Steam Hardware & Software Survey: October 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
May 2015 - October 2016
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DX10/11/12 Systems
May 2015 - October 2016
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
May 2015 - October 2016
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +3.660% (18 mos)
May 2015 - October 2016
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Mac Hardware ownership
May 2015 - October 2016
VR Headsets
April 2016 - October 2016

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October 2016 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 10 64 bit 
47.98% 
+0.70% 

Windows
 
95.46%
+0.04% 

Windows 10 64 bit
47.98%
+0.70%

Windows 7 64 bit
28.66%
-0.33%

Windows 8.1 64 bit
8.70%
+0.07%

Windows 7
5.55%
-0.18%

Windows XP 32 bit
1.36%
-0.12%

Windows 10
1.35%
-0.06%

Windows 8 64 bit
1.23%
-0.04%

Windows 8.1
0.27%
0.00%

Windows Vista 32 bit
0.14%
-0.01%

Windows 8
0.11%
0.00%

Windows Vista 64 bit
0.07%
0.00%

OSX
 
3.52%
-0.02% 

MacOS 10.11.6 64 bit
1.20%
-0.46%

MacOS 10.12.0 64 bit
0.81%
+0.63%

MacOS 10.10.5 64 bit
0.55%
-0.08%

MacOS 10.9.5 64 bit
0.19%
-0.02%

MacOS 10.11.5 64 bit
0.18%
-0.12%

MacOS 10.12.1 64 bit
0.17%
+0.17%

MacOS 10.11.4 64 bit
0.09%
-0.03%

MacOS 10.11.3 64 bit
0.08%
-0.03%

Linux
 
0.89%
-0.04% 

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS 64 bit
0.33%
-0.01%

Linux 64 bit
0.10%
0.00%

Linux Mint 18 Sarah 64 bit
0.09%
+0.01%

Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS 64 bit
0.05%
-0.01%

System RAM
8 GB 
33.30% 
+0.21% 

Less than 512 MB
0.00%
0.00%

512 Mb to 999 MB
0.08%
-0.02%

1 GB
1.18%
-0.01%

2 GB
6.22%
-0.22%

3 GB
9.52%
-0.24%

4 GB
20.10%
-0.44%

5 GB
1.00%
-0.02%

6 GB
4.40%
-0.04%

7 GB
2.69%
+0.01%

8 GB
33.30%
+0.21%

9 GB
0.05%
0.00%

10 GB
0.31%
-0.01%

11 GB
0.19%
0.00%

12 GB and higher
20.94%
+0.77%

Intel CPU Speeds
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
21.09% 
+0.10% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.64%
-0.02%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.60%
0.00%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
2.55%
+0.05%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
3.84%
-0.05%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
8.10%
-0.10%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
21.09%
+0.10%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
7.74%
-0.01%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
13.33%
-0.10%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
17.08%
+0.30%

3.7 Ghz and above
3.92%
+0.17%

Physical CPUs
4 cpus 
47.24% 
+0.54% 

1 cpu
1.92%
-0.11%

2 cpus
46.34%
-0.39%

3 cpus
2.63%
-0.05%

4 cpus
47.24%
+0.54%

5 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

6 cpus
1.55%
+0.01%

7 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

8 cpus
0.28%
-0.01%

10 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

12 cpus
0.02%
0.00%

14 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

16 cpus
0.01%
0.00%

18 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

20 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

32 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

44 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 
4.97% 
-0.01% 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4.97%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3.68%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
3.18%
+0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
3.08%
+0.06%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
2.10%
0.00%

Intel Haswell
2.06%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
1.79%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
1.73%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
1.64%
+0.10%

Intel Valleyview Baytrail
1.54%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
1.41%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
1.34%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1.30%
-0.08%

Intel Ivy Bridge
1.30%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
1.25%
+0.26%

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
1.24%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
1.21%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
1.20%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
1.11%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
1.09%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series
1.09%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
1.07%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
1.01%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
0.99%
+0.36%

NVIDIA GeForce 840M
0.98%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.95%
+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
0.94%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
0.94%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.92%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
0.92%
-0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 2000
0.88%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
0.88%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
0.80%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
0.75%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
0.73%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M
0.73%
+0.02%

Intel Sandy Bridge
0.73%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.72%
+0.11%

AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
0.69%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
0.68%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
0.65%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 920M
0.64%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
0.63%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series
0.62%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
0.62%
0.00%

Intel Ironlake Arrandale
0.61%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R9 380 Series
0.57%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.54%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.53%
0.00%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
0.53%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
0.53%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
0.52%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon R9 390 Series
0.51%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.50%
+0.05%

