Steam Hardware & Software Survey: January 2012

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.

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PC Video card usage by mfg
August 2010 - January 2012
57.28%
3.28%
38.49%
0.95%
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DX10/11 Systems (Vista/Win7 + DX10/11 GPU)
42.98% are DX10, 31.66% are DX11
August 2010 - January 2012
31.66%
42.98%
19.2%
3.94%
1.09%
0.71%
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
August 2010 - January 2012
26.48%
73.52%
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +16.3% (18 mos)
August 2010 - January 2012
3.15%
43.54%
48.21%
5.1%
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Mac Hardware ownership
August 2010 - January 2012
47.2%
30.88%
13.56%
6.01%
2.25%
0.1%
Mac System RAM
August 2010 - January 2012
27.28%
56.31%
1.8%
13.51%
1.1%

Windows and Mac
January 2012 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 7 64 bit 
41.52% 
+0.17% 

Windows 7 64 bit
41.52%
+0.17%

Windows XP 32 bit
17.26%
-0.13%

Windows Vista 64 bit
12.92%
-0.13%

Windows Vista 32 bit
11.68%
-0.18%

Windows 7
9.31%
-0.01%

MacOS 10.7.2 64 bit
2.92%
+0.03%

MacOS 10.6.8 64 bit
2.43%
+0.21%

Windows XP 64 bit
1.21%
+0.18%

MacOS 10.5.8 64 bit
0.28%
-0.09%

Windows 2003 64 bit
0.24%
+0.01%

Other
0.21%
-0.09%

System RAM
4 GB 
28.76% 
+0.12% 

Less than 512 MB
0.03%
0.00%

512 Mb to 999 MB
0.44%
-0.16%

1 GB
2.51%
-0.41%

2 GB
15.83%
+0.03%

3 GB
25.54%
-0.09%

4 GB
28.76%
+0.12%

5 GB and higher
26.88%
+0.50%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
30.49% 
-0.14% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.23%
-0.06%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.07%
-0.03%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
1.76%
-0.23%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
4.98%
+0.05%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
9.05%
+0.05%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
30.49%
-0.14%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
13.60%
+0.57%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
9.45%
0.00%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
4.54%
+0.23%

3.7 Ghz and above
0.89%
-0.06%

Physical CPUs
2 cpus 
48.21% 
-0.01% 

Unspecified
0.02%
+0.01%

1 cpu
5.10%
-0.47%

2 cpus
48.21%
-0.01%

3 cpus
1.26%
-0.10%

4 cpus
43.54%
+0.57%

5 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

6 cpus
1.59%
+0.05%

8 cpus
0.25%
-0.07%

12 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

16 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 
4.69% 
+0.32% 

NVIDIA GeForce 9800
4.69%
+0.32%

ATI Radeon HD 5770
4.17%
-0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce 8800
3.90%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
3.61%
-0.19%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
3.11%
-0.12%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600
2.97%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
2.94%
+0.29%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150
2.93%
+0.14%

ATI Radeon HD 4850
2.52%
-0.08%

ATI Radeon HD 4870
2.50%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5850
2.45%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 5870
2.08%
-0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600
1.96%
-0.12%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500
1.94%
+0.01%

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express
1.48%
-0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
1.43%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
1.41%
+0.03%

ATI Radeon HD 6950
1.27%
+0.21%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
1.25%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
1.15%
+0.12%

ATI Radeon HD 4890
1.15%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400
1.12%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
1.11%
-0.02%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
1.09%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
1.08%
-0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 6870
1.07%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
1.06%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
1.00%
-0.15%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
1.00%
-0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
0.96%
+0.12%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
0.96%
+0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 6850
0.92%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550
0.92%
+0.36%

ATI Radeon HD 4650
0.91%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 5750
0.91%
+0.04%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
0.90%
-0.05%

