Archeage

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for ArcheAge with the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER reveals a steep performance curve as resolution increases. At 1080p High settings, the combo delivers 86 FPS, but this drops to 58 FPS at 1440p and further to 33 FPS at 4K. That represents a 33% loss from 1080p to 1440p, and a 43% loss from 1440p to 4K at the same High preset. The scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER becomes the dominant limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the pixel throughput demand outpaces the GPU's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically with resolution. At 1080p, the spread from Low (142 FPS) to Ultra (59 FPS) is 83 FPS. At 1440p, that spread narrows to 57 FPS (96 FPS Low versus 39 FPS Ultra). At 4K, the spread compresses further to 32 FPS (55 FPS Low versus 23 FPS Ultra). This compression suggests that at 4K, even Low settings cannot fully escape the GPU's rendering ceiling — the 55 FPS at 4K Low is barely more than half the 96 FPS at 1440p Low, showing that resolution scaling hits a hard wall rather than a gradual slope.

The Medium preset provides the only complete min/max data in the pack, which offers insight into frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the average is 126 FPS with a minimum of 107 FPS and maximum of 145 FPS — a 38 FPS range that indicates solid stability. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 85 FPS with a minimum of 72 FPS and maximum of 98 FPS, a 26 FPS range. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 49 FPS with a minimum of 41 FPS and maximum of 56 FPS, a 15 FPS range. The shrinking variance at higher resolutions is counterintuitive but logical: as the GPU becomes fully saturated, frame times become more uniform because the bottleneck is consistent rather than intermittent.

The 4K Ultra result of 23 FPS is effectively unplayable for an MMORPG where combat responsiveness matters. The 4K High result of 33 FPS is borderline, and the 4K Medium result of 49 FPS approaches acceptable territory but still misses the 60 FPS target. The data strongly suggests that this combination is best suited to 1080p or 1440p gaming, where the CPU's 8-core, 16-thread configuration can keep feeding the GPU without becoming the primary constraint. At 1080p Low, the 142 FPS result shows headroom, but the fact that Ultra at 1080p only reaches 59 FPS indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit bus are the ceiling even at the lowest resolution tested.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal settings choice depends on the target resolution, but the data points to Medium as the best balance across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 126 FPS, which is 47% faster than High (86 FPS) and only 16 FPS slower than Low (142 FPS). The 107 FPS minimum at 1080p Medium ensures that even crowded MMORPG scenes with many players — the typical stress scenario for ArcheAge — stay well above the 60 FPS threshold. High at 1080p drops to 86 FPS average with no minimum recorded, but the 40 FPS gap from Medium to High suggests diminishing returns on visual fidelity for a significant performance cost.

At 1440p, Medium produces 85 FPS with a 72 FPS minimum, which is the only 1440p preset that maintains a minimum above 60 FPS. High at 1440p falls to 58 FPS, which is below the ideal threshold for smooth gameplay in a game with real-time combat. Low at 1440p reaches 96 FPS, but the visual sacrifice is substantial given that Medium only costs 11 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result of 39 FPS is clearly not viable for active play. Medium at 1440p is the clear recommendation: it is the only preset that combines a comfortable average with a floor that never dips below 72 FPS.

For 4K, the situation is more constrained. Medium at 4K produces 49 FPS with a 41 FPS minimum — playable but with noticeable compromises. High at 4K drops to 33 FPS, which is below the threshold for acceptable action game performance. Low at 4K reaches 55 FPS, and this is the only 4K preset that approaches the 60 FPS target. However, the 4K Low result of 55 FPS is only 6 FPS higher than 4K Medium's 49 FPS, meaning the visual upgrade from Low to Medium costs just 6 FPS. For 4K users, Medium is the rational choice because the performance penalty is minimal relative to the visual improvement, and 49 FPS is the best compromise between quality and playability. Ultra at 4K at 23 FPS should be avoided entirely.

