Dave The Diver

Resolution Scaling

The measured performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 in Dave The Diver reveals a classic GPU-bound scaling curve as resolution climbs. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces an average of 132.9 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops that to 102.1 FPS, a 23% reduction. At 4K, the average falls further to 64.9 FPS, which is 51% below the 1080p figure. This steep decline indicates that the RTX 2060's rendering pipeline is the primary constraint; the CPU has ample headroom to feed frames at lower resolutions.

The pattern holds across all settings presets. With Low settings, the system runs at 179.7 FPS at 1080p, 133.4 FPS at 1440p, and 87.9 FPS at 4K. Ultra settings show 116.1 FPS, 91.0 FPS, and 61.1 FPS respectively. The 4K Ultra result is the only measured point below 62 FPS, suggesting that even the heaviest preset remains playable on this hardware. The gap between 1080p and 1440p is consistently around 23-26% regardless of preset, while the 1440p-to-4K jump costs another 36-38%. This uniformity points to a fixed GPU workload scaling rather than any CPU bottleneck appearing at higher resolutions.

Interestingly, the Low preset at 4K (87.9 FPS) outperforms the Ultra preset at 1440p (91.0 FPS) by only a small margin, showing that resolution has a larger impact on frame rate than visual quality settings in this title. The data suggests that players targeting 60 FPS at 4K can comfortably use High settings, while those wanting 144 FPS at 1080p will need to drop to Medium (146.7 FPS) or Low (179.7 FPS) presets.

Settings Recommendations

Benchmark results indicate that the High preset offers the most balanced experience across all three resolutions. At 1080p, High delivers 132.9 FPS, which is 16% faster than Ultra's 116.1 FPS but 10% slower than Medium's 146.7 FPS. The visual fidelity gain from High to Ultra costs roughly 13% performance at every resolution, which may not justify the drop for competitive play. At 1440p, High hits 102.1 FPS, staying above the 100 FPS threshold that many players consider ideal for action-adventure titles. The 4K High result of 64.9 FPS remains fluid enough for a game with this genre's pacing.

For users with 144Hz displays at 1080p, the Low preset is the only configuration that exceeds 170 FPS (179.7 FPS), while Medium (146.7 FPS) and High (132.9 FPS) remain viable if slight frame rate compromises are acceptable. The Ultra preset at 1080p (116.1 FPS) still clears the 60 FPS bar but falls short of high-refresh territory. At 1440p, Medium (113.8 FPS) and High (102.1 FPS) are both solid choices, with Low (133.4 FPS) providing headroom for competitive play. For 4K displays, the recommendation shifts: High (64.9 FPS) and Medium (77.8 FPS) both provide smooth gameplay, while Ultra (61.1 FPS) sits at the edge of playability. Low at 4K (87.9 FPS) is an option for those prioritizing frame rate over visuals.

The measured data shows no preset produces an unplayable result on this hardware, which confirms the game's optimization. However, the sweet spot for most users will be High: it offers the best compromise between visual quality and performance at all three resolutions, with the 4K result still comfortably above 60 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 serves as the performance ceiling in this combination. Its 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus delivers 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which appears sufficient for Dave The Diver's art style at 4K, where the High preset still manages 64.9 FPS. The GPU's 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs, clocked at a base of 1365 MHz and boost of 1680 MHz, handle the game's pixel workload efficiently. The 12 nm TU106 chip, with 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die, produces 6.451 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

The RTX 2060's 58th percentile ranking among all GPUs places it in the mid-range tier. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (0.5% ahead) and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 (1.8% behind), showing that this Turing-generation card remains competitive with newer mobile and workstation parts. The GPU's average benchmark score of 16074 is closely matched by the Radeon Pro 5600M and Radeon Pro 5700, both at 16351 (1.7% higher). This positioning explains why the 4K Ultra setting (61.1 FPS) dips close to the 60 FPS line — the GPU is being pushed to its limits.

The VRAM capacity of 6 GB does not appear to cause issues in this game, as the frame rate scaling from 1440p to 4K follows a predictable pattern without sudden drops that would indicate memory swapping. The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) ensures compatibility with modern rendering features, though Dave The Diver's stylized visuals do not heavily tax the ray tracing cores (30 RT cores) or tensor cores (240). The texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s are adequate for the game's 2D-heavy sprite work and 3D environments.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 achieves a rank of 1308 out of 1626 tested combos in Dave The Diver, placing it in the 20th percentile of all configurations. This ranking is notably lower than what the raw benchmark scores might suggest, indicating that many other hardware pairings deliver higher frame rates in this specific title. The combo's position reflects the RTX 2060's age — it was released with a launch MSRP of 349 USD — and its mid-range standing relative to newer GPUs.

The CPU component, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500, sits in the 79th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 20875. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-12500 (0.1% behind at 20897) and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (0.1% behind at 20900). This puts the CPU in a strong position, but the GPU holds the combo back from higher ranks. The 1308th place out of 1626 combos suggests that most systems with this CPU are paired with stronger graphics cards, which is typical for a budget-conscious build.

The delta between the combo's ranking and the CPU's percentile highlights the GPU-bound nature of Dave The Diver. While the Ryzen 5 5500 can drive frame rates up to 179.7 FPS at 1080p Low, the RTX 2060 becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions and settings. Users looking to improve this combo's ranking would need to upgrade the GPU first, as the CPU has demonstrated headroom in this title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 provides the processing foundation for this combo, and benchmark data confirms it is not the bottleneck in Dave The Diver. With 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 (Cezanne) architecture, the CPU clocks between 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost. Its 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for this game's demands. The 65W TDP and 7 nm TSMC process node make it an efficient choice, though its PCIe Gen 3 interface (rather than Gen 4) could theoretically limit GPU bandwidth, though the measured results show no such impact.

Single-thread performance, crucial for game logic and draw calls, is strong: the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2319 and 3DMark single-thread score of 836 indicate solid IPC. Multi-threaded results (Cinebench R23 multi-core at 16429, 3DMark max threads at 5411) show that the 6-core/12-thread configuration handles background tasks without impacting frame rates. The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 79 and average benchmark score of 20875 place it just 0.1% behind the Intel Core i5-12500, demonstrating competitive performance.

In Dave The Diver, the CPU's role is evident in the frame rate consistency across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 179.7 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's maximum output for this game. The fact that 4K High (64.9 FPS) and 1080p Low (179.7 FPS) differ by 2.8x while the pixel count differs by 4x confirms that the GPU is the primary limiter. The Ryzen 5 5500's 3DMark 2-thread score of 1645 and single-thread score of 836 suggest adequate responsiveness for the game's adventure mechanics, which involve real-time swimming, combat, and restaurant management sequences. The CPU's PassMark single-thread score of 3058 and multithread score of 19330 round out a profile that is well-suited for this title's moderate CPU demands.