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
OSX Hardware Model Summary
MacBookPro 
50.82% 
-1.06% 

MacBookPro
50.82%
-1.06%

iMac
22.52%
+2.78%

MacBookAir
21.82%
-1.16%

MacMini
2.24%
-0.11%

MacBook
1.73%
-0.33%

MacPro
0.96%
-0.04%

OSX Version
MacOS 10.13.1 64 bit 
37.87% 
+21.87% 

MacOS 10.13.1 64 bit
37.87%
+21.87%

MacOS 10.12.6 64 bit
27.42%
-13.87%

MacOS 10.11.6 64 bit
12.81%
-0.42%

MacOS 10.10.5 64 bit
7.43%
-0.50%

Other
14.49%
-0.50%

System RAM (OSX)
8 GB 
49.83% 
-0.18% 

2 GB
0.55%
-0.09%

3 GB
0.14%
+0.03%

4 GB
22.65%
-0.35%

5 GB
0.08%
+0.03%

6 GB
0.37%
+0.11%

7 GB
0.02%
+0.01%

8 GB
49.83%
-0.18%

9 GB
0.01%
0.00%

10 GB
0.28%
+0.04%

11 GB
0.01%
+0.01%

12 GB and higher
26.14%
+0.47%

Intel CPU Speeds (OSX)
2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz 
28.28% 
-0.39% 

Below 1.4 Ghz
3.69%
-0.26%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz
4.64%
-0.02%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz
10.75%
-0.53%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz
4.47%
-0.39%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz
7.57%
-0.16%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz
28.28%
-0.39%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz
26.21%
+1.33%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz
8.43%
+0.19%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz
4.47%
+0.22%

3.7 Ghz and above
1.59%
+0.14%

Physical CPUs (OSX)
2 cpus 
61.51% 
-2.87% 

2 cpus
61.51%
-2.87%

4 cpus
37.93%
+2.92%

6 cpus
0.24%
+0.03%

8 cpus
0.24%
-0.05%

10 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

12 cpus
0.10%
-0.01%

16 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

18 cpus
0.01%
+0.01%

Video Card Description (OSX)
Intel HD Graphics 6000 
13.09% 
-0.74% 

Intel HD Graphics 6000
13.09%
-0.74%

Intel HD Graphics 4000
10.30%
-0.17%

Intel Iris Graphics 6100
10.26%
-0.35%

Intel HD Graphics 5000
7.81%
-0.02%

Intel Iris Graphics 5100
5.96%
-0.51%

AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
2.91%
+0.46%

Intel HD Graphics 3000
2.88%
-0.12%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
2.45%
+0.09%

Intel Iris Graphics 550
1.95%
0.00%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
1.68%
-0.07%

Intel HD Graphics 530
1.49%
+0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series
1.44%
+0.14%

Intel HD Graphics 630
1.34%
+0.06%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
1.25%
+0.07%

AMD Radeon Pro 460
1.19%
+0.16%

Intel Iris Graphics 540
0.97%
-0.32%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X
0.97%
-0.18%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
0.93%
+0.08%

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
0.87%
+0.06%

AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series
0.70%
+0.15%

AMD Radeon Pro 555
0.61%
-0.05%

Intel HD Graphics 515
0.60%
-0.06%

AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series
0.57%
+0.05%

AMD Radeon Pro 580
0.50%
+0.09%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
0.48%
+0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400
0.48%
-0.03%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
0.46%
-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
0.45%
-0.01%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
0.45%
+0.09%

AMD Radeon R9 M390X
0.41%
-0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 5300
0.38%
-0.18%

AMD Radeon R9 M395X
0.37%
+0.07%

AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
0.35%
+0.07%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
0.34%
+0.12%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
0.28%
+0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce 320M
0.27%
-0.03%

AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series
0.24%
-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 470
0.23%
-0.07%

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
0.18%
+0.02%

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
0.16%
+0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 615
0.16%
-0.03%

Other
21.69%
+1.09%

Primary Display Resolution (OSX)
1440 x 900 
35.57% 
-1.30% 

1280 x 720
0.20%
+0.20%

1280 x 800
22.86%
-1.44%

1366 x 768
4.82%
-0.18%

1440 x 900
35.57%
-1.30%

1600 x 900
0.45%
+0.12%

1680 x 1050
7.22%
+0.06%

1920 x 1080
14.23%
+1.69%

1920 x 1200
2.66%
+0.13%

2048 x 1152
1.27%
+0.06%

2560 x 1440
9.41%
+0.73%

Other
1.30%
-0.08%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution (OSX)
3840 x 2160 
29.86% 
+6.57% 

