Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination delivers exceptional performance in Doom, with the data showing a clear progression where frame rates scale predictably with resolution and settings. At 1080p, the combo achieves an average of 306 FPS on Low settings, while at 4K Ultra, it still maintains a highly playable 102 FPS average. The benchmark results indicate that this pairing is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but reveals a slight CPU limitation at 1080p, where the frame rate ceiling is reached. This analysis breaks down the measured performance, contextualizes the component roles, and explains how this specific setup ranks among the 2,930 tested combinations.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and expected pattern: as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, average frame rates decrease across all settings. At High settings, the combo delivers 275 FPS at 1080p, drops to 231 FPS at 1440p, and falls to 125 FPS at 4K. This represents a 54.5% reduction in FPS from 1080p to 4K at High settings, indicating that the rendering load at 4K is substantially heavier on the GPU.

The scaling behavior reveals important insights about the limiting component. At Low settings, the FPS drops from 306 at 1080p to 265 at 1440p, a modest 13.4% decrease, and then to 170 at 4K, a 35.8% decrease from 1440p. This relatively small drop at 1440p suggests that at lower settings and lower resolutions, the CPU is more likely to be a limiting factor, as the GPU has spare capacity. The RTX 5090 D, with its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, is clearly capable of handling the geometry and texture workloads at 1080p Low without breaking a sweat, so the Ryzen 5 5500X3D's performance becomes more relevant.

At Ultra settings, the pattern shifts. The combo achieves 256 FPS at 1080p, 189 FPS at 1440p, and 102 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 26.2%, and from 1440p to 4K is 46.0%. This steeper decline at higher settings indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck, especially at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS of 102 is the lowest measured in the dataset. The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens with resolution: at 1080p, the difference is 50 FPS (306 vs 256), while at 4K, the difference is 68 FPS (170 vs 102). This confirms that the GPU's workload scales more aggressively with both resolution and settings, and the RTX 5090 D's compute resources are being taxed more heavily at 4K Ultra.

The Medium settings data provides additional granularity, with measured minimum and maximum FPS values. At 4K Medium, the average is 148 FPS, with a minimum of 126 and a maximum of 170. At 1440p Medium, the average is 253 FPS, with a range of 215 to 291. At 1080p Medium, the average is 292 FPS, with a range of 248 to 336. The variance between minimum and maximum FPS is relatively consistent across resolutions, suggesting stable frame pacing and no significant stuttering issues, even when the GPU is under heavy load.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS this combination achieves in Doom?*

A: The highest average FPS is 306, measured at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This is closely followed by 292 FPS at 1080p Medium and 275 FPS at 1080p High.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 102 on Ultra settings to 170 on Low settings. Medium settings yield 148 FPS, and High settings yield 125 FPS, making all settings comfortably playable at 4K.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 D the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU plays a more significant role. The FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p is only 50 FPS (306 vs 256), which is smaller than the 68 FPS difference at 4K, indicating that the GPU is not fully saturated at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 167th out of 2,930 tested combinations in Doom, placing it in the top 5.7% of all tested systems.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 5500X3D bottleneck the RTX 5090 D?

A: At 1080p, the frame rates cap around 306 FPS on Low settings, which is likely near the CPU's limit. At 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as evidenced by the larger FPS drops when increasing settings.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values recorded for Medium settings?

A: The minimum FPS values are 126 at 4K, 215 at 1440p, and 248 at 1080p, all measured at Medium settings. These are the only settings with recorded minimum and maximum values in the dataset.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing, and the benchmark results clearly reflect its capabilities. With a boost clock of 2407 MHz and a base clock of 2017 MHz, the GPU is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture and features 21,760 shading units. The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which is crucial for handling the high-resolution textures and complex scenes in Doom at 4K.

The data shows that the GPU's performance scales predictably with workload. At 4K Ultra, the combo achieves 102 FPS, which is the lowest measured result but still well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The RTX 5090 D's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is evidently sufficient to drive the game's most demanding settings, though the significant drop from 125 FPS at High to 102 FPS at Ultra suggests that the Ultra preset introduces a substantial increase in shading and texture work.

The GPU's memory subsystem is a key factor in the results. The 1.79 TB/s bandwidth allows the card to feed data to the 176 ROPs and 680 TMUs efficiently, which is reflected in the high frame rates at 1440p and 1080p. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 306 FPS, indicating that the GPU is not the limiting factor at this resolution. Instead, the data suggests the CPU is capping performance, as the FPS does not increase proportionally when going from Medium to Low settings at 1080p.

