Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Radeon RX 570 combination delivers playable performance at 1080p in Minimum, but its standing among tested hardware is surprisingly low. The combo ranks 1631st out of 1733 tested configurations, placing it in the bottom 6% of all pairings. This is a critical data point: despite the CPU's strong synthetic scores in the 79th percentile, the pairing's real-world game performance is heavily constrained by the GPU, which sits in the 74th percentile and is based on the older GCN 4.0 architecture. Benchmark results indicate the system is best suited for 1080p gaming at medium settings, where it achieves an average of 63.8 FPS, but demanding 4K Ultra settings drop the experience to an unplayable 14.2 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance percentile of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600?

A: The CPU is in the 79th percentile of all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 21,765. It sits narrowly ahead of the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.6% higher) and just behind the AMD EPYC 9554P and EPYC 9534 (both 0.6% lower).

Q: How does the RX 570's average benchmark score compare to its nearest rival, the RTX 5060?

A: The RX 570's average benchmark score is 30,158, which is only 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060's score of 30,109. The Radeon RX 7700 XT is also 0.2% behind the RX 570, while the Tesla M60 and RTX 5070 Mobile trail by 0.6% and 0.8% respectively.

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

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo reaches an average of 83.9 FPS. This is the highest measured frame rate across all resolutions and settings in the data pack.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p High and 1440p High?

A: At 1920x1080 with High settings, the average FPS is 56. At 2560x1440 with High settings, the average drops to 32. This represents a 42.9% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1080p to 1440p.

Q: Is the RX 570's memory bandwidth sufficient for 4K gaming?

A: The RX 570 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo only manages 14.2 FPS, indicating the 4 GB capacity and bandwidth are major limiting factors at this resolution.

Q: What is the GPU's transistor count and die size?

A: The RX 570, based on the Polaris 20 chip, contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die. The process node is 14 nm from GlobalFoundries.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1631 out of 1733 is starkly lower than what the individual component percentiles might suggest. The CPU's 79th percentile ranking and the GPU's 74th percentile ranking would imply a mid-tier position, but the actual measured performance in Minimum places this pairing in the 5.9th percentile of all tested combos. This disconnect is a clear indicator of a bottleneck scenario. The data shows that while the Ryzen 5 5600 has substantial headroom — evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18,309 and single-core score of 2,584 — the RX 570 cannot translate that CPU capability into high frame rates in this title. The nearest rival data for the GPU is telling: the RX 570's average benchmark score is statistically tied with the RTX 5060 (0.2% delta), yet the RTX 5060 is a generation newer. This suggests the RX 570 is being measured across a broad suite of tests where it holds its own, but its specific architecture (GCN 4.0, 14 nm) struggles with the rendering workload in this 2014 third-person shooter. The 1733-combo pool includes many modern pairings, and the combination of an entry-level 2017 GPU with a 2022 CPU lands this system firmly at the bottom of the distribution for this specific game.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling analysis reveals a GPU-bound system. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings drops the average FPS from 56 to 32, a reduction of 24 FPS or 42.9%. The scaling from 1440p to 4K at High is even more severe, falling from 32 to 19.7 FPS, a 38.4% decline. This non-linear drop pattern — where the 1080p to 1440p transition is harsher than 1440p to 4K — suggests the GPU is running out of raw shading power and memory bandwidth. At Low settings, the progression is 83.9 (1080p) to 53.8 (1440p) to 30.3 (4K), with percentage drops of 35.9% and 43.7% respectively. The fact that even at Low settings, the 4K performance is only 30.3 FPS — barely playable — confirms the RX 570's 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are insufficient for high pixel-count rendering. The CPU, with its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, is not the primary constraint here; the frame rate scales almost entirely with pixel count and settings, which is the signature of a GPU-limited workload.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full measured FPS dataset provides a comprehensive view of the combo's capabilities. At 1920x1080, the system delivers an average of 83.9 FPS at Low settings, 63.8 FPS at Medium, 56 FPS at High, and 39.2 FPS at Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 44.7 FPS, demonstrating that the RX 570 has a measurable but limited ability to handle increased graphical fidelity. The 1080p Medium setting appears to be the sweet spot for playability, offering 63.8 FPS, while High drops to 56 FPS and Ultra falls below the 60 FPS threshold.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 53.8 FPS (Low), 38.5 FPS (Medium), 32 FPS (High), and 27 FPS (Ultra). The drop from Low to Medium at 1440p is 15.3 FPS (28.4%), and the system cannot sustain 60 FPS at any setting at this resolution. The 1440p Low setting at 53.8 FPS is the only configuration that approaches a smooth experience.

At 3840x2160, the results are marginal: 30.3 FPS (Low), 23.9 FPS (Medium), 19.7 FPS (High), and 14.2 FPS (Ultra). No 4K setting achieves even 31 FPS, rendering this resolution unusable for serious gameplay. The data shows a consistent pattern: each settings tier at a given resolution costs roughly 15-20% performance, and each resolution step at a given setting costs roughly 35-45% performance. This confirms that the RX 570's 4 GB VRAM and 39.81 GPixel/s pixel rate are the primary bottlenecks, as the CPU's 3.50 GHz base and 4.40 GHz boost clocks have ample headroom for a 2014 title.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 plays the decisive role in this combination's performance. Its clock speeds — 1168 MHz base and 1244 MHz boost — are modest, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus. The 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is the key constraint at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the game demands more than the 4 GB frame buffer can efficiently manage, resulting in the 14.2 FPS average. The GPU's 32 ROPs and 128 TMUs provide a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s, which is adequate for 1080p but insufficient for the pixel throughput required at 4K. The data indicates the RX 570's GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries with 5,700 million transistors, is the limiting factor. The GPU's FP32 performance of 5.095 TFLOPS (matching its FP16 rate at 1:1) is roughly a quarter of what modern GPUs offer, explaining the steep performance cliffs as resolution increases. The 74th percentile ranking among all GPUs is misleading in this context; it reflects the RX 570's strong showing in compute-oriented benchmarks like Geekbench OpenCL (32,084) and Vulkan (42,752), but the gaming-specific metrics — 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 880 — paint a more accurate picture of its gaming limitations. The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is never the primary constraint in Minimum; the frame rate is dictated almost entirely by the GPU's ability to fill pixels and manage memory traffic.