Barony

FAQ

Q: What is the comboRankInGame for the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 in Barony?

A: This combo ranks 2,937 out of 3,717 tested combinations. That places it in the lower portion of the tested pool, roughly in the 21st percentile of all combos, meaning most other pairings deliver higher frame rates in Barony.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 15,290. Its closest rival is the GTX 580 at 15,283 (a 0% delta), followed by the Radeon 680M at 15,270 (0.1% ahead of the RTX 2060), the RTX 3050 OEM at 15,199 (0.6% ahead), and the RX 7600 at 15,171 (0.8% ahead). The differences are negligible — within 1% of each other.

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 261 FPS average. Medium settings deliver 194 FPS, High delivers 167 FPS, and Ultra delivers 120 FPS. The Low preset result is the highest measured in the entire dataset.

Q: What are the CPU's multi-threaded and single-threaded Cinebench R23 scores?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 scores 12,735 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1,852 in single-core. Its 3DMark multi-thread score is 6,503, and single-thread is 999. The CPU's percentile rank versus all CPUs is 78.

Q: Does the RTX 2060 support hardware ray tracing?

A: Yes, the RTX 2060 includes 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores. It also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. However, Barony is a roguelike and the measured data does not indicate ray tracing usage in this title.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of each component?

A: The CPU has a launch MSRP of $229, and the GPU has a launch MSRP of 349 USD. These are stated once for reference.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is a Turing-architecture GPU built on a 12 nm process at TSMC, with a die size of 445 mm² and 10,800 million transistors. It carries 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock is 1365 MHz with a boost clock of 1680 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The card has 1,920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 6.451 TFLOPS.

In Barony, the GPU's VRAM capacity and bandwidth are likely sufficient for the game's demands, as the measured FPS scales predictably with resolution. At 1080p Ultra, the combo reaches 120 FPS average; at 1440p Ultra, it drops to 76 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 39 FPS. This scaling pattern suggests the GPU becomes progressively more stressed as pixel count rises, but even at 4K High, the average FPS of 55 remains playable, indicating the 6 GB VRAM does not bottleneck the game's texture loads at these settings.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 15,290 places it in the 58th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals — the GTX 580 (15,283, 0% delta), Radeon 680M (15,270, 0.1%), RTX 3050 OEM (15,199, 0.6%), and RX 7600 (15,171, 0.8%) — all sit within a fraction of a percent, making the RTX 2060 statistically indistinguishable from these cards in synthetic benchmarks. This tight clustering suggests that in Barony, the RTX 2060's actual performance is more dependent on driver optimization and game-specific factors than raw compute metrics.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear resolution scaling pattern. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 261 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops this to 165 FPS (a 36.8% reduction), and at 4K Low it falls further to 86 FPS (a 47.9% reduction from 1440p). This steep decline indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor at lower settings — the CPU has ample headroom, but the RTX 2060's fill rate and memory bandwidth cap throughput as pixel count increases.

At Medium settings, the pattern holds: 194 FPS at 1080p, 123 FPS at 1440p (36.6% drop), and 64 FPS at 4K (48.0% drop from 1440p). The High preset shows 167 FPS at 1080p, 105 FPS at 1440p (37.1% drop), and 55 FPS at 4K (47.6% drop). Ultra settings follow suit: 120 FPS at 1080p, 76 FPS at 1440p (36.7% drop), and 39 FPS at 4K (48.7% drop). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings — roughly 37% from 1080p to 1440p and 48% from 1440p to 4K — strongly suggests the GPU is the bottleneck at all settings.

The resolution scaling ratio is nearly uniform regardless of preset, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect smaller FPS drops at higher resolutions because the CPU's workload remains constant while the GPU's increases. Here, the FPS halves at 4K relative to 1080p, confirming the RTX 2060's compute and memory subsystems are saturated. The CPU's high single-thread score (1,852 in Cinebench R23) and 78th percentile ranking indicate it is not the constraint.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2,937 out of 3,717 places this pairing in the bottom 21% of all tested combinations in Barony. This is a low ranking, but it must be contextualized by the game's roguelike genre — Barony is not a graphically intensive title, and many combos with newer GPUs will naturally score higher. The RTX 2060's 58th GPU percentile and the Ryzen 5 7600's 78th CPU percentile suggest that the CPU is relatively stronger than the GPU, yet the combo still ranks low because the GPU's absolute performance is modest.

Compared to the CPU's nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26,324. The Ryzen 9 6900HX scores 26,274 (0.2% lower), the Ryzen 7 7435HS scores 26,402 (0.3% higher), the Core i9-11900KF scores 26,212 (0.4% lower), and the Ryzen 5 8540U scores 26,187 (0.5% lower). These deltas are all under 1%, meaning the 7600's CPU performance is effectively tied with these alternatives. In Barony, this CPU-level parity means the GPU choice dominates the combo's ranking.

