Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver with AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

This combination pairs AMD's Zen 5 desktop processor with NVIDIA's Blackwell 2.0 architecture GPU, producing a system that ranks 1211th out of 2867 tested combos in Dave The Diver. The measured results show this pairing handles the adventure title comfortably across all tested resolutions, with the RTX 5060's 8 GB of GDDR7 memory and the Ryzen 7 9700F's 8-core, 16-thread configuration working together to deliver triple-digit frame rates in most scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combination reaches 247 FPS average. Medium settings produce 207 FPS, High delivers 184 FPS, and Ultra still maintains 163 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 5060 have enough VRAM for Dave The Diver?

A: Yes. The GPU comes with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. Even at 4K Ultra the measured average is 82 FPS, indicating the 8 GB frame buffer is not a limiting factor in this title.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 9700F compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 0.2% higher, the Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 0.2% lower, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 0.7% higher, and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 0.9% higher. The differences are all within a single percentage point.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low?

A: The average drops from 247 FPS at 1920x1080 Low to 124 FPS at 3840x2160 Low. That represents a reduction of 123 FPS, or roughly half the performance when pixel count quadruples.

Q: Which settings preset provides the highest minimum FPS recorded?

A: At 1920x1080 with Medium settings, the minimum FPS is 176, while 2560x1440 Medium shows a minimum of 132 and 3840x2160 Medium shows a minimum of 89. The 1080p Medium row has the highest documented minimum.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all other tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 1211th out of 2867 total combinations tested for Dave The Diver. This places it in the upper-middle portion of the database, though the percentile ranking for the individual components differs — the CPU sits at the 94th percentile while the GPU sits at the 72nd percentile.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB206 chip manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die, with 3840 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster operation pipelines. The GPU's base clock runs at 2280 MHz with a boost clock of 2497 MHz, while memory operates at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective transfer speed.

The 8 GB GDDR7 frame buffer with a 128-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. In Dave The Diver, this memory configuration proves sufficient even at maximum settings. The measured data shows 82 FPS average at 4K Ultra, which is entirely playable for an adventure title. The GPU's 30 ray tracing cores and 120 tensor cores suggest the hardware is capable of more demanding workloads than this game requires, but the benchmark results confirm the memory subsystem handles the pixel throughput without becoming a bottleneck.

The RTX 5060's FP32 performance of 19.18 TFLOPS and texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s provide a strong foundation for this title's graphical demands. The GPU consumes up to 145 W with a suggested power supply of 300 W, and the dual-slot design with a single 8-pin power connector fits standard desktop configurations. The pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s helps explain why the card maintains 93 FPS at 4K High — the rasterization throughput is sufficient for Dave The Diver's visual complexity.

The GPU's benchmark scores show a PassMark G3D result of 20891 and a PassMark GPU compute score of 10899. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test produces 3628 points, while Geekbench scores reach 112787 in OpenCL and 113321 in Vulkan. Comparing the RTX 5060 to its nearest rivals reveals tight competition: the AMD Radeon 860M scores 0.3% lower, the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 scores 0.3% lower, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary scores 0.8% lower, and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT scores 1.2% higher. This clustering suggests the RTX 5060 sits in a competitive performance tier where small architectural differences determine ranking.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how performance scales across resolutions. Starting from 1920x1080 Low at 247 FPS, moving to 2560x1440 Low drops the average to 186 FPS — a 61 FPS reduction. Jumping to 3840x2160 Low further reduces performance to 124 FPS, another 62 FPS drop. This pattern shows that each resolution step costs roughly the same absolute frame rate, indicating the limiting factor scales consistently with pixel count.

At Medium settings, the scaling shows a similar pattern. The 1080p Medium score of 207 FPS drops to 155 FPS at 1440p, then to 104 FPS at 4K. The increments are 52 FPS and 51 FPS respectively. High settings follow suit: 184 FPS at 1080p, 139 FPS at 1440p, and 93 FPS at 4K, with drops of 45 and 46 FPS. Ultra settings show 163 FPS at 1080p, 123 FPS at 1440p, and 82 FPS at 4K, representing 40 and 41 FPS reductions.

The consistency of these deltas across settings levels suggests the GPU's rendering pipeline scales predictably with resolution. The percentage reduction from 1080p to 4K is steepest at Low settings, where the 247 FPS drops to 124 FPS — a 49.8% decrease. At Ultra settings, the drop from 163 FPS to 82 FPS represents a 49.7% reduction. This near-identical percentage loss across settings indicates that Dave The Diver's performance scaling is resolution-bound rather than settings-bound, meaning the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth become the primary constraints as pixel count increases.

The minimum FPS data points available at Medium settings provide additional insight. At 1080p, the minimum of 176 FPS against an average of 207 FPS shows a 31 FPS variance. At 1440p, the minimum of 132 FPS against the 155 FPS average shows a 23 FPS variance. At 4K, the minimum of 89 FPS against the 104 FPS average shows only a 15 FPS variance. The shrinking variance at higher resolutions indicates that frame pacing becomes more consistent when the GPU is more fully utilized, which is typical behavior for a well-optimized rendering pipeline.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5060 paired with the Ryzen 7 9700F delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce the maximum measured average of 247 FPS. Medium settings achieve 207 FPS with a minimum of 176 FPS and maximum of 238 FPS. High settings reach 184 FPS average, and Ultra settings maintain 163 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 84 FPS, showing that settings have a substantial impact on performance even at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance hierarchy remains intact. Low settings deliver 186 FPS, Medium settings produce 155 FPS with a range of 132 to 179 FPS, High settings reach 139 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 123 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra narrows to 63 FPS at this resolution, suggesting the GPU begins to become more of a limiting factor relative to the CPU.

