Hi. What is your driver version?
I have 1060 3gb like yours. When i start zm. Hashrate is 310 sol. Then (after 1-2h) the hashrate will decrease to 260-270

1060  Hynix memory  DSTM 6.0

@neekir

I tested MSI Armour, EVGA SC and Gigabyte OC. They work with mem +500. Sorry to hear about Zotac doing a weaker job.
Mining cryptonights is just for the purpose to teak your OC settings. The core frequencie will show a fixed number, not jumping around as with zec miners. Than you can switch to equihash.

One more thing... Maybe is something wrong with nVidia drivers. Unistall CUDA drivers (in case you installed them), unistall nVidia drivers, you can do a restart, or jump to the reinstall directly.
1.Install nVidia drivers (the last version, and no need for Geforce expirience or Phisix).
Watch in the Task manager if any nVidia Container process uses CPU more than 1-5%. Wait for it to stop (it means that all the GPU's are installed).
BTW... Idealy, you should have only one nVidia Container process runing. If there are more, when you will install CUDA in last step, all those will be replaced with only 1 instance.

2.Download Microsoft Visual studio (VC-redist) both versions x86 and x64 from www.visualstudio.com/downloads/ (the second from bottom down).
Go to "older versions" and download the 2015, the 2013 and the 2012 versions x86 and x64.
Unistall all versions of Visual Studio from Control Panel > Programs.
Install in this order: vc_redist 2012 x86 and x64, 2013 x86 and x64, 2015 x86 and x64, 2017 x86 and x64.

3.Reboot!

4.Install nVidia CUDA drivers (toolkit... whatever), last version, from here developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive.
CUDA drivers are needed for cryptonight miners, but is good to have them installed.
Reboot!

And PLEASE !!! FIX your PING!!! 260ms is NOT GOOD FOR MINING!!! You must have below 100ms, 30-60ms will be awsome.

Here's how to choose the best pool:
Look at pools lists like "investoon.com/mining_pools" or "miningpoollists.com", choose the top 5 pools with the most miners and hashrate (you can open each pool site and check the real stats there, at pool hashrate, not network hashrate).
Take note of the link of the stratum server for your coin on each pool (the port is not important).
Open Command prompt, and type:
ping xxxxxx.yyyyy.zzz
where xxxxxx.yyyyy.zzz is the stratum server address.
Compare the time in ms. You must choose the pool with the lowest ms value.
In this way, your shares will arrive in time to be accepted by the pool, and more coins will be gained.

@neekir
GTX 1060 3GB Hynix memory:
For Equihash algo, some may say "don't tweak the memory, only the core". In case of the GTX 1060 both influence the hashrate positively (tested!).
Hynix can do mem +500, even +600, but errors will start to appear, so stick with +500 as maximum OC.
The 1060 core can be set to 2050MHz with stable performance. Above that... riscky.

So... Fireup Afterburner, make this custom fan curve in settings (check Enable user defined automatic fan control): 30C-20%, 40C-35%, 50C-50%, 80C-80%, 85C-85%. Above 85% fan speed > fan will have a short life!
At GPU OC settings, Fan control > check to be lighted up the Auto button and that little wheel (user defined auto control ON).
Start XMRig to mine some ETN on a stable pool like hashvault, or nanopool, or whatever.
After starting the cryptonight miner, you will see in Afterburner the speeds of your core and memory as stable values (with ZEC miners, the core freq. varries, so you can't tune it properly).
Now, with XMRig on, in Afterburner set:
-unlink power limit and temp limit;
-power limit 85;
-temp limit 80 (or 83);
-core +100;
-mem +500.
You will see the mem has 4303 MHz.
Now you tune the core with +/-5MHz, +/-1Mhz untill you have a stable 2050MHz.
These are your maximum stable OC settings for GTX 1060 3GB.
For ex. a EVGA SC card will need somewhere between core +30 and +65 to rich 2050MHz. MSI +101/+115... etc. depending on the default clocks.
Now, you can shutdown XMRig, and start mining with DSTM's ZM some ZEC or ZCL, or whatever...
With these settings, my rig of 6 GTX 1060 3GB, in Windows 10, with ZM, stays at 300-320 sol/s on each GPU, at a ~1880 sol/s in total.
My temps are at 50-52C, but my room temp is 12-15C.

