Steam Hardware & Software Survey: December 2017

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
July 2016 - December 2017
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DX10/11/12 Systems
July 2016 - December 2017
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PC Processor usage by manufacturer
July 2016 - December 2017
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PC Number of CPUs per computer
4 CPU adoption trend: +0.000% (18 mos)
July 2016 - December 2017
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Mac Hardware ownership
July 2016 - December 2017
VR Headsets
July 2016 - December 2017

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December 2017 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
OS Version
Windows 7 64 bit 
68.80% 
-1.09% 

 
Windows
98.24%
-0.09% 

Windows 7 64 bit
68.80%
-1.09%

Windows 10 64 bit
24.77%
+1.12%

Windows 8.1 64 bit
2.44%
-0.03%

Windows 7
1.35%
-0.06%

Windows 10
0.28%
-0.01%

Windows 8 64 bit
0.26%
-0.01%

Windows XP 32 bit
0.21%
-0.01%

Windows 8.1
0.06%
0.00%

 
OSX
1.42%
+0.07% 

MacOS 10.13.1 64 bit
0.37%
+0.16%

MacOS 10.12.6 64 bit
0.36%
-0.19%

MacOS 10.13.2 64 bit
0.19%
+0.19%

MacOS 10.11.6 64 bit
0.18%
0.00%

MacOS 10.10.5 64 bit
0.10%
-0.01%

 
Linux
0.26%
-0.01% 

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 64 bit
0.08%
+0.01%

System RAM
8 GB 
47.36% 
-5.84% 

Less than 512 MB
0.00%
0.00%

512 Mb to 999 MB
0.01%
-0.01%

1 GB
0.24%
-0.02%

2 GB
1.45%
-0.03%

3 GB
3.06%
+0.03%

4 GB
7.27%
-0.08%

5 GB
0.29%
-0.01%

6 GB
1.36%
-0.02%

7 GB
1.17%
+0.01%

8 GB
47.36%
-5.84%

9 GB
0.02%
0.00%

10 GB
0.16%
0.00%

11 GB
0.09%
0.00%

12 GB and higher
37.50%
+5.94%

Intel CPU Speeds
3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz 
35.16% 
-0.14% 

Unspecified
0.00%
0.00%

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.44%
-0.08%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.18%
0.00%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
0.93%
-0.01%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
1.29%
+0.02%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
2.87%
-0.14%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
8.40%
-0.07%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
16.00%
-0.48%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
35.16%
-0.14%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
22.63%
+0.25%

3.7 Ghz and above
3.30%
+0.25%

Physical CPUs
4 cpus 
72.42% 
-0.42% 

1 cpu
0.63%
+0.02%

2 cpus
24.31%
+0.04%

3 cpus
0.94%
+0.04%

4 cpus
72.42%
-0.42%

5 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

6 cpus
1.20%
+0.25%

7 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

8 cpus
0.44%
+0.05%

10 cpus
0.02%
+0.01%

12 cpus
0.01%
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%

22 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

24 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

28 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

32 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

36 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

44 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

48 cpus
0.00%
0.00%

Video Card Description
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 
14.61% 
+1.41% 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
14.61%
+1.41%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
13.27%
-1.11%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
12.99%
-0.85%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
10.62%
+0.88%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
5.58%
-0.36%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
4.33%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
1.93%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
1.80%
-0.18%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
1.69%
+0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
1.45%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1.13%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
1.03%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.89%
+0.09%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.82%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
0.81%
+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
0.72%
-0.06%

Intel Haswell
0.65%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
0.56%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
0.51%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M
0.49%
0.00%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
0.49%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
0.46%
+0.03%

Intel Ivy Bridge
0.40%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
0.39%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.39%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
0.39%
0.00%

Intel Valleyview Baytrail
0.38%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series
0.38%
+0.01%

AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
0.37%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
0.37%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 460
0.36%
+0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.35%
-0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.35%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.35%
-0.06%

