Allods Online

# Allods Online with AMD Ryzen 9 7900X + Intel Arc B390

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the Intel Arc B390 in Allods Online produces a heavily GPU-limited experience across all tested resolutions, with the integrated graphics solution acting as the primary bottleneck. The combo ranks 2459th out of 2775 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 12% of systems, which aligns with the Intel Arc B390's 9th percentile standing among all GPUs. The Ryzen 9 7900X, by contrast, sits in the 91st percentile among CPUs, making the performance disparity between components stark and decisive in this MMORPG.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals a textbook case of GPU-bound scaling. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves 120 FPS average, but this drops to 75 FPS at 2560x1440 — a 37.5% reduction — and further to 39 FPS at 3840x2160, representing a 67.5% decline from the 1080p baseline. This steep falloff indicates that pixel throughput, not CPU work, is the limiting factor.

The Medium settings row provides the most complete data with min/max values. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 94 FPS with a range of 80 to 108 FPS. Moving to 1440p Medium, the average drops to 59 FPS with a range of 50 to 68 FPS — a 37.2% reduction. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 31 FPS with a range of 26 to 36 FPS, another 47.5% drop from 1440p. The consistent ~37-47% scaling penalty between each resolution step confirms that rendering resolution directly translates to proportional workload changes.

High settings tell a similar story but with lower absolute numbers. The 1080p High average of 59 FPS drops to 37 FPS at 1440p (−37.3%) and then to 19 FPS at 4K (−67.8% from 1080p). Ultra settings are the most punishing, with 37 FPS at 1080p, 23 FPS at 1440p, and just 12 FPS at 4K. The scaling pattern across all settings presets is remarkably consistent, with 1440p costing roughly 37-38% of 1080p performance and 4K costing roughly 67-68% of 1080p performance.

This uniformity in scaling percentages across settings levels strongly suggests the Intel Arc B390's fixed computational resources are saturated even at 1080p, and each resolution increase simply adds more pixels for the same limited shading units, TMUs, and ROPs to process. The Ryzen 9 7900X's 12 cores and 24 threads are never the constraint here; a CPU-bound scenario would show diminishing FPS penalties as resolution increases, not the consistent proportional drops observed.

FAQ

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or the Intel Arc B390 the bottleneck in Allods Online?

A: The Intel Arc B390 is the definitive bottleneck. The GPU sits at the 9th percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU ranks in the 91st percentile. The consistent ~37% FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~67% drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings confirms pixel-throughput limitation, not CPU processing.

Q: What frame rates can I expect at 1080p with this combo?

A: At 1920x1080, the measured averages are 120 FPS on Low, 94 FPS on Medium (80-108 range), 59 FPS on High, and 37 FPS on Ultra. The Low and Medium presets are playable, while High dips below the 60 FPS threshold.

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

A: The Arc B390's average benchmark score of 1482 edges out the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1463, +1.3%), GeForce 800M (1460, +1.5%), GeForce GT 625 OEM (1446, +2.5%), and GeForce GT 710 (1443, +2.7%). These are all comparable low-end parts, confirming the B390's entry-level positioning.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Allods Online?

A: The data suggests 1920x1080 is the only viable resolution for smooth gameplay. At 1440p, only Low settings (75 FPS) exceed 60 FPS, and at 4K, no preset reaches even 40 FPS. The 1080p Medium preset (94 FPS average) offers the best balance of quality and performance.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its rivals?

A: The Ryzen 9 7900X has an average benchmark score of 53288, placing it 0.2% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P (53206), 0.6% ahead of the Intel Xeon 634 (52974), and 0.3% behind the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469) and 0.6% behind the Intel Core i7-14700F (53620). The differences are marginal, within ±0.6%.

Q: Does the Arc B390's shared memory configuration affect Allods Online performance?

A: The GPU uses System Shared memory with System Dependent bandwidth and a 300 MHz base clock boosting to 2500 MHz. The shared memory architecture means system RAM bandwidth directly impacts GPU performance, and with the Ryzen 9 7900X's 83.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR5 bandwidth, the memory subsystem is unlikely to be the primary constraint given the GPU's 7.680 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is so limited.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points toward 1920x1080 Medium as the optimal configuration for this combo. The Medium preset delivers a 94 FPS average with a minimum of 80 FPS and maximum of 108 FPS, providing comfortable headroom above the 60 FPS threshold while maintaining visual quality improvements over Low. The Low preset at 1080p achieves 120 FPS but sacrifices visual fidelity that the Medium settings restore at only a 21.7% performance cost.

At 1440p, the recommendation changes dramatically. The Low preset averages 75 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 59 FPS with a 50 FPS minimum — borderline for smooth gameplay. The 37 FPS High and 23 FPS Ultra averages at 1440p are not recommended for any action-oriented gameplay. For 4K, the situation is dire: even Low settings only reach 39 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 12 FPS, making 4K impractical for this MMORPG.

