Archeage

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 produces a highly resolution-sensitive experience in Archeage. The benchmark data shows a clear progression where frame rates decline steadily as pixel count increases, revealing a system that is firmly balanced around 1080p and 1440p gaming rather than 4K. Across all four settings presets, the drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is substantial, with the average FPS falling by roughly 55-60% depending on the preset. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 119.6 FPS, but at 4K Low, that figure plummets to 43.6 FPS, indicating that the rendering load at higher resolutions overwhelms the GPU's capabilities. The scaling pattern is consistent: moving from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 35% of the frame rate, while moving from 1440p to 4K costs an additional 50% or more. This steep degradation points directly to the graphics card as the limiting component at higher resolutions, as the CPU's strong single-thread performance is not sufficient to compensate for the GPU's inability to fill 8.3 million pixels at acceptable speeds.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals that Archeage scales poorly with resolution on this hardware combination, and the pattern is remarkably uniform across all settings. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 72.9 FPS at 1080p to 50.9 FPS at 1440p, then to 25.3 FPS at 4K — a 65% reduction from the lowest to highest resolution. The Low preset shows a similar trajectory: 119.6 FPS at 1080p, 77.6 FPS at 1440p, and 43.6 FPS at 4K. Medium settings follow the same curve with 104.9, 71.8, and 41.4 FPS respectively. Even the most demanding Ultra preset, which starts at a modest 47.4 FPS at 1080p, drops to 31.5 FPS at 1440p and bottoms out at 20.3 FPS at 4K. The consistency of these drops — roughly 35% from 1080p to 1440p and another 50% from 1440p to 4K — indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at every resolution above 1080p. The RTX 2060's 6 GB of VRAM and 336.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are simply insufficient for the texture and shading demands of 4K rendering in this MMORPG. At 1080p, however, the scaling suggests a more balanced situation where both CPU and GPU contribute to performance, as the frame rates remain high enough to suggest neither component is severely starved.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 plays the decisive role in shaping these benchmark results, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. This Turing-architecture GPU operates with a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz, paired with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, yielding an effective data rate of 14 Gbps and a total bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. These specifications place the card at the 58th percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 16074. The nearest rival comparisons show it trading blows with the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, which scores 15996 (a 0.5% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and Pro 5700, both at 16351 (a -1.7% delta). In Archeage, the RTX 2060's 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs are the key limiting factors at 4K, where the pixel fill rate of 80.64 GPixel/s is insufficient to maintain smooth frame rates. The card's FP32 throughput of 6.451 TFLOPS is adequate for 1080p gaming but becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the GPU can push 119.6 FPS, but this drops by half at 4K Low, clearly demonstrating that the card's compute and memory resources are exhausted when the resolution increases. The VRAM capacity of 6 GB is also a concern for Ultra settings, where the 4K result of 20.3 FPS likely reflects both memory pressure and shading limitations.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X provides a robust foundation for this gaming combination, though its influence on Archeage's frame rates is most evident at lower resolutions and lower settings. This 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 7000 series runs at a base clock of 4.50 GHz and boosts up to 5.40 GHz, built on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael) using TSMC's 5 nm process. It features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache, with support for DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus delivering 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The CPU's benchmark results are impressive: it achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 30325 and a single-core score of 4281, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 15538 and single-core score of 2985. The PassMark multi-thread score of 35686 and single-thread score of 4190 place it in the 89th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34313. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-13500 (34175, 0.4% delta), Intel Core i7-12800HX (34136, 0.5% delta), Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (34584, -0.8% delta), and AMD EPYC 4244P (34599, -0.8% delta). In Archeage, the CPU's strong single-thread performance is critical, as the game's engine appears to rely heavily on a few main threads. This is evidenced by the fact that at 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 119.6 FPS, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU sufficiently at lower resolution. However, the CPU's role diminishes at higher resolutions where the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as seen in the 4K results where even Low settings only reach 43.6 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured frame rates provides a detailed picture of this combination's performance across all tested configurations. At 1920x1080, the results range from a high of 119.6 FPS on Low settings to a low of 47.4 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset achieves 104.9 FPS, while High lands at 72.9 FPS. These 1080p numbers show a clear hierarchy where settings have a significant impact, with Ultra being roughly 60% slower than Low. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates drop across the board: Low produces 77.6 FPS, Medium 71.8 FPS, High 50.9 FPS, and Ultra 31.5 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium narrows considerably at this resolution, suggesting that some settings have diminishing returns at higher pixel counts. At 3840x2160, the performance becomes marginal for smooth gameplay: Low yields 43.6 FPS, Medium 41.4 FPS, High 25.3 FPS, and Ultra 20.3 FPS. Notably, the difference between Low and Medium at 4K is minimal (43.6 vs 41.4 FPS), while the jump to High and Ultra incurs substantial penalties. This pattern suggests that at 4K, the GPU is so heavily loaded that even modest setting changes have outsized impacts. The Ultra preset at 4K produces a nearly unplayable 20.3 FPS, which is less than half of the 47.4 FPS achieved at 1080p Ultra. Across all resolutions, the data shows that Low settings provide the most consistent frame rates, while Ultra settings push the hardware to its limits.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of all tested combinations for Archeage, this pairing of the Ryzen 7 7700X and RTX 2060 ranks 1397 out of 1727 total combos. This places the system in the lower half of all tested configurations, which is somewhat surprising given the strong CPU performance. The rank of 1397 out of 1727 suggests that approximately 81% of tested combos perform better than this one in Archeage. This relatively low ranking is primarily attributable to the GPU, which sits at the 58th percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU ranks in the 89th percentile. The imbalance between these two components means that the system's overall performance is held back by the graphics card, particularly at higher resolutions where the GPU's limitations are most pronounced. The CPU's nearest rivals all score within 1% of each other, indicating that the processor is not the differentiator in this ranking. Instead, the RTX 2060's position relative to other GPUs — with its average benchmark score of 16074 and a percentile of 58 — likely places it below the median GPU used in other tested combos. This rank is consistent with the measured FPS data, which shows competitive 1080p performance but significant degradation at 1440p and especially 4K.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this hardware combination depend heavily on the target resolution and desired frame rate. For 1080p gaming, the Medium preset at 104.9 FPS offers the best balance of visual quality and performance, providing a smooth experience well above the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset at 72.9 FPS is also viable for players who prioritize visual fidelity, though it sacrifices about 30% of the frame rate compared to Medium. The Low preset at 119.6 FPS is recommended for competitive play or for users with high-refresh-rate monitors, as it maximizes smoothness. The Ultra preset at 47.4 FPS is not recommended at 1080p, as it falls below the 60 FPS target and the visual gains are unlikely to justify the performance cost. At 1440p, the Medium preset at 71.8 FPS emerges as the clear choice, offering playable performance with reasonable visual quality. The Low preset at 77.6 FPS is a viable alternative for those who prefer higher frame rates, while High at 50.9 FPS and Ultra at 31.5 FPS are both suboptimal. At 4K, no settings preset provides a fully smooth experience, but Low at 43.6 FPS is the only option that approaches playability, while Medium at 41.4 FPS is nearly identical in performance. The High and Ultra presets at 4K (25.3 and 20.3 FPS respectively) should be avoided entirely. Overall, the data indicates that Medium settings at 1080p or 1440p provide the best experience, with the understanding that 4K gaming is not a realistic target for this combination.