Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers a commanding performance profile in Overpower, a 2023 Action title. The benchmark data indicates this combination achieves its highest average frame rate of 228.5 FPS at 1080p with Low settings, while the most demanding configuration—4K Ultra—still produces a highly playable 113.4 FPS. This places the combo at rank 42 out of 1,744 tested combinations, positioning it in the top 2.4% of all systems evaluated for this game.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo can achieve in Overpower?*

A: The maximum recorded average FPS is 228.5, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This drops to 207.4 at 4K with the same Low preset, showing the GPU’s headroom even at higher resolutions.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At Ultra settings, the average FPS declines from 148.1 at 1080p to 113.4 at 4K. This represents a reduction of approximately 23.4%, indicating the RTX 5090 maintains strong 4K performance without a catastrophic frame rate collapse.

Q: Which settings preset provides the highest frame rate at each resolution?

A: The Low preset consistently delivers the highest FPS across all three tested resolutions: 228.5 FPS at 1080p, 218.9 FPS at 1440p, and 207.4 FPS at 4K. Medium settings are the next fastest, followed by High, with Ultra being the slowest.

Q: How does the RTX 5090's average benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 5090 has an average benchmark score of 84,306. It is 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D (84,241), 0.2% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile (84,171), and 1.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 (83,209). The NVIDIA CMP 40HX scores 85,637, which is 1.6% higher.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded performance relative to its closest competitors?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X has an average benchmark score of 27,606. It is 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27,535) but 0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27,708) and the Intel Core i7-13700H (27,716), and 0.8% behind the Intel Core i5-12600KF (27,827).

*Q: Does the combo’s ranking in Overpower reflect its raw hardware potential?*

A: The combo ranks 42nd out of 1,744 tested combinations, which places it in the 97.6th percentile. Given that the GPU alone sits in the 94th percentile among all GPUs and the CPU in the 84th percentile, the in-game ranking suggests the pairing is well-optimized for this specific title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the dominant component in this pairing, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. The GPU’s base clock is 2017 MHz, boosting to 2407 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). These specifications translate into a massive 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s.

In Overpower, the GPU’s role is evident from the frame rate data. At 4K Ultra, the combo sustains 113.4 FPS, which is only 23.4% lower than the 1080p Ultra score of 148.1 FPS. This relatively small drop indicates that the RTX 5090’s 32 GB frame buffer and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are sufficient to feed the render pipeline without memory bottlenecks, even at the highest resolution. The GPU’s 94th percentile ranking among all GPUs aligns with its ability to maintain high frame rates across all settings, with the lowest tested average being 113.4 FPS—still comfortably above 100 FPS.

The GPU’s compute capabilities also matter. With 21,760 shading units and 680 tensor cores, the RTX 5090 handles the rasterization and compute workloads in Overpower with ease. The measured FPS at Low settings (207.4 at 4K) versus Medium (147.4 at 4K) shows a 40.7% performance penalty for enabling Medium effects, which is a significant jump that highlights how the GPU’s shading units are taxed by increased visual complexity.

Resolution Scaling

The data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling that points to the GPU as the primary limiter. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 228.5 FPS at 1080p to 218.9 FPS at 1440p and 207.4 FPS at 4K. This is a modest decline of 9.2% from 1080p to 4K, suggesting that at Low settings, the system is not fully GPU-bound—the CPU can keep up, and the GPU has spare capacity.

However, at Ultra settings, the scaling is more pronounced: 148.1 FPS at 1080p, 135.3 FPS at 1440p, and 113.4 FPS at 4K. The 23.4% drop from 1080p to 4K indicates that the GPU is being pushed harder, with the increased pixel count and visual effects consuming more of the RTX 5090’s resources. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 94.0 FPS (207.4 vs 113.4), showing that settings have a larger impact than resolution alone.

The data also shows that moving from 1080p to 1440p at any given setting costs roughly 5-10% performance, while moving from 1440p to 4K costs another 10-16%. This suggests that the RTX 5090’s 32 GB memory and 512-bit bus are well-suited for 4K, but the frame rate still scales down as expected with pixel count, confirming GPU-bound behavior at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 228.5 FPS at Low, 190.8 FPS at Medium, 181.2 FPS at High, and 148.1 FPS at Ultra. The jump from Low to Medium costs 37.7 FPS (16.5%), while the jump from High to Ultra costs 33.1 FPS (18.3%). At 2560x1440, the scores are 218.9 FPS at Low, 175.4 FPS at Medium, 162.6 FPS at High, and 135.3 FPS at Ultra. The Low-to-Medium drop is 43.5 FPS (19.9%), and High-to-Ultra is 27.3 FPS (16.8%).

