Dave The Diver

Dave The Diver, an Adventure title released on 2023-06-27, presents a unique scaling pattern for the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination. The measured data shows this game is remarkably forgiving on hardware, with the weakest tested configuration still producing 76 frames per second. The benchmark results indicate a system that is consistently GPU-bound at higher resolutions but transitions to a more balanced workload as resolution drops, making the CPU's role increasingly relevant at 1080p.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals a predictable scaling curve, but the magnitude of the decrease is smaller than typically seen in demanding AAA titles. At Ultra settings, the average FPS falls from 153.9 at 1080p to 115.9 at 1440p, a reduction of 38 frames. Moving further to 4K, the Ultra preset yields 76 FPS, which represents a 50.6% decrease from the 1080p figure. This indicates that while the resolution increase does tax the GPU, the RTX 4060 maintains playable performance throughout.

The Low preset shows a different scaling behavior. At 1080p, the system produces 229.3 FPS, which drops to 173.5 at 1440p and 116.2 at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is 49.3%, nearly identical to the Ultra preset's decline. This consistency suggests that the limiting component shifts smoothly with resolution rather than hitting a hard bottleneck. The data shows that between 1440p and 4K at Low settings, the frame rate falls by 57.3 FPS, while the same resolution jump at Ultra settings costs 39.9 FPS, implying the GPU has more headroom at lower graphical loads.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows offer a clear hierarchy for optimal experience. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 194.4 FPS, which is 19 FPS higher than High and 40.5 FPS higher than Ultra. Given that the game's art style is pixel-based and light on heavy post-processing, the Medium setting provides a substantial frame rate advantage with minimal visual compromise. The data suggests that Medium at 1080p is the sweet spot, as it maintains a 194.4 FPS average while remaining well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common in gaming monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the High preset produces 127.5 FPS, which is a 16.7 FPS improvement over Ultra's 115.9 FPS. The Medium setting at this resolution yields 144.2 FPS, making it the highest non-Low preset. For users prioritizing smoothness, Medium at 1440p offers a 28.3 FPS advantage over Ultra while still maintaining visual quality. At 3840x2160, the High preset's 89 FPS is 13 FPS above Ultra's 76 FPS, and the Medium setting at 99 FPS provides the best balance, being 23 FPS faster than Ultra while only 17.2 FPS behind Low.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600, a 7000 series processor with 6 cores and 12 threads, operates with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. This Zen 4 architecture chip, built on TSMC's 5 nm process, carries a 65 W TDP and supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration. Its L3 cache is 32 MB shared, and the CPU's single-thread performance is strong, evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3246.

In Dave The Diver, the CPU's influence becomes apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU has less work. The 1080p Low preset hitting 229.3 FPS demonstrates that the 6-core processor can feed frames efficiently. The 12 threads handle the game's simulation and AI tasks without becoming a limiting factor. The processor's 83rd percentile ranking versus all CPUs indicates it sits above average, and its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, has an average score of 26574 with a deltaPct of 0.2, placing them nearly identical in synthetic benchmarks. The Ryzen 5 7600's multicore Cinebench R23 score of 22992 shows it can sustain high throughput across all cores, which is sufficient for this title's moderate thread usage.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 achieves a combo rank of 926 out of 1626 tested combinations in Dave The Diver. This places the pairing in the 57th percentile of all tested systems, indicating it outperforms more than half of the configurations in the database but sits below the top quartile. The rank reflects that while this hardware is capable, many higher-end GPUs and CPUs produce better raw frame rates in this specific game.

The RTX 4060's percentile versus all GPUs is 66, showing it is better positioned relative to its peers than the combo's overall rank suggests. This discrepancy implies that the CPU may be slightly holding back the GPU at lower resolutions, or that other combinations with similar GPUs but faster processors achieve higher scores. The GPU's nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, has an average score of 23321 with a deltaPct of -0.6, meaning the RTX 4060 trails by a small margin in synthetic tests, yet the measured FPS in this game still reaches playable levels at all settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD107 chip, features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1830 MHz with a boost clock of 2460 MHz, and the memory runs at 2125 MHz or 17 Gbps effective. The GPU has 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units, with 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores. Its FP32 performance is 15.11 TFLOPS, and the card consumes 115 W with a suggested 300 W power supply.

In this game, the GPU's role is dominant at 4K where the Ultra preset's 76 FPS shows the card working harder. The 8 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor given the game's modest texture requirements, as even at 4K Ultra the frame rate does not collapse. The RTX 4060's pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s are more than sufficient for the pixel-art rendering style. The GPU's benchmark results, including a Passmark G3D score of 19545 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 101030, align with its 66th percentile ranking, showing it as a mid-to-upper tier card that handles this adventure title with ease.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS values show a clear progression by preset. Low yields 229.3 FPS, Medium drops to 194.4 FPS, High produces 175.4 FPS, and Ultra delivers 153.9 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 75.4 FPS, indicating that the graphical settings have a significant impact on performance. The Medium preset's 194.4 FPS represents a 19 FPS reduction from Low but a 19 FPS improvement over High, making it the most balanced option.

At 2560x1440, the values compress slightly. Low produces 173.5 FPS, Medium achieves 144.2 FPS, High reaches 127.5 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 115.9 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 57.6 FPS, smaller than at 1080p, showing that resolution scaling reduces the relative impact of settings. The Medium preset at 1440p remains above 144 FPS, which is critical for high-refresh monitors.

At 3840x2160, the measured values are 116.2 FPS for Low, 99 FPS for Medium, 89 FPS for High, and 76 FPS for Ultra. The total spread is 40.2 FPS, the smallest of all resolutions. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, and the settings adjustments have less headroom to affect performance. Even at the most demanding configuration, the system maintains 76 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The data confirms that this combo handles Dave The Diver comfortably across all tested scenarios, with the only potential concern being the 4K Ultra setting's proximity to lower frame rates.