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 807 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 960 at recommended requirement.

Lets see how this PC performs with a popular game like Red Dead Redemption 2. 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 Red Dead Redemption 2 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: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 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 64 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 129 FPS or the Medium returning 102 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 68 FPS and then Ultra gets 49 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Halo: Reach - In summary, if you are looking to play Halo: Reach in Ultra then you have come with the right graphics card. The GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition can chew through the graphical performance needs of the game with relative ease. 1080p Ultra will return 198 frames, then the larger screen resolution of 1440p can deliver 151 FPS, with the 4K resolution seeing 90 FPS in Ultra as well.