Evolve

# Evolve with AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER represents a mid-range 2022-era CPU with a 2019-era GPU, and in Evolve the measured frame rates reveal a system that scales predictably across resolutions but hits a clear GPU ceiling at 4K. The data shows a combo ranking 1296th out of 1695 tested combinations, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database — but the actual gameplay experience varies dramatically depending on whether you target 1080p, 1440p, or 4K, with the Ultra preset proving nearly unplayable at the highest resolution while Low settings at 1080p deliver triple-digit performance.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep and consistent drop as resolution climbs from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, indicating that the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher pixel counts. At Low settings, the system delivers 157.4 FPS at 1080p, then falls to 105 FPS at 1440p — a 33% reduction — and further down to 59.5 FPS at 4K, representing a 62% drop from the 1080p baseline. This pattern strongly suggests the RTX 2060 SUPER's rendering throughput, not the Ryzen 5 5600's processing power, is what limits performance as resolution increases.

At Medium settings, the scaling is similarly aggressive: 126.8 FPS at 1080p, 83.9 FPS at 1440p, and 45.3 FPS at 4K. The 4K result is less than half of the 1080p figure, which is typical for a GPU with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth when pushed to 3840x2160. The High preset shows the same trend — 94.5 FPS at 1080p, 64.8 FPS at 1440p, and 36.1 FPS at 4K — with the 4K number landing just above the 30 FPS playability threshold but far from smooth.

Ultra settings expose the most severe scaling, starting at 67.9 FPS at 1080p, dropping to 45.7 FPS at 1440p, and collapsing to 23.7 FPS at 4K. The jump from 1440p to 4K at Ultra costs 48% of the frame rate, which is a sharper relative decline than the 41% drop seen at High settings between the same resolutions. This suggests that the Ultra preset introduces shading and texture workloads that disproportionately tax the GPU's 2,176 shading units and 64 ROPs as pixel count rises.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600 brings 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. In synthetic benchmarks, the chip scores 1,845 points in Cinebench R15 multi-core and 260 points in single-core, while Cinebench R23 results show 18,309 multi-core and 2,584 single-core. These figures indicate strong per-thread performance that should handle game logic and physics in Evolve without bottlenecking the GPU at most resolutions.

The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide ample data throughput for a 2015-era FPS title like Evolve, which was released before the CPU's 2022 debut. The processor's 3DMark scores — 882 single-thread, 1,737 for 2 threads, and 5,659 for max threads — suggest that even at 1080p Low where the system hits 157.4 FPS, the CPU is unlikely to be the limiting factor. However, the data does not separate CPU-bound from GPU-bound scenarios directly; instead, the relatively consistent frame rates across settings at a given resolution imply the GPU is doing most of the heavy lifting.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 79th among all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 21,765, places it near the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.6% higher) and AMD EPYC 9554P (0.6% lower). In gaming workloads, the 6-core/12-thread configuration is more than sufficient for Evolve's requirements, particularly given that the game's release predates the CPU by seven years and likely does not leverage more than a few threads effectively.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with 2,176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. Its base clock runs at 1470 MHz with a boost of 1650 MHz, and the 8 GB of GDDR6 memory operates at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications produce a 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, which the benchmark data shows is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming but insufficient for consistent 4K performance in Evolve.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark results include a PassMark G3D score of 16,462 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,011. With a percentile ranking of 63rd among all GPUs, the RTX 2060 SUPER sits near the GeForce GTX TITAN (0.3% higher score) and RTX 2070 (0.5% lower), though those rival comparisons are purely synthetic and do not reflect Evolve-specific performance. The measured FPS data tells a more nuanced story: at 1080p Ultra, the GPU manages 67.9 FPS, but this falls to 23.7 FPS at 4K Ultra, a 65% decline that highlights how the 64 ROPs and 7.181 TFLOPS compute power struggle with the pixel fill and shading demands of 3840x2160.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for Evolve's textures even at Ultra settings, as the frame rates do not show catastrophic drops that would indicate memory swapping. Instead, the gradual scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution points to compute and memory bandwidth limitations rather than capacity issues. The GPU's PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, while older than the CPU's Gen 4 support, does not appear to create a measurable bottleneck in this pairing.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Ryzen 5 5600 and RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 1296th out of 1695 tested combos in Evolve, placing it in the 23rd percentile of all configurations. This ranking is notably lower than the individual component percentiles — the CPU sits at 79th percentile and the GPU at 63rd — which suggests that Evolve's performance characteristics do not favor this pairing as strongly as synthetic benchmarks would imply.

