Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER combination delivers a highly capable 1080p experience in Control, with the data showing a clear performance ceiling at higher resolutions and settings. The measured frame rates across twelve configurations indicate a system that is well-balanced at 1080p but becomes GPU-limited as resolution increases, placing it in the 68th percentile of all tested combos for this title.

FAQ

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

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the only resolution where the combo consistently achieves high frame rates across all settings, ranging from 66.8 FPS at Ultra to 120.8 FPS at Low. At 2560x1440, even Low settings only yield 90.9 FPS, while 3840x2160 drops below 63 FPS at every preset.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600X has an average benchmark score of 20680, which places it 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and Intel Core i7-10700, 0.5% behind the Intel Core i5-12490F, and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Xeon 6325P. These deltas are minimal, indicating near-identical synthetic performance among these processors.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking relative to all tested GPUs?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER sits in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19774. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN, scores 19706, a delta of only 0.3%, while the RTX 2070 trails by 0.5% with a score of 19680.

Q: At which settings does the combo achieve its highest and lowest measured FPS?

A: The highest measured average is 120.8 FPS at 1080p Low, while the lowest is 30.4 FPS at 4K Ultra. The transition from Low to Ultra at 1080p costs 54 FPS (from 120.8 to 66.8), demonstrating a substantial performance penalty for maximum visual quality.

Q: How much of a performance drop occurs when moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 78.1 FPS at 1080p to 55.9 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 22.2 FPS. This 28.4% decrease is more pronounced than the drop from 1440p to 4K, which goes from 55.9 to 38.6 FPS.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank among all tested combinations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 1119 out of 1636 total combinations tested in Control, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the field. This rank reflects the RTX 2060 SUPER's mid-tier position rather than a CPU bottleneck, as the processor's synthetic scores are competitive with its peers.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows that the optimal balance between visual fidelity and frame rate depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1080p, the High preset delivers 78.1 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay while retaining substantial visual quality over Low. The jump from High to Ultra costs 11.3 FPS (from 78.1 to 66.8), a 14.5% reduction that may not justify the marginal visual improvements for most users. However, for those prioritizing maximum frame rates, the Low preset at 1080p achieves 120.8 FPS, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate displays.

At 1440p, the High preset yields 55.9 FPS, which is playable but slightly below the 60 FPS target. The Medium preset offers 65.2 FPS, providing a better balance for this resolution, as it stays above 60 FPS while maintaining more detail than Low. At 4K, the situation is more constrained: High produces 38.6 FPS, Medium 41 FPS, and Low 63 FPS. Notably, the Low preset at 4K is the only configuration above 60 FPS at that resolution, suggesting that users with 4K displays should either accept Low settings or reduce resolution. Across all resolutions, the Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot, offering 84.6 FPS at 1080p, 65.2 FPS at 1440p, and 41 FPS at 4K, with the 1080p and 1440p results remaining fluid.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At High settings, the drop from 78.1 FPS at 1080p to 55.9 FPS at 1440p represents a 22.2 FPS loss, and further down to 38.6 FPS at 4K, a total reduction of 39.5 FPS from the 1080p baseline. This pattern intensifies at Ultra settings, where the 1080p score of 66.8 FPS falls to 47.4 FPS at 1440p and 30.4 FPS at 4K, a cumulative 54.5% decrease. The consistency of these drops across settings suggests that the rendering resolution is the primary bottleneck, with the 8 GB GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth of the RTX 2060 SUPER being taxed heavily at higher pixel counts.

The scaling efficiency is notably poor at 4K, where even the Low preset only manages 63 FPS compared to 120.8 FPS at 1080p Low. This 57.8 FPS difference indicates that the GPU's compute resources, specifically its 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, are insufficient to maintain high frame rates at 4K regardless of settings. Conversely, the relatively small delta between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings (120.8 to 90.9 FPS, a 29.9 FPS drop) suggests that the CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is not the limiting factor in this title. The data points to the RTX 2060 SUPER as the constraining component, particularly at resolutions above 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

With a combo rank of 1119 out of 1636 tested combinations, this system sits in the 68th percentile of all configurations evaluated in Control. This positioning is consistent with the GPU's 63rd percentile standing among all GPUs, suggesting that the CPU is not dragging down the overall performance. The Ryzen 5 5600X's synthetic scores, such as its Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 18578 and single-core result of 2622, place it well ahead of the average processor, but the RTX 2060 SUPER's mid-tier position anchors the combo's overall ranking.

The rank indicates that this combination is capable of running Control at playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but it will be outperformed by a significant portion of the tested field, particularly at higher resolutions. The 4K results, which max out at 63 FPS on Low settings, explain why the combo does not rank higher. For context, the GPU's nearest rivals — the GTX TITAN, RTX 2070, Quadro K5200, and Tesla K40m — all have similar average scores within 1.3% of the RTX 2060 SUPER, meaning that swapping among these GPUs would produce negligible changes in the final ranking for this game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, built on the Turing architecture with the TU106 chip, plays the decisive role in this combo's Control performance. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p but becomes strained at 4K, where the measured frame rates drop dramatically. The GPU's boost clock of 1650 MHz and base clock of 1470 MHz are modest by modern standards, and its 2176 shading units deliver 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is the primary driver of the resolution scaling observed in the data.

The VRAM capacity is not the limiting factor in this game, as the frame rate drops from 1080p to 4K are consistent across all settings, indicating a compute-bound scenario rather than a memory capacity issue. The RTX 2060 SUPER also includes 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores, which are relevant for ray tracing and DLSS features, though the measured FPS data does not specify whether these features were enabled. The GPU's 63rd percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 19774, which is nearly identical to the RTX 2070's 19680, confirm that it is a solid mid-range performer. However, the data clearly shows that for Control, the RTX 2060 SUPER is the component that determines whether the game runs smoothly at high settings, with the CPU providing ample headroom. The 175 W TDP and dual-slot design are consistent with its performance class, and the benchmark results indicate that users should target 1080p or 1440p for the best experience, as the GPU simply does not have the throughput to maintain high frame rates at 4K.