Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Intel Arc B390 pairing delivers a strictly entry-level experience in Overpower, with the GPU acting as the decisive bottleneck at every resolution and settings tier. The data shows a combo ranked 2638th out of 2980 tested configurations, placing it in the bottom 12% of all systems. While the CPU is a modern 6-core Zen 4 part with strong synthetic scores, the Arc B390’s integrated-class performance caps frame rates well below smooth playability thresholds across the board.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data strongly favors the Low preset at all three resolutions, as it is the only settings tier that consistently approaches or exceeds 60 FPS. At 1920x1080, Low delivers 72 FPS average, which is 60% higher than the Medium preset’s 45 FPS and more than double the Ultra preset’s 35 FPS. This gap widens at higher resolutions: at 2560x1440, Low produces 64 FPS, while Medium drops to 40 FPS and Ultra falls to 31 FPS. At 3840x2160, Low still manages 54 FPS, but Medium collapses to 34 FPS and Ultra to 26 FPS.

The High preset is uniformly disappointing, yielding 42 FPS at 1080p, 37 FPS at 1440p, and 32 FPS at 4K. These numbers are all below the 60 FPS target and even fail to hold 30 FPS at 4K. Medium offers a marginal improvement over High but remains fundamentally unplayable for fast-paced action, with averages of 45, 40, and 34 FPS across the three resolutions. The Ultra preset is the worst choice, producing the lowest averages at every resolution and never exceeding 35 FPS.

For the best experience per the measured rows, Low is the only viable option. The 72 FPS at 1080p and 64 FPS at 1440p provide workable frame rates, while 54 FPS at 4K is borderline but acceptable for slower gameplay. The performance delta between Low and Medium is substantial—a 27 FPS jump at 1080p, 24 FPS at 1440p, and 20 FPS at 4K—indicating that the visual quality gains from higher presets are not worth the massive frame rate penalty. The data suggests that players should prioritize frame rate over fidelity with this hardware, as even Medium fails to deliver a consistent 40+ FPS experience at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B390 is an integrated graphics solution based on the Xe3-LPG architecture, built on Intel’s 3 nm process. Its clock speeds are listed at a 300 MHz base and 2500 MHz boost, with 1536 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 24 raster output units. The GPU also includes 12 ray tracing cores, though its FP32 performance is rated at 7.680 TFLOPS. Memory is entirely system-shared, with no dedicated VRAM, and bandwidth is listed as system dependent. The GPU’s TDP is 80 W, and it uses no power connectors, reflecting its integrated nature.

Benchmark results place this GPU in the 9th percentile of all GPUs, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1.3% ahead), GeForce 800M (1.5% ahead), GT 625 OEM (2.5% ahead), and GT 710 (2.7% ahead). These comparisons illustrate that the Arc B390 performs at the level of decade-old discrete entry-level GPUs, which directly explains the low frame rates observed in Overpower. The system-shared memory architecture means the GPU competes with the CPU for bandwidth, and the lack of dedicated VRAM likely contributes to the steep performance cliff as resolution and settings increase.

The GPU’s clock behavior, with a boost of 2500 MHz, does not compensate for the limited shading units and memory bandwidth. In Overpower, the GPU is clearly the limiting component, as evidenced by the dramatic FPS drops when raising settings from Low to Medium—a 37.5% decrease at 1080p (72 to 45 FPS) and a 47% decrease at 4K (54 to 34 FPS). These results indicate that the GPU’s fill rate and pixel processing capabilities are insufficient for the game’s demands at anything beyond minimal settings.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Intel Arc B390 ranks 2638th out of 2980 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the bottom 11.5% of all systems. The ranking reflects the severe imbalance between the CPU and GPU: the Ryzen 5 7600 is a capable desktop processor with a 78th percentile ranking among all CPUs, while the Arc B390 sits at the 9th percentile among GPUs. This mismatch means the system’s overall gaming performance is dictated almost entirely by the GPU’s limitations.

The combo’s rank of 2638 suggests that the vast majority of tested configurations outperform it, even those with older or weaker CPUs paired with modest discrete GPUs. The data indicates that the GPU’s integrated-class performance is the primary drag, as the CPU’s synthetic benchmarks—such as a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12735 and a Geekbench multicore score of 13413—are competitive with mainstream desktop processors. In contrast, the GPU’s Steel Nomad score of 1482 is comparable to GPUs from over a decade ago, as shown by its nearest rivals.

The rank also implies that users of this combo will face significant compromises in Overpower. With 2980 total combos, being at 2638 means only 342 configurations perform worse. This places the system firmly in entry-level territory, suitable only for low-resolution, low-settings gaming. The data suggests that upgrading the GPU alone would yield substantial improvements, as the CPU has ample headroom to drive a more capable graphics card.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS across settings is as follows: Low averages 72 FPS, Medium averages 45 FPS with a minimum of 38 and maximum of 52, High averages 42 FPS, and Ultra averages 35 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium is 27 FPS, representing a 37.5% drop, while the drop from Medium to High is only 3 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 7 FPS. The minimum FPS at Medium (38) is still below the average for Low, highlighting the steep cost of higher presets.

