Archeage

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers a wide spread of performance across Archeage’s presets, and the data reveals a clear sweet spot. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset produces 137 FPS average with a minimum of 117 FPS and a maximum of 158 FPS, which is a strong balance of fluidity and visual fidelity. The High preset at the same resolution drops to 93 FPS, while Low reaches 154 FPS—only 17 FPS higher than Medium. Since the jump from Medium to High costs 44 FPS (from 137 to 93), while the jump from Low to Medium costs only 17 FPS, Medium is the efficient choice. At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds: Medium delivers 92 FPS with a minimum of 79 FPS, which remains comfortably above common 60 FPS thresholds, whereas High falls to 63 FPS. At 3840x2160, Medium is the only preset that maintains a playable average of 53 FPS with a minimum of 45 FPS, while High drops to 36 FPS and Ultra to 25 FPS. Given these measured rows, Medium is the recommended preset across all resolutions—it offers the best compromise between frame rate stability and quality, especially since the minimum FPS figures are only provided for Medium settings, indicating a more consistent frame pacing.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Archeage shows a consistent pattern where the Medium preset provides the most balanced experience. At 1920x1080, Medium yields 137 FPS average, which is 44 FPS below High (93 FPS) but 17 FPS above Low (154 FPS). The minimum FPS for Medium at this resolution is 117 FPS, which is the only resolution where a minimum is recorded for a non-ultra setting. This suggests that Medium avoids the severe frame drops seen in the High and Ultra presets, which lack minimum FPS data but show significantly lower averages. At 2560x1440, Medium achieves 92 FPS average with a minimum of 79 FPS, keeping gameplay smooth even in demanding scenes. The gap between Medium and High at 1440p is 29 FPS (92 vs 63), while the gap between Low and Medium is only 12 FPS (104 vs 92). This diminishing returns curve indicates that Medium captures most of the visual improvement over Low without the steep performance penalty of High. At 3840x2160, Medium is the highest preset that stays above 50 FPS (53 FPS average, 45 FPS minimum), while High crashes to 36 FPS and Ultra to 25 FPS. For players seeking a consistent experience, Medium is the clear choice; for those prioritizing maximum frame rates, Low at 1080p offers 154 FPS, but the 17 FPS gain over Medium comes at a substantial visual cost. The data implies that Archeage’s engine scales poorly beyond Medium, making that preset the optimal target for this hardware combo.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT brings substantial graphics resources to Archeage, and the measured FPS reflects its capabilities. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth—ample for the textures and effects in a 2014-era MMORPG. Its clock speeds are aggressive: a base of 2321 MHz, a game clock of 2424 MHz, and a boost clock of 2581 MHz. The memory operates at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed. These specifications translate into a passmark g3d score of 19786 and a percentile of 72 versus all GPUs, placing it above most contemporaries. The nearest rivals in the GPU benchmark data are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile (avgScore 27435, deltaPct 0), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (avgScore 27565, deltaPct -0.5), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 (avgScore 27839, deltaPct -1.5). The RX 6700 XT’s avgBenchmarkScore is 27425, which is within 0.5% of the RTX 3090—a desktop flagship—and just 0.5% behind the RTX 4070 Mobile. This indicates that the GPU is not the bottleneck in most Archeage scenarios, as evidenced by the FPS data: at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 154 FPS, which is well above typical display refresh rates. However, at 4K Ultra, the frame rate collapses to 25 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s raw compute (13.21 TFLOPS FP32) and pixel rate (165.2 GPixel/s) are being overwhelmed by the combination of high resolution and maximum settings. The texture rate of 413.0 GTexel/s and 64 ROPs handle the game’s draw calls, but the 4K Ultra preset appears to exceed the GPU’s capabilities, as the 36 FPS High and 25 FPS Ultra results show a steep cliff. The 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for Archeage, as the game’s 2014 release date predates the high-VRAM demands of modern titles; the bottleneck at 4K is more likely the GPU’s shading units and memory bandwidth under extreme load.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals how this combo scales with pixel count. Starting at 1080p Medium, the average is 137 FPS. Moving to 1440p Medium, it drops to 92 FPS—a 33% reduction. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 53 FPS—another 42% drop from 1440p. This nonlinear scaling indicates that the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as a limiting factor at higher resolutions. For Low settings, the trend is similar but with higher absolute values: 154 FPS at 1080p, 104 FPS at 1440p (32% drop), and 59 FPS at 4K (43% drop). The High preset shows a steeper decline: 93 FPS at 1080p, 63 FPS at 1440p (32% drop), and 36 FPS at 4K (43% drop). The consistent percentage drops across settings suggest that Archeage’s rendering load scales roughly with pixel count, and the RX 6700 XT’s performance is the primary constraint. At 1080p Low, the 154 FPS result suggests that the CPU (Intel Core i5-10400F with 6 cores and 12 threads) is capable of feeding the GPU enough data, as the frame rate is not CPU-bound at this level. However, at 1080p Ultra, the average drops to 64 FPS—a 58% reduction from Low—which is a much larger drop than the resolution scaling would predict. This implies that the Ultra preset introduces effects that disproportionately tax the GPU, such as increased draw distances or shadow complexity. The data shows that 1440p Medium is the highest resolution/settings combination that maintains a minimum FPS above 75 (79 FPS), while 4K Medium just barely stays above 45 FPS. For players with 144Hz monitors, 1080p Medium (137 FPS) or Low (154 FPS) are the only presets that approach refresh-rate saturation, while 1440p is best suited for 60-100Hz displays.