Barony

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination delivers exceptional performance in Barony, a roguelike title where frame rates are already high across the board. The data shows this pairing ranks in the top 25% of all tested configurations, placing 427th out of 1702 combos. The measured results reveal that the system is capable of extreme frame rates at lower resolutions, with the GPU becoming the primary limiting factor as resolution increases to 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data indicates that the High preset at 2560x1440 offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, delivering an average of 187 FPS. This is a strong recommendation because it maintains a frame rate well above the 144Hz refresh rate common in modern monitors while providing substantial visual improvements over the Medium preset. At 1920x1080, the High preset achieves 301.9 FPS, which exceeds the capabilities of even the fastest 240Hz displays, making higher settings essentially free at this resolution.

For users prioritizing maximum visual quality, the Ultra preset at 2560x1440 still delivers a highly playable 134.4 FPS, which is sufficient for high-refresh-rate gaming. However, the drop from High to Ultra at 4K is steep—from 99.5 FPS down to 70.1 FPS—representing a 29.4% performance penalty for the incremental visual gains. The Medium preset at 3840x2160 provides a comfortable middle ground at 114.6 FPS, which is ideal for 4K displays with 120Hz refresh rates.

The Low preset is only advisable for competitive scenarios where maximum frame rates are paramount. At 1080p, Low produces 468.1 FPS, which is over 55% higher than High settings. This dramatic difference suggests that the game's visual effects at higher presets impose significant rendering costs, but the absolute frame rates are so high that most users will prefer the visual quality of High or Ultra settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this combination?

A: The maximum measured average FPS is 468.1 at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. Even at 4K with Low settings, the system produces 156.3 FPS, demonstrating exceptional headroom.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 301.9 at 1080p to 99.5 at 4K, representing a 67% reduction. For Low settings, the drop is from 468.1 to 156.3, a 66.6% reduction.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 strong enough for 4K gaming in Barony?

A: Yes, at 4K the system maintains 99.5 FPS on High settings and 70.1 FPS on Ultra. This is well within playable territory for a roguelike, though the 4K Ultra preset shows the first signs of GPU limitation.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combination ranks 427th out of 1702 tested combos, placing it in the top 25.1% of all systems. This indicates strong overall performance relative to the database of tested hardware.

Q: What is the performance difference between the Medium and High presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 222.7 FPS while High delivers 187 FPS, a difference of 19.1%. The High preset's visual improvements come at a modest 16% frame rate cost.

Q: Does the system show signs of CPU or GPU bottlenecking at 1080p?

A: The 468.1 FPS result at 1080p Low suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at extremely high rates, while the sharp drop to 216.6 FPS at Ultra indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor when visual effects are maximized.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU limitation as resolution increases. At High settings, the frame rate drops from 301.9 FPS at 1080p to 187 FPS at 1440p—a 38% reduction—and then further to 99.5 FPS at 4K, representing a 67% total drop from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario: the RTX 4070's rendering workload scales nearly linearly with pixel count.

The Low preset shows the same trend but from a much higher baseline: 468.1 FPS at 1080p falls to 297.5 FPS at 1440p and 156.3 FPS at 4K. The proportional drops are consistent across presets—roughly 36% from 1080p to 1440p and another 47% from 1440p to 4K—indicating that the rendering pipeline is uniformly affected by resolution regardless of visual complexity.

These numbers strongly suggest that at 1080p, the system is partially CPU-limited, as the Ryzen 7 5700X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads are capable of sustaining frame rates above 300 FPS, but the GPU cannot maintain proportional scaling at lower resolutions. At 4K, the GPU's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth become the defining factors, with the RTX 4070's 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute determining the ceiling.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers exceptional performance across all settings. The Low preset achieves 468.1 FPS, Medium produces 347 FPS, High yields 301.9 FPS, and Ultra still manages 216.6 FPS. These results indicate that even the most demanding settings at 1080p provide frame rates far beyond what any current display can show, making this resolution effectively a non-issue for this hardware.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain extremely high. Low settings produce 297.5 FPS, Medium delivers 222.7 FPS, High reaches 187 FPS, and Ultra maintains 134.4 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result is noteworthy because it stays above 120 FPS, making it suitable for high-refresh-rate gaming monitors without requiring any settings compromises.

At 3840x2160, the system shows its limits but remains playable. Low settings deliver 156.3 FPS, which is excellent for 4K. Medium produces 114.6 FPS, and High achieves 99.5 FPS—both comfortably above 60 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 70.1 FPS, which is still playable but represents the only configuration where the system dips below the 100 FPS threshold.

The progression from Low to Ultra at any resolution shows a consistent pattern: Ultra is roughly 54-58% slower than Low. This consistent delta across resolutions suggests that the visual effects enabled by higher presets have a uniform cost regardless of pixel count.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination ranks 427th out of 1702 tested combos, placing it in the top 25.1% of all systems in the database. This is a strong result for a mid-range configuration, indicating that the pairing is well-balanced for Barony's requirements.

The CPU component itself sits in the 82nd percentile among all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 24673. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-1360P (24627, 0.2% slower) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D (24605, 0.3% slower), showing that the 5700X3D is competitive with much newer mobile and desktop parts. The GPU also performs strongly, ranking in the 81st percentile with an average score of 37283, though its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.6% faster) and the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A (38008, 1.9% faster), which are unexpected comparisons given the RTX 4070's modern architecture.

The combination's rank of 427 suggests that while the individual components are strong, the pairing does not crack the top 400 systems. This is likely due to the CPU's single-thread performance ceiling, as Barony may not fully utilize the 5700X3D's 96 MB of L3 cache that gives it an advantage in other workloads.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz. The processor's defining characteristic is its 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is significantly larger than typical desktop CPUs and contributes to its strong gaming performance. The CPU's benchmark results show a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22366 and a single-core score of 3157, indicating solid multithreaded capability with modest single-thread performance.

In Barony, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The measured 468.1 FPS at 1080p Low demonstrates that the 5700X3D can sustain extremely high frame rates, but the drop to 216.6 FPS at Ultra reveals that the GPU becomes the bottleneck when visual effects are enabled. The CPU's 3DMark scores—6764 at 16 threads and 804 single-thread—suggest that multithreaded performance is strong, but the single-thread score is relatively low, which could limit performance in games that rely heavily on a single main thread.

The 5700X3D's 105W TDP and 7nm process node from TSMC allow it to maintain high clock speeds without excessive power draw, which is beneficial for sustained gaming sessions. The processor's memory support for DDR4 at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for this game, as Barony does not appear to be memory-bandwidth sensitive based on the frame rate scaling patterns.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operations pipelines. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1920 MHz with a boost clock of 2475 MHz, delivering 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance. The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for 4K gaming in this title.

The GPU's benchmark results show a Passmark G3D score of 26927 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 3854, placing it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rival comparisons are unusual—the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.6% faster) and NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A (38008, 1.9% faster) are both older or lower-tier parts, suggesting that the RTX 4070's benchmark averages are affected by its specific workload characteristics.

In Barony, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution increases. At 1080p, the GPU is not fully utilized at Low settings, as evidenced by the massive performance headroom. However, at 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, with the frame rate dropping to 70.1 FPS. The RTX 4070's 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores provide additional capabilities that may not be heavily utilized in this roguelike title, but the raw rasterization performance is what drives the measured results. The GPU's 200W TDP and 240mm length make it a manageable component for most desktop builds, and its PCIe 4.0 x16 interface ensures adequate bandwidth for high-resolution textures.