Steam Hardware & Software Survey: May 2016

Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about what kinds of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. The information gathered is incredibly helpful to us as we make decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make and products to offer.


PC Video card usage by mfg
December 2014 - May 2016
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DX10/11/12 Systems
December 2014 - May 2016
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
December 2014 - May 2016
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +2.000% (18 mos)
December 2014 - May 2016
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Mac Hardware ownership
December 2014 - May 2016
VR Headsets
April 2016 - May 2016

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May 2016 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 10 64 bit 
39.68% 
+1.50% 

Windows
 
95.42%
-0.01% 

Windows 10 64 bit
39.68%
+1.50%

Windows 7 64 bit
32.25%
-0.28%

Windows 8.1 64 bit
11.08%
-0.81%

Windows 7
6.77%
-0.24%

Windows XP 32 bit
1.96%
-0.07%

Windows 8 64 bit
1.52%
-0.08%

Windows 10
1.37%
+0.04%

Windows 8.1
0.32%
-0.02%

Windows Vista 32 bit
0.20%
-0.02%

Windows 8
0.14%
-0.01%

Windows Vista 64 bit
0.10%
-0.01%

OSX
 
3.60%
+0.03% 

MacOS 10.11.4 64 bit
1.33%
+0.39%

MacOS 10.10.5 64 bit
0.80%
-0.04%

MacOS 10.11.3 64 bit
0.33%
-0.41%

MacOS 10.9.5 64 bit
0.28%
-0.01%

MacOS 10.11.5 64 bit
0.25%
+0.25%

MacOS 10.11.2 64 bit
0.12%
-0.05%

MacOS 10.11.1 64 bit
0.10%
-0.02%

MacOS 10.10.3 64 bit
0.07%
-0.01%

MacOS 10.11.0 64 bit
0.07%
-0.01%

MacOS 10.7.5 64 bit
0.06%
0.00%

MacOS 10.8.5 64 bit
0.05%
-0.01%

Linux
 
0.84%
-0.06% 

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit
0.23%
+0.15%

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit
0.13%
-0.04%

Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa 64 bit
0.09%
0.00%

Linux 64 bit
0.08%
-0.01%

Ubuntu 15.10 64 bit
0.06%
-0.11%

System RAM
8 GB 
32.10% 
-0.35% 

Less than 512 MB
0.00%
-0.01%

512 Mb to 999 MB
0.11%
-0.01%

1 GB
1.32%
-0.05%

2 GB
7.23%
-0.23%

3 GB
10.94%
+0.08%

4 GB
21.33%
+0.29%

5 GB
1.07%
-0.03%

6 GB
4.70%
-0.09%

7 GB
2.61%
+0.01%

8 GB
32.10%
-0.35%

9 GB
0.05%
0.00%

10 GB
0.30%
-0.01%

11 GB
0.18%
+0.01%

12 GB and higher
18.02%
+0.37%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
20.73% 
-0.08% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.68%
-0.02%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.63%
-0.01%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
2.29%
0.00%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
4.00%
-0.09%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
8.59%
-0.20%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
20.73%
-0.08%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
7.66%
0.00%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
13.46%
+0.19%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
16.41%
+0.14%

3.7 Ghz and above
3.13%
+0.10%

Physical CPUs
2 cpus 
48.13% 
+0.45% 

Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%

1 cpu
2.20%
-0.03%

2 cpus
48.13%
+0.45%

3 cpus
2.74%
+0.01%

4 cpus
45.08%
-0.41%

5 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

6 cpus
1.52%
-0.02%

7 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

8 cpus
0.29%
0.00%

10 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

12 cpus
0.01%
-0.01%

14 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

16 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

18 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

20 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 
4.94% 
+4.94% 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4.94%
+4.94%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3.28%
+3.28%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
3.25%
+3.25%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
2.93%
+2.93%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
2.12%
+2.12%

Intel HD Graphics 4400
2.10%
+2.10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
2.01%
+2.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
1.92%
+1.92%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
1.85%
+1.85%

Intel HD Graphics 2000
1.72%
+1.72%

AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
1.69%
+1.69%

Intel ValleyView2 HD Graphics
1.62%
+1.62%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1.51%
+1.51%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
1.49%
+1.49%

AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series
1.48%
+1.48%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
1.46%
+1.46%

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
1.44%
+1.44%

Intel HD Graphics 2500
1.41%
+1.41%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
1.38%
+1.38%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
1.32%
+1.32%

AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
1.31%
+1.31%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
1.22%
+1.22%

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
1.07%
+1.07%

NVIDIA GeForce 840M
1.05%
+1.05%

NVIDIA GeForce 210
1.02%
+1.02%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
1.02%
+1.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
1.00%
+1.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
0.95%
+0.95%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
0.90%
+0.90%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
0.83%
+0.83%

Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.77%
+0.77%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
0.68%
+0.68%

Intel Ironlake (Mobile)
0.67%
+0.67%

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
0.64%
+0.64%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
0.64%
+0.64%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
0.62%
+0.62%

AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series
0.60%
+0.60%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.59%
+0.59%

ATI Radeon HD 5450
0.59%
+0.59%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.58%
+0.58%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
0.58%
+0.58%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
0.57%
+0.57%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500
0.57%
+0.57%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
0.55%
+0.55%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
0.54%
+0.54%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
0.54%
+0.54%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
0.53%
+0.53%

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
0.52%
+0.52%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
0.51%
+0.51%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
0.51%
+0.51%

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
0.51%
+0.51%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
0.51%
+0.51%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
0.50%
+0.50%

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
0.50%
+0.50%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M
0.48%
+0.48%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
0.48%
+0.48%

AMD Radeon HD 6670
0.47%
+0.47%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
0.47%
+0.47%

AMD Radeon HD 8470D
0.47%
+0.47%

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express
0.46%
+0.46%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
0.46%
+0.46%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
0.45%
+0.45%

NVIDIA GeForce 9800
0.44%
+0.44%

Intel HD Graphics 5000
0.44%
+0.44%

NVIDIA GeForce 920A
0.43%
+0.43%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
0.43%
+0.43%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
0.42%
+0.42%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
0.42%
+0.42%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.42%
+0.42%

AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
0.41%
+0.41%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
0.39%
+0.39%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
0.38%
+0.38%

AMD Radeon HD 8600 Series
0.37%
+0.37%

AMD Radeon HD 6570
0.37%
+0.37%

NVIDIA GeForce 610M
0.36%
+0.36%

Intel Iris Graphics 5100
0.35%
+0.35%

Intel G41 Express
0.34%
+0.34%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
0.33%
+0.33%

Intel Iris Graphics 6100
0.33%
+0.33%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.32%
+0.32%

AMD Radeon HD 7480D
0.32%
+0.32%

AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
0.31%
+0.31%

AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
0.29%
+0.29%

AMD Radeon HD 8370D
0.29%
+0.29%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
0.29%
+0.29%

AMD Radeon HD 6450
0.29%
+0.29%

AMD Radeon HD 7540D
0.28%
+0.28%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745
0.27%
+0.27%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
0.27%
+0.27%

Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.25%
+0.25%

Desktop Haswell GT1
0.25%
+0.25%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
0.25%
+0.25%

AMD Radeon HD 8600M Series
0.25%
+0.25%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
0.24%
+0.24%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400
0.24%
+0.24%

ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.24%
+0.24%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
0.24%
+0.24%

AMD Radeon HD 7600M Series
0.23%
+0.23%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
0.23%
+0.23%

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
0.23%
+0.23%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600
0.23%
+0.23%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400
0.23%
+0.23%

AMD Radeon HD 7640G
0.22%
+0.22%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.22%
+0.22%

AMD Radeon HD 6310
0.22%
+0.22%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
0.21%
+0.21%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
0.21%
+0.21%

ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
0.21%
+0.21%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
0.21%
+0.21%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
0.21%
+0.21%

AMD Radeon HD 6530D
0.21%
+0.21%

Intel G33/G31 Express
0.20%
+0.20%

AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.20%
+0.20%

Intel HD Graphics - Braswell
0.20%
+0.20%

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
0.19%
+0.19%

AMD Radeon HD 6520G
0.19%
+0.19%

AMD Radeon HD 4650
0.19%
+0.19%

AMD Radeon HD 8330
0.18%
+0.18%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
0.18%
+0.18%

AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
0.18%
+0.18%

AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series
0.18%
+0.18%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
0.18%
+0.18%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
0.18%
+0.18%

AMD Radeon HD 4350
0.17%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon HD 7560D
0.17%
+0.17%

ATI Radeon HD 5570
0.17%
+0.17%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
0.17%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon HD 8650G
0.17%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series
0.17%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon R7 M260
0.16%
+0.16%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
0.16%
+0.16%

AMD Radeon HD 7660G
0.16%
+0.16%

AMD Radeon HD 8570D
0.16%
+0.16%

AMD Radeon HD 6410D
0.16%
+0.16%

ATI 760G
0.16%
+0.16%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
0.15%
+0.15%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420
0.15%
+0.15%

Other
12.06%
-87.94%

VRAM
1024 MB 
33.77% 
-0.12% 

256 MB
2.20%
-0.10%

384 MB
0.68%
-0.04%

512 MB
8.21%
-0.21%

768 MB
2.31%
+0.17%

1023 MB
0.66%
-0.02%

1024 MB
33.77%
-0.12%

1536 MB
0.69%
-0.13%

2047 MB
24.07%
+0.23%

2048 MB
2.17%
+0.02%

3071 MB
1.50%
-0.08%

4095 MB
7.18%
+0.07%

4096 MB
3.81%
+0.05%

6143 MB
0.76%
+0.03%

6144 MB
0.55%
+0.01%

Other
11.41%
+0.07%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
36.81% 
+0.39% 

1024 x 768
1.91%
-0.01%

1280 x 720
1.41%
+0.01%

1280 x 768
0.37%
-0.02%

1280 x 800
1.85%
-0.07%

1280 x 960
0.22%
-0.01%

1280 x 1024
4.60%
-0.12%

1360 x 768
3.03%
+0.05%

1366 x 768
25.72%
-0.10%

1440 x 900
4.77%
-0.18%

1536 x 864
3.22%
+0.08%

1600 x 900
6.74%
+0.11%

1600 x 1200
0.22%
0.00%

1680 x 1050
3.98%
-0.16%

1920 x 1080
36.81%
+0.39%

1920 x 1200
1.35%
-0.02%

2560 x 1080
0.31%
+0.01%

2560 x 1440
1.53%
+0.02%

Other
1.96%
+0.23%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
30.21% 
+0.10% 

