Control

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 combined with the AMD Radeon RX 570 in Control shows a clear picture: this pairing struggles to maintain playable frame rates across most resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the only setting that approaches the 60 FPS playable threshold is Low, with an average of 56.8 FPS. Medium delivers 43.8 FPS, High drops to 37.9 FPS, and Ultra falls further to 33.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 23.6 FPS, indicating that the RX 570's rendering capabilities are heavily taxed by the game's higher presets.

Moving to 2560x1440, the situation becomes more demanding. Low settings produce an average of 42.3 FPS, which is a 14.5 FPS drop from the same preset at 1080p. Medium averages 29.6 FPS, High averages 28.2 FPS, and Ultra averages 24.9 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 17.4 FPS, a narrower spread than at 1080p, which suggests that resolution scaling compresses the performance range as the GPU becomes the limiting factor.

At 3840x2160, the RX 570 is clearly overwhelmed. Low settings average 29.3 FPS, Medium averages 21.8 FPS, High averages 20.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 13.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra here is 15.7 FPS. Notably, the difference between Medium and High at 4K is only 1.2 FPS, while the jump from Low to Medium costs 7.5 FPS. This pattern indicates that beyond Low, the GPU saturates quickly and additional graphical fidelity yields diminishing returns.

Across all resolutions, the data shows no recorded minimum or maximum FPS values, only averages. The verdict by resolution confirms that no settings combination at any resolution reaches the 60 FPS threshold. The best settings field is null for every resolution, meaning the database does not classify any preset as playable for this combo.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results reveal that the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is not the primary constraint in Control for this pairing. The CPU's performance percentile sits at 74, and its average benchmark score of 20468 places it well within capable territory for modern gaming. The Ryzen 5 5600 features 6 cores and 12 threads with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, which provides ample headroom for the game's physics and logic systems. However, the RX 570's 74th percentile GPU standing and average benchmark score of 28766 tell a different story: the graphics card is the bottleneck.

Evidence for this comes from the scaling behavior between resolutions. At 1920x1080, dropping from Ultra (33.2 FPS) to Low (56.8 FPS) yields a 71.1% improvement. At 2560x1440, the same preset change goes from 24.9 FPS to 42.3 FPS, a 69.9% improvement. At 3840x2160, Low (29.3 FPS) versus Ultra (13.6 FPS) shows a 115.4% improvement. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect resolution changes to have minimal impact on FPS, but the data shows substantial drops: 1080p Low to 1440p Low falls from 56.8 to 42.3 FPS, and 1440p Low to 4K Low falls to 29.3 FPS. This consistent degradation with increasing pixel count is the signature of a GPU-bound workload.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when examining the preset scaling at a fixed resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Medium is 13 FPS (56.8 to 43.8), and between Medium and High is 5.9 FPS (43.8 to 37.9). These moderate drops suggest that while the GPU handles the extra load, the CPU maintains stable frame delivery. At 4K, the Low to Medium drop is 7.5 FPS (29.3 to 21.8), which is proportionally smaller than at 1080p, reinforcing that the GPU saturates before the CPU becomes relevant. In short, the Ryzen 5 5600 provides sufficient processing power, but the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot keep pace with Control's rendering demands at higher settings.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600's nearest rivals in the database include the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with an average score of 20454 and a delta of 0.1%, the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G at 20425 with a 0.2% delta, the AMD EPYC 9454P at 20422 with a 0.2% delta, and the AMD EPYC 7713 at 20363 with a 0.5% delta. These processors would produce nearly identical frame rates in Control when paired with the same GPU, as the performance differences are below 1%. The Ryzen 5 8500G is particularly notable as a desktop APU that could serve as a direct substitute in terms of CPU-bound behavior.

For the GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 570's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M with an average score of 28874 and a delta of -0.4%, the AMD Radeon RX 470 at 28996 with a delta of -0.8%, the AMD Radeon R9 M295X at 28580 with a 0.7% delta, and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 at 28421 with a 1.2% delta. The RX 470 is the closest direct equivalent, being a sibling Polaris card with nearly identical performance. The RX 6800M, despite being a mobile GPU, scores within 0.4% of the RX 570, suggesting similar rasterization throughput in this title. The Quadro RTX 8000, a workstation card, also lands within 1.2%, though its driver optimizations may differ in gaming workloads.

