Barony

Barony is a roguelike where frame pacing matters more than raw eye candy, and the measured results for this AMD Ryzen 7 5800X + Intel Arc B570 combo show a clear pattern: the game favors high refresh rates over pixel counts. The data indicates that this pairing is capable of delivering very smooth gameplay, but only if you are willing to dial back the visual fidelity at higher resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows make it obvious that the "Ultra" preset is not the intended experience for this hardware. Across all three resolutions, Ultra produces the lowest average frame rates, and at 4K it drops to just 37 FPS. That is a playable number for a turn-based or slow-paced title, but Barony is a real-time dungeon crawler where a sudden swarm of enemies can punish a low frame rate. The "High" preset is the sweet spot for this combo. At 1080p, High delivers 156 FPS, which is more than enough for a 144Hz monitor, and it scales down gracefully to 99 FPS at 1440p and 52 FPS at 4K. The drop from High to Medium is modest in comparison to the jump from Medium to Ultra, yet High consistently offers a significant performance margin that gives you headroom for busy scenes.

If you prioritize a locked 60 FPS experience, "Medium" is the safer choice at 1440p, where it holds a 115 FPS average with a measured minimum of 98 FPS. The min FPS data is only available for Medium settings, and it shows that the frame times are stable enough to avoid stutter. At 1080p, Medium pushes to 182 FPS, which is excellent for competitive play, but the 245 FPS Low preset shows that this CPU and GPU combination is rarely the bottleneck at that resolution. For the best balance of visual quality and performance, start with High and only drop to Medium if you are targeting 4K. The data suggests that the "Low" preset is unnecessary for most users, as the performance gain from High to Low is large but the visual cost is steep. The Ultra preset is effectively a screenshot mode for this hardware; it is not suited for active gameplay.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is the primary driver of the frame rate variance in this test. Its 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus with 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth is sufficient for Barony's textures, but the card's architecture and compute capabilities are what determine the scaling between settings. The GPU's boost clock is fixed at 2500 MHz, and it has 2304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. These specifications translate into a measured 14195 score in Passmark G3D, which places it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. The card's FP32 throughput is 11.52 TFLOPS, and it achieves 23.04 TFLOPS in FP16 with a 2:1 ratio, which are the numbers that matter for the shader work in a game like Barony.

Looking at the benchmark results, the Arc B570's nearest rivals in average score are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (0.1% faster) and the Intel Arc A750 (0.1% slower). This places it in a competitive mid-range tier. In Barony specifically, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. At 1080p, the CPU can feed the GPU fast enough that the card is not fully saturated, but at 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor. The data shows a 245 FPS result at 1080p Low versus 81 FPS at 4K Low, indicating that the GPU's rendering load grows substantially with pixel count. The VRAM capacity is not a concern here; the game runs within the 10 GB allocation even at 4K Ultra, as evidenced by the fact that it produces a playable (if low) 37 FPS rather than crashing or swapping. The card's 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate and 360.0 GTexel/s texture rate are the raw throughput numbers that enable these results.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 156 at 1080p to 99 at 1440p (a 37% reduction) and then to 52 at 4K (a 67% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline is characteristic of a game that is heavily dependent on pixel fill rate and shading complexity. The CPU's performance is consistent across resolutions; the Ryzen 7 5800X does not become a bottleneck until the GPU is able to output very high frame counts. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 245 FPS, which is close to the practical limit for the GPU's geometry throughput.

The scaling pattern changes with settings. At Low, the drop from 1080p to 4K is from 245 to 81 FPS, a 67% loss. At Ultra, the drop is from 112 to 37 FPS, a 67% loss as well. This consistent percentage loss across settings indicates that the GPU is the sole limiting factor at higher resolutions; the CPU's role is static. The medium preset shows the most detailed data with min and max FPS values. At 1080p Medium, the average is 182 FPS with a min of 155 and max of 209. At 1440p Medium, it drops to 115 FPS with a min of 98 and max of 132. At 4K Medium, the average is 60 FPS with a min of 51 and max of 69. The min FPS values are particularly important for a roguelike, as they represent the worst-case frame time during intense moments. The data shows that at 1440p Medium, the minimum stays above 98 FPS, which is comfortable for a 100Hz display. At 4K Medium, the minimum of 51 FPS is borderline for a 60Hz display, but it is consistent enough to avoid major stutter.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the results are uniformly high. Low settings produce 245 FPS, Medium produces 182 FPS (min 155, max 209), High produces 156 FPS, and Ultra produces 112 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 133 FPS, which is a massive difference that shows the game's rendering cost for shadows and effects. For a 144Hz monitor, High is the ceiling; for a 240Hz monitor, Medium or Low are the only options that can keep the frame rate above the refresh rate.

