This article will provide you with the information on how to overclock your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card for a best performance and Hashrate/Watt efficiency hence to provide you with optimal NVIDIA GTX 1060 mining settings. We have performed number of tests based on HiveOS popular presets by modifying memory clock and absolute core clock parameters on Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card to determine the fastest hash-rate and most efficient overclocking mining configuration.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- What hashrate (ethash) to expect from your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card
- What Hashrate/Watt efficiency ratio to expect from your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card
- Recommended overclocking settings for best hash rate
- Recommended overclocking settings for best efficiency
Software Requirements and Conventions Used
| Category | Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used |
|---|---|
| System | HiveOS LInux |
| Hardware | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Graphics Card |
| Other | Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. |
| Conventions | # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user |
About our test environment
VGA and Driver version
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card model we were using for our tests is the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING OC 10G running on HiveOs Linux with the following driver Version: 460.67 and CUDA Version: 11.2.
$ lspci 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] (rev a1
Miner
NBMiner has been used to perform all test. For more information about NBMiner miner visit: https://github.com/NebuTech/NBMiner
What ethash hashrate to expect from your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
Depending on your environment, room temperature and other hardware configurations you should be able to expect hashrate anywhere between 19 – 21 MH/s.
For anything below the above hashrate you should consider a possible hardware fault, incorrect overclocking or temperature throttling.
What Hashrate/Watt efficiency ratio to expect from your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card
The Hashrate/Watt efficiency is a ratio between power usage and hash generation. Here, you need to make a choice based on the power cost. The higher the watt/hash efficiency ration the greater hash generation per 1 Watt. The highest efficiency per Watt we were able to obtain from the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 was 271.0 K hash per 1 Watt.
To calculate your mining efficiency you first need to obtain hashrate and watt values. Once ready simply divide hashrate with number of Watts used. For example if your hashrate is 20.05MH with Watt usage 74W your efficiency is: ( 20.05/74 ) * 1000 = 270.9K hash per Watt
When overclocking your NVIDIA card always test in small increments and keep an eye on VGA’s core temperature. Failing to do so may result in a permanent hardware damage.
Recommended Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 overclock settings for best efficiency
The cost of the power is in many cases the decisive factor on your overclocking approach. The following Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 settings can be used to reach the best hashrate/watt efficiency. Once again, your result may vary:
| Absolute Core Clock | Memory Clock | Power Limit | Hashrate | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 1400 | 75 | 20.05MH | 270.9K |
Recommended Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 overclock settings for best hash rate
The following settings can be used to overclock the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 for a fastest hash rate while taking core temperature into consideration. Please note your results may be different:
| Absolute Core Clock | Memory Clock | Power Limit | Hashrate | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -900 | 2000 | 100 | 21.45MH | 218.9K |
Other overclocking Nvida RTX 3080 mining tests
The following table shows other HiveOS popular overclocking preset settings and test benchmarks for Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card:
| Absolute Core Clock | Memory Clock | Power Limit | Hashrate | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 1200 | 80 | 19.57MH | 247.7K |
| 150 | 1500 | 90 | 20.27MH | 222.7K |
| 100 | 1700 | 80 | 20.81MH | 260.1K |
| 100 | 1200 | 100 | 19.55MH | 197.5K |
| 100 | 1500 | 100 | 20.26MH | 204.6K |
| 150 | 1400 | 80 | 20.02MH | 253.4K |
| 100 | 1200 | 95 | 19.56MH | 208.0K |
| 150 | 1400 | 100 | 20.00MH | 200.0K |
| 150 | 1400 | 90 | 20.00MH | 222.3K |
| 55 | 1800 | 100 | 21.01MH | 214.3K |
| 1200 | 1100 | 82 | 16.29MH | 201.2K |
| 202 | 1736 | 90 | 20.81MH | 233.8K |
Conclusion
The above tips on how to overclock your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 for best mining experience are not just recommendations. Feel free to play with the the overclocking settings to fine tune your Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card for a better mining hash-rate performance.
However, as already suggested, alter your overclocking settings only in small increments and keep an eye on the core temperature to avoid permanent hardware damage.
If you can suggest a better overclocking settings for Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 card then let us know in the comments below.
