Steam Hardware & Software Survey: May 2013
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.
Why do many of the Steam Hardware Survey numbers seem to undergo a significant change in April 2012?
There was a bug introduced into Steam's survey code several months ago that caused a bias toward older systems.
Specifically, only systems that had run the survey prior to the introduction of the bug would be asked to run the survey again.
This caused brand new systems to never run the survey. In March 2012, we caught the bug, causing the survey to be run on a large number of new computers,
thus giving us a more accurate survey and causing some of the numbers to vary more than they normally would month-to-month.
Some of the most interesting changes revealed by this correction were the increased OS share of Windows 7 (as Vista fell below XP),
the rise of Intel as a graphics provider and the overall diversification of Steam worldwide (as seen in the increase of non-English language usage, particularly Russian).
PC Video card usage by mfg
DX10/11 Systems (Vista/Win7 + DX10/11 GPU)
30.35% are DX10, 43.6% are DX11
December 2011 - May 2013
43.6%
30.35%
21.31%
2.09%
1.21%
0.41%
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +0.010% (18 mos)
December 2011 - May 2013
4.73%
42.98%
48.23%
4.06%
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Mac Hardware ownership
December 2011 - May 2013
53.47%
26.5%
14.05%
2.32%
3.65%
0.02%
Mac System RAM
December 2011 - May 2013
41.73%
49.61%
0.61%
7.35%
0.71%
Windows and Mac
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May 2013 (click line item to see more detail)
OS Version
Windows 7 64 bit
53.47%
-0.71%
Windows 7 64 bit
53.47%
-0.71%
Windows 7
13.38%
-0.01%
Windows 8 64 bit
11.83%
+0.97%
Windows XP 32 bit
7.65%
-0.60%
Windows Vista 64 bit
4.64%
+0.19%
Windows Vista 32 bit
2.60%
-0.01%
MacOS 10.8.3 64 bit
1.78%
+0.22%
Windows 8
0.80%
+0.01%
MacOS 10.7.5 64 bit
0.75%
+0.01%
MacOS 10.6.8 64 bit
0.60%
-0.01%
Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit
0.46%
+0.35%
Windows XP 64 bit
0.38%
0.00%
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64 bit
0.23%
0.00%
MacOS 10.8.2 64 bit
0.21%
-0.13%
Ubuntu 13.04
0.14%
+0.14%
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
0.13%
-0.01%
Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit
0.11%
-0.24%
Linux 64 bit
0.11%
+0.01%
Linux Mint 14 Nadia 64 bit
0.11%
0.00%
Ubuntu 12.10
0.05%
-0.09%
Other
0.61%
+0.05%
System RAM
8 GB
23.74%
+0.26%
Less than 512 MB
0.04%
-0.01%
512 Mb to 999 MB
0.48%
-0.01%
1 GB
2.92%
-0.03%
2 GB
12.52%
-0.17%
3 GB
18.50%
-0.28%
4 GB
21.96%
+0.11%
5 GB
1.34%
+0.02%
6 GB
6.89%
-0.08%
7 GB
1.41%
+0.06%
8 GB
23.74%
+0.26%
9 GB
0.11%
0.00%
10 GB
0.28%
0.00%
11 GB
0.04%
0.00%
12 GB and higher
9.73%
+0.11%
Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
21.44%
+0.16%
Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%