At 2560x1440, the pattern continues: Low averages 64 FPS, Medium averages 40 FPS (min 34, max 46), High averages 37 FPS, and Ultra averages 31 FPS. The delta between Low and Medium is 24 FPS, a 37.5% reduction, while Medium to High drops only 3 FPS, and High to Ultra drops 6 FPS. The Medium minimum of 34 FPS is barely above the Ultra average, showing that frame pacing suffers as settings increase.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low averages 54 FPS, Medium averages 34 FPS (min 29, max 39), High averages 32 FPS, and Ultra averages 26 FPS. The Low-to-Medium delta is 20 FPS, a 37% reduction, while Medium to High is only 2 FPS, and High to Ultra is 6 FPS. The Medium minimum of 29 FPS falls below the 30 FPS threshold, and Ultra’s 26 FPS average is the lowest recorded value across all resolutions and settings.

The data reveals a consistent pattern: the largest performance penalty always occurs when moving from Low to Medium, with subsequent steps (Medium to High, High to Ultra) producing smaller but cumulative losses. The minimum FPS values at Medium, where available, show that frame times become less stable as resolution increases—the 1080p minimum is 38, 1440p is 34, and 4K is 29. This suggests that the system-shared memory bandwidth becomes increasingly strained at higher pixel counts.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is most pronounced at Low settings, where the average falls from 72 to 54 FPS, a 25% reduction. At Medium, the drop is from 45 to 34 FPS, a 24.4% reduction. High goes from 42 to 32 FPS, a 23.8% reduction, and Ultra goes from 35 to 26 FPS, a 25.7% reduction. These percentages are remarkably consistent across settings, indicating that resolution scaling is roughly linear for this GPU.

The consistency of the scaling—around 24-26% performance loss when quadrupling pixel count from 1080p to 4K—is unusual. Typically, a GPU that is fill-rate limited would show a more dramatic drop, while a CPU-limited system would show minimal scaling. The fact that the drop is moderate and uniform suggests that the bottleneck is a combination of the GPU’s pixel throughput and the system-shared memory bandwidth.

The data indicates that the limiting component is the GPU, not the CPU. If the CPU were the bottleneck, resolution scaling would have a negligible effect on FPS, as the same number of draw calls would be processed regardless of resolution. However, the consistent 20-27 FPS drops across settings demonstrate that the GPU’s rendering workload is the primary constraint. The Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 5.10 GHz, has ample processing power to feed the GPU at these frame rates, so the GPU’s 7.680 TFLOPS and shared memory are what hold the system back.

At 1440p, the FPS values sit almost exactly midway between 1080p and 4K for each settings tier: Low is 64 (vs 72 and 54), Medium is 40 (vs 45 and 34), High is 37 (vs 42 and 32), and Ultra is 31 (vs 35 and 26). This midpoint behavior reinforces that the GPU scales predictably with pixel count, further confirming that the Arc B390 is the limiting factor.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, built on TSMC’s 5 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Its memory support is dual-channel DDR5 with a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, and it includes Radeon integrated graphics. The processor’s launch MSRP is $229.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 scores 12735 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1852 in single-core, with a Geekbench multicore score of 13413 and single-core of 2521. Its Passmark multithread score is 27058, and its single-thread score is 3910. These results place the CPU at the 78th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26324. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (0.2% ahead), AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (0.3% behind), Intel Core i9-11900KF (0.4% ahead), and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (0.5% ahead).

In Overpower, the CPU’s performance is more than sufficient for the frame rates achieved. The highest average FPS recorded is 72 at 1080p Low, which is well within the capabilities of a 6-core Zen 4 processor. The CPU’s boost clock of 5.10 GHz and high single-thread performance (1852 in Cinebench R23 single-core) ensure that it can handle the game’s main thread without becoming a bottleneck. The data shows no evidence of CPU limitation: frame rates scale with resolution and settings exactly as expected for a GPU-bound scenario.

The integrated Radeon Graphics on the CPU are irrelevant here, as the system uses the Arc B390 for display output. The CPU’s 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is shared with the GPU, but at the observed frame rates, this does not appear to cause stuttering beyond what the GPU’s own limitations dictate. The Ryzen 5 7600’s 32 MB of L3 cache helps reduce memory latency in gaming, but the dominant factor remains the GPU. The CPU’s percentile ranking of 78 versus the GPU’s 9 makes it clear that any upgrade path for this combo should prioritize the graphics solution first.