Archeage

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ranks 472nd out of 1,727 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the top 27.3% of all configurations. This is a strong result for a 2020 CPU and 2021 GPU combination, though the ranking reflects the game’s demanding nature at higher settings. The combo outperforms most systems tested, but it is not near the top, as the Ultra preset at 4K drops to 31.3 FPS, indicating that even this high-end hardware struggles with the heaviest visual load.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 472 out of 1,727 means roughly 1,255 other tested combinations sit below it, and about 471 sit above. In percentile terms, this places the pair in the 72.7th percentile of all combos tested for Archeage. That is a solid position, but not exceptional, given the hardware involved. The Ryzen 9 5950X sits in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 3080 Ti sits in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, so the pairing is well above average on both fronts. Yet Archeage’s engine appears to limit how much of that raw power translates into frame rate, especially at Ultra settings where the 4K average is 31.3 FPS. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 209.2 FPS, showing the hardware can deliver high frame rates when the game’s visual load is reduced. The gap between the best and worst measured results is from 209.2 FPS down to 31.3 FPS, a 6.7x range, which highlights how sensitive this game is to settings and resolution.

Relative to other CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X’s average benchmark score of 49,062 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14600K, which scores 49,166, a delta of -0.2%. The Intel Core i5-14600KF is 0.6% ahead at 49,367, while the AMD EPYC 4345P leads by 1.1% at 49,595. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H trails by 0.7% at 48,698. These differences are negligible, meaning the CPU is not the deciding factor in Archeage’s performance; the GPU and settings have far more influence. The RTX 3080 Ti’s average benchmark score of 41,224 is 0.5% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090’s 41,441, and 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 5300’s 41,610. The RTX 5070 leads by 1.1% at 41,687, and the Tesla M40 is 1.6% ahead at 41,897. Again, these are small margins, suggesting the GPU’s compute capabilities are comparable to immediate rivals, but Archeage does not necessarily scale linearly with those scores.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, delivering 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is ample for Archeage, which is a 2014 MMORPG, even at 4K resolution. The GPU’s base clock is 1365 MHz, with a boost clock of 1665 MHz, and memory runs at 1188 MHz, effectively 19 Gbps. The GA102 chip uses the Ampere architecture, built on an 8 nm process from Samsung, with 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die. The GPU has 10,240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, along with 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. These specifications are far beyond what Archeage requires, and benchmark results confirm the GPU is often underutilized at lower settings.

At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 209.2 FPS, which is likely close to the game’s engine limit or CPU bottleneck threshold. At 1080p Medium, the frame rate drops to 187.2 FPS, a 10.5% reduction for a modest settings increase. At 1080p High, it falls further to 128.6 FPS, a 38.5% drop from Low. This pattern suggests that as settings rise, the GPU begins to take on more work, but the CPU still has headroom. At 1080p Ultra, the frame rate crashes to 85.5 FPS, a 59.1% reduction from Low, indicating that Ultra settings impose a heavy load on the GPU’s shading units and memory bandwidth. The 12 GB VRAM is never close to being exhausted in Archeage, as even 4K Ultra would fit within that capacity for a game of this age, but the rendering cost of Ultra shadows, textures, and effects still taxes the GPU heavily.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the average is 209.2 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, it drops to 141.8 FPS, a 32.2% reduction. At 4K Low, it falls to 80.9 FPS, a 61.3% reduction from 1080p Low. This steep decline indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count increases, even on Low settings. The CPU’s role diminishes at higher resolutions because the frame rate drops, giving the CPU less work per second. At 1080p High, the combo averages 128.6 FPS, which drops to 84.1 FPS at 1440p High (a 34.6% reduction) and 49.8 FPS at 4K High (a 61.3% reduction from 1080p High). The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is nearly identical for Low and High, at about 61%, suggesting the scaling is resolution-dominated rather than settings-dominated.

For Medium settings, 1080p yields 187.2 FPS, 1440p yields 126 FPS (a 32.7% reduction), and 4K yields 72.3 FPS (a 61.4% reduction from 1080p). Ultra settings show a different pattern: 1080p Ultra is 85.5 FPS, 1440p Ultra is 57.2 FPS (a 33.1% reduction), and 4K Ultra is 31.3 FPS (a 63.4% reduction from 1080p). The consistency of the 1080p-to-1440p drop at roughly 32-33% across all settings indicates that doubling the pixel count from 1080p to 1440p imposes a predictable load increase. The 1440p-to-4K step, which quadruples pixels relative to 1080p, shows a further drop of about 42-45% from 1440p values. This scaling behavior is typical of GPU-bound scenarios: the RTX 3080 Ti has enough bandwidth and compute to handle 1080p easily, but at 4K Ultra, it is clearly overwhelmed, delivering only 31.3 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Archeage?

