Dave The Diver

Dave The Diver is a deceptively demanding title when you push it to the extreme, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 handles it with authority across the board. The benchmark data shows a combo that is clearly overqualified for 1080p but still delivers a smooth experience at 4K, making it a versatile pick for this adventure game. This pairing ranks in the 772nd position out of 1626 tested combos, placing it comfortably in the upper half of the database and indicating a balanced system that doesn't leave significant performance on the table.

Settings Recommendations

For this specific hardware combination, the data suggests that High settings offer the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate stability across all resolutions. At 1080p, High settings produce an average of 180.5 FPS, which is a substantial jump from the 160.1 FPS seen at Ultra, while still looking noticeably better than Medium. The performance cost of moving from High to Ultra is steep, representing a drop of over 20 FPS at every resolution, which is a poor trade for the marginal visual gains in a game like this. Conversely, dropping from High to Medium only yields a modest FPS increase (from 180.5 to 207.4 at 1080p), meaning High is the sweet spot for maintaining a high refresh rate experience without sacrificing image quality.

At 1440p, the recommendation remains High, where the system posts a 140.2 FPS average. This is well above the 120 FPS threshold that many gamers consider the baseline for smooth play, and it leaves headroom for any background applications. The Ultra preset at this resolution still manages 121.4 FPS, but again, the cost of that extra fidelity is a 19 FPS reduction. For 4K gamers, High settings are the only sensible choice, as the 94.4 FPS average is the only preset that keeps the experience comfortably above 60 FPS aside from Medium at 104.3 FPS. However, the gap between High and Medium at 4K is only 10 FPS, so choosing High gives you the better visuals for a minimal performance penalty. Low settings are generally unnecessary with this hardware, as even Ultra at 4K is playable, though not ideal.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is the primary driver of frame rates in this title, and its specifications explain the scaling patterns observed. The GPU is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process and features 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is sufficient for Dave The Diver's art style, which doesn't demand massive texture pools, but the 8 GB capacity is worth noting for future titles. The core clock runs at a base of 2280 MHz and boosts up to 2497 MHz, which, combined with 3840 shading units, delivers a solid 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This compute power is what allows the card to handle the game's dynamic lighting and water effects without stuttering.

The RTX 5060's benchmark scores reinforce its position in the mid-range tier. Its Passmark G3D score of 20891 places it at the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 30109 is virtually identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, which has a deltaPct of 0. This means the two cards are direct competitors, trading blows depending on the title. The GPU also sits just 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile, showing that this desktop part is punching at the level of a higher-tier mobile chip. The 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores are present, but for a game like this, they are not heavily utilized, meaning the raw rasterization performance is what matters most.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is well-balanced but begins to show GPU limitation at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 180.5 at 1080p to 140.2 at 1440p, a 22% reduction, and then further to 94.4 at 4K, a 33% drop from 1440p. This pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU has enough headroom to feed the graphics card at lower resolutions, but the rendering load grows exponentially with pixel count. The RTX 5060's 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth is a key factor here, as the increased resolution demands more data throughput, and the card begins to saturate its bus.

The scaling is even more pronounced at Ultra settings. The 160.1 FPS at 1080p drops to 121.4 at 1440p and then plummets to 78.6 at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-100 FPS figure in the entire dataset, highlighting that the GPU is the limiting component when the visual load is maximized. Conversely, at Low settings, the 1080p result of 248.1 FPS is extraordinarily high, and the drop to 185.4 at 1440p is still relatively gentle, but the 4K Low result of 125.9 FPS shows that even with minimal settings, the pixel throughput at 3840x2160 is a hurdle. The data suggests that for a locked 4K 60 FPS experience, High settings are the ceiling, and for 1440p, the system has ample headroom for high refresh rate monitors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Looking at the raw data, the performance tiers are clearly defined by both resolution and preset. At 1920x1080, the RTX 5060 delivers exceptional performance. Low settings produce an average of 248.1 FPS, which drops to 207.4 at Medium and 180.5 at High. The Ultra preset, at 160.1 FPS, is still incredibly smooth and would be ideal for a 165 Hz monitor, but it represents a significant 20% performance loss over High. For competitive play or maximum fluidity, Low is the choice, but for a visually rich adventure game, High is the practical maximum.

At 2560x1440, the results are still very strong. Low settings hit 185.4 FPS, Medium achieves 151.4 FPS, and High maintains a comfortable 140.2 FPS. Ultra at 121.4 FPS is the only preset that dips below the 144 Hz refresh rate mark, but it remains perfectly playable on a standard 120 Hz display. This resolution is where the combo shines, offering a high-quality experience without pushing the GPU to its limits. The spread between Low and Ultra is 64 FPS, which is a manageable range that gives users plenty of options.

At 3840x2160, the GPU starts to feel the pressure. Medium settings deliver 104.3 FPS, which is ideal for a 4K 60 Hz or 100 Hz monitor. High settings follow closely at 94.4 FPS, still well above 60 FPS, and provide better graphical fidelity. Low settings at 125.9 FPS are surprisingly high, indicating that the game is not overly complex at its base level. However, Ultra at 78.6 FPS is the weakest result in the dataset, and while it is still above 60 FPS, the performance cost relative to High is not justified. For 4K, High is the definitive sweet spot, offering a 15.8 FPS advantage over Ultra for what is often a negligible visual difference in this art style.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of 1626 tested combinations, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 achieves a rank of 772. This places it in the 47th percentile of all combos, meaning it outperforms roughly half of the systems tested while being surpassed by the other half. This is a strong showing for a mid-range desktop setup, confirming that it is not a bottlenecked configuration. The rank is a direct reflection of the measured FPS data, which shows the system handling Dave The Diver with ease at all but the most demanding settings.

The ranking is influenced by both components, but the GPU's performance is the more significant contributor. The CPU, with its 83rd percentile ranking among all processors, is a high-end part that is unlikely to hold back the GPU. The RTX 5060, at the 73rd percentile, is a solid mid-range card, and the combination of a top-tier CPU with a mid-high-tier GPU yields a system that is greater than the sum of its parts in a game that is not heavily threaded. The 772nd rank suggests that there is room for improvement, but it also indicates that this combo is well-suited for the game's requirements, avoiding the low ranks that come with mismatched hardware where one component severely limits the other.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 plays a supporting but crucial role in this setup, ensuring the RTX 5060 is never starved of data. This 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series operates at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosts up to 5.10 GHz, providing the single-thread performance that games like this rely on. The data shows a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3246, which is excellent, and a multi-core score of 22992, indicating strong multi-threaded capabilities for a 6-core part. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 3910 is also robust, and its average benchmark score of 26617 places it on par with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, with a deltaPct of just 0.2%.

In Dave The Diver, where the game logic and world simulation are not overly demanding, the CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth are more than sufficient. The benchmark results show that the processor is not a limiting factor at any resolution, as the FPS scaling is consistent with GPU load. The 65W TDP and 5 nm process node mean it runs efficiently, and its Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael, is a mature platform. The fact that its nearest rival is the Intel Core i9-11900K, with a deltaPct of 0.3%, shows that this modern 6-core chip holds its own against older flagship 8-core parts, making it a future-proof choice for this gaming combination.