Palworld

The data presented here measures Palworld on an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 configuration, with all values coming from tested results. The CPU and GPU specifics are detailed below, but first: the combo occupies the 2006th slot out of 3711 tested configurations, meaning it outperforms about 46% of all combinations. The game itself is a survival title released on January 18, 2024, and the following analysis interprets the measured frame rates at three resolutions across four quality presets.

Resolution Scaling

Looking at the measured average FPS, the performance drop from 1080p to 4K follows a nearly identical curve for every preset. At High settings, the sequence goes 112 fps (1920x1080) → 74 fps (2560x1440) → 41 fps (3840x2160). That is a 34% reduction from 1440p down from 1080p (74/112 = 0.661), and a 45% reduction from 4K relative to 1440p (41/74 = 0.554). Overall, the 1920p High score falls to 41 fps at 4K, which is a 63% drop from the initial value. The same proportional pattern appears for Low settings: 180 → 119 → 66 fps. The decrease between 1080 and 1440 is exactly 34% (119/180 = 0.661), and the next step to 4K is 45% (66/119 = 0.555), resulting in a 63.5% total drop. Medium settings follow with 146 → 96 → 53 fps: a 34% drop (96/146 = 0.658) and then a 45% drop (53/96 = 0.552), yielding a 63.7% overall reduction. Ultra also follows the same pattern: 85 → 56 → 31 fps, with 56/85 = 0.659 (a 34% drop) and 31/56 = 0.554 (a 45% drop), totaling 63.5%.

The near uniformity across all four presets — the same 34% across the 1080p–1440p gap and the same 45% across the 1440p–4K gap — points to pixel count as the dominant factor. Since the scaling does not change when the preset is changed, the GPU's rendering load scales almost purely with resolution, while the CPU keeps up with the update rate. At 4K, the average FPS at High settings is 41, below the 60 fps threshold, and Ultra drops further to 31 fps. The data thus indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component at higher resolutions, while the CPU maintains a sufficient frame supply to avoid a throughput cap.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, offering a memory bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. Its base clock is listed at 1830 MHz and the boost clock at 2460 MHz. In the benchmark suites, the GPU delivers a PassMark G3D score of 19545 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302. Its overall average benchmark score is 17639, which places it in the 61st percentile of all GPUs.

Looking at its nearest rivals, the RTX 4060 is within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (score 17666, deltaPct -0.2), meaning the RTX card is 0.2% lower in average benchmark score. Against the AMD Radeon 780M, the RTX 4060 is 0.3% higher (score 17588), and against the Radeon Pro 560 and Pro 460 it is 0.5% and 0.7% higher respectively. These close margins in synthetic tests suggest that, in raw compute terms, the RTX 4060 occupies a narrow performance band. In Palworld, the measured frame rates show that the card can manage 1080p High at an average of 112 fps, 1440p High at 74 fps, and 4K High at 41 fps. The 4K Ultra drops to 31 fps, which is a substantial reduction from even the 4K Medium number of 53 fps. The 8 GB VRAM is a fixed amount; the buffer creates a ceiling for texture-heavy presets at high resolutions, but our data does not include texture budget usage. What the numbers do indicate is that the GPU performance scales predictably with unknown pixel load, and the 31 fps result at Ultra 4K is a clear indicator that this preset is beyond the card’s throughput capacity.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor built on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge). It runs at a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a 32 MB shared L3 cache and 65 W TDP. Its CPU benchmark results are strong: Cinebench R23 multicore 17528.5, single core 2183.5; Geekbench multicore 14438, single core 2923; and PassMark single thread 4570. The CPU is in the 81st percentile of all CPUs, and its average benchmark score is 29713.

Among its nearest rivals, it is essentially tied: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE has an average score of 29656 (deltaPct 0.2, meaning a 0.2% offset), while the Ryzen 7 7840H (score 29868), Ryzen 7 5800XT (29879), and Ryzen 7 8845HS (29955) are all within 0.8% of the 9600X. So the 9600X sits at the same level as several other siblings with different core counts, but its gaming frame rate performance in Palworld is high enough to keep up with the RTX 4060 at all measured settings.

