Barony

# Barony with AMD Ryzen 5 5500 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a formidable combination for Barony, a roguelike title that clearly rewards both high CPU throughput and substantial GPU headroom. Benchmark results show this combo achieving triple-digit average frame rates at every tested resolution, from 252 FPS at 1080p Ultra to 83 FPS at 4K Ultra, indicating that the hardware pairing is well-balanced for the game’s demands. The data places this configuration at rank 514 out of 3717 tested combinations, putting it in the top 14% of all recorded setups for this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall standing among tested configurations for Barony?

A: This combination ranks 514th out of 3717 tested combos, placing it in the upper tier of all recorded hardware pairings for the game.

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved with this setup?

A: The maximum recorded average FPS is 550, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in general benchmark performance?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 scores nearly identically to the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (delta of -0.1%), while trailing the Intel Core i5-12500 by 0.4% and the Intel Core i5-11600KF by 0.7%. It edges out the Intel Core i7-10700F by 0.5%.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti sits at the 84th percentile across all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 44795.

Q: Which resolution and settings combination yields the lowest average FPS?

A: The lowest recorded average is 83 FPS, occurring at 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings.

Q: At which settings does the frame rate drop below 100 FPS at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset produces an average of 83 FPS, while High settings maintain 116 FPS, Medium delivers 135 FPS, and Low reaches 181 FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 brings six cores and twelve threads to this pairing, operating with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. This Zen 3 architecture processor, built on TSMC's 7 nm process with a 65 W TDP, provides the foundational compute capability for Barony's logic and simulation layers. The CPU's L3 cache totals 16 MB, with 512 KB of L2 and 64 KB of L1 per core, which supports the game's procedural generation and state tracking typical of the roguelike genre.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 shows a single-thread score of 836 in 3DMark's single-thread test and 836 in the same test's 2-thread variant, while the 16-thread test reaches 5386 and the max-thread test hits 5411. Cinebench R23 results show 2319 for single-core and 16429 for multi-core, while Geekbench reports 1730 single-core and 7976 multi-core. These numbers indicate a processor that can handle both lightweight AI and complex event-driven calculations that Barony's turn-based combat and dungeon generation rely upon.

The CPU's percentile versus all CPUs stands at 73, meaning it outperforms roughly three-quarters of all processors in the database. Its average benchmark score of 19593 places it in close contention with several mainstream rivals: the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (19617, delta -0.1%), Intel Core i5-12500 (19668, delta -0.4%), Intel Core i7-10700F (19499, delta +0.5%), and Intel Core i5-11600KF (19723, delta -0.7%). This clustering suggests that the Ryzen 5 5500 delivers performance that is essentially interchangeable with these competitors in general workloads, though Barony's specific threading patterns may favor certain architectures.

For a game like Barony, where dungeon floors are procedurally generated and enemy AI acts in discrete steps, the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities become relevant when many entities are active simultaneously. The 12 threads allow the game to distribute pathfinding, item interactions, and world-state updates across multiple cores, which likely contributes to the high frame rates observed even at lower resolutions where the GPU is not the bottleneck.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti serves as the primary rendering engine in this combo, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD104 chip fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process. This GPU packs 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units, along with 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores. The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory operates across a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves ample for Barony's texture and geometry requirements.

Clock speeds reach 2310 MHz base and 2610 MHz boost, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The GPU's raw compute capabilities include 40.09 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1), a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s, and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s. These specifications translate to a graphics card that sits at the 84th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44795.

In the nearestRivals comparison, the RTX 4070 Ti trades blows with several other high-end offerings: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152, delta -0.8%), AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (45384, delta -1.3%), NVIDIA RTX A6000 (44075, delta +1.6%), and Intel Arc A730M (45592, delta -1.7%). The delta values show that the 4070 Ti outperforms the RTX A6000 by 1.6% while trailing the others by less than 2%, indicating that its position in the GPU hierarchy is well-established.

For Barony, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases, since the game's voxel-like aesthetic and lighting effects scale with pixel count. The 12 GB VRAM capacity ensures that even at 4K with High or Ultra settings, texture streaming and shader compilation do not create stutter or frame drops. The measured data supports this, showing consistent performance scaling across all tested configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers extraordinary frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 550 FPS, which represents the absolute ceiling of what this pairing can achieve in Barony. Medium settings yield 409 FPS with a minimum of 348 and maximum of 470, while High settings reach 351 FPS. Ultra settings at 1080p still manage 252 FPS, indicating that even at the highest preset, the game runs far beyond typical display refresh rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains exceptionally high but shows the expected scaling from 1080p. Low settings average 347 FPS, Medium delivers 258 FPS (with 219 minimum and 297 maximum), High produces 222 FPS, and Ultra drops to 159 FPS. The step from Low to Medium at 1440p costs 89 FPS (a 25.6% reduction), while moving from Medium to High costs another 36 FPS (14.0% reduction), and High to Ultra costs 63 FPS (28.4% reduction). These diminishing returns suggest that Medium or High provides the best balance of visual quality and performance at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the GPU begins to show its workload more clearly. Low settings still deliver 181 FPS, which is more than sufficient for smooth gameplay. Medium settings average 135 FPS with a minimum of 115 and maximum of 155, maintaining playability even during intense scenes. High settings drop to 116 FPS, while Ultra settings fall to 83 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is 33 FPS (a 28.4% reduction), which may be noticeable to users with high-refresh displays.

