What Are the Windows 10 System Requirements for Installation?

Windows 10 keeps upgrading for years and the latest windows version now is 1903. The newer the Windows version is, the higher requirements Windows 10 has.

Theoretically, as long as your PC meets the minimum requirements for Windows, you are able to get the latest Windows 10 upgrade.  However, if your hardware is barely adaptable, the Windows 10 you get will be running slow.

Let’s see what the Windows 10 system requirements are.

Windows 10 System Requirements

Officially, to install or upgrade to Windows 10, your computer must be up to the challenge:

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
• Hard disk space: 32 GB for both 64-bit and 32-bit OS
• Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later
• Display resolution: 800 x 600 pixels

However, if you are installing Windows 10 on the above minimum requirements, your Windows 10 sucks, and you are likely to run Windows 10 on a very low disk space and CPU reaches to 100% usage easily.

So, beyond the basics, the optimal hardware configuration for Windows 10 may looks like this:

• Processor: Intel 8th generation processors (Intel i3/i5/i7/i9-7x), Core M3-7xxx , Xeon E3-xxxx, and Xeon E5-xxxx processors, AMD 8th generation processors (A Series Ax-9xxx, E-Series Ex-9xxx, FX-9xxx) or ARM64 processors (Snapdragon SDM850 or later)
• RAM: 4 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 16 GB for 64-bit
• SSD/NVMe: 128 GB for both 64-bit and 32-bit OS
• Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later
• Display resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels

Windows 10 requirements FAQ