The Medium

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Intel Arc B370 combination produces results that are firmly below the 60 FPS playability threshold in The Medium across all tested resolutions and settings. The recorded data shows a system that struggles significantly with this title, with the highest average frame rate achieved being 46 FPS at 1080p Low settings. Every resolution, from 3840x2160 down to 1920x1080, fails to reach playable performance at any preset, indicating a fundamental hardware limitation rather than a settings optimization issue.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the performance is critically low. The Low preset delivers an average of 30 FPS, which is the only double-digit result at this resolution. Medium settings drop the average to 19 FPS, with a minimum of 16 FPS and a maximum of 22 FPS. High settings produce an average of 14 FPS, while Ultra falls to 11 FPS. No preset at 4K comes anywhere close to the 60 FPS target, and even the best case scenario, Low at 30 FPS, is only half of the playability threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440, the situation improves slightly but remains unplayable. Low settings yield an average of 39 FPS, which is the strongest result at this resolution. Medium settings average 24 FPS, with a minimum of 21 FPS and a maximum of 28 FPS. High settings drop to 17 FPS, and Ultra produces just 14 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 25 FPS, showing that the preset scaling has a substantial impact, but even the lowest preset fails to approach 60 FPS.

At 1920x1080, the best performance in the entire dataset appears. Low settings average 46 FPS, which is the highest average recorded for this hardware combination. Medium settings average 29 FPS, with a minimum of 24 FPS and a maximum of 33 FPS. High settings drop to 21 FPS, and Ultra produces 16 FPS. The 1080p Low result is the only data point that exceeds 45 FPS, yet it still falls 14 FPS short of the playability threshold.

The frame rate patterns across resolutions reveal consistent behavior. The Medium preset is the only settings level with recorded minimum and maximum values, and those values scale predictably: at 1080p the range is 24 to 33 FPS, at 1440p it is 21 to 28 FPS, and at 4K it is 16 to 22 FPS. This represents a drop of roughly 8 to 11 FPS between 1080p and 4K for the Medium preset. Low settings show a drop from 46 FPS at 1080p to 39 FPS at 1440p, then to 30 FPS at 4K, a total decline of 16 FPS across the resolution range.

FAQ

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

A: No. The recorded average FPS at 1080p High is 21 FPS, which is far below the 60 FPS playability threshold. Even the lowest preset at this resolution, Low at 46 FPS, does not reach playable performance.

Q: What is the best average FPS this combination achieves in The Medium?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 46 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. This is the only settings and resolution combination that exceeds 45 FPS, but it still misses the 60 FPS target.

Q: How does the 3840x2160 Medium preset compare to the 1920x1080 Medium preset?

A: At 4K Medium, the average FPS is 19, with a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 22. At 1080p Medium, the average FPS is 29, with a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 33. The 1080p result is 10 FPS higher on average.

Q: Is there any resolution where the Ultra preset achieves more than 20 FPS?

A: No. The Ultra preset produces an average of 11 FPS at 3840x2160, 14 FPS at 2560x1440, and 16 FPS at 1920x1080. None of these results exceed 20 FPS.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra at 2560x1440?

A: The Low preset averages 39 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 14 FPS. This is a difference of 25 FPS, representing a 64% drop in performance when moving from the lowest to the highest settings at this resolution.

Q: Does the game ever reach 60 FPS at any settings combination?

A: No. The recorded data shows no instance where the average FPS reaches 60. The closest result is 46 FPS at 1080p Low, which remains 14 FPS below the playability threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data indicates that the Intel Arc B370 is the primary performance bottleneck in this configuration. The GPU holds a percentile ranking of 5 among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. This is an extremely low position, placing it near the bottom of the database. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark rankings include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5770, AMD Radeon HD 7650M, and AMD FirePro M2000, all of which are legacy or low-end parts. The GPU's 5th percentile ranking aligns with the measured FPS results, which show a consistent inability to reach playable frame rates regardless of CPU performance.

The CPU, by contrast, is a much stronger component. The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X holds an 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34260. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350, AMD EPYC 4244P, Intel Core i5-13450HX, and Intel Core Ultra 7 165H, all with average scores within 0.5% of the 3700X. This places the CPU in a completely different performance tier than the GPU. The CPU has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, and it scores 8899 in Geekbench multicore and 2092 in Cinebench R15 multicore. These are respectable figures for a desktop processor.

The resolution scaling in the measured FPS data confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor. When moving from 1080p to 1440p, the Low preset drops from 46 to 39 FPS, a 15% decrease. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the Low preset drops from 39 to 30 FPS, a 23% decrease. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rates would remain relatively flat across resolutions, since the CPU workload does not scale with pixel count. Instead, the FPS drops consistently as resolution increases, which is the signature of a GPU-bound scenario. The CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with data, but the Arc B370 cannot translate that into sufficient frame output.

