Archeage

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for Archeage with the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Intel Arc B390 shows a clear performance ceiling that shifts dramatically across resolutions. At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly below playable levels, with the highest average frame rate reaching only 28 FPS on Low settings. The Medium preset at 4K manages 25 FPS average, with a minimum of 21 FPS and a maximum of 28 FPS. High drops to 17 FPS, and Ultra falls to 11 FPS. None of these numbers approach the 60 FPS playable threshold defined in the database.

Moving to 2560x1440, the situation improves but remains constrained. Low settings produce an average of 48 FPS, which is the best result at this resolution. Medium reaches 43 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 36 FPS and a maximum of 49 FPS. High averages 29 FPS, while Ultra averages 20 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is only 5 FPS, suggesting that the graphics workload at 1440p is already straining the Arc B390's capabilities, and the additional visual features of Medium do not cost much because the GPU is already saturated.

At 1920x1080, the data shows the only configurations that cross the 60 FPS line. Low settings deliver 71 FPS on average, the highest recorded number in the entire dataset. Medium stays above the threshold at 64 FPS, with a minimum of 54 FPS and a maximum of 73 FPS. High falls to 43 FPS, and Ultra drops to 29 FPS. The steep decline from Medium to High, a 21 FPS loss, indicates that the High preset introduces rendering demands that this hardware cannot sustain. The minimum FPS on Medium, 54 FPS, sits below the 60 FPS target, meaning even the playable preset has occasional dips that a user would notice during busy scenes. The variance between resolutions is consistent with a GPU-limited system where the CPU overhead at 1080p Low is less relevant, but at higher resolutions the GPU becomes the sole bottleneck.

FAQ

Q: Can Archeage run at 60 FPS on any settings?

A: Yes, at 1920x1080 with Low and Medium presets. The recorded data shows 71 FPS on Low and 64 FPS on Medium. Every other preset at 1080p, and all presets at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160, fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best playable settings preset at 1440p?

A: There is no playable preset at 2560x1440. The highest average FPS recorded is 48 on Low, which is 12 FPS short of the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium averages 43 FPS, High 29 FPS, and Ultra 20 FPS.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to Low at 1080p?

A: Ultra at 1920x1080 averages 29 FPS, while Low averages 71 FPS. That is a 42 FPS difference, meaning Ultra delivers less than half the average frame rate of Low. The gap is substantial, and the data indicates Ultra is not viable for smooth gameplay with this hardware.

Q: Is the Intel Arc B390 better than the CPUs it is paired with?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 1482 places it at the 9th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX, which scores 1463 and is 1.3% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710, which scores 1443 and is 2.7% slower. The CPU, however, sits at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, showing a large performance gap between the two components.

Q: What does the minimum FPS on Medium at 1080p tell us?

A: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 records a minimum of 54 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS average threshold. This means even the playable preset experiences frame drops below the target during demanding moments. The average of 64 FPS is above 60, but the minimum shows the experience is not consistently smooth.

Q: How does the 4K Medium preset behave?

A: At 3840x2160 with Medium settings, the average FPS is 25, with a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 28. This is the only 4K preset with a complete min/max dataset, and it shows a very narrow range, indicating the GPU is consistently maxed out rather than experiencing occasional spikes.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS. The highest average is 28 FPS on Low, and even that falls far short. The database lists no playable settings at this resolution, and the best average FPS at any preset is 28. At 2560x1440, similarly, no preset clears the threshold. Low averages 48 FPS, which is the closest result, but it remains 12 FPS below the playable line. The verdict data confirms there are no playable settings at 1440p.

