Height: 140 mm
Width: 39 mm
Width (Slots): 2 PCIe-Slots
Weight: 1010 g
SFF-Ready: No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G made in 16 nm was published in Q3/2016 for 249 $.

GPU Interface: PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date: Q3/2016
Launch Price: 249 $ (Reference)
Structure size: 16 nm
Documents: data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score Rank 4,627 / 5,633

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
1,892
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
1,884

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 4,044 / 4,176

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
838
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
835

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Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 3,647 / 4,595

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,749 / 4,594

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,844 / 4,601

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
74 fps (avg)

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Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL Rank 4,518 / 5,255

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
35,600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
35,748

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,535 / 5,233

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 6G6 GB GDDR5
36,319
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
36,932

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.