World of Warcraft System Requirements: Can You Run It?

World of Warcraft system requirements - see whether your PC is compatible.

World of Warcraft system requirements
Developer:
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher:
Blizzard Entertainment
Release date:
23 November 2004 (20 years ago)
User score:
4.5 / 5
Hardware demand level:
3.6 / 10 - fairly demanding
Ray tracing support:
Yes

Official system requirements for PC

To run World of Warcraft, you'll need at least 4 GB of RAM and 100 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon RX 560, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon RX Vega 64. As for your CPU, an Core i5-3450 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i7-6700K or better.

Minimum

Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 2 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 2 GB or Intel® UHD Graphics 630
CPU:
Intel® Core™ i5-3450 or AMD FX™ 8300
Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
Solid State Drive (SSD) 100 GB available space Or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) 100 GB available space (depending on the performance of the drive, player experience may be impacted on HDD)
Operating system:
Windows® 7 64-bit
DirectX:
DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers

Recommended

Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 64 8 GB or better
CPU:
Intel® Core™ i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X
Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
Solid State Drive (SSD) 100 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows® 10 64-bit
DirectX:
DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers

Performance on your PC

Performance on your GPU

Performance levels below the bar correspond to the target FPS shown on each marker for that preset/resolution.

RTX 3060
60 @ medium
1024×768
60 @ high
1280×1024
60 @ ultra
1920×1080

GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.2x faster than Radeon RX Vega 64. Your graphics card can run the game at recommended settings.

World of Warcraft FPS calculator

Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). May vary depending on your OS and other factors.

medium / 768p
210−220
high / 1024p
140−150
ultra / 1080p
85−90

Performance on your CPU

i5-12400
recommended
Core i7-6700K

Core i5-12400 is 2.1x faster than Core i7-6700K. Your CPU can run the game at recommended settings.

Community ratings

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