Evolve

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 lands at rank 3534 out of 3700 tested combos in Evolve. That places this configuration in the bottom 5% of the database for this specific title, a telling position for a build where the GPU was already aging when the game released. The ranking reflects the fundamental mismatch between a modern 8-core CPU and a polarizing budget GPU from 2017.

The CPU itself sits at the 81st percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 29879. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H at 29868 (0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS at 29955 (-0.3% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X at 29713 (0.6% delta). The 5800XT essentially trades blows with these chips, all within a fraction of a percent of each other. This is a strong processor by any measure, with 8 cores and 16 threads, but it cannot compensate for what the RX 570 delivers at higher resolutions.

The GPU, by contrast, shows its age. The Radeon RX 570 sits at the 74th percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 28766. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M at 28874 (-0.4% delta), the AMD Radeon R9 M295X at 28580 (0.7% delta), and the AMD Radeon RX 470 at 28996 (-0.8% delta). The RX 570 is effectively a peer of those cards, all clustered within 1.2% of each other. In a 2015 FPS like Evolve, that GPU performance ceiling becomes the limiting factor.

The combo ranking of 3534 out of 3700 means the data shows this system falling behind the vast majority of tested configurations. The CPU is not the problem; the GPU is holding the entire combo down, particularly when resolution climbs beyond 1080p.

CPU and GPU Roles

The recorded data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound behavior across all resolutions and presets. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo reaches 76.3 FPS, a playable figure driven almost entirely by GPU headroom at the game's least demanding preset. Dropping the resolution to 2560x1440 Low reduces average FPS to 51.1, a 33% drop from the 1080p Low figure. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls further to 32.2 FPS, which is 52% below the 1080p Low result. That scaling curve shows the RX 570 losing massive amounts of performance as pixel count rises, and the CPU cannot pick up the slack.

The gap between Low and Medium settings at each resolution further illustrates GPU dominance. At 1080p, Low produces 76.3 FPS while Medium drops to 59.3 FPS, a 22% reduction from Low. At 1440p, Low yields 41.6 FPS at Medium versus 51.1 FPS at Low, a 19% difference. At 4K, Low reaches 32.2 FPS and Medium falls to 22.6 FPS, a 30% reduction. High settings at 1080p only musters 48.3 FPS versus Low's 76.3 FPS, and 4K High crashes down to 19.3 FPS. Ultra at 4K produces just 9.7 FPS, a number so low it borders on presentation slides rather than gameplay.

The CPU's role is consistent: the Ryzen 7 5800XT remains largely idle relative to the RX 570's workload. The 5800XT has 8 cores with a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, 32 MB of shared L3 cache, and DDR4 memory support, all of which are ample for a game from 2015. No setting pushes the CPU into a bottleneck position in the measured data. Every FPS delta between presets at the same resolution tracks the GPU's scaling behavior, not the CPU's compute potential. The verdict is binary: this combo is GPU-bound at every resolution tested, with the CPU contributing only what a modern processor baseline provides without strain.

The Ryzen 7 5800XT's single-thread performance in synthetic tests, such as a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3359, suggests it handles game logic without issue, but Evolve simply does not demand enough from the CPU to reveal differences. The GPU's 5.095 TFLOPS FP32 compute and 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth define the playable envelope, and at 4K that envelope is thin indeed.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches the 60 FPS threshold. The highest average FPS recorded at 4K is 19.6 FPS on Low settings, which is 9.7 FPS below the Medium result of 22.6 FPS, and the best recorded 4K figure is 19.6 FPS on High settings. None of the 4K presets come close to 60 FPS, so no recommended setting exists for this resolution.

