Gaming PC build GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition, Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz, 16GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz processor, a GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 690 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 934 at recommended requirement.

Lets see how this PC performs with a popular game like Cyberpunk 2077. In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 69 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Cyberpunk 2077 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 138 FPS or the Medium returning 109 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 73 FPS and then Ultra gets 52 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Mafia: Definitive Edition - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 48 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Mafia: Definitive Edition then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 96 FPS or the Medium returning 75 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 51 FPS and then Ultra gets 36 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Serious Sam 4 - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 48 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Serious Sam 4 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 96 FPS or the Medium returning 75 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 51 FPS and then Ultra gets 36 FPS.