Evolve

Evolve is a 2015 first-person shooter, and the pairing of an AMD Ryzen 5 5600F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER turns out to be far more hardware than this title demands. The recorded data shows the combo clearing the 60 FPS threshold at every tested resolution given the right preset, ranging from 160 FPS at Low settings at 1080p down to 26 FPS at Ultra settings at 4K. This analysis walks through the measurements step by step, covering where the bottleneck sits, how the pairing ranks against other tested combinations, and which presets to choose at each resolution.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5600F + RTX 2060 SUPER run Evolve at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at every tested resolution with the right settings. At 1920x1080, all four presets stay at or above 60 FPS, with Ultra delivering 68 FPS on average. At 2560x1440, Low (107 FPS), Medium (83 FPS), and High (65 FPS) clear the bar, while Ultra drops to 45 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low clears it at 61 FPS.

Q: What is the single fastest result recorded for this combo in Evolve?

A: 160 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. The Medium preset at the same resolution averages 124 FPS with a recorded maximum of 143 FPS.

Q: Which resolution is the practical limit for maxed-out settings?

A: 1920x1080. Ultra averages 68 FPS there, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. Moving to 2560x1440 on Ultra drops the average to 45 FPS, well below the playable line.

Q: Is the frame rate stable at higher settings, or does it swing?

A: The Medium preset recordings include minimum and maximum figures, and they are tight. At 1080p Medium the range is 106 to 143 FPS around a 124 FPS average; at 1440p Medium it is 71 to 96 around an 83 FPS average; at 4K Medium it is 40 to 55 around a 47 FPS average. The dips never fall off a cliff relative to the averages.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested hardware pairings in this game?

A: It ranks 2604 out of 3700 tested combinations in the database. That places it in the lower half of the field overall, yet it still clears the playable threshold in every resolution with appropriate settings, which reflects how undemanding Evolve is.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU matter more here?

A: The GPU. Frame rates scale down sharply as resolution rises at any given preset, which indicates a graphics-bound workload. The Ryzen 5 5600F, sitting in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database, is never the limiting factor.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story: Evolve on this machine is graphics-limited, not processor-limited. Take the Medium preset as the reference point. At 1920x1080 the average is 124 FPS; raising the resolution to 2560x1440 drops it to 83 FPS; raising it again to 3840x2160 drops it to 47 FPS. That is a steep decline tied directly to pixel count, the signature of GPU-bound behavior. The same pattern holds on every preset: Low falls from 160 to 107 to 61 FPS, High falls from 97 to 65 to 37 FPS, and Ultra falls from 68 to 45 to 26 FPS.

The CPU side of the equation shows no sign of constraint. The Ryzen 5 5600F sits in the 85th percentile versus all CPUs in the database, with a single-thread score of 2872 and a multithread score of 19236 in the recorded benchmark suite. If the processor were the ceiling, frame rates would flatten as resolution increased rather than falling steadily. They fall steadily. For a title released in early 2015, six Zen 3 cores and twelve threads are ample headroom, and the data shows the GPU, a card in the 62nd percentile of all GPUs, is the component setting the pace at higher resolutions and presets.

That said, the pace it sets is generous for a game of this era. Even the GPU's weakest recorded result in this title, 26 FPS at 4K Ultra, comes from settings that no reasonable player would pair with this hardware for a 2015 shooter.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's measured results for Evolve, this pairing ranks 2604 out of 3700 tested combinations. That is a lower-half placement, and the context matters: the field includes many pairings with newer or faster graphics hardware, while the RTX 2060 SUPER is an end-of-life card originally launched at 399 USD MSRP.

The ranking is best read alongside the playable-threshold results. A rank of 2604 of 3700 coexists with a clean sweep of the 1080p preset list, three of four presets playable at 1440p, and one playable preset at 4K. In other words, the ranking reflects raw frame-rate magnitude against the full hardware spectrum, not whether the game is enjoyable. It is. The combination sits below the median in absolute speed but above the requirements of this particular title by a wide margin.