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are 207.4 FPS at Low, 147.4 FPS at Medium, 138.8 FPS at High, and 113.4 FPS at Ultra. The most significant single-step penalty is Low-to-Medium at 4K, which loses 60.0 FPS (28.9%). In contrast, the High-to-Ultra step at 4K only loses 25.4 FPS (18.3%). This suggests that Medium settings introduce a disproportionately heavy workload compared to the step from High to Ultra, likely due to specific effects enabled at Medium.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently delivers over 200 FPS, while Ultra stays above 113 FPS. The data shows that the RTX 5090 can handle 4K Ultra at 113.4 FPS, which is above the 100 FPS threshold often considered ideal for high-refresh-rate displays.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the Medium preset offers the best balance for most users. At 1440p Medium, the combo delivers 175.4 FPS, which is 29.6% higher than 1440p Ultra (135.3 FPS) and only 19.9% lower than 1440p Low (218.9 FPS). The visual quality improvement from Low to Medium is notable, as indicated by the 40.7% FPS drop at 4K, meaning Medium enables significant graphical features.

For 4K gaming, the High preset at 138.8 FPS is a strong choice, as it provides 22.4% more performance than Ultra (113.4 FPS) while presumably retaining most visual fidelity. The step from High to Ultra at 4K costs 25.4 FPS, which may not justify the extra visual effects for competitive play. If maximum frame rates are the priority, the Low preset at 4K still achieves 207.4 FPS, which is exceptional.

The data shows that Medium at 1080p (190.8 FPS) is 28.8% faster than Ultra at 1080p (148.1 FPS), making Medium the recommended default for high-refresh-rate 1080p monitors. For users with 1440p displays, Medium (175.4 FPS) offers a 29.6% advantage over Ultra (135.3 FPS), which is a substantial improvement for a small visual trade-off. The optimal preset depends on the monitor’s refresh rate, but Medium appears to be the sweet spot across all resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X provides 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer), with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. It features 32 MB of L3 cache and supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU’s benchmark scores show strong multi-threaded performance: 23,571 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3,327 points in single-core, with a PassMark multi-thread score of 27,732.

In Overpower, the CPU’s role is likely secondary to the GPU, but its 16 threads ensure that game logic and physics are handled without bottlenecking the RTX 5090. The CPU’s 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs is lower than the GPU’s 94th percentile, yet the combo achieves a 97.6th percentile rank in-game. This suggests that the 5800X is sufficient for this title, as the frame rates scale well across resolutions.

The single-thread performance (3,327 in Cinebench R23) is crucial for games that rely on a primary thread, and the boost clock of 4.70 GHz provides ample headroom. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 7,586 indicates that the CPU can handle concurrent workloads, while the 2-thread score of 1,846 shows solid low-thread performance. The data implies that the 5800X does not limit the RTX 5090’s frame delivery, as evidenced by the 207.4 FPS at 4K Low, which is still well above typical display refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo achieves a rank of 42 out of 1,744 tested combinations, placing it in the top 2.4% of all systems evaluated for Overpower. This ranking is notably higher than the GPU’s individual percentile (94th) and the CPU’s percentile (84th), indicating that the pairing is particularly effective for this game. The 42nd rank suggests that only 41 other combos out of 1,744 deliver higher average FPS across the tested settings.

The GPU’s nearest rivals show that the RTX 5090 is near the top of its class, with the RTX 5090 D being 0.1% behind, while the RTX 5050 Mobile is 0.2% behind. The AMD Radeon PRO W6600 is 1.3% behind, and the NVIDIA CMP 40HX is 1.6% ahead. These small deltas indicate that the RTX 5090 is tightly clustered with other high-end GPUs, but the 32 GB VRAM and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth may provide an edge in Overpower’s texture-heavy scenes.

The CPU’s rivals show a similar tight cluster, with the Ryzen 7 5800X being 0.3% ahead of the Ryzen 7 5800 and 0.8% behind the Intel Core i5-12600KF. Despite the CPU’s mid-80s percentile, the combo’s high rank suggests that Overpower is more GPU-bound than CPU-bound, allowing the 5800X to keep pace with newer processors. The rank 42 result validates that this pairing offers a strong balance of CPU and GPU capabilities for high-resolution, high-settings gaming in this action title.