Gaming PC build GeForce RTX 2080 MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB, Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.7GHz , 16GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.7GHz processor, a GeForce RTX 2080 MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 981 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.7GHz as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 997 at recommended requirement.

Lets compare todays most popular game, Red Dead Redemption 2 with this PC. In summary, if you are looking to play Red Dead Redemption 2 in Ultra then you have come with the right graphics card. The GeForce RTX 2080 MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB can chew through the graphical performance needs of the game with relative ease. 1080p Ultra will return 88 frames, then the larger screen resolution of 1440p can deliver 67 FPS, with the 4K resolution seeing 40 FPS in Ultra as well.

2nd most popular game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - In summary, if you are looking to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in Ultra then you have come with the right graphics card. The GeForce RTX 2080 MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB can chew through the graphical performance needs of the game with relative ease. 1080p Ultra will return 82 frames, then the larger screen resolution of 1440p can deliver 63 FPS, with the 4K resolution seeing 37 FPS in Ultra as well.

3rd most popular game: Death Stranding - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the GeForce RTX 2080 MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 68 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Death Stranding then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 136 FPS or the Medium returning 107 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 72 FPS and then Ultra gets 51 FPS.