Evolve

Evolve is a fast-paced FPS where frame rate directly impacts target acquisition and reaction time. The measured data for the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti combination reveals a wide performance envelope across its settings, with the choice of preset being the primary determinant of the experience. The Ultra preset, while visually demanding, is the only setting that consistently dips below the 60 FPS threshold at 4K, posting an average of 45.1 FPS. High settings provide a far more balanced experience, delivering 63.6 FPS at 4K, 105.6 FPS at 1440p, and 157 FPS at 1080p, making it the optimal choice for players prioritizing smoothness without fully abandoning visual fidelity. For competitive play, the Low preset is the definitive choice, pushing frame rates to 101.4 FPS at 4K and a staggering 265.1 FPS at 1080p, ensuring maximum responsiveness.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results paint a clear picture: High settings are the sweet spot for this combination in Evolve. The data shows that High is the only preset that maintains an average frame rate above 60 FPS at 4K resolution, hitting 63.6 FPS. This is a critical threshold for playability on a 4K display, and it is achieved while still offering a significant visual upgrade over Medium and Low. At 1440p, High delivers 105.6 FPS, which is comfortably above the 100 FPS mark sought by many enthusiasts, and at 1080p it reaches 157 FPS, ensuring a fluid experience on high-refresh-rate monitors.

While Ultra is the most visually rich option, the performance cost is substantial. The transition from High to Ultra results in a frame rate drop of approximately 29% at 1080p (from 157 to 109.9 FPS), 30% at 1440p (from 105.6 to 74.4 FPS), and 29% at 4K (from 63.6 to 45.1 FPS). The latter figure places Ultra at 4K firmly in unplayable territory for a fast-paced shooter. Conversely, the Low preset maximizes performance, but it does so by stripping away graphical detail. The jump from High to Low yields a 69% improvement at 1080p (from 157 to 265.1 FPS) and a 59% improvement at 4K (from 63.6 to 101.4 FPS). This makes Low the clear choice for esports-style play or for users with very high refresh rate panels, particularly at 1080p where the 265.1 FPS average can fully leverage a 240Hz or higher display. Medium serves as a compromise, but the data suggests that the visual gain over Low is less impactful than the performance loss, making High the recommended default for most players.

How This Combo Ranks

In the context of all tested combinations for Evolve, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti holds a notable position. The data places this combo at rank 414 out of 1695 total combinations, which puts it in the top quartile of all systems tested. This ranking confirms the raw horsepower of the RTX 3080 Ti, which is largely responsible for the high frame rates observed. The CPU, while not a top-tier performer in synthetic multi-threaded tests, is more than sufficient to feed the GPU in this title. The combo's percentile standing indicates that a significant majority of other system configurations will deliver lower performance in Evolve. This is a strong result, confirming that this is a high-end setup capable of delivering a premium gaming experience, though it does not crack the top tier of performance reserved for the absolute fastest hardware on the market.

The ranking is further contextualized by the individual component standings. The GPU's benchmark percentile is 83, placing it ahead of the vast majority of graphics cards. Its average benchmark score of 41224 is within 1% of its closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which scores 41441. The CPU's percentile is also 83, with an average score of 25626. Its performance is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, which scores 25706, a difference of -0.3%. This suggests that while the CPU is capable, it is the GPU that is the primary performance driver in this configuration, pushing the combo to its high overall rank.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications directly explain the measured frame rates. The card is built on the Ampere architecture and features a substantial 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 912.4 GB/s. This high bandwidth is crucial for handling the large textures and data throughput required at high resolutions like 4K. The GPU's boost clock of 1665 MHz, combined with its 10240 shading units, allows it to process the massive parallel workload that Evolve's rendering demands. The data shows that even at the demanding Ultra preset, the card is capable of producing playable frame rates at 1440p (74.4 FPS), indicating that its raw compute power is more than adequate for this title.

The GPU's performance is not just about raw power; it is also about how that power scales with settings. The transition from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a performance reduction of over 55%, from 101.4 FPS to 45.1 FPS. This scaling demonstrates that the card has the headroom to handle a wide range of visual loads. The 12 GB VRAM buffer is also a key factor, as it prevents memory-related hitches that could otherwise limit performance at 4K with high-resolution textures. In contrast, the CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, provides a solid foundation with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. However, its 16 MB L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory interface are less critical for this specific workload, where the GPU's computational throughput and memory bandwidth are the main bottlenecks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive look at how this combo scales. At 1080p, the system is clearly GPU-bound at higher settings, but the CPU still has a significant role. The Low preset produces an average of 265.1 FPS, which is exceptionally high. Moving to Medium drops this to 201.1 FPS, a reduction of 24%. High further reduces performance to 157 FPS, and Ultra brings it down to 109.9 FPS. This progression shows that each step up in visual complexity has a measurable cost, with the jump from Low to Medium being the most significant single step. At 1080p, even the Ultra preset remains highly playable, indicating that this combination is overkill for standard 1080p monitors.

At 1440p, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers. The Low preset yields 176.2 FPS, which is still exceptionally smooth. Medium delivers 134.6 FPS, and High drops to 105.6 FPS. The Ultra preset, however, falls to 74.4 FPS. This is the first resolution where the Ultra preset begins to feel less fluid for competitive play, though it remains viable for a more cinematic experience. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1440p is a 58% reduction, showing that the GPU is under increasing stress.

At 4K, the demands on the GPU become severe. The Low preset is the only one that remains clearly in high-refresh territory, hitting 101.4 FPS. Medium drops to 79.9 FPS, and High falls to 63.6 FPS, which is right at the edge of the 60 FPS playability threshold. The Ultra preset is the only one that fails to maintain 60 FPS, averaging just 45.1 FPS. This makes Ultra at 4K unsuitable for a game like Evolve, where a stable, high frame rate is more important than maximum visual fidelity.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is significant and reveals the limiting component. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 157 FPS at 1080p to 105.6 FPS at 1440p, a drop of 33%. Moving to 4K reduces the average to 63.6 FPS, a further 40% drop from 1440p. This scaling is a clear indicator that the system is heavily GPU-limited. The RTX 3080 Ti's workload increases dramatically with pixel count, and its performance scales as expected with the increase in resolution. The CPU, operating at a relatively constant load across resolutions, is not the bottleneck here.

This is further confirmed by looking at the Low preset scaling. At Low, the frame rate drops from 265.1 FPS at 1080p to 176.2 FPS at 1440p, a 34% reduction, and then to 101.4 FPS at 4K, a 42% reduction from 1440p. The consistent percentage drops across both settings presets indicate that the GPU is the primary constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see the frame rate plateau at higher resolutions, but the data shows a steady decline. The sheer pixel count at 4K, which is four times that of 1080p, demands a proportional amount of GPU processing power. The RTX 3080 Ti handles this load admirably at High settings, but the data confirms that for this title, the GPU is the definitive performance limiter, and users seeking the highest frame rates at 4K will need to reduce settings.