Thief

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and Intel Arc B570 combination delivers a performance profile that is heavily dependent on resolution and graphical preset, with the data showing a clear ceiling at 4K and solid headroom at 1080p. The measured FPS reveals a system that can comfortably handle Thief at mainstream resolutions, but it struggles to maintain playable frame rates when pushed to 4K Ultra settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination performs admirably across all settings. The Low preset yields an average of 133 FPS, which is more than double the playable threshold of 60 FPS. Moving to Medium, the average drops to 101 FPS, with a minimum of 86 FPS and a maximum of 116 FPS. The High preset averages 77 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 73 FPS. Notably, the delta between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 4 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset's additional visual features do not impose a significant performance penalty at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the performance picture changes more dramatically. The Low preset delivers an average of 91 FPS, which is still well above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset averages 69 FPS, with a minimum of 59 FPS and a maximum of 79 FPS. This minimum dips just below the playable threshold, indicating occasional frame drops during demanding scenes. The High preset averages 53 FPS, which falls short of the 60 FPS target. The Ultra preset averages 50 FPS, making it the least playable option at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain playable frame rates across all settings. The Low preset averages 54 FPS, which is close to but still below the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset averages 41 FPS, with a minimum of 35 FPS and a maximum of 47 FPS. The High preset averages 31 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 29 FPS. The data shows a steep performance cliff between 1440p and 4K, with the High preset losing 22 FPS and the Low preset losing 37 FPS when moving from 1440p to 4K.

The scaling between resolutions is instructive. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 101 at 1080p to 69 at 1440p, a 32 FPS reduction, and then to 41 at 4K, another 28 FPS reduction. This pattern indicates that the Intel Arc B570's 10 GB GDDR6 memory and 160-bit bus are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K workload overwhelms the GPU's bandwidth and processing capabilities.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Thief at 4K resolution?

A: No. The data shows no playable settings at 3840x2160. The closest is the Low preset, which averages 54 FPS, just below the 60 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset averages 29 FPS, and the High preset averages 31 FPS, making 4K largely unplayable.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p gaming?

A: The Medium preset is the most demanding option that stays at or above 60 FPS at 2560x1440, averaging 69 FPS. The Low preset averages 91 FPS, but Medium offers higher visual quality while maintaining playability, despite a minimum of 59 FPS.

Q: How does the system perform at 1080p Ultra settings?

A: The Ultra preset at 1920x1080 averages 73 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold comfortably. This makes Ultra the best playable preset at 1080p, as all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at this resolution.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: The Low preset averages 133 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 73 FPS. This represents a 60 FPS difference, or roughly a 45% reduction in average frame rate when moving from the lowest to the highest settings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more stressed by this game?

A: The benchmark data suggests the GPU is the limiting factor. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has a PassMark multithread score of 19236 and a single-thread score of 2872, placing it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs. The Intel Arc B570, with a PassMark G3D score of 14195 and a 65th percentile ranking, shows clear performance degradation as resolution increases, indicating GPU-bound behavior at higher resolutions.

Q: How does the combination rank among all tested combos?

A: The combo ranks 2994 out of 3720 tested combinations for Thief, placing it in the lower-mid range of the benchmark database. This ranking reflects its inability to handle 4K gaming but does not diminish its solid performance at 1080p and 1440p.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves an average of 60 FPS or higher. The data shows no playable settings at this resolution, meaning the system cannot maintain a smooth experience at 4K under any tested configuration.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Medium, with an average of 69 FPS. This setting provides a playable experience, although the minimum FPS of 59 indicates occasional dips below the threshold. The Low preset also clears 60 FPS with an average of 91 FPS, but Medium offers better visual fidelity.

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, with an average of 73 FPS. All four presets at this resolution clear the 60 FPS threshold, with Low at 133 FPS, Medium at 101 FPS, and High at 77 FPS. The Ultra preset provides the highest visual quality while still maintaining a comfortable margin above the playable limit.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has an average benchmark score of 36945, placing it near several comparable CPUs. The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 scores 36938, a 0% delta, making it a near-identical performer. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D scores 37018, 0.2% higher, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 scores 37093, 0.4% higher. The Intel Core i9-12900T scores 37112, 0.5% higher. These CPUs would deliver essentially the same frame rates in Thief, as the game appears to be GPU-bound at higher resolutions and not significantly CPU-limited.

The Intel Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20556, with close rivals including the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile at 20534 (0.1% lower), the Intel Arc A750 at 20582 (0.1% higher), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M at 20480 (0.4% lower), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X at 20662 (0.5% higher). These GPUs would produce nearly identical performance in Thief, meaning users with any of these cards could expect similar FPS numbers at each resolution and preset combination. The Intel Arc A750, being a desktop card like the B570, would likely behave almost identically in this game.

The Verdict

The benchmark data indicates that this system can run Thief at 1080p and 1440p, but not at 4K. At 1920x1080, all four presets are playable, with the Ultra preset averaging 73 FPS and providing the best visual experience. The verdict by resolution confirms this, listing High, Low, Medium, and Ultra as playable settings at 1080p, with Ultra as the best setting at 73 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the system is playable on Low and Medium presets, with Medium being the best playable option at 69 FPS. The High and Ultra presets fall below the 60 FPS threshold, averaging 53 FPS and 50 FPS respectively. The verdict by resolution confirms only Low and Medium as playable settings at 1440p.

At 3840x2160, the system fails to reach 60 FPS on any preset. The Low preset comes closest at 54 FPS, but this still falls short of the playable threshold. The verdict by resolution shows no playable settings at 4K, confirming that this resolution is not viable for this combination in Thief.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and Intel Arc B570 combination ranks 2994 out of 3720 tested combos for Thief, placing it in the bottom 20% of the database. This low ranking is primarily driven by the failure to achieve playable frame rates at 4K, which likely counts against the overall score. However, the ranking does not reflect the system's solid performance at 1080p, where it comfortably exceeds the playable threshold on all presets.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all CPUs and the GPU's 65th percentile ranking among all GPUs suggest that the bottleneck is the graphics card. The data shows that the system's performance in Thief scales poorly with resolution, indicating that the Arc B570's capabilities are the limiting factor for 4K gaming. At 1080p and 1440p, the combination performs adequately, but the low combo rank reflects the 4K failure.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals a clear division of labor between the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and the Intel Arc B570. At 1080p, the system achieves high frame rates across all presets, with the Low preset reaching 133 FPS. This suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU enough data to maintain high performance, as the Ryzen 5 5600F's single-thread score of 2872 and multithread score of 19236 are strong enough for this 2014 game.

As resolution increases to 1440p, the FPS drops significantly, with the Medium preset falling from 101 FPS at 1080p to 69 FPS at 1440p. This 32 FPS reduction indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck, as the CPU's workload does not increase with resolution. The Arc B570's 10 GB memory and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed more heavily at 1440p, but the system still manages to stay playable on Medium settings.

At 4K, the GPU bottleneck becomes severe. The Medium preset drops to 41 FPS, a 28 FPS reduction from 1440p. This steep decline suggests that the Arc B570's 160-bit memory bus and 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance are insufficient for 4K rendering in Thief. The CPU, by contrast, remains largely idle at this resolution, as the game's computational demands are dominated by pixel and texture processing.

The scaling between presets also highlights the GPU's role. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 60 FPS, while at 1440p, the difference is 41 FPS, and at 4K, the difference is 25 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is saturated, and additional graphical features have diminishing performance impacts. The data suggests that the Ryzen 5 5600F is more than adequate for Thief, while the Arc B570 is the decisive factor determining playability at each resolution.