P.S.: for mining cryptonights with this GPU, set power limit 65, temp 80, core -100, mem +500. It's memory intensive, core must stay underpowered. You can have 480-490 h/s in XMRig.

@neekir do not increse clock to much aka +160-170 is aceptable one for 74 Power limit you risc 2 thing: get agen more temperature & fry gpu force him to goo on higher clock with less power

make this hapen, i know easy to say hard to be done
then you will be fine, so do this:
- Power limit 74, temp limit 80, core clock +160(my udvice max 165), mem clock 0(100-150), Fan: 75% fixed
glad i was can help you
cheer

@neekir well thx to @promomei here your prof see how much important is temperature
@promomei perfect proff memory it not matter


to get better result you need to lower your temperature to at list ~62 best case scenario for 80 Temperature Limit & for sure that is not easy for you be in india were humidity + temp are usual high from what i know .... so now i think you get it

Power Limit it set a limit what GPU it will goo base on Temperature limit set aka that 2 value are link togheter what are translated in I/s: = intensity / sec what influence Sol/s

@neekir set this Power 74, temp 80, core clock +160 , mem clock 0 , Fan: 75% fixed = you will get slice more

cheers

Thank you Sir_blacks and Atronoss

I am trying this now......Will let you know the result in one hr. I can see improvement with hash comparing to the old one.

I am from India, I am using Nicehash India Pool , not sure, Which pool is better

see @neekir there is your problem

your temp limit is 78 (you are already on limit) & you let fan auto speed aka your gpu are already to 77 so is exactly what i think aka you get low hspeed because miner it lower intensity to protect (I/s: = intensity / sec)

try this setting:

- Power Limit 74 = this it suppose to lower heat to a max ~62 my be ~63 depend how is your ambience temp
- set Fan speed to a permanent 65 - 70% (tune your value till you see you get lower temperature) let them work on auto sometime it work badly better keep them on a specific speed always coz your rig is never stop & never rest

idea is to high temperature it lower gpu & miner intensity because it try to self protect so who say keep them on high temp is good tell them to goo to hell .... yes actual gpu can run on high temp BUT that not means it is normal most bad enemies for all electronic is temp & dust
- Temperature limit 80
- Lower GPU clock to 160 that means it will lower temperature to & it will alow to increase memory probabil bigger value but i say agen on equihash speed memory count less

yes hynix is worst vs samsung from any point of view but see what i tell about equihash algoritm ... if you was mining eth i say yup is relevant but in our case nop

the point is you need to get a balance between power usage > temp > fan speed other way you get scrue up your self losing a lot from income & killing your equipment, tuning you can make it with out stop & start miner app if you using windows & msi afterburner but it possible to crash till you find right combo ...

same get a better pool with better latency 250 is bad bad bad special for a dedicate rig

hope it help

Summer max 36-38

Currently 24 to 32, room is little hotter than outside temperature,  cannot open windows regularly due to dust.

WTF is with some of you, my temps don't exceed 50C, and you're running your cards at 75+?
How will it be when the outside temp is like 40C at summer?

Also your fans will die in like few months.
Do a custom fan curve for gods sake and open your windows, or install an AC for the summer months atleast.

@neekir your 1060 are not working good on 250-277 Sol

a. mining on 250 mls latency = BAD not know on what pool you are but better try to get a better one with 30-60 mls at list
b. i am tenting to believe your I/s (intensity), low one, it cause by High temperature aka miner it lower to keep temp lower ... with it can cause low hrate aka that 250-280 Sol/s
c. 77 C temp is to high try to fix cooling somehow ... it will improve point b

- equihash algoritm it not care much about memory speed it need more brute force from GPU combine by cuda core & pipeline soo hynix i think is not a realy a issue
- try to post technical data use in tuning like Power Limit, Temp Limit, GPU clock, Mem Clock

@akuci yup for sure he have some bad thing in his rig ... @promomei equihash algoritm it not care much about memory speed

for 1060 with PL 73%, TL 80, GPU Clock +168 (1830 - 1880 Mhz), Mem Clock +600 (4404 mhz) it suppose to be something like this (mining btg):