Doom

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the Intel Arc B580 delivers a thoroughly playable Doom experience across most settings and resolutions, with the data clearly indicating that the 1080p Medium preset is the optimal balance of fluidity and visual quality for this specific combination. At 1920x1080 with Medium settings, the combo produces an average of 162 FPS, which is 25 FPS higher than High settings and only 24 FPS below the Low preset’s 186 FPS average, making it the smart choice for competitive play. The 1440p Medium setting also holds up well at 105 FPS, but the 1080p Medium figure provides the most headroom for maintaining high frame rates during intense combat sequences. For users prioritizing maximum visual fidelity over raw speed, the Ultra preset at 1080p still delivers a respectable 112 FPS average, though the 50 FPS gap between Ultra and Low at this resolution demonstrates that the preset scaling is substantial. The 4K Ultra setting is the only configuration that dips below the 40 FPS threshold, posting an average of 39 FPS, which effectively rules it out for smooth gameplay. The measured data set includes only the average FPS values for most settings, with Medium presets at each resolution also providing minimum and maximum figures; the 1080p Medium minimum of 137 FPS and maximum of 186 FPS indicate stable frame delivery without severe drops, reinforcing the recommendation for this preset.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B580 combination ranks 2175 out of 2930 tested combos in Doom, placing it in the 74th percentile of all system pairings evaluated for this title. This mid-pack positioning is somewhat surprising given the strong absolute FPS numbers, but it reflects the competitive field of high-end CPUs and GPUs that dominate the upper ranks of the database. The combo’s rank suggests that while this pairing delivers smooth performance in isolation, many other tested combinations—likely featuring more powerful GPUs—achieve higher frame rates. The Ryzen 7 9700F itself is a strong performer in general CPU benchmarks, sitting at the 94th percentile against all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 69,996. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX with a score of 69,875 (0.2% behind), the Intel Core i7-14700KF at 70,163 (0.2% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X at 69,515 (0.7% behind), and the Intel Core i7-14700K at 69,355 (0.9% behind). These tight deltas indicate that the 9700F is essentially performance-equivalent to several flagship processors from the previous generation, meaning the CPU is likely not the limiting factor in this combo’s ranking. The Intel Arc B580, meanwhile, sits at the 68th percentile against all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 23,021. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP at 23,061 (0.2% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 at 22,895 (0.6% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 at 23,172 (0.7% ahead), and the NVIDIA P106-100 at 23,249 (1.0% ahead). The GPU’s percentile placement, while lower than the CPU’s, still indicates it performs comparably to much older and newer cards from different generations, which contextualizes the overall combo rank. The data suggests that the B580’s performance ceiling, relative to the top GPUs in the database, is what anchors this combo to the 2175th position rather than any deficiency in the Ryzen 7 9700F.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580’s memory configuration and clock speeds directly influence Doom’s measured performance across the tested settings. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s, which is more than sufficient for Doom’s texture-heavy environments at all tested resolutions. The base and boost clocks are both 2670 MHz, with memory running at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective), and these figures remain consistent across the entire benchmark suite. The B580’s shading units total 2,560, accompanied by 160 texture mapping units and 80 raster output units, yielding a pixel rate of 213.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 427.2 GTexel/s. These specifications translate to a FP32 performance of 13.67 TFLOPS, which is the raw compute figure relevant for Doom’s rendering pipeline. The GPU’s 20 ray tracing cores are present, though Doom’s original 2016 release does not heavily utilize ray tracing, so their impact on these results is minimal. The 5 nm process node from TSMC houses 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die, with a thermal design power of 190 W and a suggested power supply rating of 450 W. The card uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, which provides adequate bandwidth for this workload. In terms of benchmark scores, the B580 achieves a Passmark G3D score of 15,748 and a Passmark GPU Compute score of 7,729, with Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores of 92,821 and 109,672 respectively. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score stands at 3,068. These numbers, when cross-referenced with the measured FPS data, show that the GPU’s memory bandwidth is likely the key enabler for maintaining playable frame rates at 1440p and 4K, where the 12 GB frame buffer prevents capacity-related stutters. The B580’s nearest rival in terms of average benchmark score is the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (0.2% higher), yet the B580’s modern architecture and higher bandwidth allow it to outperform that card in actual gaming scenarios, as evidenced by the Doom results.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive picture of how this combo handles Doom across three resolutions and four settings tiers. At 1920x1080, the Low preset yields an average of 186 FPS, Medium drops slightly to 162 FPS, High settles at 137 FPS, and Ultra produces 112 FPS. The Medium preset at this resolution also records a minimum of 137 FPS and a maximum of 186 FPS, indicating that frame times are consistent and that the average is not skewed by occasional dips. Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 120 FPS, Medium averages 105 FPS (with a minimum of 89 FPS and maximum of 120 FPS), High averages 88 FPS, and Ultra averages 72 FPS. The 1440p Medium figures show a wider range between minimum and maximum compared to 1080p, but the 89 FPS minimum remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 65 FPS, Medium averages 57 FPS (with a minimum of 48 FPS and maximum of 65 FPS), High averages 48 FPS, and Ultra averages 39 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 48 FPS is borderline for demanding players, while the Ultra preset’s 39 FPS average falls below the playability threshold for most users. The scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution follows a predictable pattern: at 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 74 FPS (a 40% reduction); at 1440p, the difference is 48 FPS (a 40% reduction); and at 4K, the difference is 26 FPS (also a 40% reduction). This consistent percentage drop across resolutions indicates that the settings hierarchy affects performance proportionally regardless of pixel count, which is a sign of a well-balanced GPU workload. The data also shows that the gap between Medium and High settings is relatively small—25 FPS at 1080p and 17 FPS at both 1440p and 4K—suggesting that High settings offer marginal visual improvements over Medium for a modest FPS cost, making Medium the more efficient choice for higher frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The performance degradation from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about which component is limiting this combo in Doom. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 186 at 1080p to 120 at 1440p (a 35% reduction) and then to 65 at 4K (a 46% reduction from 1440p). The Medium preset follows a similar trajectory: 162 FPS at 1080p, 105 FPS at 1440p (a 35% reduction), and 57 FPS at 4K (a 46% reduction from 1440p). The High preset sees 137 FPS at 1080p, 88 FPS at 1440p (a 36% reduction), and 48 FPS at 4K (a 45% reduction from 1440p). The Ultra preset drops from 112 FPS at 1080p to 72 FPS at 1440p (a 36% reduction) and then to 39 FPS at 4K (a 46% reduction from 1440p). The consistent 35-36% reduction from 1080p to 1440p across all settings, followed by a 45-46% reduction from 1440p to 4K, indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The 4K resolution quadruples the pixel count of 1080p, but the FPS does not drop by a proportional 75%; instead, it drops by roughly 65-70%, which suggests that the Ryzen 7 9700F’s strong single-thread performance helps mitigate some of the GPU load at lower resolutions. The Passmark single-thread score of 4,691 and the Passmark physics score of 2,122 indicate that the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at 1080p, where the B580 is less saturated. However, as resolution increases, the GPU’s rendering workload grows faster than the CPU’s ability to compensate, and the FPS scaling reflects this shift. The fact that the percentage reductions are nearly identical across all settings tiers points to resolution being the dominant factor, not the visual quality settings. This behavior is typical of a GPU-bound scenario at 4K, where the B580’s 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 456.0 GB/s memory bandwidth become the limiting resources. At 1080p, the combo is likely CPU-bound in some scenes, as evidenced by the 186 FPS Low result, which approaches the frame rate ceiling that even a high-end CPU can sustain in Doom’s engine.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F provides the computational foundation for this combo, and its specifications directly support the high frame rates observed at lower resolutions. This processor features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge codename), manufactured on a 4 nm process by TSMC. The base clock is 3.80 GHz with a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, and it carries a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache, which is ample for Doom’s moderate data footprint. Memory support includes DDR5 with a dual-channel bus and a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s, which pairs well with the B580’s 456.0 GB/s memory bandwidth without creating a system-level bottleneck. The CPU’s Passmark multithread score is 36,470, and its single-thread score is 4,691, placing it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs. In Doom, the single-thread performance is particularly relevant because the game’s engine does not scale perfectly across many cores; the high boost clock of 5.50 GHz ensures that primary game threads receive the necessary computational throughput. The Passmark physics score of 2,122 reflects the CPU’s ability to handle the game’s physics calculations, which can become a limiting factor in crowded scenes, though the measured FPS data does not show significant frame rate dips that would indicate CPU stalls at 1080p. The CPU’s nearest rivals in benchmark scores—the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (0.2% higher), Intel Core i7-14700KF (0.2% lower), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (0.7% higher), and Intel Core i7-14700K (0.9% higher)—all exhibit nearly identical performance, meaning the 9700F does not trail or lead its peer group by any meaningful margin. This parity is reflected in the measured FPS data, where the combo achieves 186 FPS at 1080p Low, a figure that approaches the practical limits of Doom’s engine on any CPU. The CPU’s 32 MB of L3 cache is fully utilized in gaming workloads, and the 4 nm process node with 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die allows for the high boost clocks that benefit Doom’s frame pacing. The combination of 8 cores and 16 threads ensures that background system processes do not interfere with game performance, as the primary game threads can be scheduled across multiple cores without contention. For this specific title, the Ryzen 7 9700F is more than sufficient to keep the Intel Arc B580 fed at 1080p and 1440p, as evidenced by the FPS scaling patterns discussed earlier. The CPU’s role becomes less critical at 4K, where the GPU’s rendering workload dominates, but the 9700F’s consistent performance ensures that no CPU-related stutters are introduced into the frame time distribution. The Passmark integer math score of 120,788 and floating point math score of 77,955 further corroborate that the CPU handles the game’s computational demands without breaking a sweat, making the B580 the definitive performance limiter in this pairing.