Microsoft Flight Simulator System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz / AMD Ryzen R3 1200
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
VRAM: 2GB
RAM: 8 GB
HDD: 150 GB
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 6-Core 2.8GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1500X
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
VRAM: 4GB
RAM: 16 GB
HDD: 150 GB
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Microsoft Flight Simulator Requirements

To run Microsoft Flight Simulator on high graphics settings your PC will require at least a 4GB GeForce GTX 970 4GB / Radeon RX 590 8GB with a Core i5-8400 6-Core 2.8GHz or Ryzen R5 1500X CPU. 16 GB will also be needed to achieve the Microsoft Flight Simulator rec specs and get 60FPS. Microsoft Flight Simulator needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce GTX 770/Radeon RX 570 4GB paired with Ryzen R3 1200/Core i5-4460 3.2GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. To be able to run at all you will need at least 8 GB system memory. Your GPU is expected to be able to deliver DirectX 11.00. We suggest a 5 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

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	Minimum	Recommended	Ultra
Processor	Core i5-4460 3.2GHz	Core i5-8400 6-Core 2.8GHz	Core i7-9800X 8-Core 3.8GHz
Processor	Ryzen R3 1200	Ryzen R5 1500X	Ryzen 7 2700X
Graphics Card	GeForce GTX 770	GeForce GTX 970 4GB	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Graphics Card	Radeon RX 570 4GB	Radeon RX 590 8GB	Radeon VII 16GB
VRAM	2GB	4GB	8GB
RAM	8 GB	16 GB	32 GB
OS	Windows 7 64-bit	Windows 10 64-bit	Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX	11	11	11
HDD Space	150 GB	150 GB	150 GB

Microsoft Flight Simulator PC Release Date:

18 Aug 2020

Alternative Game Tags: microsoft flight sim 2020, msfs,mfs 2020,microsoftflightsimulator 2020,ms flight sim 2020

Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

GeForce RTX 3080

51.8 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

50.4 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

49.2 FPS

48 FPS

47.8 FPS

44.1 FPS

36.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

30.8 FPS

20.9 FPS

20.8 FPS

3.2 FPS

36.4 FPS

33.5 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

28.7 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

27.7 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

26.4 FPS

24.1 FPS

22.4 FPS

20.4 FPS

19.3 FPS

23.7 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

21.2 FPS

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PC Specs

01:11 May-15-2023

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core 3.7GHz Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB 16GB

100% of 1 people think this can run

Can I Run?

seby1818

PC Specs

10:28 Apr-01-2023

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Core i7-8750H 6-Core 2.2GHz GeForce GTX 1050 8GB

0% of 1 people think this can run

Can I Run?

metindgunay

PC Specs

20:56 Mar-16-2023

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB

0% of 1 people think this can run

Can I Run?

SGFlightSimmerYT

PC Specs

13:40 Sep-27-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 30FPS on Low at 1080p?

Core i7-7500U 2-Core 2.7GHz GeForce 940MX 2GB 8GB

0% of 3 people think this can run

Can I Run? Intel Core I7-7500U at 2.7GHz minimum Nvidia GeForce 940MX RAM: 8GB

SGFlightSimmerYT

PC Specs

03:54 Sep-28-2022

cant be that bad right, i saw people play msfs2020 low settings with a 1.5GHz cpu

pcpausechamp

PC Specs

21:14 Sep-21-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.7GHz GeForce RTX 2060 Zotac Gaming 6GB 16GB

100% of 3 people think this can run

Can I Run?

metindgunay

PC Specs

17:14 Sep-07-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce GTX 1060 MSI Armor 6G OC 16GB

0% of 1 people think this can run

Can I Run?

Mithunraj

PC Specs

09:50 Jul-28-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator on Ultra?

Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core 3.7GHz GeForce RTX 3080 Asus TUF Gaming OC 10GB 32GB

87.5% of 8 people think this can run

Can I Run?

seby1818

PC Specs

10:13 Jun-19-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator on High at 1080p?

Core i7-8750H 6-Core 2.2GHz GeForce GTX 1050 8GB

30% of 10 people think this can run

Can I Run?

axysam

PC Specs

09:14 Jun-12-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Core i5-10500 6-Core 3.10GHz GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB 16GB

33.3333% of 9 people think this can run

Can I Run?

KasKas07

00:11 Aug-17-2022

i think you could run at medium

ovargamer

16:29 May-05-2022

ryzen 3 3100 4-core

gtx 1650

24gb above 40fps medium settings

Komar45

PC Specs

01:54 Apr-19-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core 3.6GHz GeForce GTX 1060 MSI 6GT OC 16GB

25% of 4 people think this can run

Can I Run?

mikejeeza

PC Specs

06:30 Mar-09-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

FX-6100 GeForce GTX 670 8GB

12.5% of 8 people think this can run

i7 7400 gtx 1650

Igdina

PC Specs

12:31 Feb-20-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Xeon E3-1290 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB 16GB

0% of 7 people think this can run

Can I Run?

Igdina

PC Specs

11:50 Feb-20-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 30FPS on Ultra at 1080p?

Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 100 ME 4GB Edition 16GB

0% of 5 people think this can run

Can I Run? Xeon E3 1290 GTX 1050 4 GB 16 GB RAM

CerealCat

PC Specs

03:25 Feb-14-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Core i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB

81.8182% of 11 people think this can run

Can I Run?

james43111

PC Specs

17:24 Jan-31-2022

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 30FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Ryzen R3 1200 GeForce GTX 1050 8GB

40% of 5 people think this can run

Can I Run Microsoft flight simulator with a gx 1050 4gb, 8gb ram, and a rzen 3 1200 4 core?

UnknownCreator

07:35 Jan-05-2022

Can

laddif

PC Specs

15:24 Dec-28-2021

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 30FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Pentium Dual Core T4500 2.3GHz UHD Graphics 630 4GB

14.2857% of 14 people think this can run

Intel Core i5-10300H Quad Core Processor GeForce GTX 1650 4GB Graphics 8GB

SaturdayBorn

PC Specs

10:10 Dec-24-2021

Hello. Can i run MIcrosoft Flight Simulator at High Settings and get around 45, even maybe 50 fps? Laptop specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5-5600H 6-core 3.3Ghz. GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 4Gb ram. Memory Ram: 16Gb (Might do a future ram upgrade to 32Gb). Resolution: FHD 1920x1080.

Thank you for your time.

james43111

PC Specs

17:28 Jan-31-2022

Most definitely, in fact, 1060 is good enough for medium to high.

Hopa267

PC Specs

16:21 Dec-20-2021

Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator at 60FPS on Ultra at 1440p?

Core i7-6800K 6-Core 3.4GHz GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Sea Hawk 8GB Edition 32GB

44.4444% of 9 people think this can run

Can I Run?