Control

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D achieves a combo rank of 62 out of 2888 tested combinations in Control. This places the pairing in the top 2.1% of all configurations tested for this title, reflecting a very high level of performance relative to the broader database. The ranking indicates that this pairing is exceptionally well-suited to the game’s demands, sitting far above the median configuration. While the rank is strong, it is not the absolute peak, suggesting that a few other CPU-GPU pairings deliver even higher frame rates, but the delta between this combo and the very top is small given the hardware involved.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows a clear scaling pattern across the four available presets at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 220 FPS, Medium 194 FPS, High 186 FPS, and Ultra 163 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 26 FPS, while the step from High to Ultra costs 23 FPS. The most efficient operating point at 1080p is the Medium preset, which maintains an average above 190 FPS while cutting the frame rate loss versus Low by more than half compared to the Ultra preset. The data indicates that Medium provides the best balance of visual fidelity and performance headroom at this resolution, as the jump to High yields only a modest 8 FPS reduction, but the jump to Ultra adds a further 23 FPS penalty for diminishing returns.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low produces 201 FPS, Medium 160 FPS, High 142 FPS, and Ultra 124 FPS. Here, the Medium preset remains the recommended choice, delivering 160 FPS average with a minimum of 136 FPS and a maximum of 184 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 18 FPS, while High to Ultra is another 18 FPS. The Medium preset offers a comfortable margin above 144 Hz refresh rates, making it the sweet spot for high-refresh displays. For users targeting a locked 144 FPS, High is still viable at 142 FPS average, but the minimum frame data is not provided for High, making Medium the safer choice given its recorded 136 FPS minimum.

At 3840x2160, the presets deliver Low at 152 FPS, Medium at 108 FPS, High at 96 FPS, and Ultra at 83 FPS. The Medium preset, with a minimum of 92 FPS and maximum of 124 FPS, is the only setting that keeps the average above 100 FPS. High drops to 96 FPS, which is still playable but begins to approach the threshold where frame pacing becomes more noticeable. Ultra at 83 FPS is the most demanding option. The data suggests that for 4K gaming, the Medium preset is the optimal recommendation, as it preserves a high average while the High preset sacrifices 12 FPS for a relatively small visual gain. The Low preset at 152 FPS is technically the fastest, but it likely compromises visual quality too heavily for a game like Control.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component in this pairing. At the Medium preset, the average FPS drops from 194 at 1920x1080 to 160 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 17.5%, and then to 108 at 3840x2160, a further reduction of 32.5% from 1440p. The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 44.3%. This pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the frame rate decreases significantly when pixel count increases. The CPU, an 8-core 16-thread Zen 3 part, has ample headroom at 1080p where the average of 194 FPS on Medium suggests it is not fully taxed.

At the Low preset, the scaling is steeper in absolute terms: 220 FPS at 1080p, 201 FPS at 1440p, and 152 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 8.6%, and from 1440p to 4K is 24.4%. The Low preset places less load on the GPU, yet the frame rate still falls substantially at 4K, confirming that the RTX 5090 D’s rendering workload scales with resolution. However, the fact that 1080p Low hits 220 FPS — a value that likely approaches a CPU or engine limit — suggests that at lower resolutions, the CPU becomes more relevant. The 3.70 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clocks of the Ryzen 7 5700 are sufficient to drive high frame rates, but the data shows that the GPU’s 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are the deciding factors at 4K.

The Ultra preset shows the largest relative drop: 163 FPS at 1080p, 124 FPS at 1440p, and 83 FPS at 4K. The reduction from 1080p to 1440p is 23.9%, and from 1440p to 4K is 33.1%. This steeper decline at Ultra settings reinforces that the GPU is the limiting component, as the increased shading and memory pressure at higher settings directly impact the frame rate. The CPU’s role is secondary, as evidenced by the fact that the gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is only 57 FPS, whereas at 4K the same gap narrows to 69 FPS, indicating that the GPU’s workload dominates at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages are as follows: Low 220 FPS, Medium 194 FPS with a minimum of 165 FPS and maximum of 223 FPS, High 186 FPS, and Ultra 163 FPS. The Medium preset shows the largest variance with a 58 FPS spread between minimum and maximum, indicating that some scenes are more demanding than others. The High preset sits 8 FPS below Medium, and Ultra is 23 FPS below High. The data shows that even at the most demanding Ultra preset, the average of 163 FPS exceeds the refresh rate of most standard 144 Hz monitors, making this resolution highly playable across all settings.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low 201 FPS, Medium 160 FPS with a minimum of 136 FPS and maximum of 184 FPS, High 142 FPS, and Ultra 124 FPS. The Medium preset’s minimum of 136 FPS is close to the 144 Hz threshold, but the average of 160 FPS provides a buffer. The High preset at 142 FPS is just below 144 Hz, which could result in occasional frame drops on a 144 Hz display. The Ultra preset at 124 FPS is still smooth but leaves less headroom. The Low preset at 201 FPS is the only option that comfortably exceeds 200 FPS at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low 152 FPS, Medium 108 FPS with a minimum of 92 FPS and maximum of 124 FPS, High 96 FPS, and Ultra 83 FPS. The Medium preset is the only one that maintains an average above 100 FPS, with a minimum of 92 FPS that is still above 90 FPS for consistent performance. The High preset at 96 FPS is close to Medium but drops below 100 FPS, while Ultra at 83 FPS is the lowest measured average across the entire dataset. The Low preset at 152 FPS is the fastest at 4K but likely sacrifices too much visual quality for a game like Control.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for a 144 Hz monitor at 2560x1440?

