Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a consistently playable experience in Doom, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The measured frame rates show a steady progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K, with the gap between settings narrowing as resolution increases, a classic sign of GPU-bound operation. This combination ranks in the 957th position out of 1681 tested combos for this title, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the database, which aligns with its component-level percentile standings.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression across resolutions reveals a textbook GPU-limited curve. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo produces 170.6 FPS, which drops to 107.9 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 36.7% reduction) and further to 60.1 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 44.3% reduction from 1440p). This pattern indicates that the CPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions, with the RTX 4060 becoming the limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The scaling behavior becomes more pronounced when examining Low settings. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 230.5 FPS, suggesting the CPU is still capable of pushing well beyond 200 frames per second. However, at 4K Low, the average drops to 78 FPS, a 66.2% reduction from 1080p. This substantial drop despite Low settings confirms that the GPU's raw throughput, not the Ryzen 5 5600's processing capability, dictates performance at higher resolutions.

Ultra settings tell a similar story but with steeper declines. The 136.1 FPS at 1080p Ultra falls to 87.6 FPS at 1440p (a 35.6% drop) and then to 50.1 FPS at 4K (a 42.8% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result sits just above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that this combo struggles to maintain smooth gameplay at maximum settings in 4K, while 1080p and 1440p remain well within comfortable territory.

The delta between Low and Ultra settings widens at lower resolutions: at 1080p, the gap is 94.4 FPS (230.5 vs 136.1), but at 4K it narrows to 27.9 FPS (78 vs 50.1). This convergence at higher resolutions is the hallmark of a GPU bottleneck; when the render target grows, the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity become the ceiling, regardless of the quality preset being used.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1440p with High settings?

A: The combo achieves an average of 107.9 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay and represents a 36.7% decrease from the 1080p High result of 170.6 FPS.

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: No, the average at 3840x2160 Ultra is 50.1 FPS, which falls short of the 60 FPS mark. However, dropping to High settings at 4K yields 60.1 FPS, just barely crossing the threshold.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 has an average benchmark score of 21765, which is 0.6% higher than the Intel Xeon D-1746TER and 0.9% higher than the Intel Core i7-11700F. It trails the AMD EPYC 9554P by 0.6% and the AMD EPYC 9534 by 0.6%.

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

A: The RTX 4060 sits in the 66th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23181. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, scores 23321, which is 0.6% higher, while the Intel Arc B580 scores 23021, 0.7% lower.

Q: What are the GPU core clock specifications?

A: The RTX 4060 has a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). These clocks contribute to a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have and what is its bandwidth?

A: The RTX 4060 is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is adequate for Doom's demands at the tested resolutions and settings.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested combinations for Doom, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 holds the 957th rank out of 1681 combos, placing it in the 57th percentile of all tested systems. This ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component severely limits the other in this particular title, though the GPU's 66th percentile standing compared to the CPU's 79th percentile suggests the graphics card is the more constraining element.

The CPU's synthetic benchmark average of 21765 places it above the 79th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rival, the AMD EPYC 9554P, scoring 21899 (0.6% higher) and the Intel Core i7-11700F scoring 21957 (0.9% higher). This indicates the Ryzen 5 5600 provides ample processing power for Doom's engine, which is known for efficient multi-threading. Meanwhile, the RTX 4060's average score of 23181 puts it at the 66th percentile, with the AMD Radeon RX 6600M scoring 23321 (0.6% higher) as its closest competitor.

The combination of a high-percentile CPU with a mid-range GPU results in a system that excels at lower resolutions but begins to show limitations as the render load increases. The rank of 957 suggests that many other combinations achieve higher frame rates in Doom, likely those with more powerful GPUs, but this pairing remains competitive within the broader field of 1681 tested configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers excellent performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 230.5 FPS, Medium reaches 200.7 FPS, High achieves 170.6 FPS, and Ultra still maintains 136.1 FPS. The spread of 94.4 FPS between Low and Ultra indicates that the GPU has significant headroom at this resolution, and even the most demanding preset remains far above the 60 FPS threshold.

Stepping up to 2560x1440, the averages remain strong but show the expected decline. Low settings yield 147.7 FPS, Medium drops to 125.4 FPS, High produces 107.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 87.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 60.1 FPS, reflecting the increased pixel count's impact on the GPU. All settings at 1440p stay above 87 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay.

At 3840x2160, the performance landscape changes notably. Low settings still deliver 78 FPS, Medium achieves 70 FPS, High reaches 60.1 FPS, and Ultra drops to 50.1 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra shrinks to 27.9 FPS, emphasizing that the GPU is now the dominant constraint. While Low and Medium remain playable, Ultra falls below the 60 FPS benchmark, and High barely crosses it. The progression from 230.5 FPS at 1080p Low to 78 FPS at 4K Low represents a 66.2% reduction, while the Ultra settings show a 63.2% reduction from 136.1 to 50.1 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 serves as the definitive performance limiter in this pairing, particularly at higher resolutions. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes a critical factor when rendering at 4K where the frame buffer demands are higher. The GPU's 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, operating at a boost clock of 2460 MHz, deliver a peak FP32 throughput of 15.11 TFLOPS, which is sufficient for Doom's id Tech 6 engine at lower resolutions but shows strain at 4K Ultra.

The memory clock of 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective) coupled with the 128-bit bus width results in a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s, which is modest for a modern GPU. This bandwidth limitation becomes more apparent in the 4K results where the Ultra preset's 50.1 FPS indicates the GPU is struggling to feed its shading units efficiently. The pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s are the primary drivers of the resolution scaling observed, with these metrics directly influencing how quickly the GPU can fill the increasing pixel counts.

The GPU's 66th percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards, with an average score of 23181, places it just below the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23321, 0.6% higher) and above the Intel Arc B580 (23021, 0.7% lower). In the context of Doom, this mid-range positioning explains why the combo performs admirably at 1080p and 1440p but cannot maintain high refresh rates at 4K with maximum settings. The RTX 4060's Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 18,900 million transistors, provides modern features like ray tracing cores (24) and tensor cores (96), though these are not directly leveraged in the measured frame rates for this title. The 115 W TDP and 300 W suggested PSU indicate a power-efficient design that does not compromise the system's thermal headroom, allowing consistent performance across the tested settings.