Archeage

# Archeage with AMD Ryzen 5 7500F + Intel Arc B390

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F paired with the Intel Arc B390 delivers a strictly entry-level Archeage experience, with the combination ranking 2453rd out of 2761 tested combos in this MMORPG. The measured frame rates across all resolutions and settings tell a consistent story: this is a system that struggles to maintain playable performance outside of the lowest settings at 1080p. The data shows a hard ceiling imposed by the GPU, which sits in the 9th percentile of all tested graphics cards, while the CPU performs in the 77th percentile, creating a massive imbalance in this specific game.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and revealing. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 71 at 1920x1080 to 48 at 2560x1440, a 32% reduction, and then to 28 at 3840x2160, another 42% drop. This pattern indicates that the integrated-class Arc B390 is the dominant limiting factor, as the scaling is nearly linear with pixel count rather than showing the plateau that would occur if the CPU were the bottleneck.

At High settings, the progression is 43 FPS at 1080p, 29 FPS at 1440p, and 17 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 33%, and from 1440p to 4K is another 41%. These consistent percentage reductions across different quality presets confirm that resolution scaling is purely GPU-bound; the Ryzen 5 7500F has ample headroom. The gap between Low and High settings widens as resolution increases, from a 28 FPS difference at 1080p to an 11 FPS difference at 4K, which suggests the GPU is becoming saturated even at Low settings in 4K.

The Medium preset shows the only complete min/max data in the pack: at 1080p, it averages 64 FPS with a minimum of 54 and a maximum of 73. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 43 FPS with a min of 36 and max of 49. At 4K Medium, the average is 25 FPS with a min of 21 and max of 28. The narrow min-max spread at each resolution indicates relatively stable frame pacing, but the absolute values are too low for competitive or even comfortable play at 4K. The Ultra preset is essentially unplayable everywhere: 29 FPS at 1080p, 20 FPS at 1440p, and 11 FPS at 4K.

The scaling behavior suggests that Archeage is not heavily CPU-dependent at these settings, since the frame rate responds so directly to resolution changes. If the CPU were the constraint, we would expect to see diminishing returns when lowering resolution, but the data shows no such plateau. The 7500F's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3dmark single-thread score of 974 and geekbench single-core score of 2374, is not being stressed here; the GPU simply runs out of pixel throughput before the CPU can become relevant.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B390 is the clear bottleneck in this configuration. Its benchmark profile is minimal, with only a single 3dmark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482, placing it in the 9th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database are the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (scoring 1463, or 1.3% behind), the GeForce 800M (1460, 1.5% behind), and the GeForce GT 625 OEM (1446, 2.5% behind). The Arc B390 sits just 2.7% ahead of the GeForce GT 710, which scores 1443. These are all legacy or ultra-low-end parts, confirming that the Arc B390 operates in a performance tier that is fundamentally unsuited for modern gaming at high resolutions.

The GPU's architecture is Xe3-LPG on Intel's 3 nm process, built on the Panther Lake chip. It has 1536 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 24 raster operation units, along with 12 ray tracing cores. The base clock is 300 MHz with a boost of 2500 MHz. Memory is system-shared, meaning there is no dedicated VRAM; the bandwidth is system dependent, and the memory bus width is also system shared. This is a critical limitation for an MMORPG like Archeage, which has to stream textures and geometry for large player populations and open-world environments. The lack of dedicated memory bandwidth is likely a major contributor to the low frame rates, as the GPU must compete with the CPU for system memory access.

The pixel rate is 60.00 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 120.0 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 7.680 TFLOPS. On paper, these numbers suggest a part that can handle light 1080p gaming, but the measured results show otherwise. The GPU's power envelope is just 80 W TDP with no power connectors, indicating it is designed as an integrated graphics product for portable devices, as suggested by the "Portable Device Dependent" display outputs. This explains the poor scaling: the Arc B390 is not a discrete gaming GPU but an integrated solution that happens to be paired with a desktop CPU in this test configuration.

The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support and Vulkan 1.4 compliance are technically modern, but they do not translate into usable performance in Archeage. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (11 FPS) and even 1440p High (29 FPS) show that the GPU is overwhelmed by the game's rendering demands. The 3dmark Steel Nomad score of 1482, which is a DirectX 12 test, reinforces that this GPU is designed for basic 2D and light 3D workloads, not for MMORPGs with complex scenes.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 2453rd out of 2761 tested combinations in Archeage, placing it in the bottom 11% of all tested systems. This is a remarkably poor result, especially when considering the CPU's strength. The Ryzen 5 7500F has an average benchmark score of 24964 across all tests, with a percentile rank of 77th among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in the CPU benchmark database are the Intel Core i7-11850H (scoring 24935, just 0.1% behind), the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (25005, 0.2% ahead), the Intel Core i7-13620H (24911, 0.2% behind), and the Intel Core 5 210H (24872, 0.4% behind). This places the 7500F in solid mid-range territory for CPU performance.

