Archeage

# Archeage with AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a broad performance envelope in Archeage, spanning from 37 FPS at 4K Ultra to 233 FPS at 1080p Low. This combination sits at rank 429 out of 2,761 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top 15.5% of all configurations measured. The data indicates that the RTX 4070 SUPER, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth, becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions, while the 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 7500X3D with 96 MB of shared L3 cache provides ample headroom at lower settings to push frame rates well past 200 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 142 FPS at 1080p to 95 FPS at 1440p, a 33% reduction, and then further to 55 FPS at 4K, representing a 42% drop from 1440p. This progressive decline indicates that the rendering load scales substantially with pixel count, and the GPU becomes increasingly saturated as resolution climbs.

The Low settings row tells a similar story but with larger absolute numbers. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 233 FPS, which falls to 158 FPS at 1440p (a 32% decrease) and then to 90 FPS at 4K (a 43% decrease from 1440p). The consistency of this percentage drop across both Low and High settings suggests that the scaling penalty is resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. However, the fact that 4K Low (90 FPS) still exceeds 1080p Ultra (97 FPS) by a narrow margin indicates that the GPU has significant headroom even at 4K when graphical complexity is reduced.

The Medium settings data, which includes min and max FPS readings, offers additional insight. At 4K Medium, the average is 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 and maximum of 92. At 1440p Medium, the average rises to 140 FPS with a range of 119 to 162. At 1080p Medium, the average reaches 209 FPS with a range of 177 to 240. The spread between minimum and maximum FPS widens slightly at lower resolutions, from 24 FPS at 4K to 43 FPS at 1080p, suggesting that CPU-side frame time variability becomes more visible when the GPU is not the bottleneck.

The 4K Ultra result of 37 FPS is notably below the 4K High result of 55 FPS, a 33% drop from already marginal playability. This steep penalty indicates that the Ultra preset introduces effects that disproportionately tax the GPU at high pixel counts. Overall, the scaling pattern confirms that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the limiting component at 4K, while the CPU's influence grows at 1080p where frame rates exceed 200 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience per the measured rows, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the most balanced combination of visual quality and performance. At 140 FPS average with a 119 FPS minimum, this configuration provides smooth gameplay that exceeds the refresh rate of most standard displays while maintaining a 24 FPS buffer above the minimum. The 4K Medium result of 80 FPS average with a 68 FPS minimum is also viable for players prioritizing resolution over frame rate, though the margin above 60 FPS is thinner.

At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers 209 FPS average with a 177 FPS minimum, which is excellent for high-refresh-rate monitors up to 175 Hz. The Low preset at 1080p pushes to 233 FPS average, which would satisfy even 240 Hz displays, but the visual compromise may not be worth the 24 FPS gain over Medium. The High preset at 1080p, at 142 FPS average, is a reasonable middle ground for those who want improved visuals without dropping below 140 FPS.

The Ultra preset is difficult to recommend at any resolution. At 1080p it produces 97 FPS, which is playable but represents a 46% reduction from High settings. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 65 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 37 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay in most scenarios. The data suggests that the jump from High to Ultra carries a significant performance cost that is not justified by the measured results, especially at higher resolutions where the GPU is already stressed.

For 4K users, High settings at 55 FPS average is the only preset that approaches acceptable playability, though it sits below the 60 FPS target. The 4K Low preset at 90 FPS is the safest choice for maintaining fluid motion, but it sacrifices most graphical enhancements. Given the available data, the Medium preset at 1440p appears to be the sweet spot, offering 140 FPS average and a 119 FPS minimum that keeps frame pacing consistent.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 429th out of 2,761 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the 84.5th percentile of all configurations. This rank reflects the system's ability to deliver high frame rates across most resolution and settings combinations, though it is not among the elite performers that would crack the top 100.

The CPU itself holds an 89th percentile ranking among all processors in the database, with an average benchmark score of 44,573. Its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H at 44,466 (0.2% ahead), the Intel Core i9-13950HX at 44,342 (0.5% ahead), and the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 at 44,309 (0.6% ahead). The Intel Core i5-14600 trails by 0.7% at 44,889. These margins are extremely tight, indicating that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D's computational throughput is on par with several high-end laptop and desktop parts, despite having only 6 cores and 12 threads.

The GPU ranks at the 83rd percentile among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 43,223. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB at 43,262 (0.1% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 43,268 (0.1% ahead), and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 at 43,301 (0.2% ahead). The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile leads by 1% at 43,667. The RTX 4070 SUPER's position among these rivals underscores that it sits in a competitive performance tier, though the differences are small enough to be within run-to-run variance.

