Fivem

Fivem’s multiplayer environments place a unique strain on hardware, and the measured data for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER reveals a system that is carefully balanced, yet clearly bound by its graphics card at higher resolutions. The benchmark results indicate a configuration that can deliver smooth gameplay at 1080p, but requires deliberate settings management to maintain that experience at 1440p, with 4K representing a significant challenge.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 and then to 3840x2160 shows a predictable and steep decline in frame rates across all settings. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 101 at 1080p to 66 at 1440p, a reduction of 35 frames, and then further down to 37 at 4K. This pattern strongly suggests that the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor as pixel count increases. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is particularly punishing, with the High preset losing 29 FPS, indicating that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and its bandwidth are being saturated.

Looking at the Low preset, the frame rates are substantially higher, but the same scaling behavior is evident. The system achieves 159 FPS at 1080p, which drops to 105 at 1440p, and finally to 58 at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is roughly 64%, which is slightly less severe than the 63% drop seen on the High preset, but still underscores the GPU’s dominance in this equation. The data implies that the Ryzen 5 3600 is capable of feeding the GPU adequately at lower resolutions, but as the resolution increases, the RTX 2060 SUPER’s rendering workload grows exponentially, leaving the CPU with headroom to spare.

The Medium preset offers the only complete dataset with minimum and maximum FPS values. At 1080p, the average is 126 FPS with a minimum of 107 and a maximum of 145. Moving to 1440p, that average falls to 83 FPS (min 70, max 95), and at 4K it drops to 46 FPS (min 39, max 53). The 4K minimum of 39 FPS is below the threshold for a consistently smooth experience, confirming that 4K gaming is not viable with this combo without significant compromises. The data clearly shows that the limiting component at 1080p is less clear-cut, but at 1440p and above, the GPU is the definitive bottleneck.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain a high refresh rate experience?

A: The measured data shows that at 1920x1080 with the Low preset, the system achieves an average of 159 FPS. The High preset at 1080p still delivers a very playable 101 FPS average. For high refresh rate monitors, 1080p is the only resolution where the combo can consistently exceed 100 FPS across multiple presets.

Q: How much of a performance drop is seen when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: On the High preset, the average FPS falls from 101 at 1920x1080 to 37 at 3840x2160, which is a drop of 64 FPS or approximately 63%. The Low preset sees a similar proportional decline, from 159 to 58 FPS.

Q: Does the GPU or CPU act as the primary bottleneck in this game?

A: The benchmark results indicate that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The frame rate drops significantly as resolution increases, which is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios. The Ryzen 5 3600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, appears sufficient to keep up with the RTX 2060 SUPER’s output, especially at 1440p and 4K where the CPU load is relatively lower.

Q: Are there any settings where the minimum FPS is recorded, and what does it show?

A: The Medium preset is the only one with recorded minimum and maximum FPS values. At 1920x1080, the minimum is 107 FPS. At 2560x1440, the minimum drops to 70 FPS. At 3840x2160, the minimum falls to 39 FPS, which is below the 40 FPS threshold often considered the minimum for a stable console-like experience.

Q: How does this combo’s overall performance rank among other tested systems?

A: The comboRankInGame data places this configuration at rank 2581 out of 3707 tested combos. This puts it in the lower half of all systems tested for this game, which is consistent with the mid-range nature of both the CPU and GPU.

Q: What is the performance difference between the Low and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers an average of 105 FPS, while the Ultra preset delivers 51 FPS. This is a difference of 54 FPS, or roughly 51% lower performance when using the Ultra preset.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear hierarchy for settings presets at each resolution. For players targeting a smooth 60 FPS experience, the High preset is the most demanding setting that can consistently achieve this goal, but only at 1920x1080 where it averages 101 FPS. At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 66 FPS, which is playable, but the Medium preset offers a more comfortable margin with an average of 83 FPS and a recorded minimum of 70 FPS, which is safer for maintaining a stable frame rate during intense multiplayer scenarios.

