Overpower

Overpower pairs the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with the Intel Arc B370, a combination where the CPU is a top-tier desktop part and the GPU is an integrated-class solution. The measured frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings are low, with the best result being 65 FPS at 1080p Low. The data clearly shows that the Intel Arc B370 is the limiting component in this pairing, as the Ryzen 9 9900X3D’s substantial processing power cannot compensate for the GPU’s modest output. This analysis covers how the system scales across resolutions, answers common questions, ranks the combo among tested systems, breaks down measured FPS, examines the GPU’s role, and provides settings recommendations.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals a system heavily constrained by the graphics processor. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 65 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, the average drops to 58 FPS, a reduction of 7 FPS or roughly 10.8%. At 4K Low, the average falls further to 49 FPS, which is 16 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result, representing a 24.6% decrease from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern indicates that even at the lowest settings, the GPU is struggling as pixel count increases.

For Medium settings, the trend is similar but with lower absolute numbers. At 1080p Medium, the average is 41 FPS. At 1440p Medium, it drops to 36 FPS, a 5 FPS decrease. At 4K Medium, the average is 31 FPS, which is 10 FPS below the 1080p Medium score. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K on Medium is 24.4%, nearly identical to the Low preset’s scaling. This consistency suggests the GPU’s performance ceiling is being hit across all settings.

High settings show a steeper decline. At 1080p High, the average is 38 FPS. At 1440p High, it falls to 34 FPS, a 4 FPS drop. At 4K High, the average is 28 FPS, which is 10 FPS lower than 1080p High. The percentage reduction from 1080p to 4K on High is 26.3%. Ultra settings exhibit the lowest performance but a similar relative pattern: 1080p Ultra averages 31 FPS, 1440p Ultra averages 28 FPS, and 4K Ultra averages 24 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 4K on Ultra is 22.6%.

The data shows that resolution scaling is relatively uniform across presets, with roughly a 23-26% performance loss when moving from 1080p to 4K. This uniformity indicates that the bottleneck is consistently the GPU. A CPU-limited system would show a much larger gap between 1080p and 4K, as lower resolutions would allow the CPU to become the limiting factor. Here, the FPS drops proportionally with pixel count, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D, with its 12 cores and 24 threads, is not the constraint; even at 1080p Low, the GPU cannot push beyond 65 FPS, which is a modest result for a low-settings preset.

FAQ

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

A: The highest measured average FPS is 65, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. All other tested configurations produce lower averages, with the next best being 58 FPS at 2560x1440 Low.

Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 4K with any playable settings?

A: The data shows 4K results range from 24 FPS at Ultra to 49 FPS at Low. The 4K Low result of 49 FPS is the only 4K configuration that approaches a playable level, while 4K High (28 FPS), 4K Medium (31 FPS), and 4K Ultra (24 FPS) are all below 32 FPS, which is generally considered a low frame rate for action games.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, the Arc B370 scores 1184. Its nearest rival, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, scores 1186, which is 0.2% higher. The AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192, 0.7% higher, while the AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168, which is 1.4% lower. This puts the Arc B370 in the 5th percentile of all GPUs.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested combinations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 2742 out of 2980 tested combinations for Overpower. This places it in the lower 8th percentile of all tested systems, indicating that most other CPU-GPU pairings deliver better performance in this title.

Q: Does the Ryzen 9 9900X3D’s CPU performance compensate for the GPU’s limitations?

A: No, the benchmark results do not indicate compensation. The CPU has a 91st percentile ranking among all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 54762, but the measured FPS in Overpower are consistently low across all resolutions and settings. The GPU’s 5th percentile ranking and low synthetic score (1184) show that it is the primary limiter.

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

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings produce an average of 65 FPS, while Ultra settings produce an average of 31 FPS. That is a 34 FPS difference, with Low delivering 109.7% more frames per second than Ultra. The gap narrows at higher resolutions: at 1440p, Low is 58 FPS versus Ultra’s 28 FPS (a 30 FPS difference), and at 4K, Low is 49 FPS versus Ultra’s 24 FPS (a 25 FPS difference).

