Hard West

Hard West, a turn-based tactics title released on 2015-11-17, was measured on an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination. All values in this analysis are measured FPS results, not estimates. The combo ranks 1006th out of 1699 in Hard West, and the 12 measured runs cover four settings at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling is severe across every settings preset. At Low, the average FPS moves from 187.9 at 1920x1080 to 116.1 at 2560x1440 and then to 60.9 at 3840x2160. At Ultra, the same progression is 88.8, 53.8, and 26.8. The 4K Ultra result is the slowest measured point in the entire dataset.

The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistently larger than the drop from 1440p to 4K. For Medium, the numbers are 149.5, 93.7, and 53.3. For High, they are 114.3, 76.1, and 38.5. This pattern points to the GPU becoming the limiting component as pixel count rises. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would not fall this steeply when the same game logic is rendered at higher resolutions.

The 4K High result of 38.5 fps and the 4K Ultra result of 26.8 fps sit well below the 4K Low result of 60.9 fps. That spread shows how much of the performance loss comes from settings load rather than resolution alone. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 187.9 fps, which is the highest measured value in the data. The large gap between that result and 4K Low indicates that the RTX 4060’s rendering throughput is what limits the higher-resolution configurations.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the AD107 chip and Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 18,900 million transistors and a 159 mm² die. Its base clock is 1830 MHz and its boost clock is 2460 MHz. The memory clock is 2125 MHz, listed as 17 Gbps effective, across a 128-bit bus with 8 GB GDDR6 and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth.

The GPU contains 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 Tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 15.11 TFLOPS. The card is rated at 115 W TDP with a suggested PSU of 300 W. These specifications align with the measured settings behavior: in 4K, Low produces 60.9 fps, Medium 53.3, High 38.5, and Ultra 26.8.

The GPU’s aggregate benchmark score is 23181, placing it in the 66th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 23321, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti at 23338, the Intel Arc B580 at 23021, and the AMD Radeon 760M at 22999. The deltaPct values show the RTX 4060 trails the RX 6600M by 0.6% and the GTX 780 Ti by 0.7%, while leading the Arc B580 by 0.7% and the Radeon 760M by 0.8%.

The memory configuration matters for Hard West’s heavier presets. The 8 GB frame buffer and 128-bit bus are paired with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth, yet the measured average at 4K Ultra is still 26.8 fps. That result suggests the bottleneck is not simply memory capacity, because Low, Medium, and High at 4K all use the same 8 GB allocation while producing 60.9, 53.3, and 38.5 fps respectively.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is a Zen 3 (Cezanne) desktop processor with 6 cores and 12 threads. Its base clock is 3.90 GHz and its boost clock is 4.40 GHz. The CPU has 64 KB L1 cache per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 16 MB L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory on a dual-channel bus with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, uses AMD Socket AM4, and is built on TSMC’s 7 nm process with 10,700 million transistors and a 180 mm² die. It includes Radeon Vega 7 integrated graphics and carries a 65 W TDP.

Benchmark results for the 5600G include a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 16758 and single-core score of 2365. The Cinebench R20 multicore result is 7038 and single-core is 993. In 3DMark, the single-thread score is 872 and the 16-thread score is 5451. PassMark single-thread performance is 3177, and the average benchmark score is 19983, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs.

The CPU’s nearest rivals are all close in average score. The Intel Core i7-11600H scores 19949, with a deltaPct of 0.2. The Intel Core i7-11800H scores 20024, with a deltaPct of -0.2. The AMD EPYC 7713P also scores 20024, with a deltaPct of -0.2. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX scores 19928, with a deltaPct of 0.3.

For a turn-based tactics game released in 2015, the 5600G’s single-thread performance appears sufficient. The highest measured frame rate in the dataset is 187.9 fps at 1080p Low, which shows the CPU can feed the RTX 4060 well beyond the GPU’s higher-resolution limits. The 4.40 GHz boost clock and the 3DMark single-thread score of 872 are the relevant indicators for a title whose logic is unlikely to scale across all 12 threads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS |

|---|---:|---:|

| 3840x2160 | High | 38.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 60.9 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 53.3 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 26.8 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 76.1 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 116.1 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 93.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 53.8 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 114.3 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 187.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 149.5 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 88.8 |

The ordering is consistent at every resolution: Low is fastest, followed by Medium, then High, with Ultra slowest. At 1080p, Low is 187.9 fps while Ultra is 88.8 fps. At 1440p, Low is 116.1 fps while Ultra is 53.8 fps. At 4K, Low is 60.9 fps while Ultra is 26.8 fps.

There is a notable cross-resolution relationship. The 1440p Ultra result of 53.8 fps is nearly identical to the 4K Medium result of 53.3 fps. Similarly, the 1080p High result of 114.3 fps is higher than the 1440p Low result of 116.1? Actually 114.3 is slightly below 116.1, so the ordering is not perfectly uniform across settings. The 1080p Medium result of 149.5 fps is higher than the 1440p Low result of 116.1 and the 1080p High result of 114.3. This reinforces that settings matter as much as resolution for this title.

At 4K, only Low crosses above 60.9 fps. Medium sits at 53.3, High at 38.5, and Ultra at 26.8. At 1440p, every preset stays above 53.8 fps, with Low and Medium reaching 116.1 and 93.7 fps respectively. At 1080p, all four presets remain above 88.8 fps.

FAQ

Q: What is the best measured FPS in the dataset?

A: The highest average is 187.9 fps, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: What is the slowest measured FPS in the dataset?

A: The lowest average is 26.8 fps, recorded at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to the Intel Arc B580 in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4060 has an average benchmark score of 23181, while the Intel Arc B580 scores 23021. The deltaPct of 0.7 indicates the RTX 4060 is 0.7% ahead of the Arc B580.

Q: Where does the Ryzen 5 5600G sit relative to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The 5600G averages 19983. The Intel Core i7-11600H averages 19949 with a deltaPct of 0.2, meaning the 5600G is 0.2% ahead. The Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P both average 20024 with a deltaPct of -0.2, meaning the 5600G trails by 0.2%. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX averages 19928 with a deltaPct of 0.3.

Q: What is the combo’s rank in Hard West?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination ranks 1006th out of 1699 tested combos in Hard West.

Q: Across all measured resolutions, which settings order is consistent?

A: Low always produces the highest average FPS, followed by Medium, then High, with Ultra producing the lowest average FPS at each of the three resolutions.