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Medium, with an average of 64 FPS. Low also clears the threshold at 71 FPS, but Medium represents the highest visual quality that remains playable. The database identifies Medium as the best settings preset at 1080p, with that 64 FPS average. High and Ultra fall to 43 FPS and 29 FPS respectively, so neither is viable for maintaining 60 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU and GPU each have their own nearest rivals in the database, and those comparisons reveal where this combo sits. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26324, placing it at the 78th percentile. Its closest rival is the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS, which scores 26402 and is 0.3% faster, a negligible difference of 78 points. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX scores 26274, which is 0.2% behind. The Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26212, 0.4% behind, and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U scores 26187, 0.5% behind. All four rivals are within 0.5% of the Ryzen 5 7600's score, meaning any of these CPUs would behave nearly identically in Archeage from a processing standpoint.

The Intel Arc B390, however, is in a completely different class. Its average benchmark score is 1482, at the 9th percentile. The nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX, scores 1463, which is 1.3% slower. The NVIDIA GeForce 800M scores 1460, 1.5% slower, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM scores 1446, 2.5% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 scores 1443, 2.7% slower. These are all very low-end GPUs, and the Arc B390 outperforms them by only a small margin. A system with any of these rival GPUs paired with a similarly performing CPU would produce frame rates close to what the data shows for this combo, meaning the 1080p Medium result of 64 FPS would likely be replicated within a few frames.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Intel Arc B390 ranks 3297 out of 3708 tested combos in Archeage. That places it in the bottom 11% of all combinations in the database. The ranking reflects the severe GPU bottleneck, as the CPU is well above average while the GPU sits near the bottom of the percentile list. The combo ranking does not include a percentile value, but the position relative to the total combos indicates this setup is far below the median. Out of 3708 combos, there are 411 combos ranked worse than 3297. The data suggests that Archeage's rendering load is heavily graphics dependent, and pairing a high-end CPU does little to compensate for a GPU in the 9th percentile. The rank of 3297 is a direct consequence of the GPU's measured FPS results, which only exceed the 60 FPS threshold on two presets at 1080p.

The Verdict

The question of whether this PC can run Archeage has a straightforward answer from the verdictByResolution data is yes, but only at 1920x1080. The database lists Low and Medium as playable settings at 1080p, with Medium being the best settings preset at 64 FPS average. At 2560x1440 and 3840x1440, there are no playable settings listed, and the best average FPS at those resolutions is 48 FPS on Low at 1440p and 28 FPS on Low at 4K. The threshold of 60 FPS is only cleared at 1080p with Medium (64 FPS and Low 71 FPS. The verdict confirms no playable settings at 1440p, no playable settings at 4K, and 1080p with Low and Medium playable.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data shows that the GPU is the dominant component for Archeage across all resolutions, and the data supports this with clear evidence. At 3840x2160, the average FPS drops from 28 on Low to 25 on Medium, a small 3 FPS difference, and then falls further to 17 on High and 11 on Ultra. At 1440p, the same pattern appears: Low averages 48, Medium 43, High 29, and Ultra 20, a 28 FPS drop from Low to Ultra. At 1080p, Low averages 71, Medium 64, High 43, and Ultra 29, a 42 FPS spread across presets. The pattern is consistent: as resolution increases, the GPU is the limiting factor, and raising settings does not scale the frame rate proportionally because the GPU cannot handle the load.

The CPU's role is visible in the fact that the Ryzen 5 7600 sits at the 78th percentile of all CPUs, yet the combo ranks 3297 out of 3708. The GPU's 9th percentile ranking explains this discrepancy. At 1080p Low, where the CPU has the most influence relative to the GPU load, the frame rate reaches 71 FPS, the highest recorded. At 4K Ultra, where the GPU is fully saturated, the frame rate collapses to 11 FPS. The data implies that the CPU is never the bottleneck in this game with this combo, since the GPU's performance ceiling is so low. The scaling between resolutions confirms this: moving from 1080p Low to 1440p Low costs 23 FPS (71 to 48), and moving from 1440p Low to 4K Low costs another 20 FPS (48 to 28). These are large, consistent drops that point entirely at the GPU's rendering capacity. The CPU, with its strong benchmark scores relative to the GPU, has enough headroom to feed the graphics pipeline, but the Arc B390 cannot translate that into playable frame rates beyond 1080p Medium.