Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers a highly capable Outriders experience, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The measured data shows a system that can easily drive high-refresh-rate 1080p displays, while 4K Ultra settings remain the only configuration that pushes the combination to its limits.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a predictable yet pronounced scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 161.9 FPS at 1080p to 115.4 FPS at 1440p, and further to 59.7 FPS at 4K. This represents a 63% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K, which is substantial but not unexpected for a looter shooter with modern visual effects.

The scaling behavior is even more telling at the extreme settings. With Ultra settings, the system produces 132.9 FPS at 1080p, 86.4 FPS at 1440p, and 41.4 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is particularly steep, representing a 52% performance loss. This pattern strongly indicates that the RTX 4070 becomes the limiting component as pixel count increases, with the Ryzen 7 5700’s eight cores and sixteen threads providing ample headroom even at lower resolutions.

Conversely, the Low settings data shows the smallest relative performance gap between resolutions. At Low, the system achieves 202.6 FPS at 1080p, 172.5 FPS at 1440p, and 108.4 FPS at 4K. The 4K Low result being nearly double the 4K Ultra result suggests that Outriders’ higher quality presets impose a significant GPU workload that the RTX 4070 struggles to maintain at 4K. The scaling from Medium to High at each resolution is also consistent, with High typically costing roughly 30% of the Medium performance at the same resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of tested hardware combinations, this pairing ranks 496th out of 1693 tested combos for Outriders, placing it in the 71st percentile of all tested systems. This is a strong result, though not elite, reflecting the balance between a mid-range CPU and a high-end GPU.

The CPU component of this combo, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700, holds an 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarking include the Intel Core i9-9900K, which scores only 0.7% higher, and the Intel Core i7-12700H at 0.8% higher. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 trails by 1.2%. This places the Ryzen 7 5700 in very competitive territory, with essentially negligible differences from its closest competitors.

For the GPU, the RTX 4070 ranks in the 81st percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, actually produces a slightly higher average score by 0.6%, while the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A is 1.9% ahead and the RTX 4080 Mobile is 2.2% ahead. The AMD Radeon RX 5300M trails by 2.5%. These tight margins indicate that the RTX 4070’s overall benchmark performance is well within a narrow competitive band.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC’s 5 nm process, with a massive 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1920 MHz and boosts to 2475 MHz, with memory running at an effective speed of 21 Gbps. This configuration provides a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s across a 192-bit bus, paired with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory.

In the context of Outriders, the 12 GB frame buffer is more than sufficient for all tested configurations, including 4K Ultra, where the game’s texture and geometry demands are highest. The measured FPS data shows that the GPU’s compute capabilities, rated at 29.15 TFLOPS FP32, are the primary factor determining performance at 4K. The 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units provide substantial raw throughput, yet the 4K Ultra result of 41.4 FPS demonstrates that even this hardware is challenged by the game’s maximum settings at that resolution.

The RTX 4070’s 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores are present but do not appear to be heavily utilized in Outriders, as the game’s primary rendering path relies more on traditional rasterization. The GPU’s 64 ROPs, producing a pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s, help maintain decent fill rates at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 202.6 FPS at 1080p Low.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers excellent performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 202.6 FPS, Medium reaches 180.9 FPS, High achieves 161.9 FPS, and Ultra still maintains a very playable 132.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 69.7 FPS, indicating that the RTX 4070 has substantial headroom even when pushing higher quality presets at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows the expected impact of increased pixel count. Low settings average 172.5 FPS, which is still well above high-refresh-rate thresholds. Medium drops to 155.7 FPS, High to 115.4 FPS, and Ultra to 86.4 FPS. The Ultra result at 1440p is notable as it remains above 60 FPS, making this resolution a viable choice for maximum quality gaming.

At 3840x2160, the data reveals the system’s limits. Low settings still produce an impressive 108.4 FPS, while Medium achieves 82.8 FPS. High settings fall to 59.7 FPS, which is just shy of 60 FPS, and Ultra drops to 41.4 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration in the entire dataset that falls below 60 FPS, suggesting that users targeting 4K should either reduce settings or rely on upscaling technologies to achieve smoother gameplay.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Outriders?

A: Based on the measured data, 2560x1440 provides the best balance of quality and performance. At High settings, the system achieves 115.4 FPS, and even Ultra maintains 86.4 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Can this system run Outriders at 4K?

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 4K Low settings, the average FPS is 108.4, and at Medium it drops to 82.8. High settings produce 59.7 FPS, while Ultra falls to 41.4 FPS. Users should expect to use Medium or Low settings for a smooth 4K experience.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700 compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700 scores within 0.7% of the Intel Core i9-9900K and 0.8% of the Intel Core i7-12700H. It is 1.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340. These are essentially negligible differences in real-world performance.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 the bottleneck at 1080p?

A: No. At 1080p, the system achieves between 132.9 FPS (Ultra) and 202.6 FPS (Low). These high frame rates suggest the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU sufficiently, and the GPU is not saturated at this resolution.

Q: What is the most demanding setting for the RTX 4070?

A: The 4K Ultra preset is clearly the most demanding, producing an average of 41.4 FPS. This is a 65% reduction from the 4K Low result of 108.4 FPS, highlighting the significant workload increase from the Ultra preset.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems?

A: It ranks 496th out of 1693 tested combos, placing it in the upper 30% of all systems tested for Outriders. This is a strong result, though not within the top tier of configurations.