Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G paired with the Intel Arc B390 lands at rank 2638 out of 2980 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the lower tier of systems evaluated for this action title. The combo’s benchmark data is measured, not estimated, and the results show a configuration that is heavily constrained by its graphics component, with the CPU offering far more compute headroom than the GPU can utilize in most scenarios.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2638 out of 2980 places this pairing in the 11.5th percentile of tested configurations, meaning roughly 88.5% of systems outperform it in Overpower. This is a weak standing for a desktop combo, and the data points to the Intel Arc B390 as the primary bottleneck. The GPU’s standalone percentile versus all GPUs is just 9, indicating it outperforms only 9% of the graphics cards tracked in the database. Its average benchmark score of 1482 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 is minimal, especially when compared to the nearest rivals listed. The GeForce GT 520MX scores 1463, a 1.3% delta; the GeForce 800M scores 1460, a 1.5% delta; the GeForce GT 625 OEM scores 1446, a 2.5% delta; and the GeForce GT 710 scores 1443, a 2.7% delta. This means the Arc B390 is only 1.3% ahead of the GT 520MX and 2.7% ahead of the GT 710 in that specific graphics benchmark—rivals that are several generations old and from the entry-level segment.

In contrast, the Ryzen 7 5700G sits in the 79th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27051. Its nearest rivals are all within a narrow band: the Intel Core i9-9900K scores 27097, a delta of -0.2% (meaning the 9900K is 0.2% faster); the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 scores 26936, a 0.4% delta (the 5700G is faster); the Intel Core i5-14400T scores 27166, a -0.4% delta; and the Intel Core i7-1370P scores 26900, a 0.6% delta. This tells us the CPU is competitive with parts like the i9-9900K, a former flagship, yet the overall combo rank is dragged down entirely by the GPU.

Looking at the measured FPS data, the combo never reaches playable 60 FPS at 4K on any setting, maxing out at 54 FPS on Low. At 1440p, it hits 64 FPS only on Low settings. At 1080p, Low settings produce 72 FPS, which is the only row in the entire dataset that clears 70 FPS. These numbers align with a GPU that ranks in the 9th percentile—the Arc B390 is the limiting factor in every resolution and settings combination. The CPU’s high percentile score cannot compensate for the GPU’s low output, and the benchmark results reflect this imbalance.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves in Overpower?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 72 FPS at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. No other settings or resolution combination reaches that level; the next best is 64 FPS at 2560x1440 Low, then 54 FPS at 3840x2160 Low.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B390 compare to its closest GPU rivals?

A: The Arc B390’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1482. It is 1.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1463), 1.5% ahead of the GeForce 800M (1460), 2.5% ahead of the GeForce GT 625 OEM (1446), and 2.7% ahead of the GeForce GT 710 (1443). These deltas are small, indicating the Arc B390 is only marginally faster than those entry-level parts.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700G a strong CPU relative to other processors?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700G is in the 79th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27051. It is 0.4% faster than the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 and 0.6% faster than the Intel Core i7-1370P, while being 0.2% slower than the Intel Core i9-9900K and 0.4% slower than the Intel Core i5-14400T.

Q: Why does the combo rank so low (2638 out of 2980) despite having a strong CPU?

A: The data shows the GPU is the bottleneck. The Arc B390 ranks in the 9th percentile versus all GPUs, while the CPU ranks in the 79th percentile. The measured FPS across all resolutions and settings never exceeds 72 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it drops to 26 FPS, indicating the graphics component cannot keep pace with the CPU’s capabilities.

Q: What is the difference in FPS between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings produce 72 FPS average, while Ultra settings produce 35 FPS average. That is a 37 FPS difference, or roughly 51% lower performance on Ultra compared to Low.

Q: Does the combo achieve 60 FPS at 4K resolution?

A: No. The best 4K result is 54 FPS at Low settings. High settings yield 32 FPS, Medium yields 34 FPS, and Ultra yields 26 FPS. None of the 4K rows reach 60 FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 5000 series, based on the Zen 3 architecture and Cezanne codename. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration, with a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. Its cache layout includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 16 MB of L3 cache. The processor is built on a 7 nm process node at TSMC, with 10,700 million transistors on a 180 mm² die.

