Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is a decisively strong combination for Evolve, clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution and at nearly every preset. Benchmark data places this pairing at rank 842 out of 3700 tested combinations for this game, which puts it comfortably in the upper tier of tested hardware. Evolve is an older title, released in early 2015, and the data shows that modern mid-range-plus components simply overwhelm it: even at 4K on Ultra settings, the average framerate only drops to 44.7 FPS, while at 1080p Ultra the combo averages 108.1 FPS. The GPU sits in the 81st percentile versus all tested graphics cards, the CPU in the 81st percentile versus all tested processors, and the game results reflect exactly that kind of surplus headroom.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3700 tested CPU/GPU combinations in Evolve, this pairing ranks 842nd. That ranking means the combo lands in roughly the top quarter of all tested configurations, which is consistent with where each component sits individually: the Ryzen 5 9600X scores an average benchmark result of 29713 (81st percentile versus all CPUs), and the RTX 4070 averages 37648 (81st percentile versus all GPUs). Against its nearest rivals on the CPU side, the 9600X is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (avgScore 29656, deltaPct 0.2), just behind the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, deltaPct -0.5), the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT (29879, deltaPct -0.6), and the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (29955, deltaPct -0.8). On the GPU side, the RTX 4070 is nearly identical in aggregate score to the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37628, deltaPct 0.1), marginally ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, deltaPct 0.4) and the AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (37157, deltaPct 1.3), and slightly behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, deltaPct -1.3).

In practical terms, this rank translates to framerates that are far above the playable threshold for Evolve at almost every setting. The ranking matters less here than the raw margin: the lowest average recorded in the entire dataset for this combo is 44.7 FPS, and that occurs only at the single most demanding point tested — 4K Ultra. Every other data point sits between 61.1 and 263.6 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data indicates that this game is GPU-bound at every tested resolution on this hardware. The evidence is in the scaling between resolutions: at Ultra settings, framerates fall from 108.1 FPS at 1920x1080 to 75.3 FPS at 2560x1440 to 44.7 FPS at 3840x2160. That is a proportional decline as pixel count rises, which is the signature of a GPU-limited scenario — if the CPU were the bottleneck, increasing resolution would not reduce framerates this sharply, because the processor's workload is largely constant regardless of output resolution.

The CPU's contribution shows up in the ceiling, not the curve. At 1920x1080 on Low settings, the combo averages 263.6 FPS, a figure that requires substantial single-threaded throughput to reach. The Ryzen 5 9600X brings 6 cores and 12 threads on the Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) architecture, with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, a single-thread Passmark score of 4570, and a Geekbench single-core score of 2923 — numbers that sit well above what a 2015-era FPS title demands. Multi-threaded headroom is equally plentiful: the CPU posts 17528.5 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 14438 in Geekbench multi-core, and 7590 in 3DMark max-threads. The data shows the RTX 4070, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth and 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, is the component setting the performance envelope at higher resolutions, while the CPU simply stays out of the way at lower ones.

Preset scaling reinforces the GPU-bound reading. At 2560x1440, moving from Low to Ultra cuts the average from 173.8 to 75.3 FPS — a steep visual-quality-versus-framerate tradeoff that tracks almost entirely with GPU load. At 1920x1080 the same progression runs from 263.6 to 108.1 FPS. If the CPU were the limiter, High-to-Ultra steps would be compressed rather than this pronounced.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average framerates; minimum and maximum values were not recorded for this dataset.

At 1920x1080, the combo averages 263.6 FPS on Low, 205.2 FPS on Medium, 161.2 FPS on High, and 108.1 FPS on Ultra. Every preset clears 60 FPS by a wide margin — the slowest 1080p result is more than 80 percent above the playable threshold. This is a resolution where the hardware can be pushed to maximum settings without any compromise.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 173.8 FPS on Low, 137.9 FPS on Medium, 108.6 FPS on High, and 75.3 FPS on Ultra. Again, all four presets are playable, and even Ultra holds a 15.3 FPS cushion above the 60 FPS threshold. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra is 32.8 FPS, a meaningful but expected reduction for the step up in pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 100.3 FPS on Low, 74.9 FPS on Medium, 61.1 FPS on High, and 44.7 FPS on Ultra. This is the only place in the dataset where a preset fails: 4K Ultra misses the 60 FPS threshold by 15.3 FPS. Dropping one step to High recovers playability at 61.1 FPS, a razor-thin margin of 1.1 FPS above the threshold. Medium at 74.9 FPS and Low at 100.3 FPS offer far more comfortable margins for players sensitive to dips.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Based on aggregate benchmark scores and the deltaPct values from the nearest-rivals data, several nearby hardware options would deliver a very similar Evolve experience.

On the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (avgScore 29656, deltaPct 0.2) is statistically indistinguishable from the 9600X in overall benchmark performance. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, deltaPct -0.5), AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT (29879, deltaPct -0.6), and AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (29955, deltaPct -0.8) are all within one percent of the 9600X's average score of 29713. Any of these processors paired with an equivalent GPU would produce Evolve framerates essentially identical to those measured here, since the game is GPU-bound on this class of hardware anyway.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (avgScore 37628, deltaPct 0.1) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, deltaPct 0.4) score within a fraction of a percent of the RTX 4070's 37648 average. The AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (37157, deltaPct 1.3) sits slightly behind, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, deltaPct -1.3) sits slightly ahead. Because Evolve's performance on this combo is GPU-limited at higher resolutions, a swap to any of these alternatives would shift the 4K High result of 61.1 FPS only modestly in either direction; the overall playability picture — flawless at 1080p and 1440p, tight-but-playable at 4K High — would remain intact.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the 60 FPS playable threshold and the measured data:

At 1920x1080, the most demanding playable preset is Ultra, averaging 108.1 FPS — nearly double the threshold.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding playable preset is also Ultra, averaging 75.3 FPS, a comfortable 15.3 FPS above the threshold.

At 3840x2160, the most demanding playable preset is High, averaging 61.1 FPS. Ultra at 4K averages 44.7 FPS and does not qualify. Players wanting more headroom at 4K should use Medium, which averages 74.9 FPS.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Evolve excellently. The verdict-by-resolution data confirms playable settings at all three tested resolutions: at 1920x1080, every preset (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) clears 60 FPS, with Ultra as the best setting at 108.1 FPS average; at 2560x1440, every preset clears 60 FPS, with Ultra as the best setting at 75.3 FPS average; at 3840x2160, Low, Medium, and High are playable, with High as the best setting at 61.1 FPS average — the lone exception being 4K Ultra at 44.7 FPS. For a game released in February 2015, the Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 4070 deliver a surplus of performance everywhere except the single most extreme configuration tested, and even there, a one-step preset reduction restores a playable framerate. The launch MSRP of the CPU was $279 and of the GPU 599 USD. The combo's rank of 842 out of 3700 tested configurations in this game, backed by components each sitting in the 81st percentile of their respective categories, makes the conclusion unambiguous: this is a pairing that handles Evolve at maximum settings through 1440p and at High settings at 4K.