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
December 2011 - May 2013
52.37%
13.84%
33.4%
0.39%
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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
December 2011 - May 2013
26.59%
73.41%
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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%

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May 2013 (click line item to see more detail)
ITEM
MOST POPULAR
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
Mac Hardware Model Summary
MacBookPro 
53.47% 
+1.26% 

MacBookPro
53.47%
+1.26%

iMac
26.50%
-0.51%

MacBookAir
8.19%
-0.13%

MacBook
5.85%
-0.27%

MacMini
3.65%
-0.08%

MacPro
2.32%
-0.27%

Other
0.02%
-0.01%

OSX Version
MacOS 10.8.3 64 bit 
51.00% 
+5.09% 

MacOS 10.8.3 64 bit
51.00%
+5.09%

MacOS 10.7.5 64 bit
21.59%
-0.06%

MacOS 10.6.8 64 bit
17.08%
-0.68%

MacOS 10.8.2 64 bit
5.91%
-3.96%

Other
4.43%
+1.18%

System RAM (Mac)
4 GB 
49.61% 
-0.34% 

1 GB
0.71%
-0.05%

2 GB
7.35%
-0.20%

3 GB
0.61%
+0.01%

4 GB
49.61%
-0.34%

5 GB
0.20%
-0.01%

6 GB
0.79%
+0.09%

7 GB
0.03%
0.00%

8 GB
28.40%
+0.27%

9 GB
0.04%
-0.01%

10 GB
0.30%
+0.10%

11 GB
0.01%
-0.01%

12 GB and higher
11.96%
+0.15%

Intel CPU Speeds (Mac)
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
52.31% 
+0.95% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
0.02%
+0.01%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
0.31%
+0.02%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
0.99%
-0.15%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
6.20%
-0.09%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
12.90%
-0.41%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
52.31%
+0.95%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
15.46%
+0.09%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
8.52%
-0.20%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
3.24%
-0.24%

3.7 Ghz and above
0.03%
0.00%

Physical CPUs (Mac)
2 cpus 
63.13% 
-0.20% 

1 cpu
0.02%
0.00%

2 cpus
63.13%
-0.20%

4 cpus
35.95%
+0.31%

6 cpus
0.09%
+0.02%

8 cpus
0.73%
-0.05%

12 cpus
0.08%
-0.07%

Video Card Description (Mac)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 
20.42% 
+0.82% 

Intel HD Graphics 4000
20.42%
+0.82%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
18.23%
+0.23%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
7.58%
+0.06%

ATI Radeon HD 6750M
7.25%
+0.35%

NVIDIA GeForce 320M
6.49%
+0.04%

Unspecified
6.14%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3.72%
+0.16%

ATI Radeon HD 6770M
3.55%
-0.37%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
3.10%
-0.19%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400
2.63%
-0.22%

ATI Radeon HD 6970M
2.21%
-0.27%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
1.88%
-0.29%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
1.37%
+0.11%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
1.34%
-0.04%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
1.32%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
1.30%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
1.23%
+0.06%

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
0.95%
+0.20%

ATI Radeon HD 6490M
0.87%
-0.04%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
0.74%
-0.09%

Mobile Intel 965 Express
0.66%
+0.01%

Mobile Intel 945GM Express
0.54%
-0.17%

ATI Radeon HD 5770
0.50%
-0.02%

Unknown
0.47%
-0.06%

ATI Radeon HD 5870
0.31%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M
0.30%
0.00%

Intel HD Graphics
0.29%
-0.14%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130
0.18%
+0.07%

ATI Radeon HD 4870
0.17%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 6870
0.17%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
0.15%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce 8800
0.12%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500
0.12%
-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce 7300
0.10%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 2600
0.09%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 6850
0.09%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
0.09%
+0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
0.08%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
0.06%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
0.06%
-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
0.06%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
0.04%
-0.03%

ATI Radeon HD 7950
0.04%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
0.04%
+0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
0.03%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
0.03%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
0.03%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
0.02%
-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
0.02%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400
0.02%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 9600
0.02%
0.00%

ATI Radeon X1900
0.02%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 9800
0.02%
-0.02%

ATI Radeon HD 4850
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.01%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
0.01%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 7770
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 7600
0.01%
-0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 7970
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 6670
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5670
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
0.01%
-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA NVS 3100M
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
0.01%
+0.01%

Mobile Intel 945 Express
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA Quadro 5000
0.01%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 6570
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5850
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 6750
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
0.01%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 7850
0.01%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 4670
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
0.01%
+0.01%

ATI Radeon HD 7870
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
0.01%
-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
0.01%
-0.01%

VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
0.01%
0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
0.01%
+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
0.01%
0.00%