How This Combo Ranks

In the Overpower benchmark database, this specific CPU-GPU pairing is ranked 2742 out of 2980 tested combinations. That places the combo in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, meaning 2741 other combinations delivered higher average FPS in this game. The rank reflects the overall measured performance across all tested settings and resolutions, and the low position is consistent with the GPU’s weak standing relative to other graphics solutions.

The Intel Arc B370 has a percentile ranking of 5 among all GPUs, meaning 95% of GPUs in the database score higher in synthetic benchmarks. Its average benchmark score is 1184, which is extremely low for a discrete-class GPU. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing—the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5770, and AMD Radeon HD 7650M—are all older, lower-performance parts, with scores ranging from 1168 to 1192. These rivals are within 1.4% of the Arc B370’s score, confirming that the GPU is operating at a legacy performance level.

In contrast, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a percentile ranking of 91 among all CPUs, placing it in the top 9% of processors. Its average benchmark score is 54762, and it outperforms its nearest rivals by small margins. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF scores 55093, which is 0.6% higher, while the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K scores 54053, which is 1.3% lower. The Intel Xeon 6505P scores 53701 (2% lower), and the Intel Core i7-14700F scores 53620 (2.1% lower). This CPU is clearly a high-end part, but its strength does not translate into high FPS in Overpower when paired with the Arc B370.

The combination of a 91st percentile CPU and a 5th percentile GPU results in a system that ranks poorly in-game. The combo’s rank of 2742 out of 2980 means that 92% of tested combinations outperform it. This is a direct consequence of the GPU being the bottleneck; the CPU’s processing power is largely unused because the GPU cannot render frames fast enough to utilize it. For context, the CPU’s 3DMark 16-thread score is 12490, and its multi-thread PassMark score is 56154, but these numbers do not influence the game’s frame rate when the GPU is the limiting factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), for a total of 12 tested configurations. No min or max FPS values are provided for most configurations, but Medium settings include min and max data for all three resolutions.

At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 65 at Low to 31 at Ultra. The Low preset achieves 65 FPS, which is the highest average in the entire dataset. Medium settings average 41 FPS, with a minimum of 34 and a maximum of 47. High settings average 38 FPS. Ultra settings average 31 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 34 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS ranges from 58 at Low to 28 at Ultra. Low settings average 58 FPS, which is 7 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 36 FPS, with a minimum of 31 and a maximum of 42. High settings average 34 FPS. Ultra settings average 28 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 30 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 49 at Low to 24 at Ultra. Low settings average 49 FPS, which is 16 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 31 FPS, with a minimum of 26 and a maximum of 35. High settings average 28 FPS. Ultra settings average 24 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 25 FPS.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min and max data. At 1080p Medium, the min is 34 FPS and the max is 47 FPS, giving a range of 13 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the min is 31 FPS and the max is 42 FPS, a range of 11 FPS. At 4K Medium, the min is 26 FPS and the max is 35 FPS, a range of 9 FPS. The frame time variance appears to tighten as resolution increases, but the averages remain low.

For High and Ultra presets, only averages are available. The High preset averages are 38 FPS (1080p), 34 FPS (1440p), and 28 FPS (4K). The Ultra preset averages are 31 FPS (1080p), 28 FPS (1440p), and 24 FPS (4K). These numbers suggest that no tested configuration reaches 60 FPS, and only the Low preset at 1080p and 1440p (65 and 58 FPS, respectively) approach or exceed 60 FPS. All Medium, High, and Ultra configurations stay below 45 FPS, with 4K Ultra being the lowest at 24 FPS.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is the decisive factor in this combo’s performance. Its specifications are minimal for a graphics solution: it has 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units. It also includes 10 ray tracing cores. The base clock is 300 MHz, and the boost clock is 2400 MHz. The pixel rate is 48.00 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 96.00 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance is 6.144 TFLOPS, and FP16 performance is 12.29 TFLOPS (2:1). The TDP is 25 W, which is very low, and it uses system shared memory with a system-dependent bandwidth. This is a low-power, integrated-class part, not a discrete GPU.