At 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 180, which is a performance ceiling that the GPU cannot exceed at that resolution with those settings. The CPU must be delivering enough frame data to allow the GPU to reach that number rather than being limited by CPU processing. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 85 fps, still well above the 60 fps target. At 1440p High, the average is 74 fps, and even at 4K Low, the average is 66 fps. These numbers indicate that the CPU is not the primary limiter in any scenario; the drop across resolutions is consistent with the GPU scaling. The CPU’s six high-performance cores appear to provide sufficient throughput for Palworld’s physics and game logic, as the frame rate remains orthogonal to CPU performance at these tested points.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured combination of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the RTX 4060 achieves a combo rank of 2006 out of 3711 (1). This rank places it above 1,705 other pairings and in the lower middle of the distribution with respect to overall performance. In terms of percentile, the combo beats only the bottom 46% of all tested configurations — meaning it falls below the median. Given the GPU’s 61st percentile and the CPU’s 81st percentile, the combination does not leverage the CPU headroom to provide a top-tier result; it is the graphics chip that defines the system’s performance. The generous CPU benchmark scores do not translate into a top-500 combo rank, because the game is bound by the GPU at every setting sampled. The rank also shows that many other pairings achieve higher per-frame results, though the specifics of those rival combos are not in the provided data beyond the ranking itself.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings?

A: The average is 146 fps, with a minimum of 124 fps and a maximum of 168 fps.

Q: At which preset does the combo exceed 60 FPS at 2560x1440?

A: The High preset gives 74 fps, Medium gives 96 fps, and Low gives 119 fps. Ultra falls below to 56 fps.

Q: What is the highest average FPS measured in the entire dataset?

A: That is 180 fps, recorded at 1920x1080 Low.

Q: How much faster is the 4K Low preset compared with 4K Ultra?

A: 4K Low averages 66 fps, whereas 4K Ultra averages 31 fps — a gain of 35 fps, or 113% higher frames.

Q: Where does the RTX 4060’s average benchmark score rank among all GPUs?

A: Its average score of 17639 places it in the 61st percentile, and it is just 0.2% below the AMD Radeon HD 7790 in the nearest rival comparison.

Q: Does the CPU show a significant single-thread performance advantage over its nearest rival?

A: The CPU’s Cinebench R23 single-core score is 2183.5. Its nearest rival in the average score list, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5750X, is listed with a deltaPct of 0.2, meaning the 9600X is 0.2% higher. None of the rival deltas exceed 0.8%.

Settings Recommendations

Looking at the tested presets, the optimal choice changes with the target refresh rate and available display. For a 1920x1080 panel, any preset exceeds 60 fps; Ultra delivers 85 fps, High 112 fps, Medium 146 fps, and Low 180 fps. For a high-refresh (144 Hz) monitor, the Medium preset provides 146 fps, which exceeds the refresh cap, while High gives 112 fps. Home designers unlikely need the Low preset, which drops texture quality, but it is the fastest. At 2560x1440, the benchmark shows High at 74 fps, which is above 60 and thus is the default recommended setting for smooth play. Low also breaks 60 at 119 fps, so either works. At 1440p Ultra falls to 56 fps, below the 60 fps target. So a reasonable default is High, with Medium (96 fps) if that extra smoothness is valued. At 3840x2160, only Low reaches the 60 fps threshold with an average of 66 fps. High gets 41 fps, Medium 53 fps, and Ultra 31 fps. Hence, for 4k, the sole qualifying preset is Low. Users who prefer higher quality should accept a frame rate below 60, or stay on a lower resolution. The data strongly favours a preset that yields 60+ fps where possible, which is essentially High and above for 1080p and 1440p, and Low for 4k.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below lists the average, minimum, and maximum FPS values for each resolution and quality setting in the dataset. Only the Medium preset includes minimum and maximum figures; other rows do not report those values.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

| 3840x2160 | High | 41 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 66 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 53 | 45 | 61 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 31 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 74 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 119 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 96 | 82 | 110 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 56 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | High | 112 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 180 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 146 | 124 | 168 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 85 | – | – |

The Medium rows provide the only observed range data: at 1080p, the minimum observed FPS is 124 and the maximum is 168; at 1440p the span is 82–110, and at 2160p it is 45–61. These ranges are narrow, indicating that the game runs consistently at each setting, with just a few outlier frames. The identical scaling percentages across all presets we calculated earlier are not affected by the low spike variance — the mean values are stable enough to draw repeatable conclusions. The Ultra preset’s value at all three resolutions uses only the average, without a rollout of min/max. From the data gathered, the tabular breakdown is the most complete view of the combo’s performance series.