Rust

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for this CPU/GPU combo in Rust at 4K with High settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with High settings, the measured average FPS is 73, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Which resolution allows Ultra settings to stay above 60 FPS?

A: Both 2560x1440 and 1920x1080 support Ultra settings with average FPS of 94 and 126 respectively. At 3840x2160, Ultra settings drop to 56 average FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best playable preset at 4K for this combo?

A: High is the best playable preset at 3840x2160, delivering an average of 73 FPS. Low (127 FPS) and Medium (87 FPS) are also playable, but High offers the highest visual quality that still clears 60 FPS.

Q: How does this combo rank among tested systems for Rust?

A: The combo ranks 480th out of 3723 tested combinations, placing it in the top percentile of systems tested for this game.

Q: What are the nearest CPU rivals to the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D in benchmark scores?

A: The nearest CPU rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (0.2% higher score), Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (0.2% higher), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (0.2% lower), and Intel Core i9-12900T (0.3% lower).

Q: What are the nearest GPU rivals to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in benchmark scores?

A: The nearest GPU rivals include the Intel Arc Pro A60 (0% difference), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (0.3% higher), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (2.5% lower), and AMD Radeon PRO V710 (2.9% higher).

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers an average of 126 FPS. This leaves substantial headroom above the playable threshold. Low settings reach 172 FPS average, Medium reaches 147 FPS, and High reaches 139 FPS — all comfortably playable, but Ultra is the choice for maximum visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness.

At 2560x1440, Ultra settings also remain playable with an average of 94 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 32 FPS on Ultra, yet the result still clears the 60 FPS bar by a wide margin. Medium settings deliver 130 FPS, High delivers 123 FPS, and Low delivers 151 FPS. Ultra remains the best choice here.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes. Ultra settings drop to 56 FPS average, falling below the 60 FPS threshold. The best playable preset is High, which averages 73 FPS. Medium delivers 87 FPS and Low delivers 127 FPS. For 4K gaming, High is the optimal balance — it preserves the highest visual quality while staying above the playability line.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data shows that GPU load scales significantly with resolution, while CPU demands remain relatively constant across settings. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 172 FPS on Low settings, but only 126 FPS on Ultra — a 46 FPS drop. This indicates that at lower resolutions, the CPU has more room to feed frames, and the GPU becomes the limiting factor as settings increase.

At 2560x1440, Low settings reach 151 FPS and Ultra drops to 94 FPS — a 57 FPS gap. The increased pixel count places more burden on the GPU, but the CPU still delivers enough throughput to keep frame rates high. The gap between Low and Ultra widens compared to 1080p, suggesting the GPU is becoming more dominant.

At 3840x2160, Low settings hit 127 FPS while Ultra falls to 56 FPS — a 71 FPS spread. This is the clearest evidence of GPU dominance. The RTX 4090's raw compute is heavily taxed at 4K Ultra, while the Ryzen 5 5500X3D's six cores and 96 MB of L3 cache appear sufficient to avoid bottlenecking even at lower settings.

Comparing across resolutions at the same preset tells a similar story. At Medium settings, the combo delivers 147 FPS at 1080p, 130 FPS at 1440p, and 87 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 17 FPS, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 43 FPS. This nonlinear scaling confirms that the GPU's workload grows disproportionately with resolution, and the CPU's role diminishes as pixel count rises.

The CPU's benchmark profile supports this interpretation. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D scores 2941 in single-thread tests and 20363 in multithread tests, with a percentile rank of 85 among all CPUs. These figures indicate strong per-core performance that can handle Rust's simulation and logic threads. The GPU, with an average benchmark score of 60347 and a percentile rank of 88, provides the massive throughput needed for high-resolution rendering.

How This Combo Ranks

This system holds the 480th position out of 3723 tested combinations for Rust, placing it in the top 13% of all tested configurations. The rank reflects the balance between the Ryzen 5 5500X3D's capable single-thread performance and the RTX 4090's overwhelming graphics horsepower.

