Hardware and system capabilities keep advancing, yet many PC gamers are not in a hurry to move to 4K or higher — Valve’s figures point to different trends.
Valve routinely surveys Steam users who play on PC and publishes the aggregated statistics.
Recent monthly data was released, and Valve compiled a representative “average” PC based on the reported components:
Specifications of the “typical” PC and gamer as of October 2025:
- OS: Windows 11 (64-bit)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Intel CPU frequency: 2.3 GHz – 2.69 GHz
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Video memory: 8 GB
- Primary monitor resolution: 1920 × 1080
- Language: English
- Free storage space: 250–499 GB
Source: iXBT.games