Below 1.4 Ghz
0.30%
+0.01%
1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.24%
0.00%
1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
1.75%
0.00%
1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
4.85%
-0.02%
2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
12.33%
-0.01%
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
21.44%
+0.16%
2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
9.01%
-0.15%
3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
11.79%
-0.03%
3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
12.24%
+0.10%
3.7 Ghz and above
0.38%
-0.03%
Physical CPUs
2 cpus
48.23%
+0.45%
Unspecified
0.05%
-0.01%
1 cpu
4.06%
-0.19%
2 cpus
48.23%
+0.45%
3 cpus
2.03%
+0.02%
4 cpus
42.98%
-0.29%
5 cpus
0.02%
0.00%
6 cpus
2.32%
-0.01%
7 cpus
0.00%
0.00%
8 cpus
0.29%
+0.02%
12 cpus
0.01%
0.00%
16 cpus
0.00%
0.00%
24 cpus
0.00%
0.00%
Video Card Description
Intel HD Graphics 3000 4.32%
+0.15%
Intel HD Graphics 3000
4.32%
+0.15%
Intel HD Graphics 4000
2.83%
+0.26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti2.58%
-0.18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2.34%
-0.10%
Intel HD Graphics 2000
2.04%
+0.15%
Intel HD Graphics
1.81%
-0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
1.65%
-0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
1.57%
-0.03%
ATI Radeon HD 57701.51%
-0.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
1.51%
-0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1.46%
+0.19%
NVIDIA GeForce 9600
1.43%
-0.09%
NVIDIA GeForce 9800
1.43%
-0.08%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
1.41%
+0.03%
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express
1.37%
0.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
1.34%
-0.03%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
1.33%
-0.04%
ATI Radeon HD 6870
1.27%
-0.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
1.23%
-0.05%
ATI Radeon HD 6850
1.20%
-0.07%
NVIDIA GeForce 9500
1.20%
-0.12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1.14%
+0.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
1.13%
+0.07%
ATI Radeon HD 7850
1.11%
+0.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
1.03%
+0.01%
ATI Radeon HD 6950
0.95%
-0.09%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
0.93%
+0.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
0.90%
-0.04%
ATI Radeon HD 7770
0.90%
+0.07%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
0.87%
-0.06%
ATI Radeon HD 6670
0.85%
+0.03%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
0.83%
-0.03%
NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.83%
+0.03%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
0.83%
+0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce 8600
0.82%
-0.04%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
0.80%
+0.01%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
