Synthetic Benchmarks
Before jumping into testing I did want to again touch base on the clock speeds of both this card and the GTX 1070 from MSI that I tested previously. So the breakdown is like this
Gigabyte Gaming Mode - Boost: 1784 MHz/ Base: 1594 MHz
Gigabyte OC Mode - Boost: 1822 MHz/ Base: 1620 MHz
MSI Gaming Mode - Boost: 1771 MHz/ Base: 1582 MHz
MSI OC Mode - Boost: 1797 MHz/ Base: 1607 MHz
I want to highlight this because it’s important to get the full picture. Specifically, because our MSI testing was done with it in its OC mode because that’s how it shipped and the Gigabyte shipped with the Gaming Mode as its default like it would retail. This put the Gigabyte card at a slight disadvantage for being honest. So in 3DMark, y first synthetic benchmark we can see how that affects the G1 Gaming. Both the MSI and the Gigabyte are extremely fast, but the higher clock speed from the OC Mode seems to help the Gaming X pull a slight edge in all three testing modes. The difference is only slight and the 1070 G1 Gaming still stomps the former king the Titan X here.
In Unigine Valley benchmark the difference was even greater, though, the lower clock speed seems to of made all the difference and in this test the G1 Gaming couldn’t outperform the Titan X, though it's extremely close. It’s still crazy just how much faster it is compared to the GTX 980, R9 390, and the RX 480 though.
In Catzilla the results are very similar to in 3DMark. The slight close speed advantage that the MSI has in its OC Mode outperforms the G1 Gaming just slightly while running in its Gaming Mode. Both 1070’s are well above anything else tested, especially when testing at 4k.
The last test was SteamVR benchmark, to take a quick look at the potential VR performance of the GTX 1070 G1 Gaming. With the range just being between 0 and 11 the G1 Gaming and the MSI end up with the same score. More importantly, this card is clearly ready for VR with a score just under the highest possible score. If the RX 480 is VR Ready at 6.8, what is a 10.9!
