Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers exceptional performance in Doom, with average frame rates that far exceed display refresh rate requirements even at the most demanding settings. The data indicates a system that is massively overqualified for this title, providing headroom for high refresh rate gaming and future content.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four tested presets, with performance scaling directly alongside visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves an average of 207.8 FPS, which is more than sufficient for any high-refresh-rate monitor. Moving down to High yields 255.1 FPS, a 22.8% improvement over Ultra, while Medium produces 306.1 FPS and Low reaches 349.5 FPS. The frame rate differences between presets are substantial, but even the most demanding Ultra setting remains highly playable.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset drops to 133.3 FPS, still comfortably above the 120Hz threshold for most competitive displays. The High preset at this resolution delivers 166.8 FPS, providing a 25.1% uplift over Ultra. Medium reaches 199.8 FPS, and Low tops out at 227.3 FPS. The pattern continues at 3840x2160, where Ultra averages 74.1 FPS, High achieves 88.2 FPS, Medium hits 107.3 FPS, and Low reaches 122.8 FPS.

The optimal settings recommendation hinges on resolution and refresh rate priorities. For 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 users with 144Hz or higher displays, the Ultra preset is the clear choice, as it maintains frame rates above the refresh threshold while maximizing visual quality. At 3840x2160, however, the Ultra preset's 74.1 FPS average may be insufficient for smooth gameplay on high refresh rate 4K panels. The Medium preset at 107.3 FPS represents the best balance, offering a 44.8% improvement over Ultra while maintaining a substantial visual quality upgrade over Low settings. The data shows that High at 4K, at 88.2 FPS, is a viable alternative for those prioritizing image quality, but Medium provides the best combination of smoothness and fidelity for 4K displays.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, built on the Zen 3 architecture with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The processor's benchmark results show strong single-thread performance, scoring 2622 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 917 in 3DMark single-thread. Multi-threaded performance is equally robust, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18578 and an average benchmark score of 20680, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs.

In Doom, the CPU's role is significant but secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling across resolutions. The 5600X's nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT with a negligible 0.3% delta, the Intel Core i7-10700 also at 0.3%, and the Intel Core i5-12490F at 0.5%. These closely matched scores indicate that the 5600X provides ample processing power for this title, with no signs of CPU bottlenecking even at 1080p where the GPU is most capable.

The high average frame rates at 1920x1080, particularly the 349.5 FPS on Low settings, demonstrate that the CPU can feed frames to the GPU faster than most displays can even display them. The 3DMark multi-threaded score of 5588 and the PassMark multi-thread score of 21858 further confirm the processor's capability to handle the game's workload without becoming a limiting factor. At lower resolutions, where the GPU has less work per frame, the CPU's 12 threads and high boost clock ensure consistent frame delivery.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's boost clock reaches 2475 MHz, and its 7168 shading units deliver 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. With 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores, the card is well-equipped for modern rendering workloads, though Doom's 2016 engine does not leverage these features extensively.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 84th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 42576. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A6000 at 0.2% delta, the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE at 0.3%, and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at 1.4%. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4627 and PassMark G3D score of 29995 indicate strong raw performance that translates directly to Doom's high frame rates.

The GPU's 12 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for Doom at any resolution, as the game's texture requirements are modest by modern standards. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s ensures that texture streaming and geometry processing never become bottlenecks. The GPU's pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s explain why the card excels at maintaining high frame rates even at 4K, where pixel throughput demands are highest. The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K shows the GPU's diminishing returns at higher resolutions, but the 4070 SUPER remains capable throughout the resolution range.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 297th out of 1681 tested combinations in Doom, placing it in the top 17.7% of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects the system's ability to deliver high frame rates across all resolution and settings combinations, with the only limitations appearing at 4K Ultra where the 74.1 FPS average is the lowest recorded value.

The ranking is particularly impressive given that the CPU and GPU are not the absolute highest-tier components available. The CPU's 78th percentile standing and the GPU's 84th percentile standing combine to produce a system that outperforms its individual component rankings would suggest. This is likely due to the game's optimization and the balanced nature of the pairing, where neither component creates a significant bottleneck for the other.

In the context of other tested combos, this system's performance at 1920x1080 Ultra of 207.8 FPS and at 2560x1440 Ultra of 133.3 FPS places it well above average for high-refresh-rate gaming. The 4K performance, while lower, still exceeds the 60 FPS threshold for playable frame rates on all presets except Ultra. The system's ranking indicates that it is a well-matched pairing for Doom, delivering consistent performance that scales predictably with resolution and settings changes.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals the GPU as the primary limiting component at higher resolutions. At Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops from 207.8 FPS at 1080p to 133.3 FPS at 1440p, a 35.9% reduction, and further to 74.1 FPS at 4K, a 44.4% reduction from 1440p. This steep decline indicates that the GPU's rendering workload is the dominant factor, as the CPU's processing requirements do not scale with resolution.

The same pattern holds across all settings presets. At High settings, the frame rate drops from 255.1 FPS at 1080p to 166.8 FPS at 1440p (34.6% reduction) and then to 88.2 FPS at 4K (47.1% reduction). Medium settings show a similar trend: 306.1 FPS to 199.8 FPS (34.7%) and then to 107.3 FPS (46.3%). Low settings follow with 349.5 FPS to 227.3 FPS (35.0%) and then to 122.8 FPS (46.0%).

The consistent percentage drops across all presets strongly suggest that the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K, while the CPU maintains sufficient headroom to avoid becoming a bottleneck even at 1080p. The fact that frame rates at 1080p exceed 200 FPS on all presets, and even exceed 300 FPS on Medium and Low, indicates that the CPU is not constraining performance at lower resolutions. The GPU's 12 GB of VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth prove sufficient for all tested settings, with the performance degradation at 4K attributable to the increased pixel fill rate and shader workload rather than memory limitations.