Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination delivers a robust Outriders experience across all tested configurations, with the data showing a clear sweet spot at the Medium preset. At 1080p, Medium produces an average of 154 FPS, which is 16 FPS higher than High and 31 FPS higher than Ultra, while remaining only 19 FPS behind the Low preset’s 173 FPS. The Medium preset also includes measured minimum and maximum frame data (131 to 177 FPS at 1080p), indicating a consistent frame delivery that the other presets lack in the dataset. Moving to 1440p, Medium maintains a 132 average, which is still 27 FPS ahead of Ultra and only 16 FPS behind Low, making it the most balanced choice for visual fidelity and performance. At 4K, Medium’s 103 average with a minimum of 88 FPS stays comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, whereas Ultra drops to 56 FPS, which falls below that playability line. The Low preset at 4K reaches 119 FPS, but sacrificing visual quality for that headroom is unnecessary when Medium delivers a smoother experience with better graphics. Given the data, Medium provides the best experience per the measured rows, offering high frame rates with the only complete min-max data across three resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 5600F and RTX 4080 SUPER holds the 947th position out of 2,913 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the upper third of all configurations. This rank reflects the pairing of a mid-range 5000-series CPU with a top-tier GeForce 40-series GPU, and the benchmark results suggest that the CPU is the constraining factor in this specific title. The combo’s percentile placement is not directly provided, but the rank of 947 out of 2,913 implies that roughly 68% of tested combinations perform better, which might seem surprising given the GPU’s power. However, the data indicates that Outriders is heavily reliant on CPU performance at lower resolutions, and the Ryzen 5 5600F, despite its Zen 3 architecture, appears to limit the RTX 4080 SUPER from reaching its full potential. The GPU’s own percentile versus all GPUs is 86, and its average benchmark score is 54,209, which places it near the RTX 4080 (deltaPct -0.1) and ahead of the Radeon Pro W5700X (deltaPct -1.1). In contrast, the CPU’s percentile versus all CPUs is 85, with an average score of 36,945, placing it near the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (deltaPct 0) and slightly below the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (deltaPct -0.2). The gap between the GPU’s high standing and the combo’s mid-pack rank suggests that Outriders does not fully utilize the RTX 4080 SUPER’s capabilities when paired with this CPU, and the bottleneck becomes more pronounced as resolution decreases.

GPU Role

The RTX 4080 SUPER brings 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s, which is substantial for handling Outriders’ texture-heavy environments and particle effects. The GPU’s base clock runs at 2295 MHz and boosts to 2550 MHz, with memory operating at 1438 MHz (23 Gbps effective), and these clocks contribute to its strong synthetic scores, including a Passmark G3D score of 34,245 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,600. The 16 GB frame buffer is particularly relevant for 4K gaming, where the data shows that High settings yield 77 FPS and Medium yields 103 FPS, indicating that memory capacity is not a limiting factor at these settings. The GPU’s nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the RTX 4080 (deltaPct -0.1) and the Radeon Pro W5700X (deltaPct -1.1), and the RTX 4080 SUPER’s average score of 54,209 is only 0.1% lower than the RTX 4080, showing that the SUPER variant offers marginal gains in raw compute. In Outriders specifically, the GPU’s role varies by resolution; at 1080p, the frame rates across presets (123 to 173 FPS) suggest that the CPU is the primary driver, while at 4K, the GPU becomes more influential, as evidenced by the larger spread between Low (119 FPS) and Ultra (56 FPS). The data implies that the RTX 4080 SUPER is overqualified for 1080p and 1440p Outriders, but at 4K, it starts to flex its muscle, though the CPU still holds it back from reaching higher frame ceilings in the Low preset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are 173 for Low, 154 for Medium, 138 for High, and 123 for Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 131 FPS and a maximum of 177 FPS, providing the only frame range data at this resolution. The step from Low to Medium costs 19 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs 16 FPS, and the step from High to Ultra costs 15 FPS, showing a consistent decline as settings increase. At 2560x1440, the averages are 148 for Low, 132 for Medium, 119 for High, and 105 for Ultra. The Medium preset again includes min-max data (112 to 152 FPS), and the relative drops are 16 FPS from Low to Medium, 13 FPS from Medium to High, and 14 FPS from High to Ultra. At 3840x2160, the averages are 119 for Low, 103 for Medium, 77 for High, and 56 for Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 88 FPS and a maximum of 119 FPS, and the drops between presets are 16 FPS from Low to Medium, 26 FPS from Medium to High, and 21 FPS from High to Ultra. The 4K data reveals a steeper decline at higher settings, particularly from Medium to High (26 FPS loss), which is more than double the corresponding drop at 1440p (13 FPS). This pattern indicates that the GPU is working harder at 4K, and the Ultra preset’s 56 FPS average falls below the 60 FPS target, making it the only configuration that fails to maintain smooth gameplay. The High preset at 4K, at 77 FPS, still provides a playable experience, but the Medium preset’s 103 FPS with a minimum of 88 FPS offers a more comfortable margin for frame time consistency.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear trend of FPS decreasing as resolution increases, but the rate of decline is not uniform across settings. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p (173 FPS) to 1440p (148 FPS) results in a 14.5% drop, and from 1440p to 4K (119 FPS) results in a 19.6% drop, totaling a 31.2% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the drops are 14.3% from 1080p (154 FPS) to 1440p (132 FPS) and 22.0% from 1440p to 4K (103 FPS), totaling a 33.1% reduction. At High settings, the drops are 13.8% from 1080p (138 FPS) to 1440p (119 FPS) and 35.3% from 1440p to 4K (77 FPS), totaling a 44.2% reduction. At Ultra settings, the drops are 14.6% from 1080p (123 FPS) to 1440p (105 FPS) and 46.7% from 1440p to 4K (56 FPS), totaling a 54.5% reduction. This pattern reveals that the scaling penalty becomes more severe at higher settings when moving to 4K, with the Ultra preset losing nearly half its 1440p performance at 4K. The relatively small FPS drops from 1080p to 1440p (around 14% across all settings) suggest that the CPU is the limiting factor at these resolutions, as the GPU has ample headroom to handle the increased pixel count. However, the much larger drops from 1440p to 4K, especially at High (35.3%) and Ultra (46.7%), indicate that the GPU becomes the dominant constraint at 4K, and the RTX 4080 SUPER’s raw compute power is being taxed by the higher resolution. The data implies that for this combo, 1440p is the sweet spot where the CPU and GPU are relatively balanced, while 4K shifts the burden entirely onto the GPU, and 1080p leaves the GPU largely underutilized.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for smooth 4K gameplay with this combo?