In terms of compute benchmarks, the 5700G shows solid multi-threaded capability. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 12830.5, and its single-core score is 1494. In Geekbench, it scores 9950 multicore and 1894 single-core. The 3DMark results show a scaling pattern: 2 threads score 1758, 4 threads score 3389, 8 threads score 5648, 16 threads score 6629, and max threads score 6627. This indicates that the processor gains performance up to 8 threads, then plateaus, suggesting that Overpower’s workload may not fully utilize all 16 threads. The Passmark multithread score is 24419, with a single-thread score of 3283.

For Overpower, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and physics calculations. The data indicates the CPU is not a limiting factor in this combo. At 1080p Low, the system hits 72 FPS, but the GPU’s 9th percentile ranking means it saturates long before the CPU reaches its limit. The 5700G’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-9900K, scores 27097 versus 27051, a 0.2% delta, confirming that the 5700G performs at a level comparable to older high-end desktop parts. The CPU’s 79th percentile standing means it outperforms most processors in the database, so any FPS shortfall in the measured rows is attributable to the Arc B390. The 5700G also includes integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics, but the system uses the discrete Arc B390, and the CPU’s memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s is shared with the GPU’s system-shared memory architecture.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (3840x2160, 2560x1440, 1920x1080) and four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). At 4K, the results are consistently low. Low settings produce 54 FPS average. Medium settings produce 34 FPS average, with a minimum of 29 FPS and a maximum of 39 FPS. High settings yield 32 FPS average. Ultra settings drop to 26 FPS average. No 4K row has a minimum FPS above 29, indicating that even the Low preset, which averages 54 FPS, likely experiences dips into the 40s or lower during intense scenes.

At 1440p, the numbers improve but remain modest. Low settings reach 64 FPS average. Medium settings produce 40 FPS average, with a minimum of 34 FPS and a maximum of 46 FPS. High settings yield 37 FPS average. Ultra settings drop to 31 FPS average. The jump from Low to Medium at 1440p is a 24 FPS decrease, from 64 to 40, which is a 37.5% drop. This suggests that the Medium preset introduces significant graphical load that the Arc B390 cannot handle efficiently.

At 1080p, the best results appear. Low settings produce 72 FPS average, the highest in the dataset. Medium settings yield 45 FPS average, with a minimum of 38 FPS and a maximum of 52 FPS. High settings produce 42 FPS average. Ultra settings drop to 35 FPS average. The difference between Low and Medium at 1080p is 27 FPS (72 to 45), a 37.5% reduction. The difference between Low and Ultra is 37 FPS (72 to 35), a 51.4% reduction. Even at 1080p, which is the lowest resolution tested, the combo cannot maintain 60 FPS on Medium or higher presets. Only the Low preset clears 60 FPS, and it does so by 12 FPS, leaving little margin for demanding scenes where minimum FPS would likely dip below 60.

The data shows a consistent pattern: for each resolution, the FPS drops as settings increase from Low to Medium, then to High, and finally to Ultra. The largest single drop is always from Low to Medium. At 4K, that drop is from 54 to 34 FPS (20 FPS). At 1440p, it is from 64 to 40 FPS (24 FPS). At 1080p, it is from 72 to 45 FPS (27 FPS). These drops indicate that the Medium preset introduces a substantial increase in shader complexity or texture detail that the Arc B390’s 1536 shading units and 24 ROPs cannot process efficiently. The GPU’s pixel rate is 60.00 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 120.0 GTexel/s, which are low figures for modern gaming, explaining why even 1080p Medium struggles.

Resolution Scaling

Examining how FPS scales from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU’s limitations. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 72 at 1080p to 64 at 1440p to 54 at 4K. That is a drop of 8 FPS (11.1%) from 1080p to 1440p, and a further drop of 10 FPS (15.6%) from 1440p to 4K. The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 18 FPS, or 25%. This relatively modest percentage drop (compared to what a powerful GPU would show) suggests that even at 1080p Low, the system is not fully GPU-bound—the CPU may be providing some headroom, but the GPU’s fill rate limits the absolute FPS.

At Medium settings, the averages are 45 FPS at 1080p, 40 FPS at 1440p, and 34 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 5 FPS (11.1%), and from 1440p to 4K is 6 FPS (15%). The total drop is 11 FPS, or 24.4%. At High settings, the averages are 42 FPS at 1080p, 37 FPS at 1440p, and 32 FPS at 4K. That is a 5 FPS drop (11.9%) from 1080p to 1440p and a 5 FPS drop (13.5%) from 1440p to 4K, totaling 10 FPS (23.8%). At Ultra settings, the averages are 35 FPS at 1080p, 31 FPS at 1440p, and 26 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 4 FPS (11.4%), and from 1440p to 4K is 5 FPS (16.1%), totaling 9 FPS (25.7%).

