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Can I Run SCP: Secret Laboratory?

Deep within one of the SCP Foundation’s emergency containment sites, a catastrophic containment breach leads to multiple SCP subjects being released from their cells. With containment compromised, fac...

Developer Northwood StudiosRelease 2017
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel I5 6600 or equivalent, 4 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher
GPUNVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported
VRAM4 GB
RAM4 GB
Storage8 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 21H1+/11, x64
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel I7 6700 or equivalent, 8 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher
GPUNVIDIA RTX 3060 or equivalent, 8GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported
VRAM8 GB
RAM6 GB
Storage8 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 21H1+/11, x64
DirectXVersion 11

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Can you run SCP: Secret Laboratory?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

SCP: Secret Laboratory is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported, 4 GB RAM, about 8 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

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pBorderline1x
1440pBelow the bar0.56x
4KBelow the bar0.25x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBPlayable
GTX 1060 LaptopPlayable
GTX 1650 4 GBBelow minimum
GTX 1650 LaptopBelow minimum
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns well
RTX 2060 LaptopPlayable
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns well
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns well
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against SCP: Secret Laboratory'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 SCP: Secret Laboratory?

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What are the minimum system requirements for SCP: Secret Laboratory?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel I5 6600 or equivalent, 4 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 21H1+/11, x64.

How much storage does SCP: Secret Laboratory need?

SCP: Secret Laboratory needs about 8 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run SCP: Secret Laboratory?

The RTX 3060 runs SCP: Secret Laboratory comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for SCP: Secret Laboratory?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for SCP: Secret Laboratory is the GPU.