Doom

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 lands at rank 385 out of 1681 tested combinations for Doom. That places this pairing in the top 23% of all tested combos, a strong showing for a system built around a CPU that launched in 2024 and a GPU released in 2025. The combination clearly benefits from both components being relatively recent, though the CPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all processors and the GPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all graphics cards suggest neither part is at the absolute top of its respective class.

What makes this ranking particularly interesting is the balance between the two components. The CPU's average benchmark score of 24673 places it nearly identical to its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-1360P, which scores 24627 — a delta of just 0.2%. Similarly, the GPU's average score of 41687 is within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 at 41610. This near-parity with rivals in synthetic benchmarks translates into a combo ranking that reflects the sum of two solidly mid-to-upper-tier parts rather than any single standout component.

The ranking also signals that Doom, a game from 2016, responds well to this hardware configuration. With 8 cores and 16 threads on the CPU side and 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on the GPU, the system has ample resources for a title that predates both components by several years. The 385th position out of 1681 combos suggests there is meaningful headroom above this pairing, but also that it sits comfortably ahead of the majority of tested systems.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo's Doom ranking compare to the individual component rankings?

A: The combo sits at 385 out of 1681, which is roughly the top 23%. This aligns closely with the CPU's 82nd percentile and the GPU's 83rd percentile, indicating the pairing performs as expected given each part's standalone strength.

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Doom?

A: The best measured result is 308.4 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. Even at 4K Ultra, the system maintains 74.1 FPS, showing strong performance across the entire resolution and settings spectrum.

Q: How much performance does the GPU lose when moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 248.9 at 1920x1080 to 88.5 at 3840x2160. This represents a 64.4% reduction, indicating the GPU becomes increasingly constrained as resolution rises.

Q: What is the CPU's single-threaded performance relative to its multi-threaded score?

A: The CPU achieves a 3dmark_single_thread score of 804 against a max_threads score of 6755. Single-thread performance is roughly 11.9% of the multi-threaded result, which is typical for an 8-core processor.

Q: Does the combo perform better at 1440p High or 1080p Ultra?

A: At 2560x1440 High, the average FPS is 163.2, while 1920x1080 Ultra delivers 206.4 FPS. The lower resolution with Ultra settings provides a 26.5% higher frame rate, though both are well above playable thresholds.

Q: Is there a significant difference between Low and Medium settings at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, Low settings yield 119.6 FPS while Medium produces 102.4 FPS — a 14.4% difference. Both remain comfortably above 60 FPS, suggesting the settings headroom exists even at 4K resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution-dependent scaling that points to the GPU as the primary limiting factor in this pairing. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, the average FPS drops from 248.9 to 163.2, a 34.4% reduction. The subsequent jump to 3840x2160 at High brings the average down to 88.5, another 45.8% reduction from the 1440p figure. This progressive decline aligns with the GPU's bandwidth and pixel throughput capabilities rather than any CPU bottleneck.

The pattern persists across all settings presets. At Ultra settings, the frame rate falls from 206.4 at 1080p to 135.1 at 1440p (34.6% drop) and then to 74.1 at 4K (45.2% drop). The consistency of these percentages across different settings strongly suggests the GPU's rendering pipeline, with its 672.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 201.0 GPixel/s pixel rate, is the determining factor as resolution increases. The CPU's role diminishes at higher resolutions because the per-frame workload grows, giving the 8-core processor more time to feed the GPU.

Interestingly, the low settings preset shows the smallest absolute drop from 1080p to 4K — from 308.4 down to 119.6, a 61.2% reduction. This indicates that even when the GPU is less burdened by graphical effects, the resolution scaling still dominates, reinforcing that the RTX 5070's 12 GB frame buffer and 192-bit memory interface are the key constraints at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers exceptional performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 308.4 FPS, Medium achieves 297.7 FPS, High reaches 248.9 FPS, and even Ultra maintains 206.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 102 FPS, or 33.1%, which shows the GPU has enough headroom at this resolution to absorb significant settings increases without dropping below 200 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but the settings spread narrows. Low settings average 217.7 FPS, Medium hits 189.4 FPS, High delivers 163.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 135.1 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra shrinks to 82.6 FPS, or 37.9%. Notably, even the lowest setting at 1440p is still above 200 FPS, indicating the CPU can comfortably sustain high frame rates at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes more stratified. Low settings average 119.6 FPS, Medium reaches 102.4 FPS, High achieves 88.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 74.1 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 45.5 FPS, or 38.0%. All 4K results exceed 60 FPS, but the Ultra preset is the only one that approaches the lower threshold of high-refresh-rate gaming.

