The Medium

FAQ

Q: Can the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and Intel Arc B390 combination run The Medium at 60 FPS?

A: No. At every resolution tested (3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080), the best average FPS recorded was 51 at 1080p Low. The playable threshold in the database is 60 FPS, and no settings preset at any resolution reaches that mark.

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in The Medium?

A: The highest recorded average is 51 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next closest is 43 FPS at 2560x1440 Low, followed by 34 FPS at 3840x2160 Low.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B390 compare to its nearest rivals in the database?

A: The Arc B390 has an average benchmark score of 1482. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX, scores 1463, a 1.3% difference. The GeForce 800M scores 1460 (1.5% higher than the Arc), the GT 625 OEM scores 1446 (2.5% higher), and the GT 710 scores 1443 (2.7% higher). These are all extremely close scores, placing the Arc B390 in the 9th percentile of all GPUs.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking compared to all CPUs in the database?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F sits in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 24964. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, scores 25005, which is 0.2% higher, while the Intel Core i7-11850H trails by 0.1% with a score of 24935.

Q: Which resolution and settings produce the lowest FPS in The Medium?

A: The lowest average FPS recorded is 12 at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. The 2560x1440 Ultra preset averages 15 FPS, and 1920x1080 Ultra averages 18 FPS. The 3840x2160 Medium preset has recorded minimum and maximum values of 18 and 24 FPS respectively.

Q: Is the Intel Arc B390 an integrated GPU?

A: Yes. The database lists its slot width as "IGP" and its bus interface as "IGP". Its memory is system shared, with bandwidth listed as system dependent, and its TDP is 80 W. Its display outputs are portable device dependent.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data for The Medium shows a clear pattern: the Intel Arc B390 is the dominant bottleneck in this pairing. The Ryzen 5 7500F is a modern 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 processor with a 5.00 GHz boost clock and a 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22799 and single-core score of 3218 indicate ample headroom for gaming workloads. The Arc B390, by contrast, sits in the 9th percentile of all GPUs and delivers only 7.680 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

The scaling between resolutions reinforces this imbalance. Dropping from 3840x2160 to 1920x1080 at Low settings improves the average FPS from 34 to 51, a gain of 17 FPS. At High settings, the same resolution drop moves the average from 15 to 23 FPS, an 8 FPS gain. At Medium settings, the improvement from 4K to 1080p is 11 FPS (21 to 32). These gains are modest compared to what a more capable GPU would show, suggesting that the integrated Arc B390 is limiting performance even at lower resolutions.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when examining the preset scaling at a fixed resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 33 FPS (51 to 18). At 1440p, the same preset swing produces a 28 FPS difference (43 to 15). At 4K, it is 22 FPS (34 to 12). The shrinking delta at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is being saturated more completely as pixel count rises, while at 1080p the CPU still has some influence over the frame rate. However, even at 1080p Low, the system cannot reach 60 FPS, which means the GPU is the limiting factor across all tested configurations.

The Arc B390's memory architecture is system shared, with bandwidth described as system dependent. This design means the GPU relies on the same DDR5 memory pool as the CPU, and its performance can vary with system memory configuration. The Ryzen 5 7500F supports dual-channel DDR5 with a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, but the integrated GPU's access to that bandwidth is not separately quantified in the database. The measured results suggest that the shared memory arrangement does not provide sufficient bandwidth for The Medium's requirements at playable frame rates.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no settings preset achieves 60 FPS. The best recorded average is 34 FPS at Low settings. The Medium preset averages 21 FPS, High averages 15 FPS, and Ultra averages 12 FPS. The verdict in the database lists no playable settings for this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the situation is similar. No preset reaches the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings produce an average of 43 FPS, Medium averages 27 FPS, High averages 19 FPS, and Ultra averages 15 FPS. Again, the database records no playable settings for this resolution.

