Dave The Diver

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 achieves a combo rank of 62 out of 1626 tested combinations in Dave The Diver. This places the pairing in the top 3.8% of all tested configurations, a strong result for a game that is not typically considered a hardware stress test. The rank reflects the substantial headroom both components bring to a title with relatively modest graphical demands.

The CPU component itself sits at the 91st percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 40468. Its nearest rivals in aggregate performance are the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (40431, a 0.1% delta), the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (40262, a 0.5% delta), and the Intel Core i9-13905H (40712, a -0.6% delta). The Intel Core Ultra 5 235T trails slightly at 39995, a 1.2% delta. These margins are remarkably tight, indicating that the Ryzen 7 7700 sits in a performance band where single-digit percentage differences separate it from several mobile and desktop parts.

On the GPU side, the RTX 5080 holds the 89th percentile among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 59188. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Arc A570M (58239, a 1.6% delta), the Intel Arc Pro A60 (60326, a -1.9% delta), the Intel Arc A580 (57756, a 2.5% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (57661, a 2.6% delta). The RTX 5080 leads the majority of these comparisons, though the Arc Pro A60 edges ahead by 1.9%. The data indicates the GPU is performing at a level consistent with its high-end positioning, even if its nearest benchmark peers are not direct market competitors.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor built on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael, and fabricated on a 5 nm process by TSMC. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, and it carries a 65 W TDP. The chip features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a shared 32 MB L3 cache. Memory support is DDR5 via a dual-channel bus, yielding a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, and it connects through PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes.

For Dave The Diver, an adventure title that does not demand extreme thread counts, the 8-core/16-thread configuration provides ample parallel headroom. Single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 1049 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4136. Multi-threaded capabilities are equally robust, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29302 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 8479. These figures suggest the CPU can easily feed the GPU in this game, where frame pacing is unlikely to be bottlenecked by processor throughput.

The 16 threads handle the game's background simulation and AI routines without strain. The 32 MB shared L3 cache helps maintain low latency for frequently accessed game data. The boost clock of 5.30 GHz allows the processor to quickly respond to short bursts of demand, which is typical of adventure games with variable scene complexity. The data shows the CPU is not a limiting factor at any resolution tested, as the measured FPS scales consistently with graphical load rather than processor load.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, using the GB203 chip fabricated on a 5 nm process. It packs 10752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output pipelines, alongside 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2617 MHz, with memory running at 1875 MHz, translating to 30 Gbps effective on 16 GB of GDDR7 memory across a 256-bit bus. Memory bandwidth is 960.0 GB/s, which is substantial for high-resolution textures.

In Dave The Diver, the GPU's role is primarily to render the game's detailed underwater environments, character sprites, and lighting effects at high frame rates. The 16 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for this title, even at 4K Ultra settings, where the game's asset sizes do not approach the memory capacity. The pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s allow the card to fill frames rapidly, which is reflected in the measured FPS figures.

The RTX 5080's FP32 performance of 56.28 TFLOPS indicates the card has significant compute headroom, but Dave The Diver is not a compute-heavy title. Instead, the rasterization throughput and memory bandwidth are the key contributors to the observed performance. The boost clock of 2617 MHz ensures consistent frame delivery, and the 960.0 GB/s bandwidth prevents any memory-bound stalls even at 4K. The GPU's passmark G3D score of 36565 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 264461 confirm its strong raw compute capability, but the game's actual demands are well within the card's comfort zone.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers an average FPS of 427.9 on Low settings, 360.1 on Medium, 322.6 on High, and 284 on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 143.9 FPS, a 33.6% drop from the lowest settings to the highest. This indicates that even at 1080p, graphical settings have a measurable impact, though all values are far above any practical display refresh rate.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 325.6 FPS on Low, 269.9 on Medium, 240.5 on High, and 214.1 on Ultra. The drop from Low to Ultra is 111.5 FPS, or 34.2%, closely mirroring the 1080p scaling. The transition from 1080p Low to 1440p Low results in a 102.3 FPS decrease, showing the resolution impact is consistent across settings.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 220.5 FPS on Low, 184.9 on Medium, 162 on High, and 145 on Ultra. The drop from Low to Ultra is 75.5 FPS, or 34.2%, again consistent. The 4K Low figure of 220.5 FPS is still exceptionally high, demonstrating that the combo maintains playable frame rates even at the heaviest resolution tested. The Ultra 4K figure of 145 FPS remains above the 144 Hz threshold for many high-refresh displays.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals a predictable scaling pattern. At Low settings, the average drops from 427.9 FPS at 1080p to 325.6 at 1440p, then to 220.5 at 4K. This represents a 23.9% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 32.3% drop from 1440p to 4K. For Ultra settings, the progression is 284 FPS at 1080p, 214.1 at 1440p, and 145 at 4K, with drops of 24.6% and 32.3% respectively.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings indicates that the limiting component shifts smoothly with resolution. At 1080p, the CPU is more likely to play a larger role in determining frame rates, given the high FPS values. However, the Ryzen 7 7700's strong single-thread performance keeps the frame rates high. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes the primary constraint, and the RTX 5080's memory bandwidth and rasterization throughput dictate the scaling.

The data shows that the 4K-to-1080p ratio is roughly 0.52 for Low settings (220.5/427.9) and 0.51 for Ultra (145/284). This near-constant ratio suggests that neither component is severely bottlenecked at any point; rather, the workload scales linearly with pixel count. The fact that 4K Ultra still produces 145 FPS indicates the combo has substantial headroom for this game, and the limiting factor at 4K is the GPU's ability to fill pixels, not any CPU constraint. The measured results confirm a balanced pairing where both components contribute proportionally across the resolution spectrum.