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of this combo’s performance across all twelve tested configurations. At 1920x1080, the results are: Low 154 FPS, Medium 137 FPS (min 117, max 158), High 93 FPS, and Ultra 64 FPS. The Medium preset’s minimum of 117 FPS is notable because it is the only non-ultra preset with recorded minimum and maximum values, suggesting that the frame pacing is stable enough to report. At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 104 FPS, Medium 92 FPS (min 79, max 106), High 63 FPS, and Ultra 43 FPS. The Medium preset’s minimum of 79 FPS is still above the 60 FPS threshold, making it viable for smooth gameplay. At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 59 FPS, Medium 53 FPS (min 45, max 61), High 36 FPS, and Ultra 25 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 45 FPS is borderline, but the average of 53 FPS is playable for less demanding content. The delta between Low and Medium is consistent across resolutions: 17 FPS at 1080p, 12 FPS at 1440p, and 6 FPS at 4K. This shrinking gap indicates that the GPU is becoming more of a bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the visual difference between Low and Medium is less impactful when the GPU is already struggling. The delta between Medium and High is larger: 44 FPS at 1080p, 29 FPS at 1440p, and 17 FPS at 4K. The delta between High and Ultra is: 29 FPS at 1080p, 20 FPS at 1440p, and 11 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset is clearly the most demanding, with 4K Ultra (25 FPS) being nearly unplayable. The data suggests that the i5-10400F is sufficient to push the GPU to its limits at 1080p, as evidenced by the high frame rates, but at 4K, the GPU’s compute limits are exposed.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Archeage, this specific pairing of Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT ranks 1950 out of 3708 combos. This percentile placement—roughly the 53rd percentile (calculated from the rank of 1950 divided by 3708)—indicates that this combo sits slightly above the median for this game. Given that the GPU is in the 72nd percentile versus all GPUs, and the CPU is in the 68th percentile versus all CPUs, one might expect a higher rank. The discrepancy suggests that Archeage’s engine has specific bottlenecks that this combo does not fully overcome. The CPU’s nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the Intel Xeon 6756E (avgScore 14163, deltaPct 0.2), the Intel Core 7 160UL (avgScore 14232, deltaPct -0.3), the AMD EPYC 7552 (avgScore 14115, deltaPct 0.5), and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (avgScore 14277, deltaPct -0.6). The i5-10400F’s avgBenchmarkScore is 14185, placing it within 0.6% of these rivals, which are a mix of server and mobile processors. The GPU’s nearest rivals include the RTX 4070 Mobile, RTX 3090, RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, and Radeon Pro Vega 20, all within 1.5% of the RX 6700 XT’s score. This indicates that the combo’s components are well-matched in synthetic benchmarks, yet the in-game rank is only average. This suggests that Archeage may be more sensitive to certain aspects of CPU performance, such as single-thread speed or cache latency, rather than raw multi-threaded throughput. The CPU’s 3dmark_single_thread score of 688 and passmark_single_thread score of 2541 are modest, which could impact the game’s main thread. The combo rank of 1950 out of 3708 means there are 1758 combos that perform better, likely featuring newer CPUs with higher single-core clocks or GPUs with better driver optimization for this title.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Comet Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 14 nm process. Its base clock is 2.90 GHz with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, and it has a 12 MB shared L3 cache. The CPU’s memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel configuration, delivering 42.7 GB/s bandwidth. In Archeage, the CPU’s role is critical for handling game logic, NPC AI, and network processing, particularly in an MMORPG with many players on screen. The benchmark data shows that the CPU’s multi-threaded performance is moderate: cinebench_r23_multicore scores 10283, while passmark_multithread scores 12115. However, the single-thread performance is more relevant for Archeage’s likely single-threaded game loop. The 3dmark_single_thread score is 688, and the passmark_single_thread score is 2541, which puts it in the 68th percentile versus all CPUs. The CPU’s nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon 6756E and AMD EPYC 7552, which are server processors with different characteristics, but the deltaPct of 0.2 to 0.5 indicates similar average benchmark scores. The CPU’s boost clock of 4.30 GHz is respectable for a 10th-gen part, but the 14 nm process and 65 W TDP limit its peak frequency potential. In the measured FPS data, the CPU appears to be sufficient at 1080p, where the GPU is the primary limiter—evidenced by the 154 FPS Low result. However, at 4K, the CPU is less of a factor, as the GPU is clearly overwhelmed. The data implies that the i5-10400F does not bottleneck the RX 6700 XT in most scenarios, but its relatively modest single-thread performance (compared to newer architectures) might prevent it from pushing the GPU to its absolute maximum in CPU-bound situations like large-scale PvP battles. The CPU’s l3 cache of 12 MB is shared across all cores, which is adequate for this game’s working set, but not exceptional.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 delivers 137 FPS average with a minimum of 117 FPS, making it the best balance of performance and visual quality. Low achieves 154 FPS, but Medium is only 17 FPS slower while offering better visuals. High drops to 93 FPS, which is a 44 FPS penalty for marginal visual gains.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Archeage?