The Ultra preset is the most demanding and yields the lowest frame rates. At 1920x1080, it averages 78 FPS, which is still acceptable, but at 2560x1440 it drops to 51 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 28 FPS. The data suggests that the Ultra preset is only viable at 1080p for this combo. The Low preset, while delivering the highest frame rates, likely comes with significant visual compromises. The best balance between visual fidelity and performance appears to be the Medium preset at 1440p, as it provides a solid average of 83 FPS with a minimum of 70 FPS, ensuring a responsive experience. At 1080p, the High preset is recommended as it achieves 101 FPS average without needing to sacrifice as much visual quality as the Medium preset. For 4K, none of the presets deliver a consistently smooth experience, with the Low preset being the only one to break 60 FPS average, though it does so at 58 FPS, which is borderline.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s position in the broader landscape of tested systems is defined by its rank of 2581 out of 3707 individual combinations. This places the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER in the 30th percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 70% of other system configurations tested for Fivem perform better. This ranking is a reflection of the hardware’s age and tier, as both components are from 2019. The CPU’s percentileVsAllCpus is 71, which is relatively strong, indicating that the processor performs well against all other CPUs in the database. In contrast, the GPU’s percentileVsAllGpus is 62, which is lower, showing that the graphics card is a more significant limiting factor for this combo's overall ranking.

Compared to its nearest rivals, the CPU’s average benchmark score of 17035 is nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-1260P (17007, deltaPct 0.2) and the Intel Core i5-11400 (17067, deltaPct -0.2). This shows that the Ryzen 5 3600’s processing power is on par with those more modern chips in synthetic tests. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 18093 is also very close to its nearest rivals, including the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (18159, deltaPct -0.4) and the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18189, deltaPct -0.5). These close margins suggest that the RTX 2060 SUPER is performing at its expected level, but it is being outpaced by newer or more powerful cards, which pulls the combo’s rank down in a game that is sensitive to both CPU and GPU performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is a Turing-architecture card built on a 12 nm process. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The card’s base clock is 1470 MHz with a boost clock of 1650 MHz, and it has a TDP of 175 W. These specifications are central to understanding its performance in Fivem. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but the measured FPS drops at 4K suggest that the memory bandwidth and capacity are being pushed to their limits, especially on the Ultra preset where the average FPS falls to 28 at 3840x2160.

The GPU’s benchmark scores provide context for its capabilities. It scores 16462 in Passmark G3D and 76957 in Geekbench OpenCL, with a percentileVsAllGpus of 62. Its nearest rival, the RTX 3060 Mobile, has a similar average score of 18159, showing that the desktop RTX 2060 SUPER is still competitive with some mobile parts. The data from the measured FPS shows that the GPU is the dominant factor in performance scaling. At 1080p Low, the system hits 159 FPS, but at 4K Low, it only manages 58 FPS. This scaling is a direct result of the GPU’s rendering workload increasing with pixel count. The card’s 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs are responsible for this output, and the results indicate that while it is a capable 1080p card, it struggles to maintain high frame rates at 4K, even on lower settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a wide range of performance depending on the preset. The Low preset achieves an average of 159 FPS, which is the highest recorded for this combo. The Medium preset delivers an average of 126 FPS, with a minimum of 107 FPS and a maximum of 145 FPS. The High preset averages 101 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 78 FPS. This spread of 81 FPS between Low and Ultra demonstrates the significant impact of graphics settings on frame rate at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates drop considerably. The Low preset averages 105 FPS, making it the only preset at this resolution to exceed the 100 FPS mark. The Medium preset averages 83 FPS (min 70, max 95), the High preset averages 66 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 51 FPS. The 1440p results show that the system can provide a good experience on Medium settings, but the High and Ultra presets start to compromise smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain playable frame rates. The Low preset is the only one that comes close to 60 FPS, averaging 58 FPS. The Medium preset averages 46 FPS (min 39, max 53), the High preset averages 37 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 28 FPS. The 4K data clearly indicates that this combo is not suited for 4K gaming, as even the lowest settings preset fails to provide a consistently smooth 60 FPS experience.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU’s benchmark scores are strong, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15045 and a single-core score of 2124. Its percentileVsAllCpus is 71, indicating it outperforms a majority of all CPUs in the database. In the context of Fivem, the CPU’s role is to handle game logic and physics, and the data suggests it is doing so effectively.

The measured FPS shows that at 1080p, frame rates are high, which implies that the CPU is not a bottleneck at that resolution. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect to see frame rates plateau regardless of resolution. Instead, the FPS drops significantly as resolution increases, which is a classic sign of GPU limitation. The CPU’s 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide ample data throughput for the GPU. The nearest rivals for the CPU also perform within a narrow band, with the Intel Core i5-11400 having a deltaPct of -0.2 and the AMD EPYC 7573X also at -0.2, which confirms the Ryzen 5 3600 is performing at a standard level for its class. The data implies that for this specific game, the Ryzen 5 3600 has sufficient headroom, and any performance upgrades would be better spent on the graphics card to improve higher-resolution frame rates.