Doom

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is a combination of a modern eight-core CPU with a Pascal-era GPU, and the measured frame rates in Doom show exactly what happens when a capable processor meets an older graphics card. The data places this combo at rank 3068 out of 3712 tested combinations, meaning it sits in the lower third of all systems, yet the actual gameplay results reveal a nuanced story where resolution and settings dramatically shift the balance between the two components. This analysis digs into those measured numbers, exploring what the GTX 1070 can still deliver in a 2016 shooter and where the Ryzen 7 5700X’s strengths become irrelevant.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 3068 out of 3712 tested combos puts it firmly in the bottom 20% of all system pairings on this benchmark database. That low percentile is heavily influenced by the GPU’s age, as the GTX 1070 sits at the 47th percentile against all GPUs, which is a middling position for a card released in 2016. The CPU, by contrast, is far stronger: the Ryzen 7 5700X achieves the 79th percentile against all CPUs, an above-average standing that reflects its eight cores and 16 threads. The mismatch between a top-quartile processor and a near-median graphics card means the combo’s overall rank is dragged down by the GPU, not the CPU.

Looking at the nearest rivals for the CPU, the Ryzen 7 5700X’s average benchmark score of 27578 is exactly matched by the Intel Core i5-12600K, with a delta of 0%. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 trails by just 0.2% with a score of 27535, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X leads by 0.2% at 27636, and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125H is ahead by 0.3% at 27507. These tiny margins show that the 5700X is performance-equivalent to several modern rivals, meaning the CPU is not the bottleneck in this pairing. For the GPU, the GTX 1070’s average score of 9780 is nearly identical to the AMD FirePro W5000 (9803, -0.2%), the NVIDIA Quadro M2000M (9832, -0.5%), the NVIDIA Tesla M10 (9724, +0.6%), and the NVIDIA Tesla C2070 (9716, +0.7%). Those rivals are workstation or data-center parts, not gaming cards, which highlights that the 1070’s gaming performance is now comparable to professional hardware rather than contemporary consumer GPUs.

In Doom specifically, the measured FPS across all tested settings and resolutions shows that this combo can still produce playable frame rates at 1080p, but the rank suggests that many other systems will outperform it, especially at higher resolutions. The data indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor for this combo’s ranking, as the CPU’s performance class is well above the GPU’s.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is built on the Pascal architecture with the GP104 chip, manufactured on a 16 nm process at TSMC. It packs 7,200 million transistors on a 314 mm² die, with a base clock of 1506 MHz and a boost clock of 1683 MHz. The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth, with the memory clocked at 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective). The GPU has 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, producing a pixel rate of 107.7 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 202.0 GTexel/s. Its FP32 performance is 6.463 TFLOPS, which is modest by modern standards but was substantial for its era.

In Doom, the GTX 1070’s role is the primary determinant of frame rates, especially as resolution increases. At 1080p, the card can push high average FPS, but at 4K, it struggles to maintain smooth gameplay even on High settings. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for Doom’s textures, as the game is from 2016 and does not demand the capacity that modern titles do, but the raw compute power of the GPU is what limits performance. The memory bandwidth of 256.3 GB/s is also a factor, as higher resolutions require more data to be fed to the rendering pipeline.

The GPU’s 16 nm process and 150 W TDP are older-generation specifications, but the card’s 47th percentile score against all GPUs (with an average benchmark score of 9780) places it right around the median. In Doom, the measured FPS shows that the GTX 1070 can handle 1080p Ultra at 95 FPS average, which is smooth, but 4K Ultra drops to 33 FPS average, which is not playable. This pattern confirms that the GPU is the performance ceiling for this combo, and any improvements to the CPU would not yield higher frame rates at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and predictable drop as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, and the magnitude of that drop reveals where the bottleneck lies. At 1080p High, the combo averages 116 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 75 FPS; and at 4K High, it falls to 41 FPS. That is a 35% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 45% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear, which indicates that the GPU is becoming increasingly stressed at higher pixel counts.

For Low settings, the same pattern holds: 1080p Low averages 158 FPS, 1440p Low drops to 102 FPS, and 4K Low falls to 55 FPS. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 35%, and the 1440p to 4K drop is 46%. Medium settings show 137 FPS at 1080p, 89 FPS at 1440p, and 48 FPS at 4K, with corresponding drops of 35% and 46%. Ultra settings produce 95 FPS at 1080p, 61 FPS at 1440p, and 33 FPS at 4K, with drops of 36% and 46%. The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings is striking, suggesting that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors, not the CPU.

The data implies that at 1080p, the Ryzen 7 5700X can feed the GTX 1070 enough data to reach high frame rates, but as resolution climbs, the GPU’s workload increases while the CPU’s role remains static. The fact that the percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is consistently around 45-46% across all settings indicates that the GPU is fully saturated at 4K, and the CPU is not a limiting factor at any resolution. This is typical of a system where the GPU is older than the CPU, and the resolution scaling confirms that the GTX 1070 is the component that dictates performance.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the best experience for this combo depends on the target resolution and the desired frame rate. At 1080p, Ultra settings average 95 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold and provides excellent visual quality without sacrificing smoothness. High settings at 1080p yield 116 FPS, which is even smoother, but the jump from High to Ultra only costs 21 FPS, making Ultra a viable choice for most players. Medium settings at 1080p hit 137 FPS, and Low reaches 158 FPS, but the visual downgrade is significant, so the data suggests that High or Ultra is the sweet spot for 1080p.

