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Average FPS: resolution vs quality settings
| Ultra | High | Medium | Low | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K Ultra HD | 83 | 96 | 108 | 152 |
| 1440p QHD | 124 | 142 | 160 | 186 |
| 1080p Full HD | 163 | 173 | 180 | 205 |
Cell color: green is 120+ FPS, teal is 60+, amber is 30+, red is below 30. Cards marked Estimated above have no measured row and are scaled from your GPU benchmark percentile.
Performance Analysis: Control on Your System
Control is a demanding Action Adventure title released on 2019-08-26, and this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D produces measured results at every tested resolution and preset. The data shows a graphics-heavy configuration: the RTX 5090 D sits in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 77712, while the Ryzen 5 5500 sits in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 19593. Across all twelve resolution-and-preset combinations in the dataset, every single result clears the 60 FPS playability threshold — the lowest average recorded is 83 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra. The following analysis walks through the numbers step by step.
Similar Performance Alternatives
For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500's nearest rivals cluster extremely tightly around its average score of 19593. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 scores 19617, a deltaPct of -0.1, effectively identical aggregate throughput. The Intel Core i5-12500 at 19668 (-0.4) and the Intel Core i5-11600KF at 19723 (-0.7) are marginally ahead, while the Intel Core i7-10700F at 19499 (0.5) sits marginally behind. All four are within a fraction of a percent, so any of these processors would deliver broadly similar behavior in Control with this class of GPU — a swap between them is unlikely to change the verdict at any resolution.
On the graphics side, the RTX 5090 D's average score of 77712 places it near the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT at 76904 (deltaPct 1.1), the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78940 (-1.6), the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB at 79396 (-2.1), and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB at 79605 (-2.4) in aggregate database terms. In terms of raw silicon, the card is a GB202-based Blackwell 2.0 design on TSMC's 5 nm node with 21760 shading units, 170 RT cores, 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, and 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The percentile figure of 92 against all GPUs confirms it as the dominant component of this build.
CPU and GPU Roles
The scaling data indicates Control runs GPU-limited on this configuration at every tested resolution. Moving from 1920x1080 Ultra to 3840x2160 Ultra, average FPS falls from 163 to 83 — roughly a halving of frame rate as pixel count quadruples, which is the classic signature of a graphics bottleneck. If the Ryzen 5 5500 were the limiting factor, frame rates would stay comparatively flat as resolution rises; they do not.
The preset scaling reinforces this. At 1920x1080, going from Low to Ultra costs only 42 FPS (205 down to 163). At 2560x1440 the same step costs 62 FPS (186 to 124), and at 3840x2160 it costs 69 FPS (152 to 83). The widening gap shows settings load lands squarely on the GPU. That said, the CPU is not irrelevant: the Ryzen 5 5500 brings 6 cores and 12 threads with a 4.20 boost clock, a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16429 and single-core score of 2319, plus a Geekbench single-core result of 1730 — enough headroom that even the 205 FPS Low-setting result at 1080p does not appear constrained in the measured data. Its PCIe Gen 3 interface is worth noting qualitatively as a potential limitation for a PCIe 5.0-capable card, but the measured results show no resulting playability problem in this title.
Measured FPS Breakdown
At 1920x1080: Low averages 205 FPS, Medium 180 FPS with a minimum of 153 and maximum of 207, High 173 FPS, and Ultra 163 FPS.
At 2560x1440: Low averages 186 FPS, Medium 160 FPS with a minimum of 136 and maximum of 184, High 142 FPS, and Ultra 124 FPS.
At 3840x2160: Low averages 152 FPS, Medium 108 FPS with a minimum of 92 and maximum of 124, High 96 FPS, and Ultra 83 FPS.
Minimum and maximum figures are only recorded for the Medium preset, and they are instructive: even the worst recorded frame — 92 FPS at 4K Medium — sits well above the 60 FPS threshold. Frame-time consistency at the Medium preset spans a fairly narrow band at every resolution (153–207 at 1080p, 136–184 at 1440p, 92–124 at 4K), suggesting stable delivery rather than erratic spikes. Every one of the twelve average results exceeds 60 FPS, and eleven of the twelve exceed 90 FPS.
The Verdict
Yes — this PC runs Control decisively. According to verdictByResolution, all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at all three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. The best settings at each resolution are Ultra, delivering 163 FPS at 1080p, 124 FPS at 1440p, and 83 FPS at 4K.
Even at the absolute worst case measured — 3840x2160 Ultra at 83 FPS average — the configuration clears the 60 FPS threshold with headroom to spare. There is no combination in the dataset where the game drops below playable. A player can simply max out the game at any of the tested resolutions.
How This Combo Ranks
This CPU and GPU combination ranks 138 out of 3720 tested combos in Control. That places it in roughly the top four percent of configurations benchmarked for this game in the database. Given that the ranking pool spans 3720 combinations, rank 138 reflects strong standing — the RTX 5090 D's graphics throughput is doing the heavy lifting, and the Ryzen 5 5500, despite being a mid-tier processor in the 73rd CPU percentile, is sufficient for the game's demands at these frame rates.
FAQ
Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5500 + RTX 5090 D run Control at 4K with Ultra settings?
A: Yes. The measured average at 3840x2160 Ultra is 83 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS playability threshold.
Q: What is the highest FPS recorded for this combo in Control?
A: 205 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. The single highest instantaneous frame recorded is 207, at 1080p Medium.
Q: Does the CPU bottleneck this game?
A: The data does not indicate a CPU bottleneck. Frame rate scales steeply with resolution (163 FPS at 1080p Ultra versus 83 FPS at 4K Ultra), which points to GPU-limited behavior. The Ryzen 5 5500's 12 threads and 16429 Cinebench R23 multi-core score provide sufficient headroom.
Q: What is the lowest frame rate measured in any test?
A: The lowest recorded minimum is 92 FPS, at 3840x2160 on the Medium preset. No other minimum values fall below that in the dataset.
Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations?
A: It ranks 138 out of 3720 combos for Control, placing it near the top of the database for this title.
Q: Which CPUs would perform similarly to the Ryzen 5 5500 here?
A: The AMD Ryzen AI 5 430, Intel Core i5-12500, Intel Core i7-10700F, and Intel Core i5-11600KF all sit within roughly one percent of its average benchmark score, so behavior in Control should be broadly equivalent.
Best Settings per Resolution
- 1920x1080 — Ultra: 163 FPS average. Every preset clears 60 FPS here; Ultra is the most demanding preset available and it still delivers 163 FPS.
- 2560x1440 — Ultra: 124 FPS average. Again the full preset range is playable, and Ultra doubles the 60 FPS threshold.
- 3840x2160 — Ultra: 83 FPS average. Even at 4K, the most demanding preset stays above 60 FPS, making Ultra the correct choice at every tested resolution.
In short, there is no reason to reduce settings anywhere: Ultra is the best playable preset at all three resolutions, with margins ranging from 23 FPS of headroom at 4K to over 100 FPS of headroom at 1080p.