Archeage

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers a frame-rate curve in Archeage that clearly separates CPU-bound and GPU-bound operating points. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 272.5 FPS, but this drops to 48.8 FPS at 4K Ultra. The shape of that decline tells a clear story about which component is carrying the load at each setting level.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows a steep frame-rate penalty as resolution climbs, but the rate of decline is not constant across settings. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 183.1 FPS at 1080p to 124.9 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of roughly 32%. Moving from 1440p to 4K at High settings brings the average down to 69.3 FPS, a further drop of about 44%. This indicates that the RTX 4090 is becoming the primary limiter as pixel count increases, with the 76,300 million transistor GPU unable to maintain the same throughput at 4K.

The Low settings data reveals a different pattern. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 272.5 FPS, which is the highest measured result in the entire dataset. At 1440p Low, it maintains 203.6 FPS, and at 4K Low it still produces 114.3 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is a 25% drop, which is smaller than the 32% drop seen at High settings for the same resolution change. This suggests that at Low settings, the Ryzen 5 7600X’s single-thread performance, reflected in its 3dmark_single_thread score of 1060 and passmark_single_thread score of 4135, is more relevant, as the GPU has less work to do.

Ultra settings produce the most demanding workload. The average frame rate at 1080p Ultra is 122.2 FPS, which falls to 81.3 FPS at 1440p and 48.8 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is the lowest in the entire measured set, and the gap between 1440p Ultra (81.3 FPS) and 4K Ultra (48.8 FPS) is a 40% reduction. This steep falloff at the highest settings confirms that the RTX 4090’s 82.58 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is being fully exercised, and the 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth becomes a critical resource.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is a 5 nm Ada Lovelace part with a boost clock of 2520 MHz and a base clock of 2235 MHz. It carries 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s. In Archeage, the GPU’s role is most visible in the Ultra settings results, where the 48.8 FPS at 4K represents the heaviest load. The GPU’s 16384 shading units and 512 texture mapping units are the primary engines for this workload, and the measured data shows that even this large configuration cannot push past the 50 FPS mark at 4K Ultra.

The memory subsystem is worth noting. With 24 GB of VRAM, capacity is not a constraint in this game, but the bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s appears to be a factor in the 4K results. The difference between 4K High (69.3 FPS) and 4K Medium (103.5 FPS) is substantial, and the drop from Medium to Ultra at 4K is even larger, from 103.5 FPS to 48.8 FPS. This indicates that the Ultra preset introduces rendering features that heavily tax the GPU’s compute and memory resources, rather than a simple linear scaling of load.

The GPU’s benchmark scores place it in the 91st percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 66473. Its nearest rival in the benchmark database is the NVIDIA Tesla T4, which scores 66733, a delta of -0.4%. The RTX 4090’s directx_12 passmark score of 150 and directx_11 score of 326 are specific to synthetic tests, but the Archeage measured data shows that the card performs strongest at 1080p and 1440p, where it can deliver over 180 FPS at High settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 processor with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. It has 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. In Archeage, the CPU’s influence is most apparent at lower resolutions and settings, where the GPU is not the bottleneck. The 1080p Low result of 272.5 FPS and the 1440p Low result of 203.6 FPS both exceed 200 FPS, indicating that the CPU can feed the GPU at these frame rates.

The CPU’s single-thread performance is a key metric for this MMORPG. The 3dmark_single_thread score of 1060 and the cinebench_r23_singlecore score of 3406 reflect the processor’s ability to handle game logic and draw calls. The passmark_single_thread score of 4135 is competitive with its nearest rivals, which include the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U with an average score of 26262 and the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U with 26305. The 7600X’s average benchmark score is 26272, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs.

The multi-threaded scores tell a similar story. The cinebench_r23_multicore score of 24128 and the passmark_multithread score of 28390 show that the 6-core design is sufficient for Archeage’s threading model, which does not appear to scale beyond a handful of cores. The 3dmark_max_threads score of 6845 is nearly identical to the 3dmark_16_threads score of 6879, suggesting that the CPU’s performance plateaus once all 12 threads are engaged, but the game does not require that level of parallelism to reach high frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

Among all tested combinations in the benchmark database, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 25th out of 1727 combos for Archeage. This top-1.5% placement indicates that the combination is highly effective for this title, despite the 4K Ultra result dipping below 50 FPS. The ranking reflects the overall measured performance across all settings and resolutions, where the combo excels at 1080p and 1440p.

The rank is notable given the CPU’s modest core count. The 7600X is a 6-core part, and its nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, which has an average score of 26214 and a delta of 0.2%, and the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U, which scores 26305 with a delta of -0.1%. The 7600X’s average benchmark score of 26272 is within 0.2% of these rivals, yet the combination with the RTX 4090 still achieves a top-25 ranking. This suggests that Archeage is more sensitive to the GPU’s capabilities than to the CPU’s multi-threaded throughput, as long as single-thread performance is adequate.

The data also shows that the combo’s ranking is not driven by the highest settings alone. At 4K Ultra, the 48.8 FPS result is below the 60 FPS threshold, but at 1440p High, the 124.9 FPS result is well above it. The combination of high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p across all settings compensates for the 4K Ultra shortfall in the overall ranking.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Archeage?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 272.5, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS this combo achieves in Archeage?

A: The lowest measured average FPS is 48.8, achieved at 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested combinations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 25th out of 1727 tested combinations, placing it in the top 1.5% of all pairings for Archeage.

Q: Does the combo maintain over 60 FPS at 4K?

A: At 4K, the combo exceeds 60 FPS on Low (114.3 FPS), Medium (103.5 FPS), and High (69.3 FPS) settings, but falls below 60 FPS on Ultra (48.8 FPS).

Q: What is the difference between 1080p High and 1440p High average FPS?

A: The average FPS at 1080p High is 183.1, while at 1440p High it is 124.9, a difference of 58.2 FPS.

Q: Which component appears to limit performance at 1080p Low?

A: At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 272.5 FPS, which is the highest in the dataset, suggesting the CPU’s single-thread performance, with a passmark_single_thread score of 4135, is the limiting factor rather than the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings levels, with average FPS recorded for each configuration. At 1920x1080, the combo produces 272.5 FPS on Low, 263.1 FPS on Medium, 183.1 FPS on High, and 122.2 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 150.3 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a significant additional load on the system.

At 2560x1440, the results are 203.6 FPS on Low, 181.6 FPS on Medium, 124.9 FPS on High, and 81.3 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Medium and High at 1440p is 56.7 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 43.6 FPS. This shows a more gradual decline as settings increase, compared to the 1080p results.

At 3840x2160, the combo delivers 114.3 FPS on Low, 103.5 FPS on Medium, 69.3 FPS on High, and 48.8 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is the only measured configuration below 50 FPS, and the drop from 4K High to 4K Ultra is 20.5 FPS. The 4K Medium result of 103.5 FPS is notably close to the 4K Low result of 114.3 FPS, suggesting that the Medium preset does not add as much GPU load as High or Ultra.

Across all resolutions, the Low settings results show the smallest relative drops when moving to higher resolutions: 272.5 to 203.6 to 114.3 FPS. The Ultra settings results show the largest relative drops: 122.2 to 81.3 to 48.8 FPS. This pattern confirms that the RTX 4090’s compute resources and 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth are the determining factors at higher settings, while the Ryzen 5 7600X’s 5.30 GHz boost clock and 12 threads are sufficient to keep frame rates high at lower settings.