A: The Medium preset delivers 160 FPS average with a minimum of 136 FPS, which is the most reliable option to stay near 144 Hz. The High preset at 142 FPS average is slightly below the target, while Ultra at 124 FPS leaves more headroom but is further from the refresh rate.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 3840x2160?

A: The Low preset averages 152 FPS, while Ultra averages 83 FPS. This represents a 83.1% increase in average frame rate for Low over Ultra, which is the largest relative gap between presets at any resolution.

Q: Does the RTX 5090 D have enough VRAM for this game?

A: The GPU features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. The measured data shows that even at the Ultra preset and 4K resolution, the average FPS is 83, indicating that VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor in these tests.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded across all tested configurations?

A: The lowest minimum FPS is 92, recorded at 3840x2160 with the Medium preset. This is the only configuration where a minimum FPS is provided that falls below 100, and it remains above 90.

Q: How does the combo rank compare to other tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 62nd out of 2888 tested combinations, placing it in the top 2.1% of all results. This indicates that the pairing is among the fastest for Control, though not the absolute fastest.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to limit performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the average is 220 FPS, which is the highest measured value. The CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz are sufficient to drive this frame rate, but the fact that the GPU’s workload scales significantly with resolution suggests the GPU becomes the primary limiter at higher settings and resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. It features a 16 MB L3 cache and supports DDR4 memory with a dual-channel interface, providing 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 20,655 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2,916 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 9,959 and single-core of 1,907. These scores place the CPU at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25,517.

In Control, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with enough data to maintain high frame rates. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 220 is likely near the engine’s CPU limit, as the GPU is not heavily taxed at these settings. The CPU’s 16 threads are well-suited to the game’s multithreaded workload, as evidenced by the 3DMark 16-thread score of 6,628, which is nearly identical to the max-thread score of 6,617, indicating that scaling plateaus beyond 16 threads. The single-thread score of 901 in 3DMark is lower relative to the multi-thread results, but the boost clock of 4.60 GHz helps maintain responsiveness in single-threaded tasks.

Compared to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 5700 performs within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U and within 0.1% of the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H, with the Intel Xeon D-2752TER being 0.1% faster. These deltas are negligible in real-world gaming, meaning the CPU is not a differentiator in this pairing. The data shows that the CPU’s performance is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 5090 D at most settings, though at 1080p Low the frame rate of 220 FPS suggests a ceiling that may be CPU-bound.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is a Blackwell 2.0 architecture GPU with 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 ROPs. It features 170 ray tracing cores and 680 tensor cores, with a base clock of 2017 MHz and a boost clock of 2407 MHz. The memory subsystem includes 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s FP32 performance is 104.8 TFLOPS, and it has a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s with a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 44,065 in Passmark G3D and 14,326 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, with a Geekbench Vulkan score of 376,915. These results place the GPU at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77,712. The GPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, is 1.6% slower, while the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is 2.4% slower. The RTX 5090 D outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT by 1.1%.

In Control, the GPU’s performance is the dominant factor at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 83 is the lowest measured, while at 4K Low the average jumps to 152 FPS. The GPU’s 32 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for this title, as the measured data shows no indication of memory capacity limitations. The boost clock of 2407 MHz helps maintain high frame rates, but the transition from 1440p to 4K shows a consistent drop of 24-33% across all presets, indicating that the GPU’s rendering throughput is the primary constraint at 4K. The GPU’s 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is more than enough for Control’s rasterization needs, but the game’s demanding effects at Ultra settings still result in a significant frame rate cost.