Archeage

Archeage with the Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a highly playable experience across most settings, but the data reveals a sharp performance cliff at 4K Ultra that dictates how you should configure the game. This combination of a 6-core Comet Lake CPU and an Ada Lovelace GPU is best treated as a 1080p and 1440p powerhouse, with 4K requiring careful compromises to maintain smooth framerates.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows show a clear hierarchy of playability. For the smoothest experience, the Medium preset at 1920x1080 is the standout choice, delivering an average of 136 FPS with a minimum of 115 FPS and a maximum of 156 FPS. This is the sweet spot where the frame pacing is consistent enough for competitive play in large-scale PvP or crowded cities, and the visual jump from Low is substantial. The Low preset at 1080p does push higher, hitting 153 FPS average, but the visual quality trade-off is rarely worth the extra 17 FPS when the Medium preset already clears high-refresh-rate territory.

If you are gaming at 2560x1440, the Medium preset is the recommended target. It produces an average of 91 FPS with a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS. This keeps the experience above the 75 Hz threshold for most monitors and avoids the stutter-prone dips that can occur in busy scenes. The High preset at 1440p drops to 62 FPS average, which is still playable but leaves less headroom for the unpredictable frame-time spikes common in MMORPGs when many player characters are on screen.

At 3840x2160, the data suggests you should avoid the Ultra preset entirely, as it plummets to 24 FPS average, which is unplayable. The Low preset at 4K is the only viable option for competitive play, hitting 59 FPS average. However, the Medium preset at 4K is a curious middle ground, offering 52 FPS average with a minimum of 45 FPS and a maximum of 60 FPS. This is the best visual-to-performance balance for 4K, provided you can tolerate occasional dips below 60 FPS during heavy combat. For a locked 60 FPS experience, stick to Low at 4K, but for a better-looking game that still feels responsive, Medium is the pick.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo handle Archeage at 4K Ultra settings?

A: No. The measured data shows the Ultra preset at 3840x2160 produces an average of only 24 FPS. This is below the threshold for smooth gameplay and indicates the GPU is heavily overloaded. You should use Medium or Low at 4K instead.

Q: What is the best resolution for maximizing frame rate?

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 on Low settings achieves the highest average FPS of 153. Even at the more demanding Medium preset, 1080p yields 136 FPS, which is significantly higher than the 91 FPS seen at 1440p Medium.

Q: Is the RTX 4060 the bottleneck at lower resolutions?

A: The performance scaling suggests the CPU becomes a larger factor at 1080p. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 153 FPS, but at 1440p Low it drops to 103 FPS, and at 4K Low it falls to 59 FPS. The GPU is clearly the primary limiter as resolution increases, but the CPU's single-thread performance (scoring 688 in 3dmark_single_thread) is what prevents the 1080p frame rate from climbing even higher.

Q: How does the Medium preset compare to High in terms of stability?

A: The Medium preset provides more consistent frame times. At 1440p, Medium has a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS, while High only has an average of 62 FPS with no min/max data, indicating less stable performance. The same pattern holds at 4K, where Medium has a recorded minimum of 45 FPS, while High only has an average of 36 FPS.

Q: Should I upgrade the CPU for this game?

A: The Core i5-10400F has 6 cores and 12 threads with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. Its synthetic benchmarks are modest, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 and a single-core score of 1451. While the game runs well, the CPU's 68th percentile ranking versus all CPUs suggests that a newer processor with higher single-thread performance could improve minimum frame rates in CPU-bound scenarios, though the current combo is not severely hampered.

Q: Is the RTX 4060's 8 GB VRAM sufficient for Archeage?

A: The measured data does not indicate VRAM capacity issues at the tested settings. The GPU performs consistently across resolutions, and the primary performance drop at 4K Ultra (24 FPS) is more indicative of raw compute limitations rather than memory exhaustion, given that the card has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and reveals the GPU as the dominant bottleneck at higher resolutions. At Medium settings, the average frame rate scales from 136 FPS at 1920x1080, down to 91 FPS at 2560x1440, and finally to 52 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 62% reduction in performance from 1080p to 4K. The pattern is consistent across Low settings, which drop from 153 FPS at 1080p to 103 FPS at 1440p and 59 FPS at 4K.

The scaling behavior indicates that the RTX 4060's compute throughput, measured at 15.11 TFLOPS FP32, is the limiting factor. The card's 8 GB of VRAM and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the texture loads, but the pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s is strained by 4K resolution. The GPU's 61st percentile ranking relative to all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17639, places it as a mid-range part that excels at 1080p and 1440p but struggles to maintain high frame rates at 4K Ultra.

