Most PC gamers on Steam play in 1080p. Valve showcases the average PC for September 2026

Far from all gamers are interested in 4K resolution. Valve's statistics point to different preferences.

Valve continues to conduct its survey of PC gamers using Steam. The company then publishes the collected hardware statistics in the public domain.

Data for the past month was recently released, making it possible to “build” the average PC using the gathered information about components.

Specifications of the “average” PC as of September 2026:

• Operating system: Windows 11, 64-bit
• RAM: 32 GB RAM
• CPU frequency (Intel): 2.3 GHz - 2.69 GHz
• Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
• VRAM: 16 GB
• Primary display resolution: 1920 x 1080 — used by 47.91% of surveyed users; the second most popular resolution is 2560 x 1440 (27.04% share), and 3840 x 2160 rounds out the top three (4.79%).
• Total storage capacity: over 1 TB
• Free drive space: 100 – 249 GB
• Language used (most popular): English

Top 10 popular graphics cards in September 2026 (according to the Steam Hardware Survey):

1. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — 6.15%
2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 — 4.40%
3. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti — 4.06%
4. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 — 3.89%
5. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — 3.66%
6. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU — 3.50%
7. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — 2.90%
8. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti — 2.85%
9. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU — 2.45%
10. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 — 2.19%