Is your PC ready for virtual reality? The tool from Steam will help to understand this.

In the near future, several gadgets from the world of virtual reality should appear on the market at once. This, for example, Vive (under SteamVR) from HTC, plus a few more models of similar devices from other manufacturers. But virtual reality does not work by itself, for immersion in it you need a PC with solid characteristics.

Earlier, it was stated that for the same Oculus Rift, a PC with a price of about $ 1500 is needed, this is a hi-end system. As for the Vive, here it seems like the recommended characteristics are a bit simpler. And in order to find out whether your computer is suitable for generating virtual reality objects, you can use the SteamVR Performance Test tool.

This software works a little like the software from Oculus, where there is a simple performance check without running diagnostic texts. Steam is different, the program spends a few minutes running the diagnostics, mostly non-interactive animation. The purpose of the tests is "to determine whether your system is suitable for launching VR content at 90 fps, and whether this VR content will meet the recommended level."
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After the diagnostics is carried out, the tool assigns a certain rating to the user's PC, according to which one can judge the degree of readiness of the computer to launch VR applications. Steam also does not provide a list of "optimal performance" for systems that are 100% ready for VR. Instead, you have to use the rating mentioned above. As for the test, it recommends an Intel i5-4590 processor, a GTX970 graphics adapter (or equivalent), and only 4 GB of RAM. Below is a label with test run results.