However, the GPU's percentile rank of 9th among all GPUs drags the entire system down. The Arc B390's nearest rivals are all NVIDIA parts from the GT 500 and 800 series, which are over a decade old. The delta percentages between the Arc B390 and these rivals are small: 1.3% ahead of the GT 520MX, 1.5% ahead of the GeForce 800M, 2.5% ahead of the GT 625 OEM, and 2.7% ahead of the GT 710. This clustering means the Arc B390 is not meaningfully faster than these ancient parts, and in a game like Archeage, it performs accordingly.

The rank of 2453 out of 2761 suggests that the vast majority of tested systems outperform this combination. Given that the CPU is capable of far higher frame rates in other scenarios, the ranking is almost entirely attributable to the GPU. The 7500F's cinebench r23 multicore score of 22799 and single-core score of 3218 indicate a processor that can handle modern gaming loads, but the Arc B390 simply cannot feed frames fast enough to utilize that capability in Archeage.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured data, the only viable settings for this combination are Low at 1080p. The Low preset at 1920x1080 delivers 71 FPS average, which is the only measured configuration that clears the 60 FPS threshold typically considered the baseline for smooth gameplay. Even Medium at 1080p, which averages 64 FPS, is playable but with a minimum of 54 FPS that could cause noticeable dips during busy scenes in an MMORPG. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to 29 FPS average, which is not acceptable for a game that requires responsive controls during combat.

At 1440p, the situation worsens significantly. Low settings at 2560x1440 average 48 FPS, which might be tolerable for casual play but is below the 60 FPS target. Medium at 1440p averages 43 FPS with a minimum of 36, which will feel stuttery. High at 1440p drops to 29 FPS, and Ultra is at 20 FPS. For 4K, no setting is viable: Low averages 28 FPS, Medium 25 FPS, High 17 FPS, and Ultra 11 FPS.

The data suggests that users should not attempt to run Archeage above 1080p with this combination. At 1080p, Low is the recommended preset, as it provides the only comfortable margin above 60 FPS. Medium at 1080p is a secondary option for users who prioritize visual quality over frame rate stability, but the 54 FPS minimum is a risk during large-scale battles. High at 1080p, with an average of 43 FPS, is borderline, and Ultra at 29 FPS is not recommended for any scenario.

The frame time consistency, as evidenced by the Medium preset's min/max data, shows a spread of 19 FPS at 1080p (54-73), 13 FPS at 1440p (36-49), and 7 FPS at 4K (21-28). This narrowing spread at higher resolutions indicates the GPU is consistently saturated, reducing variance but also reducing absolute performance. For users who must play at 1440p or higher, the Low preset is the only option that stays above 30 FPS, but the experience will be suboptimal.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full spectrum of settings was measured. Low settings produce the highest average of 71 FPS, followed by Medium at 64 FPS (minimum 54, maximum 73), High at 43 FPS, and Ultra at 29 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 7 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 21 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 14 FPS. This non-linear scaling suggests that the High preset introduces rendering features that disproportionately impact the Arc B390's limited pixel throughput.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 48 FPS, Medium at 43 FPS (minimum 36, maximum 49), High at 29 FPS, and Ultra at 20 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is just 5 FPS, while Medium to High is 14 FPS, and High to Ultra is 9 FPS. At this resolution, the GPU is already struggling, and the settings ladder compresses as the resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 28 FPS, Medium at 25 FPS (minimum 21, maximum 28), High at 17 FPS, and Ultra at 11 FPS. The differences between settings shrink further: Low to Medium is 3 FPS, Medium to High is 8 FPS, and High to Ultra is 6 FPS. At 4K, even Low settings cannot maintain 30 FPS, making this resolution effectively unplayable.

The data shows that the Arc B390's performance is roughly halved when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and then halved again from 1440p to 4K, at any given setting. This consistent scaling pattern confirms that the GPU is the sole determinant of frame rate in this configuration, and that no CPU-side tuning would improve these numbers.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael, on AMD's 5 nm process from TSMC. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, and it has 24 PCIe Gen 5 lanes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 7500F shows strong performance: a cinebench r23 multicore score of 22799 and single-core score of 3218, a geekbench multicore score of 12362 and single-core of 2374, and a passmark multithread score of 26825 with a single-thread score of 3841. Its 3dmark scores range from 974 in single-thread to 6379 in max-threads, with 2-thread at 1902, 4-thread at 3621, 8-thread at 5372, and 16-thread at 6376. These numbers place it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 24964.

However, in Archeage, the CPU's role is minimal. The measured FPS are entirely GPU-limited, as evidenced by the resolution scaling patterns. The CPU's high single-thread performance, which is critical for MMORPGs that often have a primary game thread, is not being utilized because the GPU cannot deliver frames fast enough. The nearest CPU rivals, such as the Intel Core i7-11850H and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, have nearly identical average scores, but their gaming performance in this configuration would likely be equally constrained by the Arc B390.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s and DDR5 support are more than sufficient for a game like Archeage, which does not have extreme memory requirements. The 32 MB of L3 cache is adequate for the game's data access patterns. The bottleneck is unequivocally the GPU, and the 7500F is effectively wasted in this pairing for this game. The data shows no scenario where the CPU becomes a limiting factor, even at 1080p Low where the frame rate is highest at 71 FPS; the CPU has significant headroom to push higher if a more capable GPU were present.