Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the primary characteristic. The medium FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 6Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good for new 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 make some conclusions. With this data, you can already safely buy the necessary power supply that will completely match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 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 medium-power power supply is good for it. Here is a list of several famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 7 1800X configuration:
Apex Legends
Hitman 3
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
League of Legends
Dota 2
Valorant
Fortnite Battle Royale
Roblox
Minecraft
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genshin Impact
Atomic Heart
Far Cry 6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After reviewing the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than rivals in some 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 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 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 also help you make the right 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 7 1800X. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the average 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
Stray
2022
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.3
23.7
31.0
38.3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.2
25.0
32.7
40.4
Saints Row
2022
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
Overwatch 2
2022
47.4
61.6
80.5
99.4
Scorn
2022
19.2
25.0
32.7
40.4
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.6
37.2
48.6
60.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.7
26.9
35.2
43.5
Atomic Heart
2023
11.8
15.4
20.1
24.9
Elden ring
2022
18.7
24.4
31.9
39.4
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.6
34.6
45.3
55.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
33.1
43.0
56.2
69.4
Starfield
2022
17.3
22.4
29.4
36.3
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.6
41.0
53.7
66.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.2
27.6
36.1
44.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.2
Homeworld 3
2022
24.2
31.4
41.1
50.8
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.7
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
Just Cause 4
2018
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
48.6
63.2
82.7
102.1
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
Hitman 3
2021
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
The Witcher 3
2015
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.7
19.2
25.1
31.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.2
30.1
39.4
48.7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.9
57.1
74.6
92.2
Halo Infinite
2021
28.1
36.6
47.8
59.0
World War Z
2019
48.8
63.4
82.9
102.5
F1 22
2020
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.1
Borderlands 3
2019
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
36.0
46.8
61.2
75.6
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.4
47.3
61.9
76.5
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.4
53.9
70.4
87.0
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
32.2
41.8
54.7
67.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
38.7
50.3
65.8
81.3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.5
Far Cry 6
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
45.9
59.6
78.0
96.3
Gears of War 5
2019
39.4
51.2
67.0
82.8
Godfall
2020
43.7
56.8
74.2
91.7
Dishonored 2
2016
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.0
63.7
83.4
103.0
Anthem
2019
33.5
43.5
56.9
70.3
Crysis 3
2013
48.4
63.0
82.3
101.7
Genshin Impact
2020
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.1
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Death Stranding
2020
44.8
58.3
76.2
94.2
Total War: Warhammer
2016
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.3
29.0
37.9
46.8
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.5
46.2
60.4
74.6
Metro Exodus
2019
27.1
35.2
46.0
56.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
29.2
37.9
49.6
61.2
The Division
2016
43.6
56.7
74.1
91.6
GreedFall
2019
44.5
57.9
75.7
93.5
Monster Hunter: World
2018
42.1
54.8
71.6
88.5
Hitman 2
2018
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.7
32.1
41.9
51.8
Project CARS 3
2020
22.7
29.5
38.6
47.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
39.8
51.7
67.6
83.5
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.7
46.4
60.6
74.9
F1 2021
2020
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.5
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 7 1800X 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 significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Destiny 2
2017
68.2
88.7
116.0
143.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
58.3
75.7
99.0
122.3
F1 2019
2019
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
Hitman
2016
49.3
64.1
83.9
103.6
Valorant
2020
99.0
128.7
168.3
207.9
Need For Speed
2015
58.4
75.9
99.3
122.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.0
63.7
83.4
103.0
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
63.1
82.1
107.3
132.6
Project CARS 2
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.4
Battlefield 4
2013
68.6
89.2
116.6
144.1
Dota 2
2013
70.5
91.7
119.9
148.1
For Honor
2017
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Dawn of War III
2017
53.1
69.0
90.2
111.5
Doom
2016
77.5
100.8
131.8
162.8
Rocket League
2015
210.6
273.8
358.1
442.3
Strange Brigade
2018
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
DiRT Rally
2015
77.8
101.1
132.2
163.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
Titanfall 2
2016
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
60.2
78.3
102.4
126.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
102.3
133.0
173.9
214.8
Apex Legends
2019
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
54.2
70.4
92.1
113.7
Roblox
2006
170.2
221.2
289.3
357.4
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
62.0
80.5
105.3
130.1
Battlefield 1
2016
61.6
80.1
104.7
129.4
Battlefield V
2018
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Minecraft
2011
115.4
150.1
196.2
242.4
League of Legends
2009
270.8
352.1
460.4
568.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
144.4
187.8
245.5
303.3
Fallout 76
2018
63.3
82.3
107.7
133.0
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the graphics card and the CPU.