A: The Medium preset at 4K delivers an average of 103 FPS with a minimum of 88 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset drops to 77 FPS, and Ultra falls to 56 FPS, which is below 60 FPS, so Medium is the highest preset that maintains consistently smooth frame rates at 4K.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Outriders?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination ranks 947th out of 2,913 tested combos, placing it in the upper third of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 16 GB VRAM sufficient for Outriders at high settings?

A: Yes, the data shows that at 4K High settings, the combo achieves 77 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it achieves 56 FPS, indicating that VRAM capacity is not a bottleneck. The 16 GB GDDR6X memory with 736.3 GB/s bandwidth is more than adequate for this game’s requirements.

Q: Which component limits performance at 1080p in Outriders?

A: The benchmark results indicate that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p. The FPS differences between Low (173 FPS) and Ultra (123 FPS) are relatively modest, and the GPU’s high benchmark scores (54,209 average) suggest it has significant headroom that is not being utilized at this resolution.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1440p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At Ultra settings, the average FPS drops from 105 at 1440p to 56 at 4K, representing a 46.7% reduction. This is the largest percentage drop across all settings, indicating that the GPU becomes heavily taxed at 4K Ultra.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare to the RTX 4080 in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 54,209, which is 0.1% lower than the RTX 4080’s score of 54,247. This indicates that the SUPER variant offers nearly identical performance to the non-SUPER model in synthetic benchmarks.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz. It features 32 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU’s benchmark scores show a single-thread score of 2,872 and a multithread score of 19,236, with a Passmark physics score of 1,043, which is relevant for game physics calculations. The CPU’s percentile versus all CPUs is 85, and its average benchmark score of 36,945 places it near the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (deltaPct 0) and slightly below the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (deltaPct -0.2). In Outriders, the CPU’s role is most evident at lower resolutions, where the frame rates are less dependent on settings. At 1080p, the difference between Low (173 FPS) and Ultra (123 FPS) is 50 FPS, which is significant but not as large as the 63 FPS difference at 4K (119 FPS Low vs 56 FPS Ultra). This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is setting a ceiling on performance, as the GPU can likely render more frames than the CPU can feed. The CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient for Outriders, which is not a highly threaded title, but the relatively modest boost clock of 4.00 GHz may limit performance in scenarios that are sensitive to single-core speed. The data shows that at 1440p, the frame rates are only slightly lower than at 1080p (e.g., 148 FPS vs 173 FPS at Low), indicating that the CPU is still a significant factor at this resolution. However, at 4K, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, as the frame rates drop more dramatically with increasing settings. The CPU’s Passmark data compression score of 232,836 and integer math score of 59,339 indicate strong general-purpose performance, but Outriders’ specific engine demands appear to be more sensitive to clock speed than core count, which is where the 5600F’s 4.00 GHz boost may hold it back relative to higher-clocked rivals.