Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver — AMD Ryzen 7 5700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

This combination delivers exceptional performance in Dave The Diver, with the RTX 5090 providing massive headroom across all tested resolutions and settings. The data shows this pairing ranks 57th out of 1,626 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top 3.5% of all configurations. The Ryzen 7 5700, an 8-core Zen 3 processor, keeps pace with the flagship GPU even at 1080p, where CPU limitations typically surface first.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The maximum measured average is 350.3 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This represents the ceiling for this pairing in Dave The Diver.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 rank against other GPUs?

A: The RTX 5090 sits in the 94th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84,306. It leads its nearest rival, the RTX 5090 D, by a marginal 0.1% delta.

Q: What CPU benchmark score does the Ryzen 7 5700 achieve?

A: The processor posts an average benchmark score of 27,220 across all tests, placing it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 20,655.

Q: Does the combo rank change across different settings?

A: The overall combo rank of 57 out of 1,626 is fixed for this game, but FPS varies substantially: from 156.6 FPS at 4K Ultra to 350.3 FPS at 1080p Low.

Q: What memory bandwidth does the CPU provide?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700 supports dual-channel DDR4 with 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This is paired with the GPU's 1.79 TB/s GDDR7 bandwidth.

Q: Is the CPU overclockable?

A: Yes, the multiplier is unlocked on this 65 W TDP processor, allowing manual overclocking beyond its 4.60 GHz boost clock.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 is the dominant component in this pairing, equipped with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus. Its 1.79 TB/s bandwidth ensures that texture streaming and asset loading in Dave The Diver never become bottlenecks. The GPU's base clock of 2017 MHz and boost clock of 2407 MHz are substantial, but the architecture's 21,760 shading units and 680 tensor cores do the heavy lifting.

Benchmark results confirm the GPU's strength: a PassMark G3D score of 39,650 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,411. The 94th percentile ranking among all GPUs underscores its elite status. In Dave The Diver, the GPU's role is to render the underwater environments and character animations at high frame rates. Even at 4K Ultra, the RTX 5090 maintains 156.6 FPS average, indicating that the game's visual demands are well within the GPU's capabilities.

The 32 GB VRAM buffer is particularly relevant for this title. Dave The Diver's detailed 2D-meets-3D art style benefits from large texture caches, and the RTX 5090 has ample capacity to hold everything locally. The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 compute throughput ensures that even complex lighting and particle effects in the ocean scenes are processed without frame drops.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression across resolutions reveals a GPU-bound scenario at higher settings but hints at CPU involvement at lower presets. From 1080p Low at 350.3 FPS to 4K Low at 234.6 FPS, the drop is 33%. However, the more telling data comes from the High preset: 312.8 FPS at 1080p, 264 FPS at 1440p, and 175.7 FPS at 4K — a 44% reduction from 1080p to 4K.

This scaling pattern suggests that at 1440p and 4K, the RTX 5090 is the limiting factor, as expected for a flagship GPU. But at 1080p, the Ryzen 7 5700's single-thread performance begins to matter. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 901 and PassMark single-thread score of 3,296 indicate solid but not class-leading per-core performance. The gap between 1080p High (312.8 FPS) and 1440p High (264 FPS) — 15.6% — is smaller than the gap from 1440p to 4K (33.4%), confirming that the GPU scales more efficiently at higher resolutions.

The Low preset across resolutions shows the tightest spread: 350.3 FPS at 1080p versus 234.6 FPS at 4K. This 49% drop at Low settings indicates that when graphical load is minimal, the CPU becomes more relevant at 1080p, while 4K still leans heavily on the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers: Low 350.3 FPS, Medium 326.7 FPS, High 312.8 FPS, Ultra 300.5 FPS. The delta from Low to Ultra is 14.2%, showing that even the most demanding preset at 1080p remains above 300 FPS.

At 2560x1440, results are: Low 313.6 FPS, Medium 296.1 FPS, High 264 FPS, Ultra 234 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 25.4% reduction, with the largest single drop between Medium and High at 10.8%.

