Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mining Performance Review
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Hello good people, some days ago I’ve got my hands on a pack of Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti cards. I’ve been testing them on rigs and I’ve decided I’d share my results with you.
The Strix GTX 1080 Ti is considered a high-tier gaming GPU for a reason. According to the official website and some third-party benchmarks, the GPU outputs about 6% more FPS than the Founders Edition.
The reason is simple – the Strix comes with higher clocks. In order to compensate the higher operating temperature, the card features three fans and a cooling system that is allegedly 40% more efficient than the founder’s one. This is due to the GPU being constructed with a 2.5-slot width that gives more heat sink surface. By the way make sure your motherboard has got room for that!
The fans are one of my favorite things about the card because they are really quiet even when spinning on full speed. It also accumulates less dust, which is always welcome for a mining rig.
Higher clocks and better cooling also requires more power. Unlike the Founders Edition that comes with a 6-pin and an 8-pin power connectors, the Strix comes with two 8-pin ones.
Recommended Hardware for 6x GTX 1080 Ti 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: 2x 1000w EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3, 80+ GOLD 1000W
- Dual PSU Adapter: Add2PSU Multiple Power Supply Adapter
- 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
- Frame: https://1stminingrig.com/product/aluminum-mining-rig-open-air-frame/
Ethash Algorithm
- Ethereum (ETH)
- Ethereum Classic (ETC)
- Ubiq (UBQ)
- Expanse (EXP)
- Soilcoin (SOIL)
- Musicoin (MUSIC)
- etc..
Equihash Algorithm
- ZCash (ZEC)
- Zclassic (ZCL)
- Komodo (KMD)
- Hush (HUSH)
- Zencash (ZEN)
- etc..
CryptoNight Algorithm
- Monero (XMR)
- ByteCoin (BCN)
- Sumokoin (SUMO)
- Karbowanec (KRB)
- DigitalNote (XDN)
- etc..
Software and Tools used for this tutorial
- Drivers GeForce Game Ready Driver Version 388.13
- MSI Afterburner BETA http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5459908&postcount=637
Here are some relevant highlights:
The Strix features 1569 MHz base frequency and 1683 MHz boost frequency, while the FE goes with 1480 MHz and 1582 MHz, respectively. This makes the Strix have 11,247 GFLOPS at base frequency while the FE have only 10,609 GFLOPS. The increased clocks also affect texture and pixel fill rates.
The rest of the specs are similar. By the way my cards came in boxes that are slightly different than the one pictured in the official website. I suspect I’ve got my cards from a new batch.
The card features two modes: Gaming Mode and OC Mode. Gaming mode offers lower base as well as OC clocks than the OC Mode. The clocks I’ve mentioned above are for the Gaming mode. Boost clock for OC mode is 1708 MHz.
Display-wise, the 1080Ti offers way more than you would need for mining, including two VR-friendly HDMI and two DP 1.4-ready connectors. I think the DVI port is the only one that will be used by miners.
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mining Performance
System power draw is 75W
Ethereum Only
Ethash Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ubiq (UBQ), Expanse (EXP), Soilcoin (SOIL), Pirl (PIRL), Ellaism (ELLA), Metaverse (ETP) etc..
Hashrate 36.5 MH/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
Ethereum Dual Mining Decred and Siacoin
Ethereum 37 Mh/s – Decred 987 Mh/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
- -dcri 80
Ethereum 36.6 MH/s – Siacoin 366 Mh/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
- -dcri 30
Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits and Pascalcoin
Ethereum 37 Mh/s – LBRY Credits 62.5 Mh/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
- -dcri 65
Ethereum 37 MH/s – Pascal 495 Mh/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
- -dcri 40
Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Lite
Ethereum 37 MH/s – Pascal Lite 495 Mh/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 160w
- -dcri 40
ZCash (Equihash) Mining Performance
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
Equihash algorithm: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD)
EWBF’s CUDA Zcash Miner
Download and extract EWBF’s CUDA Zcash miner: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.0
Hashrate 650 Sol/s
- Clocks +100/-502
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 150w
Bminer
Download and extract Bminer: https://www.bminer.me/releases/
Hashrate 690 Sol/s
- Clocks +100/-502
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 150w
Bitcoin Gold Mining Performance
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
Equihash algorithm: Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD)
Download and extract EWBF Cuda Miner 0.3.4b BTG: https://github.com/poolgold/ewbf-miner-btg-edition/releases
Hashrate 650 Sol/s
- Clocks +100/+500
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 150w
Monero Mining Performance
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
CryptoNight algorithm: Monero (XMR), Electroneum (ETN), Bytecoin (BCN), Sumokoin (SUMO), Karbo(KRB), DigitalNote (XDN)
Hashrate 900 H/s
- Clocks +100/+750
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 130w
Nicehash Mining Performance
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Nicehash Mining Hashrate Performance & Bitcoin Profitability
In Conclusion
The 1080 Ti might be a bit of overkill for mining (considering the huge amount of gaming-oriented features it offers) but it gets the job done, so I can’t really complain about it. It would be nice to see a 1080 Ti Mining Edition card with only one output port, no fancy LED lightning and more attractive price. Hopefully Nvidia will release more mining-oriented GPUs in the near future.
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1.I see you underclocked memory for ZEC, -502, and oc +500 for BTG. Why? Isn’t the same algo?
2.In my tests, and from what I read on forums, for ethash and cryptonight, is better to underclock the core -100, and only to oc mem +500/ or +900 if you get lucky and buy a GPU with Samsung memory. The hashrate increases sligtly and in more stable. These 2 algos are memory intensive. So no need to push harder the core. The equihash is both memory and core intensive, so oc both is better. But still, I don’t understand the underclock for ZEC. It’s a typo?
Hello Ciprian, I have several Asus ROG-STRIX-RX570-O4G-Gaming Cards.
Been searching the net and it tells me that there are a lot of modified bios to find, but the same cards seem to act different although the same models are being used by users. Do you have any experience with these cards?
I have one. It can runs at 30.4~30.6MH/s rock solid. The PBE’s strap with “one click patch” is very agressive, and cuts the overclock margin a lot.
Hello Jacques, been playing around with several bios versions now and the most of them make my cards ether displaying error messages like Watchdogs CPU hangs in Opencl Call Exit that, or freezing my complete rig after 3 hours of mining.
Rock solid on 30Mh/s, then you must have Samsung memory, with Hynix memory this would not be possible.
I’m eager to test it then, because now it runs pretty stable for 24 hours but had to cut speed to 26.2Mh/s.
Are you willing to share your bios?
For equihash, DSTM’s zm (zcash miner) is more stable in submitted shares and gives more sol/s than EWBF. With 6 GTX 1060 3GB, same oc settings, it can give me 0,70ZEC/month. EWBF can give me only 0,67ZEC/month. Testing at flypool, for 24H, in feb.2018.
I will test that soon