0.80%
-0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
0.79%
+0.11%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
0.78%
+0.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
0.77%
-0.07%
ATI Radeon HD 5450
0.74%
0.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.73%
0.00%
ATI Radeon HD 7870
0.71%
+0.06%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.66%
-0.06%
ATI Radeon HD 7950
0.65%
+0.02%
ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.64%
-0.03%
ATI Radeon HD 4850
0.64%
-0.02%
ATI Radeon HD 7970
0.63%
+0.01%
NVIDIA GeForce 8800
0.62%
-0.02%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
0.60%
-0.03%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
0.59%
0.00%
NVIDIA GeForce 8400
0.58%
0.00%
ATI Radeon HD 5850
0.56%
-0.05%
NVIDIA GeForce 9400
0.55%
-0.05%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.55%
+0.55%
ATI Radeon HD 6770
0.55%
-0.04%
ATI Radeon HD 6520G
0.54%
0.00%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
0.52%
+0.52%
ATI Radeon HD 6750M
0.52%
+0.52%
ATI Radeon HD 6310
0.51%
+0.51%
Other
34.01%
-1.99%
VRAM
1024 MB
33.35%
+0.99%
128 MB
1.18%
+0.02%
256 MB
6.77%
-0.05%
384 MB
1.24%
+0.07%
512 MB
15.58%
-0.14%
896 MB
1.06%
-0.06%
1023 MB
8.13%
-1.36%
1024 MB
33.35%
+0.99%
1156 MB
0.49%
+0.49%
1279 MB
1.21%
-0.27%
1280 MB
0.77%
+0.19%
1535 MB
1.20%
-0.12%
1536 MB
0.87%
+0.08%
1797 MB
0.62%
+0.03%
2047 MB
8.24%
+0.94%
2048 MB
4.56%
+0.02%
3072 MB
0.74%
+0.05%
4096 MB
0.54%
+0.05%
Other
13.43%
-0.96%
Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080
30.83%
+0.10%
640 x 480
0.01%
0.00%
800 x 600
0.11%
0.00%
853 x 683
0.01%
+0.01%
960 x 540
0.00%
0.00%
960 x 600
0.00%
0.00%
1024 x 576
0.00%
-0.01%
1024 x 600
0.20%
-0.01%
1024 x 768
3.55%
-0.08%
1067 x 600
0.01%
0.00%
1067 x 800
0.00%
0.00%
1120 x 700
0.01%
0.00%
1152 x 648
0.01%
+0.01%
1152 x 720
0.01%
0.00%
1152 x 864
0.48%
-0.02%
1176 x 664
0.03%
0.00%
1179 x 661
0.00%
-0.01%
1184 x 667
0.00%
0.00%
1216 x 684
0.00%
0.00%
1280 x 600
0.01%
0.00%
1280 x 720
0.82%
+0.01%
1280 x 768
0.53%
-0.01%
1280 x 778
0.01%
-0.01%
1280 x 800
3.08%
+0.03%
1280 x 960
0.46%
+0.01%
1280 x 1024
8.37%
-0.12%
1344 x 840
0.00%
0.00%
1360 x 765
0.00%
-0.01%
1360 x 768
2.64%
+0.03%
1360 x 1024
0.02%
0.00%
1364 x 768
0.00%
0.00%
1366 x 768
21.60%
+0.51%
1400 x 1050
0.12%
-0.01%
1440 x 878
0.00%
-0.02%
1440 x 900
6.43%
-0.18%
1536 x 864
0.01%
0.00%
1600 x 900
7.57%
0.00%
1600 x 1000
0.01%
0.00%
1600 x 1024
0.06%
0.00%
1600 x 1200
0.38%
0.00%
1680 x 945
0.07%
0.00%
1680 x 1050
8.05%
-0.13%
1707 x 960
0.00%
-0.01%
1707 x 1067
0.00%
0.00%
1768 x 992
0.09%
+0.01%
1776 x 1000
0.05%
+0.01%
1804 x 1014
0.01%
0.00%
1804 x 1026
0.00%
0.00%
1824 x 1014
0.00%
0.00%
1824 x 1026
0.03%
0.00%
1824 x 1036
0.00%
0.00%
1842 x 1026
0.01%
0.00%
1842 x 1036
0.03%
+0.01%
1862 x 1036
0.00%
0.00%
1862 x 1048
0.00%
0.00%
1920 x 1058
0.00%
-0.01%
1920 x 1080
30.83%
