SteamOS - Hardware Trends (Desktops)

A project to identify most popular hardware characteristics and track their change over time based on data collected by Linux users at https://Linux-Hardware.org.

Anyone can contribute to this report by the hw-probe tool:

sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload

This report is for one last month. Overall report since the beginning of time: TestCoverage

Period: Jun, 2022.

Contents

System

OS

Installed operating systems

OS

OS

Name Desktops Percent
SteamOS 3.2 (steamdeck-main) 3 100%

OS Family

OS without a version

OS Family

OS Family

Name Desktops Percent
SteamOS 3 100%

Kernel

Version of the Linux kernel

Kernel

Kernel

Version Desktops Percent
5.13.0-valve10.1-2-neptune-dri-02144-g7fffaf925dfb 3 100%

Kernel Family

Linux kernel without a distro release

Kernel Family

Kernel Family

Version Desktops Percent
5.13.0 3 100%

Kernel Major Ver.

Linux kernel major version

Kernel Major Ver.

Kernel Major Ver.

Version Desktops Percent
5.13 3 100%

Arch

OS architecture (x86_64, i586, etc.)

Arch

Arch

Name Desktops Percent
x86_64 3 100%

DE

Desktop Environment

DE

DE

Name Desktops Percent
KDE5 3 100%

Display Server

X11 or Wayland

Display Server

Display Server

Name Desktops Percent
X11 3 100%

Display Manager

SDDM, LightDM, etc.

Display Manager

Display Manager

Name Desktops Percent
Unknown 3 100%

OS Lang

Language

OS Lang

OS Lang

Lang Desktops Percent
en_US 2 66.67%
fr_FR 1 33.33%

Boot Mode

EFI or BIOS

Boot Mode

Boot Mode

Mode Desktops Percent
BIOS 3 100%

Filesystem

Type of filesystem

Filesystem

Filesystem

Type Desktops Percent
Btrfs 3 100%

Part. scheme

Scheme of partitioning

Part. scheme

Part. scheme

Type Desktops Percent
Unknown 3 100%

Dual Boot with Linux/BSD

Hosting more than one Linux/BSD

Dual Boot with Linux/BSD

Dual Boot with Linux/BSD

Dual boot Desktops Percent
No 3 100%

Dual Boot (Win)

Hosting Linux and Windows

Dual Boot (Win)

Dual Boot (Win)

Dual boot Desktops Percent
No 3 100%

Board

Vendor

Motherboard manufacturer

Vendor

Vendor

Name Desktops Percent
ASUSTek Computer 2 66.67%
Alienware 1 33.33%

Model

Motherboard model

Model

Model

Name Desktops Percent
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING 1 33.33%
ASUS H61M-K 1 33.33%
Alienware Aurora R8 1 33.33%

Model Family

Motherboard model prefix

Model Family

Model Family

Name Desktops Percent
ASUS ROG 1 33.33%
ASUS H61M-K 1 33.33%
Alienware Aurora 1 33.33%

MFG Year

Motherboard manufacture year

MFG Year

MFG Year

Year Desktops Percent
2020 2 66.67%
2013 1 33.33%

Form Factor

Physical design of the computer

Form Factor

Form Factor

Name Desktops Percent
Desktop 3 100%

Secure Boot

Enabled or disabled

Secure Boot

Secure Boot

State Desktops Percent
Disabled 3 100%

Coreboot

Have coreboot on board

Coreboot

Coreboot

Used Desktops Percent
No 3 100%

RAM Size

Total RAM memory

RAM Size

RAM Size

Size in GB Desktops Percent
4.01-8.0 1 33.33%
32.01-64.0 1 33.33%
16.01-24.0 1 33.33%

RAM Used

Used RAM memory

RAM Used

RAM Used

Used GB Desktops Percent
2.01-3.0 2 66.67%
3.01-4.0 1 33.33%

Total Drives

Number of drives on board

Total Drives

Total Drives

Drives Desktops Percent
3 2 66.67%
1 1 33.33%

Has CD-ROM

Has CD-ROM on board

Has CD-ROM

Has CD-ROM

Presented Desktops Percent
No 2 66.67%
Yes 1 33.33%

Has Ethernet

Has Ethernet on board

Has Ethernet

Has Ethernet

Presented Desktops Percent
Yes 3 100%

Has WiFi

Has WiFi module

Has WiFi

Has WiFi

Presented Desktops Percent
Yes 3 100%

Has Bluetooth

Has Bluetooth module

Has Bluetooth

Has Bluetooth

Presented Desktops Percent
Yes 2 66.67%
No 1 33.33%

Location

Country

Geographic location (country)

