Can I Run Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
Released in 2017, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an action adventure game built by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.. The game supports a single player campaign. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. 15 languages are covered by the store listing. With more than 85 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 58 achievements to chase. Its Metacritic score stands at 83. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB |
| OS | WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB |
| OS | WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required) / Windows 11 (64-BIT Required) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a horror setting, moving through hostile territory. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a first person view.
Why Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is demanding
Demand in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. DirectX 12 is named, so Resident Evil 7: Biohazard expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard takes about 24 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Resident Evil 7: Biohazard scales hard with the hardware you give it. At only 3 GB of VRAM, memory capacity is not what limits Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. The chip itself is. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460, 8 GB RAM, about 24 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Resident Evil 7: Biohazard's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460; 8 GB RAM; OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required).
How much storage does Resident Evil 7: Biohazard need?
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard needs about 24 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
The RTX 3060 runs Resident Evil 7: Biohazard comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the GPU.