Hard West

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for Hard West show a steep and consistent decline as resolution increases, which is typical for a turn-based title where the GPU workload is dominated by full-screen rendering. At 1080p with Low settings, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 delivers 144.1 FPS average. Moving to 1440p Low drops that figure to 88.1 FPS, a reduction of 56.0 FPS, while 4K Low yields 44.9 FPS, less than a third of the 1080p Low result.

The scaling pattern across quality presets reinforces that the RTX 2060 is the primary throughput bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 1080p High, the average is 90.5 FPS, which falls to 55.7 FPS at 1440p High and then to 27.7 FPS at 4K High. The 4K High result is particularly telling: it represents a 69.4% drop from the 1080p High score, which is a much sharper decline than the 38.4% drop observed when moving from 1080p High to 1440p High. This non-linear behavior indicates that the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading capacity are being saturated as pixel count grows.

The Ultra preset shows the most severe resolution sensitivity. At 1080p Ultra, the system manages 66.8 FPS, which is still playable but notably lower than the 117.6 FPS at Medium. At 1440p Ultra, the average falls to 45.2 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it collapses to 20.2 FPS. The gap between Medium and Ultra at the same resolution is also instructive: at 1080p, the difference is 50.8 FPS (117.6 vs 66.8), while at 4K it narrows to 20.5 FPS (40.7 vs 20.2). This compression of the preset gap at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is already near its limit, so additional quality settings have diminishing absolute impact.

The data clearly shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming in Hard West. At 4K, even Low settings cannot maintain 45 FPS, and Ultra settings fall below 21 FPS. The scaling pattern points to the RTX 2060's 6 GB GDDR6 memory and 192-bit bus as the limiting factors, as the game's relatively simple turn-based visuals do not heavily tax the CPU at any resolution.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. In Hard West, a turn-based tactics game, the CPU's role is primarily to handle game logic, pathfinding, and AI decision-making, which are typically single-thread or lightly threaded workloads. The benchmark data shows that the CPU is not the limiting component at 1080p Low, where the system reaches 144.1 FPS — a figure that is more than double the 66.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are strong, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20755 and 3DMark max-thread score of 6627. However, Hard West's reliance on single-thread performance is better reflected in the 3DMark single-thread score of 899 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2930. These scores indicate that the 5700G's single-thread performance is adequate for this genre, but the measured FPS differences across resolutions suggest that the GPU, not the CPU, dictates performance scaling.

At 4K Ultra, the system drops to 20.2 FPS, which is a 86% reduction from 1080p Ultra. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see similar frame rates across resolutions at a given quality preset, since the CPU workload does not change with pixel count. Instead, the wide spread (66.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra vs 20.2 FPS at 4K Ultra) confirms that the CPU has ample headroom. The 5700G's 16 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are more than sufficient for the game's data access patterns.

The CPU's percentile rank of 83 among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25626, places it slightly below the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (deltaPct -0.3) and marginally above the Intel Xeon D-2752TER (deltaPct 0.4). These near-identical scores indicate that the 5700G is well within the expected performance envelope for modern mid-range processors, and no CPU-side anomaly is affecting Hard West's results.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is a Turing-architecture GPU with 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units. It operates at a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz, with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus providing 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's 12 nm process node and 10,800 million transistors deliver a FP32 performance of 6.451 TFLOPS, which is the key metric for rasterization-heavy workloads like Hard West.

The GPU's role in this game is dominant, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 144.1 FPS, which is close to the 144 Hz refresh rate typical of modern monitors. However, at 4K Low, the same settings yield only 44.9 FPS, a 68.8% reduction. This drop is directly attributable to the GPU's pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth. The RTX 2060's pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s are insufficient to maintain high frame rates at 4K, especially with higher quality settings.

The GPU's memory configuration is also a factor. With only 6 GB of VRAM, the card may struggle with texture-heavy scenes at 4K Ultra, although Hard West's art style is relatively modest. The memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results (20.2 FPS at Ultra) suggest that the memory subsystem is saturated. The GPU's passmark G3D score of 14111 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1242 position it in the mid-range tier, with a percentile rank of 58 among all GPUs.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the RTX 2060's average benchmark score of 16074 is nearly identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (deltaPct 0.5) and slightly below the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (deltaPct -1.7). This indicates that the RTX 2060 is a balanced mid-range GPU, and its performance in Hard West is consistent with its overall capabilities. The measured FPS at 1080p High (90.5) and 1440p High (55.7) are typical for this class of hardware.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 1415 out of 1699 tested combos for Hard West. This places it in the lower 16.7% of all configurations, which reflects the fact that the RTX 2060 is a mid-range GPU from 2019 and the 5700G is an APU-focused CPU from 2021. The combo's rank is primarily dragged down by the GPU's performance at 4K, where it cannot maintain playable frame rates at any quality setting above Low.

Despite the low overall rank, the combo performs respectably at 1080p. The 90.5 FPS average at 1080p High is above the 60 FPS threshold commonly considered smooth, and the 144.1 FPS at Low is excellent for competitive play. At 1440p, the combo maintains playable frame rates at Medium (72.6 FPS) and High (55.7 FPS), but falls below 50 FPS at Ultra. The rank of 1415 out of 1699 is therefore not a condemnation of the combo's 1080p performance, but rather a reflection of its limitations at higher resolutions.

The CPU's rank among all CPUs (83rd percentile) is significantly better than the GPU's rank (58th percentile), which suggests that the combo's overall rank is constrained by the GPU. If the same CPU were paired with a faster GPU, the combo would likely rank higher. However, the data shows that for Hard West specifically, the GPU is the limiting factor in all tested scenarios, so the combo's rank is a fair representation of its gaming performance.

The deltaPct values for the CPU's nearest rivals show that the 5700G is within 0.6% of its closest competitors (AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, Intel Core 5 210H), confirming that CPU performance is not a distinguishing factor for this combo. The GPU's nearest rivals also show a tight cluster (within 1.8% deltaPct), indicating that the RTX 2060 is a typical mid-range GPU with no unusual performance characteristics.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Hard West with this combo?

A: The data indicates 1080p is the sweet spot. At 1080p High, the combo delivers 90.5 FPS, and at Low it reaches 144.1 FPS. At 1440p, Medium (72.6 FPS) is playable, but 4K is not recommended, with the highest average being 44.9 FPS at Low settings.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its closest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 2060's average benchmark score is 16074, which is 0.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (15996) and 1.7% lower than the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351). This places it in the same performance tier as these mid-range cards.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700G a bottleneck for the RTX 2060 in this game?

A: No. The CPU's performance is consistent across resolutions (e.g., 144.1 FPS at 1080p Low vs 44.9 FPS at 4K Low), indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor. The 5700G's 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Hard West's turn-based gameplay.

Q: What is the frame rate at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The system achieves only 20.2 FPS average at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is below playable thresholds and highlights the GPU's limitations at high resolutions.

Q: How does the combo rank compared to all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 1415 out of 1699 tested combos for Hard West, placing it in the lower 16.7% of all configurations. This rank is primarily due to the GPU's performance limitations at 4K.

Q: Does the CPU's integrated graphics affect performance in this test?

A: No. The system uses the discrete NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, and the CPU's integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics are not utilized in these benchmark runs. The measured FPS figures are entirely attributed to the RTX 2060.