Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Doom, with the measured data showing that the combination is capable of far exceeding standard display refresh rates across most settings. The benchmark results indicate that this pairing ranks in the 785th position out of 1681 tested combos, placing it in the upper half of all system configurations for this title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four settings presets at each resolution, with the optimal choice depending on the target display capability. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 156.5 FPS, which is already sufficient for high-refresh-rate gaming on 144Hz displays. However, the High preset produces 188 FPS, a 20% improvement over Ultra while maintaining the visual fidelity that most players would consider the sweet spot for this title. The Medium preset offers 225.5 FPS, which is 44% higher than Ultra, but the visual compromise may not be worthwhile given that High already exceeds the typical 144Hz ceiling.

For 2560x1440, the High preset achieves 122.2 FPS, which is notably above the 120Hz threshold for many monitors. The Ultra preset at this resolution drops to 103.5 FPS, still playable but missing the high-refresh-rate mark. The data suggests that High at 1440p provides the best balance, as it maintains framerates that can drive both 120Hz and 144Hz panels without requiring the visual downgrade to Medium, which only adds 23 FPS over High. The Medium preset's 145.4 FPS represents a 19% gain over High, but the visual impact of dropping from High to Medium in a fast-paced FPS like Doom is generally more noticeable than the difference between 122 and 145 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes considerably. The High preset produces 69.4 FPS, which is just below the 70 FPS threshold that many players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. The Medium preset yields 78 FPS, and while the Ultra preset falls to 57.5 FPS, it remains technically playable. For 4K, the Medium preset appears to be the recommended choice, as it offers a 12% improvement over High and stays comfortably above 60 FPS. The Low preset at 88.4 FPS is available for those prioritizing framerate over all else, but the jump from Medium to Low represents a 13% gain that may not justify the significant visual reduction. The most balanced experience across all resolutions is the High preset, which remains above 60 FPS at every resolution and provides near-maximum framerates at 1080p and 1440p.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 4000 series, built on the Zen 2 architecture with a Renoir codename. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz, combined with a 65W TDP, position it as a mid-range desktop part. The processor's benchmark data shows a single-thread score of 726 in 3DMark and 1919 in Cinebench R23 single-core, which places it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs. The multi-threaded performance is more substantial, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 13593 and a PassMark multithread score of 15992.

For Doom, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and maintain consistent frame pacing. The game's engine is known for its scalability, and the data suggests that this processor is not a bottleneck at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 256.9 FPS, which is a strong indicator that the CPU can sustain high frame generation. The 8 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide adequate memory throughput for this title's requirements. The processor's single-thread performance, evidenced by the 3DMark 2-thread score of 1430, is sufficient to handle Doom's primary game thread without limiting the GPU's output.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 4600G's average benchmark score of 17489 is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE at 17482, a 0% difference. The Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17475, which is 0.1% lower, while the Intel Core i3-14100T and i3-13100F score 17636 and 17665 respectively, representing improvements of 0.8% and 1% over the 4600G. These deltas are marginal and unlikely to produce meaningful differences in Doom's frame rates, as the game's performance is more dependent on the GPU at higher settings and resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA104 chip, manufactured on Samsung's 8nm process. It features 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operation units, along with 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores. The GPU's clock speeds are specified at a base of 1500 MHz and a boost of 1725 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz, effective 14 Gbps. The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a critical resource for texture streaming in Doom's fast-paced environments.

The GPU's compute capabilities are substantial, with FP32 performance rated at 20.31 TFLOPS and a pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3162 and PassMark G3D score of 22214 indicate strong DirectX 12 performance, which aligns with Doom's Vulkan and OpenGL rendering paths. The GPU's percentile ranking at 72 places it above the majority of graphics cards, and its average benchmark score of 28238 is close to that of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT at 27985, a 0.9% difference. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti scores 27956, which is 1% lower, while the AMD FirePro S7150 and Radeon R9 M295X score 28409 and 28541 respectively, representing 0.6% and 1.1% advantages.

In Doom, the RTX 3070's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution scales up. At 1080p, the GPU is capable of producing 256.9 FPS at Low settings, indicating that it is not the limiting factor at this resolution with a mid-range CPU. However, as resolution increases to 1440p and 4K, the GPU's workload grows, and the frame rates drop correspondingly, demonstrating that the GPU becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for Doom's texture requirements at all measured settings, as evidenced by the consistent performance scaling without sudden frame drops that would indicate memory pressure.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 ranks 785th out of 1681 tested combos for Doom, placing it in the 53rd percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component drastically limits the other, though the CPU's mid-range positioning may cap performance in CPU-bound scenarios at lower resolutions. The GPU's strong benchmark scores, particularly its PassMark G3D result of 22214 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 3162, suggest that it can push high frame rates when paired with a more capable processor.

The data shows that this combo's performance is competitive with systems featuring similar GPU tiers, as the RTX 3070's average benchmark score of 28238 is closely matched by the RX 6600 XT at 27985. The CPU's ranking at the 75th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17489, indicates that it is a reasonable companion for the GPU, though it is not in the top tier of processors that would fully unlock the RTX 3070's potential in CPU-bound scenarios. The measured FPS results reflect this balance, with the system achieving 188 FPS at 1080p High, which is respectable but not exceptional for a GPU of this class.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of performance scaling from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p High, the system produces 188 FPS, which drops to 122.2 FPS at 1440p High, a 35% reduction, and further to 69.4 FPS at 4K High, a 63% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting component, as the frame rate decreases proportionally with the pixel count increase. The CPU's role becomes less significant as resolution increases, since the GPU takes on more rendering work and the CPU has more time to prepare frames.

At Low settings, the scaling is more pronounced, with 256.9 FPS at 1080p dropping to 168.7 FPS at 1440p (34% reduction) and 88.4 FPS at 4K (66% reduction). The Ultra preset shows the steepest drop, from 156.5 FPS at 1080p to 103.5 FPS at 1440p (34% reduction) and 57.5 FPS at 4K (63% reduction). The consistency of these percentage reductions across settings suggests that the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors at higher resolutions, rather than any CPU bottleneck. The 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is likely a key factor, as the 4K resolution requires significantly more texture data to be streamed from memory, and the 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient but not excessive for this workload.

The data indicates that at 1080p, the CPU may be imposing a slight limit, as the difference between Low and Ultra settings is only 100 FPS, while at 4K, the difference between Low and Ultra is 30.9 FPS, reflecting the GPU's diminishing headroom as resolution increases. For players targeting high refresh rates, the 1440p High preset at 122.2 FPS represents the best combination of visual quality and performance, while 4K gaming is viable at Medium settings with 78 FPS, though the system is clearly GPU-bound at this resolution.