Archeage

Archeage is an MMORPG released in 2014, and the measured performance for this AMD Ryzen 5 9600X plus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination covers twelve configurations. Average FPS ranges from 204.5 at 1920x1080 Low to 30.8 at 3840x2160 Ultra, so this pairing spans everything from extremely fast low-resolution rendering to a heavy 4K workload.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is severe across every preset. At High settings, the average goes from 120 at 1920x1080 to 81.1 at 2560x1440, then to 45.4 at 3840x2160. At Low settings, the same resolution steps produce 204.5, 136.1, and 80.9. At Medium, the sequence is 178.5, 122, and 66.7. At Ultra, it is 82.6, 55.4, and 30.8. In all four cases, the step from 1440p to 4K has a larger numerical impact than the step from 1080p to 1440p, which is consistent with the GPU becoming the dominant limiting component as the pixel count climbs.

The Low preset data is the clearest view of pure resolution scaling, because the effects load is lower. Even at Low, the 4K average of 80.9 is less than two-thirds of the 1440p value of 136.1, and the 1080p value of 204.5 is dramatically higher. This suggests that at 1080p Low, the CPU and memory subsystem are already close to their delivery ceiling, while at 4K the rendering hardware is being asked to fill many more pixels. The Ultra preset amplifies the same trend: 82.6 at 1080p, 55.4 at 1440p, and 30.8 at 4K. The 30.8 result is the lowest figure in the entire measured set, and it shows that the combination can run Archeage at 4K Ultra but with a frame rate far below the 1440p High result of 81.1 or the 1080p High result of 120.

Because the game is an MMORPG, large open-world scenes and player counts can affect CPU load, but this resolution scaling profile is very clearly tied to the GPU. The frame rate falls whenever the resolution increases, and the size of the drop grows as settings are raised. That is the signature of a GPU-bound configuration at 1440p and 4K, with the CPU becoming a more important participant only when the render resolution is low enough for the GPU to finish frames quickly.

GPU Role

The RTX 3080 in this combination has 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s. Its memory clock is listed at 1188 MHz with 19 Gbps effective, while the GPU base clock is 1440 MHz and the boost clock is 1710 MHz. These are the resources available to push Archeage at the three measured resolutions.

The effect of the GPU is visible in the setting scaling at each resolution. At 4K, average FPS moves from 80.9 on Low to 66.7 on Medium, then to 45.4 on High and 30.8 on Ultra. At 1440p, the spread is 136.1 Low, 122 Medium, 81.1 High, and 55.4 Ultra. At 1080p, it is 204.5 Low, 178.5 Medium, 120 High, and 82.6 Ultra. The Medium-to-High step is particularly large at every resolution: 178.5 to 120 at 1080p, 122 to 81.1 at 1440p, and 66.7 to 45.4 at 4K. That suggests the High preset introduces a significant amount of additional GPU work relative to Medium. The Ultra preset then adds another heavy penalty, especially at 4K, where the result is 30.8.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark position supports the idea that this is a strong but not top-tier card. Its average benchmark score is 35787, with a percentile of 80 against all GPUs. In the nearest rival group, the AMD Radeon Pro Duo scores 35860 with a deltaPct of -0.2, the AMD Radeon 880M scores 35646 with a deltaPct of 0.4, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE scores 36101 with a deltaPct of -0.9, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 35435 with a deltaPct of 1. The RTX 3080 sits close to all of these on average aggregate score, and its Archeage results align with that tier of performance rather than with flagship-level hardware.

The 10 GB VRAM and the high memory bandwidth are the most relevant GPU specifications for a 2014 MMORPG. The data does not directly measure VRAM consumption, but the clear FPS collapse from Medium to High to Ultra at 4K indicates that the game is placing progressively heavier demands on the GPU's shading, texture, and memory resources. The measured numbers indicate that the RTX 3080 is a capable card for 1080p and 1440p Archeage, but at 4K Ultra it produces only 30.8 average FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It belongs to the 9000 series, uses the Zen 5 architecture on the Granite Ridge design, and has 32 MB of shared L3 cache. For an MMORPG, the combination of relatively few but fast cores is worth examining against the measured FPS.

The single-thread benchmark data is strong. The CPU scores 3603 in Cinebench R23 single-core, 1253 in 3DMark single-thread, and 4570 in PassMark single-thread. These figures point to a processor with excellent single-core throughput, which matters when the game is rendering a frame as fast as 204.5 times per second at 1080p Low. At that frame rate, the CPU is feeding the GPU with enough work to keep the frame time extremely short.