Interestingly, the gap between 1440p and 4K is larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p. For example, on Medium settings, going from 1080p to 1440p costs 45 FPS, but going from 1440p to 4K costs 39 FPS. This suggests that the GPU is hitting a memory bandwidth or fill-rate wall at 4K, where the 128-bit memory bus becomes a more significant constraint. The 4K Ultra result of 24 FPS is particularly telling, as it is less than half the 4K Medium result, indicating an exponential increase in shading complexity that the GPU cannot handle.

How This Combo Ranks

The benchmark data places this CPU and GPU combination at rank 2001 out of 3708 tested combos for Archeage, which puts it in the 54th percentile of all tested systems. This is a mid-pack ranking, indicating that while the combo is competent, it is not exceptional for this specific title. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU; the i5-10400F is not a top-tier processor, but the RTX 4060 provides enough graphics horsepower to carry the experience at 1080p and 1440p.

The combo's rank is heavily influenced by the 4K Ultra result, which drags down the overall average performance. If the game is played at 1440p Medium or 1080p High, the combo would likely rank significantly higher than the 2001st position. The data suggests that this is a pairing optimized for high-refresh-rate 1080p gaming or solid 60 FPS 1440p gaming, rather than a 4K-ready system. Compared to other combos, this setup is in the middle of the pack, meaning there are many systems that can beat it in this game, but also many that fall behind.

The individual component rankings support this. The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon 6756E (deltaPct 0.2) and the AMD EPYC 7552 (deltaPct 0.5), showing it performs similarly to server-class parts in synthetic benchmarks. The GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (deltaPct -0.2) and the AMD Radeon 780M (deltaPct 0.3), which is surprising given the generational gap, but the synthetic scores are close. This indicates that the RTX 4060's real-world gaming performance is decent, but not outstanding, for its class.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F provides 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. In Archeage, which is an older MMORPG from 2014, the game engine is likely more dependent on single-thread performance than multi-thread scaling. The CPU's 3dmark_single_thread score of 688 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1451 are modest figures that place it in the 68th percentile against all CPUs. This suggests that the CPU can handle the game's logic and draw calls, but it is not a strength.

The multi-threaded scores are more robust, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 and a 3dmark_max_threads score of 4735. However, Archeage's engine may not fully utilize all 12 threads, meaning the game's performance is likely capped by the CPU's single-core speed. The benchmark results show that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 153 FPS, which is respectable, but this is likely near the CPU's limit. If the GPU were more powerful, the frame rate might not increase much further because the CPU cannot feed the GPU fast enough.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s and DDR4 support are adequate for the game. The 12 MB of shared L3 cache is standard for the generation. The fact that the CPU has no integrated graphics means the RTX 4060 is handling all rendering tasks. Overall, the CPU role is to provide a stable platform that does not bottleneck the GPU at 1440p and below, but it does limit the maximum achievable frame rates at 1080p and prevents the system from reaching the performance levels of newer 8-core or 12-core processors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results. The Low preset averages 153 FPS, Medium averages 136 FPS with a minimum of 115 FPS and a maximum of 156 FPS, High averages 92 FPS, and Ultra averages 63 FPS. The data shows a linear progression where each settings tier costs roughly 20-30 FPS, with the jump from High to Ultra being the most punishing at 29 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 115 FPS ensures that even in heavy combat, the frame rate stays above 100 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the performance drops noticeably. Low averages 103 FPS, Medium averages 91 FPS with a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS, High averages 62 FPS, and Ultra averages 42 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is only 12 FPS, suggesting that the Medium preset is well-optimized for this resolution. The High and Ultra presets are less viable here, as 62 FPS and 42 FPS respectively are below the 75 Hz refresh rate that many 1440p monitors offer.

At 3840x2160, the results are mixed. Low averages 59 FPS, Medium averages 52 FPS with a minimum of 45 FPS and a maximum of 60 FPS, High averages 36 FPS, and Ultra averages 24 FPS. The Low preset is the only one that approaches a locked 60 FPS, while Medium offers a playable but not perfectly smooth experience. The High and Ultra presets are essentially unplayable for competitive play, with frame rates that would cause noticeable judder. The Ultra preset's 24 FPS is less than half the Medium preset's 52 FPS, highlighting the exponential cost of maxing out settings at 4K.

The data across all resolutions shows that the Medium preset provides the most consistent frame times, as evidenced by the recorded minimum and maximum values at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. This makes it the recommended choice for the best balance of visual quality and performance, regardless of your monitor's resolution.