Games you can play with a Intel Core i7-4790K

Well above the recommended CPU - expect a comfortable 1080p experience with headroom.

• Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
• Dead by Daylight
• Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Rocket League®
• Risk of Rain 2
• Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
• Last Epoch
• Dying Light
• Path of Exile
• Paladins®
• Human Fall Flat
• Warface: Clutch
• NBA 2K20
• Life is Strange 2
• Street Warriors Online
• Hearts of Iron IV
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
• RimWorld
• The Elder Scrolls® Online
• Black Desert
• Europa Universalis IV
• Battlefield™ 1
• It Takes Two
• Hollow Knight
• DARK SOULS™ III
• MONSTER HUNTER RISE
• Stumble Guys
• Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
• Hades
• Devil May Cry 5
• Cuphead
• Portal 2
• DOOM
• Total War: WARHAMMER II
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Resident Evil 2
• Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
• Tom Clancy’s The Division™
• Just Cause™ 3
• Tomb Raider Game of the Year
• Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
• Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
• APB Reloaded
• Infestation: The New Z
• MultiVersus
• Evolve Stage 2
• Realm Royale Reforged

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Meets or beats the recommended CPU - the intended experience at 1080p.

• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
• Apex Legends™
• DayZ
• Warframe
• VRChat
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Destiny 2
• ARK: Survival Evolved
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
• eFootball™
• Monster Hunter: World
• Fallout 4
• Battlefield™ V
• Lethal Company
• Raft
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• Battlefield™ 2042
• Z1 Battle Royale
• Fall Guys
• Forza Horizon 5
• SCUM
• Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
• Ready or Not
• FOR HONOR™
• God of War
• War Robots
• Titanfall® 2
• PlanetSide 2
• HITMAN™ 2
• KurtzPel
• The Cycle: Frontier
• Fallout 76
• Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
• Farming Simulator 22
• Persona 5 Royal
• Elite Dangerous
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
• Borderlands 3
• HITMAN World of Assassination
• Planet Zoo
• Grounded
• Detroit: Become Human
• Red Dead Online
• TCG Card Shop Simulator
• Days Gone
• Gunfire Reborn

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Clears the minimum CPU but not the recommended one - playable with reduced settings.

• Counter-Strike 2
• Rust
• Call of Duty®
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
• Baldur's Gate 3
• HELLDIVERS™ 2
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• R.E.P.O.
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
• Satisfactory
• Phasmophobia
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Halo Infinite
• EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23
• War Robots: Frontiers
• EA SPORTS FC™ 25
• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
• BeamNG.drive
• Eternal Return
• V Rising
• EA SPORTS FC™ 24
• SCP: Secret Laboratory
• Resident Evil 4
• Crossout
• Stray
• Street Fighter™ 6
• Crusader Kings III
• Enshrouded
• STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• American Truck Simulator
• Split Fiction
• The Outlast Trials
• Hell Let Loose
• Supermarket Simulator
• Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
• Insurgency: Sandstorm
• CarX Drift Racing Online
• STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
• Resident Evil Village
• Chained Together
• ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
• The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
• Soul Dossier
• Marvel's Midnight Suns

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Below the stated minimum CPU - likely to struggle even at low settings.

• War Thunder
• ELDEN RING
• Palworld
• Path of Exile 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Cities: Skylines
• Arma 3
• Hunt: Showdown 1896
• New World: Aeternum
• Sons Of The Forest
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• Conan Exiles Enhanced
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
• Fishing Planet
• DOOM Eternal
• ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
• ARK: Survival Ascended
• Gray Zone Warfare
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Cities: Skylines II
• Starfield
• EVE Online
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
• Manor Lords
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
• Escape the Backrooms
• Chivalry 2
• Rec Room
• Granblue Fantasy: Relink
• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
• No Rest for the Wicked
• Scrap Mechanic
• Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
• Dragon's Dogma 2
• PAYDAY 3
• Liar's Bar
• Toribash
• The Day Before
• STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
• REMNANT II®
• Trailmakers
• Wobbly Life
• BONEWORKS
• 027
• 3D Double Dealing Character
• A Plague Tale: Requiem

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FAQ

How many games can a Intel Core i7-4790K run?

Of 3,151 games with usable CPU requirements, 2753 run on a Intel Core i7-4790K (2168 at their recommended settings), and 398 fall below the minimum.

Is the Intel Core i7-4790K still good enough for modern games?

For most titles, yes - it meets the recommended CPU spec more often than not.