The High preset at 1080p (59 FPS average) sits just below the 60 FPS threshold, making it a marginal choice for players who prioritize visual quality. The Ultra preset at 1080p (37 FPS) represents a 60.6% performance penalty over Medium for incremental visual gains. Given the data, the sweet spot is unambiguously 1080p Medium, with 1080p Low as the fallback for competitive play where higher frame rates matter more than graphical detail.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 2459 out of 2775 tested combinations places it in the 88.7th percentile position from the bottom — meaning only 316 tested combos perform worse. This ranking aligns with the Intel Arc B390's 9th percentile standing among all GPUs, confirming that the graphics solution is the dominant factor in this combo's overall performance classification.

The Ryzen 9 7900X, with its 91st percentile CPU ranking, is clearly overqualified for this pairing. The CPU's average benchmark score of 53288 places it in the top decile of processors, yet the GPU's average score of 1482 places it in the bottom decile of graphics cards. This mismatch creates a system where the CPU's capabilities are largely idle, waiting on the GPU to deliver frames.

The delta between the combo's rank (2459/2775) and what the CPU alone would suggest (91st percentile) illustrates the GPU's limiting role. In a game like Allods Online, which is an MMORPG from 2010, the CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads would be expected to handle the game's logic and entity management with ease. The measured FPS data, however, shows that resolution scaling dominates performance outcomes, which is the signature of GPU limitation.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X brings substantial processing resources to this pairing: 12 cores, 24 threads, 4.70 GHz base clock, and 5.60 GHz boost clock from the Zen 4 Raphael architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 MB shared L3, providing ample fast memory for game logic and asset streaming. The 83.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR5 memory bandwidth further supports the system's data throughput needs.

In Allods Online, the CPU's role appears minimal based on the performance data. The benchmark scores show strong single-thread and multi-thread capabilities: 1093 in 3DMark single-thread, 2137 in 2-thread, 4151 in 4-thread, 7798 in 8-thread, 10972 in 16-thread, and 12536 in max-thread tests. The Cinebench R23 scores of 2016.5 single-core and 29300 multi-core, plus Geekbench scores of 2617 single-core and 19267 multi-core, reinforce the CPU's high-end positioning.

The PassMark results further demonstrate the CPU's strength: 4238 single-thread, 51406 multi-thread, 103952 floating-point math, and 169273 integer math. These scores indicate that the Ryzen 9 7900X can handle any computational demands Allods Online might present. The fact that FPS scales almost linearly with resolution — not with CPU thread count or clock speed — proves the CPU is not the constraining factor. Even at 4K Ultra, where the system manages only 12 FPS, the CPU is likely underutilized, waiting for the GPU to complete its rendering work.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for Allods Online with this combo is as follows:

At 3840x2160, the system averages 19 FPS on High, 39 FPS on Low, 31 FPS on Medium (with a 26-36 range), and 12 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results show that no settings preset achieves playable frame rates, with even Low settings falling below 40 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 37 FPS on High, 75 FPS on Low, 59 FPS on Medium (50-68 range), and 23 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p results show that only Low settings clear the 60 FPS threshold, while Medium approaches it with a 59 FPS average.

At 1920x1080, the averages are 59 FPS on High, 120 FPS on Low, 94 FPS on Medium (80-108 range), and 37 FPS on Ultra. The 1080p results provide the only fully playable configuration set, with Low and Medium both exceeding 90 FPS and High nearly hitting 60 FPS.

The Medium settings rows are the only ones with complete min/max data across all resolutions, showing consistent ranges of roughly ±14-15% around the average. This consistency suggests stable frame pacing at Medium settings, with the 1080p range of 80-108 FPS being the tightest relative spread. The Low and Ultra settings lack min/max data, but their averages show the expected scaling pattern.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B390 is an integrated graphics solution based on the Xe3-LPG architecture with the Panther Lake chip on Intel's 3 nm process. It operates with a 300 MHz base clock and 2500 MHz boost clock, delivering 7.680 TFLOPS FP32 performance through 1536 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 24 ROPs. The GPU includes 12 ray tracing cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Its pixel rate is 60.00 GPixel/s and texture rate is 120.0 GTexel/s, with an 80 W TDP and IGP slot width.

The GPU's memory configuration is entirely system-shared, with system-dependent bandwidth and no dedicated VRAM. This means the B390 relies on the Ryzen 9 7900X's dual-channel DDR5 memory, which provides 83.2 GB/s bandwidth. The shared memory architecture can be a bottleneck in memory-intensive games, but in Allods Online, the GPU's raw compute limits appear to be the primary constraint.

The Arc B390's benchmark results are stark: a single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482, placing it at the 9th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are all legacy low-end NVIDIA parts: the GT 520MX (1463, +1.3%), GeForce 800M (1460, +1.5%), GT 625 OEM (1446, +2.5%), and GT 710 (1443, +2.7%). The B390's 7.680 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 60 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply insufficient for modern rendering workloads at higher resolutions.

The measured FPS data confirms the GPU's limitations. The fact that Ultra settings at 4K produce just 12 FPS while Low settings at 1080p produce 120 FPS shows a 10x performance spread driven entirely by GPU workload. The GPU's 24 ROPs are responsible for pixel output, and at 4K (8.3 million pixels) versus 1080p (2.1 million pixels), the 4x pixel count directly impacts the ROP-limited performance. The 48 TMUs handle texture sampling, and the 1536 shading units process vertex and fragment work — all of which scale with resolution and settings, explaining the consistent FPS degradation pattern.