Archeage

# Archeage with AMD Ryzen 5 3600 + AMD Radeon RX 9070

The data set for Archeage with this combination reveals a 12-row measured FPS matrix spanning three resolutions and four quality presets, placing this combo at rank 614 out of 1,727 tested configurations. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600, a Zen 2 six-core processor with a 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost clock, pairs with the Radeon RX 9070, a Navi 48 GPU on RDNA 4.0 architecture with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and a boost clock of 2520 MHz. What stands out immediately is the dramatic spread between Low and Ultra settings at every resolution — a pattern that hints at both the game's age and the hardware's headroom.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but not uniform across settings, revealing where the bottleneck shifts. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 169.4 at 1920x1080 to 134.8 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 20.4%, then to 77.7 at 3840x2160, a further 42.4% drop. This progressive decline at Low suggests the GPU becomes increasingly responsible as pixel count rises, yet the 1080p figure of 169.4 FPS indicates the CPU still has headroom to feed the RX 9070.

Medium settings show a similar but slightly shallower curve: 165.1 FPS at 1080p, 120.2 at 1440p, and 69.1 at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop here is 27.2%, while the 1440p-to-4K drop is 42.5%. High settings compress the range further, with 118.4 at 1080p, 78.3 at 1440p, and 46.8 at 4K — the 1080p-to-1440p decline of 33.9% is the largest single-step reduction in the entire matrix, suggesting that High presets at 1440p begin to stress the GPU's shading and texture throughput.

Ultra settings present the most telling data: 82.9 FPS at 1080p, 55.8 at 1440p, and a barely playable 29 at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K drop of 65.0% at Ultra versus 54.1% at Low indicates that higher presets amplify the GPU's workload disproportionately as resolution scales. At 4K Ultra, the RX 9070's 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 644.6 GB/s memory bandwidth appear insufficient for Archeage's most demanding settings, while at 1080p Low, the Ryzen 5 3600's 12 threads and 32 MB shared L3 cache seem capable of keeping the GPU fed.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows point to Medium as the sweet spot for this combo, particularly at 1440p where it delivers 120.2 FPS — a 53.5% improvement over High's 78.3 FPS and only 10.8% below Low's 134.8 FPS. At 1080p, Medium's 165.1 FPS is nearly indistinguishable from Low's 169.4 FPS, making Medium the clear choice for high-refresh displays without sacrificing visual fidelity.

High settings at 1440p fall to 78.3 FPS, which remains smooth for most gameplay but represents a 34.9% penalty versus Medium. The drop from Medium to High at 1080p is steeper proportionally — from 165.1 to 118.4 FPS, a 28.3% reduction — yet the absolute value still clears 100 FPS. Ultra is the outlier: at 1080p it delivers 82.9 FPS, which is playable, but at 1440p it drops to 55.8 FPS, and at 4K it collapses to 29 FPS, below the threshold for comfortable MMORPG play.

For 4K users, only Low settings at 77.7 FPS offer a viable experience, with Medium at 69.1 FPS being a borderline option. The data indicates that Ultra should be avoided entirely above 1080p, and even at 1080p, the 82.9 FPS result comes at a cost of 49.8% versus Medium's 165.1 FPS — a trade-off that favors Medium for most players.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Archeage at 4K smoothly?

A: Only at Low settings, where the measured average FPS is 77.7. Medium drops to 69.1 FPS, High to 46.8 FPS, and Ultra to 29 FPS, making 4K viable only on lower presets.

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

A: Medium offers 120.2 FPS, which is 53.5% higher than High's 78.3 FPS and only 10.8% below Low's 134.8 FPS, providing the best balance of quality and performance.

Q: How does the CPU affect performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the Ryzen 5 3600's six cores and 12 threads appear sufficient, as Low settings reach 169.4 FPS and Medium reaches 165.1 FPS, suggesting the GPU is the limiting factor even at lower resolutions.

Q: Is Ultra settings ever recommended with this hardware?

A: Only at 1080p, where it delivers 82.9 FPS. At 1440p it falls to 55.8 FPS, and at 4K to 29 FPS, making Ultra impractical above 1080p.

Q: What is the FPS penalty for using High instead of Medium?

A: At 1080p, the penalty is 28.3% (165.1 to 118.4 FPS); at 1440p, it is 34.9% (120.2 to 78.3 FPS); at 4K, it is 32.3% (69.1 to 46.8 FPS).

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 614th out of 1,727 total combos, placing it in the 35.5th percentile of all tested hardware pairings for Archeage.