At 3840x2160, the numbers are: Low 234.6 FPS, Medium 198.3 FPS, High 175.7 FPS, Ultra 156.6 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap widens to 33.3%, demonstrating that 4K Ultra imposes the heaviest load on the RTX 5090. Notably, 4K Low (234.6 FPS) still outperforms 1440p Ultra (234 FPS) by a hair, underscoring the GPU's raw power.

The data shows a consistent pattern: each step from Low to Ultra costs roughly 5-10% performance at a given resolution, but the absolute FPS remains high enough that even the weakest configuration (4K Ultra at 156.6 FPS) exceeds the refresh rate of most displays.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is a 5000-series processor built on TSMC's 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz provide the computing foundation for game logic, AI pathfinding, and physics calculations in Dave The Diver. The 16 MB L3 cache helps keep frequently accessed data close to the cores.

Benchmark data places this CPU in the 84th percentile of all processors, with an average score of 27,220. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-9900K, scores 27,043 — just 0.7% behind. This tight grouping indicates that the Ryzen 7 5700 competes favorably with older high-end chips. In synthetic tests, the Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20,655 and single-core score of 2,916 show balanced performance.

In Dave The Diver, the CPU's 8 cores are sufficient. The game's cartoonish art style and relatively simple simulation load mean that the processor is rarely the primary constraint. However, at 1080p Low (350.3 FPS), the CPU must feed frames to the GPU at an extremely high rate. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1,762 and 4-thread score of 3,382 suggest that the CPU can handle this demand, though the 1080p-to-1440p scaling at Low settings (350.3 to 313.6 FPS, an 10.5% drop) hints that per-core performance is the limiting factor at the lowest resolution.

Settings Recommendations

The data strongly favors Ultra settings at all three resolutions, given that the minimum average FPS is 156.6 at 4K Ultra. At 1080p, Ultra delivers 300.5 FPS, which is 14.2% lower than Low but still vastly exceeds any display's refresh rate. The visual quality improvement from Low to Ultra is well worth the modest FPS trade-off.

At 1440p, Ultra runs at 234 FPS, which is 25.4% below Low's 313.6 FPS. This remains an excellent experience. The recommendation for 1440p is also Ultra, as the frame rate stays well above 200 FPS.

At 4K, the choice is more nuanced. Ultra at 156.6 FPS and High at 175.7 FPS are both playable, but the 12.2% difference between them may be perceptible on high-refresh 4K panels. For competitive play, High offers a better balance. For maximum visual fidelity, Ultra is still viable. Medium (198.3 FPS) provides a middle ground but the data shows diminishing returns — the jump from Medium to High costs 11.4% performance, while High to Ultra costs 10.9%.

The optimal experience per the measured rows is 1440p Ultra at 234 FPS, which combines the visual richness of the Ultra preset with a frame rate that saturates most gaming monitors. At 4K, High at 175.7 FPS is the recommended choice for those prioritizing smoothness over absolute fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

This pairing ranks 57th out of 1,626 tested combinations in Dave The Diver, placing it in the top 3.5% of all configurations. This high ranking reflects the RTX 5090's dominance as the primary performance driver. The GPU's 94th percentile standing among all GPUs, combined with the CPU's 84th percentile, creates a system that rarely bottlenecks.

The RTX 5090's nearest rival, the RTX 5090 D, scores 84,241 versus 84,306 — a 0.1% delta that puts them statistically equal. The AMD Radeon PRO W6600 trails by 1.3%, while the NVIDIA CMP 40HX actually leads by 1.6% in average GPU score. For the CPU, the Intel Core i9-9900K (27,043) and Intel Core i7-12700H (27,006) are within 0.8% of the Ryzen 7 5700's 27,220.

The combo's rank of 57 suggests that while the GPU is elite, the CPU prevents this from being a top-10 configuration. The Ryzen 7 5700's single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread: 901) is solid but not extraordinary. In a game like Dave The Diver where the GPU can push hundreds of frames per second, the CPU's per-core throughput becomes the subtle limiting factor. Still, with 1080p Low hitting 350.3 FPS and 4K Ultra sustaining 156.6 FPS, this combination delivers an outstanding experience at every setting and resolution tested.