Mining with a Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB

[LeviathanEatingShibe]

Hello everyone - so I have a Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, it isn't a mining rig it's my gaming PC, I started mining two-three days ago on and off using my 1060 rather than my i5 - I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a few things. I've seen people post their hashrates on these forums who have older graphics cards than me (750's and what not) and get more than 2-3x my hashrate, so I'm assuming i'm doing *something* wrong. I need to clarify I am not exactly a hardware enthusiast I had mates help me build this PC, but I'm pretty sure I should be getting higher hashrates. NOTE: I haven't touched overclocking (nor would I care to tbh)

I've been mainly mining MXR(CCminer CRYPTONIGHT 2014-9-26), Litetcoin(CUDAminer 2014-2-28), and dabbling in a few other currencies, I've only been GPU mining, and haven't used my CPU for anything other than chipping in on CUDAminer - I'll post screenshots of my hashrates and my config below:

https://i.imgur.com/UwqC1jN.png
Depending on my -l settings I get different hasrates, but they always cap out above 570+ and I get the error
https://i.imgur.com/rWWRqNg.png

The autotune also never goes above 560.  At 560 my temperatures start to rise to around 70c, nothing below 75% of stock fanspeed keeps it from rising (so in theory I probably don't even want to go above 560 kh/s)
This is my config " cudaminer   -l t30x16 -H 1 -i 1 -o stratum+tcp://litecoinpool.org:3333 -u xxx -p yyy"
This is a list of -l settings I swap out often to get a roughly stable specific rate.
T6X12 = 240
K6X9 = 290
K12X5 = 310
K23X7 = 350
T24X6 = 370
K19X7 = 380
T7X29 = 440
T8X31 = 480
T18X25 = 500
T19X32 = 530
T30x16 = 560

I've messed around with all kinds of settings for CUDAminer but I still can't get it above 560 kh/s with my GTX 1060GB (with out the error) even though I've seen (arguably) weaker cards go 1000kh/s+

Monero Hashrates:
https://i.imgur.com/bQci4OO.png

I can do a little customization with CCminer but I mostly just let it autotune, however I was never able to get it past 560kh/s either. On autotune settings my temperatures are acceptable around mid 60c with stock fan speeds around to 50-60%
ccminer -o stratum+tcp://fcn-xmr.pool.minergate.com:45590 -u yyy -p xxx


The only idea I can come up with as to why my hashrate is so disappointing is that I'm somehow limiting my GPU in some far away hidden setting, as I said, I am not a hardware guy so maybe I simply have a weaker GPU than I thought, but I'd still like to hear some more knowledgeable voices about it.

With these hashrates I make a decent amount of coins, mining a few hours a day then leaving my PC on other night, but I can't help but feel I'm missing out on hashrates considering this GPU is so powerful in game.

This is my first post on this website,  I apologies for any ignorance.

Any wisdom offered is appreciated.

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

with a nvidia card, better for now mining Zcash

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1677369.0

If you want really to mine monero for now i think there is only CCminer, you may want to use an updated version compiled for cuda8 that should give you about 450/500h on a gtx 1060 (gtx 1070 is about 700) @ low tdp's

https://github.com/KlausT/ccminer-cryptonight/releases

Also next time try to read up the forum, especially nowadays when zcash & xmr at hot coins, there is alot of top topic regarding them 

[LeviathanEatingShibe]

with a nvidia card, better for now mining Zcash

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1677369.0

If you want really to mine monero for now i think there is only CCminer, you may want to use an updated version compiled for cuda8 that should give you about 450/500h on a gtx 1060 (gtx 1070 is about 700) @ low tdp's

https://github.com/KlausT/ccminer-cryptonight/releases

Also next time try to read up the forum, especially nowadays when zcash & xmr at hot coins, there is alot of top topic regarding them 

Yo, thanks for the response. I updated CCminer and it boosted me to around 300-450 H/s - but it's also a lot laggier than the old version - according to task manager it uses next to no resources but there's very noticeable lag?

I looked into Zcash but I couldn't find any Pay Per Share pools for it, and I don't normally mine long enough for the regular pools to pay me.


