Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the Intel Core i7-12700K 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 from benchmark data. As for the key parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good even for today's 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 draw certain conclusions. This will let you to choose the needed power supply that will completely match the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i7-12700K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the graphics card is 120W, so a medium-power power supply is appropriate for it. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Below 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 i7-12700K configuration:
Hitman 3
Minecraft
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
Valorant
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
Atomic Heart
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hogwarts Legacy
Dota 2
Roblox
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with rivals 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 rivals
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 medium FPS in popular 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 numbers 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 i7-12700K. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the medium FPS obtained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce GTX 1060 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.7
42.5
55.5
68.6
Stray
2022
56.4
73.3
95.8
118.3
Homeworld 3
2022
25.8
33.5
43.9
54.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
27.4
35.6
46.6
57.5
Overwatch 2
2022
50.6
65.7
86.0
106.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
22.1
28.8
37.6
46.5
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
28.4
37.0
48.3
59.7
Scorn
2022
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
30.5
39.7
51.9
64.1
Starfield
2022
18.4
24.0
31.3
38.7
Elden ring
2022
20.0
26.0
34.0
42.0
Saints Row
2022
37.4
48.6
63.6
78.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.5
25.3
33.1
40.9
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.6
29.4
38.5
47.6
Atomic Heart
2023
12.6
16.4
21.5
26.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.1
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Devil May Cry 5
2019
46.9
60.9
79.7
98.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
49.0
63.7
83.3
102.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.9
49.3
64.5
79.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
44.2
57.5
75.2
92.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
41.4
53.9
70.5
87.0
The Division
2016
46.6
60.5
79.1
97.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
44.8
58.3
76.2
94.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
38.1
49.5
64.7
80.0
Borderlands 3
2019
33.4
43.4
56.8
70.1
World War Z
2019
52.1
67.7
88.6
109.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.7
20.5
26.8
33.1
Godfall
2020
46.6
60.6
79.2
97.9
F1 22
2020
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.2
Gears of War 5
2019
42.1
54.7
71.5
88.4
Anthem
2019
35.8
46.5
60.8
75.1
Far Cry 6
2021
39.5
51.4
67.2
83.0
The Witcher 3
2015
46.7
60.7
79.3
98.0
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.9
50.5
66.1
81.6
Project CARS 3
2020
24.2
31.5
41.2
50.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.4
68.1
89.0
109.9
Death Stranding
2020
47.9
62.2
81.4
100.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
34.3
44.6
58.4
72.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
33.2
43.1
56.4
69.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
41.3
53.7
70.3
86.8
Hitman 2
2018
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
GreedFall
2019
47.6
61.8
80.9
99.9
Just Cause 4
2018
41.8
54.3
71.0
87.7
Dishonored 2
2016
39.8
51.8
67.7
83.6
Crysis 3
2013
51.7
67.2
87.9
108.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
52.0
67.6
88.4
109.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.2
Hitman 3
2021
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
33.2
43.1
56.4
69.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
41.4
53.9
70.5
87.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
26.3
34.2
44.8
55.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.8
30.9
40.5
50.0
Marvel's Avengers
2020
31.1
40.5
52.9
65.4
F1 2021
2020
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.3
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
38.4
50.0
65.4
80.7
Genshin Impact
2020
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
42.5
55.2
72.2
89.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.8
32.2
42.1
52.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
24.1
31.3
40.9
50.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.5
Metro Exodus
2019
28.9
37.6
49.2
60.7
Halo Infinite
2021
30.0
39.0
51.0
63.0
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i7-12700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Valorant
2020
105.7
137.4
179.7
222.0
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
64.3
83.6
109.3
135.0
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
67.4
87.6
114.6
141.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
52.4
68.1
89.0
109.9
For Honor
2017
77.1
100.2
131.1
161.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
62.2
80.9
105.7
130.6
Battlefield V
2018
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
154.2
200.5
262.2
323.8
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
109.2
142.0
185.7
229.4
Battlefield 1
2016
65.8
85.5
111.8
138.1
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
Dota 2
2013
75.3
97.9
128.0
158.2
League of Legends
2009
289.1
375.9
491.5
607.2
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
66.2
86.0
112.5
138.9
F1 2019
2019
54.2
70.5
92.2
113.9
Fallout 76
2018
67.6
87.9
115.0
142.0
Battlefield 4
2013
73.3
95.2
124.5
153.8
Resident Evil 2
2019
60.0
78.1
102.1
126.1
Strange Brigade
2018
67.8
88.1
115.2
142.3
Rocket League
2015
224.9
292.4
382.3
472.3
Need For Speed
2015
62.4
81.1
106.0
131.0
Hitman
2016
52.7
68.5
89.5
110.6
Dawn of War III
2017
56.7
73.7
96.3
119.0
Minecraft
2011
123.2
160.2
209.5
258.8
Project CARS 2
2017
54.6
71.0
92.8
114.7
Roblox
2006
181.7
236.2
308.9
381.6
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
57.8
75.2
98.3
121.4
Destiny 2
2017
72.8
94.7
123.8
153.0
DiRT Rally
2015
83.1
108.0
141.2
174.4
Titanfall 2
2016
56.9
73.9
96.7
119.5
Doom
2016
82.8
107.6
140.7
173.9
Apex Legends
2019
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
