Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming from results of all tests. 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. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good even for today's 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 graphics card, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already safely select the necessary power supply that will fully match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the GPU is 120W, so a regular power supply is suitable for it. Here is a list of some popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X configuration:
Valorant
Hogwarts Legacy
Hitman 3
Roblox
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Apex Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Fortnite Battle Royale
League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Atomic Heart
Dota 2
Genshin Impact
Far Cry 6
Minecraft
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After reviewing 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 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 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 ordinary 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 decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the medium FPS received 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
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
29.8
38.8
50.7
62.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
19.6
25.4
33.3
41.1
Stray
2022
49.9
64.8
84.8
104.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
27.0
35.1
46.0
56.8
Saints Row
2022
33.1
43.0
56.3
69.5
Elden ring
2022
17.7
23.0
30.1
37.2
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
20.0
26.1
34.1
42.1
Scorn
2022
18.2
23.6
30.9
38.2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
17.2
22.4
29.3
36.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
24.2
31.5
41.2
50.9
Starfield
2022
16.3
21.2
27.7
34.3
Homeworld 3
2022
22.8
29.7
38.8
48.0
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
25.2
32.7
42.8
52.8
Atomic Heart
2023
11.2
14.5
19.0
23.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
18.2
23.6
30.9
38.2
Overwatch 2
2022
44.7
58.2
76.1
94.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
28.9
37.6
49.1
60.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
31.2
40.6
53.1
65.6
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
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
45.7
59.4
77.6
95.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.0
Metro Exodus
2019
25.6
33.3
43.5
53.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
29.4
38.2
49.9
61.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
45.7
59.4
77.6
95.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
31.7
41.2
53.9
66.5
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
13.9
18.1
23.7
29.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
34.4
44.7
58.5
72.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
43.3
56.3
73.7
91.0
The Division
2016
41.2
53.6
70.0
86.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
Far Cry 6
2021
35.0
45.4
59.4
73.4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
21.3
27.7
36.2
44.7
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
29.4
38.2
49.9
61.7
Halo Infinite
2021
26.6
34.5
45.2
55.8
Crysis 3
2013
45.8
59.5
77.8
96.1
World War Z
2019
46.1
59.9
78.4
96.8
Hitman 3
2021
31.7
41.2
53.9
66.5
F1 22
2020
40.5
52.7
68.9
85.1
Borderlands 3
2019
29.5
38.4
50.2
62.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
21.9
28.5
37.2
46.0
Genshin Impact
2020
40.5
52.7
68.9
85.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
41.5
53.9
70.5
87.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
23.3
30.3
39.6
48.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
46.3
60.2
78.8
97.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
39.7
51.6
67.4
83.3
Death Stranding
2020
42.4
55.1
72.0
89.0
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
37.6
48.8
63.9
78.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
46.0
59.8
78.2
96.6
Dishonored 2
2016
35.2
45.8
59.9
74.0
Forza Horizon 5
2021
33.6
43.6
57.0
70.5
Project CARS 3
2020
21.4
27.9
36.4
45.0
GreedFall
2019
42.1
54.7
71.5
88.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.0
F1 2021
2020
45.2
58.8
76.8
94.9
The Witcher 3
2015
41.3
53.7
70.2
86.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
39.8
51.7
67.7
83.6
Marvel's Avengers
2020
27.5
35.8
46.8
57.8
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
21.1
27.4
35.8
44.2
Gears of War 5
2019
37.2
48.4
63.3
78.2
Godfall
2020
41.2
53.6
70.1
86.6
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
36.6
47.6
62.2
76.8
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
34.0
44.2
57.8
71.4
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
33.7
43.8
57.3
70.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
30.4
39.5
51.7
63.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
45.2
58.8
76.8
94.9
Just Cause 4
2018
37.0
48.0
62.8
77.6
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
46.0
59.7
78.1
96.5
Hitman 2
2018
45.7
59.4
77.6
95.9
Anthem
2019
31.6
41.1
53.8
66.5
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 5 1600X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for information, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Rocket League
2015
199.0
258.7
338.3
417.9
Project CARS 2
2017
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
47.9
62.2
81.4
100.5
Destiny 2
2017
64.5
83.8
109.6
135.3
Fallout 76
2018
59.8
77.8
101.7
125.7
Strange Brigade
2018
60.0
78.0
102.0
126.0
Roblox
2006
160.8
209.0
273.3
337.6
Need For Speed
2015
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.9
DiRT Rally
2015
73.5
95.5
124.9
154.3
Battlefield V
2018
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.1
Dota 2
2013
66.6
86.6
113.3
139.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
58.5
76.1
99.5
122.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
55.0
71.5
93.6
115.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
136.5
177.4
232.0
286.6
For Honor
2017
68.2
88.7
116.0
143.3
Battlefield 4
2013
64.8
84.3
110.2
136.1
Minecraft
2011
109.1
141.8
185.4
229.0
Battlefield 1
2016
58.2
75.7
99.0
122.2
Apex Legends
2019
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
56.9
74.0
96.7
119.5
Doom
2016
73.3
95.2
124.5
153.8
Dawn of War III
2017
50.1
65.2
85.2
105.3
F1 2019
2019
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.8
Valorant
2020
93.5
121.6
159.0
196.4
League of Legends
2009
255.9
332.6
434.9
537.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
53.1
69.1
90.3
111.6
Hitman
2016
46.6
60.6
79.2
97.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
59.7
77.5
101.4
125.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
46.3
60.2
78.8
97.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
96.7
125.7
164.3
203.0
Titanfall 2
2016
50.3
65.4
85.6
105.7
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in reality 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 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X separately.
