Dave The Diver

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D pairs with the Intel Arc B570 to deliver a remarkably consistent experience in Dave The Diver, a game that clearly favors high frame rates over raw graphical fidelity. The data shows this combo lands in the 80th percentile of all tested combinations, with the CPU providing ample headroom across all settings and resolutions. This analysis breaks down exactly where the strengths lie and what the measured frame rates mean for your build.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Ryzen 7 5700X3D is built on the Zen 3 architecture using TSMC's 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads. Its base clock runs at 3.00 GHz with a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, and it carries a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache — a configuration that proves beneficial in titles with complex scene loading and AI routines, though Dave The Diver is not particularly demanding in those areas. The CPU's 105 W TDP and AMD Socket AM4 compatibility make it a straightforward drop-in for existing AM4 motherboards, and its memory support for dual-channel DDR4 keeps platform costs contained.

Benchmark results for this CPU show a strong multithreaded profile: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 22366, while the single-core test reaches 3157. Geekbench multicore lands at 11086 with a single-core score of 1849, and 3DMark's 16-thread test produces 6764. These numbers place the 5700X3D at the 77th percentile among all CPUs, with its average benchmark score of 24709 sitting within 0.1% of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D (24728) and 0.5% below the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (24822). In practice, this means the CPU has far more throughput than Dave The Diver requires — the game is light on physics and simulation, so even at 1080p with Low settings, the frame rate is never constrained by processor limits.

The 3D V-Cache technology, while beneficial in many games, is less critical here. Dave The Diver operates primarily as a 2D-side-scrolling adventure with occasional 3D elements, so the CPU's job is mostly to feed the GPU with draw calls and handle game logic. With 8 cores and 16 threads, the 5700X3D dispatches these tasks with ease, and the measured FPS at 1080p Medium (139 avg) versus 4K Medium (70 avg) shows that performance scales with resolution rather than CPU load. The single-thread score of 804 in 3DMark further confirms that even lightly-threaded workloads are handled competently, meaning no core count or clock speed bottleneck appears in the data.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and the Intel Arc B570 achieves a rank of 2977 out of 3710 tested combos in Dave The Diver. That places it in the 19.8th percentile of all configurations — a lower position than the CPU's individual 77th percentile might suggest, which points directly at the GPU as the limiting factor in this pairing. The Arc B570's own percentile versus all GPUs is 65, and its average benchmark score of 20556 puts it nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 0.1% delta) and the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -0.1% delta).

This ranking means that while the CPU is overqualified for the task, the GPU holds the combo back relative to top-tier setups. However, context matters: 2977th out of 3710 is not a poor result — it reflects that Dave The Diver is a game where many combinations achieve playable frame rates, and the spread between ranks is narrow. The measured FPS at 1080p High (124 avg) and 1440p High (94 avg) are both well above 60 FPS, so the practical experience is smooth. Comparing to the nearest GPU rivals, the Arc B570's performance is effectively tied with the RTX 3070 Mobile and Arc A750, so users upgrading from those cards would see no meaningful change in this title.

The combo's rank is also influenced by the fact that Dave The Diver is not a graphically intensive game — many CPUs and GPUs can hit high frame rates, so the ranking pool is dense. The 5700X3D's 3DMark max-threads score of 6755 and Passmark multithread score of 26318 indicate that the processor is not the bottleneck; rather, the Arc B570's 10 GB of GDDR6 memory and 160-bit bus width (380.0 GB/s bandwidth) are sufficient but not exceptional for this title's modest asset loads.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured frame rates across resolutions reveal a clear scaling pattern that identifies the GPU as the primary constraint. At 1080p with Medium settings, the combo averages 139 FPS with a minimum of 118 and maximum of 160. Moving to 1440p Medium drops the average to 105 FPS (min 89, max 121), and at 4K Medium it falls further to 70 FPS (min 60, max 81). The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is approximately 24.5%, and from 1440p to 4K is 33.3% — both consistent with GPU-bound scaling rather than CPU limitations.

Examining High settings tells a similar story: 1080p High averages 124 FPS, 1440p High drops to 94 FPS (a 24.2% reduction), and 4K High falls to 63 FPS (a 33% drop from 1440p). Ultra settings show the steepest curve: 110 FPS at 1080p, 83 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K. The consistent proportional drops across all settings indicate that the Arc B570's rendering pipeline — 2304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 80 ROPs with a pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s — is the limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The CPU's role in this scaling is minimal. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D's 3DMark 2-thread score of 1575 and single-thread score of 804 show that even at 1080p Low (167 avg FPS), the processor has headroom remaining. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect frame rates to remain flat across resolutions, but the data shows a consistent degradation from 1080p to 4K. The Low settings at 4K still achieve 84 FPS, which is a 49.7% drop from 1080p Low's 167 FPS — confirming that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are what scale with resolution, not the CPU's compute capacity.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D overkill for this game?