At 1440p, Ultra averages 61 FPS, which is just above the 60 FPS line, making it playable but with little headroom for drops. High settings at 1440p average 75 FPS, which is more comfortable, and Medium hits 89 FPS. Low settings reach 102 FPS, but again, the visual compromise is large. For 1440p, High is the recommended preset because it balances the 75 FPS average with good visuals, while Ultra’s 61 FPS might dip below 60 in intense scenes.

At 4K, the situation is dire: Ultra averages 33 FPS, High averages 41 FPS, Medium averages 48 FPS, and Low averages 55 FPS. None of these reach 60 FPS, so the best recommendation is Low settings at 4K for a playable 55 FPS average, though even that is below ideal smoothness. Medium at 48 FPS might be acceptable for some, but the data indicates that 4K is not a realistic target for this combo if you want consistently smooth gameplay. The measured min FPS for Medium at 4K is 41 FPS, which means there are drops below the average, reinforcing that 4K is a stretch.

Across all resolutions, High or Medium settings provide the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, with Ultra being viable only at 1080p and barely at 1440p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of this combo’s performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the lowest tested resolution, the combo delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 158 FPS, Medium averages 137 FPS with a minimum of 117 FPS and a maximum of 158 FPS, High averages 116 FPS, and Ultra averages 95 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 63 FPS, showing that the GPU has headroom at this resolution but is still taxed by the highest preset.

At 2560x1440, the performance drops noticeably. Low settings average 102 FPS, Medium averages 89 FPS with a minimum of 75 FPS and a maximum of 102 FPS, High averages 75 FPS, and Ultra averages 61 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 41 FPS, indicating that the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor. The minimum FPS for Medium at 1440p is 75 FPS, which is the same as the average for High, showing that even at Medium, there are occasional dips.

At 3840x2160, the highest resolution, the combo struggles. Low settings average 55 FPS, Medium averages 48 FPS with a minimum of 41 FPS and a maximum of 55 FPS, High averages 41 FPS, and Ultra averages 33 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is only 22 FPS, which shows that the GPU is hitting a hard performance wall. The minimum FPS for Medium at 4K is 41 FPS, which is the same as the average for High, indicating that the card cannot maintain consistent frame rates at this resolution.

Comparing across resolutions, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent at around 35% for each setting, and the drop from 1440p to 4K is around 45-46%. The data also shows that Low settings at 4K (55 FPS) are slower than High settings at 1440p (75 FPS), which reinforces that resolution has a bigger impact than settings on this combo. The measured FPS for Medium settings at each resolution (137, 89, 48) shows a clear linear progression in performance loss, while Ultra settings (95, 61, 33) follow a similar pattern.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is a Zen 3 architecture processor with the codename Vermeer, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory on a dual-channel bus with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and it uses the AMD Socket AM4 interface. It has 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die, and its TDP is 65 W.

In benchmark tests, the Ryzen 7 5700X shows strong multi-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 13184, which is robust for a desktop CPU, and its single-core score of 1499 is respectable. The Geekbench multicore score is 10779, with a single-core score of 2016. The 3DMark results show 6858 for 16 threads, 5768 for 8 threads, 3512 for 4 threads, and 1821 for 2 threads, with a single-thread score of 921. The Passmark multithread score is 26612, with a single-thread score of 3385.

In Doom, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic, and given the high frame rates at 1080p (up to 158 FPS on Low), the Ryzen 7 5700X is clearly capable of handling the game’s workload. The fact that FPS drops by roughly the same percentage across all settings when moving to higher resolutions suggests that the CPU is not the bottleneck; if it were, we would see less variation between resolutions. The 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Doom, which is a game from 2016 and does not heavily utilize many threads. The CPU’s 79th percentile ranking against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27578, places it near the Intel Core i5-12600K, which has the exact same average score, and slightly above the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27535, +0.2% delta). This indicates that the CPU is performing at a level that would not limit even a more powerful GPU, so in this combo, the GTX 1070 is the sole performance constraint.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank in Doom out of all tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 3068 out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in the lower portion of all systems.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700X compare to its nearest CPU rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X has an average score of 27578, which is exactly matched by the Intel Core i5-12600K (0% delta). The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 scores 27535 (0.2% lower), the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scores 27636 (0.2% higher), and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125H scores 27507 (0.3% higher).

Q: What is the GTX 1070’s average benchmark score and percentile ranking?

A: The GTX 1070 has an average benchmark score of 9780 and sits at the 47th percentile against all GPUs, with its nearest rival being the AMD FirePro W5000 at 9803 (-0.2% delta).

Q: What are the average FPS figures at 1080p for each settings preset?

A: At 1080p, Low averages 158 FPS, Medium averages 137 FPS (with a minimum of 117 and maximum of 158), High averages 116 FPS, and Ultra averages 95 FPS.

Q: Between 1080p and 4K, how much does the average FPS drop on High settings?

A: On High settings, the average FPS drops from 116 at 1080p to 75 at 1440p (a 35% reduction) and then to 41 at 4K (a further 45% reduction from 1440p).

Q: Can this combo achieve 60 FPS at 4K on any settings preset?

A: No, the highest average FPS at 4K is 55 on Low settings, followed by 48 on Medium, 41 on High, and 33 on Ultra, none of which reach 60 FPS.