Archeage

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a playable but heavily settings-dependent experience in Archeage, with 1080p Medium offering the best balance of fluidity and visual quality from the measured data. The combination ranks 1972nd out of 2761 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle tier, and the frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound system at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s strong single-thread performance keeps low settings competitive at 1080p.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data across resolutions shows a clear pattern: Archeage becomes progressively more demanding on the GPU as resolution increases, and the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth become the limiting factor above 1080p. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 129 FPS average, which drops to 87 FPS at 1440p Low—a 32.6% reduction—and further to 50 FPS at 4K Low, a 42.5% drop from 1440p. This scaling is steeper than typical GPU-bound scenarios, suggesting that the game’s draw calls and texture loads at 4K overwhelm the 2060 SUPER’s 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs, despite the CPU’s 96 MB shared L3 cache and 4.50 GHz boost clock providing ample headroom.

At Medium settings, the resolution penalty is similar but slightly compressed: 115 FPS at 1080p, 77 FPS at 1440p (a 33.0% drop), and 44 FPS at 4K (a 42.9% drop from 1440p). The 4K Medium row also includes measured minimum and maximum FPS values of 38 and 51, respectively, indicating that frame time variance increases sharply at this resolution—the 13 FPS spread between min and max suggests the GPU is hitting memory bandwidth or shader execution limits during crowded scenes. High settings show a gentler curve: 78 FPS at 1080p, 52 FPS at 1440p (a 33.3% drop), and 30 FPS at 4K (a 42.3% drop from 1440p). The consistent ~33% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~42% from 1440p to 4K across Low, Medium, and High presets points to a uniform GPU bottleneck, not a CPU or memory constraint.

Ultra settings, however, break this pattern with a catastrophic scaling: 53 FPS at 1080p, 36 FPS at 1440p (a 32.1% drop), and 20 FPS at 4K (a 44.4% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result of 20 FPS average is the lowest measured value in the entire dataset, and it indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are insufficient for Archeage’s ultra-level shader complexity and post-processing effects at high pixel counts. The data shows that the CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads and a Passmark single-thread score of 3494, is never the primary limiter: even at 1080p Low with 129 FPS, the GPU is still delivering frames faster than most displays refresh, and the drop to 50 FPS at 4K Low cannot be attributed to the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, which scores in the 89th percentile of all CPUs.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1972 out of 2761 tested combinations places it in the 71st percentile from the bottom, meaning roughly 71% of all CPU-GPU pairings tested in Archeage outperform it. This is a surprisingly low ranking given that the CPU alone sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs (avg benchmark score 44573) and the GPU in the 62nd percentile of all GPUs (avg benchmark score 18093). The discrepancy suggests that Archeage’s engine, released in 2014, does not scale well with modern high-core-count CPUs or with the RTX 2060 SUPER’s Turing architecture features like 272 tensor cores and 34 RT cores, which are largely unused in this MMORPG.

Comparing to the CPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D scores 44573 average, which is 0.2% above the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (44466), 0.5% above the Intel Core i9-13950HX (44342), and 0.6% above the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 (44309), while trailing the Intel Core i5-14600 by 0.7% (44889). These deltas are negligible—within 1%—meaning that in Archeage, swapping the CPU for any of these rivals would not meaningfully change the measured FPS, as the bottleneck is firmly on the GPU side above 1080p. The GPU’s nearest rivals show similar clustering: the RTX 2060 SUPER scores 18093, which is 0.4% below the RTX 3060 Mobile (18159), 0.5% below the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18189), 1.5% below the AMD Radeon RX 460 (18373), and 1.6% below the Intel Arc A770M (18383). Again, these differences are minor, so the combo’s poor in-game ranking is not due to a weak individual component but rather to Archeage’s demanding shader workloads that punish the 2060 SUPER’s older Turing architecture.