ATI Radeon HD 5450
0.49%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
0.48%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
0.48%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
0.46%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8470D
0.45%
-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
0.43%
-0.03%

Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.43%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
0.43%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
0.43%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
0.43%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
0.42%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
0.41%
-0.02%

Intel Cherryview Cherrytrail
0.40%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
0.40%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6670
0.39%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 5000
0.39%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
0.38%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
0.38%
-0.03%

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
0.37%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
0.37%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
0.37%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
0.36%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.36%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
0.35%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
0.35%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.34%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
0.34%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 530
0.33%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 8600 Series
0.32%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 8370D
0.32%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 6570
0.31%
-0.03%

Intel G41 Express Chipset
0.31%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
0.31%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
0.31%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
0.30%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.29%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745
0.28%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 7480D
0.27%
0.00%

AMD Radeon RX 480
0.27%
+0.07%

AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
0.27%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6450
0.27%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
0.27%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 610M
0.26%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
0.24%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
0.24%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
0.24%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon R5 M330
0.23%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
0.22%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7600M Series
0.22%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
0.22%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
0.21%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.21%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
0.21%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
0.20%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
0.20%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 930M
0.20%
+0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
0.20%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 6310
0.19%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
0.19%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 7540D
0.19%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7640G
0.18%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.18%
-0.02%

Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
0.18%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
0.17%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8330
0.17%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
0.17%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
0.17%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
0.17%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
0.16%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 6530D
0.16%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
0.16%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 6520G
0.16%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 4650
0.16%
0.00%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
0.16%
0.00%

Other
14.89%
+0.49%

VRAM
1024 MB 
33.91% 
-0.21% 

256 MB
1.90%
-0.02%

384 MB
0.62%
-0.01%

512 MB
7.38%
-0.09%

768 MB
2.01%
-0.09%

1023 MB
0.58%
-0.02%

1024 MB
33.91%
-0.21%

1536 MB
0.50%
-0.01%

2047 MB
23.08%
-0.26%

2048 MB
2.25%
-0.03%

3071 MB
1.41%
+0.07%

3072 MB
0.51%
+0.51%

4095 MB
7.55%
+0.12%

4096 MB
4.05%
-0.10%

6143 MB
1.27%
+0.18%

6144 MB
0.96%
+0.14%

8191 MB
1.42%
+0.25%

8192 MB
1.08%
+0.19%

Other
9.51%
-0.63%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
37.47% 
+0.20% 

1024 x 768
1.70%
-0.08%

1280 x 720
1.58%
+0.03%

1280 x 768
0.35%
0.00%

1280 x 800
1.76%
0.00%

1280 x 1024
4.24%
-0.07%

1360 x 768
2.96%
+0.04%

1366 x 768
25.10%
-0.30%

1440 x 900
4.61%
-0.10%

1536 x 864
4.20%
+0.19%

1600 x 900
6.23%
-0.08%

1600 x 1200
0.21%
0.00%

1680 x 1050
3.78%
0.00%

1920 x 1080
37.47%
+0.20%

1920 x 1200
1.31%
+0.03%

2560 x 1080
0.41%
+0.03%

2560 x 1440
1.81%
+0.09%

Other
2.28%
+0.23%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
30.51% 
+0.43% 

