Archeage

The Intel Core i5-14600K paired with Intel Arc B370 graphics delivers a poor Archeage experience in the recorded data. This is a pairing of a genuinely strong CPU with an extremely weak graphics solution, and the benchmark results make the imbalance obvious: the game is only playable at 1080p on the Low preset, averaging 65 FPS, while every other resolution and preset combination falls well short of the 60 FPS threshold.

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core i5-14600K + Intel Arc B370 run Archeage?

A: Only barely. The recorded data shows a single playable configuration: 1920x1080 at the Low preset, averaging 65 FPS. At 1440p the best result is 43 FPS on Low, and at 4K the best result is 25 FPS on Low. No resolution other than 1080p clears the 60 FPS playable threshold on any preset.

Q: How strong is the Intel Core i5-14600K in this configuration?

A: The CPU is not the problem. It sits in the 90th percentile of all CPUs in the database, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24491 and a single-core score of 2064. Its average benchmark score of 48618 lands it within a fraction of a percent of rivals such as the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (48698 average, a 0.2 percent gap) and the AMD EPYC 4345P (48470 average, a 0.3 percent gap).

Q: How weak is the Intel Arc B370 graphics?

A: Very. It places in just the 5th percentile of all GPUs, and its only recorded benchmark, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, produced a score of 1184. That puts it in the company of the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190 average, 0.5 percent apart) and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186 average, 0.2 percent apart), GPUs from a much older era of the database.

Q: What FPS does this combo achieve at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 the results are 65 FPS on Low, 57 FPS on Medium, 39 FPS on High, and 27 FPS on Ultra. Only the Low preset reaches or exceeds 60 FPS.

Q: What FPS does this combo achieve at 1440p and 4K?

A: At 2560x1440 the results are 43 FPS on Low, 39 FPS on Medium, 26 FPS on High, and 18 FPS on Ultra. At 3840x2160 they drop to 25 FPS on Low, 22 FPS on Medium, 15 FPS on High, and 10 FPS on Ultra.

Q: Where does this combo rank among tested configurations for Archeage?

A: Rank 3423 out of 3708 tested combos. That places it in the bottom portion of the field for this game, entirely because of the graphics side of the pairing.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, hardware that would behave similarly to the Core i5-14600K includes the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (average score 48698, 0.2 percent ahead), the AMD EPYC 4345P (48470, 0.3 percent behind), the Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX (48287, 0.7 percent behind), and the Intel Core Ultra 5 245 (48995, 0.8 percent ahead). All four sit within one percent of the i5-14600K's average score of 48618, so any of them paired with the same graphics would produce nearly identical CPU-bound behavior.

On the GPU side, the Arc B370's neighborhood is far less encouraging. The closest matches are the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190 average), the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (1192 average), the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186 average), and the AMD FirePro M2000 (1168 average). All of these are within roughly 1.4 percent of the Arc B370's 1184 average score, meaning Archeage frame rates with any of these alternatives would be effectively interchangeable with the recorded results. A PC built around any of these graphics solutions would face the same wall: playable only at 1080p Low.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this pairing 3423rd out of 3708 tested combinations in Archeage. That is a low placement, and the reason is structural rather than marginal. Archeage is an MMORPG released in 2014, a title old enough that a mid-range GPU from the modern era would typically saturate its demands at 1080p. Instead, the Arc B370 contributes an average benchmark score of 1184 and sits in the 5th percentile of all GPUs, dragging the pairing down despite the CPU's 90th percentile standing.

The imbalance is extreme: the CPU ranks among the top tenth of all processors, while the GPU ranks near the very bottom of the graphics field. In a game where the CPU could easily feed a far stronger renderer, the recorded frame rates instead reflect the GPU's ceiling at every tested resolution.

The Verdict

This PC can technically run Archeage, but only in one configuration that meets the 60 FPS playable threshold: 1920x1080 at the Low preset, averaging 65 FPS. That is the entire playable envelope.

At 1080p Medium the average falls to 57 FPS, just short of the threshold, with a recorded range of 49 to 66 FPS. At 1440p, the best result is 43 FPS on Low, a 28 percent drop from the 1080p Low figure. At 4K, even Low manages only 25 FPS. The verdict data confirms it plainly: 1080p has exactly one playable preset (Low), while 1440p and 4K have none. Anyone wanting to play Archeage on this hardware must accept 1080p at reduced visual settings, or accept frame rates far below a smooth experience at higher resolutions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data shows this game is entirely GPU-bound on this configuration. The evidence is in how sharply frame rates fall as resolution rises while the CPU stays constant. At the Low preset, moving from 1080p (65 FPS) to 1440p (43 FPS) costs 22 FPS, and moving to 4K (25 FPS) costs another 18 FPS. If the CPU were the limiter, resolution changes would barely move the frame rate; here the drops are severe, which points squarely at the Arc B370's rendering capability.

Preset scaling tells the same story. At 1080p, going from Low (65 FPS) to Ultra (27 FPS) costs 38 FPS, a 58 percent reduction from raising visual quality alone. At 4K, Low to Ultra spans 25 FPS down to 10 FPS. The Core i5-14600K, with 14 cores, 20 threads, a 5.30 GHz boost clock, and benchmark results like a 38682 PassMark multithread score and a 4270 single-thread score, is far more CPU than this game and this GPU can exploit. The CPU is essentially idle headroom; every frame lost is lost on the graphics side.

Best Settings per Resolution

1920x1080: Low is the only preset at or above 60 FPS, averaging 65 FPS. Medium averages 57 FPS and misses the threshold, so Low is the recommendation.

2560x1440: No preset reaches 60 FPS. The best available is Low at 43 FPS, with Medium at 39 FPS, High at 26 FPS, and Ultra at 18 FPS. None of these qualify as playable by the database standard.

3840x2160: No preset is remotely close. Low averages 25 FPS, Medium 22 FPS (with a recorded range of 19 to 25 FPS), High 15 FPS, and Ultra 10 FPS. Playing at 4K on this hardware is not viable.

The summary is blunt: the one usable setting is 1080p Low at 65 FPS, and the Core i5-14600K launch MSRP of $319 represents CPU capability this configuration never touches. The limiting factor at every resolution and preset is the Arc B370, whose 1184 average benchmark score and 5th percentile GPU ranking define the experience end to end.