Barony

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination ranks 420th out of 1702 tested combos in Barony, placing it in the top quarter of all systems evaluated. This is a strong position for a roguelike title, where the performance ceiling is often dictated more by raw frame generation than by complex AI or physics simulations. The rank suggests this pairing delivers a high-refresh-rate experience that will comfortably handle the game's procedurally generated dungeons, and it does so without requiring any exotic or overly expensive components.

How This Combo Ranks

The 420th rank out of 1702 combos puts this system in the 75th percentile of all tested configurations, which is a solid result for a mid-to-high-end pairing. The data shows that this combo is neither a top-tier enthusiast setup nor a budget compromise; it sits in a sweet spot where the CPU and GPU are well balanced for Barony's demands. The Ryzen 7 5800XT holds an 86th percentile ranking among all CPUs, and the RTX 4070 an 81st percentile among all GPUs, so neither component is dragging the other down significantly. In practical terms, this rank indicates that the system will not be the bottleneck in most multiplayer or single-player roguelike sessions, and the measured FPS numbers confirm that it has substantial headroom above the 60 FPS baseline.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 is the primary driver of frame rates in Barony, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for the texture-heavy environments typical of modern roguelikes. The GPU's boost clock of 2475 MHz, paired with 5888 shading units, allows it to push high pixel rates; the data shows a pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s. These specs translate directly into the measured FPS, where the GPU scales performance significantly when settings are reduced. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo hits 470.5 FPS, but at 4K with Ultra, it drops to 71.2 FPS, showing that the GPU's compute resources are fully utilized at higher loads. The 46 RT cores are present but largely irrelevant for Barony, as the game does not rely on ray-traced effects; the raw rasterization performance is what matters here.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is GPU-limited at higher resolutions but becomes increasingly CPU-bound at lower ones. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 470.5 FPS, which is an enormous frame rate that few monitors can even display; this suggests the CPU is doing heavy lifting to feed the GPU. Moving to 1440p Low, the score drops to 296.5 FPS, a 37% reduction, and at 4K Low, it falls further to 154.3 FPS, a 48% drop from 1440p. The pattern is consistent across all settings: the gap between 1080p and 1440p is smaller than the gap between 1440p and 4K, indicating that the GPU's memory bandwidth and processing power become the limiting factor as pixel count rises. At Ultra settings, the drop from 1080p (214.1 FPS) to 1440p (136.2 FPS) is 36%, and then to 4K (71.2 FPS) is another 48%, which is a classic sign of a GPU struggling to maintain fill rates at 4K resolution. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, does not appear to bottleneck until frame rates exceed roughly 300 FPS, which is only achievable at 1080p Low.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience, the Medium preset at 1440p is the sweet spot, delivering 221.7 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate that most high-end monitors target. This setting provides a 16% improvement over High (191.1 FPS) and a 63% improvement over Ultra (136.2 FPS), while the visual difference between Medium and High in a roguelike is often minimal due to the game's stylized graphics. If you prefer 4K, the Medium preset also offers the best balance, hitting 115.4 FPS, which is playable on a 120 Hz display, but the Ultra preset at 71.2 FPS is still smooth enough for turn-based or slow-paced play. At 1080p, the High preset at 299.6 FPS is the recommended choice, as it exceeds the refresh rate of most esports monitors, and the jump to Low (470.5 FPS) provides no tangible benefit unless you are using a 360 Hz panel with competitive overdrive enabled. The data suggests avoiding Ultra at 4K if you want to maintain a consistent 100+ FPS experience, as the 71.2 FPS average leaves little headroom for sudden frame drops during intense combat sequences.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive picture of performance across all combinations. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 470.5 FPS, Medium 346.7 FPS, High 299.6 FPS, and Ultra 214.1 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 55% reduction in frame rate, which is a typical penalty for enabling the highest-quality textures and shadows. At 2560x1440, the numbers are 296.5 FPS (Low), 221.7 FPS (Medium), 191.1 FPS (High), and 136.2 FPS (Ultra). The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 37% across all settings, which aligns with the 78% increase in pixel count, indicating that the GPU is handling the extra load efficiently without any major CPU constraints. At 3840x2160, the results are 154.3 FPS (Low), 115.4 FPS (Medium), 100.1 FPS (High), and 71.2 FPS (Ultra). The transition from 1440p to 4K shows a 48% reduction in FPS, which is steeper than the 33% increase in pixel count, suggesting that the GPU's memory bandwidth (504.2 GB/s) becomes a limiting factor at 4K, especially with higher-quality texture filtering. The minimum FPS values are not recorded, but the averages are consistently high enough to ensure smooth gameplay, with the only potential concern being the 4K Ultra result dipping below 75 FPS.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5800XT plays a supporting role in Barony, but its capabilities ensure that it never becomes a bottleneck in the tested scenarios. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, it has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, which are high enough to handle the game's single-threaded logic and procedural generation tasks. The CPU's benchmark scores are strong: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 23794 and a single-core score of 3359, which puts it in the 86th percentile of all CPUs. In the measured FPS, the CPU's influence is most visible at 1080p Low, where the 470.5 FPS result indicates that the 16 threads are keeping up with the GPU's output. The data shows that the 5800XT performs within 0.3% of rivals like the Ryzen 7 6800HS and Ryzen 7 7840H, which are mobile parts, but it has a slight edge over the Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (0.1% faster) and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (0.3% faster). For Barony, the CPU's L3 cache of 32 MB is more than sufficient for the game's map data, and the dual-channel DDR4 memory support, with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, is adequate for feeding the GPU without causing stutters. The CPU does not need to be overclocked for this title, but its unlocked multiplier allows for tuning if you want to push the 1080p Low frame rates even higher.