Steam Hardware & Software Survey: September 2023

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

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Mac Hardware ownership

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September 2023 (click line item to see more detail)

ITEM

MOST POPULAR

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

OS Version

Windows 10 64 bit

57.97%

+1.99%

Windows

96.94%

+0.33%

Windows 10 64 bit

57.97%

+1.99%

Windows 11 64 bit

37.43%

-1.79%

Windows 7 64 bit

1.23%

+0.21%

Windows 8.1 64 bit

0.18%

-0.04%

Windows 7

0.06%

-0.02%

OSX

1.43%

-0.14%

MacOS 13.5.1 64 bit

0.25%

+0.19%

MacOS 13.5.2 64 bit

0.17%

+0.17%

MacOS 13.4.1 64 bit

0.14%

-0.26%

MacOS 14.0.0 64 bit

0.12%

+0.06%

MacOS 13.5.0 64 bit

0.07%

-0.16%

MacOS 13.4.0 64 bit

0.06%

-0.03%

Linux

1.63%

-0.19%

"Arch Linux" 64 bit

0.13%

-0.01%

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS 64 bit

0.11%

+0.06%

"Manjaro Linux" 64 bit

0.06%

-0.01%

Linux Mint 21.2 64 bit

0.06%

0.00%

System RAM

16 GB

51.33%

+0.41%

Less than 4 GB

0.10%

-0.03%

4 GB

3.64%

-0.65%

8 GB

14.39%

-1.37%

12 GB

3.25%

-0.28%

16 GB

51.33%

+0.41%

24 GB

1.18%

-0.05%

32 GB

22.68%

+2.14%

64 GB

2.21%

-0.13%

More than 64 GB

0.23%

-0.01%

Other

1.00%

-0.03%

Intel CPU Speeds

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz

21.28%

+0.52%

Below 1.4 Ghz

0.96%

-0.11%

1.4 Ghz to 1.49 Ghz

0.24%

-0.04%

1.5 Ghz to 1.69 Ghz

0.29%

-0.05%

1.7 Ghz to 1.99 Ghz

1.44%

-0.19%

2.0 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz

3.75%

+0.20%

2.3 Ghz to 2.69 Ghz

21.28%

+0.52%

2.7 Ghz to 2.99 Ghz

14.99%

+2.65%

3.0 Ghz to 3.29 Ghz

6.91%

+0.09%

3.3 Ghz to 3.69 Ghz

14.59%

-0.64%

3.7 Ghz and above

3.16%

-0.16%

Physical CPUs

6 cpus

34.99%

+2.74%

1 cpu

0.09%

-0.02%

2 cpus

6.61%

-0.92%

3 cpus

0.32%

-0.05%

4 cpus

23.36%

-1.52%

5 cpus

0.02%

0.00%

6 cpus

34.99%

+2.74%

7 cpus

0.01%

0.00%

8 cpus

19.51%

-0.87%

9 cpus

0.00%

10 cpus

3.72%

+0.57%

11 cpus

0.00%

12 cpus

4.82%

+0.10%

13 cpus

0.00%

14 cpus

3.07%

-0.08%

15 cpus

0.00%

16 cpus

2.42%

+0.06%

17 cpus

0.00%

18 cpus

0.03%

0.00%

20 cpus

0.01%

0.00%

22 cpus

0.00%

23 cpus

0.00%

24 cpus

1.00%

-0.02%

26 cpus

0.00%

28 cpus

0.00%

30 cpus

0.00%

31 cpus

0.00%

32 cpus

0.01%

0.00%

36 cpus

0.00%

40 cpus

0.00%

44 cpus

0.00%

48 cpus

0.00%

52 cpus

0.00%

56 cpus

0.00%

64 cpus

0.00%

72 cpus

0.00%

96 cpus

0.00%

128 cpus

0.00%

Video Card Description

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

6.10%

+1.37%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

6.10%

+1.37%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

4.65%

-0.31%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

4.57%

+0.38%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

4.56%

+0.74%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

3.93%

+0.50%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

3.72%

-0.44%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

3.52%

+0.42%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

3.04%

-0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

2.51%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

2.47%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

2.11%

-0.07%

AMD Radeon Graphics

1.83%

-0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

1.82%

-0.25%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

1.71%

+0.14%

Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics

1.70%

-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

1.49%

+0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

1.49%

-0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

1.43%

+0.20%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

1.40%

+0.26%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

1.39%

-0.09%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

1.36%

-0.01%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics

1.29%

-0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

1.14%

+0.13%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU

1.04%

-0.08%

0.97%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

0.92%

+0.23%

AMD Radeon RX 580

0.92%

-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

0.89%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

0.85%

+0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti

0.80%

-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU

0.79%

-0.10%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

0.77%

-0.07%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

0.74%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

0.71%

-0.05%

AMD VANGOGH

0.70%

-0.11%

AMD Radeon RX 570

0.68%

-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

0.64%

+0.27%

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

0.63%

-0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

0.62%

-0.04%

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

0.61%

-0.08%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

0.58%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

0.57%

-0.06%

AMD Radeon RX 6600

0.56%

+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

0.53%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

0.53%

0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

0.53%

0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

0.52%

+0.30%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

0.52%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

0.51%

-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

0.50%

-0.05%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

0.48%

-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

0.47%

+0.01%

Intel UHD Graphics 620

0.47%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

0.46%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics

0.44%

+0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU

0.42%

+0.06%

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

0.40%

-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

0.39%

-0.06%

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

0.38%

-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU

0.38%

-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

0.34%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

0.33%

-0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 550

0.32%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

0.30%

-0.02%

Intel HD Graphics 520

0.28%

-0.04%

Intel HD Graphics 620

0.28%

-0.06%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti

0.27%

-0.03%

Intel HD Graphics 4600

0.26%

-0.05%

Intel HD Graphics 4000

0.26%

-0.05%

AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT

0.23%

-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

0.23%

-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

0.23%

0.00%

Intel UHD Graphics 630

0.23%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

0.23%

-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

0.22%

0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

0.20%

-0.02%

Intel Haswell

0.20%

-0.04%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

0.20%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX 480

0.20%

-0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

0.19%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU

0.19%

0.00%

Intel Ivy Bridge

0.19%

-0.04%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

0.19%

-0.01%

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

0.19%

-0.02%

Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630

0.19%

-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU

0.18%

-0.02%

NVIDIA GeForce MX250

0.18%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

0.18%

-0.02%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics

0.18%

0.00%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

0.17%

+0.01%

NVIDIA GeForce MX150

0.17%

-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 3000

0.16%

-0.03%

AMD Radeon RX 560

0.16%

-0.01%

Intel HD Graphics 5500

0.15%

-0.03%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q Design

0.15%

-0.02%

Other

10.23%

-0.11%

VRAM

8 GB

31.11%

+1.26%

512 MB

1.91%

-0.25%

1 GB

6.84%

-1.14%

2 GB

5.27%

-0.65%

3 GB

2.29%

+0.13%

4 GB

10.53%

-1.13%

5 GB

0.82%

+0.82%

6 GB

17.99%

+0.59%

8 GB

31.11%

+1.26%

10 GB

3.11%

-0.29%

11 GB

1.60%

-0.30%

12 GB

14.80%

+1.90%

16 GB

1.14%

-0.07%

24 GB

2.10%

-0.33%

Other

0.49%

-0.54%

Primary Display Resolution

1920 x 1080

61.17%

+0.42%

800 x 1280

0.34%

-0.07%

1280 x 800

0.48%

-0.06%

1280 x 720

0.23%

-0.20%

1280 x 1024

0.45%

-0.06%

1360 x 768

0.73%

-0.08%

1366 x 768

4.12%

-0.53%

1440 x 900

1.25%

-0.16%

1600 x 900

1.18%

-0.14%

1680 x 1050

0.75%