Intel HD Graphics 520
0.34%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
0.33%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
0.32%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 8470D
0.32%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 480
0.30%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
0.30%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 840M
0.28%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
0.28%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 920M
0.28%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
0.26%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
0.26%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.25%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 620
0.25%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
0.24%
+0.01%

Intel Cherryview Cherrytrail
0.24%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
0.23%
0.00%

Intel Sandy Bridge
0.23%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 530
0.23%
-0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series
0.23%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.21%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 630
0.21%
+0.03%

Intel HD Graphics 2000
0.20%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
0.20%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
0.19%
0.00%

AMD Radeon R9 380 Series
0.19%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
0.19%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
0.19%
0.00%

AMD Radeon HD 8370D
0.17%
+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.17%
-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 4400
0.16%
-0.01%

Intel Iris Graphics 6100
0.16%
0.00%

AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
0.15%
0.00%

AMD Radeon RX 470
0.15%
+0.15%

Other
11.01%
+0.30%

VRAM
2047 MB 
37.04% 
-2.13% 

512 MB
1.98%
+0.02%

768 MB
0.78%
+0.08%

1024 MB
14.48%
-0.18%

2047 MB
37.04%
-2.13%

3071 MB
10.53%
+0.53%

4095 MB
18.98%
+0.70%

6143 MB
5.09%
+0.91%

8191 MB
2.79%
+0.36%

Other
8.35%
-0.27%

Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 
76.07% 
-0.34% 

1024 x 768
0.53%
0.00%

1280 x 720
0.24%
0.00%

1280 x 800
0.51%
0.00%

1280 x 1024
1.28%
+0.02%

1360 x 768
1.04%
+0.03%

1366 x 768
8.45%
-0.05%

1440 x 900
1.98%
+0.08%

1536 x 864
0.29%
-0.03%

1600 x 900
2.12%
+0.02%

1680 x 1050
1.45%
+0.05%

1920 x 1080
76.07%
-0.34%

1920 x 1200
0.44%
+0.01%

2560 x 1080
0.70%
+0.02%

2560 x 1440
3.48%
+0.14%

3840 x 2160
0.45%
+0.03%

Other
0.96%
+0.01%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution
3840 x 1080 
34.05% 
+1.08% 

