NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with AMD Ryzen 7 3700X benchmark
Benchmark 06-02-2023 Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 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 benchmark results. As for the key parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The average FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 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 make some decision. This will let you to choose the required power supply that will fully match the GPU. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A medium-power power supply is appropriate for the GeForce GTX 1060, because its TDP is 120W Here is a list of some famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X configuration:
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Roblox
Atomic Heart
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
Hitman 3
Genshin Impact
Dota 2
Far Cry 6
Minecraft
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hogwarts Legacy
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the table 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 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 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 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 numbers will further help you make the true choice.
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 7 3700X. The numbers beside 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. 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
31.8
41.4
54.1
66.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.8
37.5
49.0
60.5
Overwatch 2
2022
47.7
62.0
81.1
100.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.8
34.9
45.6
56.4
Homeworld 3
2022
24.4
31.7
41.4
51.2
Starfield
2022
17.4
22.6
29.6
36.5
Elden ring
2022
18.9
24.6
32.1
39.7
Atomic Heart
2023
11.9
15.5
20.3
25.1
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.8
40.1
52.4
64.7
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.9
27.1
35.5
43.8
Scorn
2022
19.4
25.2
33.0
40.7
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.4
27.8
36.3
44.9
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.8
33.6
43.9
54.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.4
23.9
31.3
38.6
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.4
25.2
33.0
40.7
Stray
2022
53.2
69.1
90.4
111.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
Saints Row
2022
35.3
45.9
60.0
74.1
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Crysis 3
2013
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.5
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
36.3
47.2
61.7
76.2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
32.4
42.1
55.1
68.1
Hitman 2
2018
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Hitman 3
2021
33.8
43.9
57.5
71.0
World War Z
2019
49.2
63.9
83.6
103.2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Dishonored 2
2016
37.6
48.9
63.9
78.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
42.5
55.2
72.2
89.2
F1 22
2020
43.2
56.2
73.5
90.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
Metro Exodus
2019
27.3
35.5
46.4
57.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.0
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
49.0
63.7
83.3
102.9
Devil May Cry 5
2019
44.2
57.5
75.2
92.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.4
30.4
39.7
49.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.8
Death Stranding
2020
45.2
58.7
76.8
94.9
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.9
32.3
42.3
52.2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
48.7
63.3
82.8
102.3
Gears of War 5
2019
39.7
51.6
67.5
83.4
Godfall
2020
44.0
57.2
74.8
92.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.9
19.3
25.3
31.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
42.3
55.0
71.9
88.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.4
64.2
84.0
103.8
Genshin Impact
2020
43.2
56.2
73.5
90.8
GreedFall
2019
44.9
58.4
76.3
94.3
Just Cause 4
2018
39.4
51.2
67.0
82.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
39.0
50.7
66.3
81.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.8
46.5
60.8
75.2
Borderlands 3
2019
31.5
41.0
53.6
66.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
46.2
60.1
78.6
97.1
Far Cry 6
2021
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
29.4
38.2
49.9
61.7
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.5
29.2
38.2
47.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.8
43.9
57.5
71.0
The Witcher 3
2015
44.0
57.3
74.9
92.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.7
29.5
38.6
47.7
Halo Infinite
2021
28.3
36.8
48.2
59.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
40.1
52.1
68.1
84.1
Anthem
2019
33.8
43.9
57.4
70.9
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.8
54.3
71.0
87.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.8
Project CARS 3
2020
22.9
29.7
38.9
48.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.0
The Division
2016
43.9
57.1
74.7
92.3
F1 2021
2020
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 7 3700X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Apex Legends
2019
52.3
68.0
89.0
109.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
63.6
82.7
108.2
133.6
Titanfall 2
2016
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.7
Hitman
2016
49.7
64.6
84.5
104.4
Roblox
2006
171.5
223.0
291.6
360.2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
145.6
189.2
247.4
305.7
Rocket League
2015
212.3
275.9
360.9
445.8
Minecraft
2011
116.3
151.2
197.8
244.3
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
62.4
81.2
106.1
131.1
Resident Evil 2
2019
56.7
73.7
96.3
119.0
Fallout 76
2018
63.8
83.0
108.5
134.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.4
64.2
84.0
103.8
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.2
Strange Brigade
2018
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.4
Destiny 2
2017
68.8
89.4
116.9
144.4
For Honor
2017
72.8
94.6
123.7
152.8
Battlefield 1
2016
62.1
80.7
105.6
130.4
Battlefield V
2018
52.3
68.0
89.0
109.9
Battlefield 4
2013
69.1
89.9
117.6
145.2
Need For Speed
2015
58.9
76.5
100.1
123.6
F1 2019
2019
51.2
66.6
87.0
107.5
Dawn of War III
2017
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
58.7
76.3
99.8
123.3
Dota 2
2013
71.1
92.4
120.8
149.3
League of Legends
2009
272.9
354.8
464.0
573.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
54.6
71.0
92.8
114.6
Doom
2016
78.1
101.6
132.8
164.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
103.1
134.0
175.3
216.5
Valorant
2020
99.8
129.7
169.6
209.5
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.5
Project CARS 2
2017
51.6
67.0
87.6
108.3
DiRT Rally
2015
78.4
101.9
133.3
164.6
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 calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and the GeForce GTX 1060 separately.
