Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at testing results. As for the primary parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The medium 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 modern 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 graphics card, you can already make certain conclusions. This will let you to choose the necessary power supply that will completely match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the GPU is 120W, so a conventional power supply is appropriate for it. Here is a list of some common games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next 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 PRO 1700 configuration:
Hogwarts Legacy
Apex Legends
Minecraft
Atomic Heart
Roblox
Genshin Impact
Valorant
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
League of Legends
Hitman 3
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than rivals in several popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest rivals 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 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 figures will also help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700. 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
Stray
2022
52.4
68.1
89.0
109.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.1
24.8
32.4
40.1
Overwatch 2
2022
47.0
61.1
79.8
98.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.5
26.7
34.9
43.2
Scorn
2022
19.1
24.8
32.4
40.1
Homeworld 3
2022
24.0
31.2
40.8
50.3
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.4
34.3
44.9
55.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.0
27.3
35.8
44.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.4
36.9
48.2
59.6
Saints Row
2022
34.7
45.2
59.1
72.9
Elden ring
2022
18.6
24.2
31.6
39.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.3
39.4
51.6
63.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.3
40.7
53.2
65.8
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
32.8
42.6
55.7
68.8
Starfield
2022
17.1
22.3
29.1
36.0
Atomic Heart
2023
11.7
15.3
20.0
24.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.4
33.1
43.3
53.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.1
23.5
30.8
38.0
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Gears of War 5
2019
39.1
50.8
66.5
82.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Halo Infinite
2021
27.9
36.3
47.4
58.6
Project CARS 3
2020
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
38.4
49.9
65.3
80.7
Genshin Impact
2020
42.6
55.3
72.4
89.4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.4
29.1
38.0
47.0
The Division
2016
43.3
56.2
73.5
90.8
Borderlands 3
2019
31.0
40.3
52.7
65.1
Dishonored 2
2016
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
39.4
51.3
67.0
82.8
World War Z
2019
48.4
62.9
82.3
101.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
35.7
46.4
60.7
75.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
30.8
40.1
52.4
64.7
The Witcher 3
2015
43.3
56.4
73.7
91.0
Metro Exodus
2019
26.9
34.9
45.7
56.4
Marvel's Avengers
2020
28.9
37.6
49.2
60.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
41.6
54.1
70.8
87.4
Crysis 3
2013
48.0
62.5
81.7
100.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.2
45.8
59.9
74.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.1
28.7
37.6
46.4
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.4
46.0
60.1
74.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
31.9
41.5
54.2
67.0
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.1
53.4
69.9
86.3
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.6
19.0
24.9
30.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Just Cause 4
2018
38.8
50.4
66.0
81.5
F1 2021
2020
47.5
61.7
80.7
99.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.1
46.9
61.4
75.8
Death Stranding
2020
44.5
57.8
75.6
93.4
Godfall
2020
43.3
56.3
73.6
90.9
F1 22
2020
42.6
55.3
72.4
89.4
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.0
29.9
39.1
48.3
GreedFall
2019
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.8
Hitman 3
2021
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
41.8
54.3
71.0
87.7
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.5
56.6
74.0
91.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Hitman 2
2018
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
30.8
40.1
52.4
64.7
Anthem
2019
33.2
43.2
56.5
69.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.6
63.2
82.7
102.1
Far Cry 6
2021
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.1
DOOM Eternal
2020
45.5
59.2
77.4
95.6
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.5
31.8
41.6
51.4
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
For Honor
2017
71.6
93.1
121.8
150.4
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
59.7
77.7
101.6
125.4
Need For Speed
2015
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.6
Destiny 2
2017
67.7
88.0
115.0
142.1
Dota 2
2013
70.0
91.0
118.9
146.9
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
61.5
79.9
104.5
129.0
Battlefield 1
2016
61.1
79.4
103.9
128.3
F1 2019
2019
50.4
65.5
85.7
105.8
Titanfall 2
2016
52.8
68.7
89.8
111.0
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
62.6
81.4
106.5
131.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
101.5
131.9
172.5
213.1
Project CARS 2
2017
50.7
66.0
86.3
106.5
Apex Legends
2019
51.5
67.0
87.6
108.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.6
63.2
82.7
102.1
League of Legends
2009
268.6
349.2
456.6
564.1
Doom
2016
76.9
100.0
130.7
161.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
57.8
75.1
98.2
121.3
Rocket League
2015
208.9
271.6
355.2
438.7
Valorant
2020
98.2
127.7
166.9
206.2
Roblox
2006
168.8
219.4
286.9
354.5
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
50.2
65.3
85.4
105.5
Strange Brigade
2018
63.0
81.9
107.0
132.2
Minecraft
2011
114.5
148.8
194.6
240.4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
143.3
186.2
243.5
300.8
Battlefield 4
2013
68.1
88.5
115.7
142.9
Fallout 76
2018
62.8
81.7
106.8
131.9
Hitman
2016
48.9
63.6
83.2
102.7
Battlefield V
2018
51.5
67.0
87.6
108.2
Resident Evil 2
2019
55.8
72.5
94.8
117.1
DiRT Rally
2015
77.2
100.3
131.2
162.0
Dawn of War III
2017
52.6
68.4
89.5
110.6
Though you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 separately.
