# System requirements

To be able to use MXSuite, your system must meet the following minimum requirements.

<div class="table-container" id="bkmrk-component-minimal-re"><table border="1" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 14px; background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">**Component**</td><td style="width: 86px; background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">**Minimal requirements**</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 46.5938px;">CPU</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 46.5938px;">x64 Processor 1.4GHz. AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 29.7969px;">Memory</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 29.7969px;">4 GB RAM</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 46.5938px;">Operating system</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 46.5938px;">Windows 10 TH1 1507 or greater   
Windows Server 2016 or greater</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 29.7969px;">Hard drive</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 29.7969px;">128 GB</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 29.7969px;">Graphics</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 29.7969px;">VGA resolution 1024x768</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 14px; height: 29.7969px;">Database</td><td style="width: 86px; height: 29.7969px;">Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>To make optimal use of MXSuite the following is recommended:

<div class="table-container" id="bkmrk-component-recommende"><table style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35); width: 14px;">**Component**</td><td style="background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35); width: 86px;">**Recommended requirements**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">CPU</td><td style="width: 86px;">x64 Processor 2.0 GHz. Intel i5 / i7 processor</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">Memory</td><td style="width: 86px;">16 GB RAM</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">Operating system</td><td style="width: 86px;">Windows 10 TH1 1507 or greater   
Windows Server 2016 or greater</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">Hard drive</td><td style="width: 86px;">1024 GB SSD</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">Graphics</td><td style="width: 86px;">Full HD, resolution 1920x1080</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 14px;">Database</td><td style="width: 86px;">At office: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard   
On board: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div><p class="callout info">The delivery of MXSuite includes often the database program Microsoft SQL Server Express by default. While this version is offered for free by Microsoft, please remember that this version has limits.  
  
When you start reaching the limits, we recommend switching to the Standard edition of SQL Server. In practice, the office version will likely need to be switched to the Standard version in due time.</p>