-0.08%

1920 x 1080

61.17%

+0.42%

1920 x 1200

0.88%

-0.03%

2560 x 1440

16.61%

+1.76%

2560 x 1080

0.92%

-0.04%

2560 x 1600

2.82%

-0.08%

2880 x 1800

0.23%

+0.01%

3440 x 1440

1.87%

-0.15%

3840 x 2160

3.29%

-0.27%

5120 x 1440

0.23%

-0.02%

Other

2.45%

-0.02%

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution

3840 x 1080

60.96%

+0.26%

1920 x 2160

1.72%

+0.06%

2560 x 2520

0.84%

+0.04%

2944 x 1080

0.56%

+0.02%

3000 x 1920

4.14%

+0.06%

3200 x 1080

2.84%

0.00%

3280 x 1080

1.66%

+0.04%

3286 x 1080

3.22%

0.00%

3360 x 1080

1.78%

-0.02%

3440 x 2520

0.46%

0.00%

3520 x 1080

2.20%

-0.04%

3600 x 1080

1.78%

-0.02%

3640 x 1920

2.78%

+0.08%

3840 x 1080

60.96%

+0.26%

3840 x 1081

1.12%

+0.02%

3840 x 1082

0.74%

+0.04%

3840 x 1083

0.96%

+0.06%

3840 x 1084

0.76%

+0.02%

3840 x 1085

0.64%

-0.02%

3840 x 1086

0.66%

-0.02%

3840 x 1087

0.50%

-0.04%

3840 x 1088

0.50%

+0.02%

3840 x 1200

1.70%

0.00%

3840 x 2160

0.98%

0.00%

4000 x 2560

0.98%

0.00%

4480 x 1080

1.82%

+0.04%

4480 x 1440

22.34%

+0.26%

4480 x 1600

0.58%

0.00%

4520 x 1920

0.56%

+0.02%

4920 x 1920

0.80%

-0.04%

4920 x 2160

0.44%

0.00%

5120 x 1440

7.86%

-0.06%

5120 x 1600

0.42%

+0.42%

5120 x 2880

0.46%

0.00%

5360 x 1440

2.48%

-0.04%

5560 x 1920

0.52%

+0.02%

5760 x 1080

3.40%

-0.18%

5760 x 2160

5.04%

-0.06%

6000 x 1440

1.06%

-0.08%

6400 x 1440

1.66%

-0.04%

6400 x 2160

2.60%

+0.04%

7040 x 1440

0.52%

0.00%

7680 x 1440

0.66%

-0.04%

7680 x 2160

2.28%

-0.08%

Other

50.02%

-0.72%

Language

English

32.33%

-3.24%

English

32.33%

-3.24%

Simplified Chinese

32.22%

+5.36%

Russian

9.30%

-0.37%

Spanish - Spain

4.29%

-0.36%

Portuguese-Brazil

3.51%

-0.26%

German

2.74%

-0.28%

Japanese

2.53%

-0.05%

French

1.98%

-0.24%

Polish

1.73%

-0.08%

Turkish

1.48%

-0.04%

Korean

1.34%

-0.03%

Traditional Chinese

1.31%

-0.11%

Thai

0.95%

0.00%

Ukrainian

0.60%

-0.04%

Italian

0.57%

-0.04%

Czech

0.53%

-0.03%

Portuguese - Portugal

0.41%

-0.02%

Hungarian

0.38%

-0.02%

Spanish - Latin America

0.34%

-0.03%

Swedish

0.28%

-0.02%

Dutch

0.26%

-0.04%

Danish

0.25%

-0.03%

Finnish

0.17%

-0.01%

Romanian

0.16%

0.00%

Norwegian

0.12%

-0.02%

Vietnamese

0.10%

-0.01%

Greek

0.06%

0.00%

Bulgarian

0.05%

0.00%

Indonesian

0.01%

+0.01%

Arabic

0.00%

Free Hard Drive Space

100 GB to 249 GB

22.92%

-0.86%

Unspecified

0.00%

Less than 10 GB

0.93%

-0.09%

10 GB to 99 GB

15.76%

-1.23%

100 GB to 249 GB

22.92%

-0.86%

250 GB to 499 GB

21.37%

-0.85%

500 GB to 749 GB

10.78%

-0.13%

750 GB to 999 GB

9.22%

-0.41%

1 TB to 2 TB

9.63%

+0.52%

2 TB to 3 TB

2.71%

+0.70%

3 TB to 4 TB

2.16%

+0.58%

Above 4 TB

4.51%

+1.76%

Total Hard Drive Space

Above 1 TB

55.26%

+3.58%

Unspecified

0.00%

Less than 10 GB

0.00%

10 GB to 99 GB

0.30%

-0.05%

100 GB to 249 GB

6.75%

-0.88%

250 GB to 499 GB

19.59%

-1.55%

500 GB to 749 GB

3.42%

-0.26%

750 GB to 999 GB

14.68%

-0.84%

Above 1 TB

55.26%

+3.58%

VR Headsets

Oculus Quest 2

41.19%

-0.76%

Oculus Quest 2

41.19%

-0.76%

Valve Index HMD

19.23%

+0.04%

Oculus Rift S

11.34%

+0.03%

HTC Vive

6.21%

+0.11%

Windows Mixed Reality

5.67%

+0.20%

Oculus Rift

5.47%

+0.23%

Pico 4

2.23%

+0.04%

Oculus Quest

1.73%

-0.22%

HTC Vive Pro

1.54%

+0.16%

HTC Vive Cosmos

1.07%

+0.03%

HTC Vive Pro 2

0.82%

+0.01%

Pico Neo 3

0.72%

+0.00%

Meta Quest Pro

0.36%

-0.02%

Riftcat Vridge

0.33%

+0.03%

Pimax 8K

0.18%

+0.03%

Pimax 5K Plus

0.09%

+0.03%

Sony PlayStation VR

0.06%

-0.01%

DPVR E4

0.05%

+0.01%

Iriun VR

0.04%

+0.00%

Oculus Rift DK2

0.04%

+0.01%

Oculus Rift DK1

0.03%

-0.00%

Pico Neo 2

0.02%

-0.01%

Other

1.59%

+0.09%

Steam users with VR Headsets

1.60%

-0.32%

Other Settings

LAHF / SAHF

100.00%

0.00%

SSE2

100.00%

0.00%

SSE3

100.00%

0.00%

LAHF / SAHF

100.00%

0.00%

CMPXCHG16B

99.99%

0.00%

SSSE3

99.69%

+0.04%

SSE4.1

99.55%

+0.08%

SSE4.2

99.37%

+0.10%

FCMOV

98.57%

+0.14%

AES

97.74%

+0.31%

NTFS

96.84%

+0.34%

AVX

96.57%

+0.39%

AVX2

92.04%

+0.80%

HyperThreading

83.20%

+0.05%

SHA

56.02%

+0.25%

SSE4a

31.37%

-2.21%

AVX512CD

10.00%

-0.15%

AVX512F

10.00%

-0.15%

AVX512VNNI

9.92%

-0.14%

PrefetchW

0.00%

AVX512ER

0.00%

AVX512PF

0.00%

Steam Hardware & Software Survey: September 2023

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