What I don't understand is that other miners reported that this graphics card had hashrates in the Mh/s https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4rvdsu/gtx1060_ethereum_hashrate_estimate/  - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1575547.0  - Can anyone let me know as to why my hashrates are so low when miners with the same card easily break 1 Mh/s?

My full specs are:
16GB Ram

Gigabyte B150M-D3H-CF Motherboard
Intel Core i5 6600 CPU 3.30GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Windows 10 64 bit

Which do you think I'd profit more from mining, MRX or Ethereum? Or is there some other cryptocurrency I should look at? Like I said I mostly leave miners on in the background, but if I really am missing out on that many kh/s then I'd like to fix it.

It's very possible that I'm missing something obvious and I'm getting the right hashrate though.

Thanks for the help thus far.

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

You are mixing up things,

depending on the coin and algorythm  the hashing speed is VERY different, it's not because you do 30MH in ethereum you'll do the same for XMR or zcash or any other coin, each coin have their own hashrate  depednding on hardware and algorythm/network difficulty, just read up all the topics, you'll learn...

[LeviathanEatingShibe]

You are mixing up things,

depending on the coin and algorythm  the hashing speed is VERY different, it's not because you do 30MH in ethereum you'll do the same for XMR or zcash or any other coin, each coin have their own hashrate  depednding on hardware and algorythm/network difficulty, just read up all the topics, you'll learn...

I've tried MRX, Zcash, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Dashcoin, Dash, FNC and possibly other currencies, they're a mix of algorithms and I get pretty much the same kh/s for all of them. I haven't tried Ethereum yet, but I will tomorrow (3am here) but I highly doubt it'll be anywhere close to 30MH, there are differences between algorithms but for most it's not a 29.5 Megahash difference

Edit: I started mining Ethereum, I now understand what you mean - I'm getting 18 Mh/s without any config changes, thanks for the help 

[Joffer]

If you want really to mine monero for now i think there is only CCminer, you may want to use an updated version compiled for cuda8 that should give you about 450/500h on a gtx 1060 (gtx 1070 is about 700) @ low tdp's

https://github.com/KlausT/ccminer-cryptonight/releases

While I try out cloud mining for zcash (bought some hours of 50kSol/s) I was looking into Monero mining on my GTX1070OC 8GB. I see you think the GXT1070 should get about 700H/s.. I'm only getting about 580H/s. I'm "ccminer-KlausT-cryptonight-103-x64-cuda80" on win10x64. Should I run the miner with a special --launch setting? It seems t default to 8x60 (it has 15 SMX, so 60 is devidable).

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

If you want really to mine monero for now i think there is only CCminer, you may want to use an updated version compiled for cuda8 that should give you about 450/500h on a gtx 1060 (gtx 1070 is about 700) @ low tdp's

https://github.com/KlausT/ccminer-cryptonight/releases

While I try out cloud mining for zcash (bought some hours of 50kSol/s) I was looking into Monero mining on my GTX1070OC 8GB. I see you think the GXT1070 should get about 700H/s.. I'm only getting about 580H/s. I'm "ccminer-KlausT-cryptonight-103-x64-cuda80" on win10x64. Should I run the miner with a special --launch setting? It seems t default to 8x60 (it has 15 SMX, so 60 is devidable).

Have you overclocked your gpu ? 580 seems about right for a stock card.

[Joffer]

If you want really to mine monero for now i think there is only CCminer, you may want to use an updated version compiled for cuda8 that should give you about 450/500h on a gtx 1060 (gtx 1070 is about 700) @ low tdp's

https://github.com/KlausT/ccminer-cryptonight/releases

While I try out cloud mining for zcash (bought some hours of 50kSol/s) I was looking into Monero mining on my GTX1070OC 8GB. I see you think the GXT1070 should get about 700H/s.. I'm only getting about 580H/s. I'm "ccminer-KlausT-cryptonight-103-x64-cuda80" on win10x64. Should I run the miner with a special --launch setting? It seems t default to 8x60 (it has 15 SMX, so 60 is devidable).

