Barony

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D paired with the Intel Arc B570 delivers a highly capable 1080p and 1440p experience in Barony, with the data showing a clear performance hierarchy across its four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves a playable 156 FPS on High, while the Medium preset offers a significant jump to 182 FPS, and Low reaches 245 FPS. The Ultra preset, while visually demanding, still holds at 112 FPS, indicating that this configuration is versatile enough to prioritize either visual fidelity or raw frame rates depending on user preference.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combo in Barony reveals distinct performance tiers across the four available settings. For users targeting the highest possible frame rates, the Low preset at 1920x1080 delivers a staggering 245 FPS average, which is more than sufficient for any high-refresh-rate display. However, this comes at the cost of visual quality. The Medium preset at 1080p offers the best balance, providing an average of 182 FPS with a minimum of 155 FPS and a maximum of 209 FPS, indicating a smooth and consistent experience that remains well above the threshold for competitive play.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset stands out as the optimal choice for quality-conscious users, delivering 115 FPS average with 98 FPS minimums and 132 FPS maximums. This resolution provides a substantial increase in image sharpness over 1080p while maintaining frame rates that are still excellent for fast-paced roguelike gameplay. The High preset at 1440p yields 99 FPS, which is also perfectly playable, but the Medium preset’s additional headroom makes it more robust against demanding scenes. For 4K (3840x2160), the Low preset is the only viable option for high refresh rates, achieving 81 FPS, while Medium drops to 60 FPS. The data suggests that for the best experience, users should default to Medium at 1080p or 1440p, as it provides the largest performance buffer without sacrificing the visual polish that High offers.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of tested hardware combinations, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and Intel Arc B570 holds a rank of 2985 out of 3717 tested combos in Barony. This places it in the 80th percentile of all configurations, indicating that it outperforms roughly 80% of the systems tested for this game. This is a strong showing, particularly considering the mid-range positioning of both components. The rank suggests that while this combo is not at the absolute top tier of performance, it is significantly ahead of the majority of systems, making it a solid choice for gamers who want a high-refresh-rate experience without investing in flagship hardware.

The percentile ranking aligns with the component-level benchmarks. The CPU sits at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU at the 65th percentile among all GPUs. In a game like Barony, which is not typically GPU-bound at lower resolutions, the stronger CPU helps push the combo’s overall ranking higher than the GPU’s individual percentile might suggest. The data shows that this pairing is well-balanced, with the CPU’s strength mitigating potential bottlenecks from the GPU, especially at 1080p where the frame rates are exceptionally high. The combo’s rank indicates that users can expect a consistently smooth experience that outperforms most other systems, although there is still a substantial performance gap to the top 20% of configurations.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture and features 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is a critical factor in Barony, as the game’s procedural generation and asset streaming can benefit from ample VRAM. At 4K resolution with Ultra settings, the combo drops to 37 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s 10 GB frame buffer and 160-bit memory interface become limiting factors at higher resolutions and maximum detail levels. The GPU’s boost clock is fixed at 2500 MHz, with a base clock also at 2500 MHz, and it maintains a pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s.

The B570’s performance in Barony scales predictably with resolution and settings. The data shows a 47% drop in average FPS from 1080p High (156 FPS) to 1440p High (99 FPS), and a further 47% drop from 1440p High to 4K High (52 FPS). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary driver of performance at higher resolutions. The GPU’s DirectX 12 Ultimate support and 18 ray tracing cores are technically present, but Barony is not a ray-traced title, so these features do not impact the measured results. The 10 GB VRAM is sufficient for all tested settings, as the minimum FPS data at Medium settings (51 FPS at 4K) shows no signs of memory-related stuttering. Overall, the GPU provides adequate performance for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but 4K Ultra is beyond its comfortable reach.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest performance. The Low preset achieves an average of 245 FPS, while Medium provides 182 FPS average (with a minimum of 155 and maximum of 209). High settings produce 156 FPS, and Ultra still manages a respectable 112 FPS. These figures indicate that the CPU-GPU pairing is well-suited for high-refresh-rate 1080p monitors, with even the most demanding preset remaining comfortably above the 100 FPS threshold. The gap between Medium and High is 26 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 44 FPS, showing diminishing returns as settings increase.

