Gaming PC build GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition, Core i5-4460 3.2GHz, 8GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Core i5-4460 3.2GHz processor, a GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition graphics card and 8GB RAM is better performing than 0 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Core i5-4460 3.2GHz as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 540 at recommended requirement.

Lets see how this PC performs with a popular game like Hitman 3. 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 53 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Hitman 3 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 106 FPS or the Medium returning 83 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 56 FPS and then Ultra gets 40 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Cyberpunk 2077 - 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 Cyberpunk 2077 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.

3rd most popular game: Assassins Creed: Valhalla - 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 47 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Assassins Creed: Valhalla then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 71 FPS or the Medium returning 61 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 52 FPS and then Ultra gets 36 FPS.