Have you overclocked your gpu ? 580 seems about right for a stock card.

It is somewhat overclocked by default, and then I've raised the boost, voltage, memory clock and power target a bit too:

[nexitorned]

Damm something happen with you Graphics Card.

I've ASUS GTX 1060 6GB and ethereum give me 17-23mh/s using Claymore Dual Ethereum

http://image.prntscr.com/image/40da40a813c54287a1fc16adf8c832ee.png

Zec giving me 245-250sol/s using EWBF 0.0.8b

http://image.prntscr.com/image/2c0608d0b1154128a2e06457292bb582.png


Not overclocked, for mining purposes you can use this page www.whattomine.com/coins for check best AltCoin most profitable at this moment, or use NiceHash (I'd prefer Mining Zec directly, the system work more lighty so i can use for other things.)

What NVIDIA drivers are you using?

[Joffer]

Not sure if you're asking me but I'll answer anyway..

My GTX1070 somewhat OC'ed (see my last post above) gets ~28MH/s for Claymore Dual Ethereum in ethereum mode only (-mode 1):

http://image.prntscr.com/image/bb59a1512dea4a9aa7166eacadf80d41.png

It gets about 430-440 Sol/s for EWBF 0.1.0b:

http://image.prntscr.com/image/632d706993824affbc68132cd95e8aee.png

Windows 10 x64 v1607 - latest NVIDIA v376.33. It's my main PC and only using this card, when I'm not gaming, which isn't too often.

[Pinusno]

Even it is an old thread I just want add my numbers to clarify. If you saw much higher hashrates for cryptonight on older cards then I think that were just wrong information. with older nvidia cards you get normally only up to 400h/s which is also not that bad but they are also more power hungry.

Cryptonight is a mem intensive algo. you do not need that much gpu ram, but a high mem bus speed. The only important start param for ccminer for me was "-bfactor=5". but the number depends on your CPU so you have to play around and can be between 0-12. without bfactor my slow celeron with 2 cores was avg at 40% load and with bfactor between 0-8%. big difference and also a few more hash. All other settings than important like username etc were stnadard miner settings when you do not use the conf file. I did not specify threads only bfactor as extra param. Of course I also tried but the settings were the best to go. I have 4 different card types and added hynix experiences from other miners:

1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 570 h/s
1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 230 GB/s - 550 h/s
1060 6GB Micron mem     with bus speed 225 GB/s - 540 h/s
1060 6GB Hynix mem      with bus speed n/a           - 500 h/s
1060 3GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 570 h/s

mem clock is set as high as possible - until you do not get any result does not validate on CPU
core clock is not that important +100 is normally more than enough
power target you can set but even with 100% it will only use 65W avg

I normally like this algo because of low power consumption and so cooler gpu's. some are staying at 54 degree with low fan speed. thats incredible and nice for long life. but it shows also that there is maybe a lot of potential to get higher hashrates with a more optimized miner. So your hashrate is normally perfect and shows me that u were lucky with a good samsung mem

[Jaron80]

Is it possible to mine crypto with my nvidia 1060 laptop?

[sp_]

1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 570 h/s
1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 230 GB/s - 550 h/s
1060 6GB Micron mem     with bus speed 225 GB/s - 540 h/s
1060 6GB Hynix mem      with bus speed n/a           - 500 h/s
1060 3GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 570 h/s

I have made a faster miner. (0.05btc donation. pm for details)
speeds with the cryptonight sp-mod #3:

1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 620 h/s
1060 6GB Samsung mem with bus speed 230 GB/s - 600 h/s
1060 6GB Micron mem     with bus speed 225 GB/s - 590 h/s
1060 6GB Hynix mem      with bus speed n/a           - 550 h/s
1060 3GB Samsung mem with bus speed 240 GB/s - 610 h/s

[hero101]

best settings for ethereum mining:

GPU clock          1600 Mhz
Memory clock    4700  Mhz
Power target       65%

Mining Hashrate  is 23.5 Mh/s, Power draw  - 75w

[pbuva]

best settings for ethereum mining:

GPU clock          1600 Mhz
Memory clock    4700  Mhz
Power target       65%

Mining Hashrate  is 23.5 Mh/s, Power draw  - 75w

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If we do not know what memory you have in the card, that information is useless.

