Control

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 combination delivers a remarkably consistent experience across Control’s four quality presets. The measured data shows that the High preset offers the optimal balance for most users, but the choice ultimately depends on your display’s refresh rate and resolution. At 1920x1080, even the Ultra preset achieves 146.5 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most standard monitors. At 2560x1440, the High preset’s 126.9 FPS is equally fluid, while the Ultra preset drops to 106.9 FPS—still perfectly playable on 100Hz panels. The 3840x2160 resolution presents the only real compromise; High produces 85.4 FPS, which is smooth for a visually demanding title, whereas Ultra falls to 74.5 FPS. For users targeting the highest visual fidelity on a 4K display, High is the recommended preset, as it retains most of the graphical enhancements while providing a 14.6% performance buffer over Ultra.

Settings Recommendations

The data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. The Low preset is the only option that consistently pushes frame rates above 135 FPS at every resolution, with 228.2 FPS at 1080p, 195.8 FPS at 1440p, and 135.9 FPS at 4K. However, Low sacrifices the atmospheric lighting and particle effects that define Control’s visual identity. The Medium preset offers a moderate step up, delivering 186.9 FPS at 1080p, 139.9 FPS at 1440p, and 98 FPS at 4K—the latter being the first preset to dip below the 100 FPS threshold. The High preset is where the experience becomes consistently excellent: 166.2 FPS at 1080p, 126.9 FPS at 1440p, and 85.4 FPS at 4K. The jump from Medium to High costs roughly 11-13% performance at each resolution, but the visual improvement is substantial. The Ultra preset, while the most demanding, still manages 146.5 FPS at 1080p and 106.9 FPS at 1440p, making it viable for high-refresh-rate monitors at those resolutions. At 4K, however, Ultra’s 74.5 FPS is the only measured result that falls below the 80 FPS comfort zone for fast-paced action.

GPU Role

The RTX 5080’s 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves more than sufficient for Control’s texture-heavy environments. The card’s Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, houses 10,752 shading units alongside 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores. The base clock of 2295 MHz and boost clock of 2617 MHz drive the GPU to a peak FP32 throughput of 56.28 TFLOPS. In this game, the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, where the difference between Low and Ultra settings spans 61.4 FPS (135.9 to 74.5). The pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s explain why the card handles 1080p with such ease—at that resolution, even the Ultra preset leaves headroom for a 146.5 FPS average. The 89th percentile ranking among all tested GPUs in synthetic benchmarks corroborates the strong real-world performance observed here. Notably, the GPU’s 360 W TDP and suggested 750 W PSU are consistent with the performance levels seen, though the card’s dual-slot design and 304 mm length require adequate case clearance.

FAQ

Q: Can this combination maintain 60 FPS at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 produces an average of 74.5 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. For higher refresh rates at 4K, the High preset’s 85.4 FPS is the better choice.

Q: How does the RTX 5080 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 59,188 places it 1.6% ahead of the Intel Arc A570M (58,239) and 2.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A580 (57,756), while trailing the Intel Arc Pro A60 (60,326) by 1.9% and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (57,661) by 2.6%.

Q: What is the performance difference between the Low and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: The gap is substantial. Low achieves 195.8 FPS, while Ultra reaches 106.9 FPS—a difference of 88.9 FPS, or roughly 45% lower performance for the highest visual quality.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700X a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data suggests not. At 1920x1080, the frame rates range from 146.5 FPS (Ultra) to 228.2 FPS (Low), indicating the CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU across all presets.

Q: How does the CPU’s multi-threaded performance compare to its rivals?

A: The 5700X’s average benchmark score of 26,214 is virtually identical to its nearest rivals: it sits 0.1% above the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,196), 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT (26,161), and 0.2% below both the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (26,262) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (26,272).

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average is 166.2 FPS, which provides ample headroom for a 144Hz or 165Hz monitor, with the Ultra preset still achieving 146.5 FPS if you prefer maximum fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing of the Ryzen 7 5700X and RTX 5080 holds the 85th position out of 1,636 tested combinations in Control. That places it in the top 5.2% of all tested configurations, a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU’s 83rd percentile standing among all processors and the GPU’s 89th percentile among all graphics cards. The 5700X’s multi-threaded performance, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22,620 and a PassMark multi-thread score of 26,612, provides enough compute headroom to avoid limiting the RTX 5080 in most scenarios. The gap between the CPU’s single-threaded score (3,193 in Cinebench R23) and its multi-threaded score is typical for an 8-core part, and Control’s engine appears to leverage the available threads effectively, as indicated by the consistently high frame rates at 1080p. The 85th rank out of 1,636 combos suggests that while there are faster configurations, this one delivers a high level of performance without requiring a top-tier CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is built on the Zen 3 architecture (codename Vermeer) using a 7 nm process at TSMC, comprising 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. Its 8 cores and 16 threads operate at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost to 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache, along with 64 KB of L1 and 512 KB of L2 per core, provides ample capacity for game assets. The CPU’s dual-channel DDR4 memory support offers 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for this title. In synthetic tests, the 5700X achieves a Geekbench single-core score of 2,148 and a multi-core score of 9,720, with a 3DMark 16-thread score of 6,858. Its performance relative to rivals is tightly clustered: the 0.1% and 0.2% deltas against the Intel Core i9-11900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, respectively, indicate that these processors are functionally equivalent in average benchmark scores. For Control specifically, the CPU’s role is most evident at 1080p, where the frame rates scale from 146.5 FPS (Ultra) to 228.2 FPS (Low), demonstrating that the CPU can sustain high draw-call throughput. The 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs reinforces that this processor is well above average for gaming workloads, even if it is not the absolute fastest available.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5080 and 5700X combination delivers its highest frame rates. The Low preset achieves 228.2 FPS, Medium reaches 186.9 FPS, High produces 166.2 FPS, and Ultra maintains 146.5 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 35.8% reduction in frame rate, which is relatively modest compared to lower-end GPUs, indicating that the card has sufficient headroom at this resolution. At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds with lower absolute numbers: Low hits 195.8 FPS, Medium reaches 139.9 FPS, High achieves 126.9 FPS, and Ultra drops to 106.9 FPS. The percentage drop from Low to Ultra is 45.4%, showing that the higher resolution begins to stress the GPU more significantly. At 3840x2160, the differences become more pronounced: Low produces 135.9 FPS, Medium falls to 98 FPS, High reaches 85.4 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 74.5 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 45.2%, nearly identical to the 1440p scaling, but the absolute values are much lower. The jump from Medium to High at 4K costs 12.8% performance (98 to 85.4 FPS), while the jump from High to Ultra costs 12.8% as well (85.4 to 74.5 FPS). This consistent scaling factor suggests that each preset increment imposes a similar load, making it easy to predict performance for custom settings. Across all resolutions, the High preset offers the most consistent experience, with frame rates that never drop below 85 FPS, making it the recommended choice for this combination.