Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the Intel Core i3-9100F processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is good or bad for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key characteristic. The medium FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 6Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good for modern most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Release date
July 20, 2016
Price
578 USD
Frequency
1708 MHz
Shaders
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
120 W
Memory Size
6 Gb
Memory Bus
192 Bit
GeForce GTX 1060 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already easily select the required power supply that will fully match the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i3-9100F . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the graphics card is 120W, so a regular power supply is good for it. Here is a list of some famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i3-9100F configuration:
Hitman 3
Genshin Impact
Minecraft
Roblox
Far Cry 6
League of Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Valorant
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than rivals in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest GeForce GTX 1060 competitors
Video Card
FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97.7
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
93
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
92.4
GeForce RTX 3050
92
GeForce GTX 1660
87.2
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
83
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74.6
Radeon RX 580
74.6
GeForce GTX 1060
71.7
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
68
Radeon RX 5500
67.3
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.2
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
62
GeForce GTX 1650
57.9
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
52
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
39.3
The closest competitors of the GeForce GTX 1060 are Radeon RX 580 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile. We compared GeForce GTX 1060 (71.7 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is Radeon RX 580 74.6 FPS, which 4.0% faster and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 68 FPS, which is 5.2% slower. These figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i3-9100F. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS gained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce GTX 1060 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Starfield
2022
14.2
18.5
24.2
29.8
Saints Row
2022
28.8
37.5
49.0
60.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
17.5
22.7
29.7
36.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
26.0
33.8
44.2
54.6
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
21.1
27.4
35.9
44.3
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
17.0
22.2
29.0
35.8
Overwatch 2
2022
39.0
50.7
66.2
81.8
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
15.8
20.6
26.9
33.2
Atomic Heart
2023
9.7
12.7
16.6
20.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
25.2
32.7
42.8
52.9
Stray
2022
43.4
56.5
73.8
91.2
Scorn
2022
15.8
20.6
26.9
33.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
23.5
30.6
40.0
49.4
Homeworld 3
2022
19.9
25.9
33.8
41.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
15.0
19.5
25.5
31.5
Elden ring
2022
15.4
20.1
26.2
32.4
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
27.2
35.4
46.2
57.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
21.9
28.5
37.3
46.0
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
World War Z
2019
40.1
52.2
68.3
84.3
Anthem
2019
27.6
35.8
46.9
57.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
32.7
42.5
55.6
68.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
34.7
45.1
58.9
72.8
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
25.6
33.2
43.5
53.7
Final Fantasy XV
2018
34.1
44.3
58.0
71.6
Dishonored 2
2016
30.7
39.9
52.2
64.4
Halo Infinite
2021
23.1
30.1
39.3
48.6
GreedFall
2019
36.7
47.7
62.3
77.0
Project CARS 3
2020
18.7
24.3
31.7
39.2
Genshin Impact
2020
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
31.9
41.4
54.2
66.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.4
Gears of War 5
2019
32.4
42.2
55.1
68.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
27.6
35.9
46.9
58.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
26.5
34.4
45.0
55.6
Just Cause 4
2018
32.2
41.8
54.7
67.6
Death Stranding
2020
36.9
48.0
62.7
77.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
18.3
23.9
31.2
38.5
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
25.6
33.2
43.5
53.7
Forza Horizon 5
2021
29.2
38.0
49.7
61.4
Godfall
2020
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
12.1
15.8
20.6
25.5
Borderlands 3
2019
25.7
33.5
43.8
54.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
20.3
26.4
34.5
42.6
Hitman 2
2018
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
The Division
2016
35.9
46.7
61.0
75.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
31.9
41.5
54.3
67.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
29.6
38.5
50.4
62.2
Hitman 3
2021
27.6
35.9
46.9
58.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
18.6
24.1
31.5
39.0
The Witcher 3
2015
36.0
46.8
61.1
75.5
F1 2021
2020
39.4
51.2
66.9
82.7
Metro Exodus
2019
22.3
29.0
37.9
46.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
19.1
24.8
32.4
40.1
Total War: Warhammer
2016
40.1
52.1
68.1
84.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
29.3
38.2
49.9
61.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
30.0
38.9
50.9
62.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
31.9
41.5
54.3
67.1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
36.1
47.0
61.4
75.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
40.0
52.0
68.0
84.1
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
39.4
51.2
66.9
82.7
F1 22
2020
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.2
Crysis 3
2013
39.9
51.8
67.8
83.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Far Cry 6
2021
30.4
39.6
51.8
63.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
40.4
52.5
68.6
84.7
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i3-9100F gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield 4
2013
56.5
73.4
96.0
118.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
84.2
109.5
143.1
176.8
Need For Speed
2015
48.1
62.5
81.7
100.9
Dawn of War III
2017
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.7
Titanfall 2
2016
43.8
57.0
74.5
92.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
49.6
64.4
84.3
104.1
Valorant
2020
81.5
105.9
138.5
171.1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
118.9
154.5
202.1
249.6
F1 2019
2019
41.8
54.4
71.1
87.8
Strange Brigade
2018
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
41.7
54.2
70.9
87.5
Battlefield 1
2016
50.7
65.9
86.2
106.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.2
Dota 2
2013
58.0
75.5
98.7
121.9
Doom
2016
63.8
83.0
108.5
134.0
Project CARS 2
2017
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
Fallout 76
2018
52.1
67.8
88.6
109.5
Roblox
2006
140.1
182.1
238.1
294.1
Rocket League
2015
173.3
225.3
294.7
364.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
40.4
52.5
68.6
84.7
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
44.6
57.9
75.8
93.6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
52.0
67.5
88.3
109.1
DiRT Rally
2015
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.4
Battlefield V
2018
42.7
55.6
72.7
89.8
League of Legends
2009
222.9
289.7
378.9
468.0
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
51.0
66.3
86.7
107.1
Apex Legends
2019
42.7
55.6
72.7
89.8
Destiny 2
2017
56.1
73.0
95.4
117.9
For Honor
2017
59.4
77.3
101.0
124.8
Minecraft
2011
95.0
123.5
161.5
199.5
Hitman
2016
40.6
52.8
69.0
85.2
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
