Archeage

# Archeage with AMD Ryzen 5 5600F + AMD Radeon RX 7700 — Benchmark Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 delivers a highly playable Archeage experience across most settings, though the data reveals a clear ceiling at 4K Ultra where the combination falls below 30 FPS. This 6-core Zen 3 processor and RDNA 3.0 graphics card produce a balanced duo for a 2014 MMORPG, with the GPU becoming the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions while the CPU holds its own in the game's less demanding moments.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a predictable decline as resolution increases, but the rate of that decline varies significantly by settings preset. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 162 at 1920x1080 to 109 at 2560x1440 — a 33% reduction — and then further to 62 at 3840x2160, representing a 62% drop from 1080p. This steep scaling curve at Low settings suggests the GPU is heavily utilized even at the lowest quality tier, with pixel throughput becoming the dominant factor.

At Medium settings, the scaling is slightly more gradual: 144 FPS at 1080p, 97 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K is 62%, nearly identical to Low, but the absolute margins between resolutions compress as the settings increase. High settings show 98 FPS at 1080p, 66 FPS at 1440p, and 38 FPS at 4K — a 61% reduction from 1080p to 4K, maintaining the same pattern.

Ultra settings exhibit the most dramatic scaling collapse. The average FPS plummets from 67 at 1080p to 45 at 1440p (a 33% drop), and then to 26 at 4K — a 61% reduction from 1080p. The Ultra preset at 4K falls below the 30 FPS playability threshold, indicating that the RX 7700's 16 GB frame buffer and 624.1 GB/s bandwidth cannot compensate for the rendering load at 3840x2160 with maximum quality settings.

The scaling behavior across all settings reveals that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The consistent 61-62% performance penalty from 1080p to 4K across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings points to a fill-rate or memory-bandwidth bottleneck rather than a CPU limitation. If the processor were the constraint, the scaling would flatten at higher resolutions as the CPU becomes the ceiling; instead, the linear degradation suggests the Radeon RX 7700's 236.1 GPixel/s pixel rate and 393.4 GTexel/s texture rate are being saturated.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F + AMD Radeon RX 7700 combination ranks 1276 out of 2761 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all configurations benchmarked. This percentile position — roughly the 54th percentile — reflects a system that is competent for the game but far from the top of the charts, where more powerful CPUs and GPUs dominate.

The combo rank of 1276 out of 2761 suggests that approximately half of all tested configurations deliver better Archeage performance. This is consistent with the measured FPS data, which shows the system achieving 162 FPS at 1080p Low — a strong result — but only 26 FPS at 4K Ultra, a weak one. The rank captures this duality: the combo excels at lower resolutions and settings, but falls behind when pushed to maximum quality at high pixel counts.

The individual components' benchmark scores provide context for this ranking. The Ryzen 5 5600F's average benchmark score of 36945 places it in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (score 36938, 0% delta), AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (score 37018, -0.2% delta), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (score 37093, -0.4% delta), and Intel Core i9-12900T (score 37112, -0.5% delta). The CPU is competitive with these alternatives, all within 0.5% of each other.

The RX 7700's average benchmark score of 15852 places it in the 58th percentile among all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon R9 370X (score 15862, -0.1% delta), AMD Radeon RX 9060 (score 16014, -1% delta), AMD Radeon Pro W5500 (score 15679, 1.1% delta), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (score 16129, -1.7% delta). The GPU sits in a tight cluster with these alternatives, none of which deviate by more than 1.7% in average score.

The disparity between the CPU's 85th percentile and the GPU's 58th percentile explains the combo's mid-tier rank. The processor is well above average, but the graphics card drags the overall combination down in a game where resolution scaling dominates performance.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 32 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process by TSMC with 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die. It features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock is 1900 MHz, with a game clock of 2041 MHz and a boost clock of 2459 MHz, while memory runs at 2438 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective).

In Archeage, the GPU's 16 GB frame buffer is likely not a limiting factor at any resolution or setting, given that the game launched in 2014 and its texture requirements are modest by modern standards. However, the 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units determine the pixel and texture throughput that drives the measured scaling behavior.

The RX 7700's compute capabilities — 25.18 TFLOPS FP32 and FP16 (1:1) — provide ample raw processing power, but the game's rendering pipeline appears to bottleneck on the ROPs and texture units at higher resolutions. The 236.1 GPixel/s pixel rate directly correlates with the resolution scaling observed: at 4K, the GPU must fill four times the pixels of 1080p, and the measured FPS drops by roughly 60% across all settings, indicating the pixel fill rate is the primary constraint.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2865 and PassMark G3D score of 20974 reflect its overall graphics capability, while the PassMark DX11 score of 186 and DX12 score of 96 provide DirectX-specific metrics. Archeage, being an older MMORPG, likely relies on DirectX 11 or earlier paths, so the GPU's DirectX 11 performance (score 186 in PassMark) is particularly relevant. The RX 7700's support for DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) ensures forward compatibility, but the game's actual rendering workload determines the measured FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F + AMD Radeon RX 7700 combination delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 162 FPS, Medium settings achieve 144 FPS (with a minimum of 122 and maximum of 166), High settings reach 98 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 67 FPS. The 1080p results show a clear hierarchy where each settings tier costs a measurable amount of performance, with the gap between Low and Ultra being 95 FPS — a 59% reduction.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance decreases across all settings. Low settings average 109 FPS, Medium settings average 97 FPS (minimum 82, maximum 111), High settings average 66 FPS, and Ultra settings average 45 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 64 FPS, representing a 59% reduction — the same proportional drop as 1080p, confirming the consistent scaling pattern.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles at higher settings. Low settings average 62 FPS, Medium settings average 55 FPS (minimum 47, maximum 64), High settings average 38 FPS, and Ultra settings average 26 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap at 4K is 36 FPS, a 58% reduction, maintaining the near-identical scaling ratio observed at lower resolutions.