The multi-thread scores are also capable. Cinebench R23 multi-core is 25525, Cinebench R20 multi-core is 10720, and Cinebench R15 multi-core is 2572. In 3DMark, the 16-thread score is 7585 and the max-thread score is 7590, which are very close. That near-identical pair indicates that the 12 threads are well utilized, but adding the logical threads does not produce a large additional gain over the 16-thread measurement. The PassMark multi-thread score is 30027, and the average CPU benchmark score is 28246.

The CPU's nearest rivals, based on aggregate score, are the Intel Core i5-13490F at 28173 with a deltaPct of 0.3, the AMD Ryzen 5 230 at 28164 with a deltaPct of 0.3, the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS at 28369 with a deltaPct of -0.4, and the Intel Core i5-14500T at 28377 with a deltaPct of -0.5. The 9600X therefore lands in a narrow band of CPU performance, slightly above the i5-13490F and Ryzen 5 230, and very slightly below the 8845HS and i5-14500T. Its percentile against all CPUs is 85, which is higher than the GPU's percentile of 80, meaning the CPU is relatively stronger in the aggregate benchmark pool than the GPU.

In Archeage, the CPU role is most visible at 1080p Low and Medium. The average FPS of 204.5 at 1080p Low is high enough that a slower processor would likely reduce the frame rate. The fact that the same CPU is paired with this GPU in the ranking data, and that the GPU's output at 4K drops to 30.8, suggests the processor is not the bottleneck at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 3080 combination sits at rank 526 out of 1727 tested combinations in Archeage. That is an upper-mid placement in a large field of possible pairings. The CPU percentile of 85 and GPU percentile of 80 are reasonably high, but the game's ranking combines both components, so the overall position of 526 reflects the fact that the GPU is the less exceptional half of the pair.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 28246 is just above the Intel Core i5-13490F's 28173 and the AMD Ryzen 5 230's 28164, and just below the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS's 28369 and the Intel Core i5-14500T's 28377. The deltaPct values are 0.3, 0.3, -0.4, and -0.5 respectively, so the entire rival group is within a small range of the 9600X. The GPU's average benchmark score of 35787 is similarly close to its nearest rivals: the AMD Radeon Pro Duo at 35860 with a deltaPct of -0.2, the AMD Radeon 880M at 35646 with a deltaPct of 0.4, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE at 36101 with a deltaPct of -0.9, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile at 35435 with a deltaPct of 1.

The rank of 526 out of 1727 places the combo in the upper portion of the distribution, but not among the top configurations. Given that the 4K Ultra result is 30.8 FPS, the ranking is consistent with a strong mid-generation pairing that can handle high-refresh 1080p and smooth 1440p, while 4K depends heavily on the selected quality preset. The CPU appears capable of keeping up with the GPU in this MMORPG, and the GPU is the component that determines the higher-resolution results.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table contains the exact measured average FPS values from the data set.

| Resolution | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1920x1080 | 204.5 | 178.5 | 120 | 82.6 |

| 2560x1440 | 136.1 | 122 | 81.1 | 55.4 |

| 3840x2160 | 80.9 | 66.7 | 45.4 | 30.8 |

At 1080p, the Low preset produces 204.5 FPS, which is the highest value in the entire set. Medium drops to 178.5, High to 120, and Ultra to 82.6. At 1440p, Low is 136.1, Medium is 122, High is 81.1, and Ultra is 55.4. At 4K, Low is 80.9, Medium is 66.7, High is 45.4, and Ultra is 30.8.

The most useful comparison is the High preset across resolutions: 120 at 1080p, 81.1 at 1440p, and 45.4 at 4K. This is a clear descending curve. The Low preset curve is 204.5, 136.1, and 80.9, which still falls sharply with resolution. The Ultra preset curve is 82.6, 55.4, and 30.8, and the 30.8 result is the only sub-40 FPS average in the data. The Medium preset curve sits between Low and High almost everywhere, with 178.5, 122, and 66.7.

The data set contains average FPS values only, with no minimum or maximum frame values recorded. That limitation means the analysis focuses on steady frame delivery rather than frame-time spikes. Still, the overall pattern is consistent: this Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 3080 combination is very fast at 1080p, remains strong at 1440p on High and lower presets, and only becomes clearly GPU-limited at 4K Ultra, where the final average falls to 30.8 FPS.