A: At 3840x2160, the Medium preset averages 53 FPS with a minimum of 45 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for fast-paced content. Low averages 59 FPS. High and Ultra drop to 36 FPS and 25 FPS respectively, which are below acceptable playability thresholds. The data suggests 4K is only viable at Low or Medium settings.

Q: How does the RX 6700 XT compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RX 6700 XT’s avgBenchmarkScore is 27425, which is 0% different from the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile (27435), 0.5% behind the RTX 3090 (27565), and 1.5% faster than the Radeon Pro Vega 20 (27839). It sits in the 72nd percentile versus all GPUs.

Q: Is the i5-10400F a bottleneck for the RX 6700 XT?

A: The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 154 FPS, indicating the CPU can feed the GPU adequately. The CPU’s single-thread score is 2541 (passmark_single_thread), which is in the 68th percentile. However, in CPU-heavy MMORPG scenarios, the 4.30 GHz boost clock may limit peak performance.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K on Medium settings?

A: Medium settings drop from 137 FPS at 1080p to 92 FPS at 1440p (a 33% reduction), and then to 53 FPS at 4K (a 42% reduction from 1440p). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 84 FPS, or 61% of the original frame rate.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Archeage?

A: This combo ranks 1950 out of 3708 tested combinations, placing it slightly above the median. Given the GPU’s 72nd percentile and CPU’s 68th percentile, the rank suggests Archeage’s engine has specific bottlenecks that prevent this combo from achieving a higher position.