Control

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 2054 out of 2888 tested combinations in Control. This places the pairing in the 71st percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 29% of configurations deliver higher frame rates in this title. The ranking reflects a mid-pack placement that is heavily influenced by the GPU's age and position within the broader graphics card landscape.

The RTX 2060 SUPER itself sits at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 18093. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (scoring 18159, a 0.4% delta), the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18189, 0.5% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 460 (18373, 1.5% delta), and the Intel Arc A770M (18383, 1.6% delta). These deltas are all within a narrow 1.6% band, indicating that the RTX 2060 SUPER's raw compute performance is closely matched by several other cards, even those from different market segments. The data suggests that in terms of absolute GPU throughput, this card is statistically indistinguishable from the mobile RTX 3060 and the Radeon Pro 5700.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 5600F holds an 85th percentile ranking among all processors, with a Passmark multithread score of 19236 and a single-thread score of 2872. Its average benchmark score of 36945 places it in a tight cluster with the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (36938, 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (37018, -0.2% delta), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (37093, -0.4% delta), and the Intel Core i9-12900T (37112, -0.5% delta). This grouping shows that the 5600F's overall CPU capability is essentially equivalent to several competing processors, with less than a half-percent separating all five in aggregate scoring. The combo's overall rank of 2054, however, is lower than the CPU's percentile might suggest, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor in most Control scenarios.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance on which settings preset offers the most balanced experience. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 118 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play. The Medium preset at 1080p produces 84 FPS average with a minimum of 71 FPS and a maximum of 96 FPS, providing a solid margin above playable frame rates while offering improved visual quality. The High preset at 1080p yields 74 FPS average, still maintaining playable performance, while the Ultra preset drops to 65 FPS average.

For users prioritizing visual fidelity without sacrificing responsiveness, the Medium preset at 1920x1080 represents the optimal balance in this data set. The minimum FPS of 71 at Medium ensures that even during demanding scenes, the frame rate does not dip below the 60 FPS target. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset delivers 63 FPS average with a 54 FPS minimum, which is borderline but workable for most players. The High preset at 1440p drops to 56 FPS average, which falls below the ideal 60 FPS threshold for many users.

At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more constrained. The Low preset at 4K produces 60 FPS average, which is exactly at the playable threshold. The Medium preset at 4K drops to 43 FPS average with a 36 FPS minimum, which would likely feel stuttery in action-heavy sequences. The High and Ultra presets at 4K produce 38 FPS and 33 FPS averages respectively, both below playable standards. The data indicates that 4K gaming with this combo requires the Low preset to maintain acceptable frame rates, while 1080p and 1440p offer more headroom for higher quality settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this system in Control?

A: The measured data shows that 1920x1080 at Medium settings delivers 84 FPS average with a 71 FPS minimum, offering the best combination of smooth gameplay and visual quality. At 2560x1440, Medium produces 63 FPS average with a 54 FPS minimum, which is playable but closer to the threshold. At 3840x2160, only the Low preset achieves 60 FPS average.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER's average benchmark score of 18093 is within 1.6% of all four nearest rivals. It trails the RTX 3060 Mobile by 0.4%, the Radeon Pro 5700 by 0.5%, the Radeon RX 460 by 1.5%, and the Arc A770M by 1.6%. These differences are negligible in real-world gaming scenarios.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5600F a bottleneck for the RTX 2060 SUPER in Control?

A: The CPU's 85th percentile ranking and aggregate score of 36945, which is within 0.5% of its nearest rivals, suggest it is more than capable for this GPU. The combo rank of 2054 out of 2888 indicates the GPU is the primary constraint, as the CPU's relative strength exceeds the GPU's percentile ranking.

Q: What frame rates can be expected at 1080p with different quality presets?

A: The measured data shows Low at 118 FPS, Medium at 84 FPS, High at 74 FPS, and Ultra at 65 FPS average at 1920x1080. The Medium preset has a documented minimum of 71 FPS and maximum of 96 FPS, providing the most consistent frame pacing among the higher-quality options.

