The Medium

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the Intel Arc B370 produces a severely constrained gaming experience in The Medium, with benchmark results showing that this combination fails to reach a 60 FPS average at any tested resolution or preset. The data indicates a fundamental performance shortfall, placing this combo deep in the lower tier of tested systems.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the highest resolution tested, the combo's performance is minimal. The Low preset averages 30 FPS, which is the only setting at this resolution that even approaches a playable range. The Medium preset drops to an average of 19 FPS, with recorded minimums at 16 FPS and maximums at 22 FPS. High settings yield an average of 14 FPS, while Ultra falls to just 11 FPS. These numbers demonstrate that 4K is entirely out of reach for this hardware configuration in this title.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results improve but remain far below the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings produce an average of 39 FPS, the best result at this resolution. Medium settings average 24 FPS, with minimums of 21 FPS and maximums of 28 FPS. High settings drop to 17 FPS on average, and Ultra settings manage only 14 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is substantial, suggesting that the preset scaling has a significant impact on this hardware.

At 1920x1080, the most favorable resolution for this pairing, the results are still disappointing. The Low preset averages 46 FPS, which is the highest average recorded across all tests. Medium settings average 29 FPS, with minimums of 24 FPS and maximums of 33 FPS. High settings drop to 21 FPS, and Ultra settings average just 16 FPS. Even at 1080p with the lowest graphical preset, the combo falls 14 FPS short of the 60 FPS playability threshold, and every other preset is well below that mark.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this CPU and GPU combination at position 3439 out of 3724 tested combos for The Medium. This places it in the bottom 8 percent of all tested configurations, a clear indicator of how poorly this hardware handles the game. The ranking reflects the consistent sub-60 FPS results across every resolution and preset combination tested.

Benchmark data shows that the CPU alone performs reasonably in general computing tasks, sitting at the 74th percentile when compared against all CPUs in the database. However, the GPU component is the limiting factor here, as it ranks at only the 5th percentile against all GPUs. The GPU's single recorded benchmark score of 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 underscores its low standing. This massive disparity between the CPU's relative strength and the GPU's weakness explains why every in-game frame rate measurement falls so far below the playability threshold.

The rank of 3439 out of 3724 represents a bottom-tier outcome for this specific title. The game's demanding rendering requirements, combined with the GPU's limited capabilities, result in a configuration that cannot deliver smooth gameplay under any tested conditions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics solution with a 25 W TDP, and its performance profile makes it the dominant bottleneck in this pairing. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600, a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 processor with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, brings substantial processing power to the table, but the GPU cannot translate that into playable frame rates in The Medium.

The scaling between resolutions confirms the GPU's central role. At Low settings, the average frame rate moves from 30 FPS at 3840x2160 to 39 FPS at 2560x1440 to 46 FPS at 1920x1080. This resolution scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where reducing pixel count directly relieves pressure on the graphics processor. The same pattern appears across other presets: Medium averages climb from 19 to 24 to 29 FPS as resolution drops, and High averages move from 14 to 17 to 21 FPS.

Preset scaling within a single resolution tells a similar story. At 1920x1080, the jump from Low (46 FPS) to Medium (29 FPS) represents a 37 percent drop in average frame rate, while moving from Medium to High (21 FPS) costs another 28 percent. These steep drops indicate that the GPU's limited shading units, 1280 in total, and its low fillrate capabilities are quickly overwhelmed as graphical complexity increases. The CPU's role is secondary throughout, as even at the lowest resolution and preset, the GPU still cannot feed frames fast enough to approach 60 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Arc B370 in the database are all significantly older graphics solutions. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1186 in the benchmark, a negligible 0.2 percent difference from the Arc B370's 1184. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1190, 0.5 percent higher. The AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192, 0.7 percent higher, and the AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168, 1.4 percent lower. Any of these alternatives would deliver practically identical frame rates in The Medium, meaning none of them offer a meaningful path to playable performance.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 5600's nearest rivals show how much headroom the processor has relative to the GPU. The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V scores 20454, just 0.1 percent higher, while the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G scores 20425, 0.2 percent higher. The AMD EPYC 9454P and AMD EPYC 7713 also sit within 0.5 percent of the Ryzen 5 5600's average score of 20468. These results confirm that the processor is not the limiting factor, and swapping it for any of these similarly performing alternatives would produce no measurable change in The Medium's frame rates.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS. The best result is the Low preset at 30 FPS average, which falls 30 FPS short of the playability threshold. The verdict data confirms that no playable settings exist at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the situation is equally bleak. The Low preset averages 39 FPS, the highest of any setting at this resolution, but it still misses the 60 FPS target by 21 FPS. No playable settings are recorded for 1440p.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers a 46 FPS average, which is the best result in the entire test suite. However, this remains 14 FPS below the playable threshold, and the verdict data lists no playable settings for 1080p either. The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS does not exist for this hardware, as every preset at every resolution fails to reach that mark.

The Verdict

This PC cannot run The Medium at a playable level under any tested configuration. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: no playable settings exist at 3840x2160, 2560x1440, or 1920x1080. The highest average frame rate achieved across all measurements is 46 FPS at 1080p with Low settings, and even that falls well short of the 60 FPS threshold.

The data paints a clear picture of where this hardware stands. The Ryzen 5 5600 is a capable processor with strong benchmark scores, but the Intel Arc B370's integrated graphics solution is simply not equipped for a game like The Medium. With the GPU ranking in the 5th percentile and its closest performance peers being graphics solutions from over a decade ago, the outcome is predictable. Gamers considering this configuration for The Medium would need to accept frame rates in the teens and twenties at higher settings, or settle for a still-unplayable 46 FPS at 1080p Low. The combination ranks 3439 out of 3724 for a reason, and the measured FPS data fully supports that low standing.