Steam Hardware & Software Survey: July 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
February 2015 - July 2016
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DX10/11/12 Systems
February 2015 - July 2016
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
February 2015 - July 2016
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +2.560% (18 mos)
February 2015 - July 2016
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Mac Hardware ownership
February 2015 - July 2016
VR Headsets
April 2016 - July 2016

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July 2016 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 10 64 bit 
44.67% 
+1.73% 

Windows
 
95.70%
+0.20% 

Windows 10 64 bit
44.67%
+1.73%

Windows 7 64 bit
30.03%
-0.58%

Windows 8.1 64 bit
9.32%
-0.75%

Windows 7
6.30%
-0.06%

Windows XP 32 bit
1.70%
-0.04%

Windows 10
1.58%
+0.06%

Windows 8 64 bit
1.38%
-0.11%

Windows 8.1
0.29%
-0.02%

Windows Vista 32 bit
0.18%
-0.02%

Windows 8
0.13%
0.00%

Windows Vista 64 bit
0.09%
-0.01%

OSX
 
3.37%
-0.23% 

MacOS 10.11.5 64 bit
1.43%
+0.05%

MacOS 10.10.5 64 bit
0.67%
-0.06%

MacOS 10.9.5 64 bit
0.24%
-0.03%

MacOS 10.11.4 64 bit
0.23%
-0.20%

MacOS 10.11.6 64 bit
0.20%
+0.20%

MacOS 10.11.3 64 bit
0.15%
-0.07%

MacOS 10.11.2 64 bit
0.07%
-0.02%

MacOS 10.11.1 64 bit
0.06%
-0.02%

Linux
 
0.81%
+0.01% 

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit
0.20%
-0.04%

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit
0.10%
-0.02%

Linux 64 bit
0.08%
+0.01%

Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa 64 bit
0.07%
-0.02%

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS 64 bit
0.06%
+0.06%

System RAM
8 GB 
32.54% 
+0.04% 

Less than 512 MB
0.01%
+0.01%

512 Mb to 999 MB
0.11%
0.00%

1 GB
1.34%
+0.02%

2 GB
7.03%
-0.01%

3 GB
10.41%
-0.04%

4 GB
20.84%
-0.23%

5 GB
1.06%
-0.02%

6 GB
4.61%
-0.10%

7 GB
2.63%
0.00%

8 GB
32.54%
+0.04%

9 GB
0.05%
0.00%

10 GB
0.31%
0.00%

11 GB
0.18%
-0.01%

12 GB and higher
18.86%
+0.34%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
20.75% 
-0.31% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.67%
0.00%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.62%
-0.01%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
2.39%
+0.03%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
4.06%
-0.02%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
8.53%
-0.20%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
20.75%
-0.31%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
7.66%
-0.04%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
13.39%
+0.19%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
16.51%
+0.20%

3.7 Ghz and above
3.43%
+0.19%

Physical CPUs
2 cpus 
47.44% 
-0.32% 

1 cpu
2.09%
+0.03%

2 cpus
47.44%
-0.32%

3 cpus
2.68%
-0.04%

4 cpus
45.98%
+0.36%

5 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

6 cpus
1.50%
-0.02%

7 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

8 cpus
0.27%
-0.02%

10 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

12 cpus
0.02%
+0.01%

14 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

16 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

18 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

20 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

22 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 
5.03% 
-0.02% 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
5.03%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3.59%
+0.17%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
3.09%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
3.02%
+0.17%

Intel Haswell
2.07%
+1.07%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
2.05%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
1.91%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
1.89%
+0.98%

Intel Valleyview Baytrail
1.58%
+0.74%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
1.45%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1.45%
+0.01%

Intel Ivy Bridge
1.39%
+0.71%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
1.35%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
1.35%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
1.31%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
1.27%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series
1.20%
-0.18%

AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
1.19%
-0.11%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
1.19%
+0.68%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
1.13%
-0.06%

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
1.01%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce 840M
1.01%
-0.04%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
1.00%
-0.04%

Intel HD Graphics 2000
0.99%
-0.36%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
0.98%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.98%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
0.95%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
0.85%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
0.82%
-0.64%

Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.82%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
0.82%
-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
0.81%
+0.12%

Intel Sandy Bridge
0.77%
+0.40%

Intel Ironlake Arrandale
0.69%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
0.68%
-0.62%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
0.68%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
0.66%
0.00%

AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
0.62%
+0.27%

AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series
0.61%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.60%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
0.59%
+0.06%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
0.58%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M
0.57%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
0.57%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5450
0.56%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.55%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
0.55%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
0.53%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon R9 380 Series
0.52%
+0.30%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
0.52%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 920M
0.51%
+0.29%