The Medium settings rows provide the only minimum and maximum FPS data across all resolutions. At 1080p, the minimum of 122 and maximum of 166 indicate a 44 FPS spread, suggesting some frame-time variance. At 1440p, the spread narrows to 29 FPS (82 to 111), and at 4K, it narrows further to 17 FPS (47 to 64). This tightening of the frame range at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes more consistently saturated, reducing variance as it works closer to its limits.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer), manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process with 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory on a dual-channel bus with 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth and features PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes.

In Archeage, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are likely sufficient for the game's MMORPG workload, which typically involves moderate thread utilization. The PassMark multithread score of 19236 and single-thread score of 2872 indicate balanced performance that handles both the game's main thread and background tasks. The floating-point math score of 34548 and integer math score of 59339 demonstrate the CPU's arithmetic capabilities, which support game logic and physics calculations.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 36945, places it well above the median. Its nearest rivals — including the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (score 36938, 0% delta), AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (score 37018, -0.2% delta), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (score 37093, -0.4% delta), and Intel Core i9-12900T (score 37112, -0.5% delta) — all fall within a narrow 0.5% band, indicating that the 5600F is competitively positioned in its performance class.

The CPU's PassMark physics score of 1043 and data compression score of 232836 provide additional context for its gaming performance. The find prime numbers score of 120 is notably low, but this is a specialized workload unlikely to impact Archeage. The encryption score of 13839 and extended instructions score of 16266 round out the CPU's capabilities, none of which appear to bottleneck the measured FPS results.

Given the consistent resolution scaling observed in the FPS data, the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combination at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the 162 FPS average suggests the CPU can feed the GPU effectively, and the fact that FPS drops proportionally with resolution indicates the GPU becomes the constraint well before the CPU's threads are exhausted.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for optimizing Archeage with this hardware combination. At 1920x1080, all settings presets deliver playable frame rates, with Low achieving 162 FPS, Medium 144 FPS, High 98 FPS, and Ultra 67 FPS. For competitive play or high-refresh-rate monitors, Low settings maximize frame rate, while Medium offers a balanced 144 FPS that remains smooth on standard 144 Hz displays. High settings at 98 FPS provide a good visual upgrade with minimal compromise, and Ultra at 67 FPS is acceptable for players prioritizing image quality over frame rate.

At 2560x1440, the options become more constrained. Low settings achieve 109 FPS, Medium 97 FPS, High 66 FPS, and Ultra 45 FPS. Medium settings provide the best balance at this resolution, offering near-100 FPS with improved visuals over Low. High settings at 66 FPS are playable but may feel less responsive for fast-paced combat, while Ultra at 45 FPS remains above 30 FPS but with noticeable performance degradation.

At 3840x2160, only Low and Medium settings deliver acceptable performance. Low averages 62 FPS and Medium 55 FPS, both of which are playable. High settings drop to 38 FPS, which is marginal, and Ultra falls to 26 FPS, which is below the generally accepted playability threshold. For 4K gaming, Medium settings are recommended as the best compromise, offering 55 FPS with improved visual fidelity over Low while avoiding the significant performance hit of High and Ultra.

The Medium settings rows consistently show the tightest minimum-to-maximum frame ranges, indicating more stable performance. At 1080p Medium, the 122-166 FPS range (144 average) provides smooth gameplay; at 1440p Medium, the 82-111 FPS range (97 average) maintains consistency; and at 4K Medium, the 47-64 FPS range (55 average) avoids major frame drops. This stability makes Medium the recommended preset across all resolutions, with the understanding that 4K Ultra should be avoided entirely.

FAQ

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

A: Based on the measured FPS data, 1920x1080 provides the best experience, with all settings presets exceeding 67 FPS average. At 2560x1440, Medium settings achieve 97 FPS, while at 3840x2160, only Low (62 FPS) and Medium (55 FPS) remain playable.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Archeage?

A: At 3840x2160, the combination achieves 62 FPS on Low settings and 55 FPS on Medium, both of which are playable. However, High settings drop to 38 FPS and Ultra falls to 26 FPS, making the higher presets unsuitable for smooth gameplay at 4K.

Q: How does the RX 7700's 16 GB VRAM affect Archeage performance?

A: The 16 GB GDDR6 frame buffer with 624.1 GB/s bandwidth is more than sufficient for Archeage, which launched in 2014. The measured FPS scaling suggests the GPU's pixel fill rate, not VRAM capacity, is the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5600F a bottleneck for the RX 7700 in this game?

A: The data indicates the CPU is not the primary bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 162 FPS, and the consistent 61-62% FPS drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings suggests the GPU becomes the limiting component as resolution increases.

Q: What framerate can I expect at 1440p Medium settings?

A: The measured data shows an average of 97 FPS at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, with a minimum of 82 FPS and a maximum of 111 FPS, providing a stable and responsive experience.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: This combination ranks 1276 out of 2761 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the upper-middle tier. The CPU is in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 58th percentile, with the GPU's lower ranking pulling the overall combo position down.