The data reveals that Ultra settings are disproportionately expensive. At 1080p, Ultra (59 FPS) is 67 FPS slower than Medium (126 FPS). At 1440p, Ultra (39 FPS) is 46 FPS slower than Medium (85 FPS). At 4K, Ultra (23 FPS) is 26 FPS slower than Medium (49 FPS). This pattern indicates that Ultra settings introduce rendering features that the RTX 2070 SUPER cannot handle efficiently at any resolution. The 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores on this Turing GPU are not being leveraged effectively by ArcheAge's Ultra preset, or the game's Ultra settings include effects that are not optimized for this architecture. Medium is the performance sweet spot, offering the best measured frames per second per visual step.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination ranks 2147 out of 3708 tested combos in ArcheAge. That places it in the 42nd percentile of all tested configurations — slightly below the median. This ranking is notably lower than what the individual component benchmarks might suggest. The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus is 84, meaning the Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms 84% of all CPUs in synthetic benchmarks. The GPU's percentileVsAllGpus is 65, meaning the RTX 2070 SUPER outperforms 65% of all GPUs. Yet the combined ranking of 42nd percentile indicates that ArcheAge is particularly demanding on the specific combination, or that many higher-ranked combos pair newer CPUs with more powerful GPUs.

The CPU's nearestRivals provide context for its synthetic performance. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 scores 34222, which is 0.1% below the 3700X's 34260 average. The AMD EPYC 4244P scores 34220, also 0.1% below. The Intel Core i5-13450HX scores 34333, which is 0.2% above. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H scores 34083, which is 0.5% below. These tight margins — all within 0.5% — show that the 3700X is competitively positioned against much newer processors in raw compute, but ArcheAge's combination ranking suggests that the game favors other characteristics beyond raw CPU throughput.

The GPU's nearestRivals tell a similar story. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 20480, which is 1% above the RTX 2070 SUPER's 20282. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534, 1.2% above. The Intel Arc B570 scores 20556, 1.3% above. The Intel Arc A750 scores 20582, 1.5% above. These deltas are small, but they all show the RTX 2070 SUPER trailing its nearest competitors. In ArcheAge specifically, the 2147 ranking out of 3708 indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are adequate but not exceptional for this game's demands.

The gap between the 42nd percentile combo ranking and the 84th percentile CPU ranking is particularly telling. The Ryzen 7 3700X is a strong processor, but ArcheAge appears to be a title where the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as evidenced by the resolution scaling analysis. A ranking of 2147 means that 1561 tested combinations perform better in this specific game, and the data suggests that most of those superior combos likely feature GPUs with more VRAM or higher memory bandwidth. The combo's position in the lower half of the distribution is a verdict on the GPU's age — the RTX 2070 SUPER was released in July 2019 with a launch MSRP of 499 USD, and its end-of-life production status indicates it is no longer a current-generation part.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings ladder is documented. Low produces 142 FPS average. Medium produces 126 FPS average with a minimum of 107 FPS and maximum of 145 FPS. High produces 86 FPS average. Ultra produces 59 FPS average. The progression from Low to Medium costs 16 FPS, from Medium to High costs 40 FPS, and from High to Ultra costs 27 FPS. The largest single step is Medium to High, which suggests that High enables a significant visual feature that is computationally expensive on the RTX 2070 SUPER. The 1080p Medium minimum of 107 FPS is the second-highest minimum across all tested configurations, trailing only the 1080p Low average of 142 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the settings ladder shows the same pattern with reduced headroom. Low produces 96 FPS average. Medium produces 85 FPS average with a minimum of 72 FPS and maximum of 98 FPS. High produces 58 FPS average. Ultra produces 39 FPS average. The step from Low to Medium costs 11 FPS, from Medium to High costs 27 FPS, and from High to Ultra costs 19 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p retains a minimum above 60 FPS, which is critical for maintaining smooth gameplay during combat encounters or large-scale player gatherings. The 1440p High result of 58 FPS is just below the 60 FPS target, and the 39 FPS Ultra result is definitively below playable thresholds for an action-oriented MMORPG.

At 3840x2160, the performance collapses further. Low produces 55 FPS average. Medium produces 49 FPS average with a minimum of 41 FPS and maximum of 56 FPS. High produces 33 FPS average. Ultra produces 23 FPS average. The step from Low to Medium costs only 6 FPS, from Medium to High costs 16 FPS, and from High to Ultra costs 10 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 41 FPS is the lowest minimum recorded across all settings and resolutions, indicating that even the recommended Medium preset can experience significant frame drops at 4K. The 4K Low result of 55 FPS is the only 4K preset that comes close to the 60 FPS target, but it still misses by 5 FPS.