How This Combo Ranks

With 3717 combinations tested in Barony, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves rank 514. This position places it comfortably in the top 14% of all recorded configurations, a strong showing given that the CPU is not a top-tier part by absolute performance standards. The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking among all processors, combined with the GPU's 84th percentile standing, creates a synergistic pairing where neither component severely bottlenecks the other in this game.

The rank of 514 suggests that many higher-end CPUs paired with similar or better GPUs can exceed this combo's performance, but the gap is not enormous given the frame rates already achieved. At 1080p Ultra, the 252 FPS average is already so high that most displays cannot take full advantage of it, meaning the practical gameplay experience is limited by monitor refresh rates rather than hardware capability. At 4K Ultra, the 83 FPS average remains competitive with much more expensive setups, indicating that the RTX 4070 Ti carries the load effectively even when paired with a mid-range CPU.

The delta comparisons for the CPU show that upgrading to a marginally faster processor like the Intel Core i5-11600KF (which scores 19723 vs 19593) would yield only a 0.7% improvement in general benchmarks, which may translate to negligible gains in Barony given the already high frame rates. Conversely, the GPU's nearest rivals include the RTX A6000, which scores lower (44075 vs 44795), suggesting that the 4070 Ti is well-positioned within its performance class.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings depend heavily on the target resolution and display refresh rate. At 1920x1080, even Ultra settings (252 FPS) exceed the refresh rate of most gaming monitors, so users with 240 Hz or lower displays can safely select Ultra for maximum visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness. For those with 360 Hz monitors, High settings (351 FPS) or Medium (409 FPS) would be appropriate, while Low (550 FPS) is only necessary for extreme competitive scenarios where every frame counts.

At 2560x1440, the recommendation shifts toward High or Medium settings. High delivers 222 FPS, which comfortably exceeds 144 Hz and even 165 Hz displays. Medium at 258 FPS provides additional headroom for 240 Hz panels, while Ultra at 159 FPS still works for 144 Hz displays but offers marginal visual improvements over High. The minimum frame rate recorded at Medium (219 FPS) is notably higher than the average for Ultra, suggesting that Medium provides more consistent performance.

For 3840x2160, Medium settings (135 FPS average, 115 minimum) represent the best experience for most users, offering a smooth frame rate that exceeds 60 FPS by a wide margin while maintaining decent visual quality. High settings (116 FPS) are also viable for 60-120 Hz displays, though the drop from Medium to High costs 19 FPS. Ultra at 83 FPS is playable on 60 Hz displays but may show occasional dips below 80 FPS during demanding scenes, making it a less reliable choice for consistent smoothness. Low at 181 FPS is excessive for 4K displays, as most 4K monitors cap at 60-144 Hz, so Medium or High provides better image quality without measurable performance loss.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU across different resolutions. At 1080p Low, the 550 FPS average indicates that the CPU is the primary limiter, since the GPU is barely taxed at such low graphical demand. As resolution increases to 1440p Low, the frame rate drops to 347 FPS, a 36.9% reduction that reflects the increased pixel fill rate required. At 4K Low, the 181 FPS represents a 67.1% reduction from 1080p Low, showing that even at minimal settings, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint at higher resolutions.

For Medium settings, the scaling is slightly less severe: 409 FPS at 1080p, 258 FPS at 1440p (36.9% drop), and 135 FPS at 4K (67.0% drop from 1080p). The consistency of these percentage drops across Low and Medium suggests that the rendering pipeline scales linearly with pixel count, and neither the CPU nor GPU introduces unexpected bottlenecks at these settings.

High settings show a similar pattern: 351 FPS at 1080p, 222 FPS at 1440p (36.8% drop), and 116 FPS at 4K (66.9% drop from 1080p). Ultra settings follow suit with 252 FPS at 1080p, 159 FPS at 1440p (36.9% drop), and 83 FPS at 4K (67.1% drop). The remarkable consistency of these scaling percentages—all hover around 37% for 1080p to 1440p and 67% for 1080p to 4K—indicates that the game's rendering workload is dominated by pixel processing rather than geometry or draw calls, which would show different scaling patterns.

This uniform scaling behavior confirms that the RTX 4070 Ti's 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 208.8 GPixel/s pixel rate are the determining factors at higher resolutions. The CPU's 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 16 MB L3 cache are sufficient to feed the GPU at all tested settings, as evidenced by the lack of any anomalous frame rate drops that would indicate CPU stalls. For users seeking to understand the balance of this pairing, the data shows a system that is GPU-limited at 4K across all settings, but CPU-limited at 1080p Low, with a transition zone around 1440p where both components contribute meaningfully to overall performance.