At 2560x1440, the picture changes. Low settings yield 154 FPS, Medium yields 115 FPS (min 98, max 132), High yields 99 FPS, and Ultra yields 71 FPS. The data shows that High is still viable for a 100Hz display, but Medium is the safer bet for a 144Hz panel because it maintains a minimum above 98 FPS. The Ultra preset at 71 FPS is playable but not ideal for fast-twitch combat.

At 3840x2160, the limits of the combo are clear. Low settings produce 81 FPS, Medium produces 60 FPS (min 51, max 69), High produces 52 FPS, and Ultra produces 37 FPS. For 4K, the only way to get a smooth 60 FPS experience is to use Medium settings, and even then the minimum FPS of 51 indicates occasional dips below the target. High settings at 4K are playable on a 48-60Hz display, but you will notice the frame rate drops during busy scenes. Ultra at 4K is not a viable gaming configuration for this hardware.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank for this specific pairing in Barony is 2985 out of 3717 tested combinations. This places it in the bottom 20% of all tested systems, which seems surprising given the high frame rates at 1080p. The reason for this low rank is likely that the database includes many combinations with much more powerful GPUs (like RTX 4090s or RX 7900 XTX) that can handle 4K Ultra with ease. The rank is a relative measure against all possible pairings, and this combo's weakness is its 4K performance. At 1080p, this system would rank far higher, but the aggregate score is dragged down by the 4K Ultra result of 37 FPS.

The combo's rank of 2985 indicates that it is not a top-tier gaming system, but it is far from the bottom. The 3717 total combos mean there are 732 systems that perform worse. This puts the combo in the 80th percentile from the bottom, which is a reasonable position for a mid-range GPU paired with a strong CPU. The CPU's percentile vs all CPUs is 81, and the GPU's percentile vs all GPUs is 65. This suggests that the CPU is a better performer than the GPU in this pairing, which explains why the bottleneck shifts to the GPU at higher resolutions. The rank is a holistic view, and for a game like Barony that is not visually demanding, the ranking would improve if the test were limited to 1080p.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X provides the foundational performance for this combo. It is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer), with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its 32 MB of L3 cache and 4,150 million transistors on a 7nm process give it strong single-thread and multi-thread capabilities. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 15476 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1574.5 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 11036 and single-core score of 2032. Its Passmark multi-thread score is 27732, and the single-thread score is 3445.

The CPU's role in Barony is to handle game logic, AI, and physics, which are typically single-threaded or lightly threaded. The measured results show that at 1080p Low, the combo hits 245 FPS. This is a high enough frame rate that the CPU's single-thread performance is likely the limiting factor. The 5800X's 3dmark single-thread score of 943 and 2-thread score of 1846 indicate that it has solid per-core performance, but it is not the fastest CPU available. Its nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (0.1% faster) and the Intel Core i5-13500HX (0.5% slower), which are both mobile processors with similar single-thread capabilities.

The CPU's 16 threads are underutilized in Barony, as the game's engine likely only uses a few cores. However, the high boost clock of 4.70 GHz ensures that the active threads can run at maximum speed. The data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck at 4K; the GPU is. At 1080p, the CPU can feed the GPU enough data to reach 245 FPS, but beyond that, the CPU's architectural limits would cap the frame rate. The 5800X's 81st percentile ranking among all CPUs means it is a strong processor, but for esports-level frame rates above 250 FPS, a newer CPU with a higher single-thread score would be needed. For the purposes of this combo, the CPU provides a stable platform that allows the GPU to perform to its full potential without holding it back at standard refresh rates.