Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers a dominant performance profile in Outriders, placing this combination in the 22nd position out of 1,693 tested combos. The data indicates that this system is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the CPU's capabilities become more relevant. The optimal experience balances visual fidelity with frame rate, favoring the High preset for most users given the diminishing returns at Ultra.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data clearly identifies the High preset as the best overall experience for this hardware combination. At 4K, the High preset delivers 87.2 FPS, which is a substantial 30.4% improvement over the Ultra preset's 66.9 FPS. This difference is significant because it moves the experience from the edge of playability into smooth territory. The Ultra preset at 4K dips below the 70 FPS threshold, which can introduce noticeable stutter in a fast-paced looter shooter.

The Medium preset at 4K produces 118.7 FPS, a 36.1% increase over High, but the visual compromise may not justify the jump for users with high-refresh-rate 4K displays. However, for competitive players prioritizing frame rate above all else, the Low preset at 4K achieves 165.3 FPS, more than double the Ultra setting's output. This represents the maximum possible frame rate at 4K with this combo.

At 1440p, the High preset hits 172.7 FPS, which is ideal for high-refresh monitors. The Ultra preset still manages a very respectable 126.1 FPS here, making it a viable option for users who prioritize image quality over maximum refresh rates. The Low preset at 1440p pushes the system to 220.8 FPS, but the visual degradation is often too severe for a game that relies on environmental detail.

For 1080p, the data shows that the High preset (203.8 FPS) is the sweet spot. While the Low preset reaches 257.4 FPS, this exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors, making the extra frames imperceptible. The Medium preset at 227.5 FPS and Ultra at 183.8 FPS bracket the High setting, but High offers the best balance of visual quality and performance. The Ultra preset's 183.8 FPS is still excellent, but the incremental visual gains over High are minimal compared to the 9.8% frame rate drop.

FAQ

*Q: Can this combo run Outriders at 4K with maximum settings?*

A: Yes, but the Ultra preset at 4K produces 66.9 FPS. This is playable but not ideal for fast-paced combat. The High preset at 4K delivers 87.2 FPS, which is a better target for smooth gameplay.

Q: What is the fastest settings combination for competitive play?

A: The Low preset at 1080p produces 257.4 FPS, the highest measured average in this dataset. At 1440p, the Low preset still delivers 220.8 FPS, offering a strong alternative for higher resolution competitive play.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at the High preset?

A: At High settings, the frame rate drops from 203.8 FPS at 1080p to 172.7 FPS at 1440p, and further to 87.2 FPS at 4K. This represents a 57.2% reduction from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Is the RTX 5090's 32 GB of VRAM utilized effectively in this game?

A: The data does not include VRAM usage figures. However, the substantial frame rate drops at 4K indicate that the GPU's memory bandwidth (1.79 TB/s) is heavily taxed, suggesting the game scales well with the available memory.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 7700X bottleneck the RTX 5090 at any resolution?

A: At 1080p, the 257.4 FPS Low preset result suggests the CPU is keeping pace. The 8-core, 16-thread processor with a 5.40 GHz boost clock appears sufficient to feed the GPU, as the frame rates scale consistently with resolution.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested systems?

A: This combination ranks 22nd out of 1,693 tested combos for Outriders. This places it in the top 1.3% of all tested configurations, indicating exceptional performance.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination achieves a rank of 22 out of 1,693 tested combos in Outriders. This places the system in the top 1.3% of all configurations tested, a remarkable feat given the wide variety of hardware combinations evaluated. The ranking reflects the synergy between the 8-core Zen 4 processor and the Blackwell-architecture GPU.

Breaking down the components, the RTX 5090 sits in the 94th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84,306. Its nearest rivals include the RTX 5090 D (deltaPct of 0.1), the RTX 5050 Mobile (deltaPct of 0.2), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 (deltaPct of 1.3). This indicates the desktop RTX 5090 is marginally ahead of these competitors in synthetic benchmarks, though the deltaPct values are small.

The Ryzen 7 7700X holds the 89th percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34,313. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Core i5-13500 (deltaPct of 0.4), the Intel Core i7-12800HX (deltaPct of 0.5), and the AMD EPYC 4244P (deltaPct of -0.8). The CPU's performance is tightly clustered with these rivals, showing that the 7700X provides competitive processing power for this game.

The high combo rank is primarily driven by the GPU's ability to maintain high frame rates across all settings. The data shows that even at the most demanding configuration (4K Ultra), the system produces 66.9 FPS, which is above the minimum threshold for playability. This consistency across the entire settings spectrum underscores why this combo ranks so highly.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent performance hierarchy across resolutions and settings. At 1080p, the system delivers 257.4 FPS on Low, 227.5 FPS on Medium, 203.8 FPS on High, and 183.8 FPS on Ultra. These figures show a linear progression, with the Ultra preset costing 28.6% of the Low preset's frame rate.