A: Yes, the data supports that conclusion. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22366 and 96 MB L3 cache are far beyond what Dave The Diver requires. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 167 FPS, but even at 4K Ultra it manages 55 FPS, showing the CPU is never the limiting factor. The 5700X3D ranks in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, yet the game's frame rates are dictated by the GPU, not the processor.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B570 compare to its nearest rivals in this context?

A: The Arc B570's average benchmark score of 20556 is within 0.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534) and 0.4% above the Intel Arc A750 (20582). This means in Dave The Diver, users would see virtually identical performance from these GPUs. The Arc B570's percentile versus all GPUs is 65, placing it in the upper-mid range of available graphics cards.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p with Medium settings?

A: The measured data shows 105 FPS average at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, with a minimum of 89 FPS and maximum of 121 FPS. This provides a smooth experience for a game like Dave The Diver, which does not require high refresh rates for competitive play but benefits from the fluidity.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K across all settings?

A: No, not at Ultra settings. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 55, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. However, at 4K High the average is 63 FPS, and at 4K Medium it rises to 70 FPS. For consistent 60+ FPS at 4K, users should select High or Medium settings rather than Ultra.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance like?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X3D scores 3157 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 804 in 3DMark single-thread. Its Passmark single-thread score is 2970. These figures are adequate for Dave The Diver's game logic, but they are not class-leading — the CPU's strength lies in its multithreaded capabilities, which the game does not heavily utilize.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 2977 out of 3710 tested combinations in Dave The Diver. This places it in the lower-middle range of all combos, but the game's low system requirements mean that even this ranking delivers playable frame rates at most settings and resolutions.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture (Battlemage generation) using TSMC's 5 nm process with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It operates at a fixed clock speed of 2500 MHz for both base and boost, with memory running at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus provides 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Dave The Diver's texture-heavy but geometrically simple scenes.

The GPU's compute capabilities — 2304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 80 ROPs — deliver 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s. In benchmark tests, the Arc B570 scores 14195 in Passmark G3D and 83514 in Geekbench OpenCL, with a Vulkan score of 96844. These numbers place it at the 65th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20556 that is effectively tied with the RTX 3070 Mobile (0.1% delta) and Arc A750 (-0.1% delta).

In Dave The Diver, the GPU's role becomes apparent in the resolution scaling discussed earlier. The 10 GB VRAM is not taxed by this game — even at 4K Ultra, the asset sizes remain modest, and the 160-bit memory bus does not create a bandwidth bottleneck. Instead, the limiting factor is the raw pixel throughput: the 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate determines how quickly the GPU can fill the screen at higher resolutions. This explains why 4K Ultra drops to 55 FPS while 1080p Ultra maintains 110 FPS — the pixel count quadruples, and the GPU's fill rate simply cannot keep up without dropping settings.

The Arc B570's 150 W TDP and 450 W suggested PSU make it an efficient choice for a mid-range build. Its PCIe 4.0 x8 interface provides adequate bandwidth for this game, and the DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) ensures compatibility with modern rendering paths, though Dave The Diver does not utilize ray tracing or advanced DX12 features extensively.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

The measured data provides clear guidance on which settings preset offers the optimal balance of visual quality and performance. At 1080p, all presets exceed 110 FPS, so users with 144Hz monitors can comfortably select Ultra (110 FPS) without sacrificing smoothness. However, if you want maximum headroom for demanding scenes, High (124 FPS) is nearly identical visually but provides 14 more FPS on average.

At 1440p, the choice becomes more nuanced. Ultra delivers 83 FPS, which is still above 60 FPS, but Medium (105 FPS) and High (94 FPS) both offer more comfortable margins above refresh rate typical for 1440p monitors (typically 144Hz or 165Hz). Given that Dave The Diver is a 2D-focused title with limited graphical fidelity differences between Medium and Ultra, selecting Medium at 1440p (105 FPS, min 89) provides the best balance of smoothness and visual quality. The minimum frame rate of 89 FPS ensures no noticeable stutter during gameplay.

For 4K, the recommendation is clearer. Ultra averages 55 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold and may result in perceived judder. High (63 FPS) barely crosses the threshold, but Medium (70 FPS, min 60) provides a safer margin with a minimum that stays at exactly 60 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 4K costs 7 FPS on average (70 to 63), while the jump from High to Ultra costs 8 FPS (63 to 55). Given the minimal visual differences in this game's art style, Medium at 4K is the recommended preset for a consistently smooth experience — the 60 FPS minimum ensures no drops below refresh rate, and the 81 FPS maximum shows there is still headroom for complex scenes.

Low settings, while offering the highest frame rates (167 FPS at 1080p, 125 FPS at 1440p, 84 FPS at 4K), are not recommended for this title because the game's pixel-art aesthetic benefits from higher quality textures and effects. The performance gain from Low to Medium at 1080p is only 28 FPS (167 to 139), but the visual improvement is substantial, making Medium the entry point for a quality experience. Ultimately, the data suggests Medium settings as the universal sweet spot across all resolutions, with High being a viable alternative at 1080p and 1440p if you prefer slightly better visuals and have refresh rate headroom.