1920 x 2160
0.44%
-0.01%

2390 x 768
0.53%
+0.03%

2560 x 1024
0.83%
-0.06%

2640 x 1024
0.28%
+0.01%

2646 x 1024
0.69%
-0.01%

2720 x 1024
0.30%
-0.03%

2726 x 768
0.46%
-0.06%

2732 x 768
0.61%
+0.01%

2800 x 900
0.21%
0.00%

2806 x 900
0.48%
-0.03%

2880 x 900
0.49%
-0.02%

2880 x 1024
0.44%
+0.02%

2880 x 1800
0.28%
+0.04%

2944 x 1080
1.35%
+0.04%

2960 x 900
0.24%
-0.02%

2960 x 1050
0.88%
-0.02%

2966 x 900
0.37%
-0.01%

3000 x 1920
0.34%
+0.03%

3040 x 900
0.33%
+0.01%

3040 x 1050
0.23%
0.00%

3046 x 1050
0.42%
0.00%

3120 x 1050
0.38%
+0.01%

3200 x 900
0.67%
+0.03%

3200 x 1080
7.72%
+0.03%

3200 x 1200
0.50%
-0.07%

3280 x 1050
0.27%
-0.07%

3280 x 1080
1.69%
0.00%

3286 x 1080
2.81%
+0.03%

3360 x 1050
0.93%
-0.13%

3360 x 1080
3.24%
-0.05%

3456 x 1080
0.28%
+0.04%

3520 x 1080
2.81%
+0.01%

3520 x 1200
0.47%
-0.01%

3600 x 1080
5.41%
-0.06%

3600 x 1200
0.37%
-0.01%

3840 x 1080
30.21%
+0.10%

3840 x 1200
2.45%
-0.04%

3840 x 2160
0.71%
-0.01%

4480 x 1080
0.64%
0.00%

4480 x 1440
1.92%
+0.03%

5120 x 1080
0.35%
+0.01%

5120 x 1440
0.49%
+0.01%

5120 x 2880
0.37%
-0.02%

5760 x 1080
2.46%
+0.08%

5760 x 1200
0.25%
+0.02%

5760 x 2160
0.26%
-0.01%

6400 x 1440
0.25%
+0.01%

Other
21.90%
+0.81%

Microphones
Yes 
65.02% 
-0.88% 

Yes
65.02%
-0.88%

No
17.70%
-0.16%

Unknown
17.29%
+1.05%

Language
English 
46.62% 
+1.70% 

English
46.62%
+1.70%

Russian
16.61%
-0.27%

Simplified Chinese
6.51%
-0.83%

Spanish
5.49%
+0.11%

German
4.25%
+0.02%

Brazilian Portuguese
3.86%
+0.05%

French
3.28%
-0.06%

Polish
2.46%
+0.01%

Turkish
1.54%
-0.07%

Thai
1.35%
-0.07%

Korean
1.21%
-0.24%

Japanese
0.91%
0.00%

Italian
0.88%
-0.02%

Traditional Chinese
0.76%
-0.12%

Portuguese
0.70%
-0.02%

Czech
0.64%
-0.04%

Swedish
0.50%
-0.03%

Dutch
0.47%
-0.02%

Hungarian
0.44%
-0.02%

Danish
0.37%
-0.02%

Romanian
0.27%
-0.02%

Finnish
0.26%
-0.01%

Ukrainian
0.22%
0.00%

Norwegian
0.21%
-0.03%

Greek
0.11%
+0.01%

Bulgarian
0.08%
+0.01%

Unknown
0.00%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
25.65% 
-0.19% 

Less than 10 GB
1.50%
-0.01%

10 GB to 99 GB
19.17%
-0.21%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.80%
-0.13%

250 GB to 499 GB
25.65%
-0.19%

500 GB to 749 GB
12.88%
+0.25%

750 GB to 999 GB
9.11%
+0.05%

Above 1 TB
6.89%
+0.26%

Total Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
29.74% 
-0.45% 

Less than 10 GB
0.01%
0.00%

10 GB to 99 GB
1.23%
-0.07%

100 GB to 249 GB
9.06%
-0.07%

250 GB to 499 GB
29.74%
-0.45%

500 GB to 749 GB
7.98%
-0.16%

750 GB to 999 GB
24.87%
+0.06%

Above 1 TB
27.10%
+0.69%

Network Speed
Unspecified 
42.19% 
+0.62% 

Unspecified
42.19%
+0.62%

33.6 Kbps
1.74%
+0.04%

56.0 Kbps
2.73%
+0.01%

112.0 Kbps
0.97%
-0.04%

256.0 Kbps
3.47%
-0.04%

768.0 Kbps
3.95%
-0.08%

1,024.0 Kbps
4.01%
-0.12%

2,048.0 Kbps
17.72%
-0.22%

10,000.0 Kbps
23.23%
-0.17%

VR Headsets
HTC Vive 
0.09% 
+0.07% 

HTC Vive
0.09%
+0.07%

Oculus Rift
0.03%
+0.02%

Oculus Rift DK2
0.02%
0.00%

Oculus Rift DK1
0.00%
0.00%

Other Settings
FCMOV 
100.00% 
0.00% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
99.99%
0.00%

SSE3
99.96%
+0.01%

LAHF / SAHF
97.01%
+7.83%

CMPXCHG16B
96.92%
+7.82%

NTFS
95.25%
+0.04%

PrefetchW
92.80%
+7.03%

SSSE3
91.10%
+0.28%

SSE4.1
85.28%
+0.55%

SSE4.2
81.97%
+0.64%

AVX
68.02%
+5.87%

AES
62.31%
+5.56%

HyperThreading
53.52%
+0.11%

SSE4a
21.21%
+0.05%