2560 x 1600
7.84%
-1.86%

2560 x 2048
0.54%
+0.21%

2720 x 1536
0.54%
+0.33%

2732 x 1536
0.95%
-0.08%

2880 x 1800
13.51%
-3.13%

3200 x 1800
0.54%
0.00%

3360 x 2100
7.03%
-1.39%

3840 x 2160
29.86%
+6.57%

3840 x 2400
7.43%
+0.66%

4096 x 2304
1.22%
+0.11%

4320 x 2700
1.89%
+0.32%

5040 x 3150
0.27%
-0.80%

5120 x 2160
0.95%
-0.16%

5120 x 2880
17.70%
+0.15%

5120 x 3200
0.54%
-0.04%

5760 x 3240
2.30%
+0.40%

5760 x 3600
1.35%
+0.24%

6016 x 3384
0.27%
-0.06%

6880 x 2880
0.95%
+0.04%

7680 x 4320
2.30%
-0.96%

7680 x 4800
0.41%
+0.41%

Other
1.62%
+0.26%

Microphones (OSX)
Yes 
99.49% 
+1.02% 

Yes
99.49%
+1.02%

Unknown
0.35%
-0.66%

No
0.25%
-0.27%

Language (OSX)
English 
71.14% 
-2.47% 

English
71.14%
-2.47%

Russian
5.29%
+1.31%

Simplified Chinese
4.62%
+0.31%

French
3.51%
+0.38%

German
2.82%
+0.08%

Spanish
2.58%
+0.46%

Italian
1.14%
-0.01%

Japanese
1.14%
-0.22%

Swedish
1.14%
-0.01%

Brazilian Portuguese
1.00%
+0.08%

Dutch
0.96%
+0.11%

Danish
0.86%
-0.05%

Portuguese
0.74%
+0.12%

Turkish
0.67%
+0.03%

Korean
0.64%
-0.12%

Polish
0.54%
+0.07%

Traditional Chinese
0.32%
-0.08%

Czech
0.29%
+0.04%

Finnish
0.20%
-0.03%

Thai
0.13%
0.00%

Hungarian
0.12%
+0.04%

Ukrainian
0.10%
+0.02%

Romanian
0.05%
+0.01%

Greek
0.04%
+0.01%

Unknown
0.03%
0.00%

Norwegian
0.02%
0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space (OSX)
10 GB to 99 GB 
40.31% 
-0.55% 

Less than 10 GB
6.00%
+0.52%

10 GB to 99 GB
40.31%
-0.55%

100 GB to 249 GB
21.17%
-0.95%

250 GB to 499 GB
15.31%
-0.21%

500 GB to 749 GB
6.76%
+0.87%

750 GB to 999 GB
6.63%
+0.33%

Above 1 TB
3.87%
+0.08%

Total Hard Drive Space (OSX)
100 GB to 249 GB 
47.68% 
-2.44% 

10 GB to 99 GB
0.43%
-0.11%

100 GB to 249 GB
47.68%
-2.44%

250 GB to 499 GB
24.06%
+0.18%

500 GB to 749 GB
2.57%
-0.03%

750 GB to 999 GB
14.70%
+1.57%

Above 1 TB
10.65%
+0.91%

Network Speed (OSX)
Unspecified 
99.45% 
+1.10% 

Unspecified
99.45%
+1.10%

33.6 Kbps
0.03%
-0.01%

56.0 Kbps
0.03%
-0.03%

256.0 Kbps
0.02%
-0.06%

768.0 Kbps
0.04%
-0.03%

1,024.0 Kbps
0.03%
-0.06%

2,048.0 Kbps
0.20%
-0.30%

10,000.0 Kbps
0.28%
-0.50%

Other Settings (OSX)
SSSE3 
100.00% 
0.00% 

FCMOV
100.00%
0.00%

SSE2
100.00%
0.00%

SSE3
100.00%
0.00%

SSSE3
100.00%
0.00%

CMPXCHG16B
99.98%
+0.17%

LAHF / SAHF
99.98%
+0.17%

SSE4.1
99.47%
-0.07%

SSE4.2
95.89%
+0.06%

AES
93.82%
0.00%

AVX
93.18%
+0.02%

HyperThreading
80.77%
-2.11%

SSE4a
0.01%
-0.01%

PrefetchW
0.00%
0.00%

NTFS
0.00%
0.00%