NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with AMD Ryzen 5 3600X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming from results of all benchmarks. As for the main parameter, 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 say that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good even 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 make some conclusions. This will let you to choose the necessary power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.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 graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X configuration:
League of Legends
Far Cry 6
Roblox
Hitman 3
Valorant
Fortnite Battle Royale
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Dota 2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hogwarts Legacy
Genshin Impact
Minecraft
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with rivals in several famous games and choose 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 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 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 also help you make the true decision.
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 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. The numbers near to the names of the games mean the medium FPS achieved 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
Elden ring
2022
18.6
24.2
31.7
39.1
Stray
2022
52.4
68.2
89.1
110.1
Homeworld 3
2022
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.4
40.8
53.3
65.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.1
24.8
32.5
40.1
Scorn
2022
19.1
24.8
32.5
40.1
Saints Row
2022
34.8
45.2
59.2
73.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.6
26.8
35.0
43.2
Atomic Heart
2023
11.8
15.3
20.0
24.7
Overwatch 2
2022
47.0
61.2
80.0
98.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.1
23.6
30.8
38.1
Starfield
2022
17.2
22.3
29.2
36.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
32.8
42.7
55.8
69.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.4
39.5
51.7
63.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.4
37.0
48.3
59.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.5
34.4
45.0
55.6
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.1
27.4
35.8
44.3
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.5
33.1
43.3
53.5
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Marvel's Avengers
2020
29.0
37.7
49.2
60.8
Death Stranding
2020
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.6
Borderlands 3
2019
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.2
53.5
70.0
86.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.0
29.9
39.2
48.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.6
50.1
65.6
81.0
Metro Exodus
2019
26.9
35.0
45.7
56.5
Genshin Impact
2020
42.6
55.4
72.5
89.5
Gears of War 5
2019
39.2
50.9
66.6
82.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.4
46.1
60.2
74.4
The Witcher 3
2015
43.4
56.4
73.8
91.2
F1 22
2020
42.6
55.4
72.5
89.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.2
28.8
37.7
46.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
38.5
50.0
65.4
80.8
Hitman 3
2021
33.3
43.3
56.7
70.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
DOOM Eternal
2020
45.6
59.3
77.5
95.7
Godfall
2020
43.4
56.4
73.7
91.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
41.7
54.2
70.9
87.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
35.8
46.5
60.8
75.1
GreedFall
2019
44.3
57.5
75.2
92.9
Halo Infinite
2021
27.9
36.3
47.5
58.7
Hitman 2
2018
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.9
Anthem
2019
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
Dishonored 2
2016
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.8
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.5
Project CARS 3
2020
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
39.5
51.4
67.2
83.0
Crysis 3
2013
48.1
62.6
81.8
101.1
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.9
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
30.9
40.1
52.5
64.8
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.9
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
32.0
41.5
54.3
67.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.2
47.0
61.5
76.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.3
43.3
56.7
70.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.6
50.1
65.6
81.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.7
19.0
24.9
30.8
Total War: Warhammer
2016
48.4
62.9
82.2
101.6
F1 2021
2020
47.5
61.8
80.8
99.8
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.5
31.9
41.7
51.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.4
29.1
38.1
47.0
Monster Hunter: World
2018
41.9
54.4
71.2
87.9
Just Cause 4
2018
38.9
50.5
66.1
81.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.6
56.7
74.2
91.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.1
Far Cry 6
2021
36.8
47.8
62.5
77.2
World War Z
2019
48.5
63.0
82.4
101.8
The Division
2016
43.3
56.3
73.7
91.0
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 5 3600X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for information, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
DiRT Rally
2015
77.3
100.5
131.4
162.3
Resident Evil 2
2019
55.9
72.6
95.0
117.3
Apex Legends
2019
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
Need For Speed
2015
58.0
75.4
98.6
121.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
62.7
81.6
106.6
131.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
61.6
80.0
104.6
129.3
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
59.8
77.8
101.7
125.7
Dawn of War III
2017
52.7
68.6
89.6
110.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
57.9
75.2
98.4
121.5
Dota 2
2013
70.1
91.1
119.1
147.2
Fallout 76
2018
62.9
81.8
107.0
132.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
143.5
186.5
243.9
301.3
Battlefield 4
2013
68.2
88.6
115.9
143.2
Roblox
2006
169.1
219.8
287.4
355.1
Minecraft
2011
114.7
149.1
195.0
240.8
Destiny 2
2017
67.8
88.1
115.2
142.3
Battlefield 1
2016
61.2
79.6
104.1
128.5
Valorant
2020
98.4
127.9
167.2
206.6
Battlefield V
2018
51.6
67.1
87.7
108.4
Titanfall 2
2016
52.9
68.8
90.0
111.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
50.3
65.4
85.6
105.7
Project CARS 2
2017
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
F1 2019
2019
50.5
65.6
85.8
106.0
For Honor
2017
71.7
93.3
122.0
150.7
League of Legends
2009
269.1
349.8
457.4
565.0
Hitman
2016
49.0
63.7
83.3
102.9
Doom
2016
77.0
100.2
131.0
161.8
Rocket League
2015
209.3
272.0
355.8
439.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
101.6
132.1
172.8
213.5
Strange Brigade
2018
63.1
82.0
107.2
132.5
Although you can't dispute 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 with each other. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
