Barony

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 lands at rank 964 out of 1702 tested combos in Barony. That places it just past the midpoint of the database, meaning this is a middle-of-the-pack pairing for this specific roguelike. For context, the CPU itself sits at the 82nd percentile among all processors, while the GPU is at the 66th percentile among all graphics cards — so the combo's rank is dragged down slightly by the GPU being a less exceptional part than the CPU.

What this ranking tells you is that Barony, despite its simple visual style, is not trivially easy to run at maximum settings. The combo outperforms roughly 43% of all tested configurations, which is respectable but not dominant. In practical terms, this pairing is a solid mainstream setup that will handle the game well, but it won't be setting any records. The data suggests that the CPU has headroom to pair with a stronger GPU if you ever upgrade, since the processor's benchmark scores are notably above its nearest rivals in the average benchmark score.

GPU Role

The RTX 4060 brings 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective) for a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. The GPU's boost clock is 2460 MHz, and it features 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. In Barony, the GPU's role is clearly the limiting factor at higher settings — the measured FPS drops of 52.7% from Low to Ultra at 1080p show that the graphics card is being pushed hard by the game's effects.

The GPU's FP32 performance of 15.11 TFLOPS is adequate for this title, but the 8 GB VRAM capacity becomes relevant at 4K Ultra, where the frame rate drops to 52.7 FPS. That's not a VRAM capacity issue per se — Barony isn't a VRAM hog — but it reflects the GPU's overall compute headroom. Compared to its nearest rivals, the RTX 4060's average benchmark score of 23181 is essentially tied with the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23321, -0.6%) and the Intel Arc B580 (23021, 0.7%). This means in raw GPU capability, you're getting a card that's statistically indistinguishable from those alternatives, though Barony's specific workload may favor one over another.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story about where the bottleneck sits. At Ultra settings, the combo delivers 156.7 FPS at 1080p, drops to 99.3 FPS at 1440p, and falls to 52.7 FPS at 4K. That's a 66.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K, which indicates the GPU is the primary constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, you'd see less dramatic scaling at higher resolutions.

However, at Low settings, the picture changes. The 1080p Low result is 342.9 FPS, but 4K Low is 112.2 FPS — a 67.3% drop. The fact that even at Low settings the scaling remains steep suggests the GPU is still the limiting factor across all settings. The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 4.70 GHz, is more than capable of feeding the GPU at 1080p Low, as evidenced by the 342.9 FPS result. The 4K Low result of 112.2 FPS is still very playable, but it's clear that resolution scaling in Barony is almost entirely a GPU-bound exercise for this combo.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured data, the Medium preset at 1440p delivers the most balanced experience. At 160.6 FPS, it's well above the 144 Hz refresh rate that most gaming monitors target, while still offering better visual quality than Low. The jump from Medium to High at 1440p costs 24.2 FPS (from 160.6 to 136.4), which is a noticeable hit but still above 120 FPS. At 4K, Medium is the sweet spot: 82.7 FPS is comfortably above 60 FPS, whereas High drops to 74.5 FPS and Ultra falls below 60 FPS to 52.7 FPS.

For 1080p users, Ultra at 156.7 FPS is perfectly viable — you get maximum visual fidelity while staying well above 144 FPS. The data shows that at 1080p, even Ultra doesn't stress this combo enough to warrant dropping settings. At 4K, however, Ultra is not recommended; the 52.7 FPS result is below the 60 FPS threshold that most players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. Medium at 4K is the pragmatic choice, offering a 57% FPS improvement over Ultra while still looking substantially better than Low.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo's results are consistently strong across all settings. Low delivers 342.9 FPS, Medium hits 255.9 FPS, High reaches 215.2 FPS, and Ultra still manages 156.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 186.2 FPS, which shows the GPU's workload scales significantly with settings. Notably, the difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is 58.5 FPS — the largest single-setting drop in the entire dataset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but the margins tighten. Low produces 214.7 FPS, Medium 160.6 FPS, High 136.4 FPS, and Ultra 99.3 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is roughly 37-40% reduction, which is consistent with the pixel count increase of 78% — meaning the GPU is handling the resolution increase efficiently without hitting a hard performance cliff.

At 3840x2160, the results show where this combo's limits lie. Low is still playable at 112.2 FPS, Medium drops to 82.7 FPS, High to 74.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 52.7 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS measurement in the entire dataset, confirming that this resolution and settings combination is beyond what this pairing can comfortably handle. The 4K Low result being 112.2 FPS — versus 342.9 FPS at 1080p Low — shows a 67.3% reduction, which is the most severe resolution penalty observed.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 4 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm process. It has a base clock of 4.20 GHz and boosts up to 4.70 GHz, with 16 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark results show strong single-thread performance — its 3dmark single-thread score is 951, and its Cinebench R23 single-core score is 2943. In Barony, which is a roguelike that doesn't heavily multithread, this single-thread strength is what matters most.

The data confirms the CPU is not the bottleneck in this pairing. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 342.9 FPS, which is far beyond what most displays can show. Even at 4K Low, the 112.2 FPS result demonstrates that the CPU can keep up with the GPU's demands at any resolution. The CPU's average benchmark score of 25064 places it essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (25057, 0% delta) and the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (25099, -0.1% delta), meaning it's a well-rounded processor for gaming workloads.

For Barony specifically, the CPU's role is to maintain high frame rates when the GPU isn't stressed — which happens at Low settings and lower resolutions. The fact that FPS scales so dramatically with settings (342.9 FPS at 1080p Low versus 156.7 FPS at 1080p Ultra) shows that the GPU is the performance governor. The CPU, with its 4.70 GHz boost and 12 threads, has ample headroom to handle the game's logic, AI, and procedural generation without becoming a limiting factor. If you were to pair this CPU with a stronger GPU, the data suggests you'd see better 4K Ultra performance, as the CPU's 82nd percentile ranking indicates it's capable of feeding faster graphics cards in this title.