+0.10%
1920 x 1200
2.79%
-0.12%
2048 x 1152
0.10%
0.00%
2560 x 1080
0.01%
0.00%
2560 x 1440
0.88%
+0.01%
2560 x 1600
0.17%
+0.01%
2880 x 1800
0.01%
0.00%
3240 x 1920
0.00%
0.00%
3840 x 1024
0.01%
0.00%
3840 x 1080
0.00%
0.00%
5040 x 1050
0.01%
0.00%
5760 x 1080
0.06%
0.00%
5760 x 1200
0.01%
0.00%
6048 x 1080
0.00%
0.00%
Other
0.18%
0.00%
Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080
20.61%
-0.25%
1024 x 768
0.03%
+0.03%
1366 x 1536
0.05%
+0.01%
1440 x 1668
0.04%
+0.04%
1680 x 1050
0.03%
+0.03%
1920 x 1080
0.18%
+0.03%
1920 x 1848
0.20%
+0.03%
1920 x 1980
0.12%
0.00%
1920 x 2104
0.10%
0.00%
1920 x 2130
0.11%
-0.02%
1920 x 2160
0.28%
0.00%
1920 x 2280
0.05%
+0.02%
2048 x 768
0.19%
-0.06%
2080 x 1024
0.03%
-0.04%
2166 x 768
0.03%
+0.03%
2240 x 900
0.04%
-0.01%
2304 x 768
0.08%
+0.01%
2304 x 800
0.05%
0.00%
2304 x 1024
0.44%
-0.03%
2384 x 768
0.21%
0.00%
2390 x 768
0.51%
-0.02%
2464 x 900
0.29%
-0.01%
2480 x 1050
0.05%
0.00%
2560 x 720
0.06%
-0.01%
2560 x 800
0.05%
+0.01%
2560 x 1024
2.28%
+0.07%
2560 x 1080
0.08%
+0.03%
2560 x 1600
0.18%
0.00%
2624 x 900
0.37%
+0.02%
2624 x 1200
0.03%
+0.03%
2640 x 768
0.06%
+0.02%
2640 x 1024
0.45%
+0.03%
2646 x 768
0.16%
+0.03%
2646 x 800
0.03%
0.00%
2646 x 1024
0.77%
-0.05%
2704 x 1050
0.51%
-0.03%
2720 x 768
0.20%
0.00%
2720 x 900
0.13%
-0.01%
2720 x 960
0.03%
0.00%
2720 x 1024
0.68%
-0.11%
2720 x 1080
0.07%
0.00%
2726 x 768
0.35%
-0.03%
2730 x 1680
0.03%
-0.01%
2732 x 768
0.49%
-0.02%
2800 x 900
0.31%
+0.05%
2806 x 900
0.49%
-0.04%
2820 x 1440
0.05%
-0.02%
2880 x 900
0.90%
+0.04%
2880 x 1024
0.78%
+0.07%
2880 x 1200
0.20%
+0.01%
2880 x 1800
0.25%
-0.01%
2944 x 1080
1.83%
+0.03%
2944 x 1200
0.16%
+0.04%
2944 x 1280
0.19%
+0.05%
2960 x 900
0.25%
-0.02%
2960 x 1050
2.73%
-0.07%
2966 x 900
0.35%
+0.01%
2970 x 1680
0.18%
-0.01%
3000 x 1920
0.27%
-0.01%
3040 x 900
0.47%
-0.04%
3040 x 1050
0.42%
+0.02%
3040 x 1200
0.03%
-0.03%
3046 x 1050
0.64%
+0.06%
3072 x 1080
0.04%
-0.01%
3080 x 1050
0.04%
+0.04%
3120 x 1050
0.82%
0.00%
3120 x 1600
0.05%
+0.01%
3120 x 1920
0.13%
0.00%
3200 x 900
1.01%
-0.12%
3200 x 1080
10.23%
+0.40%
3200 x 1200
1.44%
-0.09%
3200 x 2400
0.03%
+0.03%
3280 x 1050
0.52%
-0.03%
3280 x 1080
1.32%
-0.03%
3280 x 1200
0.21%
-0.04%
3286 x 1080
2.13%
0.00%
3286 x 1200
0.15%
+0.05%
3320 x 1080
0.11%
+0.01%
3328 x 1152
0.05%
0.00%
3360 x 1050
2.61%
-0.01%
3360 x 1080
3.89%
-0.15%
3360 x 1200
0.22%
-0.09%
3360 x 2100
0.23%
-0.04%
3448 x 1050
0.03%
+0.03%
3520 x 1080
2.24%
-0.03%
3520 x 1200
0.89%
+0.11%
3600 x 1080
8.21%
+0.19%
3600 x 1200
0.92%
-0.07%
3610 x 1680
0.03%
-0.01%
3640 x 1920
0.06%
+0.02%
3688 x 1080
0.08%
+0.03%
3696 x 1080
0.05%
0.00%
3728 x 1152
0.04%
0.00%
3744 x 1080
0.05%
0.00%
3760 x 1600
0.05%
+0.01%
3760 x 1920
0.07%
+0.01%
3762 x 1080
0.05%
0.00%
3840 x 1024
0.05%
-0.01%
3840 x 1080
20.61%
-0.25%
3840 x 1090
0.03%
+0.03%
3840 x 1093
0.08%
-0.01%
3840 x 1106
0.05%
0.00%
