Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers a commanding performance profile in Evolve, a 2015 FPS title. The measured frame rates across resolutions and presets indicate that this combination is capable of extreme refresh rates at 1080p and maintains high fluidity even at 4K Ultra. The data positions this combo at rank 18 out of 1695 tested combinations, placing it in the top 1% of systems analyzed.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces an average of 374.8 FPS, which is the highest score in the entire dataset. This suggests that at lower resolutions, the system is heavily CPU-bound, as the GPU is nowhere near its limits. The Medium preset at 1080p yields 290.9 FPS, while High provides 227.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 153.3 FPS. All of these figures are far beyond the refresh rate of standard monitors, so the choice of preset at 1080p should be based on visual fidelity rather than frame rate concerns.

For 2560x1440, the pattern shifts slightly. Low produces 249.4 FPS, Medium drops to 193.2 FPS, High reaches 151 FPS, and Ultra falls to 107.3 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p remains above 100 FPS, which is excellent for competitive play on high-refresh-rate monitors. At 3840x2160, the margins compress significantly. Low delivers 144.5 FPS, Medium offers 109.1 FPS, High achieves 87.3 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 59 FPS. The High preset at 4K appears to be the sweet spot for visual quality versus performance, maintaining an average above 85 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K, while playable, drops to 59 FPS, which might introduce noticeable frame pacing issues on some displays.

The best experience per the measured rows depends on the user’s display resolution. For 1080p and 1440p owners, the Ultra preset offers the highest visual quality while still delivering frame rates above 100 FPS. For 4K users, the High preset balances the 87.3 FPS average with substantial graphical improvements over Medium. The data implies that the Low preset is unnecessary for this hardware, as even Ultra at 1440p outperforms Low at 4K in terms of absolute frame rate.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combo in Evolve?

A: The highest average frame rate is 374.8 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low preset.

Q: How does the Ultra preset at 4K compare to the Medium preset at 1440p?

A: The Ultra preset at 4K produces an average of 59 FPS, which is substantially lower than the 193.2 FPS average seen at 1440p Medium. This represents a performance drop of over 134 FPS when moving from 1440p Medium to 4K Ultra.

Q: Is this combination capable of 4K gaming at high refresh rates?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160 with the High preset, the combo averages 87.3 FPS. While this does not reach 120 FPS or higher, it is well above the 60 FPS standard and suitable for most 4K displays.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between the Low and Ultra presets at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 374.8 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 153.3 FPS. This is a difference of 221.5 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset incurs a significant performance cost.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested systems in Evolve?

A: The combination ranks 18th out of 1695 tested combos, placing it in the top 1.1% of all systems.

Q: Does the game scale well with settings at 4K?

A: The data shows a relatively steep drop from Low to Ultra at 4K. Low averages 144.5 FPS, Medium averages 109.1 FPS, High averages 87.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 59 FPS. The scaling from Medium to Ultra is particularly aggressive, with a drop of 50.1 FPS between those two presets.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this specific configuration at rank 18 out of a total of 1695 tested combos. This percentile placement indicates that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 4090 pairing is among the most capable systems for Evolve. The data suggests that only 17 other combinations outperform this setup, which is a remarkable result given the large pool of tested hardware. The rank implies that the system is not leaving significant performance on the table, as the top 17 combos likely represent variations with more exotic or higher-clocked components. The 9800X3D’s 3D V-Cache and the RTX 4090’s raw compute power work together to achieve this high standing. The fact that this combo is in the top 1% suggests that users with this hardware will not be limited by their components in this title, regardless of the settings chosen.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 374.8 FPS, which is the maximum recorded value. Medium follows at 290.9 FPS, High at 227.5 FPS, and Ultra at 153.3 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 221.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU is not the bottleneck at this resolution; the CPU’s single-thread performance and cache architecture are likely the primary drivers.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 249.4 FPS, which is a drop of 125.4 FPS from 1080p Low. Medium at 1440p achieves 193.2 FPS, High reaches 151 FPS, and Ultra falls to 107.3 FPS. The relative drop from 1080p to 1440p is less severe at higher settings, with Ultra dropping by 46 FPS compared to the 125.4 FPS drop at Low. This indicates that the GPU begins to play a more significant role as resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 144.5 FPS, Medium averages 109.1 FPS, High averages 87.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 59 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration that falls below the 60 FPS threshold, which is a critical data point. The transition from 1440p to 4K shows a substantial performance hit across all settings, with the Low preset dropping by 104.9 FPS and the Ultra preset dropping by 48.3 FPS. This pattern confirms that the RTX 4090’s 24 GB of VRAM and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are being heavily utilized at 4K, while the CPU’s impact diminishes.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior reveals important insights into the system’s bottleneck. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops by 33.4% at Low settings (374.8 to 249.4), 33.6% at Medium (290.9 to 193.2), 33.6% at High (227.5 to 151), and 30.0% at Ultra (153.3 to 107.3). This near-uniform scaling suggests that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor even at 1440p, as the frame rate drops proportionally with the pixel count increase of 78%.

From 1440p to 4K, the scaling becomes more pronounced. The Low preset drops from 249.4 to 144.5 FPS, a reduction of 42.1%. Medium drops from 193.2 to 109.1 FPS, a reduction of 43.5%. High drops from 151 to 87.3 FPS, a reduction of 42.2%. Ultra drops from 107.3 to 59 FPS, a reduction of 45.0%. The 4K resolution has 2.25 times the pixels of 1440p, but the frame rate does not drop by 55.6% (the inverse of the pixel ratio). Instead, the drops are closer to 42-45%, indicating that the RTX 4090 is not fully saturated and that other factors, such as memory bandwidth or driver overhead, are influencing the results. The consistent scaling across settings at 4K suggests that the GPU is the primary limiter, but the CPU’s 96 MB of L3 cache helps maintain frame pacing even at lower settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz. Its 3D V-Cache provides 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is a key feature for gaming workloads. In Evolve, a title from 2015, the game’s engine is likely optimized for fewer threads, meaning the CPU’s single-thread performance is critical. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1212 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4800 indicate strong per-core capability. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 374.8 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s maximum frame rate cap or the CPU’s limit for physics and game logic updates. The processor’s 16 threads are more than sufficient for this game, and the large L3 cache helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for the game’s asset streaming. The nearest rival scores for the CPU, such as the Intel Xeon 6353P with a deltaPct of -0.1%, show that the 9800X3D is statistically tied with other high-end processors in synthetic benchmarks, but its gaming-specific features like the 3D V-Cache give it an edge in titles like Evolve that are sensitive to cache size.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is a behemoth with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock of 2520 MHz and 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute ensure that it can handle any modern workload. In Evolve, the GPU’s role becomes more apparent as resolution and settings increase. At 1080p, the GPU is underutilized, as evidenced by the small performance gap between Medium and High presets (290.9 to 227.5 FPS). At 4K Ultra, the GPU is pushed to its limits, producing 59 FPS. The 24 GB VRAM is more than ample for this game, as Evolve’s textures are from 2015 and likely require far less than 8 GB, even at 4K. The memory bandwidth is also sufficient, as the scaling from 1440p to 4K shows a less-than-linear drop in frame rate, suggesting that the GPU’s compute units are the bottleneck rather than memory throughput. The GPU’s percentile rank of 91 places it above most other cards, and its nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA Tesla T4 with a deltaPct of -0.4%, show that the RTX 4090 is at the top of the performance stack. The data confirms that the RTX 4090 is the dominant component in this combo at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s cache architecture helps maintain high frame rates at lower resolutions.