Control

Control is an Action Adventure title with measured FPS data for the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D plus AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT pairing. The combination ranks 704th out of 1636 tested combos in Control. The CPU sits in the 90th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 37780, while the GPU sits in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 30097. That component gap shapes the results below.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 704th out of 1636 tested combos, placing it in the middle-to-upper part of the database. It is not a leaderboard-topping pairing, but it sits above a large block of tested combinations. The CPU is the stronger component in general benchmarks: the Ryzen 7 9800X3D averages 37780, and its nearest rivals are Intel Xeon 6353P at 37811 (delta -0.1), Intel Core Ultra 5 225 at 37831 (delta -0.1), Intel Core i9-13900HK at 38020 (delta -0.6), and Intel Core i5-13600KF at 38028 (delta -0.7). The GPU is a more mid-range performer: the RX 7700 XT averages 30097, with nearest rivals NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 at 30109 (delta 0), AMD Radeon RX 570 at 30158 (delta -0.2), NVIDIA Tesla M60 at 29969 (delta 0.4), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile at 29928 (delta 0.6). The CPU cluster is close, and the GPU cluster is close too, but the GPU's 73rd percentile position prevents this combo from climbing higher in Control's ranking.

Settings Recommendations

At 1920x1080, the highest preset measured is Ultra, and it still delivers 90.6 fps. That makes Ultra the strongest recommendation at 1080p; High is 104 fps, Medium is 114.6 fps, and Low is 161.5 fps. At 2560x1440, the picture changes. Low gives 120.2 fps, Medium gives 88.6 fps, High gives 78.4 fps, and Ultra gives 64.4 fps. The measured data favors Medium as the best blend of fidelity and framerate at 1440p, since High drops to 78.4 fps. At 3840x2160, Low is the clear standout at 82.6 fps, while Medium is 58.8 fps, High is 50.7 fps, and Ultra is 44.1 fps. For 4K, the only measured preset that keeps the experience close to lower-resolution behavior is Low. So the measured recommendation is straightforward: 1080p Ultra, 1440p Medium, 4K Low.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling is consistent across all presets. At Low, the framerate moves from 161.5 fps at 1080p to 120.2 fps at 1440p and then to 82.6 fps at 4K. At Medium, it moves from 114.6 to 88.6 to 58.8. At High, it moves from 104 to 78.4 to 50.7. At Ultra, it moves from 90.6 to 64.4 to 44.1. In every case, the 4K result is far closer to the 1440p result than to the 1080p result. This is a GPU-bound scaling pattern: as resolution increases, the rendering load expands, and the CPU's ability to produce high framerates at 1080p no longer determines the outcome. The 1080p Ultra result of 90.6 fps is very close to the 1440p Medium result of 88.6 fps, demonstrating that moving up a resolution while stepping down one preset tier keeps the average framerate nearly identical.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 44.1 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 50.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 58.8 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 82.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 64.4 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 78.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 88.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 120.2 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 90.6 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 104 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 114.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 161.5 |

The ordering is monotonic at every resolution: Ultra is slower than High, High is slower than Medium, and Medium is slower than Low. At 1080p, every preset stays above 90 fps. At 1440p, only Low and Medium remain above 88.6 fps. At 4K, only Low exceeds 82.6 fps. The dataIsMeasured field confirms these are measured values, not estimates.

GPU Role

The RX 7700 XT is an RDNA 3.0 part with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1435 MHz, its game clock is 2171 MHz, and its boost clock is 2544 MHz. The memory clock is 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective throughput. The GPU also has 3456 shading units, 216 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 54 RT cores. Pixel rate is 244.2 GPixel/s and texture rate is 549.5 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 35.17 TFLOPS. In synthetic tests, it scores 22547 in Passmark G3D and 3316 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12.

In Control, the GPU's role becomes clearer at higher resolutions. At 4K, the measured average framerates span from 44.1 fps at Ultra to 82.6 fps at Low. The 12 GB frame buffer is present in every measured row, and all four presets at 3840x2160 produce measured results. The 432.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and the high pixel rate are the resources this combination relies on when moving from 1080p to 4K.

FAQ

Q: What rank does this combo achieve in Control?

A: It ranks 704th out of 1636 tested combos. The CPU is in the 90th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs.

Q: What are the measured 4K results?

A: At 3840x2160, Ultra averages 44.1 fps, High averages 50.7 fps, Medium averages 58.8 fps, and Low averages 82.6 fps.

Q: Which result shows the CPU's impact most clearly?

A: The 1920x1080 Low result of 161.5 fps is the highest measured value in the set. At 3840x2160 Low, the same combo drops to 82.6 fps, which indicates the GPU becomes the main limiter as resolution rises.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest benchmark rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 9800X3D averages 37780. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Xeon 6353P at 37811 (delta -0.1), Intel Core Ultra 5 225 at 37831 (delta -0.1), Intel Core i9-13900HK at 38020 (delta -0.6), and Intel Core i5-13600KF at 38028 (delta -0.7).

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest benchmark rivals?

A: The RX 7700 XT averages 30097. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 at 30109 (delta 0), AMD Radeon RX 570 at 30158 (delta -0.2), NVIDIA Tesla M60 at 29969 (delta 0.4), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile at 29928 (delta 0.6).

Q: What are the CPU's key specifications?

A: The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores, 16 threads, a 4.70 GHz base clock, a 5.20 GHz boost clock, 96 MB of shared L3 cache, and DDR5 dual-channel memory support with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 processor on AMD Socket AM5. Base clock is 4.70 GHz and boost clock is 5.20 GHz. L1 cache is 80 KB per core, L2 is 1 MB per core, and L3 is 96 MB shared. The CPU supports DDR5 dual-channel memory at 89.6 GB/s and uses PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes. Its TDP is 120 W.

Synthetic results are strong: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 34004, single-core scores 4800, Geekbench multi-core scores 18413, single-core scores 3341, Passmark multithread scores 40009, and single-thread scores 4430. The CPU sits in the 90th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 37780.

In Control, the CPU's contribution is visible in the 1080p results. The combo reaches 161.5 fps at 1080p Low and 90.6 fps at 1080p Ultra. By 4K Low, the result falls to 82.6 fps. The 8-core, 16-thread design and 5.20 GHz boost give the pairing enough headroom to drive very high framerates at 1080p, but once the resolution climbs to 4K, the GPU takes over as the decisive component.