Users seeking similar performance to this combo would find that swapping the CPU to any of the listed rivals changes nothing measurable in Control. Swapping the GPU to an RX 470 would yield nearly identical FPS numbers, while the RX 6800M might offer slightly better thermal behavior due to its newer architecture, but the benchmark delta is negligible.

How This Combo Ranks

The combined AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 570 configuration ranks 3507 out of 3720 tested combos in the database for Control. This places the pairing in the bottom 5.7% of all tested systems, which aligns with the measured FPS results showing no playable settings at any resolution. The rank reflects the GPU's age and memory constraints more than the CPU's capability, as the Ryzen 5 5600 alone sits in the 74th percentile among all CPUs.

The ranking implies that a substantial majority of tested combinations deliver better performance in Control. For context, the RX 570's 4 GB VRAM is a limiting factor at higher resolutions, and the 150 W TDP suggests the card was designed for 1080p gaming from an earlier era. The combo's rank of 3507 means that only 213 tested configurations perform worse, which are likely older or lower-end pairings. This data point reinforces the verdict: the combo is not suitable for Control at the 60 FPS threshold, and users should expect to lower settings significantly or upgrade the GPU for a smoother experience.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Control at 1920x1080 with 60 FPS?

A: No. The highest average FPS recorded at 1080p is 56.8 FPS on Low settings, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium, High, and Ultra all fall further, to 43.8, 37.9, and 33.2 FPS respectively.

Q: What is the best setting for this combo at 2560x1440?

A: The database shows no playable settings at 1440p. The best average FPS is 42.3 on Low, which is still below 60 FPS. Medium, High, and Ultra produce 29.6, 28.2, and 24.9 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The GPU is the bottleneck. The Ryzen 5 5600 has a 74th percentile CPU score, while the RX 570 also sits at the 74th percentile for GPUs, but the FPS scaling across resolutions shows GPU-bound behavior. Dropping from 1080p Low (56.8 FPS) to 4K Low (29.3 FPS) confirms that pixel count dominates performance.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest GPU rival, the RX 470?

A: The RX 470 has an average benchmark score of 28996, which is 0.8% higher than the RX 570's 28766. In practical terms, they perform nearly identically in Control, producing almost the same average FPS at each resolution and settings combination.

Q: What happens to FPS when going from High to Ultra at 3840x2160?

A: High averages 20.6 FPS, while Ultra drops to 13.6 FPS, a loss of 7 FPS. This is the largest preset penalty at 4K, indicating that Ultra settings impose a severe load on the RX 570's shading units and memory bandwidth.

Q: Does lowering the resolution help this combo reach 60 FPS?

A: No. Even at 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average is 56.8 FPS, just below the 60 FPS threshold. Lower resolutions below 1080p were not tested, but the trend suggests that only sub-1080p resolutions might approach playability.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the recorded data, no resolution offers a preset that maintains an average of at least 60 FPS. The playable settings list is empty for all three resolutions, and the best settings field is null for each. The closest configuration is 1920x1080 with Low settings, which averages 56.8 FPS, but this falls short of the 60 FPS threshold by 3.2 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the best achievable average is 42.3 FPS on Low, which is 17.7 FPS below the threshold. Even the most demanding preset at this resolution, Ultra, only reaches 24.9 FPS, confirming that the GPU cannot handle the pixel count. At 3840x2160, Low settings average 29.3 FPS, which is less than half of the 60 FPS target, and Ultra drops to 13.6 FPS.

The database verdict classifies this combo as unplayable at all tested resolutions. Users seeking a playable experience would need to either reduce the resolution below 1920x1080, accept frame rates in the 40-55 FPS range, or upgrade the graphics card. The RX 570's 4 GB memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors, as the CPU has ample headroom for the game's workload.