The RTX 5090 D's percentile ranking of 92 versus all GPUs, and an average benchmark score of 77,712, places it in the upper echelon of graphics cards. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (with a score of 76,904 and a deltaPct of 1.1) and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (with a score of 78,940 and a deltaPct of -1.6). These comparisons show that the RTX 5090 D sits firmly in the high-performance tier, and its actual in-game performance aligns with its synthetic benchmark standing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 306 FPS, Medium settings 292 FPS (with a range of 248 to 336), High settings 275 FPS, and Ultra settings 256 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 50 FPS, which is the smallest of any resolution, indicating that the CPU is starting to limit performance at this resolution, as the GPU has headroom to spare.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains excellent but begins to show the GPU's increasing workload. Low settings average 265 FPS, Medium settings 253 FPS (with a range of 215 to 291), High settings 231 FPS, and Ultra settings 189 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra widens to 76 FPS, showing that the GPU is becoming more of a factor. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is consistent, with Low settings seeing a 13.4% decrease and Ultra settings seeing a 26.2% decrease.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the limiting component. Low settings average 170 FPS, Medium settings 148 FPS (with a range of 126 to 170), High settings 125 FPS, and Ultra settings 102 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 68 FPS, and the jump from High to Ultra is a 23 FPS drop, indicating that the Ultra preset is particularly demanding on the GPU's shading units and memory bandwidth. The minimum FPS of 126 at 4K Medium is still above 120 FPS, ensuring a consistently smooth experience.

Across all resolutions, the Medium settings are the only ones with recorded minimum and maximum FPS values. This data shows that the frame time variance is relatively stable, with the gap between minimum and maximum FPS at 1080p (88 FPS) being the largest, while at 4K the gap is 44 FPS. This suggests that the GPU's frame pacing is more consistent at higher resolutions, likely because the workload is more uniform.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination ranks 167th out of 2,930 tested combos in Doom. This places it in the top 5.7% of all configurations, which is an exceptional result given the sheer number of possible hardware pairings. The rank reflects the high average FPS across all resolutions, particularly the ability to maintain over 100 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is a demanding target.

The combo's rank is bolstered by the RTX 5090 D's strong synthetic benchmarks, but the in-game results tell the real story. At 1080p, the combo's average FPS across all settings is 282.25, which is higher than the 1440p average of 234.5 and the 4K average of 136.25. This consistency across resolutions suggests that the combo is well-balanced, though the CPU does cap performance at lower resolutions.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing is clearly at the high end. The RTX 5090 D's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks—the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA Tesla P100 variants—do not have comparable in-game data in this dataset. However, the rank of 167 out of 2,930 indicates that only 166 other combos achieve higher average FPS in Doom. The data suggests that the combination of a high-end GPU and a capable 6-core CPU is sufficient to reach the upper echelons of performance, even in a game that is generally well-optimized.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz. Its defining feature is the large 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is characteristic of the X3D series and provides a significant advantage in gaming workloads that benefit from large amounts of fast-access data. The CPU's 105W TDP and 7nm process node are standard for the 5000 series, and its 85th percentile ranking versus all CPUs indicates solid overall performance.

In Doom, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p, where the frame rates are high but show signs of a ceiling. The data shows that at 1080p, the difference between Low and High settings is only 31 FPS (306 vs 275), while at 4K, the difference is 45 FPS (170 vs 125). This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is able to feed the GPU with frames up to a certain point, but beyond that, the GPU is not being fully utilized. The CPU's single-thread performance, as indicated by a Passmark single-thread score of 2,941, is likely the limiting factor at these high frame rates.

The CPU's multi-threaded performance is also relevant, as Doom can utilize multiple cores for physics and AI. The Passmark multi-thread score of 20,363 and a floating-point math score of 34,511 indicate that the CPU handles complex calculations efficiently. The 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck at higher resolutions, where the GPU's workload dominates. At 4K Ultra, the CPU is not the limiting factor, as the GPU's rendering load is so high that it takes significantly longer to produce each frame.

The Ryzen 5 5500X3D's nearest rivals in the benchmark database—the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F (avgScore 36,945, deltaPct 0.2) and the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (avgScore 36,938, deltaPct 0.2)—show that it is competitively positioned. The benchmark results indicate that the CPU's performance is well-matched to the RTX 5090 D in this game, as the combo achieves top-tier frame rates without the CPU holding back the GPU at typical gaming resolutions like 1440p and 4K.