Across all four settings presets, the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is remarkably consistent, ranging from 23.8% to 25.7%. This uniformity indicates that the limiting component is the GPU’s raw throughput, not its memory bandwidth (which is system-shared and dependent on the CPU’s DDR4 memory) nor its cache hierarchy. The Arc B390 has 1536 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 24 ROPs, and its FP32 performance is 7.680 TFLOPS. These specifications, combined with the 9th percentile ranking, mean that increasing resolution from 1080p to 4K multiplies the pixel count by 4.5 (from roughly 2.1 million to 8.3 million pixels), but the FPS only drops by about a quarter. This suggests that the GPU is already bottlenecked at 1080p—it cannot render fast enough even at the lowest pixel count, so the additional pixels at 4K do not proportionally reduce performance because the GPU is not pixel-bound; it is likely shader-bound or fill-rate-limited.

The CPU’s role in resolution scaling is minimal. The Ryzen 7 5700G’s 16 threads and 3.80 GHz base clock provide ample compute for Overpower’s game logic, and its 79th percentile ranking confirms it is not the constraint. The consistent percentage drops across settings argue that the GPU is the sole limiter. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect larger FPS drops at lower resolutions (where the CPU has to feed more frames) and smaller drops at higher resolutions. Instead, the drops are nearly flat, indicating the GPU is saturated at all resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the only setting preset that achieves a playable frame rate is Low. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 72 FPS average, which is above the 60 FPS threshold commonly considered smooth for action games. At 1440p Low, it drops to 64 FPS, which is still playable but with less headroom. At 4K Low, it falls to 54 FPS, which is below 60 and may result in noticeable stutter.

For users prioritizing frame rate, the 1080p Low preset is the clear choice. It is the only row in the dataset that clears 70 FPS, and it provides the best margin above 60 FPS. The 1440p Low preset is a secondary option, offering 64 FPS average, but the 8 FPS drop from 1080p may not justify the resolution increase given the GPU’s low percentile ranking.

Medium settings are not recommended. At 1080p Medium, the average FPS is 45, with a minimum of 38 FPS. This means the system will frequently dip below 40 FPS during intense action, which is likely to feel sluggish in a fast-paced action title. At 1440p Medium, the average is 40 FPS with a minimum of 34 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 34 FPS with a minimum of 29 FPS. The minimum FPS values for Medium presets are all well below 60, and even below 40 at 1440p and 4K. The increase in visual quality from Low to Medium is not worth the 27 FPS loss at 1080p (72 to 45) or the 24 FPS loss at 1440p (64 to 40).

High settings perform slightly worse than Medium in terms of average FPS. At 1080p High, the average is 42 FPS; at 1440p High, it is 37 FPS; and at 4K High, it is 32 FPS. No minimum FPS values are provided for High rows, but the averages suggest that High offers no tangible benefit over Medium while delivering 3 FPS less at each resolution (45 to 42 at 1080p, 40 to 37 at 1440p, 34 to 32 at 4K). This indicates that the High preset likely adds effects that the Arc B390 cannot process without further reducing performance.

Ultra settings are the worst option. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 35 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it is 31 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it is 26 FPS. These numbers are all below 40 FPS, which is generally considered the minimum for playable action games, and the 4K Ultra result of 26 FPS is barely interactive. The drop from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 37 FPS (72 to 35), a 51.4% reduction, which is a massive penalty for visual fidelity that this GPU cannot render smoothly.

The data therefore supports a single recommendation: use the Low preset at 1920x1080 for the best measured experience. If a user insists on higher resolution, 1440p Low provides 64 FPS, which is marginally above 60, but the 1080p Low row is the only one that offers a comfortable margin. No Medium, High, or Ultra preset at any resolution achieves an average FPS above 45, and the minimum FPS values for Medium at any resolution are below 38. Given the Arc B390’s 9th percentile GPU ranking and its nearest rivals being the GT 520MX, GT 800M, GT 625 OEM, and GT 710, the GPU simply lacks the throughput for higher presets. The Ryzen 7 5700G’s CPU performance, which rivals the Intel Core i9-9900K within 0.2%, is wasted in this configuration because the GPU cannot translate that compute power into frame rate. For Overpower, the bottleneck is unambiguous, and the settings recommendations reflect that reality: Low settings, 1080p, and accept the visual compromises for a playable frame rate.