Dark Souls 3 PC benchmark
Real gameplay on one of my test PCs, FPS read from the MSI Afterburner overlay. Last tested Feb 1, 2023.
- Smooth 60+ FPS
- Playable 30–59 FPS
- Struggles under 30 FPS
The big number is the best average without upscaling. Striped bars use FSR or other upscaling.
Watch the test
DARK SOULS 3 Tested on AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | LOW - MAX | 1080p - 900p - 720p #benchmark #youdied, Feb 1, 2023
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All measurements
1080pWatch this test on YouTube
- Low25 FPS
- Medium24 FPS
- High23 FPS
- Max24 FPS
900pWatch this test on YouTube
- Low37 FPS
- Medium28 FPS
- High27 FPS
- Max25 FPS
720pWatch this test on YouTube
- Low51 FPS
- Medium41 FPS
- High39 FPS
- Max35 FPS
Dark Souls 3 system requirements
Official PC requirements per the game’s Steam page, checked Oct 26, 2026. Compare them with the hardware above: my RX 6600 and RX 9060 XT rigs both use a Ryzen 5 5600G and 16 GB of RAM.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit |
| Processor | Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300 | Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD® FX-8350 |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950 | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 25 GB available space | 25 GB available space |
| Sound card | DirectX 11 sound device | DirectX 11 sound device |
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My current test rig uses a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB with a Ryzen 5 5600G. I haven’t tested Dark Souls 3 on it yet, but the GPU comparison shows how much faster it is than the RX 6600.
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