GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Folding@Home PPD for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:03:14

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GPU PPD Average All OS

785,356

Average of 500 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

771

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#188

Ranked 188 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank Nvidia GPUs

#150

Ranked 150 of 294 Nvidia GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS GP104 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] - Nvidia

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 771 740,086 6.11 3 hrs 56 mins 121,083 1,591,734 186,970
Linux 638 799,959 6.99 3 hrs 26 mins 114,420 1,591,734 186,970
Windows 133 452,878 2.96 8 hrs 7 mins 153,045 1,082,189 247,807

Recent Work Unit Performance - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

No work unit data recorded for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
120 W 2.88 kWh 272,693 $0.29 $0.367

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 785,356 6.90 2.88 kWh $0.29
Week PPW 5,497,492 48.27 20.16 kWh $2.02
Month PPM 23,887,911 209.74 87.60 kWh $8.76
Year PPY 286,654,940 2516.86 1051.20 kWh $105.12

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce GTX 1060 6GB project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 19600 Protein-Dynamics-Modeling 1,278,904 56,698 22.56 1 hrs 4 mins
2 12915 cancer 1,012,415 120,276 8.42 2 hrs 51 mins
3 12917 cancer 982,759 129,178 7.61 3 hrs 9 mins
4 12916 cancer 977,114 119,845 8.15 2 hrs 57 mins
5 12263 dud-e 957,719 75,619 12.67 1 hrs 54 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

The following data is the average PPD values for GeForce GTX 1060 6GB project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 17257 covid-19 257,263 128,624 2.00 11 hrs 60 mins
2 18201 alzheimers 404,550 190,463 2.12 11 hrs 18 mins
3 12427 influenza 580,523 86,895 6.68 3 hrs 36 mins
4 18451 cancer 657,195 87,503 7.51 3 hrs 12 mins
5 12437 influenza 674,674 106,989 6.31 3 hrs 48 mins