Doom

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a solid 1080p and 1440p experience in Doom, but the data shows a clear performance cliff at 4K Ultra settings. This combination ranks 1033rd out of 1681 tested combos for this game, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database. The measured frame rates across four presets and three resolutions reveal a system where the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck as resolution climbs, while the CPU’s strong single-thread performance keeps high-refresh 1080p within reach.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all presets. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 210.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 135.9 FPS at 2560x1440, then further down to 74.9 FPS at 3840x2160. That represents a 64% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Medium, the averages are 183.1, 121.6, and 63.9 FPS respectively — a 65% drop. High settings show 155.3, 103.9, and 54.9 FPS, which is a 65% decline. The Ultra preset is the most demanding: 129.9 FPS at 1080p, 80.7 FPS at 1440p, and just 42.7 FPS at 4K, a 67% reduction.

The scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the limiting factor at 4K. The gap between 1440p and 4K is consistently larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p, which is typical for a GPU with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 256-bit bus. At 1080p, the frame rates exceed 130 FPS even on Ultra, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at lower resolutions. However, the 4K numbers, especially the 42.7 FPS at Ultra, fall below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider playable. The data shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K reserved for Low or Medium presets if smoothness is prioritized over visual fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip, featuring 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. Its base clock is 1605 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz, and it carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s average benchmark score is 22206, placing it at the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database are the NVIDIA RTX A400 with an average score of 22307 (0.5% lower), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z at 22006 (0.9% higher), and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 at 21670 (2.5% higher). The RTX 2070 SUPER sits just 2.3% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, which scores 22729.

In Doom, the GPU’s role becomes evident when examining the frame rate deltas between presets at each resolution. At 4K, moving from Low to Medium costs 11 FPS (74.9 to 63.9), while Medium to High costs another 9 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 12.2 FPS. These stepwise reductions reflect the memory bandwidth and shader throughput limits. The 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K the texture and geometry load increases, and the 8 GB frame buffer can become a constraint on Ultra presets. The pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s are the specs that govern how quickly the GPU can fill pixels and sample textures, and the 4K Ultra result of 42.7 FPS indicates those units are saturated.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is a Zen 3 (Vermeer) processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, base clock of 3.80 GHz, and boost clock of 4.70 GHz. It has 32 MB of L3 cache and supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 27606, placing it at the 84th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 with an average score of 27535 (0.3% lower), the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE at 27708 (0.4% higher), and the Intel Core i7-13700H at 27716 (0.4% higher). The Intel Core i5-12600KF scores 27827, which is 0.8% above the 5800X.

In Doom, the CPU’s single-thread performance is crucial. The processor scores 3327 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 23571 in multi-core, indicating strong per-thread capability. The 1080p Low result of 210.8 FPS and 1080p Ultra result of 129.9 FPS show that the CPU can drive high frame rates without becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions. The 3dmark single-thread score of 943 and 2-thread score of 1846 suggest that Doom’s engine, which is known for efficient multi-threading but also relies on a few primary threads, benefits from the 5800X’s high boost clock. At 4K, however, the CPU’s headroom is irrelevant because the GPU is the constraint. The frame rates at 4K Low (74.9 FPS) versus 4K Ultra (42.7 FPS) show a 32.2 FPS spread, which is entirely attributable to GPU workload rather than CPU limits.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the optimal preset depends on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the High preset delivers 155.3 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on gaming monitors, while Ultra drops to 129.9 FPS — still smooth but with a 16% reduction. For players with high-refresh 1080p displays, High is the sweet spot because it maintains a large margin above 120 FPS without the extra GPU load of Ultra. At 2560x1440, the High preset yields 103.9 FPS, which is very close to the 100 FPS mark, while Medium achieves 121.6 FPS and Ultra falls to 80.7 FPS. For 1440p, Medium offers the best balance: it stays above 120 FPS, which is ideal for adaptive sync displays, and the visual difference from High is modest in most scenes. Ultra at 1440p is playable but the 80.7 FPS average leaves less headroom for demanding moments.

At 3840x2160, the situation is different. The Low preset averages 74.9 FPS, which is above 60 FPS and acceptable for slower-paced gameplay. Medium drops to 63.9 FPS, still playable, while High falls to 54.9 FPS and Ultra to 42.7 FPS. For 4K, Low or Medium are the only presets that keep the frame rate above 60 FPS, and even Medium is borderline. The data suggests that if 4K is the goal, the user should accept Low settings to ensure smoothness, or consider lowering the resolution to 1440p and using High or Ultra, which provides a significantly better experience. The 42.7 FPS at 4K Ultra is below the threshold for most fast-paced FPS games, and the 74.9 FPS at Low is the only 4K result that feels consistently fluid.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 1033rd out of 1681 tested combos for Doom, placing it in the 61st percentile of all tested systems. That position reflects a mid-pack standing: the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 65th percentile GPU ranking and the 5800X’s 84th percentile CPU ranking combine to produce a system that is stronger on the CPU side but held back by the GPU at higher resolutions. The combo’s rank in Doom is notably lower than the CPU’s percentile rank, which suggests that the game’s performance is more dependent on the GPU than on the CPU. The 5800X is a top-tier processor in the database, sitting just 0.3% above the Ryzen 7 5800 and 0.8% below the Core i5-12600KF in average score, but its advantages do not translate into proportionally higher frame rates in Doom because the GPU reaches its limits first.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing is competitive at 1080p and 1440p but lags at 4K. The measured 1080p High average of 155.3 FPS is strong, but the 4K Ultra figure of 42.7 FPS is below the median for combos that include higher-end GPUs. The data indicates that users who own this combo should target 1440p Medium or High for the best experience, as those settings produce frame rates between 80.7 and 121.6 FPS, which are well within the range that most gamers consider acceptable. The 1033rd rank out of 1681 is not a poor result, but it underscores that this is a mid-range pairing by current standards, with the GPU being the component that determines the ceiling in demanding titles like Doom at high resolutions.