ARK: Survival Evolved System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Efecto Studios, Instinct Games, Studio Wildcard, Virtual Basement
Publisher:: Studio Wildcard
Release date:: 29 August 2017 (6 years old)
User score:: 4.3 / 5 (2165 votes)

Official ARK: Survival Evolved system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run ARK: Survival Evolved at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better

CPU:: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better

Memory:: 8 GB RAM

File size:: 60 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)

DirectX:: Version 10

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: no data

CPU:: no data

Memory:: no data

File size:: no data

Operating system:: no data

DirectX:: no data

ARK: Survival Evolved performance on your PC

ARK: Survival Evolved performance with your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060

minimum
Radeon HD 7870

30 fps @ low
1280×720

60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

60 fps @ high
1920×1080

60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

ARK: Survival Evolved FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 720p

120−130 FPS

medium settings / 1080p

85−90 FPS

high settings / 1080p

70−75 FPS

ultra settings / 1080p

45−50 FPS

4K / 2160p

20−22 FPS