AMD Radeon R9 390 Series
0.50%
+0.29%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
0.50%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.50%
-0.81%

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
0.49%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
0.48%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
0.48%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
0.48%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
0.47%
-0.04%

AMD Radeon HD 8470D
0.47%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
0.47%
-0.03%

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
0.47%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
0.44%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
0.44%
+0.26%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
0.43%
-0.09%

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
0.43%
+0.20%

AMD Radeon HD 6670
0.42%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
0.42%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
0.40%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
0.40%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
0.40%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
0.40%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.39%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 5000
0.39%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
0.39%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
0.37%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
0.37%
-0.07%

Intel G41 Express Chipset
0.34%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon HD 6570
0.33%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 8600 Series
0.33%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.33%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
0.32%
+0.32%

NVIDIA GeForce 610M
0.31%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
0.31%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
0.30%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.30%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
0.30%
0.00%

Intel Cherryview Cherrytrail
0.29%
+0.29%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.28%
+0.28%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745
0.28%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7480D
0.28%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 6450
0.28%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
0.27%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
0.27%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8370D
0.26%
0.00%

Intel HD Graphics 530
0.25%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
0.24%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
0.24%
0.00%

Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.24%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7600M Series
0.23%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
0.23%
-0.21%

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
0.23%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6310
0.22%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
0.22%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
0.22%
-0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.22%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
0.22%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 7540D
0.21%
-0.04%

AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.21%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 7640G
0.21%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
0.20%
-0.01%

Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
0.19%
+0.19%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
0.19%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
0.19%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 8330
0.19%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
0.19%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
0.19%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
0.18%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6520G
0.18%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6530D
0.18%
+0.02%

ATI 760G
0.18%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon R5 M330
0.17%
+0.17%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
0.17%
-0.01%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
0.17%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
0.17%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 4650
0.17%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
0.17%
+0.17%

AMD Radeon HD 4350
0.17%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
0.16%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series
0.16%
-0.02%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
0.16%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
0.16%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7560D
0.16%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
0.16%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7660G
0.16%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 8650G
0.15%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
0.15%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 6410D
0.15%
+0.15%

NVIDIA GeForce 930M
0.15%
+0.15%

Other
13.95%
+0.51%

VRAM
1024 MB 
34.10% 
-0.12% 

256 MB
2.17%
-0.02%

384 MB
0.71%
-0.01%

512 MB
7.99%
-0.09%

768 MB
2.10%
-0.01%

1023 MB
0.65%
-0.02%

1024 MB
34.10%
-0.12%

1536 MB
0.58%
-0.05%

2047 MB
23.65%
-0.06%

2048 MB
2.22%
+0.04%

3071 MB
1.40%
-0.08%

4095 MB
7.16%
-0.11%

4096 MB
4.24%
+0.13%

6143 MB
0.72%
+0.03%

6144 MB
0.62%
+0.02%

8191 MB
0.55%
+0.55%

Other
11.15%
-0.18%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
36.68% 
+0.18% 

1024 x 768
1.91%
+0.09%

1280 x 720
1.46%
+0.03%

1280 x 768
0.38%
-0.01%

1280 x 800
1.81%
-0.08%

1280 x 960
0.21%
0.00%

1280 x 1024
4.44%
-0.08%

1360 x 768
2.93%
-0.05%

1366 x 768
25.85%
-0.07%

1440 x 900
4.86%
-0.02%

1536 x 864
3.51%
+0.10%

1600 x 900
6.57%
-0.03%

1600 x 1200
0.21%
0.00%

1680 x 1050
3.90%
-0.09%

1920 x 1080
36.68%
+0.18%

1920 x 1200
1.31%
-0.02%

2560 x 1080
0.35%
+0.02%

2560 x 1440
1.60%
+0.04%

Other
2.03%
+0.02%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
30.54% 
+0.62% 