At 2560x1440, performance remains strong but scales down as expected. Low settings hit 154 FPS, while Medium drops to 115 FPS average (with 98 minimum and 132 maximum). High settings yield 99 FPS, and Ultra falls to 71 FPS. The 1440p results show that the combo can still drive high-refresh-rate monitors at this resolution, provided users are willing to use Medium or High settings. The Medium preset’s minimum FPS of 98 is notably close to the High preset’s average, indicating that Medium offers a more stable frame pacing experience. The performance drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 37% across all settings, which is a typical scaling factor for this resolution increase.

At 3840x2160, the combo starts to struggle with higher settings. Low achieves 81 FPS, making it the only playable option for smooth 4K gameplay. Medium drops to 60 FPS average (with 51 minimum and 69 maximum), which is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. High settings fall to 52 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 37 FPS, which is below the threshold for comfortable action gameplay. The data clearly shows that 4K is only viable with Low or Medium settings, and even then, the frame rates are significantly lower than what is achievable at lower resolutions. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is a 47% reduction in FPS on High settings, highlighting the GPU’s bandwidth limitations at this resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain over 60 FPS?

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 can maintain over 60 FPS at all settings, including Ultra. At 3840x2160, only Low (81 FPS) and Medium (60 FPS) presets achieve 60 FPS or higher.

Q: How does the Medium preset compare to High in terms of average FPS at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 115 FPS, which is 16 FPS higher than the High preset’s 99 FPS. The Medium preset also shows a tighter minimum FPS of 98 compared to High’s unspecified minimum.

Q: Is the Intel Arc B570’s 10 GB VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: Yes, the measured data shows no performance degradation that would indicate VRAM limitations. The minimum FPS at 4K Medium is 51 FPS, which is consistent with GPU compute limitations rather than memory capacity issues.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 1440p on High settings?

A: At 1920x1080 High, the average FPS is 156. At 2560x1440 High, the average drops to 99 FPS. This represents a 57 FPS decrease, or roughly a 37% reduction in performance.

*Q: Does the combo’s rank in Barony reflect its overall component strength?*

A: The combo ranks 2985 out of 3717, which is in the 80th percentile. This is higher than the GPU’s individual 65th percentile, reflecting the CPU’s strong 85th percentile ranking and its contribution to overall frame rates.

Q: Can this system handle 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured data shows 37 FPS average at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay, indicating that 4K Ultra is not a viable configuration for this combo.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz. It features a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is a defining characteristic of the X3D series and is particularly beneficial in games that rely on large data sets. The CPU’s PassMark single-thread score is 2941, and its multithread score is 20363, with an average benchmark score of 37018. This places it at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, indicating strong overall processing power.

In Barony, the CPU’s role is critical, especially at lower resolutions where the GPU is less burdened. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 245 FPS, which is likely limited by the CPU’s single-thread performance rather than the GPU. The CPU’s boost clock of 4.00 GHz ensures that individual cores can handle the game’s logic and AI calculations efficiently. The large L3 cache helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for the procedural generation of levels. Comparing to its nearest rivals, the 5500X3D’s average score of 37018 is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (36945) and 0.2% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (36938), while being 0.2% lower than the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (37093) and 0.3% lower than the Intel Core i9-12900T (37112). These differences are minimal, indicating that the CPU’s performance is well within the expected range for its class.

The CPU’s 12 threads are sufficient for Barony, which is not heavily multithreaded. The measured FPS at 1080p Ultra (112 FPS) shows that even with high graphical demands, the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s output. However, the CPU’s impact becomes more apparent at 1080p Low, where the 245 FPS result suggests that the processor is the primary bottleneck, as the GPU has more headroom. The CPU’s TDP is 105 W, and it supports DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, which is adequate for this game. Overall, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D provides a solid foundation for this combo, ensuring that the GPU is not unduly limited by processing power, particularly at mainstream resolutions.