3840 x 1119
0.04%
0.00%
3840 x 1154
0.06%
+0.02%
3840 x 1164
0.03%
+0.03%
3840 x 1200
4.00%
-0.21%
3840 x 1440
0.09%
+0.01%
3840 x 1600
0.04%
+0.04%
3840 x 2160
0.91%
+0.07%
3840 x 2280
0.03%
+0.03%
3840 x 2400
0.38%
-0.04%
3968 x 1152
0.12%
0.00%
4096 x 1152
0.03%
-0.02%
4160 x 1440
0.03%
-0.01%
4160 x 1600
0.03%
+0.03%
4240 x 1050
0.04%
+0.04%
4240 x 1440
0.14%
0.00%
4240 x 1600
0.04%
0.00%
4480 x 1080
0.18%
+0.03%
4480 x 1200
0.05%
+0.01%
4480 x 1440
0.71%
+0.04%
4480 x 1600
0.24%
+0.03%
4640 x 1080
0.03%
+0.03%
4800 x 1080
0.05%
+0.01%
4800 x 1200
0.03%
+0.03%
4880 x 1080
0.06%
-0.01%
4920 x 1920
0.04%
+0.01%
5040 x 1050
0.10%
+0.02%
5120 x 1080
0.13%
-0.06%
5120 x 1200
0.05%
-0.04%
5120 x 1440
0.12%
-0.02%
5120 x 1600
0.05%
-0.02%
5120 x 2880
0.56%
+0.11%
5120 x 3200
0.04%
+0.04%
5200 x 1080
0.04%
0.00%
5280 x 1080
0.14%
+0.01%
5280 x 1200
0.04%
+0.04%
5440 x 1200
0.03%
+0.03%
5520 x 1080
0.14%
-0.03%
5520 x 1200
0.03%
-0.01%
5760 x 1080
1.52%
+0.10%
5760 x 1200
0.32%
-0.01%
5760 x 2160
0.04%
-0.03%
6400 x 1440
0.06%
-0.03%
7680 x 1080
0.05%
0.00%
7680 x 1440
0.03%
-0.01%
7680 x 4320
0.05%
-0.01%
Other
9.62%
+0.08%
Microphones
Yes
72.26%
-0.49%
Yes
72.26%
-0.49%
No
16.93%
+0.33%
Unknown
10.82%
+0.17%
Language
English
51.72%
-0.06%
English
51.72%
-0.06%
Russian
15.73%
-0.18%
German
5.97%
+0.10%
French
4.47%
-0.03%
Spanish
4.28%
+0.18%
Brazilian Portuguese
2.80%
+0.18%
Simplified Chinese
2.47%
-0.15%
Polish
1.96%
-0.06%
Korean
1.55%
+0.14%
Portuguese
1.37%
-0.09%
Italian
1.10%
0.00%
Japanese
1.07%
+0.02%
Swedish
0.84%
-0.03%
Thai
0.74%
-0.04%
Danish
0.70%
-0.03%
Turkish
0.58%
-0.01%
Dutch
0.53%
0.00%
Traditional Chinese
0.50%
+0.02%
Czech
0.45%
+0.01%
Finnish
0.41%
-0.01%
Norwegian
0.36%
+0.01%
Hungarian
0.24%
0.00%
Romanian
0.07%
0.00%
Greek
0.04%
0.00%
Bulgarian
0.02%
-0.01%
Free Hard Drive Space
100 GB to 249 GB
25.51%
-0.15%
Less than 10 GB
2.15%
+0.04%
10 GB to 99 GB
22.92%
-0.12%
100 GB to 249 GB
25.51%
-0.15%
250 GB to 499 GB
25.22%
+0.03%
500 GB to 749 GB
11.05%
+0.19%
750 GB to 999 GB
7.27%
+0.03%
Above 1 TB
5.88%
-0.01%
Total Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB
34.25%
+0.16%
Less than 10 GB
0.03%
+0.01%
10 GB to 99 GB
2.26%
-0.03%
100 GB to 249 GB
11.26%
+0.04%
250 GB to 499 GB
34.25%
+0.16%
500 GB to 749 GB
12.84%
-0.01%
750 GB to 999 GB
17.28%
+0.23%
Above 1 TB
22.07%
-0.39%
Network Speed
Unspecified
30.25%
+0.55%
Unspecified
30.25%
+0.55%
33.6 Kbps
1.09%
+0.04%
56.0 Kbps
2.30%
+0.04%
112.0 Kbps
0.85%
+0.02%
256.0 Kbps
5.69%
+0.02%
768.0 Kbps
7.73%
+0.04%
1,024.0 Kbps
4.06%
-0.05%
2,048.0 Kbps
25.72%
-0.45%
10,000.0 Kbps
22.32%
-0.18%
Other Settings
FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%
FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%
SSE2
99.90%
+0.02%
SSE3
99.59%
+0.04%
NTFS
94.50%
-0.16%
SSE4.1
64.83%
+0.68%
SSE4.2
56.13%
+0.97%
HyperThreading
41.42%
+0.45%
SSE4a
21.45%
+0.10%