At 2560x1440, similarly, all presets fall below 60 FPS on average. The best 1440p result in the data is 28.7 FPS on High settings, with Low reaching 51.1 FPS, Medium at 41.6 FPS, High at 28.7 FPS, Ultra at 22.1 FPS. Since the verdictByResolution marks no playable settings at 1440p, the best setting remains null.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average FPS of 76.3 FPS, clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold with 16 FPS to spare. Medium at 1080p reaches 59.3 FPS, which is 0.7 FPS short of the 60 FPS threshold, and High at 1080p reaches 48.1 FPS, with Ultra at 32.9 FPS. The recorded 1080p Low is the only preset in the entire measured data that clears the 60 FPS bar. The best setting recommendation for 1080p is Low with an average FPS of 76.3 FPS.

The pattern across all resolutions is unmistakable: the RX 570 cannot hit 60 FPS at any resolution above 1080p, and only 1080p Low gets there with solid FPS headroom. The GPU's 4 GB of GDDR5 memory and 256-bit bus width simply run out of bandwidth at 1440p, and at 4K the GPU's compute and bandwidth both collapse.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Evolve at 1920x1080 with Medium settings?

A: The data shows an average FPS of 59.3 FPS at 1080p Medium, which falls 0.7 FPS short of the 60 FPS playable threshold. It misses the 60 FPS mark by a narrow margin.

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 1920x1080?

A: The 1080p Low preset achieves the highest recorded average FPS of 76.3 FPS, making it the only preset that clears the 60 FPS threshold in the database. It is playable at 1080p Low at 76.3 FPS.

Q: Is Evolve playable at 2560x1440 on any settings?

A: No. The verdictByResolution indicates no playable settings at 1440p. The highest recorded 1440p result is 51.1 FPS on Low settings, which is below the 60 FPS threshold by 8.9 FPS. The 1440p High reaches 28.7 FPS and 1440p Medium reaches 41.6 FPS, and 1440p Ultra at 22.1 FPS, none of which reach 60 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU affect performance at 3840x2160?

A: At 4K, the GPU dominates the combo. The 4K Low average FPS is 32.2 FPS at Low settings, 19.8 FPS at High, 22.6 FPS at Medium, 9.7 FPS at Ultra, none of which approach the 60 FPS threshold. The Ryzen 7 5800XT cannot help the RX 570 reach playable frame rates at 4K; the 4K High average FPS is 19.8 FPS and 4K Ultra at 9.7 FPS.

Q: What is the 1080p High preset FPS at 1920x1080 compared to the 1440p High?

A: At 1080p High, the average FPS reaches 48.3 FPS, while 1440p High reaches 28.7 FPS, a 19.6 FPS difference. The 1080p High result at 48.3 FPS is below 60 FPS, and the 1440p High at 28.7 FPS is below 60 FPS by 11.3 FPS.

Q: Is this combo playable at 1920x1080 at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at 1080p Low settings only. The 1080p Low reaches 76.3 FPS average, which is 16.3 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold. The 1080p Medium reaches 59.3 FPS, which is below 60 FPS by 0.7 FPS.

Q: The 4K Ultra FPS at 3840x2160 compared to 1440p Ultra?

A: 4K Ultra reaches 9.7 FPS at 3840x2160 avg FPS, while 1440p Ultra reaches 22.1 FPS at 2560x1440 avg FPS, a 12.4 FPS difference. The 4K Ultra at 9.7 FPS is 50.3 FPS below 60 FPS, and the 1440p Ultra at 22.1 FPS is 37.9 FPS below 60 FPS.

Q: What is the 1080p Medium FPS at 1920x1080 High FPS?

A: 1080p Medium reaches 59.3 FPS average FPS at 1920x1080, while 1080p High reaches 48.1 FPS average FPS, a 11.2 FPS difference. The 1080p Medium at 59.3 FPS is 0.7 FPS below 60 FPS, and 1080p High at 48.1 FPS is 11.9 FPS below 60 FPS.

Q: The 1440p High FPS at 2560x1440?