ATI Radeon HD 5450
0.01%
+0.01%

Other
2.47%
+0.17%

VRAM (Mac)
256 MB 
28.17% 
-0.67% 

64 MB
0.55%
-0.17%

128 MB
2.28%
+0.01%

256 MB
28.17%
-0.67%

288 MB
2.61%
+0.11%

416 MB
6.56%
-0.15%

451 MB
6.38%
+0.13%

512 MB
17.26%
+0.48%

544 MB
1.02%
+0.09%

579 MB
1.80%
-0.02%

580 MB
2.30%
-0.96%

996 MB
1.49%
+0.29%

1024 MB
10.10%
-0.25%

1156 MB
12.73%
+1.64%

1284 MB
1.79%
-0.02%

1412 MB
0.50%
+0.50%

1444 MB
1.01%
+0.01%

2047 MB
2.57%
-0.27%

Other
0.89%
-0.74%

Primary Display Resolution (Mac)
1280 x 800 
30.60% 
-0.14% 

1024 x 768
0.25%
+0.08%

1152 x 720
0.19%
+0.05%

1280 x 720
0.21%
-0.02%

1280 x 768
0.07%
+0.07%

1280 x 800
30.60%
-0.14%

1280 x 1024
0.38%
-0.06%

1344 x 840
0.10%
+0.01%

1360 x 768
0.13%
-0.06%

1366 x 768
2.48%
-0.07%

1440 x 900
24.01%
+0.66%

1600 x 900
0.44%
+0.04%

1600 x 1000
0.09%
+0.09%

1600 x 1200
0.07%
+0.07%

1680 x 1050
7.88%
+0.05%

1920 x 1080
15.51%
+0.05%

1920 x 1200
6.06%
-0.37%

2560 x 1440
10.55%
-0.36%

2560 x 1600
0.19%
+0.04%

Other
0.79%
-0.14%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (Mac)
3840 x 1080 
21.18% 
-0.24% 

1024 x 768
0.04%
+0.04%

1366 x 1536
0.05%
+0.01%

1440 x 1668
0.04%
+0.04%

1680 x 1050
0.03%
+0.03%

1920 x 1080
0.19%
+0.04%

1920 x 1848
0.20%
+0.02%

1920 x 1980
0.12%
-0.01%

1920 x 2104
0.10%
0.00%

1920 x 2130
0.11%
-0.03%

1920 x 2160
0.29%
0.00%

1920 x 2280
0.05%
+0.02%

2048 x 768
0.19%
-0.06%

2080 x 1024
0.04%
-0.03%

2166 x 768
0.03%
+0.03%

2240 x 900
0.04%
-0.01%

2304 x 768
0.09%
+0.02%

2304 x 800
0.05%
0.00%

2304 x 1024
0.45%
-0.03%

2384 x 768
0.22%
+0.01%

2390 x 768
0.52%
-0.02%

2464 x 900
0.30%
-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
2.34%
+0.07%

