Archeage

Archeage is a 2014 MMORPG with demanding CPU-side logic, and the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 produces a highly variable experience depending on settings and resolution. The data shows that this pairing ranks 82nd out of 1727 tested combos, placing it in the top 5% of all systems tested for this title. The RTX 4090's immense power is often bottlenecked by the Ryzen 7 5700's Zen 3 architecture, especially at lower resolutions, making settings selection critical for achieving the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data clearly indicates that the Medium preset is the optimal choice for this combo across all tested resolutions, as it delivers the best balance of visual quality and performance. At 1080p, Medium produces an average of 208.5 FPS, which is only 8.9 FPS lower than the Low preset's 217.4 FPS but offers significantly better visual fidelity. At 1440p, Medium maintains a strong 176.4 FPS average, while High drops to 122.1 FPS. The Ultra preset is the worst performer across the board, delivering only 122 FPS at 1080p, 80.3 FPS at 1440p, and a marginal 45.1 FPS at 4K.

The High preset presents a curious case: at 1440p it delivers 122.1 FPS, which is a substantial 54.3 FPS drop from Medium's 176.4 FPS, suggesting that this preset introduces effects that heavily tax the CPU. At 1080p, High achieves 182.1 FPS, which is a 26.4 FPS drop from Medium, reinforcing that High settings disproportionately impact performance relative to their visual gains. For players seeking maximum frame rates, the Low preset at 1080p yields 217.4 FPS, but the data suggests this is unnecessary for smooth gameplay, as Medium already exceeds 200 FPS at 1080p and remains above 170 FPS at 1440p.

At 4K, Medium is the only viable preset for competitive play, producing 104.4 FPS, while High drops to 67.4 FPS and Ultra falls to an unplayable 45.1 FPS. The gap between Medium and High at 4K is 37 FPS, indicating that Medium is the clear sweet spot for this resolution. Benchmark results indicate that Ultra settings are not worth the performance penalty on this hardware, as the 45.1 FPS at 4K and 80.3 FPS at 1440p fall below the smoothness threshold that Medium easily achieves.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves a combo rank of 82 out of 1727 tested combinations in Archeage, placing it in the 95th percentile of all systems tested. This ranking is impressive given the CPU's age, as the Ryzen 7 5700 was released in April 2022 and represents a mid-range option from the 5000 series. The ranking indicates that while the RTX 4090 is the dominant component, the CPU still manages to keep pace with much newer processors in this MMORPG's workload.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 27220 places it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core i9-9900K (scoring 27043, a 0.7% difference) and the Intel Core i7-12700H (scoring 27006, a 0.8% difference). This clustering shows that the Ryzen 7 5700 delivers performance nearly identical to these competitors, with a maximum delta of only 1.2% against the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340. The combo rank of 82 suggests that Archeage's performance is not solely dependent on the GPU, as the RTX 4090 alone ranks in the 91st percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 66473.

The data shows that the system's overall ranking is slightly lower than what the GPU alone would suggest, indicating that the CPU is the limiting factor in certain scenarios. However, the top-5% placement demonstrates that this pairing is still exceptionally capable for Archeage, with the dataIsMeasured flag confirming these are real-world results rather than estimates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is a powerhouse with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Its boost clock of 2520 MHz and base clock of 2235 MHz, combined with 16384 shading units, deliver 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. These specifications are more than sufficient for Archeage, a game from 2014, but the measured FPS data shows that the GPU's potential is not always fully realized.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 91 versus the combo's ranking of 82 out of 1727 suggests that other components are holding back the RTX 4090 in certain scenarios. At 1080p, the GPU is clearly not the bottleneck, as the difference between Low (217.4 FPS) and Medium (208.5 FPS) is only 8.9 FPS, while the jump from High (182.1 FPS) to Ultra (122 FPS) represents a 60.1 FPS drop that is likely CPU-induced. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s and 24 GB capacity are never challenged by Archeage's requirements, even at 4K Ultra, where the 45.1 FPS result indicates a CPU limitation rather than a GPU one.

At 4K, the GPU begins to show its strength, with Medium achieving 104.4 FPS and High reaching 67.4 FPS. The 37 FPS difference between these two settings at 4K is more pronounced than at 1080p, where the same settings gap is 26.4 FPS, suggesting that at higher resolutions the GPU becomes more involved in the rendering pipeline. The RTX 4090's 176 ROPs and 512 TMUs provide ample pixel and texture throughput, but Archeage's engine appears to bottleneck on the CPU for Ultra settings regardless of resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 217.4 (Low) to 122 (Ultra). Medium delivers 208.5 FPS, which is 91.5% of the Low preset's performance, while High sits at 182.1 FPS. The progression from Low to Medium to High to Ultra shows diminishing returns, with the largest single drop occurring between High and Ultra at 60.1 FPS. Low is only 8.9 FPS faster than Medium, making Medium the clear choice for 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS ranges from 190.5 (Low) to 80.3 (Ultra). Medium produces 176.4 FPS, which is 92.6% of Low's performance, while High drops to 122.1 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 54.3 FPS, the largest relative drop of any settings pair at this resolution. Low and Medium remain very close, with only a 14.1 FPS difference, while High and Ultra show a 41.8 FPS gap.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 117.6 (Low) to 45.1 (Ultra). Medium delivers 104.4 FPS, which is 88.8% of Low's performance, while High falls to 67.4 FPS. The 37 FPS difference between Medium and High is the smallest such gap across all resolutions, indicating that at 4K the GPU is starting to become a more significant factor. However, the 59.3 FPS difference between High and Ultra shows that Ultra settings impose a massive penalty that is not justified by the results.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this system?

