MSI RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio Review

1. Introduction2. MSI RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Noise-Normalised Temperatures23. Power Consumption24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

In terms of out of the box thermals now, the Gaming X Trio is nothing short of fantastic. The GPU temperature peaked at just 58C, while we can also see the hot spot hit just 70C. That means it ran 3C cooler than the Gigabyte Gaming OC, but 10-11C cooler than the Palit StormX OC. No matter how you slice it, a sub-60C temperature is hugely impressive.

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