Hard West

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 pairing delivers a distinctly GPU-bound experience in Hard West, with frame rates that scale predictably with resolution and settings. This combination sits at the 777th position out of 1,699 tested combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database. The measured data reveals a system that can handle the turn-based tactics title comfortably at 1440p, while 4K Ultra remains a challenge.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K clearly identifies the RTX 3070 as the primary throughput limiter. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 209.5 FPS, but this drops to 135.7 FPS at 1440p and 67.9 FPS at 4K. The scaling between 1080p and 1440p shows a 35.2% reduction, while moving from 1440p to 4K cuts performance by another 50%. This pattern indicates that the CPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions, with the GPU becoming increasingly saturated as pixel count rises.

The Ultra settings curve tells a similar story with steeper penalties. From 102 FPS at 1080p, the frame rate falls to 64.2 FPS at 1440p (a 37.1% drop) and bottoms out at 32.5 FPS at 4K (a 49.4% further reduction). This consistent halving of performance at each resolution step suggests the rendering pipeline is dominated by fill-rate and shading throughput, both characteristics of the GA104 chip. The 8 GB GDDR6 memory buffer remains adequate across all tested configurations, as no VRAM-related stutters are evident in the average FPS figures.

How This Combo Ranks

With a rank of 777 out of 1,699 tested combinations, this pairing falls just below the median for Hard West performance. The percentile placement indicates that while the RTX 3070 provides solid absolute numbers, many configurations with newer or higher-end GPUs outpace it. The combo's standing is more impressive when considering the CPU's integrated graphics heritage — the Ryzen 7 5700G is a desktop APU, yet it pairs without bottlenecking the discrete GPU in this title.

The ranking reflects the game's modest system requirements relative to modern hardware. Turn-based tactics typically favor single-thread performance over raw multi-core muscle, and the 5700G's Zen 3 architecture delivers competitive IPC. The delta between this combo and the top performers likely stems from GPU memory bandwidth and shading capabilities rather than CPU limitations, as evidenced by the smooth scaling across resolution tiers.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5700G contributes 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz provide the single-thread responsiveness that strategy games require. Benchmark data shows a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20,755 and a single-core score of 2,930, indicating strong per-core performance for a 65 W TDP part.

In Hard West, the CPU's role is secondary but not negligible. The game's turn-based nature means most frames are rendered during unit selection and camera movement, with occasional bursts of activity during combat animations. The 5700G's 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth ensure that game state data remains readily accessible. The 3DMark single-thread score of 899 and 2-thread score of 1,758 suggest that the game's main logic thread runs efficiently without creating a bottleneck at 1080p High, where the GPU is already producing 131.1 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates its ceiling for high-refresh displays. Low settings produce 209.5 FPS, Medium delivers 176.1 FPS, and High sustains 131.1 FPS. Ultra drops to 102 FPS, still comfortably above 100 FPS. These figures indicate that the RTX 3070 can push well past 60 FPS at any quality preset in Full HD, making the CPU's 16 threads largely irrelevant for frame pacing at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the GPU begins to feel the load. Low settings yield 135.7 FPS, Medium hits 111.2 FPS, and High maintains 82.5 FPS. Ultra drops to 64.2 FPS, which remains playable but no longer guarantees a locked 60 FPS during intense scenes. The 1440p results show a 35-37% performance penalty compared to 1080p across all settings, consistent with the pixel count increase from 2.07 million to 3.69 million pixels.

At 3840x2160, only Low settings (67.9 FPS) and Medium (60.1 FPS) achieve playable rates. High drops to 42.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 32.5 FPS, making the game feel sluggish during camera pans. The 4K data reveals that the RTX 3070's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 96 ROPs are the limiting factors, as the 8 GB VRAM capacity does not induce any apparent thrashing. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K is just 7.8 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs 17.9 FPS, showing diminishing returns at the highest quality settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, based on the GA104 chip with 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, is the dominant component in this pairing. Its boost clock of 1,725 MHz and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus deliver 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 165.6 GPixel/s pixel fill rate explain why the card excels at 1080p and 1440p but struggles at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 22,214 places it in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (0.9% higher average score) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (1% higher). The RTX 3070's performance in Hard West aligns with these synthetic benchmarks, showing that the card delivers consistent results relative to its theoretical capabilities. The 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores are largely unused in this title, as the game's rendering pipeline does not leverage ray tracing or DLSS, meaning the traditional ROP and texture units carry the entire workload.

The 12-pin power connector and 220 W TDP indicate a power-hungry design that requires a 550 W PSU, but the measured FPS data shows this investment pays off in smooth frame times. The card's PCIe 4.0 x16 interface provides ample bandwidth for the game's asset streaming, and the 14 Gbps effective memory speed ensures texture reads do not bottleneck the shading units. Overall, the RTX 3070 proves itself as a capable 1440p performer in Hard West, with 4K reserved for those willing to compromise on quality settings.