The complete dataset shows that the 1080p Low result of 142 FPS is the highest average across all tested configurations, and the 4K Ultra result of 23 FPS is the lowest. The 1080p Medium maximum of 145 FPS and the 1080p Medium minimum of 107 FPS represent the full range of frame times at that setting. The 1440p Medium range from 72 to 98 FPS and the 4K Medium range from 41 to 56 FPS complete the picture of how this combo scales. The data confirms that 1080p is the only resolution where this combination can consistently exceed 100 FPS, and even then only at Low or Medium settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the TU104 chip using the Turing architecture on a 12 nm process at TSMC. The chip contains 13,600 million transistors on a 545 mm² die, with a transistor density of 25.0M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's FP32 compute is rated at 9.062 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 18.12 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio). These specifications place the RTX 2070 SUPER in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282.

In ArcheAge, the GPU's role is defined by the resolution scaling data. The fact that 4K Low (55 FPS) is only 39 FPS below 1080p Low (142 FPS) — a 27% retention rate — indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is not likely the limiting factor at 1080p or 1440p, but at 4K with Ultra settings, the combination of 4K pixel count and Ultra-quality textures could pressure the VRAM allocation. The 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results suggest it is insufficient for maintaining 60 FPS at that resolution.

The GPU's 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present on the die but appear to have limited impact on ArcheAge's performance, as this game was released on 2014-01-14, well before the Turing architecture's ray tracing and DLSS features were introduced. The game's rendering pipeline likely does not utilize these specialized cores, meaning the RTX 2070 SUPER's performance in ArcheAge is determined primarily by its rasterization throughput (9.062 TFLOPS FP32) and memory subsystem. The 64 ROPs and 160 TMUs handle the pixel and texture work, and the 113.3 GPixel/s pixel rate and 283.2 GTexel/s texture rate define the fill rate limits.

The GPU's nearestRivals in synthetic benchmarks are all within 1.5% of its average score, but in ArcheAge, the combination ranking of 2147 out of 3708 suggests that the specific mix of CPU and GPU matters more than raw GPU compute. The RTX 2070 SUPER's end-of-life production status and its release date of 2019-07-08 place it in a generation that is now two steps removed from the current NVIDIA lineup (predecessor GeForce 10, successor GeForce 30). For ArcheAge, the 2070 SUPER provides playable performance at 1080p and 1440p with Medium settings, but the 4K Ultra result of 23 FPS confirms that this GPU is not designed for 4K gaming in this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU and GPU combo in ArcheAge?

A: The data shows 1080p is the only resolution where the combo consistently exceeds 100 FPS, with 142 FPS at Low and 126 FPS at Medium. At 1440p, the best result is 96 FPS at Low, and at 4K, the best result is 55 FPS at Low. For sustained performance above 60 FPS, 1080p Medium (126 FPS average, 107 FPS minimum) is the safest choice.

Q: How much performance is lost by enabling Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, Ultra (59 FPS) is 67 FPS slower than Medium (126 FPS). At 1440p, Ultra (39 FPS) is 46 FPS slower than Medium (85 FPS). At 4K, Ultra (23 FPS) is 26 FPS slower than Medium (49 FPS). The Ultra preset carries a disproportionate performance cost at every resolution.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with the RTX 2070 SUPER in ArcheAge?

A: The data shows 4K Low produces 55 FPS, 4K Medium produces 49 FPS, 4K High produces 33 FPS, and 4K Ultra produces 23 FPS. Only 4K Low approaches the 60 FPS target, and it still misses by 5 FPS. Players seeking smooth 4K gameplay would need to accept Low settings and frame rates in the 50s.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 2147 out of 3708 tested combinations in ArcheAge, placing it in the 42nd percentile. This is lower than the CPU's 84th percentile ranking and the GPU's 65th percentile ranking, indicating that ArcheAge is particularly demanding on this specific pairing.

Q: What is the frame time consistency like at Medium settings?

A: Medium is the only preset with complete min/max data. At 1080p, the range is 107 to 145 FPS (38 FPS spread). At 1440p, the range is 72 to 98 FPS (26 FPS spread). At 4K, the range is 41 to 56 FPS (15 FPS spread). The variance shrinks as resolution increases because the GPU becomes consistently saturated.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM limit performance in ArcheAge?

A: The data does not directly measure VRAM utilization, but the resolution scaling pattern — where 4K Medium (49 FPS) is only slightly better than 4K Low (55 FPS) — suggests that memory bandwidth and compute throughput, rather than VRAM capacity, are the primary constraints. The 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is the likely bottleneck at 4K.