Sea of Thieves PC benchmark
Real gameplay on 3 of my test PCs, FPS read from the MSI Afterburner overlay. Last tested Sep 21, 2026.
- 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.
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Sea of Thieves | RX 9060 XT 16GB + 5600G | Max Preset | 1440p | Native | FPS Test, Sep 21, 2026
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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB + Ryzen 5 5600G
Graphics card: ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB OC Check price on Amazon (opens Amazon in a new tab)
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- Max100 FPS
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- Max87 FPS
Radeon RX 6600 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600G
Graphics card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 8GB Check price on Amazon (opens Amazon in a new tab)
1080pWatch this test on YouTube
- Max104 FPS
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- Cursed36 FPS
- Common28 FPS
- Rare22 FPS
- Legendary14 FPS
- Mythical12 FPS
720pWatch this test on YouTube
- Cursed49 FPS
- Common40 FPS
- Rare30 FPS
- Legendary17 FPS
- Mythical15 FPS
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Sea of Thieves 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 10 version 18362.0 or higher | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| Processor | Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz | Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 100 GB available space | 100 GB available space |
The card that runs Sea of Thieves smoothly
Sea of Thieves ran at 104 FPS on my Radeon RX 6600 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600G rig (Max, 1080p). On the GTX 760M (laptop) it reached 49 FPS. The card in that rig is the XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 8GB.
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