Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 combination delivers a playable but not dominant experience in Overpower, landing in the 1411th position out of 1744 tested combos. Benchmark results show this pairing is firmly mid-pack, with performance heavily dictated by graphics settings rather than resolution. The RTX 2060’s 6 GB VRAM and 192-bit memory bus become the primary bottlenecks, especially at higher presets, while the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 3700X provides ample headroom for the game’s action-oriented workloads.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: The measured average is 57.3 FPS. This is the lowest 1080p result, indicating that Ultra settings push the RTX 2060 to its limits even at the most common resolution.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 3700X has an average benchmark score of 28631, placing it within 0.2% of the AMD EPYC 7203P and 0.1% behind the Intel Core i5-12600 and i5-12600H. It edges out the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT by 0.1%.

Q: Does the GPU perform better than other cards in its class?

A: The RTX 2060’s average benchmark score of 16074 puts it 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600S and 1.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5500. However, it trails the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and Pro 5700 by 1.7%.

Q: What is the best resolution for smooth gameplay?

A: At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 119.1 FPS. Even at 1440p Low, it maintains 103.4 FPS, suggesting that lower presets unlock high refresh rates across resolutions.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The data indicates a GPU bottleneck. Moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings drops FPS from 70.6 to 54.8, a 22% reduction, while the CPU’s 8 cores remain underutilized in this action title.

Q: How does the combo rank overall in this game?

A: It ranks 1411th out of 1744 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 20% of all systems tested for Overpower.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the decisive component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the measured results. With 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, the card has enough capacity for 1080p and 1440p gaming but struggles with the demands of 4K Ultra. The base clock of 1365 MHz and boost clock of 1680 MHz, combined with 1920 shading units, provide the raw compute needed for Overpower’s action sequences, yet the data shows diminishing returns at higher presets.

At 4K, the GPU’s memory bandwidth becomes a clear constraint. The average FPS at 4K High is 54.8, but dropping to Low settings jumps to 89.7 FPS, a 64% improvement. This pattern repeats at 1440p, where Low settings yield 103.4 FPS versus 50.4 FPS at Ultra. The RTX 2060’s 48 ROPs and 120 TMUs are sufficient for lower settings but cannot sustain the fill rate required by Ultra quality textures and effects. The 12 nm Turing architecture, with 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, does not provide a measurable advantage in this non-ray-traced title, as benchmark results remain consistent across DirectX 11 and 12 tests.

The GPU’s 58th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average score of 16074, confirms it sits in the mid-range. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, scores 15996, a 0.5% difference, indicating that the RTX 2060 is competitive but not exceptional. The 6 GB VRAM is the hard ceiling; when settings demand more than 6 GB, as Ultra presets at 1440p and 4K do, performance collapses.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the data points to Medium settings as the optimal choice across all resolutions. At 1080p, Medium yields 73.3 FPS, which is 16% higher than High’s 70.6 FPS and 28% higher than Ultra’s 57.3 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs only 46 FPS (from 119.1 to 73.3), but the visual upgrade is substantial. At 1440p, Medium produces 64.5 FPS, nearly identical to High’s 64.0 FPS, but with better visual quality for the same performance. This suggests Medium settings are designed to optimize the RTX 2060’s resource usage.

High settings are not recommended for 4K, where the average drops to 54.8 FPS. Ultra is the worst choice at any resolution, with 4K Ultra falling to 44.4 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth action gameplay. Low settings are viable for competitive play, especially at 1080p where 119.1 FPS provides a significant advantage, but the visual compromise is severe. For most users, Medium at 1080p or 1440p offers the sweet spot, delivering frame rates above 64 FPS while maintaining acceptable detail levels.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 7 3700X and RTX 2060 ranks 1411th out of 1744 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the 19th percentile. This low ranking is surprising given the individual component scores: the CPU ranks in the 85th percentile among all processors, and the GPU sits in the 58th percentile. The disparity indicates that the game’s performance is not CPU-bound, as the 8-core processor has ample headroom, but rather constrained by the GPU’s 6 GB memory and mid-range compute power.

The rank of 1411 suggests that many other tested systems, likely with newer GPUs or higher-end cards, outperform this pairing by a wide margin. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i5-12600 with an average score of 28654, show that the processor is not the issue. Instead, the RTX 2060’s age and memory limitations drag the overall combo ranking down. For a system built around a 2019 CPU and GPU, this result is expected, but it clearly places the combo in the lower tier of tested configurations.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces FPS from 119.1 to 103.4, a 13% decrease, while moving to 4K further drops to 89.7, a 25% reduction from 1080p. This scaling is relatively gentle, indicating that at Low settings, the GPU has spare capacity and the CPU can keep up. However, at Ultra settings, the drop is steeper: 1080p Ultra runs at 57.3 FPS, 1440p Ultra at 50.4 FPS, and 4K Ultra at 44.4 FPS, a total 23% loss from 1080p to 4K.

The pattern at High and Medium settings is similar, with 4K results hovering around 54-55 FPS regardless of whether Medium or High is selected. This clustering suggests that at 4K, the GPU hits a hard memory bandwidth wall, and further increasing settings has minimal impact on FPS. The RTX 2060’s 336.0 GB/s bandwidth is insufficient for 4K textures, making the resolution the primary bottleneck rather than the CPU. The Ryzen 7 3700X’s 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and dual-channel DDR4 support are not the limiting factors, as frame rates do not improve at lower resolutions when settings are reduced.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings shows clear differentiation. Low settings achieve 119.1 FPS, Medium drops to 73.3 FPS, High to 70.6 FPS, and Ultra to 57.3 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is only 3.7 FPS, suggesting that High offers minimal visual benefit over Medium for a slight performance cost. At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 103.4 FPS, Medium 64.5 FPS, High 64.0 FPS, and Ultra 50.4 FPS. The Medium and High results are nearly identical, reinforcing that Medium is the more efficient choice. At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low 89.7 FPS, Medium 54.5 FPS, High 54.8 FPS, and Ultra 44.4 FPS. The inversion of Medium and High (High is 0.3 FPS faster than Medium) is within measurement noise, but both are far below the 60 FPS target.

The data shows a consistent pattern: lowering settings from Ultra to Low yields a 108% FPS improvement at 1080p (57.3 to 119.1), a 105% improvement at 1440p (50.4 to 103.4), and a 102% improvement at 4K (44.4 to 89.7). This linear scaling indicates that the GPU’s compute units are the bottleneck, not the CPU, as the Ryzen 7 3700X’s 8 cores and 16 threads remain underutilized throughout.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 2 architecture, provides more than enough processing power for Overpower. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz, combined with 32 MB of L3 cache, ensure that the CPU does not become a limiting factor in this action game. The processor’s average benchmark score of 28631 places it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs, and its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12600, scores 28654, a negligible 0.1% difference. This indicates that the CPU is well within the performance envelope needed for smooth gameplay.

However, the benchmark results show that the CPU’s capabilities are not fully utilized in this title. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 19087 and single-core score of 2694 demonstrate strong multithreaded and single-threaded performance, but the measured FPS across resolutions suggests a GPU bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the 119.1 FPS result is likely CPU-limited, as the GPU has headroom, but at higher settings, the RTX 2060 takes over as the limiting component. The 65 W TDP and 7 nm process node make the Ryzen 7 3700X an efficient partner for the 160 W RTX 2060, but the pairing’s overall rank of 1411 out of 1744 shows that the CPU’s strength cannot compensate for the GPU’s mid-range position.