Gaming PC build GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac 8GB, Xeon E5-2650 v3, 32GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Xeon E5-2650 v3 processor, a GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac 8GB graphics card and 32GB RAM is better performing than 636 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Xeon E5-2650 v3 as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 820 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 Zotac 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 65 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Cyberpunk 2077 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 131 FPS or the Medium returning 103 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 69 FPS and then Ultra gets 50 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Hitman 3 - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 50 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Hitman 3 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 101 FPS or the Medium returning 79 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 53 FPS and then Ultra gets 38 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Assassins Creed: Valhalla - In summary, while some might be tempted to play Assassins Creed: Valhalla in 1440p resolution with the GeForce GTX 1070 Zotac 8GB, we feel it is best placed at running at 1080p, where you could get the following frame rates - Low setting: 88 FPS, Medium setting: 75 FPS, High setting: 65 FPS, Ultra setting: 44 FPS.