1920 x 2160
0.45%
-0.01%

2390 x 768
0.47%
-0.04%

2560 x 1024
0.76%
-0.03%

2640 x 1024
0.29%
+0.03%

2646 x 1024
0.64%
-0.03%

2720 x 1024
0.31%
-0.01%

2726 x 768
0.45%
-0.08%

2732 x 768
0.62%
-0.01%

2800 x 900
0.22%
+0.22%

2806 x 900
0.46%
-0.03%

2880 x 900
0.46%
+0.01%

2880 x 1024
0.39%
-0.02%

2880 x 1800
0.26%
+0.01%

2944 x 1080
1.22%
-0.05%

2960 x 900
0.21%
-0.03%

2960 x 1050
0.84%
-0.01%

2966 x 900
0.39%
+0.02%

3000 x 1920
0.34%
-0.02%

3040 x 900
0.29%
+0.01%

3040 x 1050
0.22%
0.00%

3046 x 1050
0.34%
-0.02%

3120 x 1050
0.32%
-0.01%

3200 x 900
0.64%
+0.01%

3200 x 1080
7.07%
-0.31%

3200 x 1200
0.46%
-0.03%

3280 x 1050
0.26%
-0.02%

3280 x 1080
1.62%
-0.13%

3286 x 1080
2.75%
-0.13%

3360 x 1050
0.92%
+0.07%

3360 x 1080
3.04%
0.00%

3456 x 1080
0.29%
0.00%

3520 x 1080
2.67%
-0.04%

3520 x 1200
0.47%
+0.02%

3600 x 1080
4.95%
+0.01%

3600 x 1200
0.32%
-0.01%

3840 x 1080
30.51%
+0.43%

3840 x 1200
2.35%
+0.06%

3840 x 1440
0.21%
+0.21%

3840 x 2160
0.66%
-0.03%

4240 x 1440
0.22%
+0.02%

4480 x 1080
0.72%
-0.04%

4480 x 1440
2.42%
+0.12%

5120 x 1080
0.36%
+0.02%

5120 x 1440
0.59%
-0.04%

5120 x 2880
0.35%
0.00%

5520 x 1080
0.21%
+0.21%

5760 x 1080
2.49%
+0.03%

5760 x 1200
0.25%
0.00%

5760 x 2160
0.28%
+0.03%

6400 x 1440
0.35%
+0.06%

Other
22.65%
-0.20%

Microphones
Yes 
64.33% 
+0.28% 

Yes
64.33%
+0.28%

No
19.20%
+0.61%

Unknown
16.48%
-0.87%

Language
English 
45.14% 
-0.27% 

English
45.14%
-0.27%

Russian
16.19%
-0.13%

Simplified Chinese
7.53%
-0.05%

Spanish
5.50%
-0.16%

Brazilian Portuguese
4.21%
+0.20%

German
4.15%
+0.12%

French
3.44%
+0.30%

Polish
2.41%
+0.07%

Thai
1.58%
+0.03%

Turkish
1.53%
-0.11%

Korean
1.41%
+0.05%

Japanese
0.97%
+0.02%

Italian
0.89%
-0.01%

Traditional Chinese
0.79%
-0.09%

Portuguese
0.71%
0.00%

Czech
0.67%
+0.01%

Dutch
0.48%
0.00%

Swedish
0.48%
-0.01%

Hungarian
0.47%
+0.03%

Danish
0.34%
+0.01%

Romanian
0.25%
-0.01%

Finnish
0.25%
0.00%

Ukrainian
0.22%
+0.01%

Norwegian
0.20%
-0.02%

Greek
0.11%
0.00%

Bulgarian
0.07%
0.00%

Unknown
0.00%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space
250 GB to 499 GB 
25.63% 
-0.02% 

Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%

Less than 10 GB
1.44%
-0.04%

10 GB to 99 GB
19.10%
-0.28%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.56%
-0.07%

250 GB to 499 GB
25.63%
-0.02%

500 GB to 749 GB
12.76%
+0.12%

750 GB to 999 GB
9.50%
+0.14%

Above 1 TB
6.99%
+0.14%

Total Hard Drive Space
Above 1 TB 
28.87% 
+0.53% 

Less than 10 GB
0.00%
-0.01%

10 GB to 99 GB
1.16%
-0.02%

100 GB to 249 GB
9.32%
+0.14%

250 GB to 499 GB
28.15%
-0.52%

500 GB to 749 GB
7.43%
-0.02%

750 GB to 999 GB
25.05%
-0.12%

Above 1 TB
28.87%
+0.53%

Network Speed
Unspecified 
40.96% 
-1.12% 

Unspecified
40.96%
-1.12%

33.6 Kbps
1.79%
+0.07%

56.0 Kbps
2.74%
+0.02%

112.0 Kbps
0.99%
+0.01%

256.0 Kbps
3.29%
-0.01%

768.0 Kbps
3.74%
+0.03%

1,024.0 Kbps
3.99%
+0.05%

2,048.0 Kbps
17.80%
+0.40%

10,000.0 Kbps
24.71%
+0.55%

VR Headsets
HTC Vive 
0.20% 
+0.01% 

HTC Vive
0.20%
+0.01%

Oculus Rift
0.10%
+0.01%

Oculus Rift DK2
0.03%
0.00%

Oculus Rift DK1
0.00%
0.00%

Other Settings
SSE2 
100.00% 
+0.01% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
100.00%
+0.01%

SSE3
99.97%
+0.01%

LAHF / SAHF
99.36%
+0.10%

CMPXCHG16B
99.26%
+0.08%

NTFS
95.29%
+0.04%

PrefetchW
94.87%
+0.12%

SSSE3
92.30%
+0.20%

SSE4.1
87.20%
+0.36%

SSE4.2
84.17%
+0.39%

AVX
72.56%
+0.54%

AES
67.61%
+0.80%

HyperThreading
54.82%
+0.24%

SSE4a
20.12%
-0.31%