Country

Country

Country Desktops Percent
USA 2 66.67%
France 1 33.33%

City

Geographic location (city)

City

City

City Desktops Percent
Ivry-sur-Seine 1 33.33%
Detroit 1 33.33%
Buffalo 1 33.33%

Drives

Drive Vendor

Hard drive vendors

Drive Vendor

Drive Vendor

Vendor Desktops Drives Percent
Seagate 2 3 33.33%
WDC 1 1 16.67%
SK hynix 1 1 16.67%
Samsung Electronics 1 1 16.67%
Phison 1 1 16.67%

Drive Model

Hard drive models

Drive Model

Drive Model

Model Desktops Percent
WDC WD7500BPVT-80HXZT3 752GB 1 14.29%
SK hynix NVMe SSD Drive 256GB 1 14.29%
Seagate ST4000DM004-2CV104 4TB 1 14.29%
Seagate ST3500413AS 500GB 1 14.29%
Seagate ST2000DM008-2FR102 2TB 1 14.29%
Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB 1 14.29%
Phison NVMe SSD Drive 1024GB 1 14.29%

HDD Vendor

Hard disk drive vendors

HDD Vendor

HDD Vendor

Vendor Desktops Drives Percent
Seagate 2 3 66.67%
WDC 1 1 33.33%

SSD Vendor

Solid state drive vendors

SSD Vendor

SSD Vendor

Vendor Desktops Drives Percent
Samsung Electronics 1 1 100%

Drive Kind

HDD or SSD

Drive Kind

Drive Kind

Kind Desktops Drives Percent
HDD 3 4 50%
NVMe 2 2 33.33%
SSD 1 1 16.67%

Drive Connector

SATA, SAS, NVMe, etc.

Drive Connector

Drive Connector

Type Desktops Drives Percent
SATA 3 5 60%
NVMe 2 2 40%

Drive Size

Size of hard drive

Drive Size

Drive Size

Size in TB Desktops Drives Percent
0.01-0.5 2 2 40%
3.01-4.0 1 1 20%
1.01-2.0 1 1 20%
0.51-1.0 1 1 20%

Space Total

Amount of disk space available on the file system

Space Total

Space Total

Size in GB Desktops Percent
501-1000 2 66.67%
1001-2000 1 33.33%

Space Used

Amount of used disk space

Space Used

Space Used

Used GB Desktops Percent
1-20 2 66.67%
51-100 1 33.33%

Malfunc. Drives

Drive models with a malfunction

Zero info for selected period =(

Malfunc. Drive Vendor

Vendors of faulty drives

Zero info for selected period =(

Malfunc. HDD Vendor

Vendors of faulty HDD drives

Zero info for selected period =(

Malfunc. Drive Kind

Kinds of faulty drives

Zero info for selected period =(

Failed Drives

Failed drive models

Zero info for selected period =(

Failed Drive Vendor

Failed drive vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Drive Status

Number of failed and malfunc. drives

Drive Status

Drive Status

Status Desktops Drives Percent
Detected 3 7 100%

Storage controller

Storage Vendor

Storage controller vendors

Storage Vendor

Storage Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Intel 2 40%
SK hynix 1 20%
Phison Electronics 1 20%
AMD 1 20%

Storage Model

Storage controller models

Storage Model

Storage Model

Model Desktops Percent
SK hynix Non-Volatile memory controller 1 20%
Phison E12 NVMe Controller 1 20%
Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller 1 20%
Intel 200 Series PCH SATA controller [AHCI mode] 1 20%
AMD 500 Series Chipset SATA Controller 1 20%

Storage Kind

Kind of storage controller (IDE, SATA, NVMe, SAS, ...)

