Overpower

Overpower is an action title that stresses both CPU and GPU, and this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 lands in the top tier of tested configurations. The combo ranks 24th out of 1,744 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the top 1.4% of all systems evaluated. That ranking reflects the substantial headroom provided by the RTX 5090, which itself sits at the 94th percentile among all GPUs, paired with a processor that reaches the 82nd percentile among all CPUs. The Ryzen 5 7500F, a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 part, posts an average benchmark score of 24,993, putting it nearly even with the Intel Core i7-11850H (0.1% faster) and just 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 8400F. This is a balanced foundation, but the data makes clear that the graphics card is the dominant factor in Overpower’s frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The 24th-place finish out of 1,744 combos is an exceptional result, but it is not the absolute top. The gap between this system and the very best is driven primarily by the CPU, as the RTX 5090 is already near the ceiling of what any processor can feed it. The Ryzen 5 7500F’s single-thread score of 3,218 in Cinebench R23 and multi-thread score of 22,799 in the same test indicate strong per-core performance, which matters for Overpower’s action gameplay. However, the CPU’s nearest rivals—all within 0.4% of its average score—show that the processor is not what separates this combo from rank 1. Instead, the RTX 5090’s massive compute resources, including 21,760 shading units and 170 RT cores, are doing the heavy lifting. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 84,306 is just 0.1% behind the RTX 5090 D and 0.2% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile, though those comparisons are synthetic; in real game data, the desktop 5090 pulls far ahead of those mobile or cut-down parts. The combo rank reflects a system that will not bottleneck at any resolution, but it also shows that the 7500F is the limiting factor when chasing maximum frame rates at lower resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that High settings provide the best balance of visual fidelity and performance across all resolutions. At 1080p, High delivers 181.6 FPS, which is 20% higher than Ultra’s 151.3 FPS but still visually rich. At 1440p, High hits 162.5 FPS, versus 133.5 FPS on Ultra—a 21.7% improvement. At 4K, High produces 135.2 FPS, compared to 114.8 FPS on Ultra, a 17.8% gain. The jump from High to Medium is smaller: at 1440p, Medium yields 171.7 FPS (5.7% above High), while at 4K it yields 146.1 FPS (8.1% above High). Low settings push frame rates much higher—252.5 FPS at 1080p, 246.7 FPS at 1440p, and 228.5 FPS at 4K—but the visual compromise is unnecessary given that High already exceeds 135 FPS at 4K. For players with high-refresh displays, High at 1440p is the sweet spot, offering 162.5 FPS while retaining enough graphical detail to match the game’s action genre expectations. Ultra is viable for those prioritizing image quality, but the 20% performance penalty over High at 1080p and 1440p is steep for the incremental visual gain.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear pattern of diminishing returns as resolution increases, with the GPU becoming less saturated at lower resolutions. From 1080p to 1440p at High settings, average FPS drops from 181.6 to 162.5, a decline of 10.5%. From 1440p to 4K at High, FPS falls from 162.5 to 135.2, another 16.8% reduction. The same trend holds across all settings: at Ultra, 1080p yields 151.3 FPS, 1440p yields 133.5 FPS (11.8% lower), and 4K yields 114.8 FPS (14.0% lower). At Low, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is just 2.3% (252.5 to 246.7), but the drop from 1440p to 4K is 7.4% (246.7 to 228.5). This pattern indicates that at 1080p, the Ryzen 5 7500F is beginning to limit frame rates—the CPU’s single-thread performance becomes the bottleneck when the GPU is not fully taxed. At 4K, the RTX 5090’s raw throughput takes over, and the CPU’s influence wanes. The fact that Low settings at 4K still hit 228.5 FPS proves the GPU is capable of far more than the CPU can feed it at lower resolutions, but the combo remains playable at every setting and resolution tested.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a range of 151.3 to 252.5 FPS depending on settings. Low settings produce 252.5 FPS, Medium 195.7 FPS, High 181.6 FPS, and Ultra 151.3 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 66.9%, highlighting how much headroom the RTX 5090 has when the CPU is not the constraint. At 2560x1440, frame rates drop to 246.7 FPS on Low, 171.7 FPS on Medium, 162.5 FPS on High, and 133.5 FPS on Ultra. The spread narrows slightly, with Low to Ultra showing an 84.8% difference, but the absolute numbers remain high. At 3840x2160, Low produces 228.5 FPS, Medium 146.1 FPS, High 135.2 FPS, and Ultra 114.8 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap is 99.0%, indicating that at 4K, the GPU is scaling more proportionally with settings. Notably, the transition from Medium to High at 4K costs only 7.5% performance (146.1 to 135.2), while the jump from High to Ultra costs 15.1% (135.2 to 114.8). At 1080p, the Medium-to-High drop is 7.2% (195.7 to 181.6), and High-to-Ultra is 16.7% (181.6 to 151.3). These numbers suggest that the game’s Ultra preset includes effects that disproportionately tax the GPU, while High is a more efficient tier.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the central component in this combo’s performance, and its specifications explain why. The GPU features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, yielding 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth—more than enough for Overpower at any resolution. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, effective 28 Gbps, and the GPU boost clock is 2407 MHz. With 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs, the card delivers 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which translates to the high frame rates seen in the measured data. The GPU’s 94th percentile ranking among all GPUs is consistent with its performance here, and its nearest rival, the RTX 5090 D, is only 0.1% faster on average in synthetic tests—but in Overpower, the desktop 5090’s full 575 W TDP and PCIe 5.0 x16 interface allow it to stretch its legs. The 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores are not directly measured in the FPS data, but they support the game’s action-heavy effects. The GPU’s VRAM capacity of 32 GB is never stressed at any tested resolution, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the card maintains 114.8 FPS without signs of memory pressure. The limiting factor is not VRAM or bandwidth, but the CPU’s ability to issue draw calls at 1080p, where the 7500F’s 6 cores and 32 MB L3 cache become the constraint. Overall, the RTX 5090 provides headroom that this CPU cannot fully exploit at lower resolutions, but at 4K, the combo operates in its sweet spot, with the GPU delivering a 135.2 FPS average on High settings.