ATI Radeon HD 4670
0.87%
+0.08%

ATI Radeon HD 4350
0.81%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.78%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.77%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
0.63%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
0.62%
+0.12%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400
0.61%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
0.55%
-0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 3200
0.54%
-0.13%

ATI Radeon HD 6970
0.54%
-0.03%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
0.52%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
0.51%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 3870
0.51%
+0.51%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
0.50%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce 8500
0.50%
-0.05%

Other
24.83%
-0.56%

VRAM
1024 MB 
41.56% 
+0.39% 

7 MB
0.53%
-0.03%

128 MB
2.02%
+0.02%

256 MB
11.26%
-0.47%

320 MB
0.72%
0.00%

512 MB
25.24%
-0.08%

768 MB
1.32%
-0.15%

896 MB
4.78%
-0.08%

1024 MB
41.56%
+0.39%

1280 MB
2.20%
-0.21%

1536 MB
2.04%
+0.05%

2048 MB
0.72%
+0.15%

Other
7.61%
+0.94%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
25.15% 
+17.38% 

1024 x 768
4.66%
+0.25%

1152 x 864
0.97%
+0.15%

1280 x 720
0.68%
-0.03%

1280 x 768
0.62%
-0.05%

1280 x 800
4.48%
-0.05%

1280 x 960
0.81%
-0.06%

1280 x 1024
10.39%
-0.66%

1360 x 768
1.34%
-0.10%

1366 x 768
6.24%
-0.01%

1440 x 900
8.74%
-0.19%

1600 x 900
4.52%
+0.11%

1600 x 1200
0.95%
+0.10%

1680 x 1050
17.37%
-0.22%

1920 x 1080
25.15%
+17.38%

1920 x 1200
7.75%
+7.75%

2560 x 1440
0.93%
+0.15%

Other
4.39%
-0.11%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
11.46% 
-0.05% 

