Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a playable but resolution-sensitive experience in Control. The 12 measured data points show a system where the GPU’s capabilities define the performance ceiling, while the CPU provides ample headroom to avoid bottlenecks. This combination ranks in the 1244th position out of 1636 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and clearly indicates a GPU-bound scenario. At 1080p with High settings, the combo averages 73.8 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops that to 58.8 FPS, a reduction of 15 FPS. At 4K, the average falls to 38.1 FPS. This progression shows a 48% performance loss from 1080p to 4K at High settings.

The pattern holds across all quality presets. At Low settings, the system goes from 116.7 FPS at 1080p to 90.3 FPS at 1440p, then down to 59.4 FPS at 4K. The 4K Low result is actually lower than the 1080p Ultra result of 63 FPS, which demonstrates how severely the resolution increase taxes the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth.

The scaling between 1440p and 4K is particularly punishing. At Medium settings, the drop is from 62.1 FPS to 43 FPS. At Ultra, it goes from 47.9 FPS down to 31.9 FPS. These numbers suggest that 4K is only viable at Low settings (59.4 FPS), and even then, the margin above 60 FPS is razor-thin. The data indicates that 1440p is the practical ceiling for this combo if you want to maintain higher quality presets, with 1080p being the sweet spot for high refresh rate monitors.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series built on the Zen 4 Raphael architecture. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 5.00 GHz provide strong single-thread performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2759. This matters for Control because the game’s physics and AI calculations benefit from strong per-core performance.

Multi-threaded workloads are also handled competently. The CPU scores 22,799 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 12,686 in Geekbench multi-core. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache helps with game data locality. The 5 nm process node from TSMC keeps power draw at a 65 W TDP, which means thermal throttling is unlikely to be a limiting factor in gameplay.

The benchmark results show single-thread performance is the more relevant metric here. The CPU’s PassMark single-thread score of 3841 and 3DMark single-thread score of 974 indicate it can feed the GPU adequately. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 6376 versus the 2-thread score of 1902 shows scaling, but Control rarely uses more than a few threads efficiently. The CPU sits in the 82nd percentile against all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i7-11850H at a 0.1% delta. This means the 7500F is not the bottleneck in this pairing.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1244 out of 1636 places this system in the 76th percentile of tested configurations for Control. This means roughly a quarter of tested combos perform worse, but a significant majority perform better. The rank reflects the RTX 2060 SUPER’s age and position in the GPU hierarchy.

The GPU itself ranks in the 63rd percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19,774. Its nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN with a delta of 0.3%, and it sits just 0.5% behind the RTX 2070. This tight grouping shows the 2060 SUPER is competitive with much older high-end cards but falls short of modern mid-range offerings.

The CPU’s 82nd percentile ranking is notably higher than the GPU’s 63rd percentile. This disparity confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor in this combo. If you were to pair this CPU with a stronger GPU, the combo rank would likely improve substantially. The data suggests the Ryzen 5 7500F has significant headroom for future GPU upgrades without becoming a bottleneck.

FAQ

*Q: Can this combo run Control at 60 FPS at 1080p?*

A: Yes, at Low settings it averages 116.7 FPS, at Medium it hits 82 FPS, and at High it reaches 73.8 FPS. Only at Ultra does it drop below 60 FPS, averaging 63 FPS.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this hardware?

A: Only at Low settings, where it averages 59.4 FPS. Medium drops to 43 FPS, High to 38.1 FPS, and Ultra to 31.9 FPS. These results indicate 4K is not a practical target for this combo.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 19,774 is 0.3% higher than the GTX TITAN, 0.5% higher than the RTX 2070, and 0.8% higher than the Quadro K5200. These are very small margins, indicating near-identical performance.

Q: What is the CPU’s multi-threaded performance like?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500F scores 22,799 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 12,686 in Geekbench multi-core. Its 3DMark max-threads score is 6379, showing consistent scaling across thread counts.

Q: Is there a significant difference between 1440p and 4K performance?

A: Yes. At High settings, 1440p averages 58.8 FPS while 4K averages 38.1 FPS, a 20.7 FPS difference. At Low settings, the gap is 30.9 FPS (90.3 vs 59.4 FPS).

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this game?

A: No. The CPU’s percentile rank (82nd) is much higher than the GPU’s (63rd), and benchmark deltas against rivals are minimal. The GPU is clearly the performance limiter.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with the TU106 chip. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock is 1470 MHz with a boost clock of 1650 MHz. These specs explain the measured FPS results across resolutions.

The GPU’s 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs handle rasterization tasks, while 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores provide ray tracing and DLSS support. However, Control’s measured results do not include ray tracing data, so the RT core performance is not directly relevant to these numbers. The FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS and texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s are modest by modern standards.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p in this game, but 4K Ultra settings likely stress memory capacity. The measured 31.9 FPS at 4K Ultra versus 59.4 FPS at 4K Low shows the settings impact is larger than the resolution impact. This indicates both memory bandwidth and compute capacity are being pushed to their limits at high resolutions.

The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 16,462 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2011 provide synthetic reference points. Its passmark GPU compute score of 6,721 is notably lower than its G3D score, suggesting compute-heavy workloads are not this card’s strength. For Control, which relies on traditional rendering, the G3D score is more relevant.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimal settings at each resolution. At 1080p, High settings (73.8 FPS) offer the best balance, as Ultra (63 FPS) provides diminishing returns for a 10.8 FPS loss. Medium (82 FPS) is an option if you prefer higher frame rates, but High is the recommended sweet spot.

At 1440p, High settings (58.8 FPS) are borderline playable, but Medium (62.1 FPS) gives a safer margin above 60 FPS. Ultra (47.9 FPS) is not recommended for smooth gameplay. Low (90.3 FPS) sacrifices too much visual quality for the performance gain.

At 4K, only Low settings (59.4 FPS) approach playability. Medium (43 FPS), High (38.1 FPS), and Ultra (31.9 FPS) all fall below 45 FPS, which is generally considered the minimum for acceptable action game performance. If 4K is a requirement, Low settings are the only viable option.

For the best overall experience, 1080p High or 1440p Medium are the recommended presets. The data shows that dropping from High to Medium provides a modest FPS boost, while dropping from High to Low provides a much larger boost. The 1080p Ultra preset at 63 FPS is technically playable but offers no clear advantage over High given the performance cost.