Doom

# Doom with AMD Ryzen 5 7500F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's ranking among tested CPU-GPU pairs for Doom?

A: This configuration ranks 118th out of 3,712 tested combos, placing it in the top 3.2% of all systems evaluated for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 4090 compare to its closest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4090's average benchmark score of 60,347 is nearly identical to the Intel Arc Pro A60 (60,326, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (60,140, 0.3% ahead). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M by 2.5% and leads the AMD Radeon PRO V710 by 2.9%.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking and closest rival?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500F sits at the 77th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with an average score of 25,005, a mere 0.2% difference, effectively a statistical tie.

Q: What are the measured FPS ranges at 1440p Medium settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the system delivers an average of 250 FPS, with a minimum of 213 FPS and a maximum of 288 FPS.

Q: Does the GPU support modern API features relevant to Doom?

A: Yes, the RTX 4090 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, covering all rendering paths available in the game.

Q: What is the CPU's memory bandwidth and cache configuration?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500F has dual-channel DDR5 support with 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, 32 MB of shared L3 cache, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 KB L1 per core.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves rank 118 out of 3,712 tested combos for Doom. This places the system comfortably in the upper echelon of all configurations evaluated, outperforming roughly 97% of tested setups. The ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component bottlenecks the other severely at most settings, though the data reveals interesting dynamics at lower resolutions.

The CPU's 77th percentile standing among all processors indicates solid mid-high tier performance, while the GPU's 88th percentile places it among the top graphics cards. The combination of a mid-high tier CPU with a top-tier GPU yields a system that excels in GPU-bound scenarios but shows CPU limitations at high frame rates. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (401 FPS average) approaches the practical ceiling for many display refresh rates, suggesting that the CPU becomes the limiting factor at extremely high frame rates. The rank of 118 reflects this slight imbalance — a more powerful CPU would push the combo higher, but the current pairing still delivers exceptional performance.

Settings Recommendations

For the best overall experience, the Medium preset at 1440p delivers 250 FPS average with a 213 FPS minimum, providing a smooth experience on high-refresh-rate monitors while maintaining visual quality. The jump from Medium to High costs 39 FPS (211 vs 250), while the jump from High to Ultra costs another 38 FPS (173 vs 211). The Medium preset offers the best balance between visual fidelity and frame rate headroom.

At 4K, Medium settings produce 136 FPS average with a 115 FPS minimum, which remains highly playable on 120Hz displays. The High preset at 4K (115 FPS) is also viable, but the Ultra preset drops to 94 FPS, which may introduce perceptible stutter on 120Hz+ panels. For competitive play, the Low preset at 1080p (401 FPS) or 1440p (287 FPS) maximizes refresh rate potential, though the visual compromise is significant. The data suggests that Medium at 1440p is the sweet spot for most users, offering nearly double the frame rate of 4K Ultra while maintaining acceptable image quality.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080: The system delivers extraordinary frame rates at 1080p across all settings. Low settings produce 401 FPS average, Medium yields 382 FPS (325 min, 439 max), High reaches 327 FPS, and Ultra still maintains 267 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra costs 134 FPS, a 33% reduction, indicating that even at maximum settings the game remains highly fluid.

2560x1440: At 1440p, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. Low settings deliver 287 FPS, Medium averages 250 FPS (213 min, 288 max), High produces 211 FPS, and Ultra drops to 173 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces frame rates by roughly 28-34% depending on settings, with the Low preset experiencing the smallest relative drop.

3840x2160: 4K resolution shows the GPU becoming more heavily utilized. Low settings yield 156 FPS, Medium averages 136 FPS (115 min, 156 max), High delivers 115 FPS, and Ultra drops to 94 FPS. The 4K Ultra setting produces exactly 60% of the frame rate at 1080p Low, demonstrating the substantial GPU workload increase at higher resolutions.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently shows the tightest min-max FPS range relative to its average, indicating stable frame pacing. The Ultra preset at 4K shows the largest performance penalty, with a 62 FPS drop from the Low preset's 156 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 features 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, delivering 1.01 TB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU's 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate provide ample compute for Doom's rendering requirements. The card's base clock of 2235 MHz boosts to 2520 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

The GPU's 88th percentile ranking among all GPUs reflects its position as one of the fastest consumer graphics cards available. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc Pro A60, scores nearly identically in synthetic benchmarks, yet the RTX 4090's massive memory bandwidth advantage becomes apparent in real-world gaming. The 24 GB VRAM capacity far exceeds Doom's requirements, ensuring no texture streaming or memory capacity bottlenecks at any resolution.

The data shows the GPU's performance scaling with resolution: at 1080p, the system achieves 401 FPS on Low settings, while at 4K, the same settings yield 156 FPS. This 61% reduction in frame rate across a 4x increase in pixel count demonstrates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor at higher resolutions. The RTX 4090's 176 ROPs and 512 TMUs handle the pixel and texture throughput efficiently, with the pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s proving sufficient for 4K gaming at high frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (Raphael codename), manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process. It operates at a 3.70 GHz base clock with a 5.00 GHz boost clock, featuring 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 per core. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and 83.2 GB/s bandwidth.

Synthetic benchmarks show strong single-thread performance with a Geekbench single-core score of 2,374 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3,218. Multi-threaded performance is equally impressive, with Cinebench R23 multi-core at 22,799 and Geekbench multi-core at 12,362. The CPU's 77th percentile ranking places it above 77% of all processors, with its closest rival being the Ryzen 5 8400F (0.2% delta in average score).

In Doom, the CPU's role becomes evident at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 300 FPS. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 401 FPS, which approaches the CPU's practical limit for this game's engine. The 3DMark single-thread score of 974 and 2-thread score of 1,902 indicate that the game's primary thread benefits from the processor's high boost clock. The CPU's 12 threads ensure that background tasks and game engine threads have sufficient resources, though the game's scaling beyond 8 threads appears limited given the 8-thread score of 5,372 versus the max-thread score of 6,379.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals the balance between CPU and GPU limitations. At 1080p Low, the system delivers 401 FPS, which drops to 287 FPS at 1440p (-28.4%) and 156 FPS at 4K (-61.1% from 1080p). This pattern indicates that at 1080p, the CPU begins to limit performance, as the GPU could theoretically render more frames than the CPU can feed.

The Medium preset shows similar scaling: 382 FPS at 1080p, 250 FPS at 1440p (-34.6%), and 136 FPS at 4K (-64.4%). The High preset follows with 327 FPS at 1080p, 211 FPS at 1440p (-35.5%), and 115 FPS at 4K (-64.8%). The Ultra preset demonstrates the steepest drop: 267 FPS at 1080p, 173 FPS at 1440p (-35.2%), and 94 FPS at 4K (-64.8%).

The consistent ~35% reduction from 1080p to 1440p across all settings suggests that the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at 1440p and above. The additional ~30% reduction from 1440p to 4K further confirms GPU-bound behavior. However, the relatively small difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings (401 vs 287 FPS, a 28% drop) compared to the larger drops at higher settings indicates that at Low settings, the CPU begins to constrain the maximum achievable frame rate. The 4K Ultra result of 94 FPS represents the system's most demanding scenario, with the GPU clearly being the limiting component.