The 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS is the only sub-60 result in the entire measured set, which explains why the combo doesn't rank higher. At every other resolution and preset combination, the system clears the playable threshold with room to spare. The rank of 480 suggests that while this is a very strong configuration, some other tested combos manage to maintain 4K Ultra playability in Rust.

The percentile data reinforces this picture. The CPU sits at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 88th percentile among all GPUs. The combo's rank in-game, however, depends on how these components interact with Rust's specific engine demands. The measured FPS shows that the system is exceptionally strong at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K Ultra being the only weak point.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D's nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (0.2% higher), Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (0.2% higher), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (0.2% lower), and Intel Core i9-12900T (0.3% lower). These processors would behave nearly identically in Rust, meaning users swapping between them would see negligible frame rate differences. The Ryzen 5 5600F and Core Ultra 5 225 are effectively interchangeable with the 5500X3D in this workload.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals to the RTX 4090 are the Intel Arc Pro A60 (0% difference), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (0.3% higher), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (2.5% lower), and AMD Radeon PRO V710 (2.9% higher). The Arc Pro A60 is essentially a perfect match in benchmark terms, while the Pro Vega 48 scores marginally higher. The W6600M trails by 2.5%, and the PRO V710 leads by 2.9%. For Rust, these GPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates at the tested settings, with the PRO V710 offering a slight edge and the W6600M a slight deficit.

Pairing any of these similar CPUs with any of these similar GPUs would yield results within a few percent of the measured values. The combination of a Ryzen 5 5600F with an RTX 4090, for instance, would effectively replicate the FPS numbers in this report. Similarly, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D paired with an Arc Pro A60 would show almost the same performance profile.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Rust at 60 FPS or higher across most settings and resolutions. At 1920x1080, all four presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — clear the threshold, with Ultra averaging 126 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same is true: Low hits 151 FPS, Medium hits 130 FPS, High hits 123 FPS, and Ultra hits 94 FPS.

At 3840x2160, three presets remain playable: Low at 127 FPS, Medium at 87 FPS, and High at 73 FPS. The only configuration that fails the 60 FPS requirement is 4K Ultra, which averages 56 FPS. For users who insist on Ultra settings at 4K, this combo falls just short. For everyone else, the system delivers smooth gameplay.

The verdict by resolution confirms this: 3840x2160 has High as the best playable preset at 73 FPS, while 2560x1440 and 1920x1080 both list Ultra as the best playable preset at 94 FPS and 126 FPS respectively. The system is fully capable for 1080p and 1440p gaming with maximum settings, and for 4K gaming with High settings or lower.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS across settings is as follows: Low delivers 172 FPS, Medium delivers 147 FPS with a minimum of 125 and maximum of 170, High delivers 139 FPS, and Ultra delivers 126 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 46 FPS, indicating that the GPU has significant headroom at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 151 FPS, Medium at 130 FPS with a minimum of 111 and maximum of 150, High at 123 FPS, and Ultra at 94 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 57 FPS, showing the increased GPU workload at higher pixel counts.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 127 FPS, Medium at 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 and maximum of 100, High at 73 FPS, and Ultra at 56 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra reaches 71 FPS, the largest spread in the dataset. The Medium preset at 4K shows the only recorded minimum and maximum values in the entire measured set, with a minimum of 74 FPS and maximum of 100 FPS.

The data also shows how each preset scales across resolutions. Low settings drop from 172 FPS at 1080p to 151 FPS at 1440p to 127 FPS at 4K — a total loss of 45 FPS from 1080p to 4K. Medium settings drop from 147 FPS to 130 FPS to 87 FPS — a 60 FPS loss. High settings drop from 139 FPS to 123 FPS to 73 FPS — a 66 FPS loss. Ultra settings drop from 126 FPS to 94 FPS to 56 FPS — a 70 FPS loss. Higher presets lose more absolute FPS as resolution increases, confirming the GPU-bound nature of Rust at these settings.