Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 1080p with High settings using this combo?

A: The data shows an average of 388 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings. This is part of the measured FPS breakdown provided in the FACT PACK.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700 has an average benchmark score of 25517. Its closest rival, the Intel Xeon D-2752TER, scores 25530, which is a deltaPct of -0.1%, meaning the Ryzen is essentially tied with it. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U scores 25485, a deltaPct of 0.1% relative to the Ryzen 7 5700.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested CPU-GPU combinations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 2781 out of 3719 tested combinations in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This places it in the lower portion of the tested field, indicating that while it delivers high frame rates, many other combos perform better in this specific title.

Q: What are the memory specifications of the Intel Arc B580?

A: The Intel Arc B580 features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with a memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s. The memory clock is 2375 MHz, which translates to 19 Gbps effective.

Q: What is the difference in average FPS between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low setting yields an average of 363 FPS, while the Ultra setting yields 228 FPS. This represents a drop of 135 FPS, or roughly 37%, when moving from the lowest to the highest quality preset.

Q: Does the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 support ECC memory?

A: Yes, the FACT PACK indicates that ECC memory support is listed as true for this processor. It supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration with a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, codenamed Battlemage, and fabricated on a 5 nm process by TSMC. Its silicon contains 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2670 MHz with a boost clock of 2670 MHz, indicating a fixed clock behavior rather than a variable boost curve. Memory runs at 2375 MHz with 19 Gbps effective speed across a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory subsystem is paired with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM.

In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the GPU's role shifts dramatically depending on resolution and settings. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 527 FPS average, which suggests the game is heavily CPU-bound at this point. The Arc B580's shading units (2560), TMUs (160), and ROPs (80) are capable of pushing frame rates far beyond typical display refresh rates. The GPU's FP32 throughput is 13.67 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate is 213.6 GPixel/s. These raw specifications are more than sufficient for a competitive FPS title like CS:GO, especially at lower resolutions.

However, as resolution increases to 4K, the GPU becomes more relevant. At 3840x2160 Ultra, average FPS drops to 135, which is still playable but shows the GPU working harder. The 12 GB VRAM buffer is ample for CS:GO, which is not a VRAM-intensive title. The memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s ensures that texture streaming and frame buffer operations are not bottlenecks at any tested setting. The GPU's percentile rank is 68 among all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 23021 places it near the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which scores 22895 with a deltaPct of 0.6%.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and Intel Arc B580 ranks 2781 out of 3719 tested combinations in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This places it in the 25th percentile of tested combos, meaning roughly three-quarters of all tested CPU-GPU pairs achieve higher performance in this game. Despite the high absolute FPS numbers, the rank reflects that CS:GO is a title where many hardware configurations can produce very high frame rates.

The CPU itself sits at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25517. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon D-2752TER (25530, deltaPct -0.1%), AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (25485, deltaPct 0.1%), AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (25550, deltaPct -0.1%), and AMD Ryzen 7 5825U (25446, deltaPct 0.3%). These deltas are all within 0.3%, indicating that the Ryzen 7 5700 performs essentially identically to its closest competitors in synthetic benchmarks.

The GPU ranks at the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23021. Its nearest rivals show interesting pairings: the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP scores 23061 (deltaPct -0.2%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 scores 22895 (deltaPct 0.6%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 scores 23172 (deltaPct -0.7%), and the NVIDIA P106-100 scores 23249 (deltaPct -1%). These deltas are all within 1%, suggesting that the Arc B580's average performance is comparable to a wide range of GPUs from different generations and market tiers.

The discrepancy between the GPU's 68th percentile rank and the combo's 25th percentile rank in CS:GO suggests that the CPU is the limiting factor in this specific game. The Ryzen 7 5700, while a capable 8-core processor, does not have the single-thread performance required to push CS:GO to its highest possible frame rates when paired with a GPU of the Arc B580's capability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo produces an average of 527 FPS on Low settings, 449 FPS on Medium, 388 FPS on High, and 332 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset includes min and max values of 381 and 516 FPS respectively, showing a relatively tight frame time distribution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop but remain exceptionally high: 363 FPS on Low, 309 FPS on Medium, 267 FPS on High, and 228 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset at this resolution has min and max values of 262 and 355 FPS. At 3840x2160, the averages fall to 214 FPS on Low, 182 FPS on Medium, 158 FPS on High, and 135 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Medium preset shows min and max values of 155 and 210 FPS.

