Hardware Benchmarks
We don't have measured community benchmarks yet. Until we do, this page explains what limits CaptureGem recording and gives a rough guide to sizing a recording PC.
What Limits Recording
CaptureGemEvery recording downloads its stream continuously. 4K and VR streams use the most.
Recordings are saved in the quality the site sends. Temp File Retention keeps source files for 3 hours by default, which roughly doubles the space until they expire.
Checks video segments and converts finished recordings. Concurrent Transcoders (default 1) sets how many convert at once.
Not used to record: CaptureGem saves streams without re-encoding them.
Storage Choices
Where Files GoGood for the Temporary Files Location, where recordings are written while they record.
Cheap capacity for finished videos in the Video Save Location.
Works for archives; Audit disk space can take several minutes to scan a large library on a network drive.
10 Streams
Essential Tier
Rough Build Guide
CPUAny recent CPU
StorageAny drive with plenty of free space
NetworkStable home connection
A starting point, not a CaptureGem requirement. The graphics card doesn't matter for recording. The free version holds up to 10 models; Premium removes that limit.
Where This Comes From
This guidance comes from how CaptureGem works and from its official settings guide, not from collected measurements. CaptureGem doesn't send performance data to this site. It saves each stream as the site sends it, without re-encoding, so bandwidth, disk space and CPU matter far more than the graphics card. Community rig specs are on the hardware page; they are self-reported.