1920 x 2160
0.44%
-0.01%

2390 x 768
0.51%
-0.01%

2560 x 1024
0.77%
-0.07%

2640 x 1024
0.28%
-0.01%

2646 x 768
0.21%
+0.01%

2646 x 1024
0.64%
-0.05%

2720 x 1024
0.33%
-0.06%

2726 x 768
0.49%
-0.01%

2732 x 768
0.58%
-0.08%

2800 x 900
0.21%
0.00%

2806 x 900
0.48%
-0.05%

2880 x 900
0.49%
+0.01%

2880 x 1024
0.39%
0.00%

2880 x 1800
0.26%
+0.01%

2944 x 1080
1.27%
-0.07%

2960 x 900
0.24%
0.00%

2960 x 1050
0.85%
-0.10%

2966 x 900
0.39%
-0.02%

3000 x 1920
0.33%
+0.01%

3040 x 900
0.32%
+0.03%

3040 x 1050
0.22%
+0.01%

3046 x 1050
0.36%
0.00%

3120 x 1050
0.34%
+0.02%

3200 x 900
0.68%
0.00%

3200 x 1080
7.37%
-0.18%

3200 x 1200
0.52%
-0.03%

3280 x 1050
0.27%
-0.06%

3280 x 1080
1.63%
-0.02%

3286 x 1080
2.78%
-0.03%

3360 x 1050
1.02%
+0.03%

3360 x 1080
3.13%
-0.01%

3456 x 1080
0.29%
+0.01%

3520 x 1080
2.73%
-0.03%

3520 x 1200
0.49%
+0.01%

3600 x 1080
5.35%
-0.04%

3600 x 1200
0.33%
0.00%

3840 x 1080
30.54%
+0.62%

3840 x 1200
2.39%
-0.05%

3840 x 2160
0.65%
-0.08%

4480 x 1080
0.64%
-0.02%

4480 x 1440
2.10%
+0.09%

5120 x 1080
0.33%
-0.02%

5120 x 1440
0.53%
+0.01%

5120 x 2880
0.33%
-0.05%

5520 x 1080
0.21%
+0.21%

5760 x 1080
2.48%
-0.04%

5760 x 1200
0.25%
0.00%

5760 x 2160
0.28%
+0.03%

6400 x 1440
0.30%
+0.04%

Other
21.97%
+0.68%

Microphones
Yes 
64.63% 
-0.58% 

Yes
64.63%
-0.58%

No
18.72%
+0.25%

Unknown
16.65%
+0.34%

Language
English 
44.77% 
-0.60% 

English
44.77%
-0.60%

Russian
15.83%
-0.49%

Simplified Chinese
8.20%
+0.79%

Spanish
5.85%
+0.26%

Brazilian Portuguese
4.18%
+0.26%

German
4.16%
+0.03%

French
3.19%
-0.10%

Polish
2.34%
-0.06%

Turkish
1.65%
-0.27%

Thai
1.43%
+0.16%

Korean
1.42%
+0.13%

Japanese
1.01%
+0.05%

Traditional Chinese
0.92%
0.00%

Italian
0.85%
-0.08%

Portuguese
0.74%
0.00%

Czech
0.65%
+0.01%

Swedish
0.46%
-0.03%

Hungarian
0.46%
+0.01%

Dutch
0.45%
-0.03%

Danish
0.32%
-0.03%

Romanian
0.26%
0.00%

Finnish
0.25%
0.00%

Ukrainian
0.21%
-0.01%

Norwegian
0.20%
-0.01%

Greek
0.10%
-0.01%

Bulgarian
0.08%
+0.01%

Unknown
0.00%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
25.64% 
-0.08% 

Less than 10 GB
1.52%
-0.02%

10 GB to 99 GB
19.49%
+0.07%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.81%
+0.15%

250 GB to 499 GB
25.64%
-0.08%

500 GB to 749 GB
12.55%
-0.23%

750 GB to 999 GB
9.09%
-0.04%

Above 1 TB
6.88%
+0.15%

Total Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
29.81% 
+0.05% 

Less than 10 GB
0.01%
0.00%

10 GB to 99 GB
1.20%
0.00%

100 GB to 249 GB
9.03%
-0.04%

250 GB to 499 GB
29.81%
+0.05%

500 GB to 749 GB
7.72%
-0.25%

750 GB to 999 GB
24.86%
-0.17%

Above 1 TB
27.37%
+0.42%

Network Speed
Unspecified 
42.13% 
+0.44% 

Unspecified
42.13%
+0.44%

33.6 Kbps
1.73%
-0.06%

56.0 Kbps
2.74%
-0.03%

112.0 Kbps
0.95%
-0.06%

256.0 Kbps
3.43%
-0.07%

768.0 Kbps
3.86%
-0.05%

1,024.0 Kbps
4.05%
-0.08%

2,048.0 Kbps
17.69%
-0.12%

10,000.0 Kbps
23.41%
+0.01%

VR Headsets
HTC Vive 
0.18% 
+0.03% 

HTC Vive
0.18%
+0.03%

Oculus Rift
0.09%
+0.03%

Oculus Rift DK2
0.01%
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%
0.00%

LAHF / SAHF
98.75%
+0.61%

CMPXCHG16B
98.65%
+0.61%

NTFS
95.51%
+0.22%

PrefetchW
94.58%
+0.74%

SSSE3
91.49%
+0.12%

SSE4.1
85.75%
+0.24%

SSE4.2
82.56%
+0.37%

AVX
70.13%
+0.85%

AES
64.67%
+0.94%

HyperThreading
53.74%
-0.19%

SSE4a
20.84%
+0.01%