Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the Intel Core i7-9700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. As for the main characteristic, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The medium FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can tell 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. This will let you to choose the required power supply that can meet the demands of the GPU. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i7-9700K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the GPU is 120W, so a medium-power power supply is appropriate for it. Here is a list of several famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i7-9700K configuration:
Apex Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Minecraft
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hitman 3
Fortnite Battle Royale
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than competitors in several popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest opponents of the GeForce GTX 1060
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 opponents 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 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 right choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i7-9700K. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the medium FPS achieved 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.6
41.0
53.7
66.3
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.6
37.2
48.6
60.1
Starfield
2022
17.3
22.4
29.3
36.3
Elden ring
2022
18.7
24.4
31.9
39.4
Homeworld 3
2022
24.2
31.4
41.1
50.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.6
34.6
45.3
55.9
Stray
2022
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.5
Scorn
2022
19.2
25.0
32.7
40.4
Atomic Heart
2023
11.8
15.4
20.1
24.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
33.0
43.0
56.2
69.4
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.2
25.0
32.7
40.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.2
Saints Row
2022
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.3
23.7
31.0
38.3
Overwatch 2
2022
47.4
61.6
80.5
99.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.6
33.3
43.6
53.9
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Metro Exodus
2019
27.1
35.2
46.0
56.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
Anthem
2019
33.5
43.5
56.9
70.3
F1 22
2020
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.4
47.3
61.9
76.4
Death Stranding
2020
44.8
58.3
76.2
94.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.7
46.4
60.6
74.9
World War Z
2019
48.8
63.4
82.9
102.4
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
Crysis 3
2013
48.4
63.0
82.3
101.7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
GreedFall
2019
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
36.0
46.8
61.2
75.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
The Witcher 3
2015
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.8
Genshin Impact
2020
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.1
Halo Infinite
2021
28.1
36.6
47.8
59.0
Borderlands 3
2019
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.7
Just Cause 4
2018
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.1
Dishonored 2
2016
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
DOOM Eternal
2020
45.9
59.6
78.0
96.3
Far Cry 6
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
The Division
2016
43.6
56.7
74.1
91.6
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
32.2
41.8
54.7
67.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.4
53.9
70.4
87.0
Hitman 2
2018
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.7
32.1
41.9
51.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.7
19.2
25.1
31.0
Project CARS 3
2020
22.7
29.5
38.6
47.6
Monster Hunter: World
2018
42.1
54.8
71.6
88.5
Godfall
2020
43.7
56.7
74.2
91.7
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.2
30.1
39.4
48.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
38.7
50.3
65.8
81.3
Gears of War 5
2019
39.4
51.2
67.0
82.8
Hitman 3
2021
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.2
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.3
29.0
37.9
46.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
29.2
37.9
49.6
61.2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
F1 2021
2020
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.0
63.7
83.4
103.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
48.6
63.2
82.7
102.1
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i7-9700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
62.0
80.5
105.3
130.1
Resident Evil 2
2019
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.7
Minecraft
2011
115.4
150.1
196.2
242.4
Dawn of War III
2017
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.5
F1 2019
2019
50.8
66.0
86.4
106.7
Need For Speed
2015
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
102.3
133.0
173.9
214.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
60.2
78.3
102.4
126.5
Fallout 76
2018
63.3
82.3
107.7
133.0
Titanfall 2
2016
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
144.4
187.8
245.5
303.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
63.1
82.1
107.3
132.6
DiRT Rally
2015
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.4
Doom
2016
77.5
100.8
131.8
162.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
For Honor
2017
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.6
Battlefield V
2018
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Destiny 2
2017
68.2
88.7
116.0
143.3
League of Legends
2009
270.8
352.0
460.4
568.7
Valorant
2020
99.0
128.7
168.3
207.9
Hitman
2016
49.3
64.1
83.9
103.6
Strange Brigade
2018
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.0
63.7
83.4
103.0
Dota 2
2013
70.5
91.7
119.9
148.1
Roblox
2006
170.2
221.2
289.3
357.4
Project CARS 2
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.4
Battlefield 1
2016
61.6
80.1
104.7
129.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.3
Battlefield 4
2013
68.6
89.2
116.6
144.1
Apex Legends
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Rocket League
2015
210.6
273.8
358.1
442.3
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work together. In such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 and the Intel Core i7-9700K separately.
