Barony

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 delivers a playable but constrained experience in Barony, a 2015 roguelike. The data shows this combination ranks 1619th out of 1702 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 5% of the database. While the CPU is a high-end desktop part, the GPU, an end-of-life Polaris 20 chip with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, acts as the primary bottleneck, especially at higher resolutions and settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Barony?*

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the only resolution where this combo consistently achieves above 60 FPS across most settings. At 2560x1440, only the Low preset clears 60 FPS, while at 3840x2160, even Low settings fall short of 50 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800XT scores 23,794 in Cinebench R23 multi-core. This is within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840H, and 0.1% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, indicating near-identical sustained multi-core throughput.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth and how does it affect performance?

A: The RX 570 has a 256-bit memory bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is sufficient for 1080p gaming but becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions, evidenced by the steep FPS drops when moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160.

Q: Is the RX 570 capable of running the game at Ultra settings?

A: Only at 1920x1080, where it averages 61.5 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra drops to 41.9 FPS, and at 3840x2160, it becomes unplayable at 20.3 FPS, making Ultra a poor choice beyond 1080p.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the processor in this combo?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT had a launch MSRP of $249. It is an active production part released in 2024, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture.

Q: How does the GPU's benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 30,158. This is 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, 0.6% higher than the NVIDIA Tesla M60, and 0.8% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile, showing it punches near those newer parts in synthetic tests.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is the clear performance limiter in this pairing. Built on the 14 nm GCN 4.0 architecture with a 232 mm² die, it operates at a base clock of 1168 MHz and a boost clock of 1244 MHz. Its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The measured FPS data confirms this memory configuration is adequate for 1080p but struggles as pixel count increases.

The GPU's raw compute capabilities—5.095 TFLOPS FP32, 2048 shading units, and 32 ROPs—translate directly into the frame rates observed. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo hits 137.8 FPS, but this drops to 48.6 FPS at 3840x2160 Low, a 64.7% reduction. This pattern holds across all settings, indicating the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are saturated at higher resolutions. The GPU's percentile rank of 74 versus all GPUs, combined with its end-of-life production status, suggests it is a legacy part that cannot fully leverage the CPU's capabilities in this title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points to the Low preset at 1920x1080 as the optimal experience, delivering 137.8 FPS average. This is the only configuration that provides a substantial headroom above 60 FPS, which is beneficial for a roguelike where reaction time matters. For users preferring higher visual fidelity, the High preset at 1920x1080 is viable at 85.9 FPS, still comfortably above 60 FPS.

At 2560x1440, only Low settings (86.1 FPS) are recommended for smooth play. The Medium preset drops to 65.4 FPS, which is borderline, while High (55.4 FPS) and Ultra (41.9 FPS) fall below acceptable thresholds. At 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS; Low settings yield 48.6 FPS, which may be tolerable for turn-based gameplay, but High (31.8 FPS) and Ultra (20.3 FPS) are not recommended. The data suggests that the 4 GB VRAM and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth create a hard ceiling that only the Low preset can partially circumvent at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The benchmark results show a clear hierarchy across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide spread: Low averages 137.8 FPS, Medium 103.7 FPS, High 85.9 FPS, and Ultra 61.5 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 76.3 FPS, representing a 55.4% drop, which indicates that the GPU's shader and ROP throughput is heavily taxed by the Ultra preset's effects.

At 2560x1440, the spread narrows in absolute terms but widens proportionally: Low averages 86.1 FPS, Medium 65.4 FPS, High 55.4 FPS, and Ultra 41.9 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 44.2 FPS, a 51.3% reduction. This resolution still offers playable frame rates at Low and Medium, but the GPU's 4 GB memory capacity begins to show strain.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles across the board: Low averages 48.6 FPS, Medium 35.5 FPS, High 31.8 FPS, and Ultra 20.3 FPS. Even the lowest settings fail to reach 60 FPS, and Ultra is effectively unplayable. The transition from 1080p to 4K at the same settings results in a 64.7% FPS loss at Low, a 65.8% loss at Medium, a 63.0% loss at High, and a 67.0% loss at Ultra, confirming that the GPU is the dominant constraint.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals a consistent pattern of performance degradation. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 137.8 to 48.6, a reduction of 89.2 FPS. At Medium, it falls from 103.7 to 35.5, a drop of 68.2 FPS. High settings see a decline from 85.9 to 31.8, losing 54.1 FPS, and Ultra drops from 61.5 to 20.3, losing 41.2 FPS.

The percentage losses are remarkably uniform across settings, ranging from 63.0% to 67.0%. This uniformity indicates that the bottleneck is resolution-dependent, not setting-dependent. The GPU's pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s are the likely culprits; as the number of pixels quadruples from 1080p to 4K, the GPU's fixed-function units become saturated. The 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth also fails to keep up with the increased data demands, as evidenced by the 4 GB VRAM being insufficient for high-resolution textures.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is a high-performance desktop processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) on a 7 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosts up to 4.80 GHz, with 32 MB of L3 cache. Its benchmark scores are impressive: 23,794 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 3,359 in single-core, and an average benchmark score of 29,774, placing it in the 86th percentile of all CPUs.

In Barony, a roguelike that is not heavily threaded, the CPU's single-thread performance is more relevant than its multi-core might. The 3dmark single-thread score of 959 and Cinebench R23 single-core of 3,359 suggest ample headroom for game logic. The CPU's nearest rivals—AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS, AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, and AMD Ryzen 7 7840H—all score within 0.3% of the 5800XT, indicating that no CPU-side variance explains the FPS differences observed. The data strongly implies that the CPU is not the limiting factor; the GPU is, as evidenced by the FPS scaling patterns.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 1619th out of 1702 tested combos in Barony, placing it in the bottom 5.1% of the database. This low ranking is surprising given the CPU's high percentile (86th) and the GPU's respectable percentile (74th), but it reflects the reality that the GPU's 4 GB VRAM and GCN 4.0 architecture are outdated for modern rendering demands, even in a 2015 title.

The rank suggests that most other tested combos, likely featuring newer GPUs with more memory, achieve higher frame rates. The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks—such as the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840H—would likely place higher when paired with a more capable GPU. The data indicates that the RX 570's end-of-life status and 14 nm process node are the primary reasons for this poor showing. The combo's performance at 1080p is adequate, but its inability to maintain 60 FPS at 1440p or 4K at most settings cements its position near the bottom of the rankings. For a roguelike where CPU logic and procedural generation are key, the 5800XT handles the task effortlessly, but the GPU simply cannot translate that into high frame rates.