Gaming PC build GeForce GTX 1070M, Core i7-7700HQ 4-Core 2.8GHz, 32GB performance review

A PC gaming machine that puts together a Core i7-7700HQ 4-Core 2.8GHz processor, a GeForce GTX 1070M GPU and 32GB system memory will be able to play 362 games from the top 1000 recommended requirements. The PC could increase the number of games it can run at recommended requirements to 789 if it upgraded its bottleneck component, the Core i7-7700HQ 4-Core 2.8GHz.

The performance of these hardware components is best displayed in relation to the current most popular game, Resident Evil 8. To summarise, we feel that with the GeForce GTX 1070M you can enjoy Resident Evil 8 at 1440p resolution pretty comfortably. The graphics card is going to run smoother on High 1440p rather than Ultra, where it would be getting 36 FPS. But when run on 1440p High it would get 51 FPS, and at Medium 75 FPS and then on Low it would return 96 FPS. The GeForce GTX 1070M would also be good at 1080p Ultra, getting 48 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Grand Theft Auto VI - To summarise, you may be toying with the idea that a 1440p resolution could be achieved with this GeForce GTX 1070M graphics card, but in so doing you would have to drop the graphics settings to pretty Low according to our assessment. But let the Grand Theft Auto VI frame rate numbers decide and guide. 1080p Medium 89 FPS, 1080p High setting: 60 FPS, 1080p Ultra setting: 43 FPS, 1440p Low setting: 87 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 68 FPS. Our Low vs Ultra analysis tells us that you would be better placed running this at 1080p, but at least you could still tinker with graphics settings for 1440p to perhaps be passable?

3rd most popular game: Age of Empires IV - To summarise, we feel that with the GeForce GTX 1070M you can enjoy Age of Empires IV at 1440p resolution pretty comfortably. The graphics card is going to run smoother on High 1440p rather than Ultra, where it would be getting 47 FPS. But when run on 1440p High it would get 66 FPS, and at Medium 98 FPS and then on Low it would return 125 FPS. The GeForce GTX 1070M would also be good at 1080p Ultra, getting 62 FPS.