The CPU component does its part without compromise. At the 85th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 36945, the Ryzen 5 5600F contributes essentially nothing in the way of a bottleneck, as confirmed by the resolution scaling in the measured data.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database, several hardware substitutions would produce a near-identical experience in Evolve.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 5600F's average score of 36945 is matched almost exactly by the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 at 36938 (a 0 percent delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D at 37018 (-0.2 percent), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 at 37093 (-0.4 percent), and the Intel Core i9-12900T at 37112 (-0.5 percent). Any of these processors would deliver effectively the same result, and since the game is GPU-bound at higher resolutions, even the small differences that do exist would be invisible in frame-rate terms.

On the GPU side, the RTX 2060 SUPER's average score of 18093 is bracketed by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile at 18159 (-0.4 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 at 18189 (-0.5 percent), the AMD Radeon RX 460 at 18373 (-1.5 percent), and the Intel Arc A770M at 18383 (-1.6 percent). Swapping in any of these cards would land within a couple of percent on the scoreboard. Given the measured gap between presets (for example, 65 versus 45 FPS at 1440p High versus Ultra), a delta this small corresponds to a fraction of a settings notch, not a change in playable conclusions.

The practical takeaway: owners of any of these rival parts can read this page's numbers as their own expected results, within a small margin.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, averaging 68 FPS. That is the ceiling of the settings ladder, so there is nothing left to enable.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding playable preset is High, averaging 65 FPS. Stepping up to Ultra drops the average to 45 FPS, which misses the threshold.

At 3840x2160, only Low clears the bar, averaging 61 FPS. Medium falls short at 47 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 40 FPS, and High and Ultra sit at 37 and 26 FPS respectively.

A note on margins: the 61 FPS at 4K Low and the 65 FPS at 1440p High are thin cushions above the threshold, while the 68 FPS at 1080p Ultra offers slightly more room. Players wanting firmer headroom can drop one preset at either higher resolution and gain substantial frame rate, for example moving from 4K Low to 1080p Low raises the average from 61 to 160 FPS.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Evolve, and comfortably so at the two most common resolutions.

At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra is playable, and the best choice is Ultra at 68 FPS average. At 2560x1440, Low, Medium, and High are playable, with High at 65 FPS as the best choice; Ultra at 45 FPS falls below the threshold. At 3840x2160, the verdict is marginal: only Low qualifies at 61 FPS average, a single frame of margin above the 60 FPS line, and every other preset fails.

The overall picture is straightforward. A 2015 FPS running on a Zen 3 CPU in the 85th percentile and a Turing GPU in the 62nd percentile produces frame rates that are high at 1080p, strong at 1440p, and just adequate at 4K. For most players, 1440p High at 65 FPS or 1080p Ultra at 68 FPS represents the sweet spot, and anyone content with 1080p Medium gets a 124 FPS average with a 106 FPS recorded minimum.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages from the database; where recorded, minimum and maximum values are listed as well.

1920x1080:

• Low: 160 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Medium: 124 FPS average, 106 minimum, 143 maximum
• High: 97 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Ultra: 68 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)

2560x1440:

• Low: 107 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Medium: 83 FPS average, 71 minimum, 96 maximum
• High: 65 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Ultra: 45 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)

3840x2160:

• Low: 61 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Medium: 47 FPS average, 40 minimum, 55 maximum
• High: 37 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)
• Ultra: 26 FPS average (minimum and maximum not recorded)

Reading the table end to end: 1080p delivers between 68 and 160 FPS depending on preset, 1440p delivers between 45 and 107 FPS, and 4K delivers between 26 and 61 FPS. The Medium preset minima (106, 71, and 40 FPS at the three resolutions) track proportionally with their averages, indicating consistent frame delivery rather than erratic spikes. Against the 60 FPS playable threshold, twelve measurement cells were recorded and seven of them clear the bar, distributed as four at 1080p, three at 1440p, and one at 4K. That distribution, combined with the GPU-bound scaling pattern, is the complete performance profile of this pairing in Evolve.