Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 pairing delivers a high-refresh-rate experience in Doom, with the data showing the CPU providing ample headroom for the GPU to stretch its legs. This analysis breaks down how each component contributes to the measured frame rates.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT is a 6-core, 12-thread processor built on the Zen 3 architecture, using the Cezanne codename on a 7 nm TSMC process. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz boosts up to 4.60 GHz, which proves crucial for a fast-paced FPS like Doom. The processor’s single-thread performance, reflected in a 3dmark single-thread score of 913, directly influences how quickly the game’s render thread can issue draw calls. The data suggests this CPU is not the bottleneck; at 1080p with Low settings, the combo hits 259 FPS, a figure that heavily relies on the CPU’s ability to feed frames to the GPU.

The Ryzen 5 5600GT also features 16 MB of L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 per core, which helps keep frequently accessed game data close at hand. Its memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR4 interface is sufficient for this title. In the broader context of CPU performance, the processor scores an average benchmark score of 20740, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-10700, scores nearly identically with a deltaPct of 0%, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is just 0.3% ahead, indicating that the 5600GT’s computational power is squarely in the mid-range tier. For Doom, this means the CPU can easily keep up with the game’s demands, especially at lower resolutions where frame rates are highest.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the dominant partner in this pairing, built on the Ampere architecture with an 8 nm Samsung process. It packs 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is more than adequate for Doom at all tested settings. The GPU’s boost clock of 1725 MHz, combined with 5888 shading units, produces a FP32 compute throughput of 20.31 TFLOPS. This raw power is what drives the high frame rates seen in the measured data.

The RTX 3070’s performance in Doom shows a clear scaling pattern with settings. At 4K, the GPU is the primary limiter, with the average FPS dropping from 90.7 on Low to 52.5 on Ultra. The 8 GB VRAM buffer is not a constraint here, as the game’s textures are well within its capacity. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 28238 places it in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which is 0.9% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which is 1% faster. This positions the RTX 3070 as a strong performer for 1440p gaming, and the data confirms it excels there.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a classic resolution scaling curve. Moving from 1080p to 1440p to 4K, the average frame rates drop significantly, which is expected as the GPU’s fillrate and memory bandwidth become more strained. At High settings, the combo delivers 192.9 FPS at 1080p, which falls to 124.3 FPS at 1440p, and further to 65.7 FPS at 4K. This represents a 66% drop from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the workload shifts entirely onto the GPU as pixel count increases.

The scaling pattern also reveals the CPU’s role. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 259 FPS, while at 4K Low, it drops to 90.7 FPS. The 1080p result is likely near the CPU’s maximum frame generation limit, as the GPU is not fully saturated at that resolution and settings combination. However, at 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, as the FPS is dictated by the RTX 3070’s rasterization throughput. This is typical behavior for a balanced mid-to-high-end pairing, where the CPU provides enough headroom to avoid limiting the GPU at lower resolutions, while the GPU takes over as the limiting component at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The dataset provides a full matrix of average FPS across four resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 259 FPS on Low, 224.8 FPS on Medium, 192.9 FPS on High, and 159.1 FPS on Ultra. These numbers indicate a smooth, playable experience across all settings, with the jump from Ultra to Low yielding a 63% performance increase.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high, with 167.7 FPS on Low, 146.3 FPS on Medium, 124.3 FPS on High, and 102.4 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra is about 36%, which is a moderate penalty that still leaves the game well above 60 FPS. Moving to 3840x2160, the performance compresses significantly: 90.7 FPS on Low, 78.9 FPS on Medium, 65.7 FPS on High, and 52.5 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result dips below the 60 FPS threshold, suggesting that for a locked 60 FPS experience at 4K, users would need to dial settings down to High or Medium. The variance between Low and Ultra at 4K is 42%, which is smaller than the 63% variance at 1080p, further confirming that the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

In the grand scheme of tested hardware combinations for Doom, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 5600GT and RTX 3070 ranks 772nd out of 1681 combos. This places it in the upper-middle tier of all systems tested, meaning it outperforms more than half of the configurations in the database. The rank reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU, where the RTX 3070 carries most of the weight in this game.

Given the CPU’s percentile rank of 78 and the GPU’s percentile rank of 72, the combo’s overall rank is slightly lower than the individual component percentiles would suggest. This is likely because Doom is a GPU-intensive title, and the RTX 3070’s relative standing among all GPUs is what drives the final FPS numbers. The CPU’s strong single-thread performance ensures it does not drag the combo down, but the GPU’s mid-tier status in the broader database limits how high the combo can climb. The data indicates that this pairing is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p high-refresh-rate gaming, while 4K gaming is possible but requires settings adjustments to maintain smooth frame rates.