The gap between the combo's rank and the component percentiles indicates that Evolve may be more sensitive to GPU architecture or driver optimization than to raw CPU or GPU compute power. The ranking also reflects the game's age relative to both components: Evolve launched in 2015, while the RTX 2060 SUPER arrived in 2019 and the Ryzen 5 5600 in 2022. Modern hardware often underperforms in older titles due to driver maturity or API overhead, and the data suggests this combo falls into that pattern.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing's 1296th rank means the majority of tested systems (399 combos) outperform it in Evolve. However, the measured FPS at 1080p Medium (126.8 FPS) and 1440p High (64.8 FPS) show that the combo is still capable of smooth gameplay at mainstream settings, even if it does not compete with high-end configurations in this specific title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers 157.4 FPS on Low, 126.8 FPS on Medium, 94.5 FPS on High, and 67.9 FPS on Ultra. These figures show a smooth progression of roughly 30 FPS between each preset tier, indicating that the GPU scales predictably with graphical load at this resolution. The 1080p results are all playable, with even Ultra exceeding 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 105 FPS on Low, 83.9 FPS on Medium, 64.8 FPS on High, and 45.7 FPS on Ultra. At this resolution, Low and Medium remain comfortably above 60 FPS, while High just barely crosses the threshold and Ultra falls below it. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 59.3 FPS, which is a smaller absolute gap than the 89.5 FPS difference seen at 1080p, reflecting the GPU becoming more constrained.

At 3840x2160, the results are 59.5 FPS on Low, 45.3 FPS on Medium, 36.1 FPS on High, and 23.7 FPS on Ultra. Only Low settings achieve a playable frame rate above 60 FPS at 4K, and even that is marginal. The Ultra preset at 4K is effectively unplayable, falling below 24 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K costs between 43% (Low) and 48% (Ultra) of the frame rate, consistent with the GPU being the limiting component as pixel count quadruples.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured data, the Medium preset at 1920x1080 (126.8 FPS) offers the best balance of visual quality and performance, providing a large margin above 60 FPS while still delivering more detail than Low. For users with 1440p displays, Medium (83.9 FPS) is the optimal choice, as it maintains smooth frame rates while High (64.8 FPS) is borderline and Ultra (45.7 FPS) sacrifices too much responsiveness.

At 4K, the Low preset (59.5 FPS) is the only viable option for playable frame rates, and even that is close to the 60 FPS threshold. High settings at 4K (36.1 FPS) might be acceptable for slower-paced gameplay, but Ultra (23.7 FPS) should be avoided entirely. For competitive play at 1080p, Low (157.4 FPS) maximizes refresh rate headroom, but the data suggests that most users will find Medium at 1080p or 1440p to be the sweet spot for this hardware combination.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Evolve at 4K with playable frame rates?

A: Only at Low settings, where the measured average is 59.5 FPS. Medium drops to 45.3 FPS, High to 36.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 23.7 FPS, so 4K is limited to low visual quality for smooth gameplay.

Q: What is the best preset for 1440p gaming?

A: Medium provides 83.9 FPS, which is comfortably above 60 FPS. High (64.8 FPS) is playable but leaves less headroom, while Ultra (45.7 FPS) falls below the smooth-playback threshold.

Q: How does the CPU's performance compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 scores an average of 21,765, which is 0.6% lower than the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (21,635), 0.6% higher than the AMD EPYC 9554P (21,899), and 0.9% higher than the Intel Core i7-11700F (21,957).

Q: Is the RTX 2060 SUPER a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data shows no significant CPU limitation, as the GPU delivers 157.4 FPS on Low and 67.9 FPS on Ultra at 1080p. The GPU is the primary determinant of performance, but the frame rates indicate it is not severely constrained at this resolution.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 4K?

A: Low averages 59.5 FPS while Ultra averages 23.7 FPS, a difference of 35.8 FPS. This represents a 60% reduction in performance when moving from the lowest to the highest preset at 3840x2160.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 1296th out of 1695 total combos in Evolve, placing it in the lower 23% of tested systems, despite the CPU and GPU individually ranking in the 79th and 63rd percentiles respectively among all components.