[miningchamp93]

https://miningchamp.com/gpus/205/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1060-6GB-hashrate

[Inf1re]

I'm in the minig for a couple of months, by your algorithms I can not say anything. For check best AltCoin most profitable at this moment, i use site: Whattomine.
I have two video card  Nvidia GTX 1060 (6gb), i5-7600k, oc win 10.
cards give out:
21 Mh/s - Ethash (Musicoin, ETH)
291 sol - Zcash
1 Mh - Luxcoin
temperature on cards: 60-70c
video cards without overclocking. I use the miners: CCminer, Claymore's Dual Mine, zcash gpu miner.
 

[miningchamp93]

GTX 1060 6GB – UNDERPOWERED

For those of you who live in Connecticut, New Jersey or other places where electricity is rather expensive, you might prefer to lower the power target of the card in addition to overclocking it.

By lowering the power target you will see how the hashrate goes down too; however, hashrate drop is really low compared to power savings. By cutting power usage by -30% (70%) you lose only 0.3 MH/s, which means that now your card will output 23.5 – 24.7 Mh/s while drawing 80 Watts from the wall. Make sure you leave the memory clock at 4,700 MHz* (+925).

Even with electricity cost of $ 0.1 per KW/h this setup is more profitable than leaving the power target at 100%. Besides, lowering the power target drops the GPU temperature to 58C (136 F), which means that you can turn off the fan safely so the card becomes 100% silent.

RECOMMENDED HARDWARE FOR 6X GTX 1060 MINING RIG
Motherboard: ASRock H81 PRO BTC, GIGABYTE GA-H110-D3A, Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 for ASRock H81 PRO BTC, Intel Celeron G3900 for Gigabyte H110-D3A & Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 for ASRock H81 PRO BTC, Kingston Technology HyperX FURY 2400MHz DDR4 for Gigabyte H110-D3A & Biostar TB250-BTC PRO
SSD: ADATA SU700 120GB
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 80 Plus Gold 1000W
USB Risers: USB Riser VER 008 PCI-E 16x to 1x 60cm USB 3.0 Extension Cable
Power Button: 2 Pin SW PC Power Cable on/off Push Button ATX Computer Switch Wire 45cm
Energy Meter: TP-Link HS110 Smart Plug w/ Energy Monitoring


MINING ETHEREUM ONLY
Claymore Ethereum Miner

Mining Hashrate 23.5 Mh/s
Clocks +107/+918
Power Limit 65%
Power draw from wall 75w
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Nvidia Optimised Ethminer Miner

Mining Hashrate 25 Mh/s
Clocks +100/+935
Power Limit 65%
Power draw from wall 80w

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[honestinvestor]

A great graphics card, I have all the farms assembled for such, so to speak, price-quality.!

[miningchamp93]

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA CUDA® Cores: 1280
Frame Buffer: 6 GB GDDR5
Boost Clock – Relative: 1.4x
Boost Clock – Actual: 1708 MHz

GTX 1060 6GB – UNDERPOWERED
For those of you who live in Connecticut, New Jersey or other places where electricity is rather expensive, you might prefer to lower the power target of the card in addition to overclocking it.

By lowering the power target you will see how the hashrate goes down too; however, hashrate drop is really low compared to power savings. By cutting power usage by -30% (70%) you lose only 0.3 MH/s, which means that now your card will output 23.5 – 24.7 Mh/s while drawing 80 Watts from the wall. Make sure you leave the memory clock at 4,700 MHz* (+925).

Here is the link fore more info

https://miningchamp.com/gpus/205/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1060-6GB-hashrate
https://miningchamp.com/gpus/227/MSI-GeForce-GTX-1060-6-GB-hashrate
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https://miningchamp.com/gpus/269/ASUS-GeForce-GTX-1060-6-GB-OC-hashrate
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