Q: How does the card's memory configuration affect performance in this game?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. At 4K resolutions with higher settings, the average FPS drops to 33-43, suggesting that memory bandwidth or capacity may limit performance at extreme resolutions, though the data does not isolate VRAM usage specifically.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking and what does it mean for Control?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER sits at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs. This indicates that while it outperforms a majority of graphics cards in the database, it is not positioned for high-refresh-rate or high-resolution gaming in demanding titles like Control, which is reflected in the measured FPS data across resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across twelve distinct configurations. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 118 FPS, representing the highest frame rate in the entire dataset. The Medium preset at 1080p produces 84 FPS average with a minimum of 71 FPS and a maximum of 96 FPS, showing a consistent frame delivery within a 25 FPS range. The High preset at 1080p drops to 74 FPS average, while the Ultra preset produces 65 FPS average. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a degradation of 53 FPS, from 118 down to 65, representing a 45% reduction in average frame rate when moving from the lowest to the highest quality settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 89 FPS average, which is 29 FPS lower than the equivalent 1080p setting. The Medium preset at 1440p produces 63 FPS average with a minimum of 54 FPS and a maximum of 73 FPS. This represents a 21 FPS drop compared to the same settings at 1080p, showing that resolution scaling has a significant impact on performance. The High preset at 1440p yields 56 FPS average, while the Ultra preset produces 49 FPS average. At 1440p, the spread between Low and Ultra is 40 FPS, from 89 down to 49, which is a 45% reduction, matching the percentage drop seen at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves 60 FPS average, which is the only 4K configuration that reaches the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 4K produces 43 FPS average with a minimum of 36 FPS and a maximum of 49 FPS, showing a tight delivery range but at a level that would likely be unsatisfying for fast-paced action. The High preset at 4K drops to 38 FPS average, while the Ultra preset produces 33 FPS average. The 4K data shows a 27 FPS spread from Low to Ultra, from 60 down to 33, representing a 45% reduction in performance, consistent with the pattern observed at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the TU106 chip using the Turing architecture at a 12 nm process node. The card contains 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die, with 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. It also includes 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and DLSS capabilities, though the measured FPS data in this test does not specify whether these features were enabled. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1470 MHz with a boost clock of 1650 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed.

The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a substantial figure for this card class. The GPU's FP32 performance is rated at 7.181 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio). The card's pixel rate is 105.6 GPixel/s and texture rate is 224.4 GTexel/s. In the Passmark G3D benchmark, the card scores 16462, while its compute score is 6721. The DirectX 12 benchmark score of 61 and DirectX 11 score of 130 indicate the card's API-level performance in synthetic tests.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 18093 places it at the 62nd percentile, with nearest rivals all within a 1.6% delta. The card's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2011 and Geekbench scores of 76957 (OpenCL) and 77402 (Vulkan) provide additional context for its compute capabilities. The card's TDP of 175 W and suggested PSU of 450 W indicate moderate power requirements. The measured FPS data suggests that the GPU's 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but at 4K with higher settings, the performance drops significantly, indicating that either memory capacity or bandwidth constraints become apparent at extreme resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. It operates at a base clock of 3.00 GHz with a boost clock of 4.00 GHz, and features a 65 W TDP. The CPU has a 32 MB shared L3 cache, 512 KB L2 cache per core, and 64 KB L1 cache per core. It supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration with a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and includes ECC memory support. The processor uses the AMD Socket AM4 and supports PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes from the CPU.

The CPU's Passmark benchmarks show a multithread score of 19236, a single-thread score of 2872, and an average benchmark score of 36945. Its nearest rivals in aggregate scoring include the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (36938, 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (37018, -0.2% delta), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (37093, -0.4% delta), and the Intel Core i9-12900T (37112, -0.5% delta). The 85th percentile ranking indicates that this CPU outperforms the vast majority of processors in the database, making it a strong pairing for the RTX 2060 SUPER in theory.

In specific Passmark subtests, the CPU scores 232836 in data compression, 13839 in data encryption, 16266 in extended instructions, 59339 in integer math, 34548 in floating point math, and 1043 in physics. The single-thread score of 2872 is particularly relevant for gaming, as many titles rely on single-core performance. The CPU's 12 threads provide ample multi-threading capability for modern games, but the measured FPS data in Control suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor, as the GPU's percentile ranking (62nd) is significantly lower than the CPU's (85th), indicating that the GPU reaches its performance ceiling before the CPU does.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals clear patterns in how performance scales with resolution. When moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 118 to 89, a reduction of 29 FPS or 24.6%. At the Medium preset, the drop is from 84 to 63 FPS, a 21 FPS or 25% reduction. The High preset drops from 74 to 56 FPS, an 18 FPS or 24.3% reduction, while the Ultra preset drops from 65 to 49 FPS, a 16 FPS or 24.6% reduction. These consistent percentage drops across all settings indicate that the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is uniform and predictable.

When moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, the drops become more pronounced. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 89 to 60, a reduction of 29 FPS or 32.6%. The Medium preset drops from 63 to 43 FPS, a 20 FPS or 31.7% reduction. The High preset drops from 56 to 38 FPS, an 18 FPS or 32.1% reduction, while the Ultra preset drops from 49 to 33 FPS, a 16 FPS or 32.7% reduction. The steeper percentage drops from 1440p to 4K, compared to the 1080p to 1440p drops, indicate that the GPU becomes increasingly strained as pixel count increases.

The total scaling from 1080p Low to 4K Low shows a drop from 118 to 60 FPS, representing a 49.2% reduction in frame rate. From 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra, the drop is from 65 to 33 FPS, a 49.2% reduction as well. This consistency across settings suggests that the scaling factor is primarily resolution-dependent rather than settings-dependent. The fact that the percentage drops are nearly identical across all presets indicates that the limiting component, likely the GPU, is being taxed proportionally at each resolution step. The CPU's strong relative performance, evidenced by its 85th percentile ranking, means that it maintains sufficient frame delivery at all tested resolutions, allowing the GPU's performance ceiling to be the dominant factor in determining average FPS across the resolution spectrum.