Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver — AMD Ryzen 9 5950X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Benchmark Analysis

The combination of AMD's 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X and NVIDIA's RTX 5080 produces a formidable Dave The Diver experience, placing this system at rank 76 out of 1626 tested combos. The data shows a platform capable of pushing well past 200 FPS at most settings, with the RTX 5080's 16 GB of GDDR7 memory and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth proving more than sufficient for this adventure title's demands.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded in this benchmark set?

A: The highest average FPS is 369.6, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This represents the ceiling of performance for this combo in Dave The Diver.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in overall benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 9 5950X averages 49,062 across all benchmark tests, placing it 0.2% behind the Intel Core i5-14600K (49,166) and 0.6% behind the Core i5-14600KF (49,367). It edges out the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H by 0.7%.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all graphics cards?

A: The RTX 5080 sits in the 89th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 59,188. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A570M, scores 58,239 — a 1.6% difference.

Q: Does the system maintain playable frame rates at 4K Ultra settings?

A: Yes, the 3840x2160 Ultra preset delivers an average of 143.3 FPS, which remains well above standard 60 FPS playability thresholds despite being the most demanding configuration in the measured set.

Q: How much does resolution affect performance from 1080p to 4K?

A: At High settings, the frame rate drops from 324.9 FPS at 1920x1080 to 245.7 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 163 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 49.8% reduction from 1080p to 4K at High settings.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the GPU?

A: The RTX 5080 has a launch MSRP of 999 USD, while the Ryzen 9 5950X launched at $799.

GPU Role

The RTX 5080's architecture is built around Blackwell 2.0 on TSMC's 5 nm process, packing 45,600 million transistors into a 378 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2617 MHz, paired with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory across a 256-bit bus. This memory configuration yields 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which the benchmark data confirms is more than adequate for Dave The Diver's visual demands — even at 4K Ultra, the GPU sustains an average of 143.3 FPS.

The GPU's compute capabilities include 10,752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, driving a pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 879.3 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput of 56.28 TFLOPS provides substantial headroom for this adventure title, which appears to be more GPU-bound at higher resolutions. The card's 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, ensuring full feature compatibility.

Interestingly, the GPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database are not high-end desktop parts but rather Intel Arc products: the Arc A570M (1.6% lower score), Arc A580 (2.5% lower), and Arc Pro A60 (1.9% higher). This positioning in the 89th percentile of all GPUs suggests the RTX 5080 delivers strong compute performance relative to its database peers, even if the comparison set includes a wide range of hardware tiers.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the system scales across three resolutions and four settings presets. At Low settings, the progression from 1920x1080 (369.6 FPS) to 2560x1440 (325.8 FPS) to 3840x2160 (215.8 FPS) shows a 41.6% performance drop when moving from 1080p to 4K. This relatively modest scaling factor indicates the CPU remains a significant contributor at lower resolutions, where the Ryzen 9 5950X's 16 cores and 32 threads help maintain high frame rates.

At Ultra settings, the scaling becomes more pronounced: 286.5 FPS at 1080p drops to 217 FPS at 1440p, then to 143.3 FPS at 4K — a 50% reduction from the lowest to highest resolution. The larger performance gap at Ultra suggests the GPU becomes increasingly the limiting component as pixel count rises and more demanding effects activate. The 5950X, with its 64 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support delivering 51.2 GB/s, appears sufficient to feed the RTX 5080 at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra result of 143.3 FPS highlights where the GPU's rendering load dominates.

The diminishing returns from Medium to High to Ultra settings at each resolution show a clear pattern: the gap between Low and Medium is larger than the gap between High and Ultra. For instance, at 1440p, the jump from Low (325.8 FPS) to Medium (273.9 FPS) is 51.9 FPS, while the jump from High (245.7 FPS) to Ultra (217 FPS) is only 28.7 FPS. This suggests the higher presets introduce progressively more expensive effects that scale with resolution.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting the highest frame rates on high-refresh-rate displays, the Low preset at 1080p (369.6 FPS) or 1440p (325.8 FPS) provides the maximum headroom. However, the data shows that even Ultra settings at 1440p deliver 217 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most gaming monitors. This makes Ultra at 2560x1440 a compelling choice for visual quality without sacrificing smoothness.

At 4K, the High preset (163 FPS) offers a better balance than Ultra (143.3 FPS) when considering the performance cost. The 19.7 FPS difference between these two presets at 3840x2160 may not justify the additional visual fidelity for competitive play, though both remain well above playable thresholds. The Medium preset at 4K (184.8 FPS) presents another strong option for players who want higher frame rates with moderate visual compromises.

The data indicates that Medium settings provide the best performance-per-visual-step at most resolutions: at 1080p it delivers 343.8 FPS (93% of Low's performance), at 1440p it hits 273.9 FPS (84% of Low), and at 4K it reaches 184.8 FPS (85.6% of Low). Given that the visual difference between Low and Medium is typically more noticeable than between High and Ultra in most games, Medium appears to be the sweet spot for this title based on the measured results.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its strongest performance across all presets. Low settings produce 369.6 FPS average, Medium achieves 343.8 FPS, High reaches 324.9 FPS, and Ultra tops out at 286.5 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 83.1 FPS, indicating a 22.5% performance penalty for maximum visual quality. Every preset at 1080p exceeds 280 FPS, making this resolution suitable for the fastest refresh-rate displays available.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. Low settings yield 325.8 FPS, Medium produces 273.9 FPS, High delivers 245.7 FPS, and Ultra maintains 217 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 108.8 FPS (a 33.4% drop), showing that the GPU's workload at 1440p begins to assert more influence over performance. Even at Ultra, the system comfortably exceeds 200 FPS, making 1440p the most versatile resolution for this combo.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve steepens noticeably. Low settings still deliver a strong 215.8 FPS, Medium drops to 184.8 FPS, High falls to 163 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 143.3 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 72.5 FPS (a 33.6% reduction), similar in percentage terms to the 1440p scaling. However, the absolute numbers reveal that 4K Ultra is the first configuration in the measured set to drop below 150 FPS, indicating that this is where the RTX 5080's rendering limits begin to surface in this title.

The CPU's benchmark profile supports its role in sustaining high frame rates: Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 38,607 and single-core score of 5,450, alongside a Geekbench multi-core score of 12,084, place the 5950X in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival comparisons show less than 1.2% deviation from the Intel Core i5-14600K, i5-14600KF, Xeon Gold 5318H, and AMD EPYC 4345P, confirming balanced performance that avoids bottlenecking the RTX 5080 in Dave The Diver's measured scenarios.