2304 x 1024
0.61%
-0.32%

2560 x 1024
4.27%
-0.19%

2704 x 1050
1.38%
+0.32%

2720 x 1024
1.05%
-0.07%

2880 x 900
1.25%
+0.15%

2944 x 1080
1.36%
+0.13%

2960 x 1050
6.32%
+0.22%

3040 x 1050
0.61%
-0.13%

3120 x 1050
1.15%
-0.26%

3200 x 900
0.61%
-0.02%

3200 x 1080
9.72%
+0.38%

3200 x 1200
3.55%
+0.37%

3280 x 1080
0.77%
+0.08%

3286 x 1080
0.66%
-0.18%

3360 x 1050
5.50%
-0.06%

3360 x 1080
3.15%
+0.08%

3520 x 1080
0.77%
-0.25%

3520 x 1200
1.56%
+0.26%

3600 x 1080
9.21%
+0.45%

3600 x 1200
2.05%
-0.07%

3840 x 1080
11.46%
-0.05%

3840 x 1200
5.09%
-0.38%

3840 x 2160
0.92%
+0.16%

3840 x 2400
1.07%
-0.01%

5120 x 2880
0.72%
-0.12%

5760 x 1080
0.92%
+0.23%

Other
24.27%
+0.82%

Microphones
Yes 
75.45% 
+0.15% 

Yes
75.45%
+0.15%

No
18.92%
-0.05%

Unknown
5.63%
-0.09%

Language
English 
67.91% 
+0.56% 

English
67.91%
+0.56%

Russian
6.98%
-0.07%

German
6.60%
+0.18%

French
5.99%
-0.21%

Spanish
2.04%
-0.07%

Polish
1.81%
-0.10%

Portuguese
1.13%
0.00%

Japanese
1.09%
-0.24%

Italian
1.08%
+0.15%

Danish
0.91%
-0.08%

Traditional Chinese
0.82%
+0.17%

Swedish
0.82%
-0.07%

Dutch
0.56%
+0.02%

Finnish
0.51%
-0.04%

Czech
0.42%
+0.02%

Simplified Chinese
0.39%
-0.06%

Norwegian
0.30%
-0.05%

Korean
0.26%
-0.06%

Hungarian
0.23%
-0.03%

Turkish
0.06%
-0.01%

Romanian
0.04%
+0.02%

Thai
0.03%
+0.01%

Unknown
0.01%
+0.01%

Free Hard Drive Space
10 GB to 99 GB 
31.71% 
-0.18% 

Less than 10 GB
4.02%
+0.27%

10 GB to 99 GB
31.71%
-0.18%

100 GB to 249 GB
26.04%
+0.26%

250 GB to 499 GB
20.43%
-0.05%

500 GB to 749 GB
9.29%
+0.34%

750 GB to 999 GB
4.42%
-0.30%

Above 1 TB
4.09%
-0.33%

Total Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
30.34% 
-0.01% 

10 GB to 99 GB
1.37%
+0.01%

100 GB to 249 GB
12.65%
-0.58%

250 GB to 499 GB
30.34%
-0.01%

500 GB to 749 GB
11.64%
-0.37%

750 GB to 999 GB
15.00%
+0.04%

Above 1 TB
28.98%
+0.95%

Network Speed
2,048.0 Kbps 
40.02% 
+0.29% 

Unspecified
18.84%
+0.03%

33.6 Kbps
0.53%
-0.06%

56.0 Kbps
1.31%
-0.25%

112.0 Kbps
0.58%
-0.08%

256.0 Kbps
7.69%
+0.14%

768.0 Kbps
9.42%
-0.19%

1,024.0 Kbps
3.76%
-0.17%

2,048.0 Kbps
40.02%
+0.29%

10,000.0 Kbps
17.85%
+0.27%

Other Settings
FCMOV 
100.00% 
0.00% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
99.76%
+0.04%

SSE3
98.94%
+0.09%

NTFS
93.84%
-0.16%

SSE4.1
50.53%
+0.93%

SSE4.2
24.54%
+0.33%

HyperThreading
21.00%
-0.14%

SSE4a
15.87%
0.00%


 Windows (Mac data coming soon)
July 2010
APPLICATION, SERVICE OR SUITE
 
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
Steam
100.00%

Adobe Flash Player
96.79%

Adobe Acrobat
73.18%

Mozilla Firefox
63.05%

Microsoft Office
57.26%

Microsoft Silverlight
53.13%

Windows Live Messenger
52.58%

Microsoft Office PowerPoint
47.18%

Microsoft Office Word
46.21%

WinRAR
45.28%

Microsoft Office Excel
44.73%

QuickTime
43.95%

Skype
41.75%

Windows Live Mail
41.05%

Adobe AIR
40.60%

Microsoft Games for Windows
36.63%

Microsoft Office OneNote
34.77%

Windows Media Player
33.43%

PunkBuster
32.87%

Bonjour
31.97%

Microsoft Office Access
31.81%

iTunes
30.73%

µTorrent
29.41%

ATI Catalyst Control Center
29.00%

Microsoft Office InfoPath
27.03%

Windows Live Sync
25.59%

Windows Live Essentials
24.99%

Microsoft Office Groove
23.38%

Piriform CCleaner
22.70%

Windows Live Writer
22.62%

Microsoft Internet Explorer
19.82%

System Requirements Lab
19.66%

Winamp
19.45%

TeamSpeak
17.99%

7-Zip
17.90%

Ventrilo
17.38%

avast!
16.01%

Microsoft Works
15.19%

OpenOffice
14.63%

Fraps
13.70%

EA Download Manager
12.09%

Google Chrome
11.56%

Xfire
10.54%

ESET
8.81%

Safari
8.69%

GIMP
6.26%

Paint.NET
5.81%

BitTorrent
5.28%

Vuze (Azureus)
4.37%

WinZip
4.28%

foobar2000
2.66%

BitComet
2.44%

Norton AntiVirus
1.78%

Microsoft Office FrontPage
0.69%

* We are continuing to refine this data to provide the most relevant list of installed applications. New items will be added as they are identified.