Barony

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D delivers an extraordinary performance profile in Barony, a roguelike title that proves remarkably scalable across modern resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, this combo achieves an average of 627 FPS, while moving to 4K Ultra still produces a highly playable 109 FPS average. The data reveals a system where the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as resolution climbs, yet the CPU remains a formidable partner even at the highest frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression across resolutions tells a clear story of where the bottleneck shifts. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces 627 FPS average, which drops to 457 FPS at 2560x1440 and 239 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 62% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that even at 4K, the RTX 5090 D is still being fed enough data by the Ryzen 5 5600X to maintain exceptional performance.

The scaling pattern changes notably when examining High settings. At 1080p High, the average sits at 462 FPS, falling to 292 FPS at 1440p and 152 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 48%. This steeper decline at higher resolutions suggests the GPU is becoming the primary limiting factor, though the absolute numbers remain far above what most displays can refresh.

Ultra settings reveal the most pronounced resolution scaling. The 1080p Ultra average of 331 FPS drops to 209 FPS at 1440p, a 37% reduction, then falls to 109 FPS at 4K, another 48% decrease. The consistency of these percentage drops across High and Ultra settings indicates that the rendering load scales predictably with pixel count, and the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory ensures that texture bandwidth never becomes a constraint.

The Medium preset provides the only complete min/max data in the measured results. At 1080p Medium, the average is 538 FPS with a minimum of 458 FPS and maximum of 619 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 340 FPS with a minimum of 289 FPS and maximum of 391 FPS. The 4K Medium average of 178 FPS with a minimum of 151 FPS shows that even the lowest frame rates remain highly playable.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 4K resolution, the Ultra preset delivers 109 FPS average, which is perfectly smooth for most gaming scenarios. However, the jump from Ultra to High at 4K is substantial: 152 FPS average represents a 39% improvement over Ultra. Given that Barony is a roguelike where visual fidelity may matter less than responsiveness, High at 4K offers the best balance between image quality and frame rate headroom.

At 1440p, the High preset at 292 FPS average is arguably the sweet spot. The Ultra preset at 209 FPS is still excellent, but the 40% gain from Ultra to High makes the latter more future-proof for competitive play. The Medium preset at 340 FPS provides additional headroom for those using high-refresh-rate displays, though the visual compromise may not be worth the extra 48 FPS over High.

For 1080p users, even the Ultra preset at 331 FPS average exceeds the refresh rate of virtually all mainstream monitors. The Low preset at 627 FPS is essentially only useful for extreme competitive scenarios or for players who prioritize absolute minimum frame times. The Medium preset at 538 FPS with a documented minimum of 458 FPS offers the most consistent experience for high-refresh-rate displays, as the gap between average and minimum is only 80 FPS.

The data suggests that High settings provide the most efficient use of hardware across all three resolutions. At 4K High (152 FPS), 1440p High (292 FPS), and 1080p High (462 FPS), the frame rates are uniformly excellent, and the visual quality remains high. The measured min/max data for Medium shows frame time consistency that is only marginally better than what High would likely deliver, making High the recommended preset for most users.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X brings six cores and twelve threads to this pairing, operating with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This Zen 3 architecture processor, built on TSMC's 7 nm process, demonstrates that its 32 MB of L3 cache is sufficient for Barony's procedural generation and simulation demands. The CPU's 65 W TDP suggests efficient power delivery that does not throttle during extended gaming sessions.

Synthetic benchmarks place this CPU at the 75th percentile among all tested processors. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11,838 and single-core score of 1,541 indicate strong per-thread performance, which is critical for a roguelike where game logic often runs on a single primary thread. The 3DMark results show a progression from 1,793 in the 2-thread test to 5,588 in the max-thread test, revealing that performance scales well up to about eight threads before plateauing.

The nearest rivals in CPU benchmark scores provide context: the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H scores 21,749 average with a delta of 0.1%, essentially matching the 5600X's 21,771 average. The Intel Core i7-11700 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U both sit at -0.5% delta with averages of 21,891 and 21,874 respectively. This tight grouping suggests that the 5600X's performance is well within the expected range for its class, and Barony's frame rates are not being artificially constrained by CPU limitations.