At 3840x2160, the results show the most significant performance compression. Low settings achieve 124 FPS, Medium settings produce 104 FPS with a range of 89 to 120 FPS, High settings reach 93 FPS, and Ultra settings deliver 82 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra shrinks to 42 FPS, indicating that at 4K the GPU's rendering capabilities dominate the performance equation more heavily than the settings configuration.

The Medium settings rows provide the only complete min/max data across all three resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the 207 FPS average with 176 FPS minimum ensures smooth gameplay without dips below refresh rate thresholds for most displays. At 1440p Medium, the 155 FPS average with 132 FPS minimum still provides headroom above 120 Hz displays. At 4K Medium, the 104 FPS average with 89 FPS minimum falls below 120 Hz thresholds but remains comfortably above 60 Hz requirements.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 ranks 1211th out of 2867 tested combinations in Dave The Diver. This position in the upper-middle range of the database reflects the balanced nature of this pairing. The CPU's 94th percentile ranking among all processors indicates strong computational performance, while the GPU's 72nd percentile ranking among all graphics cards shows more modest positioning relative to the broader GPU landscape.

The measured FPS data supports this ranking disparity. At 1080p Low, the 247 FPS result suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at very high frame rates. The fact that Ultra settings at the same resolution still produce 163 FPS indicates the CPU maintains sufficient headroom even when graphical demands increase. The CPU's PassMark multithread score of 36470 and single-thread score of 4691 contribute to this strong performance in a game that likely benefits from both single-core responsiveness and multi-threaded background processing.

The GPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database provide context for its contribution. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT scores 1.2% higher on average, while the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary scores 0.8% lower. This tight clustering means the RTX 5060's performance tier is well-established, but the 8 GB memory configuration and 128-bit bus may limit it in more demanding titles. For Dave The Diver specifically, the measured results show the GPU handles all tested settings and resolutions without dropping below playable thresholds.

The combo's rank at 1211 of 2867 places it ahead of a majority of tested systems, but the substantial gap between this configuration and top-tier combinations suggests that higher-end GPUs would provide meaningfully better performance in this game. The data indicates this pairing represents a solid mid-range option that prioritizes balance over peak performance.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a desktop processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The chip is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC, containing 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die. The TDP is rated at 65 W, making it an efficient option for desktop builds.

The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support includes DDR5 with dual-channel configuration and a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The processor supports ECC memory and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes. The architecture's design targets desktop performance with a multiplier unlocked for overclocking, and the chip uses the AMD Socket AM5 platform.

Benchmark results show the Ryzen 7 9700F achieving a PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and a multithread score of 36470. The integer math score of 120788 and floating point math score of 77955 indicate strong computational throughput. The data encryption score of 21488 and data compression score of 421988 show the processor handles varied workloads effectively. The extended instructions score of 33688 and physics score of 2122 round out the synthetic benchmark profile.

The CPU's nearest rivals demonstrate its competitive positioning. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 0.2% higher, the Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 0.2% lower, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 0.7% higher, and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 0.9% higher. These deltas are minimal, suggesting the Ryzen 7 9700F sits in a tightly contested performance bracket where the differences between these processors would be difficult to perceive in real-world gaming scenarios.

In Dave The Diver, the CPU's contribution is evident in the high frame rates achieved at lower resolutions. The 247 FPS result at 1080p Low demonstrates the processor can sustain very high frame output without becoming a bottleneck. The 84 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p, compared to the 42 FPS spread at 4K, suggests the CPU has more influence on performance when the GPU is less stressed by resolution demands.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting maximum refresh rates on high-frequency displays, the 1920x1080 Low setting delivers the highest average at 247 FPS. This configuration provides the greatest headroom above 144 Hz and 240 Hz display refresh rates. However, the visual quality trade-off may not be worth the performance gain for a game like Dave The Diver, which likely emphasizes atmospheric presentation.

The 1920x1080 Medium setting offers the best balance of performance and visual quality, with 207 FPS average and a minimum of 176 FPS. This ensures smooth gameplay even during demanding scenes, and the 176 FPS minimum stays above 144 Hz thresholds. The 2560x1440 Medium setting produces 155 FPS average with a 132 FPS minimum, which remains playable on 144 Hz displays but with less margin for frame drops.

At 4K, the Medium setting achieves 104 FPS average with an 89 FPS minimum, which is suitable for 60 Hz displays and provides some headroom. The High setting at 3840x2160 produces 93 FPS average, while Ultra drops to 82 FPS. For players with 4K displays, Medium appears to be the recommended choice based on the measured data, as it maintains frame rates above 60 FPS with only a modest visual quality reduction compared to High and Ultra.

The Ultra preset at any resolution still delivers playable performance, with 163 FPS at 1080p, 123 FPS at 1440p, and 82 FPS at 4K. Given the diminishing returns between settings levels at higher resolutions, players should consider their display capabilities and preference for visual fidelity versus raw frame rate. The data suggests that Medium settings provide the most consistent experience across all resolutions, with the minimum frame rates remaining well above playability thresholds.