Doom

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Intel Arc B570 combination delivers a thoroughly playable experience for Doom at 1080p and 1440p, but the 8-core Zen 5 processor and Xe2-HPG graphics card cannot sustain 60 frames per second at 4K with any available preset. Measured data shows that the pairing is far more capable at lower resolutions, where CPU and GPU headroom allow the game's fast-paced action to run smoothly.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination produces its highest frame rates. The Low preset averages 164 FPS, which is the absolute ceiling in this dataset. The Medium preset averages 143 FPS with a minimum of 121 FPS and a maximum of 164 FPS. High settings average 121 FPS, while the Ultra preset still averages 99 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 65 FPS, indicating that even the most demanding settings leave substantial performance headroom at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop noticeably but remain well above the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings deliver 106 FPS, Medium averages 92 FPS with a minimum of 79 FPS and a maximum of 106 FPS, and High produces 78 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 64 FPS, which is the lowest recorded at this resolution but still clears the playability bar. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 42 FPS, a smaller absolute gap than at 1080p, suggesting that pixel throughput is becoming a limiting factor.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes dramatically. Low settings average 57 FPS, just three frames below the 60 FPS threshold. Medium averages 50 FPS with a minimum of 43 FPS and a maximum of 58 FPS. High drops to 42 FPS, and Ultra is the least performant configuration in the entire dataset at 35 FPS. None of the four presets at 4K reach the playable threshold, and the gap between the best (Low at 57 FPS) and worst (Ultra at 35 FPS) is 22 FPS.

The minimum frame rate data is only captured for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 121 FPS; at 1440p Medium, it is 79 FPS; at 4K Medium, it drops to 43 FPS. The maximum values for Medium presets mirror the Low preset averages at the same resolution — 164 FPS at 1080p, 106 FPS at 1440p, and 58 FPS at 4K — which indicates that Medium occasionally reaches the same peak performance as the lowest settings.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which averages 99 FPS. This is the optimal configuration for maximum visual quality without sacrificing smoothness at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset again qualifies as the best playable setting, averaging 64 FPS. While this is only four frames above the 60 FPS threshold, the average remains playable, and the minimum for Ultra is not reported in the dataset. Users seeking more margin could drop to High at 78 FPS, but the data supports Ultra as a viable option.

At 3840x2160, there is no playable preset. The closest configuration is Low at 57 FPS, which falls three frames short of the threshold. The verdict data confirms that the playable settings list is empty at this resolution, meaning no quality level achieves the 60 FPS target.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions reveals how workload shifts between the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Arc B570. At 1080p, the CPU has more influence because the GPU can produce frames quickly enough to expose processor limits. The jump from Low (164 FPS) to Ultra (99 FPS) at 1080p is a 65 FPS reduction, and the fact that Medium peaks at 164 FPS — identical to the Low average — suggests the CPU is capping performance at roughly that level in less demanding scenes.

At 1440p, the GPU becomes the primary constraint. The Ultra preset drops to 64 FPS, which is only 35 FPS below the 1080p Ultra result. The Low to Ultra gap narrows to 42 FPS, compared with 65 FPS at 1080p. This compression indicates that the Arc B570's rendering throughput is increasingly the bottleneck as pixel count rises.

At 4K, the GPU is almost entirely responsible for the frame rate. The best result is 57 FPS at Low, and the worst is 35 FPS at Ultra. The 22 FPS spread between Low and Ultra is the smallest of any resolution, confirming that the GPU is saturated even at the lowest settings. The Ryzen 7 9700X, with 8 cores and 16 threads, provides ample headroom at 4K; its 3DMark 16-thread score of 9824 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20485 are far above what Doom requires at this resolution. The CPU's single-thread performance — a 3DMark single-thread score of 1280 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2211 — also supports high frame rates at lower resolutions, but the data shows that the GPU is the limiting factor as resolution increases.

How This Combo Ranks

Among all tested combinations in the database, this pairing ranks 2987 out of 3712 combos for Doom. This places it in the lower portion of the field — roughly the 19th percentile of tested systems — which is consistent with the Arc B570's overall GPU percentile of 65 and the Ryzen 7 9700X's CPU percentile of 86. The CPU is a strong performer relative to all processors, but the GPU's mid-range standing anchors the combo's overall rank.

The rank reflects performance across all resolutions and presets. Given that the combo cannot achieve 60 FPS at 4K on any setting, the ranking is pulled down by those results, even though it performs admirably at 1080p and 1440p. The Arc B570's average benchmark score of 20556 and its percentile of 65 position it as a mid-pack GPU, and the combination's rank mirrors that standing in a game that is not particularly demanding by modern standards.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Doom at 4K?

A: No. The highest average frame rate at 3840x2160 is 57 FPS on Low settings, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium averages 50 FPS, High averages 42 FPS, and Ultra averages 35 FPS.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1440p?

A: Ultra at 2560x1440 averages 64 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold. This is the most demanding preset that remains playable at this resolution.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 9700X perform relative to other CPUs?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700X has a percentile of 86 against all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 37943. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-14901E (37911, 0.1% delta) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (37904, 0.1% delta).

Q: What GPU performance class does the Arc B570 represent?

A: The Intel Arc B570 has a percentile of 65 against all GPUs and an average benchmark score of 20556. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 0.1% delta) and the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -0.1% delta).

Q: Is the 1080p Ultra preset playable?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080, Ultra averages 99 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold. This is the best-looking playable preset at this resolution.

Q: What is the minimum frame rate on Medium settings at 1440p?

A: The minimum recorded FPS at 2560x1440 Medium is 79 FPS, with an average of 92 FPS and a maximum of 106 FPS.

The Verdict

This PC can run Doom at 1920x1080 with all presets playable, and the Ultra preset at 1080p averages 99 FPS, providing a substantial margin above the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, all four presets also clear 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 64 FPS — the most demanding playable configuration at this resolution. At 3840x2160, the system fails to reach 60 FPS on any preset; the best result is Low at 57 FPS, which is three frames short of the playable threshold. The verdict data confirms that 1440p Ultra at 64 FPS is the highest quality playable configuration, while 4K remains out of reach for this combination. For users targeting high refresh rates, the 1080p Low preset at 164 FPS and Medium preset at 143 FPS offer the smoothest experiences available in the dataset.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, the nearest CPU rivals in benchmark scores are the Intel Core i9-14901E (37911 average score, 0.1% delta), the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (37904, 0.1% delta), the Intel Core 5 211E (37829, 0.3% delta), and the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 (37804, 0.4% delta). Any of these processors would deliver nearly identical CPU-bound performance in Doom, though the Ryzen 7 9700X's 8-core, 16-thread configuration and 32 MB shared L3 cache are specific to this part.

For the Intel Arc B570, the nearest GPU rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534 average score, 0.1% delta), the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -0.1% delta), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 0.4% delta), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662, -0.5% delta). The Arc A750 is the closest desktop equivalent in the data, with a score within 0.1% of the B570. Systems built with any of these GPU alternatives would produce nearly identical frame rates in Doom, assuming the CPU remains unchanged. Users considering a similar build should expect the same 1080p and 1440p playability, and the same 4K limitation.