Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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 from results of all tests. As for the main parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The ordinary FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 6Gb of memory, we can say 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 draw certain conclusions. With this data, you can already easily select the needed power supply that will completely match the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required 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 famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below 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 9 3900X configuration:
Apex Legends
Dota 2
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hitman 3
Far Cry 6
League of Legends
Minecraft
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Roblox
Valorant
Genshin Impact
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with competitors in some famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest GeForce GTX 1060 competitors
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 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 right decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. The numbers next to the names of the games represent the ordinary FPS gained 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
Atomic Heart
2023
12.4
16.1
21.0
26.0
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
26.8
34.9
45.6
56.3
Stray
2022
55.2
71.7
93.8
115.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
34.5
44.9
58.7
72.5
Saints Row
2022
36.6
47.6
62.2
76.9
Scorn
2022
20.1
26.1
34.2
42.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.7
28.2
36.8
45.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
29.9
38.9
50.8
62.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.2
28.8
37.7
46.6
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.1
24.8
32.4
40.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.1
26.1
34.2
42.2
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
27.8
36.2
47.3
58.5
Starfield
2022
18.0
23.5
30.7
37.9
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.3
Homeworld 3
2022
25.3
32.8
43.0
53.1
Overwatch 2
2022
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Elden ring
2022
19.6
25.5
33.3
41.1
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
32.0
41.6
54.3
67.1
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
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
33.6
43.7
57.2
70.6
Project CARS 3
2020
23.7
30.8
40.3
49.8
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.1
48.3
63.1
78.0
GreedFall
2019
46.6
60.5
79.2
97.8
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Gears of War 5
2019
41.2
53.6
70.0
86.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
40.6
52.8
69.0
85.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.3
30.3
39.6
48.9
Halo Infinite
2021
29.4
38.2
50.0
61.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.3
66.6
87.1
107.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
41.6
54.0
70.7
87.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.1
Godfall
2020
45.6
59.3
77.6
95.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
50.0
65.0
85.0
105.0
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.5
39.6
51.8
64.0
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
37.6
48.9
64.0
79.0
Monster Hunter: World
2018
44.0
57.2
74.9
92.5
World War Z
2019
51.0
66.3
86.7
107.1
Genshin Impact
2020
44.9
58.3
76.3
94.2
Death Stranding
2020
46.9
60.9
79.7
98.4
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
40.6
52.8
69.0
85.2
Dishonored 2
2016
39.0
50.7
66.3
81.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
35.1
45.6
59.6
73.6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
48.0
62.3
81.5
100.7
Devil May Cry 5
2019
45.9
59.7
78.0
96.4
The Witcher 3
2015
45.7
59.4
77.7
95.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.3
48.5
63.4
78.3
Crysis 3
2013
50.6
65.8
86.1
106.3
F1 22
2020
44.9
58.3
76.3
94.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.3
56.3
73.6
91.0
Anthem
2019
35.0
45.5
59.5
73.5
F1 2021
2020
50.0
65.0
85.0
105.0
The Division
2016
45.6
59.3
77.5
95.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
38.1
49.5
64.7
79.9
Just Cause 4
2018
40.9
53.2
69.5
85.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
25.8
33.5
43.8
54.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.6
30.6
40.1
49.5
Hitman 2
2018
50.5
65.7
85.9
106.1
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.2
31.5
41.2
50.9
Borderlands 3
2019
32.7
42.5
55.6
68.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
40.5
52.6
68.8
85.0
Far Cry 6
2021
38.7
50.3
65.7
81.2
Hitman 3
2021
35.1
45.6
59.6
73.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.4
20.0
26.2
32.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
50.9
66.2
86.5
106.9
Metro Exodus
2019
28.3
36.8
48.1
59.4
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 9 3900X 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
75.5
98.1
128.3
158.5
F1 2019
2019
53.1
69.0
90.3
111.5
Dota 2
2013
73.7
95.9
125.3
154.8
Need For Speed
2015
61.1
79.4
103.8
128.2
Dawn of War III
2017
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
64.8
84.2
110.1
136.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
58.8
76.4
99.9
123.4
Roblox
2006
177.9
231.3
302.4
373.6
Doom
2016
81.1
105.4
137.8
170.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
53.0
68.8
90.0
111.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
63.0
81.8
107.0
132.2
Battlefield V
2018
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.3
66.6
87.1
107.6
Battlefield 1
2016
64.4
83.7
109.5
135.2
Apex Legends
2019
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.0
Fallout 76
2018
66.2
86.1
112.6
139.0
Minecraft
2011
120.7
156.9
205.1
253.4
Valorant
2020
103.5
134.5
175.9
217.3
DiRT Rally
2015
81.3
105.7
138.2
170.8
Battlefield 4
2013
71.7
93.2
121.9
150.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
60.9
79.2
103.5
127.9
Project CARS 2
2017
53.5
69.5
90.9
112.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
106.9
139.0
181.8
224.6
Rocket League
2015
220.2
286.2
374.3
462.4
Strange Brigade
2018
66.4
86.3
112.8
139.4
League of Legends
2009
283.1
368.0
481.2
594.5
Titanfall 2
2016
55.7
72.4
94.7
116.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
Destiny 2
2017
71.3
92.7
121.2
149.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
56.6
73.6
96.2
118.9
Hitman
2016
51.6
67.0
87.7
108.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
151.0
196.3
256.7
317.0
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 evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 and the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X separately.
