Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming from testing results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the main parameter. The average FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can state 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 GPU, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A medium-power power supply is good for the GeForce GTX 1060, because its TDP is 120W Here is a list of several famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X configuration:
Apex Legends
Dota 2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hogwarts Legacy
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Far Cry 6
Minecraft
Roblox
Atomic Heart
Valorant
Hitman 3
League of Legends
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 famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest GeForce GTX 1060 opponents
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 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 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 famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the average 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
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
31.5
41.0
53.6
66.2
Atomic Heart
2023
12.2
15.9
20.7
25.6
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
26.4
34.4
44.9
55.5
Scorn
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.6
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
29.5
38.3
50.1
61.9
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.9
28.4
37.1
45.9
Elden ring
2022
19.3
25.1
32.8
40.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.3
27.7
36.3
44.8
Homeworld 3
2022
24.9
32.4
42.3
52.3
Overwatch 2
2022
48.8
63.4
82.9
102.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
32.5
42.3
55.3
68.3
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
27.4
35.7
46.7
57.6
Stray
2022
54.4
70.7
92.4
114.2
Starfield
2022
17.8
23.1
30.2
37.4
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.8
25.8
33.7
41.6
Saints Row
2022
36.1
46.9
61.3
75.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.8
24.4
32.0
39.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
34.0
44.3
57.9
71.5
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.2
30.2
39.5
48.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
43.4
56.4
73.8
91.1
Total War: Warhammer
2016
50.2
65.2
85.3
105.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
41.0
53.2
69.6
86.0
F1 22
2020
44.2
57.5
75.2
92.8
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
37.1
48.2
63.1
77.9
GreedFall
2019
45.9
59.7
78.0
96.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
33.1
43.1
56.3
69.6
Genshin Impact
2020
44.2
57.5
75.2
92.8
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.0
29.9
39.0
48.2
F1 2021
2020
49.3
64.1
83.8
103.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
40.0
52.0
68.0
84.0
Project CARS 3
2020
23.4
30.4
39.7
49.1
Dishonored 2
2016
38.4
49.9
65.3
80.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
34.6
44.9
58.7
72.6
DOOM Eternal
2020
47.3
61.4
80.3
99.2
Gears of War 5
2019
40.6
52.8
69.0
85.3
Hitman 2
2018
49.8
64.7
84.7
104.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
49.8
64.7
84.7
104.6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
40.0
52.0
68.0
84.0
World War Z
2019
50.3
65.3
85.4
105.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.0
41.6
54.4
67.2
Halo Infinite
2021
29.0
37.7
49.2
60.8
Borderlands 3
2019
32.2
41.9
54.8
67.7
Crysis 3
2013
49.9
64.9
84.8
104.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
39.9
51.9
67.8
83.8
Just Cause 4
2018
40.3
52.4
68.5
84.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
45.2
58.8
76.9
95.0
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
43.2
56.2
73.5
90.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
42.7
55.5
72.6
89.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
49.8
64.7
84.7
104.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.2
19.8
25.8
31.9
Hitman 3
2021
34.6
44.9
58.7
72.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
49.3
64.1
83.8
103.5
Godfall
2020
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.4
Death Stranding
2020
46.2
60.1
78.5
97.0
Metro Exodus
2019
27.9
36.3
47.4
58.6
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
50.1
65.1
85.2
105.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
25.4
33.0
43.2
53.4
The Witcher 3
2015
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
36.6
47.6
62.2
76.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.0
39.0
51.1
63.1
Far Cry 6
2021
38.1
49.5
64.8
80.0
The Division
2016
44.9
58.4
76.4
94.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.0
41.6
54.4
67.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.9
31.0
40.6
50.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
36.7
47.8
62.5
77.2
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
Anthem
2019
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 7 5800X gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield V
2018
53.5
69.6
91.0
112.4
Need For Speed
2015
60.2
78.2
102.3
126.4
Strange Brigade
2018
65.4
85.0
111.2
137.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
65.0
84.6
110.6
136.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
105.4
137.0
179.2
221.3
For Honor
2017
74.4
96.7
126.5
156.2
Minecraft
2011
118.9
154.6
202.2
249.7
Battlefield 4
2013
70.7
91.9
120.2
148.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
60.0
78.0
102.0
126.0
League of Legends
2009
279.0
362.7
474.3
585.9
Battlefield 1
2016
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
Project CARS 2
2017
52.7
68.5
89.6
110.7
Apex Legends
2019
53.5
69.6
91.0
112.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
52.2
67.8
88.7
109.6
Dawn of War III
2017
54.7
71.1
93.0
114.8
Resident Evil 2
2019
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.7
Destiny 2
2017
70.3
91.4
119.5
147.6
Rocket League
2015
217.0
282.1
368.9
455.7
Titanfall 2
2016
54.9
71.3
93.3
115.3
Roblox
2006
175.3
227.9
298.0
368.2
Hitman
2016
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
Fallout 76
2018
65.3
84.8
110.9
137.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
F1 2019
2019
52.3
68.0
89.0
109.9
DiRT Rally
2015
80.1
104.2
136.2
168.3
Dota 2
2013
72.7
94.5
123.5
152.6
Valorant
2020
102.0
132.6
173.4
214.2
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
63.8
83.0
108.5
134.0
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
62.0
80.7
105.5
130.3
Doom
2016
79.9
103.9
135.8
167.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
55.8
72.5
94.9
117.2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
148.8
193.4
253.0
312.5
Though you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
