Control

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers a highly capable 1440p experience in Control, with the data indicating that the High preset offers the most balanced performance-to-visual return. At 2560x1440, the combo achieves an average of 86.4 FPS on High, a substantial uplift over the 74.6 FPS seen at Ultra. The jump from High to Ultra costs roughly 12 FPS, a 13.7% reduction, which is a significant price for marginal graphical gains in this title. Conversely, dropping to Medium yields 97.5 FPS, only an 11.1 FPS improvement over High, making High the sweet spot for maintaining fluid motion without sacrificing the visual fidelity that Control's surreal environments demand. At 1920x1080, High produces 115.9 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold and close to the 130 FPS of Medium, further reinforcing High as the optimal preset for this configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The data places this specific combination at rank 545 out of 1636 tested combos in Control, positioning it within the top third of all configurations. This ranking is a strong indicator of the pair's overall capability, but it also shows that there is headroom for higher-end hardware to outperform it. The ranking reflects a balance where the CPU and GPU complement each other effectively; the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, with an average benchmark score of 24673 and a percentile ranking of 82, sits just 0.2% ahead of the Intel Core i7-1360P and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D in synthetic tests. The RX 6800 XT, with an average benchmark score of 49982 and a percentile of 87, is 2.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, indicating that the GPU is a stronger component in this pairing. The combo’s rank of 545 suggests that while neither component is top-tier, their synergy in Control yields a performance level that outperforms the majority of systems, with the GPU’s relative strength likely being the primary driver of the in-game result.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT plays a central role in this setup, carrying the bulk of the rendering load in Control. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for the game’s high-resolution textures and effects at 1440p and even 4K. The GPU’s clock speeds are notable: a base clock of 1825 MHz, a game clock of 2015 MHz, and a boost clock of 2250 MHz. These clocks, combined with 4608 shading units and 72 ray accelerators, allow the card to handle the game's physics-based combat and destructible environments. The 20.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is a strong indicator of raw compute capability. In the measured results, the GPU demonstrates its scaling from 1080p to 1440p; at High settings, the FPS drops from 115.9 to 86.4, a 25.5% reduction, which is a typical load increase for a game like Control that uses heavy post-processing. The GPU’s 87th percentile ranking versus all GPUs, and its 2.6% lead over the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in average benchmark score, underscores that it is the performance anchor of this combo, capable of driving high frame rates when the CPU is not the limiting factor.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 178.4, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. This suggests that at lower settings, the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU well beyond typical display refresh rates.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset, the average FPS is 53.2. This is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay, indicating that 4K Ultra is not a viable setting for this combination in Control.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to be the bottleneck at 1440p?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the limiting factor. At 2560x1440, reducing settings from Ultra to Low increases the average FPS from 74.6 to 137.8, a significant 84.7% improvement. This indicates that the CPU can handle the higher frame rate, but the GPU's workload at higher settings is what restricts performance.

Q: What is the performance difference between Medium and High settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset yields an average of 97.5 FPS, while High yields 86.4 FPS. This 11.1 FPS gap is a 12.8% reduction in performance for the visual upgrade to High.

Q: How does the RX 6800 XT compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RX 6800 XT has an average benchmark score of 49982, which is 2.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, which scores 48704. It also leads the Intel Arc A550M by 0.5%.

Q: What is the combo's rank relative to other tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 545th out of 1636 tested combinations in Control, placing it in the upper third of all systems tested.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of scaling from 1080p to 4K, with the GPU becoming the primary performance limiter at higher resolutions. At 1080p with High settings, the combo achieves 115.9 FPS. Moving to 1440p, the average drops to 86.4 FPS, a 25.5% decrease. This is a substantial reduction, but the resulting frame rate remains highly playable. The transition to 4K at High settings yields 57.3 FPS, which is a further 33.7% drop from the 1440p result. This steep decline indicates that the RX 6800 XT's computational resources are being saturated by the pixel count at 4K.

The pattern is even more pronounced at lower settings. At Low settings, the FPS goes from 178.4 at 1080p to 137.8 at 1440p (a 22.8% drop) and then to 93.0 at 4K (a 32.5% drop from 1440p). This suggests that even when the graphical load is minimal, the GPU is still the bottleneck at 4K, as the CPU has the headroom to push higher frame rates. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is relatively linear across settings, but the jump to 4K consistently results in a larger absolute FPS loss, confirming that the 16 GB frame buffer and 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth are being stressed. The data shows that while the CPU is strong enough for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming, the GPU's limits are reached when approaching 4K, making 1440p the optimal resolution for balancing visual quality and performance with this hardware combination.