Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the Intel Core i5-13600 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is good or bad for gaming from results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main characteristic. The average FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good even for new most demanding 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 make some conclusions. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-13600 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the graphics card is 120W, so a conventional power supply is suitable for it. Here is a list of several common games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i5-13600 configuration:
Fortnite Battle Royale
Minecraft
Roblox
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Valorant
Dota 2
Genshin Impact
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hitman 3
Hogwarts Legacy
League of Legends
Atomic Heart
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than competitors in some famous 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 rivals 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 average 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 true decision.
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 i5-13600. The numbers beside 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
18.3
23.8
31.1
38.4
Stray
2022
55.9
72.7
95.0
117.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.4
42.1
55.1
68.0
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.3
39.4
51.5
63.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.3
25.1
32.9
40.6
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.2
36.7
48.0
59.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
Atomic Heart
2023
12.5
16.3
21.3
26.3
Elden ring
2022
19.9
25.8
33.8
41.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.4
43.5
56.8
70.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.9
28.5
37.3
46.1
Homeworld 3
2022
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.8
Scorn
2022
20.4
26.5
34.6
42.8
Overwatch 2
2022
50.2
65.2
85.3
105.3
Saints Row
2022
37.1
48.2
63.1
77.9
To understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 behaves in demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Halo Infinite
2021
29.8
38.7
50.6
62.5
Just Cause 4
2018
41.4
53.9
70.4
87.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.9
42.8
56.0
69.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.1
34.0
44.4
54.9
The Division
2016
46.2
60.0
78.5
97.0
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Godfall
2020
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.9
42.8
56.0
69.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.6
58.0
75.8
93.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.1
49.6
64.8
80.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.1
44.3
57.9
71.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.2
66.6
87.0
107.5
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.6
50.1
65.5
81.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
World War Z
2019
51.7
67.2
87.8
108.5
Gears of War 5
2019
41.7
54.3
71.0
87.7
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.5
67.0
87.6
108.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.5
57.8
75.6
93.4
The Witcher 3
2015
46.3
60.2
78.7
97.2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.1
53.5
69.9
86.3
Anthem
2019
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.2
66.6
87.0
107.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.0
53.3
69.7
86.1
Far Cry 6
2021
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.3
Metro Exodus
2019
28.7
37.3
48.8
60.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.6
63.2
82.6
102.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.8
49.1
64.2
79.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
F1 22
2020
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Borderlands 3
2019
33.1
43.1
56.3
69.6
Death Stranding
2020
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.7
65.9
86.2
106.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.1
53.5
69.9
86.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.1
GreedFall
2019
47.2
61.3
80.2
99.1
Hitman 2
2018
51.2
66.6
87.0
107.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.6
31.9
41.7
51.6
Genshin Impact
2020
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.6
48.9
63.9
79.0
Crysis 3
2013
51.3
66.7
87.2
107.7
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.6
20.3
26.6
32.8
Project CARS 3
2020
24.0
31.2
40.9
50.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.6
30.7
40.1
49.6
Hitman 3
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
51.6
67.0
87.7
108.3
Dishonored 2
2016
39.5
51.3
67.1
82.9
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.5
60.4
79.0
97.6
F1 2021
2020
50.7
65.9
86.2
106.4
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i5-13600 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for information, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
153.0
198.9
260.1
321.2
Dawn of War III
2017
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
Apex Legends
2019
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
League of Legends
2009
286.8
372.9
487.6
602.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Battlefield V
2018
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Titanfall 2
2016
56.4
73.4
95.9
118.5
Roblox
2006
180.2
234.3
306.4
378.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
59.6
77.4
101.3
125.1
Need For Speed
2015
61.9
80.4
105.2
129.9
Battlefield 4
2013
72.7
94.5
123.5
152.6
Destiny 2
2017
72.3
93.9
122.8
151.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
61.7
80.2
104.9
129.6
For Honor
2017
76.5
99.4
130.0
160.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.8
82.9
108.4
134.0
Doom
2016
82.1
106.8
139.6
172.5
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
66.9
86.9
113.7
140.4
Rocket League
2015
223.1
290.0
379.2
468.5
Dota 2
2013
74.7
97.1
127.0
156.9
F1 2019
2019
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.7
69.8
91.2
112.7
Hitman
2016
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
Project CARS 2
2017
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.8
Battlefield 1
2016
65.3
84.8
110.9
137.0
Valorant
2020
104.9
136.3
178.3
220.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
108.4
140.9
184.2
227.5
Minecraft
2011
122.3
158.9
207.8
256.7
Fallout 76
2018
67.1
87.2
114.0
140.9
DiRT Rally
2015
82.4
107.1
140.1
173.0
Strange Brigade
2018
67.2
87.4
114.3
141.2
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
65.6
85.3
111.6
137.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.4
74.6
97.5
120.5
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