The scaling between settings is consistent across resolutions. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra reduces average FPS from 527 to 332, a drop of 195 FPS or 37%. At 1440p, the drop from Low to Ultra is 135 FPS (363 to 228), also 37%. At 4K, the drop is 79 FPS (214 to 135), which is also 37%. This consistent percentage scaling across resolutions indicates that the settings presets affect the GPU workload proportionally, regardless of resolution.

The minimum FPS data, available only for Medium settings, shows that the combo maintains frame rates well above typical competitive thresholds. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 381 FPS; at 1440p Medium, it is 262 FPS; at 4K Medium, it is 155 FPS. These minimums suggest that even in demanding scenes, the combo avoids significant frame drops that could affect gameplay smoothness.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data reveals how the combo scales from 1080p to 4K, providing insight into the limiting component. At 1080p High, the average is 388 FPS; at 1440p High, it falls to 267 FPS; at 4K High, it drops to 158 FPS. This represents a 31% reduction from 1080p to 1440p (388 to 267) and a 59% reduction from 1080p to 4K (388 to 158). Similarly, at Low settings, the progression is 527 FPS at 1080p, 363 FPS at 1440p, and 214 FPS at 4K.

The resolution scaling factor, calculated as the ratio of FPS at each resolution, shows that doubling the pixel count from 1080p to 4K (approximately 4x the pixels) does not result in a 4x reduction in FPS. At High settings, the 4K FPS is 158 versus 388 at 1080p, meaning the FPS drops to about 41% of the 1080p value. This suggests that the combo is not purely pixel-bound; if it were, the FPS would be closer to 25% of the 1080p value at 4K.

This scaling behavior indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is heavily limiting performance. The Ryzen 7 5700's single-thread benchmark scores (901 in 3dmark_single_thread, 293 in Cinebench R15 single-core, 2916 in Cinebench R23 single-core) are respectable but not exceptional. CS:GO is known to be sensitive to single-thread performance, and the data shows that the CPU cannot feed the GPU fast enough at lower resolutions. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes more of a bottleneck, which is why the FPS drop is less severe than the pixel count increase would suggest.

At 4K, the GPU's limitations become more apparent. The Arc B580's 13.67 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 456.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are sufficient for 158 FPS at High settings, but the scaling from 1440p to 4K (267 to 158 FPS, a 41% reduction) shows that the GPU is now the primary constraint. This transition point, where the bottleneck shifts from CPU to GPU, occurs somewhere between 1440p and 4K for this combo.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Cezanne. It operates at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a TDP of 65W. The CPU has a 7 nm process node from TSMC, containing 10,700 million transistors on a 180 mm² die. Its cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 16 MB of L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the CPU's role is critical due to the game's engine characteristics. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 527 FPS, which is exceptionally high. However, the CPU's single-thread performance, as measured by benchmarks like 3dmark_single_thread (901), Cinebench R15 single-core (293), and Cinebench R23 single-core (2916), suggests that it cannot sustain even higher frame rates that more powerful CPUs might achieve.

The Ryzen 7 5700's multithreaded performance is strong for its class, with scores of 20655 in Cinebench R23 multicore, 8675 in Cinebench R20 multicore, and 24303 in Passmark multithread. However, CS:GO does not scale well with many cores, relying more on single-thread performance and low-latency memory access. The CPU's 16 MB of L3 cache is shared across all 8 cores, which may limit performance in scenarios where multiple cores are accessing the same data.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, combined with DDR4 support, is adequate but not exceptional. The data suggests that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p and 1440p resolutions, as evidenced by the relatively modest FPS gains when decreasing resolution. At 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as indicated by the 135 FPS at Ultra settings versus the 332 FPS at 1080p Ultra. The CPU's 78th percentile rank among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25517, places it in the upper tier of processors, but not at the very top where the highest CS:GO frame rates are typically achieved.