World War Z is a fast-paced four-player co-operative third-person shooter in which a team of players must survive against massive swarms of zombies. Based upon the book and the Paramount Pictures movie, world War Z features new storylines and characters from around the world, showing the effect of a zombie apocalypse.

World War Z System Requirements

25 Mar 2019 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

CPU: Core i5-750 / Core i3-530 / AMD Phenom II X4-810
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 7 and later
Video Card: AMD R7 240 GB / Nvidia GT 730 2GB / Intel HD 530
Storage: 20 GB

Official Recommended Requirements

CPU: Intel Core i7-3970 @ 3.50GHz
RAM: 16 GB
OS: 64 bit Windows 10, DX11
Video Card: GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon R9 280
Storage: 20 GB

PC System Analysis For World War Z Requirements

The best chance at playing World War Z at recommended sys specs on a 1920x1080 screen resolution will be if your PC has at least the GeForce GTX 960 2GB/Radeon R9 280 graphics card. The CPU required to meet recommended requirements is either an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7-3970X 6-Core 3.50GHz processor. This type of gaming rig will deliver you around the 60 Frames per second. Also your PC needs 16 GB RAM to meet the rec specs and run at 60 frames. World War Z needs a Core i5-750 2.66GHz or Phenom II X4 810 processor coupled with a GeForce GT 730 v3 to run World War Z system requirements at minimum requirements. A machine of this performance will return around 30FPS on low settings. Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. World War Z needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 11.

FPS System Benchmark

120 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is World War Z for PC? World War Z is well optimized

6.4

Where does World War Z rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, Online, Shooter, Horror, War

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System Requirements Report for World War Z

Graphics Settings: High

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Processor

Core i9-10980HK 8-Core 2.40GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

RAM

16GB

This system has no obvious bottleneck for this game

Performance Report

Processor

Intel

Core i5-750 2.66GHz

AMD

Phenom II X4 810

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GT 730 v3

AMD

Radeon R7 240 2GB

RAM

8GB

Processor

Intel

Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

AMD

FX-8370

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 760

AMD

Radeon R9 280

RAM

12GB

Processor

Intel

Core i7-3970X 6-Core 3.50GHz

AMD

Ryzen 5 2600

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 960 2GB

AMD

Radeon R9 280

RAM

16GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
Graphics Setting	Low	Medium	High	Ultra
Resolution	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160

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CPU

Core i9-10980HK 8-Core 2.40GHz

Our recommended setting for playing World War Z: <strong>High</strong>

GFX

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q [1920 x 1080]

RAM

16GB

Low Setting

Premium Only FPS

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1 GB

8 GB

Win 7 64

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20 GB

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Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

FX-8370

GeForce GTX 760

Radeon R9 280

2 GB

12 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

20 GB

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Recommended Requirements

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Core i7-3970X 6-Core 3.50GHz

Ryzen 5 2600

GeForce GTX 960 2GB

Radeon R9 280

2 GB

16 GB

Win 10 64

DX 11

20 GB

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Premium Only FPS

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Premium Only FPS

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Premium Only FPS

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Premium Only FPS

World War Z PC Release Date:

16 Apr 2019

Alternative Game Tags: wwz, worldwarz, world warz, world war zombies

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World War Z vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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Graphics Card

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RAM

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19%

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