At 1920x1080, the best result is 51 FPS at Low settings. Medium averages 32 FPS, High averages 23 FPS, and Ultra averages 18 FPS. The 51 FPS at Low is the closest any configuration comes to the 60 FPS playable threshold, but it still falls short. The database lists no playable settings for this resolution either.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset is always the best performer, which aligns with the GPU's limited capabilities. The gap between Low and Medium is consistent: 13 FPS at 4K, 16 FPS at 1440p, and 19 FPS at 1080p. This suggests that Medium settings introduce additional shading or texture workloads that the Arc B390 cannot handle efficiently.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F are all within 0.4% of its average benchmark score of 24964. The Intel Core i7-11850H scores 24935 (0.1% lower), the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F scores 25005 (0.2% higher), the Intel Core i7-13620H scores 24911 (0.2% lower), and the Intel Core 5 210H scores 24872 (0.4% lower). For CPU-bound scenarios in The Medium, any of these processors would deliver nearly identical performance. The Ryzen 5 8400F, being the closest match, would be the most direct substitute. The mobile-oriented chips, the i7-11850H and i7-13620H, also fall within a fraction of a percent, indicating that CPU performance is not the differentiator in this game's results.

The GPU side tells a more consequential story. The Intel Arc B390's average benchmark score of 1482 places it among very old, low-end discrete GPUs. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX scores 1463 (1.3% lower), the GeForce 800M scores 1460 (1.5% lower), the GT 625 OEM scores 1446 (2.5% lower), and the GT 710 scores 1443 (2.7% lower). These deltas are all within 3%, meaning that swapping the Arc B390 for any of these GPUs would produce similar frame rates in The Medium. The GT 520MX and GeForce 800M are particularly close, with differences of 1.3% and 1.5% respectively. None of these alternatives would meaningfully improve the playability situation, as they all occupy the same performance tier.

The database shows the Arc B390 in the 9th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are all legacy NVIDIA parts, which contextualizes its performance level. The Ryzen 5 7500F's 77th percentile ranking contrasts sharply, and the measured FPS in The Medium reflects this GPU-bound configuration.

The Verdict

This PC cannot run The Medium at the playable threshold of 60 FPS at any resolution or settings preset. The database's verdict lists empty playable settings for all three resolutions: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080.

The closest result is 1080p Low at 51 FPS average. That is 9 FPS short of the 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p Low, the average drops to 43 FPS, and at 4K Low it is 34 FPS. Every other preset at every resolution performs worse. The Medium preset ranges from 21 FPS at 4K to 32 FPS at 1080p. High settings range from 15 FPS at 4K to 23 FPS at 1080p. Ultra settings range from 12 FPS at 4K to 18 FPS at 1080p.

The recorded minimum and maximum values for Medium settings show some frame time variance: 18 to 24 FPS at 4K, 23 to 31 FPS at 1440p, and 27 to 37 FPS at 1080p. Even the maximum values at 1080p Medium (37 FPS) fall far below the playable threshold. The data is unambiguous: this combination does not provide a playable experience for The Medium at any tested configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and Intel Arc B390 combination ranks 3314 out of 3724 tested combos in The Medium. This places it in the bottom 11% of all configurations in the database for this game. The rank reflects the GPU's severe limitation; the CPU's 77th percentile standing cannot compensate for a GPU in the 9th percentile.

The rank of 3314 out of 3724 means that 410 other combos performed worse, while 3313 performed better. Given that the game cannot reach 60 FPS at any resolution, the low rank is consistent with the measured data. The combination is competitive only with other systems using similarly weak GPUs, as indicated by the Arc B390's nearest rivals all being legacy NVIDIA parts with benchmark scores below 1500.

The gap between this combo and a playable system is substantial. The best measured average FPS (51) is below the 60 FPS threshold, and the GPU's performance tier suggests that no driver or settings change would bridge that gap. The CPU has headroom, but the GPU is the constraining factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

3840x2160:

• Low: 34 FPS average
• Medium: 21 FPS average, 18 FPS minimum, 24 FPS maximum
• High: 15 FPS average
• Ultra: 12 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 43 FPS average
• Medium: 27 FPS average, 23 FPS minimum, 31 FPS maximum
• High: 19 FPS average
• Ultra: 15 FPS average

1920x1080:

• Low: 51 FPS average
• Medium: 32 FPS average, 27 FPS minimum, 37 FPS maximum
• High: 23 FPS average
• Ultra: 18 FPS average

The data shows a consistent pattern across all resolutions: Low settings are the only preset that approaches playability, and even then only at 1080p does it exceed 50 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum and maximum values at each resolution reveal that frame pacing is relatively stable, but the overall performance level is too low. The resolution scaling from 1080p to 4K at each preset shows a roughly linear decline, with Low settings dropping from 51 to 34 FPS, Medium from 32 to 21 FPS, High from 23 to 15 FPS, and Ultra from 18 to 12 FPS. These figures confirm that the Intel Arc B390 is the limiting component in this pairing.