Settings Recommendations

Given the measured data, the optimal settings preset depends heavily on the target display resolution and refresh rate. For 1080p displays, the Medium preset at 297.7 FPS offers the best balance between visual quality and performance, as the jump from Medium to High costs 48.8 FPS (16.4%) while High to Ultra costs another 42.5 FPS (17.1%). The Ultra preset's 206.4 FPS is still excellent, but the visual gains may not justify the 30.7% reduction from Medium.

At 1440p, the High preset at 163.2 FPS provides the most compelling experience. It maintains a frame rate well above 144 Hz refresh rates while offering better visual fidelity than Medium's 189.4 FPS. The Ultra preset at 135.1 FPS is viable for 144 Hz displays, but the 17.2% penalty versus High may not be worth the incremental detail improvements.

For 4K resolution, the Medium preset at 102.4 FPS stands out as the best recommendation. It comfortably exceeds 60 FPS while providing a 15.7% improvement over High's 88.5 FPS. The Ultra preset at 74.1 FPS is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes, while Low at 119.6 FPS sacrifices too much visual quality for the modest 16.8% gain over Medium.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D brings 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. Its base clock of 3.00 GHz and boost clock of 4.10 GHz, combined with a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache, give it strong multi-threaded capabilities. The 3dmark_max_threads score of 6755 and Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 22366 demonstrate that the processor can handle heavy workloads without becoming a bottleneck in Doom.

The CPU's single-threaded performance, measured at 804 in 3dmark_single_thread and 3157 in Cinebench R23 single-core, is adequate for Doom's engine, which was designed for systems contemporary to its 2016 release. The benchmark results show that even at 1080p Low settings — the most CPU-bound scenario in the dataset — the combo achieves 308.4 FPS, indicating the processor is not limiting frame rates. The 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs further confirms that this chip sits well above the median for gaming workloads.

The 5700X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Doom, which likely utilizes only a fraction of the available threads. This means the CPU's role in this pairing is primarily to ensure that frame times remain consistent, particularly at lower resolutions where the GPU can produce very high frame rates. The 105 W TDP and DDR4 memory support suggest this is a practical choice for a gaming system without exotic cooling requirements.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the dominant component in this pairing, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process. Its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for high-resolution gaming. The GPU's base clock of 2325 MHz and boost clock of 2512 MHz, combined with 6144 shading units, deliver a theoretical FP32 performance of 30.87 TFLOPS.

The GPU's role becomes increasingly apparent as resolution and settings increase. At 1080p, the GPU can render frames faster than the CPU can feed it, resulting in frame rates above 300 FPS at Low settings. However, at 4K Ultra, the average drops to 74.1 FPS, showing that the GPU's pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s are the limiting factors. The 83rd percentile ranking among all GPUs places it in the upper tier, but the 12 GB memory capacity and 192-bit bus are modest compared to higher-end parts.

The measured FPS data illustrates the GPU's scaling behavior clearly. The 30.87 TFLOPS of compute power is sufficient for 4K gaming, but the 74.1 FPS at Ultra settings suggests that memory bandwidth becomes a constraint. The 672.0 GB/s bandwidth is substantial, yet Doom's texture-heavy environments can strain even this figure at maximum settings and resolution. The RTX 5070's performance relative to its nearest rivals — within 0.7% of the AMD Radeon Pro 580X and 0.6% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 — confirms it is a competitive mid-to-high-end GPU that pairs effectively with the 5700X3D for Doom gameplay.