Storage Kind

Storage Kind

Kind Desktops Percent
SATA 3 60%
NVMe 2 40%

Processor

CPU Vendor

Processor vendors

CPU Vendor

CPU Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Intel 2 66.67%
AMD 1 33.33%

CPU Model

Processor models

CPU Model

CPU Model

Model Desktops Percent
Intel Core i5-9400 CPU @ 2.90GHz 1 33.33%
Intel Core i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz 1 33.33%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor 1 33.33%

CPU Model Family

Processor model prefix

CPU Model Family

CPU Model Family

Model Desktops Percent
Intel Core i5 2 66.67%
AMD Ryzen 9 1 33.33%

CPU Cores

Number of processor cores

CPU Cores

CPU Cores

Number Desktops Percent
12 1 33.33%
6 1 33.33%
4 1 33.33%

CPU Sockets

Number of sockets

CPU Sockets

CPU Sockets

Number Desktops Percent
1 3 100%

CPU Threads

Threads per core (Hyper-Threading)

CPU Threads

CPU Threads

Number Desktops Percent
1 2 66.67%
2 1 33.33%

CPU Op-Modes

CPU Operation Modes (32-bit, 64-bit)

CPU Op-Modes

CPU Op-Modes

Op mode Desktops Percent
32-bit, 64-bit 3 100%

CPU Microcode

Microcode number

CPU Microcode

CPU Microcode

Number Desktops Percent
Unknown 3 100%

CPU Microarch

Microarchitecture

CPU Microarch

CPU Microarch

Name Desktops Percent
Zen 2 1 33.33%
SandyBridge 1 33.33%
KabyLake 1 33.33%

Graphics

GPU Vendor

Vendors of graphics cards

GPU Vendor

GPU Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
AMD 2 50%
Nvidia 1 25%
Intel 1 25%

GPU Model

Graphics card models

GPU Model

GPU Model

Model Desktops Percent
Nvidia TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] 1 25%
Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] 1 25%
AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT] 1 25%
AMD Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E] 1 25%

GPU Combo

Combinations of graphics cards

GPU Combo

GPU Combo

Name Desktops Percent
1 x AMD 2 66.67%
1 x Nvidia 1 33.33%

GPU Driver

Free vs proprietary

GPU Driver

GPU Driver

Driver Desktops Percent
Free 2 66.67%
Proprietary 1 33.33%

GPU Memory

Total video memory

GPU Memory

GPU Memory

Size in GB Desktops Percent
Unknown 2 66.67%
5.01-6.0 1 33.33%

Monitor

Monitor Vendor

Monitor vendors

Monitor Vendor

Monitor Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Sceptre Tech 1 25%
Samsung Electronics 1 25%
Philips 1 25%
Acer 1 25%

Monitor Model

Monitor models

Monitor Model

Monitor Model

Model Desktops Percent
Sceptre Tech E22 SPT08D5 1920x1080 409x230mm 18.5-inch 1 25%
Samsung Electronics SMB2330 SAM0643 1920x1080 510x287mm 23.0-inch 1 25%
Philips PHL 223V5 PHLC0CF 1920x1080 477x268mm 21.5-inch 1 25%
Acer H236HL ACR0318 1920x1080 509x286mm 23.0-inch 1 25%

Monitor Resolution

Monitor screen resolution

Monitor Resolution

Monitor Resolution

Resolution Desktops Percent
1920x1080 (FHD) 3 100%

Monitor Diagonal

Diagonal size in inches

Monitor Diagonal

Monitor Diagonal

Inches Desktops Percent
23 2 66.67%
21 1 33.33%

Monitor Width

Physical width

Monitor Width

Monitor Width

Width in mm Desktops Percent
501-600 2 66.67%
401-500 1 33.33%

Aspect Ratio

Proportional relationship between the width and the height

Aspect Ratio

Aspect Ratio

Ratio Desktops Percent
16/9 3 100%

Monitor Area

Area in inch²

Monitor Area

Monitor Area

Area in inch² Desktops Percent
201-250 3 100%

Pixel Density

Pixels per inch

Pixel Density

Pixel Density

Density Desktops Percent
51-100 2 66.67%
101-120 1 33.33%

Multiple Monitors

Total monitors connected

Multiple Monitors

Multiple Monitors

Total Desktops Percent
1 2 66.67%
2 1 33.33%

Network

Net Controller Vendor

Controller vendors

Net Controller Vendor

Net Controller Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Realtek Semiconductor 1 25%
Qualcomm Atheros 1 25%
OnePlus Technology (Shenzhen) 1 25%
Intel 1 25%

