Archeage

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for Archeage with the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B370 shows a steep performance cliff as resolution increases. At 3840x2160, the combination never approaches playable frame rates. The Low preset averages 25 FPS, Medium drops to 22 FPS with a minimum of 19 and maximum of 25, High falls to 15 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 10 FPS. No 4K setting clears even half of the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440 improves matters but remains firmly below playable territory. Low settings produce an average of 43 FPS, Medium delivers 39 FPS with a 33 to 44 FPS range, High manages 26 FPS, and Ultra sits at 18 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is modest, roughly 4 FPS, while stepping up to High costs another 13 FPS. The data suggests the GPU is the limiting factor here, as the scaling between presets is consistent with a graphics-bound workload.

At 1920x1080, the picture changes significantly. Low settings achieve an average of 65 FPS, which is the only preset that crosses the 60 FPS line. Medium comes close at 57 FPS with a minimum of 49 and maximum of 66, High reaches 39 FPS, and Ultra drops to 27 FPS. The 1080p Low result is the sole playable configuration in the entire dataset, and even that margin is thin: 5 FPS above the threshold.

The frame time behavior at Medium settings reveals why the 60 FPS target matters. At 1080p Medium, the minimum recorded frame rate is 49 FPS, which means dips below 60 occur even when the average is near the target. At 1440p Medium, the minimum falls to 33 FPS, a 6 FPS gap from the average. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 19 FPS against a 22 FPS average. These minimums indicate that the Intel Arc B370 cannot maintain consistent frame pacing once the resolution increases, even with the CPU providing ample headroom.

Best Settings per Resolution

For 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS. The database lists no playable settings at this resolution, and the best available option, Low at 25 FPS average, is less than half of the required threshold. Users targeting 4K would need to reduce resolution or accept sub-30 FPS gameplay.

At 2560x1440, the same verdict applies. No settings preset reaches 60 FPS. Low at 43 FPS is the highest average recorded, but it falls 17 FPS short of the playable threshold. Medium at 39 FPS and High at 26 FPS both represent diminishing returns as visual quality increases.

The only playable configuration in the dataset is 1920x1080 with Low settings, which averages 65 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, and it is the sole entry in the verdictByResolution playable settings list. Medium at 1080p averages 57 FPS, which is close but fails the threshold, and its 49 FPS minimum confirms that frame drops would be noticeable during crowded MMO scenes.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data shows a clear pattern: the Intel Arc B370 is the dominant constraint across all resolutions. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 5 architecture, is a high-end desktop processor that ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. Its multithreaded score of 36,470 and single-thread score of 4,691 place it far above the demands of a 2014 MMORPG. The GPU, by contrast, ranks in the 5th percentile among all GPUs, a massive disparity that explains the performance ceiling.

The resolution scaling confirms this interpretation. Moving from 1080p Low (65 FPS) to 1440p Low (43 FPS) represents a 34% drop, while 1440p Low to 4K Low (25 FPS) is another 42% reduction. These are GPU-bound scaling patterns; a CPU-limited scenario would show much smaller differences between resolutions because the processor's workload does not change with pixel count. The Ryzen 7 9700F's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth and 32 MB L3 cache are more than sufficient for Archeage's CPU demands, so the frame rate collapse is attributable to the Arc B370's pixel throughput limits.

The preset scaling within each resolution reinforces this conclusion. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 38 FPS (65 down to 27), while at 1440p it is 25 FPS (43 down to 18), and at 4K it is 15 FPS (25 down to 10). The absolute delta shrinks as resolution increases because the GPU is already saturated at the lowest settings. This is characteristic of a graphics card that runs out of shading units or texture throughput early, the Arc B370 has 1,280 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, and the 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 rate is modest by modern standards.

The CPU's role is secondary but not irrelevant. At 1080p Low, the 65 FPS average likely allows the CPU to feed frames efficiently, but the GPU becomes the bottleneck as soon as settings or resolution increase. The Ryzen 7 9700F's 5.50 GHz boost clock and 4 nm process node ensure that it is not the limiting factor in any recorded configuration. The data shows no scenario where a faster CPU would meaningfully improve frame rates.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Archeage? The answer depends entirely on resolution and settings. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, yes, the combination averages 65 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. This is the only configuration in the dataset that meets the requirement. At 1080p Medium, the average drops to 57 FPS, below the threshold, and the 49 FPS minimum suggests that combat or crowded areas would cause noticeable stutter.

At 2560x1440, the answer is no. The best recorded average is 43 FPS on Low, and no preset reaches 60 FPS. The verdictByResolution data lists no playable settings for this resolution. The same applies to 3840x2160, where the best average is 25 FPS on Low. Users with 1440p or 4K monitors would need to run the game at a lower internal resolution or accept sub-60 FPS performance.

The overall ranking reflects this limitation. The combo ranks 3,423 out of 3,708 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 8% of the database. This is consistent with a GPU that ranks in the 5th percentile among all GPUs, despite the CPU ranking in the 94th percentile. The pairing is heavily imbalanced for this title, and the data suggests that Archeage's modest system requirements from its 2014 release are still too demanding for the Arc B370 at higher resolutions.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals in the database show that the Ryzen 7 9700F sits in a tightly packed performance band. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 69,875, which is 0.2% higher than the 9700F's 69,996 average. The Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 70,163, a 0.2% delta in the other direction. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69,515, 0.7% lower, and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 69,355, 0.9% lower. Any of these processors would deliver essentially identical frame rates in Archeage, since the game is GPU-bound in this configuration. Users considering a CPU swap would see no measurable difference in this title.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are all older or lower-end parts, which underscores the Arc B370's position. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1,186, a 0.2% delta from the Arc B370's 1,184. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1,190, 0.5% higher, and the AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1,192, 0.7% higher. The AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1,168, 1.4% lower. These are all legacy parts from over a decade ago, and their performance parity with the Arc B370 indicates that the Intel GPU offers little more than early-2010s integrated or entry-level discrete graphics. In Archeage, swapping to any of these GPUs would produce nearly identical FPS numbers, within a couple of frames per second.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B370 combination ranks 3,423 out of 3,708 tested combos in the database. This places it in the bottom 7.7% of all configurations tested, a position driven almost entirely by the GPU's low percentile rank. The CPU is a top-tier part, but the Arc B370's 5th percentile GPU ranking drags the overall result down.

The practical impact in Archeage is that the combo is only viable at 1080p Low, and even there the 65 FPS average is barely above the threshold. The 3,423 rank means that the vast majority of tested systems deliver better frame rates in this game. The data does not show a single 1440p or 4K preset that clears 60 FPS, and the 1080p Medium result of 57 FPS is below the threshold despite being only one settings step above the playable Low preset.

The ranking also reflects the imbalance between the two components. A system with a weaker CPU and a stronger GPU would likely rank higher for Archeage specifically, since the game's CPU requirements are easily met by the Ryzen 7 9700F while the GPU struggles. The 8-core, 16-thread processor is overkill for this title, and its capabilities are wasted when paired with a GPU that cannot maintain 60 FPS at mainstream resolutions. For users who already own this CPU, the data suggests that a GPU upgrade would yield substantial improvements, but within the current configuration, the performance envelope is fixed by the Arc B370.