Barony

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers exceptional performance in Barony, a roguelike title that clearly favors high refresh rate displays. The data shows a combination that is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions but reveals the CPU's robust single-thread capabilities at 1080p. Across all tested configurations, the system never drops below 89.7 frames per second, making it a formidable platform for this title.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling in Barony exposes a classic performance curve, with frame rates decreasing predictably as pixel count rises. The most significant drop occurs between 1440p and 4K, where the average FPS across all settings falls from a range of 169.8–379.6 down to 89.7–194.8. This represents a reduction of roughly 45–50% depending on the preset, indicating that the GPU's rendering workload becomes substantially heavier at 3840x2160.

At 1080p, the system exhibits extreme performance, with the Low preset reaching 594.6 FPS and even the demanding Ultra preset hitting 275.4 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain remarkably high, with Low at 379.6 FPS and Ultra at 169.8 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a drop of approximately 36% for Low, 37% for Medium, and 38% for High, while Ultra sees a slightly larger 38% reduction. This consistent pattern suggests that while the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at lower resolutions, the RTX 4080 SUPER's rendering capabilities become the primary constraint as resolution increases.

The 4K results tell a different story. At 3840x2160, the gap between Low (194.8 FPS) and Ultra (89.7 FPS) widens considerably, with a 54% performance spread across the settings spectrum. This indicates that at 4K, the GPU is heavily taxed, and each incremental increase in visual quality has a pronounced impact on frame delivery. The data suggests that Barony at 4K is firmly GPU-bound, whereas at 1080p the system approaches the upper limits of what the CPU can instruct the GPU to render.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the comprehensive benchmark database, this specific processor and graphics card pairing achieves a combo rank of 145 out of 1,702 tested combinations. This places the system in the top 8.5% of all configurations, a strong showing that reflects the balanced capabilities of both components. The percentile ranking for the CPU alone is 83, while the GPU sits at 88, indicating that the graphics card is the stronger contributor to this overall position.

The Ryzen 5 7600's average benchmark score of 26,617 places it in close competition with several notable rivals. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 26,574, a delta of just 0.2% behind, while the Intel Core i9-12900HK achieves 26,672, which is 0.2% ahead. The AMD EPYC 8024P and Intel Core i9-11900K round out the nearby competition with scores of 26,555 and 26,546 respectively, showing deltas of 0.2% and 0.3%. These margins are negligible in real-world gaming scenarios, suggesting that the 7600's Zen 4 architecture provides competitive performance within its price segment.

For the RTX 4080 SUPER, the average benchmark score of 53,610 places it just ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which scores 53,489 with a 0.2% delta. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M trails by 0.4%, while the Radeon RX 7700S and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti are 2.1% and 2.9% behind respectively. This positioning confirms that the 4080 SUPER is a top-tier performer, and its combination with the 7600 creates a system that excels in Barony's specific rendering demands.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER serves as the dominant performance driver in this configuration, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. This substantial memory allocation ensures that even the most demanding 4K textures and effects in Barony are unlikely to exceed available VRAM, eliminating potential stutter or texture pop-in scenarios.

Clock speeds are equally impressive, with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz. The memory operates at 1438 MHz, translating to 23 Gbps effective, which supports the high bandwidth figure. These specifications allow the GPU to maintain high utilization across all resolution and settings combinations in the measured data. The 10240 shading units and 320 texture mapping units work in concert to handle the game's visual effects, while 112 raster output pipelines ensure efficient pixel delivery.

The GPU's architecture, built on the Ada Lovelace design with a 5 nm process from TSMC, provides the computational foundation for the observed frame rates. With an FP32 throughput of 52.22 TFLOPS and a pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s, the card demonstrates raw processing power that directly translates to the high FPS figures seen at 1080p and 1440p. The texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s further supports the game's asset streaming requirements. At 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the 89.7 FPS result is still exceptionally high but represents the most demanding scenario tested.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals distinct performance tiers that inform optimal settings selection. For users targeting the highest refresh rates, particularly on 1080p or 1440p displays with 240 Hz or higher refresh rates, the Low preset at 1080p delivers 594.6 FPS, which is far beyond any monitor's capability. However, the more balanced approach of High settings at 1440p yields 238.9 FPS, still sufficient for the most demanding high-refresh displays while providing improved visual fidelity.

At 4K resolution, the Ultra preset achieves 89.7 FPS, which is playable but falls short of 100 FPS thresholds. The High preset at 4K offers a more compelling compromise at 124.1 FPS, representing a 38% improvement over Ultra while likely providing minimal visual differences in a roguelike's often stylized environments. For maximum smoothness at 4K, the Medium preset at 147.4 FPS provides an excellent balance, though the Low preset at 194.8 FPS demonstrates the system's ability to prioritize frame rate above all else.

The data suggests that High settings provide the best overall experience across all resolutions. At 1080p, High reaches 379.4 FPS, which is only 2.8% lower than Medium's 444.2 FPS in percentage terms but represents a significant absolute difference. At 1440p, High at 238.9 FPS is 29% faster than Ultra's 169.8 FPS, offering a substantial performance headroom for demanding scenes. The consistency of High settings across the resolution spectrum, never dropping below 124.1 FPS, makes it the recommended preset for this combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Examining the complete dataset provides a comprehensive view of the system's capabilities. At 1920x1080, the performance hierarchy is clear: Low leads at 594.6 FPS, followed by Medium at 444.2 FPS, High at 379.4 FPS, and Ultra at 275.4 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 319.2 FPS, demonstrating the significant impact of visual quality settings on frame delivery at this resolution.

The 2560x1440 results show a proportional reduction across all presets. Low achieves 379.6 FPS, Medium reaches 280.9 FPS, High delivers 238.9 FPS, and Ultra produces 169.8 FPS. The relative ordering remains consistent, with each settings tier providing roughly a 20–30% improvement over the next higher tier. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is 36%, while the drop from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra is 38%, indicating that the GPU's workload scaling is nearly uniform across settings.

At 3840x2160, the system still delivers exceptional performance. Low reaches 194.8 FPS, which would satisfy even the most demanding high-refresh 4K monitors. Medium follows at 147.4 FPS, High at 124.1 FPS, and Ultra at 89.7 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K shows an average reduction of 49% across all settings, with Low dropping from 379.6 to 194.8 FPS and Ultra from 169.8 to 89.7 FPS. These figures confirm that the RTX 4080 SUPER, with its 16 GB VRAM and substantial compute resources, maintains playable frame rates even at the most demanding configuration tested, though the Ultra preset at 4K is the only scenario where the system dips below the 100 FPS mark.