1920 x 2160
0.63%
-0.67%

2390 x 768
0.29%
-0.03%

2560 x 1024
0.48%
-0.01%

2646 x 1024
0.46%
-0.03%

2720 x 1024
0.21%
-0.01%

2726 x 768
0.41%
-0.05%

2732 x 768
0.57%
-0.01%

2806 x 900
0.36%
-0.04%

2880 x 900
0.32%
-0.02%

2880 x 1024
0.25%
+0.01%

2880 x 1800
0.23%
-0.05%

2944 x 1080
1.04%
-0.03%

2960 x 1050
0.49%
-0.03%

2966 x 900
0.31%
-0.02%

3000 x 1920
0.43%
+0.01%

3046 x 1050
0.29%
0.00%

3120 x 1050
0.22%
-0.01%

3200 x 900
0.43%
-0.02%

3200 x 1080
5.36%
-0.36%

3200 x 1200
0.29%
0.00%

3280 x 1080
1.68%
+0.06%

3286 x 1080
2.68%
-0.10%

3360 x 1050
0.61%
-0.01%

3360 x 1080
2.85%
+0.05%

3520 x 1080
2.57%
-0.02%

3520 x 1200
0.36%
+0.01%

3600 x 1080
4.11%
-0.13%

3600 x 1086
0.22%
+0.01%

3600 x 1200
0.23%
+0.01%

3840 x 1080
34.05%
+1.08%

3840 x 1081
0.29%
+0.02%

3840 x 1088
0.21%
+0.21%

3840 x 1089
0.20%
+0.20%

3840 x 1200
1.96%
0.00%

3840 x 2160
0.58%
0.00%

4240 x 1440
0.25%
+0.02%

4480 x 1080
1.08%
+0.03%

4480 x 1440
3.59%
+0.08%

5120 x 1080
0.30%
-0.03%

5120 x 1440
0.92%
+0.07%

5120 x 2880
0.28%
-0.02%

5360 x 1440
0.34%
+0.01%

5760 x 1080
2.38%
+0.04%

5760 x 2160
1.42%
+0.03%

6400 x 1440
0.41%
+0.01%

6400 x 2160
0.24%
+0.03%

7680 x 2160
0.42%
0.00%

Other
22.71%
+0.75%

Microphones
Yes 
99.84% 
+0.04% 

Yes
99.84%
+0.04%

Unknown
0.10%
-0.02%

No
0.07%
-0.01%

Language
Simplified Chinese 
63.90% 
-0.45% 

Simplified Chinese
63.90%
-0.45%

English
17.78%
+0.76%

Russian
5.27%
+0.16%

Spanish
2.20%
+0.11%

Brazilian Portuguese
1.62%
+0.01%

Korean
1.56%
-0.80%

German
1.54%
+0.05%

French
1.17%
+0.02%

Polish
0.86%
+0.03%

Turkish
0.76%
+0.03%

Traditional Chinese
0.55%
+0.04%

Thai
0.50%
-0.03%

Japanese
0.43%
+0.03%

Italian
0.31%
-0.01%

Czech
0.25%
+0.01%

Portuguese
0.25%
+0.01%

Swedish
0.18%
0.00%

Hungarian
0.17%
0.00%

Dutch
0.16%
0.00%

Danish
0.13%
0.00%

Finnish
0.10%
+0.01%

Romanian
0.08%
0.00%

Norwegian
0.08%
+0.01%

Ukrainian
0.06%
0.00%

Greek
0.04%
0.00%

Bulgarian
0.02%
0.00%

Unknown
0.00%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space
100 GB to 249 GB 
26.75% 
+0.50% 

Unspecified
0.01%
0.00%

Less than 10 GB
0.60%
+0.04%

10 GB to 99 GB
17.97%
+0.35%

100 GB to 249 GB
26.75%
+0.50%

250 GB to 499 GB
22.61%
-0.12%

500 GB to 749 GB
11.04%
-0.06%

750 GB to 999 GB
7.92%
-0.15%

Above 1 TB
13.09%
-0.55%

Total Hard Drive Space
Above 1 TB 
71.37% 
-0.53% 

Unspecified
0.01%
0.00%

Less than 10 GB
0.00%
0.00%

10 GB to 99 GB
0.36%
0.00%

100 GB to 249 GB
4.76%
+0.09%

250 GB to 499 GB
9.61%
+0.11%

500 GB to 749 GB
2.97%
+0.05%

750 GB to 999 GB
10.92%
+0.30%

Above 1 TB
71.37%
-0.53%

Network Speed
Unspecified 
99.86% 
+0.03% 

Unspecified
99.86%
+0.03%

33.6 Kbps
0.00%
-0.01%

56.0 Kbps
0.01%
0.00%

112.0 Kbps
0.00%
0.00%

256.0 Kbps
0.01%
0.00%

768.0 Kbps
0.01%
0.00%

1,024.0 Kbps
0.01%
0.00%

2,048.0 Kbps
0.04%
-0.01%

10,000.0 Kbps
0.06%
-0.02%

VR Headsets
Oculus Rift 
0.11% 
+0.02% 

HTC Vive
0.11%
+0.01%

Oculus Rift
0.11%
+0.02%

Windows Mixed Reality
0.00%
0.00%

Oculus Rift DK2
0.01%
+0.01%

Oculus Rift DK1
0.00%
0.00%

Other Settings
SSE2 
100.00% 
0.00% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
100.00%
0.00%

SSE3
99.99%
0.00%

LAHF / SAHF
99.94%
0.00%

CMPXCHG16B
99.92%
+0.01%

PrefetchW
98.19%
-0.09%

NTFS
98.19%
-0.08%

SSSE3
97.89%
-0.02%

SSE4.1
96.68%
-0.01%

SSE4.2
95.83%
-0.02%

AVX
91.28%
-0.18%

AES
90.20%
+0.05%

HyperThreading
40.31%
+0.74%

SSE4a
8.42%
+0.42%