Net Controller Model

Controller models

Net Controller Model

Net Controller Model

Model Desktops Percent
Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 14.29%
Realtek 802.11ac NIC 1 14.29%
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 1 14.29%
Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 14.29%
OnePlus (Shenzhen) SM8150-MTP _SN:63F1CF71 1 14.29%
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 1 14.29%
Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V 1 14.29%

Wireless Vendor

Wireless vendors

Wireless Vendor

Wireless Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Realtek Semiconductor 1 33.33%
Qualcomm Atheros 1 33.33%
Intel 1 33.33%

Wireless Model

Wireless models

Wireless Model

Wireless Model

Model Desktops Percent
Realtek 802.11ac NIC 1 33.33%
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 1 33.33%
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 1 33.33%

Ethernet Vendor

Ethernet vendors

Ethernet Vendor

Ethernet Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Realtek Semiconductor 1 25%
Qualcomm Atheros 1 25%
OnePlus Technology (Shenzhen) 1 25%
Intel 1 25%

Ethernet Model

Ethernet models

Ethernet Model

Ethernet Model

Model Desktops Percent
Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 25%
Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 25%
OnePlus (Shenzhen) SM8150-MTP _SN:63F1CF71 1 25%
Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V 1 25%

Net Controller Kind

Ethernet, WiFi or modem

Net Controller Kind

Net Controller Kind

Kind Desktops Percent
WiFi 3 50%
Ethernet 3 50%

Used Controller

Currently used network controller

Used Controller

Used Controller

Kind Desktops Percent
WiFi 2 50%
Ethernet 2 50%

NICs

Total network controllers on board

NICs

NICs

Total Desktops Percent
2 2 66.67%
1 1 33.33%

IPv6

IPv6 vs IPv4

IPv6

IPv6

Used Desktops Percent
No 2 66.67%
Yes 1 33.33%

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Vendor

Controller vendors

Bluetooth Vendor

Bluetooth Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Qualcomm Atheros Communications 1 50%
Intel 1 50%

Bluetooth Model

Controller models

Bluetooth Model

Bluetooth Model

Model Desktops Percent
Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth Device 1 50%
Intel AX200 Bluetooth 1 50%

Sound

Sound Vendor

Sound card vendors

Sound Vendor

Sound Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Intel 2 25%
AMD 2 25%
Tenx Technology 1 12.5%
Nvidia 1 12.5%
Logitech 1 12.5%
C-Media Electronics 1 12.5%

Sound Model

Sound card models

Sound Model

Sound Model

Model Desktops Percent
Tenx Technology USB AUDIO 1 11.11%
Nvidia TU116 High Definition Audio Controller 1 11.11%
Logitech Blue Microphones 1 11.11%
Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller 1 11.11%
Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio 1 11.11%
C-Media Electronics Blue Snowball 1 11.11%
AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller 1 11.11%
AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] 1 11.11%
AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio 1 11.11%

Memory

Memory Vendor

Memory module vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Memory Model

Memory module models

Zero info for selected period =(

Memory Kind

Memory module kinds

Zero info for selected period =(

Memory Form Factor

Physical design of the memory module

Zero info for selected period =(

Memory Size

Memory module size

Zero info for selected period =(

Memory Speed

Memory module speed

Zero info for selected period =(

Printers & scanners

Printer Vendor

Printer device vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Printer Model

Printer device models

Zero info for selected period =(

Scanner Vendor

Scanner device vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Scanner Model

Scanner device models

Zero info for selected period =(

Camera

Camera Vendor

Camera device vendors

Camera Vendor

Camera Vendor

Vendor Desktops Percent
Sunplus Innovation Technology 1 50%
Magic Control Technology 1 50%

Camera Model

Camera device models

Camera Model

Camera Model

Model Desktops Percent
Sunplus USB 2.0 Camera 1 50%
Magic Control j5 WebCam JVCU100 1 50%

Security

Fingerprint Vendor

Fingerprint sensor vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Fingerprint Model

Fingerprint sensor models

Zero info for selected period =(

Chipcard Vendor

Chipcard module vendors

Zero info for selected period =(

Chipcard Model

Chipcard module models

Zero info for selected period =(

Unsupported

Unsupported Devices

Total unsupported devices on board

Unsupported Devices

Unsupported Devices

Total Desktops Percent
0 2 66.67%
1 1 33.33%

Unsupported Device Types

Types of unsupported devices

Unsupported Device Types

Unsupported Device Types

Type Desktops Percent
Net/wireless 1 100%