Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter released in late 2021, presents a demanding workload for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination. The measured frame rates across resolutions and settings provide a detailed picture of where the system's strengths and bottlenecks lie, from the CPU-bound high-refresh territory of 1080p to the GPU-heavy strain of 4K Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The performance delta between 1080p and 4K reveals a classic transition from a CPU-bound to a GPU-bound scenario. At 1080p High, the combination produces 212.5 FPS, which is an exceptionally high figure. This suggests the CPU is feeding the GPU frames faster than it can render them, indicating that the AMD Ryzen 5 5600's six cores are sufficient to push frame rates into the high-refresh territory. Moving to 1440p High, the average FPS drops to 131.1, a reduction of roughly 38% from the 1080p figure. This scale of drop is more significant than a pure pixel-count increase (which would be ~1.78x more pixels), confirming that the GPU is starting to become the primary limiting factor.

The most revealing data comes from the 4K results. At 4K High, the average FPS is 72.9, which is a further 44% reduction from the 1440p result. The frame rate scales almost linearly with the pixel count here, confirming that the RTX 4060 is now the definitive bottleneck. The effect of settings is also telling. At 4K, the jump from Low (90.8 FPS) to High (72.9 FPS) is a 20% performance hit, while the jump from High to Ultra (47.2 FPS) is a more severe 35% hit. This indicates that Ultra settings carry a disproportionate rendering cost, likely due to advanced effects that heavily tax the GPU's resources. The data shows that while the CPU is capable of delivering over 200 FPS at lower resolutions, the RTX 4060's 8 GB of VRAM and 128-bit memory bus become the limiting factor when the resolution and settings are pushed to their limits.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1440p with High settings?

A: The data shows an average of 131.1 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings, indicating a strong performance level for high-refresh 1440p gaming.

Q: How does the system perform at maximum settings?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 47.2, which is below the 60 FPS target. At 1440p Ultra, it achieves 94.7 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra, it reaches 149.9 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the primary bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The high frame rates at 1080p, such as 263.9 FPS on Low and 212.5 FPS on High, suggest the system is heavily CPU-bound at this resolution. The GPU is not being fully utilized because the CPU is limiting the frame delivery rate.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: The frame rate drops from 169.7 FPS on Low to 94.7 FPS on Ultra, a reduction of 75 FPS. This shows that the visual fidelity of Ultra settings costs a significant amount of performance.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination ranks 989th out of 1748 tested combos for this game, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the database.

Q: Does the GPU's VRAM capacity appear to be a limiting factor?

A: The significant performance drop when moving from High to Ultra, particularly at 4K where it falls to 47.2 FPS, suggests that the 8 GB VRAM and the demands of Ultra textures may be causing the GPU to hit a resource wall, which impacts frame pacing and overall throughput.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. The benchmark results for this GPU show a Passmark G3D score of 19545 and an average benchmark score of 23181, placing it in the 66th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, which has an average score of 23321 and a delta of -0.6%, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti with a score of 23338 and a delta of -0.7%. This puts the RTX 4060 in a tight performance cluster, with the Intel Arc B580 (0.7% delta) and AMD Radeon 760M (0.8% delta) also in close proximity.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU's role is clearly defined by its performance at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the GPU is often idle, waiting on the CPU. However, at 4K, the GPU is the sole determinant of performance. The data shows that the RTX 4060 can handle 4K High at 72.9 FPS, but the Ultra preset at 47.2 FPS is a clear indication of its limits. The clock speeds of 1830 MHz base and 2460 MHz boost, along with the 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 performance, are the physical attributes that drive these results. The 8 GB VRAM is a critical specification; the performance cliff between High and Ultra at 4K suggests that the game's Ultra textures may exceed the available memory, causing a severe performance penalty. While the GPU's raw compute is sufficient for 4K, the memory configuration is a limiting factor for maximum settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination holds a rank of 989 out of 1748 tested combos in the database for Ready Or Not. This places the system in the 56th percentile of all tested configurations, indicating that while it is a competent gaming setup, it is not in the top tier for this specific title. The ranking reflects the balance of the components; the CPU is a strong performer, but the GPU's memory limitations can hold it back in certain scenarios.

This mid-pack ranking is consistent with the measured frame rates. At 1080p and 1440p, the system delivers excellent performance that would be considered high-end. However, the 4K results, particularly the sub-60 FPS average at Ultra, are what likely drag the combo down in the rankings relative to systems with more powerful GPUs. The combo's rank suggests that for a user targeting 1080p or 1440p gaming, this is a very capable configuration. For a user expecting to play at 4K with maximum settings, the data suggests that this combo would be insufficient, and the ranking reflects that the overall system performance is more aligned with high-refresh 1440p gaming than with 4K enthusiast play. The delta between this combo and others in its rank cohort is not provided, but its placement in the middle of the pack is a clear indicator of its overall standing.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its benchmark performance is strong, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 18309 and a single-core score of 2584. The CPU's Passmark multithread score is 21541, and it holds a 79th percentile ranking among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.6% delta) and the AMD EPYC 9554P (-0.6% delta), showing it is competitively placed in pure CPU benchmarks.

In Ready Or Not, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p. The frame rates at this resolution, such as 263.9 FPS on Low, are exceptionally high and suggest that the game is not heavily multithreaded. The Ryzen 5 5600's single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3dmark single-thread score of 882, is likely the key factor in achieving these high frame rates. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache also helps in reducing memory latency, which is beneficial for game logic and physics. The data indicates that the CPU is never the primary bottleneck at 1440p or 4K, as the GPU takes over that role. However, at 1080p, the CPU's capability is the ceiling for performance. The fact that the frame rate scales down from 263.9 FPS on Low to 212.5 FPS on High at 1080p shows that the CPU can handle the increased draw calls and game logic without issue, and it is only when the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions that the frame rate drops. The CPU's 65W TDP and 7nm process node also contribute to its efficiency, but in terms of gaming performance, its single-core speed and cache size are the most relevant attributes for Ready Or Not.