The GPU's nearest rivals show even tighter clustering: the GTX 580 (0% delta), Radeon 680M (0.1%), RTX 3050 OEM (0.6%), and RX 7600 (0.8%) all have nearly identical average scores. This suggests that swapping the RTX 2060 for any of these cards would produce virtually identical frame rates in Barony, assuming no game-specific driver advantages. The combo's low rank is therefore not a reflection of a weak pairing, but rather the inherent performance tier of the RTX 2060 relative to the broader GPU market.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce 261 FPS average, which is exceptionally high and indicates the game is far from demanding at this resolution. Medium settings yield 194 FPS average with a minimum of 165 FPS and a maximum of 224 FPS. High settings drop to 167 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 120 FPS average. The gap between Low and Ultra is 141 FPS, or 54.0% of the Low value, showing that settings have a substantial impact even at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain playable but show clear scaling. Low settings average 165 FPS, Medium averages 123 FPS (min 104, max 141), High averages 105 FPS, and Ultra averages 76 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap is 89 FPS, representing a 53.9% reduction from Low. This mirrors the 1080p pattern, confirming consistent GPU scaling.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes more constrained. Low settings still manage 86 FPS average, which is smooth. Medium averages 64 FPS (min 55, max 74), High averages 55 FPS, and Ultra drops to 39 FPS. The Ultra result is the only sub-40 FPS figure in the entire dataset, and it may be borderline for players who prefer 60 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K offers a minimum of 55 FPS, which is just below the 60 FPS threshold but still acceptable for a roguelike.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset is the only one with recorded min/max values, indicating that the testing methodology captured frame time variance for this setting. The min-to-max spread is 59 FPS at 1080p (165 to 224), 37 FPS at 1440p (104 to 141), and 19 FPS at 4K (55 to 74). This narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests that frame pacing becomes more consistent as the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data suggests that the Medium preset offers the best balance of performance and visual quality across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 194 FPS average with a minimum of 165 FPS — this is far above the 60 FPS threshold and provides a comfortable margin for any display refresh rate. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 123 FPS with a minimum of 104 FPS, which is still excellent for high-refresh monitors. At 4K Medium, the average is 64 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS, which is playable but may not maintain a locked 60 FPS during intense scenes.

For players prioritizing maximum frame rates, Low settings at 1080p (261 FPS) or 1440p (165 FPS) are the best choices, but the visual quality trade-off may not be worth it given that Medium is only slightly slower. The Ultra preset, while delivering 120 FPS at 1080p and 76 FPS at 1440p, drops to 39 FPS at 4K — this is a significant compromise that makes Ultra unsuitable for 4K gaming on this hardware.

The High preset performs nearly identically to Medium in relative terms: 167 FPS at 1080p, 105 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K. The step from Medium to High costs approximately 27 FPS at 1080p (194 to 167), 18 FPS at 1440p (123 to 105), and 9 FPS at 4K (64 to 55). Given that Medium is the only preset with documented min/max values, it likely represents the sweet spot for consistent frame pacing. The recommendation is to use Medium at 4K for a playable experience, or High at 1080p/1440p if visual fidelity is preferred over the marginal FPS gain from Medium.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series, based on Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael). It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB L1 cache per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 32 MB shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and includes integrated Radeon Graphics. The CPU is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die.

In Barony, the CPU's role is likely secondary given the game's roguelike nature, which typically relies more on GPU for rendering. However, the CPU's strong single-thread performance — 1,852 in Cinebench R23 and 999 in 3DMark single-thread — ensures that game logic and physics calculations are not bottlenecks. The multi-threaded score of 12,735 in Cinebench R23 and 6,503 in 3DMark max-threads indicate ample parallel processing capability for any background tasks or AI systems.

The CPU's percentile rank of 78 versus all CPUs means it outperforms most processors on the market. Its average benchmark score of 26,324 is within 0.5% of its nearest rivals: the Ryzen 9 6900HX (26,274, 0.2% lower), Ryzen 7 7435HS (26,402, 0.3% higher), Core i9-11900KF (26,212, 0.4% lower), and Ryzen 5 8540U (26,187, 0.5% lower). This tight grouping indicates that the 7600 offers competitive CPU performance for its class, and in Barony, the CPU is unlikely to limit frame rates at any resolution or settings preset tested.

The fact that FPS scales so consistently with resolution — always dropping by roughly 37% from 1080p to 1440p and 48% from 1440p to 4K — is strong evidence that the CPU is not the limiting component. If the CPU were constrained, we would expect the FPS to plateau at lower resolutions, but the data shows no such plateau. Even at 1080p Low with 261 FPS, the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU, confirming that the Ryzen 5 7600 is more than adequate for this game. The 12 threads and 5.10 GHz boost clock provide a robust foundation, and the 32 MB L3 cache helps maintain low latency for game data access.