The combo rank of 429 out of 2,761 suggests that while this pairing is strong, there are 428 configurations that achieve higher frame rates in Archeage. This is consistent with the GPU's 83rd percentile and the CPU's 89th percentile, as the game likely benefits from configurations with more powerful GPUs at higher resolutions, even if their CPUs are weaker.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates. The Low preset averages 233 FPS, the Medium preset averages 209 FPS with a minimum of 177 and maximum of 240, the High preset averages 142 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 97 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 24 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 67 FPS, and the gap between High and Ultra is 45 FPS. The largest single-step penalty occurs between Medium and High, indicating that the High preset introduces substantial rendering costs.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern persists but with lower absolute values. Low averages 158 FPS, Medium averages 140 FPS with a minimum of 119 and maximum of 162, High averages 95 FPS, and Ultra averages 65 FPS. The differences between presets are 18 FPS (Low to Medium), 45 FPS (Medium to High), and 30 FPS (High to Ultra). The Medium to High penalty remains the largest, but the proportional drop from High to Ultra is steeper at 32% compared to 28% at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress further. Low averages 90 FPS, Medium averages 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 and maximum of 92, High averages 55 FPS, and Ultra averages 37 FPS. The Low to Medium difference is only 10 FPS, suggesting that the GPU is already near its limits at 4K even on Low settings. The Medium to High penalty of 25 FPS and the High to Ultra penalty of 18 FPS both represent significant absolute drops, with the Ultra preset falling below 40 FPS.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset is the only one that provides min/max FPS data, and the ranges are consistent: 24 FPS spread at 4K, 43 FPS at 1440p, and 63 FPS at 1080p. This widening spread at lower resolutions points to the CPU's growing influence on frame pacing, as the GPU has more idle time between frames.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with an AD104 chip manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, with a transistor density of 121.8M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration appears sufficient for Archeage at all tested settings, as the measured FPS does not show signs of memory capacity or bandwidth throttling. Even at 4K Ultra, where the frame rate drops to 37 FPS, the bottleneck is more likely related to compute throughput than memory bandwidth, given that the GPU's peak texture rate is 554.4 GTexel/s and pixel rate is 198.0 GPixel/s.

The GPU's compute capabilities are substantial, with 7,168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, 80 raster output units, 56 ray tracing cores, and 224 tensor cores. The FP32 throughput of 35.48 TFLOPS and FP16 throughput of 35.48 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio) indicate balanced compute resources. The PassMark G3D score of 29,995 and GPU compute score of 17,108 place it in the 83rd percentile, with the nearest rival being the Quadro M6000 24 GB at a 0.1% higher score.

In Archeage specifically, the GPU's role becomes dominant at 4K, where the difference between Low and Ultra settings is 53 FPS (90 to 37). This 59% performance spread across presets at 4K, compared to a 136 FPS spread at 1080p (233 to 97), shows that the GPU is more fully utilized at higher resolutions. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are clearly not limiting factors, as even the heaviest preset at 4K does not trigger catastrophic drops beyond what compute load would predict.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series, based on the Raphael codename and Zen 4 architecture. It operates at a base clock of 4.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is the largest cache allocation in its class.

The CPU's PassMark single-thread score of 3,494 and multithread score of 25,047 place it at the 89th percentile among all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 44,573 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, differing by less than 1% across four competing models. The CPU's performance in specific workloads includes 271,649 in data compression, 15,797 in data encryption, 20,455 in extended instructions, and 43,594 in floating point math. The integer math score of 70,774 and random string sorting score of 32,999 indicate strong general-purpose throughput.

In Archeage, the CPU's influence is most visible at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 200 FPS on Low and Medium settings. The fact that 1080p Low achieves 233 FPS while 1440p Low achieves 158 FPS suggests that the CPU can push well beyond the GPU's capacity at lower resolutions. The widening min/max FPS spread at 1080p Medium (177 to 240) versus 4K Medium (68 to 92) further confirms that the CPU introduces more frame time variability when the GPU is not the bottleneck.

The 96 MB of shared L3 cache is particularly relevant for an MMORPG like Archeage, which often involves complex game logic and many entities. The CPU's ability to maintain high frame rates at 1080p Low (233 FPS) indicates that the cache hierarchy is effective at reducing memory latency for game code. The 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth over dual-channel DDR5 provides sufficient data throughput, though the CPU's 5 nm process and 11,270 million transistors on a 71 mm² die suggest efficient power and thermal characteristics.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 60+ FPS in Archeage?

A: The data shows that 4K Medium averages 80 FPS with a 68 FPS minimum, so 4K is viable. At 4K High, the average drops to 55 FPS, which falls below 60 FPS. For a more comfortable margin, 1440p High averages 95 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER scores 43,223 on average, which is 0.1% behind the Quadro M6000 24 GB (43,262) and 1% behind the RTX 4090 Mobile (43,667). It ties with the RTX 5050 Mobile at 43,268 and edges the Quadro M6000 at 43,301 by 0.2%.

Q: Does the 12 GB VRAM on the RTX 4070 SUPER limit performance in Archeage?

A: No. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (37 FPS) does not show signs of memory capacity exhaustion, as the drop from 4K High (55 FPS) to 4K Ultra is consistent with increased compute load rather than VRAM swapping. The 504.2 GB/s bandwidth appears adequate.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7500X3D perform relative to the Intel Core i9-13950HX?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500X3D has an average benchmark score of 44,573, which is 0.5% higher than the Intel Core i9-13950HX at 44,342. This places the Ryzen part slightly ahead in aggregate performance, despite the Core i9 being a mobile processor.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: The measured average is 209 FPS, with a minimum of 177 FPS and a maximum of 240 FPS. This gives a wide margin above 144 Hz displays and approaches the limits of 240 Hz panels at the maximum end.

Q: Is the Ultra preset playable at any resolution?

A: At 1080p Ultra, the average is 97 FPS, which is playable on standard 60 Hz monitors. At 1440p Ultra, the average drops to 65 FPS, which is borderline. At 4K Ultra, the average falls to 37 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS standard and likely not smooth.