Dave The Diver

Dave The Diver, a 2023 adventure title, proves remarkably forgiving on the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Arc B570 pairing. The benchmark data shows a system that delivers playable frame rates across all tested settings, but the curve of performance reveals where the hardware hits its sweet spot. The measured results indicate that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience, providing a significant jump in visual quality over Low while maintaining frame rates comfortably above 60 FPS at every resolution tested. At 1080p, Medium produces an average of 139 FPS, which drops to 105 FPS at 1440p and 70 FPS at 4K, with the 4K run still maintaining a minimum of 60 FPS. This consistency suggests that Medium is the intended baseline for this combination, avoiding the steep performance cost of High and Ultra while delivering a visually coherent experience that the data shows is well within the hardware's capabilities.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows paint a clear picture: the Medium preset is the optimal choice for this CPU-GPU combo. At 1920x1080, Medium yields 139 FPS average with a minimum of 118 FPS, which is more than sufficient for smooth gameplay. Moving to 2560x1440, Medium still delivers 105 FPS average with an 89 FPS minimum, keeping the experience fluid. Even at 3840x2160, Medium holds an average of 70 FPS with a 60 FPS minimum, meaning the frame rate never dips below the standard 60 FPS threshold. The Low preset is faster—167 FPS at 1080p, 125 FPS at 1440p, and 84 FPS at 4K—but the jump to Medium costs only 28 FPS at 1080p, 20 FPS at 1440p, and 14 FPS at 4K, which is a modest price for the visual uplift. High and Ultra, by contrast, take larger hits: High drops to 124 FPS at 1080p, 94 FPS at 1440p, and 63 FPS at 4K, while Ultra falls to 110 FPS, 83 FPS, and 55 FPS respectively. The 4K Ultra result of 55 FPS is the only sub-60 FPS average in the entire dataset, making Ultra a poor choice for 4K on this hardware. For users prioritizing frame rate headroom, Low is a viable fallback, but for the best combination of fluidity and fidelity, the data strongly supports Medium as the default setting.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo in Dave The Diver?

A: The highest average FPS is 167, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. This is the only setting that pushes the frame rate past 160 FPS, indicating that Low is the only preset where the CPU-GPU pair can fully stretch its legs at 1080p.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 5500 bottleneck the Intel Arc B570 at any resolution?

A: The benchmark results suggest a shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases. At 1080p, the FPS spread between Low (167) and Ultra (110) is 57 FPS, showing that settings have a strong impact and the CPU is likely a limiting factor. At 4K, the spread narrows to 29 FPS (84 Low vs 55 Ultra), indicating that the GPU becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

Q: Can this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, but only with the right settings. The Medium preset at 3840x2160 averages 70 FPS with a minimum of 60 FPS, which keeps the experience above the 60 FPS floor. High also averages 63 FPS, but the lack of a reported minimum makes Medium the safer choice. Ultra falls to 55 FPS average, which is below 60 FPS.

Q: How does the Arc B570's performance compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Intel Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20556, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, scores 20534, which is a 0.1% delta. This puts the two cards statistically neck-and-neck in aggregate performance, though the Arc B570's desktop design may offer different characteristics in real-world gaming.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded for the Medium preset at 1440p?

A: The minimum FPS for Medium at 2560x1440 is 89 FPS, with a maximum of 121 FPS. This tight range suggests that the Medium preset provides stable frame pacing at 1440p, avoiding the dramatic drops seen in more demanding settings.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5500's single-thread performance a concern for this game?

