Hard West

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers a robust experience in Hard West, a turn-based tactics title from 2015. The data indicates this combination ranks in the top 21% of all tested combos for this game, placing it at position 357 out of 1699. The benchmark results show that the RTX 5070, with its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory, is more than capable of handling the game’s demands, with performance scaling predictably across resolutions and settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the overall rank of this CPU and GPU combination in Hard West?*

A: The combo ranks 357th out of 1699 tested combinations, placing it in the 79th percentile for this game.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700G compare to its nearest rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700G has an average benchmark score of 25626. It is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, which scores 25706, a difference of just -0.3%. It is also 0.4% ahead of the Intel Xeon D-2752TER and 0.5% ahead of the Intel Core 5 210H.

Q: What is the GPU's performance relative to the RTX 3090?

A: The RTX 5070 has an average benchmark score of 41687. It is 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which has an average score of 41441.

Q: What is the best average FPS recorded for this combo at 1080p?

A: The highest average FPS recorded at 1920x1080 is 234.5 FPS, achieved with Low settings.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded for this combo at 4K?

A: The lowest average FPS recorded at 3840x2160 is 44.5 FPS, which occurs with Ultra settings.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this game?

A: The data suggests not. At 1080p, where the CPU load is typically highest, the combo still produces very high frame rates, like 175.2 FPS on High settings, indicating the CPU is keeping up with the GPU's output.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested hardware combinations for Hard West, this pairing of an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 secures a rank of 357 out of 1699. This position places it comfortably in the upper echelon of tested systems, indicating that it is a strong performer for this title. The CPU itself sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU also holds an 83rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, suggesting a well-matched pair where neither component is a significant outlier in terms of its general capability.

The Ryzen 7 5700G’s average benchmark score of 25626 places it in a tight cluster with its nearest rivals. It is within a fraction of a percent of the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Intel Xeon D-2752TER, and Intel Core 5 210H, with deltas of -0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.5% respectively. This means that in general compute tasks, the 5700G is essentially equivalent to these other processors. However, its specific performance in Hard West is what drives its final rank in this game. The GPU, on the other hand, is slightly ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 in average score, with a 0.6% delta, showing that it is a high-end contender.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the primary driver of frame rates in Hard West, given the game's age and the CPU's sufficient performance. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, with its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory running at an effective speed of 28 Gbps. This memory configuration provides a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s over a 192-bit bus, which is ample for the textures and effects in this turn-based tactics game.

The GPU's architecture, Blackwell 2.0, is built on a 5 nm process and features 6144 shading units. Its high pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s contribute to its ability to render the game's scenes efficiently. The data shows that the GPU is not a limiting factor at 1080p, where the CPU's performance is more likely to cap frame rates. However, as resolution increases, the GPU's workload becomes more demanding. The shift from 175.2 FPS at 1080p High to 111.8 FPS at 1440p High, and then to 57.8 FPS at 4K High, illustrates the increasing burden on the GPU as pixel count grows.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of performance scaling across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the RTX 5070 delivers exceptionally high frame rates. With Low settings, the average FPS is 234.5, which drops to 219.6 on Medium and 175.2 on High. Even at Ultra settings, the combo maintains a strong 128.9 FPS average. This suggests that at 1080p, the system is well above the threshold for smooth gameplay, even on the most demanding presets.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains very strong but shows a noticeable decrease. The average FPS at Low settings is 175.7, at Medium it is 141.4, and at High it drops to 111.8. Ultra settings at 1440p yield an average of 83.6 FPS. This level of performance indicates that the combo is still more than capable of delivering a high-refresh-rate experience at this resolution, though the gap between Low and Ultra becomes more pronounced.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limits start to become apparent. The average FPS at Low settings is 91.2, which is still smooth. Medium settings produce 73.9 FPS, and High settings drop to 57.8 FPS. Ultra settings at 4K are the most demanding, with the combo producing an average of 44.5 FPS. This shows that while the system can handle 4K, it requires a reduction in settings to maintain a consistent 60 FPS experience. The data across all resolutions confirms that the RTX 5070 is a powerful card, but it is not invincible at the highest resolution and settings combination.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is significant and reveals the nature of the bottleneck in this system. At 1080p High, the average FPS is 175.2, while at 4K High, it falls to 57.8. This represents a 67% reduction in frame rate. Similarly, at Low settings, the FPS drops from 234.5 at 1080p to 91.2 at 4K, a 61% decrease. At Medium settings, the drop is from 219.6 to 73.9, a 66% decrease, and at Ultra settings, from 128.9 to 44.5, a 65% decrease.

This scaling pattern indicates that the system is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions. The consistent decrease of roughly 60-67% across all settings when moving from 1080p to 4K points to the GPU being the primary constraint. The CPU, an 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 5700G with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, appears to be providing sufficient headroom. The fact that the frame rate drops proportionally with pixel count suggests that the CPU is not limiting performance, even at lower resolutions where it would typically be more of a factor. The RTX 5070's workload scales directly with resolution, and the data shows that this scaling is the dominant factor in the system's performance profile in Hard West.