The rank data indicates that most better-performing combos likely feature more recent GPUs with higher memory bandwidth or more shading units, since the 2060 SUPER’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 7.181 TFLOPS are modest by 2025 standards. The CPU’s 96 MB L3 cache does help in CPU-bound scenes, as evidenced by the 1080p Low result of 129 FPS, but that is the only resolution-preset combination where the combo approaches high refresh rates. The overall ranking of 1972/2761 suggests that for Archeage, this pairing is adequate for 1080p Medium or High, but it falls behind in 1440p and 4K scenarios where the GPU’s limitations become dominant.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal settings for this combo depend on the target resolution and desired frame rate. At 1080p, Medium is the recommended preset: it delivers 115 FPS average with a minimum of 97 FPS and a maximum of 132 FPS, meaning even in the worst measured moments, the frame rate stays above 90 FPS, which is smooth for an MMORPG with fast-paced combat. High at 1080p drops to 78 FPS average, which is still playable but leaves less headroom for large-scale raids or crowded cities where min FPS could dip below 60. Low at 1080p hits 129 FPS, but the visual quality reduction is unnecessary given that Medium already exceeds 100 FPS.

At 1440p, Medium is again the best choice: 77 FPS average with a min of 66 and max of 89. The minimum of 66 FPS is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, making this the highest preset that maintains a consistent experience. High at 1440p drops to 52 FPS average, which may feel stuttery in action-heavy zones, and Low at 1440p yields 87 FPS but sacrifices too much visual fidelity for the modest gain over Medium. Ultra is not recommended at any resolution: at 1080p it only reaches 53 FPS average, at 1440p it drops to 36 FPS, and at 4K it plummets to 20 FPS—all below the playability threshold for an MMORPG where reaction time matters.

For 4K, the data shows that only Low is viable: 50 FPS average is borderline but workable for non-competitive play, while Medium (44 FPS) and High (30 FPS) are too choppy, and Ultra (20 FPS) is unplayable. If the user has a 4K display, the recommendation is to run Low settings and accept the visual downgrade, or alternatively to drop to 1440p with Medium for a much better experience. Overall, the single best preset across all resolutions is 1080p Medium, which offers the highest frame rate above 60 FPS with only a minimal visual penalty compared to High—the difference between 115 FPS and 78 FPS is substantial, while the graphical difference between Medium and High in Archeage is typically limited to shadow quality and texture filtering, neither of which is critical in a game focused on large-scale battles.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full measured FPS dataset for this combo is as follows, organized by resolution and settings. At 3840x2160 (4K), the average FPS values are: Low 50, Medium 44 (with min 38 and max 51), High 30, and Ultra 20. The Medium row is the only 4K entry with min/max data, showing that even the best-case 51 FPS is below the 60 FPS target, and the worst-case 38 FPS would be noticeable in combat. At 2560x1440 (1440p), the averages are: Low 87, Medium 77 (min 66, max 89), High 52, and Ultra 36. The Medium min of 66 FPS is the only 1440p measurement that stays above 60 FPS, confirming that this preset is the ceiling for smooth play at this resolution. At 1920x1080 (1080p), the averages are: Low 129, Medium 115 (min 97, max 132), High 78, and Ultra 53. The Medium min of 97 FPS is exceptionally high, meaning the combo never drops below 90 FPS on this preset, which is ideal for a competitive MMORPG experience.

Comparing the same settings across resolutions, the pattern is consistent: Low loses 79 FPS from 1080p to 4K (129 to 50), Medium loses 71 FPS (115 to 44), High loses 48 FPS (78 to 30), and Ultra loses 33 FPS (53 to 20). The absolute loss decreases with higher presets because the GPU is already saturated at 1080p Ultra, so the additional resolution increase has less absolute impact but a larger percentage impact. The percentage drops from 1080p to 4K are: Low 61.2%, Medium 61.7%, High 61.5%, and Ultra 62.3%—all very close, confirming that the resolution scaling is uniform across settings, which is a hallmark of a GPU bottleneck. The min/max data for Medium at each resolution also shows that the frame time spread widens at higher resolutions: at 1080p the spread is 35 FPS (97 to 132), at 1440p it is 23 FPS (66 to 89), and at 4K it is 13 FPS (38 to 51). This narrowing is counterintuitive but actually indicates that at 4K, the GPU is consistently maxed out, so frame times become more regular, whereas at 1080p, the GPU has spare cycles that lead to more variable performance depending on scene complexity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the dominant component in determining this combo’s Archeage performance, particularly at resolutions above 1080p. Its 8 GB GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, which is the primary resource for texture streaming and draw call buffering in an MMORPG with large open-world environments. The measured data shows that 4K Low (50 FPS) is only 13 FPS faster than 1440p Ultra (36 FPS), suggesting that the GPU’s memory bandwidth is exhausted at 4K regardless of preset, because even Low settings at 4K require substantial texture memory for the higher pixel count. The 2060 SUPER’s 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 224.4 GTexel/s texture rate are modest by current standards, and the Passmark G3D score of 16462 (62nd percentile of all GPUs) reflects this mid-tier positioning.