In practical terms, the 627 FPS achieved at 1080p Low demonstrates that the CPU can feed the GPU with enough draw calls to reach extreme frame rates. The fact that the frame rate still scales from 627 FPS at 1080p Low to 462 FPS at 1080p High indicates that both CPU and GPU are contributing to the performance envelope. The 5600X's 4.60 GHz boost clock and 12 threads provide ample computational headroom for Barony's roguelike mechanics, which include procedural level generation and item interactions.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 43rd out of 2,935 tested combos in Barony. This top 1.5% placement is remarkable given the CPU's mid-range positioning, suggesting that the GPU is doing the heavy lifting in this pairing. The rank indicates that there are 42 combinations that achieve higher frame rates in this game, likely featuring more recent high-end CPUs paired with similar or better GPUs.

The ranking becomes more impressive when considering that the RTX 5090 D sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, while the 5600X is at the 75th percentile among CPUs. The gap between these percentiles suggests that the CPU is the weaker link in this combo, yet the overall rank of 43 out of 2,935 shows that the pairing still outperforms the vast majority of systems tested. The data indicates that Barony is not extremely CPU-sensitive, allowing the RTX 5090 D to demonstrate its full potential even with a mid-generation Zen 3 processor.

The GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores include the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT with a delta of -1.6% and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB with a delta of -2.4%. These comparisons show that the RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score of 77,712 is competitive with its immediate peers, though the performance in Barony specifically benefits from the card's 32 GB VRAM and high bandwidth.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing, featuring the GB202 chip on a 5 nm process with 92,200 million transistors. Its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory across a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Barony's texture-heavy roguelike environments. The GPU's 21,760 shading units and 176 ROPs ensure that even the most complex scenes render without pixel throughput bottlenecks.

Clock speeds of 2,017 MHz base and 2,407 MHz boost allow the card to sustain high frame rates across all settings. The 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance represents the raw compute capability that drives the 627 FPS at 1080p Low. The memory clock of 1,750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) ensures that the 32 GB frame buffer never becomes a limiting factor, even at 4K Ultra where the average FPS still reaches 109.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 92nd among all GPUs reflects its position as a high-end enthusiast card. Its Passmark G3D score of 44,065 and Geekbench Vulkan score of 376,915 indicate strong compute and graphics performance. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,326 shows that the card excels in modern API workloads, which translates directly to Barony's rendering pipeline.

The RTX 5090 D's 575 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate that it requires substantial cooling and power delivery, with a suggested PSU of 950 W. The 1x 16-pin power connector and PCIe 5.0 x16 interface ensure that the card can receive both power and data without bottlenecks. The display outputs of 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b support high-refresh-rate monitors at all tested resolutions.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this combo in Barony?*

A: The highest measured average is 627 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The Medium preset at 1080p achieves 538 FPS average, while Ultra at the same resolution reaches 331 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600X compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The 5600X has an average benchmark score of 21,771, which is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H at 21,749 (0.1% delta). It trails the Intel Core i7-11700 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U by only 0.5% each.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 D the bottleneck at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 4K Ultra, the combo delivers 109 FPS average, while 4K High reaches 152 FPS. The 39% difference between these settings indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor at this resolution, as the CPU has less influence on frame rates at higher pixel counts.

*Q: What is this combo's ranking among all tested systems in Barony?*

A: The combination ranks 43rd out of 2,935 tested combos, placing it in the top 1.5% of all systems benchmarked for this game.

*Q: How much VRAM does the RTX 5090 D have, and does it matter for Barony?*

A: The RTX 5090 D features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. This capacity ensures that texture streaming and high-resolution assets never cause frame drops, as evidenced by the consistent scaling from 1080p to 4K.

Q: What are the minimum frame rates at Medium settings across resolutions?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 458 with an average of 538. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 289 with an average of 340. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 151 with an average of 178.