Evolve

The pairing of AMD's Ryzen 5 9600X with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is an unbalanced combination on paper — a mainstream six-core CPU driving one of the higher-tier Ada Lovelace cards — but for Evolve, a 2015 FPS, the question is not whether the hardware is fast enough but by how large a margin. Measured frame rate data confirms the combo clears the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution and nearly every preset, with only 4K Ultra falling short. What follows is a resolution-by-resolution analysis of the measured numbers, the combo's rank against other tested pairings, and where the CPU versus GPU balance sits for this specific title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the benchmark database; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so analysis is based on averages.

At 1920x1080, the combo posts 331.5 FPS on Low, 257.7 FPS on Medium, 202.4 FPS on High, and 137.8 FPS on Ultra. Even the most demanding preset delivers more than double the 60 FPS threshold, which indicates the game is fully saturated at this resolution — frame rate at 1080p is effectively capped by the CPU's ability to feed the engine rather than by GPU rendering cost.

At 2560x1440, averages land at 224.4 FPS on Low, 173.2 FPS on Medium, 135.3 FPS on High, and 92 FPS on Ultra. The step up in pixel count from 1080p costs roughly a third of the frame rate at each preset, yet Ultra still clears 60 FPS with a comfortable margin of 32 frames.

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are 129.4 FPS on Low, 99.3 FPS on Medium, 78.8 FPS on High, and 56.6 FPS on Ultra. This is the only result in the entire dataset that falls below the playable threshold — Ultra at native 4K misses 60 FPS by 3.4 frames. Dropping one preset to High restores playability with an 18.8-frame cushion.

The scaling pattern is consistent: each preset step down buys back a meaningful chunk of performance, and each resolution step up removes a proportionate slice. Nowhere does the data show a cliff, which points to predictable, well-behaved GPU-side scaling rather than an engine bottleneck appearing at specific settings.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the database, the Ryzen 5 9600X + RTX 4080 SUPER pairing ranks 266th out of 3700 tested combinations in Evolve. That places it in roughly the top 7 percent of configurations measured for this game — high enough that the vast majority of tested systems trail it, but far from the leaderboard's peak, where flagship CPUs paired with top-tier GPUs would sit.

Context from the component-level data explains the rank. The RTX 4080 SUPER sits in the 86th percentile versus all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 54209 — essentially tied with the RTX 4080 (-0.1 percent delta). The Ryzen 5 9600X sits in the 81st percentile versus all CPUs with an average score of 29713. A GPU several percentile points stronger than its CPU partner typically produces exactly this kind of ranking: very strong in older, GPU-limited titles like a 2015 release, but not at the absolute top when CPU-bound scenarios dominate.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For equivalent behavior, the nearest-rival data identifies hardware that lands within a few percent of each component.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is statistically indistinguishable from the 4080 SUPER, with an average score of 54247 against the SUPER's 54209 — a delta of just -0.1 percent. A system with the RTX 4080 would be expected to produce frame rates in Evolve within rounding error of the numbers above. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X sits at 54828, a -1.1 percent delta, also effectively equivalent. Slightly further out, the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55698, -2.7 percent) and the AMD Radeon 8060S (55757, -2.8 percent) would deliver marginally higher aggregate benchmark scores, though per-game behavior in Evolve could differ from the aggregate.

On the CPU side, the 9600X's cluster of near-equals includes the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (29656 average score, 0.2 percent delta), the Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, -0.5 percent), the Ryzen 7 5800XT (29879, -0.6 percent), and the Ryzen 7 8845HS (29955, -0.8 percent). Any of these processors paired with a 4080-class GPU would be expected to post Evolve results very close to the measured numbers, particularly at lower resolutions where the CPU is the limiting factor.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Evolve, and decisively so. The verdict data shows:

• 1920x1080: Playable at all four presets. Best settings: Ultra, at 137.8 FPS average.
• 2560x1440: Playable at all four presets. Best settings: Ultra, at 92 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: Playable at Low, Medium, and High. Best settings: High, at 78.8 FPS average. Ultra at 56.6 FPS falls below the 60 FPS threshold.

Eleven of the twelve measured configurations clear 60 FPS. The single exception is 4K Ultra, and even there the shortfall is under four frames — a one-preset reduction to High resolves it while remaining well above threshold. For a game released in 2015, this hardware combination treats it as a light workload at anything up to 4K High.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 9600X + RTX 4080 SUPER run Evolve at 4K?

A: Yes, at Low, Medium, and High presets, averaging 129.4, 99.3, and 78.8 FPS respectively. Only 4K Ultra misses the 60 FPS threshold, at 56.6 FPS.

Q: What is the highest preset that stays above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra, at 92 FPS average — the combo is playable at every preset tested at 2560x1440.

Q: How does this combo rank against other systems tested in Evolve?

A: It ranks 266th out of 3700 tested combinations, placing it in roughly the top 7 percent.

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

A: At 1080p the CPU is the practical limit — 331.5 FPS on Low indicates the GPU is waiting on the processor. At 4K the GPU becomes the constraint, as shown by the drop to 56.6 FPS on Ultra.

Q: Would an RTX 4080 perform the same as the 4080 SUPER here?

A: The database shows the two cards separated by only -0.1 percent in average benchmark score (54247 vs 54209), so Evolve performance should be effectively identical.

Q: What frame rate does this setup achieve at 1080p Ultra?

A: 137.8 FPS average, more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the measured data, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS average at each resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 137.8 FPS. All presets are viable; Ultra is the ceiling and still carries a 77.8-frame margin.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra: 92 FPS. Again every preset clears the threshold, with Ultra holding a 32-frame cushion.
• 3840x2160 — High: 78.8 FPS. Ultra drops to 56.6 FPS and fails the threshold, making High the most demanding playable preset at native 4K.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured scaling tells a clear story about which component matters at each resolution.

At 1920x1080, frame rates range from 331.5 FPS down to 137.8 FPS across presets. A rate of 331.5 FPS in a 2015 title means the RTX 4080 SUPER is loafing — the rendering load at this pixel count is trivial for a card in the 86th GPU percentile, and the effective ceiling is set by how fast the Ryzen 5 9600X can drive the engine. The CPU's single-thread score of 1253 in 3DMark and 2183.5 in Cinebench R23 reflects the kind of per-core throughput that older, lightly threaded engines reward, and its 12 threads across 6 cores are more than a 2015 FPS demands.

At 2560x1440, preset scaling remains healthy: 224.4 FPS on Low falling to 92 FPS on Ultra. The GPU is doing proportionally more work, but the 4080 SUPER's 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput and 736.3 GB/s of memory bandwidth keep even Ultra comfortably playable. Neither component is stretched.

At 3840x2160, the GPU takes over as the defining constraint. Ultra drops to 56.6 FPS — below threshold — while High holds 78.8 FPS. That a card with 16 GB of GDDR6X, 10240 shading units, and 80 RT cores cannot hold 60 FPS at 4K Ultra says less about the hardware and more about the game's highest preset being unoptimized for this pixel count. The CPU's influence at 4K is minimal, since the frame rate is set almost entirely by GPU render time.

In short: the CPU governs the ceiling at 1080p, both components share the load at 1440p, and the GPU alone decides viability at 4K. The Ryzen 5 9600X + RTX 4080 SUPER pairing is GPU-forward for this game, and the measured data shows that arrangement is exactly what a 2015-era FPS rewards.