How This Combo Ranks

At rank 614 of 1,727 tested combos, this pairing sits comfortably in the upper third of all configurations. The Ryzen 5 3600's percentile vs all CPUs is 76, while the RX 9070's percentile vs all GPUs is 79 — both above the combo's overall game rank, indicating that the pairing's performance in Archeage is slightly below what the individual components' synthetic benchmarks would suggest. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-11400, scores 18,150 versus the Ryzen 5 3600's 18,129, a negligible -0.1% delta, meaning the processor is squarely mid-pack for its class.

The GPU's nearest rival, the NVIDIA A2, scores 34,866 versus the RX 9070's 34,780, a -0.2% delta, while the Quadro GV100 trails by 0.3%. These tiny margins indicate the RX 9070 is well-positioned among GPUs, yet the game-specific rank of 614 suggests Archeage's engine may not fully utilize the GPU's modern features, such as its 56 RT cores or DirectX 12 Ultimate support. The gap between component percentiles (76 and 79) and game rank (64.5th percentile) implies a software-level constraint rather than raw hardware limitation.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 3600's six cores and 12 threads, running at a 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost, are the data's most relevant CPU attributes for Archeage. The processor's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15,045 and single-core score of 2,124 indicate balanced throughput, while the 3DMark single-thread score of 696 and 2-thread score of 1,361 suggest that Archeage's workload, likely dominated by a few threads, still benefits from the CPU's per-core performance.

At 1080p Low, the 169.4 FPS result versus 4K Low's 77.7 FPS shows a 54.1% reduction — a drop that cannot be attributed to the CPU alone, as the processor's workload is resolution-independent. The CPU's PassMark multi-thread score of 17,700 and single-thread score of 2,562 place it in the 76th percentile, meaning it outperforms most CPUs, yet the game rank of 614 suggests Archeage may be sensitive to the Zen 2 architecture's memory latency, given the 51.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR4 bandwidth.

The near-identical performance at 1080p between Low (169.4) and Medium (165.1) — a mere 2.5% difference — indicates the CPU is not the limiting factor at these settings. However, the drop to High at 118.4 FPS, a 28.3% reduction from Medium, points to the GPU's shading units and TMUs becoming the constraint, as the CPU maintains its output. With 3,584 shading units and 224 TMUs on the RX 9070, the High preset's additional pixel work likely saturates the GPU's texture units before the CPU's threads reach their limits.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a predictable progression: Low averages 169.4 FPS, Medium 165.1 FPS, High 118.4 FPS, and Ultra 82.9 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 46.7 FPS, the largest single-settings jump at this resolution, while the Low-to-Medium difference of 4.3 FPS is negligible. Ultra's 82.9 FPS is 50.1% lower than Medium's 165.1 FPS, demonstrating that the Ultra preset's additional effects exact a heavy toll.

At 2560x1440, the figures compress: Low delivers 134.8 FPS, Medium 120.2 FPS, High 78.3 FPS, and Ultra 55.8 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop of 41.9 FPS mirrors the 1080p pattern, but the Low-to-Medium gap widens to 14.6 FPS, suggesting the GPU's memory bandwidth (644.6 GB/s) begins to matter more at higher pixel counts. Ultra at 55.8 FPS is 53.6% below Medium, a slightly smaller penalty than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the data shows the GPU's strain: Low averages 77.7 FPS, Medium 69.1 FPS, High 46.8 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS. The Low-to-Medium gap narrows to 8.6 FPS, while the Medium-to-High drop is 22.3 FPS, and High-to-Ultra falls 17.8 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS is the lowest in the entire matrix, representing a 64.0% reduction from 1080p Ultra's 82.9 FPS.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 9070's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 644.6 GB/s, is central to understanding the 4K results. At 4K, the frame buffer requirements exceed what would be available on smaller-memory GPUs, yet the 16 GB capacity is not exceeded in these tests — the limiting factor is compute throughput. The GPU's 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 and 564.5 GTexel/s texture rate are taxed heavily at Ultra settings, where the 29 FPS result at 4K indicates the pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s is insufficient for the game's most demanding effects.

The GPU's boost clock of 2520 MHz and game clock of 2070 MHz show a 21.7% spread, suggesting thermal or power headroom that could be leveraged, but the measured FPS data reflects stock behavior. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,290 and PassMark G3D score of 25,381 place the GPU in the 79th percentile, yet the nearest rival comparisons — the NVIDIA A2 at -0.2% and Quadro GV100 at +0.3% — indicate the RX 9070 is a mid-to-high-tier performer.

The RX 9070's 56 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support appear underutilized in Archeage, a 2014 title whose engine predates these features. The 4K Low result of 77.7 FPS versus 1080p Low's 169.4 FPS shows a 54.1% reduction that scales almost linearly with pixel count (4x pixels, 54.1% FPS drop), implying the GPU's memory bandwidth and pixel throughput are the primary constraints at higher resolutions, while the CPU's role diminishes as the GPU becomes the bottleneck.