The GPU’s clocks are 1470 MHz base and 1650 MHz boost, which are relatively low compared to modern cards, and the 12 nm process node means higher power consumption (175 W TDP) and heat for the performance delivered. In Archeage, the game’s 2014 engine likely uses DirectX 11, as the GPU’s Passmark DirectX 11 score of 130 is higher than its DirectX 12 score of 61, and the game predates widespread adoption of ray tracing or DLSS features. Thus, the 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores on the 2060 SUPER are effectively idle in this title, meaning the GPU’s raw rasterization throughput (2176 shading units, 64 ROPs) is what matters. The 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate is the likely bottleneck at 4K Ultra, where the 20 FPS result indicates the GPU cannot fill pixels fast enough for the ultra-level post-processing effects.

The GPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks—the RTX 3060 Mobile, Radeon Pro 5700, Radeon RX 460, and Intel Arc A770M—all score within 1.6% of the 2060 SUPER’s 18093 average, so in Archeage, swapping to any of these would yield nearly identical FPS. This means the combo’s 1972nd rank is not due to an unusually weak GPU, but rather because the entire class of GPUs around 18,000 Passmark G3D score is insufficient for Archeage at high settings. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p and 1440p, as no measured row shows memory-related stuttering (min FPS for Medium at 1440p is 66, which is acceptable), but at 4K, the combination of 8 GB capacity and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is stretched thin, leading to the 44 FPS Medium average. For users considering this GPU, the data suggests that 1080p is its comfort zone, 1440p is playable on Medium, and 4K should be avoided unless using Low settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combo for this CPU-GPU pairing in Archeage?

A: The measured data shows that 1920x1080 with Medium settings provides the best experience, with an average FPS of 115, a minimum of 97, and a maximum of 132. This is the only preset across all resolutions that maintains a minimum FPS above 90, ensuring smooth gameplay in all scenarios.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested CPU-GPU combinations?

A: It ranks 1972nd out of 2761 tested combinations in Archeage. This places it in the lower-middle tier, meaning roughly 71% of tested combos perform better. The CPU itself is in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 62nd percentile, indicating the GPU is the weaker link.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this system?

A: The GPU is the bottleneck at all resolutions above 1080p Low. Evidence from the data: at 4K Low the FPS drops to 50 from 129 at 1080p Low, a 61.2% reduction, which cannot be attributed to the CPU since its Passmark single-thread score of 3494 is strong. The CPU’s 96 MB L3 cache and 4.50 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom, as shown by the 129 FPS at 1080p Low.

Q: Can this combo run Archeage at 4K?

A: Yes, but only on Low settings, which yields 50 FPS average. Medium at 4K drops to 44 FPS, High to 30 FPS, and Ultra to 20 FPS. The 4K Medium row has a minimum of 38 FPS, which would be noticeable in crowded areas. For a better 4K experience, lowering to 1440p Medium (77 FPS) is recommended.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU scores 18093 average in Passmark. Its nearest rivals are the RTX 3060 Mobile (18159, 0.4% higher), AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18189, 0.5% higher), AMD Radeon RX 460 (18373, 1.5% higher), and Intel Arc A770M (18383, 1.6% higher). These differences are negligible, so in Archeage performance would be nearly identical.

Q: What is the frame time consistency like at different resolutions?

A: Based on the Medium preset’s min/max data, the frame time spread narrows as resolution increases: at 1080p the range is 97-132 FPS (35 FPS spread), at 1440p it is 66-89 FPS (23 FPS spread), and at 4K it is 38-51 FPS (13 FPS spread). This indicates that at 4K the GPU is consistently saturated, leading to more regular frame times, whereas at 1080p there is more variability due to spare GPU capacity.