A: The CPU's single-thread score in Cinebench R23 is 2319, and its 3DMark single-thread score is 836. While these numbers are modest, the measured FPS results show that even at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 167 FPS, indicating that Dave The Diver does not heavily tax single-thread performance in a way that limits the frame rate.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 brings six cores and twelve threads to the table, running on the Zen 3 architecture with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 16 MB of shared L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 16429 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2319 in single-core, with a Passmark multithread score of 19330. These numbers place the 5500 in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs, making it a solid mid-range performer. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430, scores 19617, a -0.1% delta, while the Intel Core i5-12500 scores 19668, a -0.4% delta. The Intel Core i7-10700F trails with 19499, a 0.5% delta, and the i5-11600KF leads with 19723, a -0.7% delta. The data shows that the 5500 is a capable gaming CPU, but its role in Dave The Diver is nuanced by the game's modest threading demands. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 167 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's practical limit for this engine. The frame rates at 1080p Ultra (110 FPS) versus 4K Ultra (55 FPS) show a 55 FPS difference, indicating that at lower resolutions, the CPU has a larger influence on the final frame rate. However, the 5500's six cores and twelve threads are more than enough for the game's workload, as evidenced by the high frame rates even at 4K Medium (70 FPS). The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s over DDR4 dual-channel is a potential limitation, but the benchmark results do not show a dramatic bottleneck, as the GPU still manages to produce playable frame rates across all settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2282 out of 2867 tested combos in Dave The Diver, placing it in the bottom 20% of all system pairings. This rank might seem discouraging, but it reflects the total pool of tested configurations, which includes far more powerful CPUs and GPUs. The combo's percentile standing is not directly provided, but the rank suggests that most tested systems outperform this pairing in this specific game. However, the measured FPS data tells a different story than the raw rank. The combo achieves 167 FPS at 1080p Low, which is a high frame rate that many lower-tier systems would struggle to match. The rank is likely dragged down by the 4K Ultra result of 55 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold that many users consider the minimum for a smooth experience. At 1440p Medium, the combo delivers 105 FPS, which is a strong result that should be competitive with many mid-range systems. The discrepancy between the rank and the measured FPS suggests that Dave The Diver is not a particularly demanding title, and the combo's rank is more a reflection of the test pool's diversity than a statement about this pairing's adequacy. For users with a 1080p or 1440p monitor, the combo's performance is well within the range of what most gamers would consider playable, even if it does not top the charts.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the classic pattern of a system where the GPU becomes more dominant as resolution increases. At Low settings, the frame rates are 167 FPS at 1080p, 125 FPS at 1440p, and 84 FPS at 4K. This represents a 25% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 33% drop from 1440p to 4K. At Medium settings, the frame rates are 139 FPS, 105 FPS, and 70 FPS, showing drops of 24% and 33% respectively. The pattern is consistent: each resolution step costs roughly a quarter to a third of the previous frame rate. This scaling behavior is typical of a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, where the Arc B570's 10 GB of GDDR6 memory and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth are taxed more heavily. The fact that the 1080p to 1440p drop is smaller than the 1440p to 4K drop suggests that the GPU has enough bandwidth to handle 1440p with relative ease, but the 4K resolution pushes the memory subsystem harder. The CPU's role is more apparent at 1080p, where the frame rates are high enough that the Ryzen 5 5500's six cores and 3.60 GHz base clock might limit the absolute ceiling. However, the data shows that even at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 167 FPS, which is a high enough frame rate that most users would not notice a CPU limitation. The scaling pattern indicates that the Intel Arc B570 is the primary determinant of performance beyond 1080p, and users targeting 4K will need to rely on the Medium preset to maintain 60 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset breaks down as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 167 FPS, which is the highest recorded for this combo. Medium delivers 139 FPS average with a minimum of 118 FPS and a maximum of 160 FPS. High delivers 124 FPS average, and Ultra delivers 110 FPS average. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 57 FPS, showing that settings have a significant impact on performance. At 2560x1440, Low delivers 125 FPS average, Medium delivers 105 FPS average with a minimum of 89 FPS and a maximum of 121 FPS, High delivers 94 FPS average, and Ultra delivers 83 FPS average. The spread narrows to 42 FPS, indicating that the GPU is starting to become a limiting factor. At 3840x2160, Low delivers 84 FPS average, Medium delivers 70 FPS average with a minimum of 60 FPS and a maximum of 81 FPS, High delivers 63 FPS average, and Ultra delivers 55 FPS average. The spread narrows further to 29 FPS, confirming that the GPU is the dominant constraint at 4K. The Medium preset is the only one that provides a reported minimum FPS at all three resolutions, which suggests that the benchmark methodology captures the most stable performance at this setting. The maximum FPS values for Medium are 160 at 1080p, 121 at 1440p, and 81 at 4K, showing that the combo can burst to high frame rates even at 4K when the scene allows it.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, using a 5 nm process from TSMC with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It features 2304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, along with 18 ray tracing cores. The GPU runs at a boost clock of 2500 MHz and is equipped with 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, providing 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. In synthetic benchmarks, the Arc B570 scores 14195 in Passmark G3D and 83514 in Geekbench OpenCL, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, scores 20534 in the average benchmark, a 0.1% delta, while the Intel Arc A750 scores 20582, a -0.1% delta. The Arc B570's average benchmark score of 20556 is nearly identical to these rivals, showing that it competes directly with mid-range mobile and previous-generation desktop GPUs. In Dave The Diver, the GPU's role is clearly defined by the resolution scaling data. At 1080p, the GPU is not the bottleneck, as the frame rates are high enough to suggest CPU involvement. At 4K, the GPU's 10 GB of VRAM and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth are pushed to their limits, resulting in a 55 FPS average at Ultra. The GPU's 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is adequate for this game, but the 2500 MHz clock and 160-bit memory bus are modest for a 4K-focused card. The fact that the combo can achieve 70 FPS at 4K Medium indicates that the Arc B570 has enough raw power for the game, but the memory subsystem limits its ability to handle the highest settings at high resolutions. The GPU's ray tracing cores are present but not heavily utilized in this title, as the benchmark does not show a significant ray tracing impact on the measured FPS.