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MOVES and Related Models

What are the Hardware Requirements for Installing and Running MOVES2014 (and MOVES2014a and MOVES2014b)?

See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models.

MOVES is designed to run on a single personal computer with a Windows 7 or Windows 10 operating system.

The recommended minimum hardware for a desktop or laptop computer is:

CPU with 4 or more cores: Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen i5 or greater
51B GB storage or more; PCIe NVMe 128 or greater
16 or 32 GB RAM

MOVES is not CPU or memory intensive, it is I/O intensive. Faster Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Memory are well suited for MOVES runs.

Even with a fast personal computer, large runs that cover many sourcetypes and pollutant process combinations will require many hours.