In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 benchmark, the Arc B370 scores 1184. This places it in the 5th percentile of all GPUs, meaning 95% of GPUs score higher. Its nearest rivals are all older, low-end parts: the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1186 (0.2% higher), the ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1190 (0.5% higher), the AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192 (0.7% higher), and the AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168 (1.4% lower). These deltas are all within 1.4%, confirming that the Arc B370 performs at a level comparable to GPUs from over a decade ago.

The GPU’s memory configuration is "System Shared," with no dedicated VRAM. This means the GPU relies on the system’s DDR5 memory, with bandwidth that is "System Dependent." In a system with the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, which has dual-channel memory and a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s, the GPU will share that bandwidth with the CPU. This can cause contention, but the measured FPS suggest the GPU’s raw compute power is the primary limitation.

The clock speeds—300 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost—indicate a wide dynamic range, but the low base clock is telling. The boost clock of 2400 MHz is not enough to overcome the low shader count and memory bandwidth constraints. The FP32 throughput of 6.144 TFLOPS is far below what modern discrete GPUs offer, and this directly impacts the FPS in Overpower. For comparison, the CPU’s 3DMark 2-thread score is 2512, and its 4-thread score is 4885, but these CPU metrics have no bearing on the GPU’s rendering output.

The GPU’s role in this combo is to be the bottleneck. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D can process game logic and physics at a high level, but the Arc B370 cannot render frames fast enough. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (65 FPS) is the ceiling, and it drops as resolution increases. This is a classic GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU is waiting for the GPU to finish rendering. The GPU’s 5th percentile ranking and low synthetic scores are consistent with the observed in-game performance.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this combo depend on the user’s target resolution and frame rate preference. For a smooth 60 FPS experience, the only configuration that reaches that threshold is 1080p Low, which averages 65 FPS. This is the highest average in the dataset and the only one above 60 FPS. If the user prioritizes frame rate over visual quality, 1080p Low is the clear choice.

For users who prefer higher visual fidelity, the trade-off is significant. At 1080p Medium, the average drops to 41 FPS, which is a 36.9% reduction from Low. High settings at 1080p yield 38 FPS, and Ultra yields 31 FPS. None of these reach 60 FPS, and only Medium (41 FPS) exceeds 40 FPS. If a user is willing to accept sub-60 FPS, 1080p Medium provides a balance between quality and performance, with min and max of 34 and 47 FPS, respectively.

At 1440p, the best option is Low settings, which average 58 FPS. This is close to 60 FPS and might be acceptable for some users, but it is 7 FPS lower than 1080p Low. Medium settings at 1440p average 36 FPS, which is a playable but not ideal frame rate. High and Ultra at 1440p average 34 and 28 FPS, respectively, which are likely too low for an action game. The data suggests that 1440p Low is the only reasonable choice for this resolution, as the other presets fall below 40 FPS.

At 4K, the results are marginal. Low settings average 49 FPS, which is the best 4K result but still below 60 FPS. Medium settings average 31 FPS, High averages 28 FPS, and Ultra averages 24 FPS. None of these are ideal for a fast-paced action game. If a user must run at 4K, Low settings are the only option that approaches playability, but even that is a compromise.

The settings recommendation is straightforward: use 1080p Low for the highest frame rate, or accept lower FPS for better visuals. The data shows that the GPU cannot handle higher settings without significant frame rate drops. For a balanced experience, 1080p Medium offers 41 FPS with a min of 34 and max of 47, which is the best Medium preset result. However, the performance gap between Low and Medium is large, so users should prioritize frame rate unless visual quality is paramount. The Ultra preset should be avoided at all resolutions, as it produces the lowest FPS (24-31) with no benefit in this GPU’s case.