EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming Black Edition – Mining Performance and Review
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GTX 1070 Ti GPUs are probably the best choice for someone who wants to start small. Beefy enough to give you a noticeable flow of cryptos yet affordable enough, the 1070 Ti GPU might the best choice in several situations.
Its architecture and configuration is very similar to the GTX 1080 (GP 104 GPC family, amount of transistors, core config, L2 cache, core clock, etc) but not to the GTX 1080 Ti, which has more similarities with the NVIDIA TITAN X (GP 102 GPC family). In fact, the GTX 1070 Ti has more similarities with the GTX 1080 than with the GTX 1070, especially when it comes to mining performance.
Past days I have been testing the GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming by EVGA. I’ve assembled a small rig and have been trying different clocks and software to see what this card is capable of. The amount of produced noise and heat was low enough to make it a viable choice for home mining, so I thought this setup could be interesting to those of you who are mining at home.
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming Specs
- Core Name: GP104-300
- Base Clock: 1607+ MHZ
- Boost Clock: 1683+ MHz
- Memory Clock: 8008 MHz Effective
- CUDA Cores: 2432
- Bus Type: PCI-E 3.0
- Memory Detail: 8192MB GDDR5
- Memory Bit Width: 256 Bit
- Memory Speed: 0.25ns
- Memory Bandwidth: 256.3 GB/s
Recommended Hardware for 6x EVGA GTX 1070 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 750w EVGA 750w, 80+ GOLD
- 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..
Why SC Gaming
EVGA alone has got four 1070 Ti models to choose from and I believe the 1070 Ti SC Gaming is the best choice. The card features decent clocks, rugged fans and a fair price. Other models stand close but aren’t quite as good.
For instance the FTW ULTRA SILENT edition is more expensive, as well as it takes more space (3 slots instead of 2). This is obviously a downside since smaller GPUs are easier to set up on a way to ensure better airflow inside the rig. Unless you have a custom rig frame and USB risers you won’t be able to assemble a rig of six, or even four FTW GPUs.
In brief, as for today the GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming is the best option.
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti Mining Rig
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming Mining Performance
Let me anticipate that this model performs rather well with Equihash algorithms, especially compared to the GTX 1070. It even can get you a couple hundreds of bucks worth of Ethereum per year, though personally I don’t consider that coin a decent mining alternative.
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming Black Edition Ethereum Hashrate Stock Clocks (Micron)
system power draw: 35w
Ethereum Mining
Ethash Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ubiq (UBQ), Expanse (EXP), Soilcoin (SOIL), Pirl (PIRL), Ellaism (ELLA), Metaverse (ETP), Callisto (CLO) etc..
Hashrate 33.2 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 105w
6x GPU Hashrate 200 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 750w
Ethereum Dual Mining Blake2s and LBRY
Verge (XVG), BlakeStar (BLAS) / Maxcoin (MAX), Creativecoin (CREA), SmartCash (SMART) etc..
Ethereum 33.1 Mh/s – Verge (B2s) 441 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 105w
Ethereum 23 Mh/s – Keccak 233 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 105w
Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY and Pascal
Ethereum 32.7 Mh/s – LBRY 21.7 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 105w
Ethereum 33.4 MH/s – Pascal Lite 334 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 105w
ZCash (Equihash) Mining Performance
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti Equihash Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
Equihash coins algorithm: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Zencash (ZEN), Zclassic (ZCL), Hush (HUSH), Komodo (KMD), BitcoinPrivate (BTCP)
Hashrate 525 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 135w
Monero (CryptoNight) Mining Performance
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
CryptoNight coins algorithm: Monero (XMR), Electroneum (ETN), Karbo (KRB), DigitalNote (XDN), MoneroOriginal (XMO), Dinastycoin (DCY)
Hashrate 895 H/s
- Clocks +150/+850
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 100w
Ravencoin (X16r) Mining Performance
X16R coins algorithm: Ravencoin (RVN), Motion (XMN)
Hashrate 10 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+500
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 115w
Nexus (SHA3) Mining Performance
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SHA3 Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
Hashrate 170 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/default
- Power Limit 65
- Power Draw 115w
Luxcoin PHI Mining Performance
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti PHI (not phi2) Mining Hashrate Performance & Power Consumption
PHI1612 coins algorithm: Folm (FLM), Seraph (SERA)
Hashrate 20 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/-502
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 115w
EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming Black Edition Mining Rig Build
In Conclusion
After few days of testing I can say that the GTX 1070 Ti SC is a great GPU for home mining. It is a small investment and it pays off really well. You can use it for gaming and other GPU-intensive tasks in your spare time. It offers a lot of room for overclocking as well as undervolting, making it a very power-efficient GPU.