Moving to 1440p, the results are 220.8 FPS on Low, 197.4 FPS on Medium, 172.7 FPS on High, and 126.1 FPS on Ultra. The Ultra preset takes a more significant hit at this resolution, dropping 42.9% below the Low preset. This suggests that the Ultra settings introduce effects that are particularly demanding at higher pixel counts.

At 4K, the performance spread widens considerably: 165.3 FPS on Low, 118.7 FPS on Medium, 87.2 FPS on High, and 66.9 FPS on Ultra. The Ultra preset now delivers only 40.5% of the Low preset's frame rate. This dramatic scaling indicates that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are becoming limiting factors at this resolution.

Examining the settings progression at each resolution shows that the gap between Medium and High is consistently smaller than the gap between High and Ultra. At 4K, the Medium-to-High drop is 26.5%, while the High-to-Ultra drop is 23.3%. This pattern holds across all resolutions, suggesting that the Ultra preset includes a specific feature set that disproportionately impacts performance.

The data also shows that the 1440p High preset (172.7 FPS) is remarkably close to the 1080p Ultra preset (183.8 FPS), differing by only 6.0%. This indicates that users can achieve near-identical frame rates while enjoying a significant resolution upgrade by choosing High over Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at the High preset, frame rates drop from 203.8 FPS to 172.7 FPS, a 15.3% reduction. However, moving from 1440p to 4K at the same preset results in a much larger drop from 172.7 FPS to 87.2 FPS, a 49.5% reduction. This non-linear scaling is characteristic of GPU-limited performance, where the pixel count increase from 1440p to 4K (2.25x) overwhelms the GPU's capabilities.

At the Ultra preset, the scaling is even more pronounced. The 1080p to 1440p drop is from 183.8 FPS to 126.1 FPS (31.4%), while the 1440p to 4K drop is from 126.1 FPS to 66.9 FPS (47.0%). The Ultra preset's additional visual effects amplify the load on the GPU's compute units, resulting in steeper performance degradation at higher resolutions.

The Low preset shows the most linear scaling: 257.4 FPS at 1080p, 220.8 FPS at 1440p (14.2% drop), and 165.3 FPS at 4K (25.1% drop from 1440p). The smaller percentage drops at Low settings indicate that the system is less GPU-bound when visual effects are minimized, allowing the CPU to maintain higher frame rates.

The data indicates that the RTX 5090's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus (1.79 TB/s bandwidth) is sufficient for 4K, but the sheer pixel throughput at 4K is the limiting factor. The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is being fully utilized at 4K Ultra, as evidenced by the 66.9 FPS result. This is not a memory capacity issue but rather a raw compute limitation.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 4.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. This processor, built on a 5 nm process with 6,570 million transistors, delivers a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 30,325 and a single-core score of 4,281. These benchmarks indicate strong multi-threaded and single-threaded performance.

In Outriders, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p with Low settings, where the system achieves 257.4 FPS. This high frame rate suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough draw calls to maintain such a high output. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth provide sufficient data throughput for the game's world streaming.

The 3DMark benchmarks show the CPU scaling from 1,090 in single-thread to 8,859 in 16-thread tests, indicating good multi-core utilization. However, the 2-thread score of 2,112 versus the 4-thread score of 4,074 shows near-perfect scaling, suggesting the game can leverage multiple cores effectively.

The CPU's 89th percentile ranking and its proximity to rivals like the Intel Core i5-13500 (deltaPct of 0.4) and Intel Core i7-12800HX (deltaPct of 0.5) suggest that the 7700X is not a bottleneck in this configuration. The data shows that frame rates scale predictably with resolution, which would not occur if the CPU were limiting performance. At 4K Ultra, the 66.9 FPS result is clearly GPU-bound, as the CPU's 16 threads are more than capable of handling the game's logic at that frame rate.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the dominant component in this pairing, featuring 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's 21,760 shading units and 170 RT cores, based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, provide substantial compute power. Its 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate are key specifications for this game.

The GPU's role is clearly demonstrated by the frame rate scaling across resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the 66.9 FPS result shows that the GPU is fully saturated, processing 3840x2160 pixels with maximum visual effects. The 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate is being pushed to its limits, resulting in the lowest measured frame rate.

The RTX 5090's 94th percentile ranking and its close competition with the RTX 5090 D (deltaPct of 0.1) indicate that this is among the fastest GPUs available. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,411 and Passmark G3D score of 39,650 confirm its high-end positioning. In Outriders, this translates to the ability to maintain 87.2 FPS at 4K High, a demanding resolution and settings combination.

The GPU's memory configuration is particularly relevant for this game. The 32 GB VRAM capacity and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth ensure that texture streaming at 4K does not cause hitches. The data shows consistent frame rates without reported minimum FPS drops, suggesting the memory subsystem is adequately provisioned. The transition from High to Ultra at 4K (87.2 to 66.9 FPS) demonstrates that the GPU's compute units, rather than memory bandwidth, are the limiting factor at maximum settings.