Archeage

# Archeage Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 ranks 11th out of 1,727 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the top 1% of all configurations. The measured frame rates across resolutions and settings reveal a system that excels at high refresh rates, with the data showing distinct scaling patterns that point to the CPU as the primary limiter in this MMORPG title.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame of 11 out of 1,727 combos places this pairing in an elite tier, with only ten other configurations achieving higher average performance in Archeage. This ranking is notable given that the RTX 5090's percentileVsAllGpus sits at 94, meaning it outperforms 94% of all GPUs in the database, while the Ryzen 7 7700's percentileVsAllCpus is 91. The combination of two top-decile components yields a top-1% overall result, suggesting strong synergy in this game's workload.

The benchmark results indicate that the RTX 5090's average benchmark score of 84,306 places it just 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D (84,241) and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (84,171). Interestingly, the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 trails by 1.3% with an average score of 83,209, while the NVIDIA CMP 40HX actually leads this group at 85,637, showing a 1.6% advantage over the RTX 5090. These margin comparisons demonstrate that the GPU sits in a tightly contested performance band despite its high absolute scores.

For the CPU, the Ryzen 7 7700's average benchmark score of 40,468 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (40,431, delta 0.1%) and the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (40,262, delta 0.5%). The Intel Core i9-13905H posts a slightly higher score of 40,712 (delta -0.6%), while the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T trails at 39,995 (delta 1.2%). The data shows that in synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700 is essentially tied with several mobile and hybrid processors, yet in Archeage specifically, the combo still achieves a top-11 ranking, indicating that the game's engine rewards the specific characteristics of this desktop CPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 brings substantial memory resources to Archeage, featuring 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The memory operates at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed, which is particularly relevant for an MMORPG where large texture sets and numerous player models can stress memory capacity at high resolutions. The card's 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs provide the raw throughput needed for high-fidelity rendering.

Clock speeds show a base of 2017 MHz and a boost of 2407 MHz, with the card maintaining these frequencies across the Blackwell 2.0 architecture built on TSMC's 5 nm process. The GPU's compute capabilities are substantial: 104.8 TFLOPS for FP32 and FP16 (1:1 ratio), with a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s. The 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores are present but Archeage, being a 2014 MMORPG, does not heavily utilize ray tracing or DLSS features, so the card's traditional rasterization performance plays the dominant role.

At 4K Ultra settings, the RTX 5090 produces 48.8 FPS, which is surprisingly low given the card's capabilities, suggesting that the GPU is not the limiting factor at this quality level. The PassMark G3D score of 39,650 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 380,114 confirm the card's raw strength, yet in Archeage, the frame rates at lower settings reveal where the bottleneck lies. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 267.3 FPS, but at 4K Ultra it drops to 48.8 FPS — a 5.5x reduction that cannot be explained by GPU load alone given the card's massive memory bandwidth.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 provides 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture (Raphael), manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process with 6,570 million transistors. The base clock of 3.80 GHz boosts to 5.30 GHz, with a 65 W TDP that is notably efficient for a desktop processor. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 32 MB shared L3, which totals 32 MB of L3 available to all cores.

Memory support includes DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, providing 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The CPU's integrated Radeon Graphics are present but irrelevant for gaming with a discrete GPU. The Ryzen 7 7700's single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by the 3DMark single-thread score of 1,049 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4,136. Multi-thread results show a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29,302 and PassMark multithread score of 34,470.

In Archeage, the data indicates that single-thread performance is critical. The game, released in 2014, relies heavily on single-core processing for game logic, entity updates, and network handling. The Ryzen 7 7700's 3DMark 2-thread score of 2,043 and 4-thread score of 3,931 show strong scaling in lightly-threaded workloads, which aligns with the game's requirements. The 8-core configuration provides headroom for background tasks and modern operating system overhead, while the 16 threads ensure that any secondary game threads have sufficient resources.

The measured FPS at 1080p Low (267.3 FPS) versus 4K Ultra (48.8 FPS) demonstrates the CPU's ability to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the game engine's serial nature becomes apparent. At 1440p Low (210.1 FPS) and High (124.8 FPS), the CPU maintains high frame rates, confirming that the Ryzen 7 7700's single-thread capabilities are sufficient for this MMORPG's core loop.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Archeage?

A: The combo ranks 11th out of 1,727 tested combinations, placing it in the top 1% of all configs tested in this game.

Q: What is the difference in performance between the RTX 5090 and its closest GPU rival?

A: The RTX 5090's average benchmark score of 84,306 is 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5090 D (84,241) and 0.2% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile (84,171), but 1.6% behind the NVIDIA CMP 40HX (85,637).

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the combo achieves an average of 124.8 FPS, which is well above typical display refresh rates for competitive MMORPG play.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance compare to its multi-thread performance?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 scores 1,049 in 3DMark single-thread and 8,484 in 3DMark 16-thread tests, showing strong scaling from 1 to 16 threads, with Cinebench R23 scores of 4,136 (single-core) and 29,302 (multi-core).

Q: Is the 32 GB VRAM useful for Archeage?

A: The 32 GB GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is far more than Archeage requires, but the capacity ensures no texture swapping occurs even at 4K Ultra settings, where the game demands substantial memory for player models and world assets.

Q: What is the biggest performance drop across resolutions?

A: From 1080p High (189.5 FPS) to 4K High (72.6 FPS), the frame rate drops by 61.7%, while from 1080p Ultra (125.9 FPS) to 4K Ultra (48.8 FPS), the drop is 61.2%.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals clear scaling patterns across resolutions and settings. At 1080p, the system achieves 267.3 FPS at Low settings, 261.1 FPS at Medium, 189.5 FPS at High, and 125.9 FPS at Ultra. Moving to 1440p, these figures become 210.1, 187.4, 124.8, and 85.2 FPS respectively. At 4K, the numbers drop to 117.5, 109, 72.6, and 48.8 FPS.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings shows a 21.4% reduction (267.3 to 210.1 FPS), while from 1440p to 4K at Low, the drop is 44.1% (210.1 to 117.5 FPS). At High settings, the 1080p to 1440p reduction is 34.1% (189.5 to 124.8 FPS), and 1440p to 4K is 41.8% (124.8 to 72.6 FPS). At Ultra settings, the drops are 32.3% (125.9 to 85.2 FPS) and 42.7% (85.2 to 48.8 FPS).

These percentages indicate that the GPU becomes progressively more loaded as resolution increases, but the limiting component shifts. At 1080p, the CPU is clearly the bottleneck — the system cannot exceed 267.3 FPS even at Low settings, and the difference between Low and Medium (267.3 vs 261.1 FPS) is negligible, confirming that the CPU is maxed out. At 4K Ultra, the GPU is working harder, but the 48.8 FPS result is still low for an RTX 5090, suggesting that the game engine's draw call overhead and physics calculations on the CPU limit performance even at high resolutions.

The data shows that the most efficient operating point for this combo is 1440p High, where 124.8 FPS balances visual quality with smooth gameplay. At 1080p, the system is CPU-limited in all settings, while at 4K, the GPU is not the primary constraint either — the game's age and engine limitations cap performance regardless of the powerful hardware. The 48.8 FPS at 4K Ultra represents a 61.2% drop from 1080p Ultra, which is a larger proportional decrease than would be expected from resolution scaling alone, indicating that the CPU's single-thread performance becomes the ceiling in this MMORPG's most demanding settings.