Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination delivers exceptional performance in Control, consistently producing high frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings. The data shows a system that is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at higher resolutions, while the CPU proves more than capable of feeding the graphics card at 1080p. The measured results place this pairing in the top tier of tested configurations, with a combo rank of 334 out of 3720, putting it in the 91st percentile of all tested combos.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data indicates that the High preset offers the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, the High preset produces an average of 155 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate displays. Moving to 2560x1440, High settings maintain a strong 117 FPS average, comfortably exceeding the 100 FPS threshold that many competitive and action gamers consider ideal. Even at 3840x2160, the High preset delivers a playable 79 FPS average, proving that this combination can handle 4K gaming without requiring significant graphical compromises.

For users prioritizing maximum frame rates, the Low preset provides substantial gains. At 1080p, Low settings yield 224 FPS, representing a 44.5% improvement over High settings. The scaling continues at 1440p with 185 FPS, and even at 4K, Low settings achieve 125 FPS. This makes the Low preset an excellent choice for competitive play or for users with very high refresh rate monitors, particularly at 1080p where the frame rate approaches the limits of most display technology.

The Ultra preset, while visually the most demanding, demonstrates that the hardware has headroom for maximum quality. At 1080p, Ultra still achieves 134 FPS, which remains highly playable. The 1440p Ultra result of 102 FPS barely dips below the 100 FPS mark, and 4K Ultra holds at 69 FPS. The Medium preset sits predictably between these extremes, offering 174 FPS at 1080p, 132 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K, with the only recorded minimum frame rate data showing 76 FPS at 4K and 148 FPS at 1080p.

The optimal recommendation depends on the display and priorities. For 1080p users with 144Hz or 240Hz monitors, the High preset at 155 FPS offers the best visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness. For 1440p, High at 117 FPS delivers an excellent balance. At 4K, the choice between High at 79 FPS and Medium at 89 FPS depends on whether visual quality or frame rate stability matters more, with High providing a more visually consistent experience despite the lower average.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER serves as the primary performance driver in this configuration, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 736.3 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This substantial memory capacity proves critical for Control, a game known for its demanding environments and physics simulations. The 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 render output units provide ample compute resources for the game's particle effects and destructible environments.

The GPU's clock behavior shows a base clock of 2295 MHz with a boost clock of 2550 MHz. These clocks, combined with the massive compute resources, explain the strong performance at 4K resolution. The RTX 4080 SUPER achieves 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which directly translates to the high frame rates observed in the benchmark data. The 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores provide additional capabilities, though the benchmark data does not isolate their specific impact on Control's performance.

The GPU's memory subsystem plays a notable role in the frame rate scaling between settings. At 4K, the difference between Low (125 FPS) and Ultra (69 FPS) represents an 81.2% performance gap, indicating that the game becomes increasingly memory and bandwidth sensitive at higher quality settings. The 736.3 GB/s bandwidth proves sufficient even at 4K Ultra, where the GPU still maintains a 69 FPS average. The GPU's percentile ranking of 86 among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54209, positions it as a high-end part that slightly trails the RTX 4080 by 0.1% and outperforms the Radeon Pro W5700X by 1.1% in synthetic tests.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling across resolutions reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, the average FPS drops from 155 to 117, a 24.5% decrease. This scaling continues from 1440p to 4K, where the High preset falls from 117 to 79 FPS, a 32.5% reduction. The total drop from 1080p to 4K at High settings is 49.0%, which aligns with the pixel count increase of 4x, indicating that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at these resolutions.

The Low preset shows similar scaling patterns. At 1080p, Low achieves 224 FPS, dropping to 185 FPS at 1440p (a 17.4% decrease), and further to 125 FPS at 4K (a 32.4% decrease from 1440p). The total decline from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 44.2%. This slightly smaller percentage drop compared to High settings suggests that at lower graphical loads, the CPU begins to play a more significant role, particularly at 1080p where 224 FPS approaches the limits of what the Ryzen 5 5600GT can sustain.