A: The data shows 1440p Medium provides 176.4 FPS, which is a strong balance of visual quality and performance. For maximum frame rates, 1080p Low achieves 217.4 FPS, but 1080p Medium at 208.5 FPS is only 8.9 FPS slower and is the better overall choice.

Q: Does the RTX 4090 bottleneck the Ryzen 7 5700 in Archeage?

A: Benchmark results indicate the opposite: the CPU limits the GPU at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Medium is only 8.9 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 60.1 FPS, suggesting the CPU struggles with Ultra settings regardless of GPU capability.

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

A: This pairing ranks 82nd out of 1727 tested combos, placing it in the top 5% of all systems. The CPU's average benchmark score of 27220 is within 1.2% of its nearest rivals, including the Intel Core i9-9900K and Intel Core i7-12700H.

Q: Is Ultra settings playable at any resolution?

A: Ultra is only approaching playability at 1440p with an average of 80.3 FPS. At 1080p it drops to 122 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 45.1 FPS, which is below acceptable smoothness. Medium settings provide a much better experience at all resolutions.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 4K at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, 1080p delivers 208.5 FPS, 1440p delivers 176.4 FPS, and 4K delivers 104.4 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 4K is 104.1 FPS, representing a 49.9% reduction in average frame rate.

Q: How does the GPU's benchmark score relate to its in-game performance?

A: The RTX 4090 has an average benchmark score of 66473 and ranks in the 91st percentile of all GPUs. However, in Archeage, the combo ranks 82nd out of 1727, indicating that the GPU's raw power is not fully utilized due to the CPU's limitations at certain settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne codename) built on a 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with 16 MB of L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache per core. Its 65 W TDP and support for dual-channel DDR4 memory at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth make it a capable mid-range option, and its benchmark scores confirm strong multi-threaded performance.

The CPU's multi-threaded scores are particularly relevant for Archeage, an MMORPG that handles many simultaneous entity updates. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20655 and 3DMark max threads score of 6617 indicate solid parallel processing capability. The single-thread score of 901 in 3DMark and 2916 in Cinebench R23 are modest, which explains why the CPU struggles with Ultra settings that likely require more per-core processing.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 84 versus the GPU's 91 shows that the CPU is the weaker component in this pairing. The nearest rivals, all scoring within 1.2% of the Ryzen 7 5700, include the Intel Core i9-9900K (27043), Intel Core i7-12700H (27006), and Intel Core i7-1370P (26991). This tight clustering indicates that the Ryzen 7 5700 provides performance comparable to these options, but none of them are capable of fully feeding the RTX 4090 in Archeage at lower resolutions. The data shows that Ultra settings at 1080p (122 FPS) and 1440p (80.3 FPS) are likely CPU-limited, as the GPU has ample headroom.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the system's bottleneck shifts with resolution. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 208.5 at 1080p to 176.4 at 1440p (a 32.1 FPS decrease) and then to 104.4 at 4K (a 72 FPS decrease from 1440p). The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is 49.9%, which is less severe than what would be expected if the GPU were fully saturated, indicating that the CPU remains a limiting factor even at 4K.

For High settings, the scaling is similar: 182.1 FPS at 1080p, 122.1 at 1440p, and 67.4 at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 60 FPS, but from 1440p to 4K is 54.7 FPS, showing a more consistent decline. The Low preset shows the least scaling: 217.4 FPS at 1080p, 190.5 at 1440p, and 117.6 at 4K, with a 45.9% total drop from 1080p to 4K. This smaller percentage drop suggests that Low settings are less CPU-intensive, allowing the GPU to be utilized more effectively at higher resolutions.

The Ultra preset exhibits the most dramatic scaling: 122 FPS at 1080p, 80.3 at 1440p, and 45.1 at 4K, representing a 63% reduction from 1080p to 4K. This steep decline indicates that Ultra settings place the heaviest load on the CPU, and the bottleneck becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. The data suggests that the RTX 4090 is capable of handling 4K rendering, but the CPU's per-core performance limits the system's ability to maintain high frame rates with demanding settings. The 104.4 FPS at 4K Medium versus 67.4 FPS at 4K High demonstrates that the CPU's limitations are the primary constraint, as the GPU could theoretically deliver higher frame rates if the CPU could keep up with the game's logic.