Whether you're a new or experienced PC gamer, ensuring your gaming PC is up to scratch with the latest and greatest gaming hardware is something you should always keep an eye on. Fortunately, the folks behind PCGameBenchmark have a tool that helps match your system against the hardware requirements for all the upcoming games you've got your eye on, and easily see which components might be holding you back.
Whether you're trying to run the Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements at the highest level, hoping to crank up all your settings to max and scare your socks off in the Silent Hill 2 remake, or simply trying to stack as many of the best Skyrim mods onto your game as possible before the wheels come careening off, it's good to keep track of your system performance. Being able to easily track frame rates, compare your PC setup to system requirements, and see where you might benefit most from an upgrade will ensure you have the most enjoyable time possible, whatever you play.
You might already have made use of our sister site PCGameBenchmark to answer the question "can you run it" for thousands of PC games, but your life is about to get even easier thanks to their FPS Monitor tool via Overwolf.
The app in question is called the FPS Monitor, and it's essentially a one-stop shop to check how well your PC is performing against games on the fly, as well as helping you find suitable games for your setup and pick out what components might be holding you back.
The FPS Monitor app tracks your frame rates as you play, and uses its 'post-match insights' to measure how your system is handling demanding games, showing how stable your performance is with graphical breakdowns. It can quickly compare your PC to both minimum and recommended system requirements of all the best PC games that everyone is talking about, and will even point out which components in your PC are likely to be causing any potential performance problems.
If that sounds good to you, you can get the FPS Monitor for free via Overwolf and start putting your PC to the test today.
Once you're up and running, you can use the FPS Calculator tool to predict exactly how many frames per second your rig or a prospective rig might achieve across thousands of games.