Gaming PC build GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition, Core i7-9700KF 8-Core 3.6GHz, 32GB performance review

When looking at recommended requirements for the top 1000 most demanding PC games a PC that combines a Core i7-9700KF 8-Core 3.6GHz CPU with a GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition GPU and 32GB RAM is more powerful than 978 games specs. A gaming PC with this hardware combo has a bottleneck of GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition. Once this component is upgraded, then the PC could run 998 games at recommended requirement.

Todays most popular game is Microsoft Flight Simulator, which provides a good performance benchmark for this PC’s hardware. To summarise, this is an easy one, the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition solution can play Microsoft Flight Simulator at Ultra settings despite the desired screen resolution (up to 4K) you want to play it on. 4K Ultra gets 38 frame rate, whereby we see 64 frame rate for the 1440p Ultra and if you wish to look at 1080p gaming then 84 frames per second is the type of results. Using the graphics card launch price we calculate the cost per frame to look like this for the different resolutions - 1080p Ultra costs $8.56, 1440p costs $11.23 and 4K costs $18.92.

2nd most popular game: Cyberpunk 2077 - In summary, we feel that the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition looks and performs great on 1440p resolution. So if you want a 1440p Cyberpunk 2077 experience it will generate 116 FPS on Low 1440p graphics setting, 91 FPS when on Medium 1440p, 61 FPS when played at High settings and down to 44 FPS when turned up to Ultra on 1440p. You might still be looking for 1080p though to get some higher smoother FPS, where you could get 58 FPS at Ultra 1080p resolution. So something to think about.

3rd most popular game: Horizon: Zero Dawn - To summarise, this is an easy one, the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition solution can play Horizon: Zero Dawn at Ultra settings despite the desired screen resolution (up to 4K) you want to play it on. 4K Ultra gets 34 frame rate, whereby we see 57 frame rate for the 1440p Ultra and if you wish to look at 1080p gaming then 75 frames per second is the type of results. Using the graphics card launch price we calculate the cost per frame to look like this for the different resolutions - 1080p Ultra costs $9.59, 1440p costs $12.61 and 4K costs $21.15.