Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination delivers a versatile 1080p and 1440p experience in Outriders, with 4K requiring careful settings management. The benchmark data shows this pairing sits in the 66th percentile of tested combos, ranking 1118 out of 1693, which places it firmly in the upper-mid tier for this looter shooter. The measured frames per second across resolutions and presets reveal a system that can handle high-refresh 1080p gaming comfortably but begins to strain under the demands of 4K Ultra.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows indicate that the High preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance for most users. At 1920x1080, High produces an average of 126.7 FPS, which is more than sufficient for smooth gameplay on standard 60Hz monitors and provides headroom for 144Hz displays. The jump from Medium to High costs only 11.1 FPS at 1080p (137.8 down to 126.7), while the visual improvements are typically substantial in a game like Outriders with its particle effects and environmental detail.

At 2560x1440, High remains the sweet spot with 80.6 FPS average. This is above the 60 FPS threshold for most displays and represents a playable experience without needing to compromise on visual fidelity. Low at 1440p pushes to 132.7 FPS for competitive play, but the graphical hit is severe. Ultra at 1440p drops to 53.8 FPS, which is borderline for action-heavy encounters where enemy density and ability effects can cause frame dips.

For 4K, the data suggests Medium is the maximum viable preset, yielding 54.4 FPS average. High at 3840x2160 produces 43.2 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for a fast-paced shooter where reaction time matters. Low at 4K gives 73.6 FPS and becomes the recommended choice for players prioritizing frame rate over visuals at this resolution. Ultra at 4K is effectively unplayable at 31 FPS average, making it a preset to avoid entirely with this hardware combination.

GPU Role

The RTX 2070 SUPER features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. This memory configuration proves adequate for Outriders at all tested resolutions, as the game does not appear to exceed the 8 GB capacity even at 4K Ultra. The GPU's 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs, running at a boost clock of 1770 MHz, drive the frame rates measured in the data. The 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present but irrelevant for this game, which does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS according to the benchmark results.

The GPU's performance profile shows it is the primary bottleneck at 4K, where the frame rate drops dramatically between presets. The difference between Low and Ultra at 3840x2160 is 42.6 FPS (73.6 down to 31), demonstrating that the graphics card's raw compute power limits what can be achieved at this resolution. The Turing architecture's 12 nm process and 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 performance place it in a position where 4K gaming is possible but requires settings discipline.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1118 out of 1693 tested combinations places this system in the 66th percentile for Outriders performance. This means roughly one-third of tested hardware pairings outperform this Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 2070 SUPER setup, while two-thirds deliver lower frame rates. The ranking reflects a balanced mid-range configuration that was popular during the 2019-2020 era and remains capable for this game.

The CPU's nearest rivals show how close the processor competition is at this tier. The Intel Core i5-11400 scores 0.1% higher in average benchmarks, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS is 0.2% ahead. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 trails by 0.2%, and the AMD EPYC 9274F is 0.3% behind. These negligible deltas indicate that the Ryzen 5 3600 sits in a densely packed performance band where no single competitor dominates. The GPU side shows similar clustering, with the NVIDIA RTX A400 just 0.5% ahead and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 trailing by 2.5%.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full preset range is playable. Low delivers 160.6 FPS average, Medium produces 137.8 FPS, High achieves 126.7 FPS, and Ultra still maintains 89.5 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra costs 71.1 FPS, representing a 44% reduction in frame rate for maximum visual quality. Even the lowest performing preset at 1080p easily clears the 60 FPS threshold, making this resolution entirely comfortable for this hardware.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain strong but show more variation. Low produces 132.7 FPS, Medium hits 104.8 FPS, High delivers 80.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 53.8 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is 26.8 FPS, which is larger than the 11.1 FPS difference between Medium and High. This suggests that Ultra settings introduce effects that disproportionately tax the GPU at this resolution. The 1440p data reveals that High is the practical ceiling for maintaining a smooth experience.

At 3840x2160, the limitations become apparent. Low yields 73.6 FPS, Medium drops to 54.4 FPS, High falls to 43.2 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 31 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 42.6 FPS, and even the best case at Low does not reach the 144 FPS territory seen at lower resolutions. The 4K results indicate that this GPU can handle the resolution but only with significant setting compromises.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals where the bottleneck lies. At High settings, the 1080p result is 126.7 FPS, which drops to 80.6 FPS at 1440p and 43.2 FPS at 4K. This represents a 36% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 46% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The consistent decline across resolutions indicates GPU-bound behavior, as the CPU's workload does not scale significantly with pixel count.

The Low preset shows a different pattern. At 1080p, the system achieves 160.6 FPS, dropping to 132.7 FPS at 1440p and 73.6 FPS at 4K. The smaller drop from 1080p to 1440p (27.9 FPS) compared to the drop from 1440p to 4K (59.1 FPS) suggests that at lower settings, the CPU becomes more relevant at 1080p and 1440p, while the GPU reasserts itself as the limiting factor at 4K. The Ultra preset shows the steepest scaling, with 89.5 FPS at 1080p falling to 31 FPS at 4K, a 65% reduction that underscores the GPU's inability to sustain maximum settings at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 3600 provides 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 2 architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz. The 32 MB shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth give this processor sufficient resources for Outriders. The benchmark data shows the CPU scores 15045 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2124 in single-core, placing it at the 76th percentile among all CPUs.

In Outriders, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU in most scenarios, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling patterns. The 12 threads handle the game's background simulation and enemy AI without becoming a bottleneck at 1080p, where the system achieves 160.6 FPS at Low settings. The single-thread performance of 2124 in Cinebench R23 is adequate for the game's main thread, which typically handles player input and game logic. The 3dmark scores of 4605 for 16 threads and 696 for single thread reinforce that this processor has sufficient headroom for the game's demands, with the GPU being the limiting factor in most tested configurations.