The Medium and Ultra presets follow the expected trajectories. Medium drops from 174 FPS at 1080p to 132 FPS at 1440p (24.1% decrease) and then to 89 FPS at 4K (32.6% decrease). Ultra falls from 134 FPS at 1080p to 102 FPS at 1440p (23.9% decrease) and then to 69 FPS at 4K (32.4% decrease). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the resolution scaling is primarily dependent on GPU workload, with the CPU maintaining sufficient headroom even at 1080p with Low settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the benchmark data shows a progression from Low to Ultra that emphasizes the GPU's capability to handle the game at high frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 224 FPS, Medium achieves 174 FPS with a minimum of 148 FPS and maximum of 200 FPS, High delivers 155 FPS, and Ultra maintains 134 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra represents a 67.2% performance difference, providing users with substantial flexibility depending on their refresh rate and visual preferences.

The 2560x1440 results show a similar pattern with appropriate scaling. Low settings yield 185 FPS, Medium averages 132 FPS with a range of 112 to 152 FPS, High reaches 117 FPS, and Ultra achieves 102 FPS. The frame rate gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution narrows to 81.4%, reflecting the increased GPU workload at higher pixel counts. The Medium preset's recorded minimum of 112 FPS indicates that even during demanding scenes, the system maintains smooth performance.

At 3840x2160, the performance hierarchy becomes more compressed. Low settings achieve 125 FPS, Medium averages 89 FPS with a minimum of 76 FPS and maximum of 102 FPS, High delivers 79 FPS, and Ultra holds at 69 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 81.2%, demonstrating that while the RTX 4080 SUPER can handle 4K gaming, the settings choice has a significant impact on the experience. The Medium preset's minimum of 76 FPS at 4K is particularly noteworthy, as it ensures that even the most demanding scenes remain above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER achieves a rank of 334 out of 3720 tested combinations in Control. This places the system in the 91st percentile of all tested configurations, indicating that it outperforms the vast majority of hardware pairings in this game. The high ranking reflects the GPU's substantial compute resources and the CPU's ability to keep up with the demanding frame rates at lower resolutions.

The GPU's individual performance relative to its peers provides context for this ranking. The RTX 4080 SUPER's average benchmark score of 54209 places it within 0.1% of the RTX 4080, while being 1.1% ahead of the Radeon Pro W5700X and 2.7% ahead of the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB. While these synthetic benchmarks do not directly translate to game performance, they indicate that the GPU is operating at the expected level for its class.

The CPU's contribution to this ranking should not be underestimated. The Ryzen 5 5600GT achieves an average benchmark score of 20733, which is within 0.3% of the Intel Core i5-12490F and 0.4% of the Intel Xeon 6325P. Its percentile ranking of 74 among all CPUs indicates solid mainstream performance, sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 4080 SUPER in Control, particularly at higher resolutions where the GPU workload dominates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT provides the processing foundation for this configuration, featuring 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture. The CPU operates with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65W TDP that indicates efficient power consumption. The processor includes 16 MB of L3 cache, with 512 KB of L2 cache per core and 64 KB of L1 cache per core, providing adequate cache capacity for gaming workloads.

The CPU's performance characteristics suggest it is well-suited for Control's requirements. The single-thread performance, as measured by the 3DMark single-thread test score of 913, indicates competent per-core performance that is sufficient for the game's primary game logic and rendering thread. The multi-threaded capabilities, demonstrated by the Cinebench R23 multicore score of 17272, provide headroom for background tasks and any multi-threaded game systems.

The data shows that the CPU does not become a limiting factor in most tested scenarios. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 224 FPS, which approaches the practical limits of what the CPU can feed to the GPU. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5523 and max-thread score of 5554 indicate that the CPU's multi-threading capabilities are consistent, with minimal scaling beyond 8 threads as shown by the 8-thread score of 4968. This suggests that Control benefits from the CPU's single-thread performance more than its multi-thread capabilities, which aligns with the game's 2019 release date and its focus on physics and particle effects that often rely on a few heavily-loaded threads.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, provided by dual-channel DDR4 support, proves sufficient for the game's data requirements. The PCIe Gen 3 interface with 16 lanes provides adequate bandwidth for the RTX 4080 SUPER, though the GPU's PCIe 4.0 support means the connection operates at the CPU's lower speed. In practice, the benchmark results show that this does not create a significant bottleneck, as frame rates remain high across all resolutions and settings.