The preset scaling further supports this interpretation. At every resolution, the difference between Low and Ultra is substantial: 35 FPS at 1080p, 25 FPS at 1440p, and 19 FPS at 4K. Higher presets increase the GPU workload through more demanding shading, lighting, and effects, and the Arc B370's limited shading units, 1280, and texture mapping units, 40, are insufficient to handle these loads. The GPU's 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 48.00 GPixel/s pixel rate are far too low for a game like The Medium at these settings.

The Verdict

This PC cannot run The Medium at any playable setting. The verdict data lists no playable settings for any resolution. At 3840x2160, the best possible result is Low settings at 30 FPS, which is exactly half of the 60 FPS playability threshold. At 2560x1440, the best result is Low settings at 39 FPS. At 1920x1080, the best result is Low settings at 46 FPS. None of these clear 60 FPS, and all are significantly below it.

The playable settings list is empty for all three resolutions, and the best settings field is null for each, indicating that there is no preset at any resolution that achieves an average of 60 FPS or higher. The data is unambiguous: this combination of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Intel Arc B370 is not suitable for playing The Medium at acceptable frame rates. Even the most favorable scenario, 1080p with all settings reduced to Low, leaves a 14 FPS gap to the target. Users seeking to play this game would need to consider a fundamentally different GPU, as the CPU is not the limiting factor in this configuration.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Arc B370, based on the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 benchmark, are the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, with an average score of 1186 and a delta of negative 0.2%, the ATI Radeon HD 5770, with a score of 1190 and a delta of negative 0.5%, the AMD Radeon HD 7650M, with a score of 1192 and a delta of negative 0.7%, and the AMD FirePro M2000, with a score of 1168 and a delta of 1.4%. These GPUs would be expected to produce nearly identical frame rates in The Medium, since their benchmark scores are within 1.5% of the Arc B370. A system using any of these GPUs paired with a comparable CPU would deliver essentially the same unplayable results at all resolutions.

For the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X's nearest rivals are the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350, with an average score of 34222 and a delta of 0.1%, the AMD EPYC 4244P, with a score of 34220 and a delta of 0.1%, the Intel Core i5-13450HX, with a score of 34333 and a delta of negative 0.2%, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H, with a score of 34083 and a delta of 0.5%. These CPUs are effectively performance equivalents to the 3700X in synthetic benchmarks, meaning that swapping the CPU for any of these would not change the outcome in The Medium. The bottleneck is the GPU, and replacing the CPU with a rival part within this tight performance band would produce no measurable difference in FPS.

The combination of any of these rival CPUs with the Arc B370 would still result in the same frame rate ceiling. The CPU has ample headroom, as evidenced by its 84th percentile ranking, but the GPU's 5th percentile ranking caps the system's performance. The recorded data shows that the CPU is not the constraint, so upgrading the CPU alone would be futile. The only path to playable performance would involve replacing the GPU with a substantially more powerful part, one that sits far above the 5th percentile in the database.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS does not exist. The highest average FPS at this resolution is 30 FPS on Low settings, and no preset reaches the playability threshold. The best settings field is null for 4K, confirming that no preset is playable.

At 2560x1440, the situation is identical. The highest average FPS is 39 FPS on Low settings, and no preset reaches 60 FPS. The best settings field is null for this resolution as well, indicating that no preset is playable.

At 1920x1080, the highest average FPS is 46 FPS on Low settings. This is the best result in the entire dataset, but it still falls short of the 60 FPS target. No preset at 1080p achieves playable performance, and the best settings field is null.

Since no settings combination at any resolution reaches 60 FPS, there is no recommended preset to maximize visual quality while maintaining playability. The closest approach to playable performance is 1080p Low at 46 FPS, but even this requires the user to accept a frame rate that is 23% below the threshold. For users who absolutely must run this game on this hardware, the only viable option is 1080p Low, with the understanding that performance will be noticeably stuttery and below the standard for smooth gameplay.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Intel Arc B370 ranks 3439 out of 3724 tested combinations in The Medium. This places it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, a position that reflects the GPU's severe performance limitation. The rank is consistent with the measured FPS data, which shows no playable settings at any resolution, and with the GPU's 5th percentile standing among all GPUs in the database.

The gap between the CPU and GPU performance tiers is stark. The CPU sits at the 84th percentile, while the GPU sits at the 5th percentile. This 79 percentile point difference is among the largest mismatches possible in the database, and it manifests directly in the game's frame rates. The system has 285 combinations ranked below it, meaning 285 tested systems perform even worse, but the overwhelming majority of combinations, 3439 of them, deliver better results in The Medium.

The ranking of 3439 out of 3724 is a clear verdict on the hardware pairing. While the Ryzen 7 3700X is a capable processor for many workloads, the Arc B370 is fundamentally unsuited for this game. The recorded data shows a system that cannot reach 60 FPS at any resolution or setting, and the rank reflects that reality. Users considering this combination for The Medium should expect a poor experience, with frame rates ranging from 11 FPS at 4K Ultra to 46 FPS at 1080p Low, none of which meet the playability standard.