A: The 1440p High reaches 28.7 FPS average at 2560x1440, which is 31.3 FPS below the 60 FPS threshold. The 1440p Low reaches 51.1 FPS, which is 8.9 FPS below 60 FPS, and 1440p Medium reaches 41.6 FPS, which is 18.4 FPS below 60 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the recorded data shows severe performance constraints. Low settings deliver an average of 32.2 FPS, Medium drops to 22.6 FPS, High falls to 19.8 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 9.7 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 22.5 FPS, with the GPU losing over two-thirds of its already meager 4K performance when transitioning from the least demanding preset to the most demanding preset.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS figures improve across the board but stay below playable thresholds. Low settings produce 51.0 FPS, Medium reaches 41.6 FPS, High lands on 28.7 FPS, and Ultra declines to 22.1 FPS. The 1440p results show a 28.9 FPS difference between Low and Ultra, and the 1440p Low average of 51.1 FPS is 8.9 FPS below the 60 FPS playable mark.

At 1920x1080, the only resolution with a playable preset, the data shows Low at 76.3 FPS, Medium at 59.3 FPS, High at 48.1 FPS, and Ultra at 32.9 FPS. The 1080p Low to Ultra delta is 43.4 FPS with a 44 FPS difference between Low and 1080p Ultra at 32.9 FPS, and only 1080p Low clears 60 FPS average FPS at 76.3 FPS, 16.3 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold. The 1080p Medium at 59.3 FPS is 48.1 FPS below 60 FPS by 11.9 FPS. The 1080p High at 48.1 FPS is 60 FPS below 60 FPS by 11.9 FPS. The 1080p Ultra at 32.9 FPS is 60 FPS below 60 FPS by 27.1 FPS. The 1080p Low at 76.3 FPS is 60 FPS above 60 FPS by 16.3 FPS, and 1080p Medium at 59.3 FPS is 60 FPS below 60 FPS by 0.7 FPS.

Across all resolutions, the measured FPS values confirm the GPU as the limiting factor. The 4K Low average of 32.2 FPS is lower than the 1080p Low result of 76.3 FPS, a 44.1 FPS gap. The 1440p Low at 51.1 FPS is 25.2 FPS below the 1080p Low at 76.3 FPS. The 4K Medium at 22.6 FPS is 36.7 FPS below the 1080p Medium at 59.3 FPS, and the 4K High at 19.8 FPS is 28.3 FPS below the 1080p High at 48.1 FPS. The 4K Ultra at 9.7 FPS is 23.2 FPS below the 1080p Ultra at 32.9 FPS.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Evolve? At 1920x1080, yes, but only at Low settings. The measured data shows 76.3 FPS average at 1080p Low, clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold by 16.3 FPS. Every other 1080p preset falls short of 60 FPS: Medium at 59.3 FPS misses the mark by 0.7 FPS, High at 48.1 FPS misses by 11.9 FPS, and Ultra at 32.9 FPS misses by 27.1 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is less favorable. No settings reach 60 FPS. Low at 51.1 FPS is the closest, 8.9 FPS short of the playable threshold. Medium at 41.6 FPS, High at 28.7 FPS, and Ultra at 22.1 FPS all fall further behind. The database records no playable settings at 1440p for this combo.

At 3840x2160, the situation is worse. Low at 32.2 FPS, Medium at 22.6 FPS, High at 19.8 FPS, and Ultra at 9.7 FPS all land far below the 60 FPS threshold. There are no playable settings at 4K, and the best result, Low at 32.2 FPS, is still 27.8 FPS short of the playable mark.

The verdict by resolution is clear: this system is playable only at 1080p Low in Evolve. The Ryzen 7 5800XT is a capable CPU that sits at the 81st percentile of all processors, but the RX 570's performance caps the experience. The GPU, at the 74th percentile with an average score of 28766, simply does not have the bandwidth or compute headroom for Evolve at higher resolutions or higher presets. Gamers with a 1080p monitor can play Evolve at Low settings with 76.3 FPS, and that is the extent of this combo's playability in this game. For 1440p or 4K, the data recommends a different GPU. The 5800XT's CPU performance, including a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 23794, does not translate to higher FPS in Evolve when the GPU is the limiting factor. This is a 1080p Low system for this game, nothing more, nothing less.