Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mining Performance Review

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.

ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING GeForce 11GB OC Edition VR Ready 5K HD Gaming HDMI DisplayPort DVI Overclocked PC GDDR5X Graphics Card Price: $1,499.99 Price Disclaimer

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: http://1stminingrig.com/product/aluminum-mining-rig-open-air-frame/

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 1 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 2 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 3 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 6x GPU Mining Rig 4

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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Specs Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Specs

Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti OC Edition
GPU
GP102
CUDA Cores
3584
Base Frequency
1569 MHz
Boost Frequency
1683 MHz
Memory Size & Type
11GB GDDR5X
Die Size
471 mm²
Process Technology
16nm
Transistors
12 billion
Streaming Multiprocessors (SM)
28
GFLOPS (Base Frequency)
11,247
Texture Units
224
Texture Fill Rate
351.5 GT/s
ROPs
88
Pixel Fill Rate
138.1 GPix/s
Memory Data Rate
11 Gb/s
Memory Bus
352-bit
Memory Bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
L2-Cache
2816KB
TDP
275W (PT) Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 1 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 2 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 3 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Unboxing 4

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

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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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Overclock and Undervolt Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Mining Overclock and Undervolt Power Draw

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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Decred Hashrate Power Draw

Ethereum 36.6 MH/s – Siacoin 366 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 30

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Siacoin Power Draw

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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining LBRY Credits Power Draw

Ethereum 37 MH/s – Pascal 495 Mh/s

• Clocks +100/+750
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 160w
• -dcri 40

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Ethereum Dual Mining Pascal Power Draw

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

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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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Power Draw

Bminer

Download and extract Bminer: https://www.bminer.me/releases/

Hashrate 690 Sol/s

• Clocks +100/-502
• Power Limit 65
• Power Draw 150w

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Hashrate with Bminer Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ZCash Equihash Mining Power Draw Bminer

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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Equihash Mining Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Bitcoin Gold Equihash Mining Power Draw

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

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Monero CryptoNight Mining Hashrate Power Draw

Nicehash Mining Performance
Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Nicehash Mining Hashrate Performance & Bitcoin Profitability

Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NiceHash Mining Hashrate and Profitability 1 Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NiceHash Mining Hashrate and Profitability 2 Sell your Hashrate

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.

• Mining Performance
• Power Consumption
• Cooling
• Price

4.8

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