A: The data shows 1080p delivers the highest frame rates across all settings, with Low at 209.2 FPS and High at 128.6 FPS. At 1440p, High drops to 84.1 FPS, and at 4K, High falls to 49.8 FPS. For high refresh rate monitors, 1080p is preferred.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 Ti compare to its nearest GPU rival in average score?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti’s average benchmark score is 41,224, which is 0.5% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090’s 41,441. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 scores 41,610, 0.9% higher, while the RTX 5070 is 1.1% higher at 41,687.

Q: Does the Ryzen 9 5950X bottleneck the RTX 3080 Ti in Archeage?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 209.2 FPS, which is likely near the CPU’s frame rate ceiling for this game. At 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 31.3 FPS, indicating the GPU is the bottleneck. The CPU’s 16 cores and 32 threads are more than sufficient for Archeage’s threading.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 1440p Low, the average is 141.8 FPS, while 1440p Ultra averages 57.2 FPS. That is a 59.7% reduction in frame rate when switching from Low to Ultra at the same resolution.

Q: How much VRAM does the RTX 3080 Ti have, and is it sufficient for this game?

A: The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory. For Archeage, a 2014 MMORPG, this is more than sufficient, as the game’s textures and geometry are unlikely to exceed even 4 GB at Ultra settings.

Q: At what settings does the combo maintain above 60 FPS at 4K?

A: At 4K Medium, the average is 72.3 FPS, and at 4K Low, it is 80.9 FPS. At 4K High, the average drops to 49.8 FPS, which is below 60 FPS. So Medium is the highest setting that stays above 60 FPS at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of settings per resolution. At 1080p, every preset delivers playable frame rates: Low at 209.2 FPS, Medium at 187.2 FPS, High at 128.6 FPS, and Ultra at 85.5 FPS. Even Ultra stays well above 60 FPS, so at 1080p, the Ultra preset is the best choice for visual quality without sacrificing smoothness. At 1440p, the situation is slightly tighter: Low runs at 141.8 FPS, Medium at 126 FPS, High at 84.1 FPS, and Ultra at 57.2 FPS. The Ultra preset dips below 60 FPS, so High is the recommended preset at 1440p, giving 84.1 FPS with a good balance of quality and performance. At 4K, the options narrow: Low averages 80.9 FPS, Medium averages 72.3 FPS, High averages 49.8 FPS, and Ultra averages 31.3 FPS. The Medium preset is the highest that maintains an average above 60 FPS at 4K, while High is only suitable for users who accept frame rates in the 40s. For users with 60 Hz 4K displays, Medium is the optimal preset; for those with high refresh rate 1080p or 1440p monitors, Ultra at 1080p or High at 1440p offers the best experience. The data shows no preset combination that achieves both maximum quality and high frame rates at 4K, as even High falls to 49.8 FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is a 16-core, 32-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, on AMD’s Socket AM4. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz, with a 105 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and a 64 MB L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration, with a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and has 20 PCIe Gen 4 lanes. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 49,062, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are remarkably close in score, with the Intel Core i5-14600K at 49,166 (-0.2%), the Intel Core i5-14600KF at 49,367 (-0.6%), the AMD EPYC 4345P at 49,595 (-1.1%), and the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H at 48,698 (+0.7%). These deltas are within 1.1%, meaning the Ryzen 9 5950X offers essentially the same compute performance as its direct competitors.

In Archeage, the CPU’s role is most evident at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 209.2 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s maximum frame rate ceiling. At 1080p Medium, the frame rate drops to 187.2 FPS, and at 1080p High, it falls to 128.6 FPS. This decline is not due to CPU limits, as the CPU has 16 cores and 32 threads, and Archeage is an older MMORPG that does not heavily multithread. The single-thread performance is also strong, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 944 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5,450. These scores indicate the CPU can handle the game’s primary thread easily. At higher resolutions, the frame rate drops to 84.1 FPS at 1440p High and 49.8 FPS at 4K High, confirming the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU’s high core count does not hurt, but it also does not help much in Archeage, as the game likely uses only a few threads. The 5950X’s 64 MB L3 cache and dual-channel memory bandwidth are more than adequate for this workload. Overall, the CPU provides a stable foundation, but the GPU and settings dictate the frame rate in Archeage. The combo’s rank of 472 out of 1,727 reflects this balance, where the CPU is not a bottleneck at any tested resolution, but the GPU’s limits at 4K Ultra prevent higher rankings.