Evolve

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT lands at rank 2135 out of 2872 tested combos in Evolve. That places this pairing in the lower-middle portion of the database, meaning it trails a substantial majority of systems but is not at the very bottom of the pool. The ranking reflects a combination that can run the game, yet it clearly sits behind more modern or higher-tier configurations.

Benchmark results indicate the CPU is not the limiting factor here. The Ryzen 7 9700F sits in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 69996. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875, 0.2% behind), the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70163, 0.2% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, 0.7% behind), and the Intel Core i7-14700K (69355, 0.9% behind). The 9700F essentially trades blows with these top-tier processors, which tells you the processing side is more than capable for this 2015 FPS.

The GPU tells a different story. The RX 5700 XT ranks in the 59th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 16361. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351, 0.1% behind), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (16408, 0.3% ahead), the AMD Radeon PRO W7500 (16415, 0.3% ahead), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 (16504, 0.9% ahead). This puts the RX 5700 XT in the middle of the GPU pack, and it is this component that drags the overall combo ranking down.

The data shows a clear mismatch in capability: a top-6% CPU paired with a mid-tier GPU. In Evolve, the combination's rank of 2135 reflects that the GPU is the bottleneck in most scenarios. The CPU has headroom to spare, but the RX 5700 XT's performance ceiling limits what this system can deliver on screen.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves in Evolve?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 157 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At the same resolution, Medium settings deliver 121 FPS, High gives 95 FPS, and Ultra drops to 66 FPS.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Evolve?

A: At 3840x2160, the results are marginal. Low settings produce 60 FPS average, Medium drops to 46 FPS, High falls to 36 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 25 FPS. Only Low settings reach a playable 60 FPS threshold at 4K.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its direct rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F scores 69996 on average, which is 0.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX, 0.7% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700K, and 0.2% behind the Intel Core i7-14700KF.

Q: Is the RX 5700 XT better or worse than its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RX 5700 XT scores 16361 on average. It is 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 0.3% behind the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon PRO W7500, and 0.9% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D V2.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS goes from 95 at 1920x1080 to 64 at 2560x1440. That is a drop of 31 FPS, or roughly a 33% reduction in frame rate when moving up one resolution step.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this game?

A: No. The CPU's single-thread score of 4691 and multithread score of 36470 are far above what Evolve requires. The GPU, with its mid-tier percentile ranking, is the component that limits frame rates across all tested settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the RDNA 1.0 architecture with a Navi 10 chip, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective. The base clock is 1605 MHz, the game clock is 1755 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 1905 MHz.

These specifications place the GPU in the 59th percentile among all GPUs, which aligns with the measured results in Evolve. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for this game, as even at 4K Ultra the frame rates are limited by compute throughput rather than memory capacity. The GPU's 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units provide a peak pixel rate of 121.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 304.8 GTexel/s.

The FP32 performance of 9.754 TFLOPS is the key metric for a game like Evolve, which relies on traditional rasterization rather than ray tracing. The RX 5700 XT has no dedicated ray tracing cores, and the game's release date of 2015 means it does not utilize such features anyway. The GPU's DirectX 12 (12_1) support is more than adequate for this title.

Benchmark results show the GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2134 and PassMark G3D score of 16277. These numbers confirm the mid-tier positioning. In Evolve, the GPU's performance ceiling is evident in the FPS measurements: at 1080p Ultra, the average drops to 66 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 25 FPS. The scaling pattern across resolutions and settings clearly shows the GPU being the primary constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for the Ryzen 7 9700F and RX 5700 XT combination in Evolve covers four resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the results are generally playable: Low settings produce 157 FPS average, Medium reaches 121 FPS with a minimum of 103 and maximum of 140, High delivers 95 FPS, and Ultra drops to 66 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 91 FPS, showing that settings have a dramatic impact on performance.

Moving to 2560x1440, the numbers scale down proportionally. Low settings give 105 FPS average, Medium provides 81 FPS with a range of 69 to 94, High achieves 64 FPS, and Ultra falls to 44 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 61 FPS at this resolution, indicating that the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as pixel count increases.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops significantly. Low settings average 60 FPS, Medium delivers 46 FPS with a range of 39 to 53, High manages 36 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 25 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is only 35 FPS, which suggests that the GPU is heavily constrained at this resolution regardless of settings.

The Medium settings data includes min and max FPS figures, which provide insight into frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the range from 103 to 140 FPS shows a 37 FPS variance. At 1440p Medium, the range narrows to 25 FPS (69 to 94). At 4K Medium, the range is 14 FPS (39 to 53). This tightening of frame variance at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is working closer to its limits, reducing the headroom for frame spikes.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the characteristics of this pairing. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 95 at 1920x1080 to 64 at 2560x1440, then to 36 at 3840x2160. That is a 33% drop from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a 44% drop from 1440p to 4K. The compounding decline indicates that the GPU is the limiting component.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more pronounced. The average FPS goes from 157 at 1080p to 105 at 1440p, then to 60 at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 33%, and from 1440p to 4K is 43%. The fact that Low settings at 4K only reaches 60 FPS while 1080p Low hits 157 FPS shows that resolution has a massive impact on this GPU.

Medium settings tell a similar story: 121 FPS at 1080p, 81 FPS at 1440p, and 46 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 33% and 43% respectively. Ultra settings show 66 FPS at 1080p, 44 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K, with drops of 33% and 43%.

The consistent ~33% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~43% drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings points to a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the scaling would be less uniform because the CPU load does not change as dramatically with resolution. The data indicates that the RX 5700 XT's compute throughput is the primary constraint, and the Ryzen 7 9700F has ample headroom to feed the GPU at all tested resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a Zen 5 architecture processor from the Granite Ridge family, built on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The CPU has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support includes DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, providing 89.6 GB/s of bandwidth.

The CPU's benchmark results are impressive. Its PassMark multithread score is 36470, and its single-thread score is 4691. The integer math score is 120788, floating point math is 77955, and extended instructions score is 33688. Data encryption scores 21488, data compression scores 421988, and random string sorting scores 45890. The physics score of 2122 and prime number finding score of 183 round out the suite.

These numbers place the 9700F in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 69996. Its nearest rivals include the Ryzen 9 7940HX, which is 0.2% behind, and the Core i7-14700KF, which is 0.2% ahead. This level of performance is far beyond what Evolve requires, given the game's 2015 release date.

In the context of this game, the CPU is not the constraint. The measured FPS at 1080p Low reaches 157, which is likely near the game's engine limit or the GPU's maximum output at that settings level. The CPU's high single-thread performance ensures that frame pacing remains consistent, and its 8 cores provide ample multitasking headroom for background processes while gaming.

The CPU's boost clock of 5.50 GHz is particularly relevant for a game like Evolve, which relies on single-thread performance for game logic and physics. With a single-thread score of 4691, the 9700F outperforms the vast majority of CPUs in the database, confirming that the processing side is not holding back the RX 5700 XT. The combination ranking of 2135 out of 2872 is solely a reflection of the GPU's mid-tier position in the overall performance hierarchy.