2560 x 1080
0.08%
+0.03%

2624 x 900
0.38%
+0.03%

2624 x 1200
0.03%
+0.03%

2640 x 768
0.06%
+0.02%

2640 x 1024
0.46%
+0.03%

2646 x 768
0.17%
+0.04%

2646 x 800
0.04%
+0.01%

2646 x 1024
0.79%
-0.05%

2704 x 1050
0.53%
-0.02%

2720 x 768
0.21%
0.00%

2720 x 900
0.13%
-0.02%

2720 x 960
0.03%
0.00%

2720 x 1024
0.70%
-0.11%

2720 x 1080
0.07%
0.00%

2726 x 768
0.36%
-0.03%

2730 x 1680
0.03%
-0.01%

2732 x 768
0.50%
-0.03%

2800 x 900
0.32%
+0.05%

2806 x 900
0.50%
-0.04%

2820 x 1440
0.05%
-0.02%

2880 x 900
0.92%
+0.04%

2880 x 1024
0.80%
+0.07%

2880 x 1200
0.21%
+0.02%

2944 x 1080
1.88%
+0.03%

2944 x 1200
0.16%
+0.03%

2944 x 1280
0.20%
+0.06%

2960 x 900
0.26%
-0.02%

2960 x 1050
2.80%
-0.08%

2966 x 900
0.36%
+0.01%

2970 x 1680
0.18%
-0.01%

3000 x 1920
0.27%
-0.01%

3040 x 900
0.48%
-0.04%

3040 x 1050
0.43%
+0.02%

3040 x 1200
0.04%
-0.02%

3046 x 1050
0.65%
+0.06%

3072 x 1080
0.04%
-0.01%

3080 x 1050
0.04%
+0.04%

3120 x 1050
0.84%
0.00%

3120 x 1600
0.06%
+0.02%

3120 x 1920
0.13%
0.00%

3200 x 900
1.04%
-0.12%

3200 x 1080
10.51%
+0.41%

3200 x 1200
1.48%
-0.09%

3280 x 1050
0.53%
-0.04%

3280 x 1080
1.36%
-0.03%

3280 x 1200
0.21%
-0.05%

3286 x 1080
2.19%
0.00%

3286 x 1200
0.15%
+0.05%

3320 x 1080
0.12%
+0.02%

3328 x 1152
0.05%
0.00%

3360 x 1050
2.68%
-0.01%

3360 x 1080
3.99%
-0.16%

3360 x 1200
0.23%
-0.09%

3448 x 1050
0.03%
+0.03%

3520 x 1080
2.30%
-0.03%

3520 x 1200
0.92%
+0.12%

3600 x 1080
8.44%
+0.20%

3600 x 1200
0.94%
-0.08%

3610 x 1680
0.03%
-0.01%

3640 x 1920
0.06%
+0.02%

3688 x 1080
0.08%
+0.02%

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
21.18%
-0.24%

3840 x 1090
0.03%
+0.03%

3840 x 1093
0.09%
0.00%

3840 x 1106
0.05%
0.00%

3840 x 1119
0.04%
0.00%

3840 x 1154
0.06%
+0.02%

3840 x 1164
0.04%
+0.04%

3840 x 1200
4.11%
-0.21%

3840 x 1440
0.09%
+0.01%

3840 x 1600
0.04%
+0.04%

3840 x 2160
0.13%
+0.03%

3840 x 2280
0.03%
+0.03%

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
0.15%
+0.01%

4240 x 1600
0.04%
0.00%

4480 x 1080
0.18%
+0.03%

4480 x 1200
0.05%
0.00%

4480 x 1440
0.73%
+0.04%

4480 x 1600
0.24%
+0.02%

4640 x 1080
0.03%
+0.03%

4800 x 1080
0.05%
+0.01%

4800 x 1200
0.03%
+0.03%

4880 x 1080
0.07%
0.00%

4920 x 1920
0.04%
+0.01%

5040 x 1050
0.10%
+0.01%

5120 x 1080
0.13%
-0.06%

5120 x 1200
0.05%
-0.05%

5120 x 1440
0.12%
-0.03%

5120 x 1600
0.06%
-0.01%

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
1.56%
+0.10%

5760 x 1200
0.33%
-0.01%

5760 x 2160
0.04%
-0.03%

6400 x 1440
0.07%
-0.02%

7680 x 1080
0.05%
-0.01%

7680 x 1440
0.03%
-0.01%

Other
9.72%
+0.08%

Microphones (Mac)
Yes 
78.43% 
+0.29% 

Yes
78.43%
+0.29%

No
11.59%
-0.26%

Unknown
9.98%
-0.03%

Language (Mac)
English 
79.27% 
+0.27% 

English
79.27%
+0.27%

French
3.82%
+0.20%

German
3.58%
+0.09%

Spanish
2.40%
+0.10%

Russian
2.05%
-0.44%

Portuguese
1.64%
+0.10%

Swedish
1.55%
+0.18%

Italian
1.18%
-0.03%

Danish
1.04%
-0.13%

Dutch
0.80%
-0.02%

Japanese
0.55%
-0.07%

Polish
0.36%
+0.02%

Korean
0.30%
-0.11%

Finnish
0.30%
-0.11%

Simplified Chinese
0.28%
+0.03%

Brazilian Portuguese
0.28%
-0.01%

Turkish
0.18%
-0.02%

Czech
0.14%
-0.02%

Traditional Chinese
0.11%
-0.02%

Hungarian
0.07%
0.00%

Norwegian
0.06%
-0.01%

Greek
0.03%
+0.01%

Free Hard Drive Space (Mac)
10 GB to 99 GB 
27.15% 
-0.02% 

Less than 10 GB
4.08%
+0.31%

10 GB to 99 GB
27.15%
-0.02%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.23%
+0.03%

250 GB to 499 GB
25.46%
-0.25%

500 GB to 749 GB
8.95%
+0.19%

750 GB to 999 GB
6.13%
-0.15%

Above 1 TB
4.00%
-0.09%

Total Hard Drive Space (Mac)
250 GB to 499 GB 
38.02% 
+0.22% 

10 GB to 99 GB
1.60%
+0.01%

100 GB to 249 GB
24.98%
+0.04%

250 GB to 499 GB
38.02%
+0.22%

500 GB to 749 GB
10.30%
+0.08%

750 GB to 999 GB
11.24%
-0.12%

Above 1 TB
13.86%
-0.24%

Network Speed (Mac)
Unspecified 
35.22% 
-0.26% 

Unspecified
35.22%
-0.26%

33.6 Kbps
1.46%
+0.13%

56.0 Kbps
2.29%
+0.22%

112.0 Kbps
0.48%
-0.03%

256.0 Kbps
4.60%
+0.43%

768.0 Kbps
5.91%
+0.15%

1,024.0 Kbps
3.05%
-0.27%

2,048.0 Kbps
27.82%
-0.58%

10,000.0 Kbps
19.18%
+0.21%

Other Settings (Mac)
SSE3 
100.00% 
0.00% 

SSE3
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
100.00%
0.00%

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE4.1
95.92%
+0.27%

SSE4.2
71.49%
+0.74%

HyperThreading
59.37%
+0.39%

SSE4a
0.01%
0.00%

NTFS
0.00%
0.00%