These results are great to have but they’re only part of the answer. In order to effectively figure out what games your Mac can run, you should:

1. Download Valley and perform this same test (we explain the entire process in detail here).

➜ That result will be your reference point.

2. Look for the game you want to play from our Can my Mac Run it section.

3. From the machines used to test that game, pick the one that resembles your Mac the most.

➜ Use the results from that machine as a comparison point.

As an example, we’ve used the same 2013 13-inch MacBook Pro and 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro for every one of our Mac Performance Reviews. This is how they run some of the most popular Mac games right now:

Game 2013 MBP 2016 MBP Valley benchmark tool 9.3 FPS 30 FPS Fortnite 23.4 FPS 47.1 FPS Rise of the Tomb Raider 0 FPS 16.5 FPS DiRT Rally 38.5 FPS 53.9 FPS

Armed with a Valley result of your own, you can have a more accurate idea of what performance to expect from these games.

For example, if your Valley result is 45 FPS, you can expect significantly better performance than our 2016 MBP (which scored 30 FPS). If your Valley result is 20 FPS, you can expect gaming performance somewhere between our two MBPs above.