Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not is a demanding tactical shooter, and the data for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 shows a pairing that is capable of high framerates across most configurations. The measured results indicate that the best experience balances visual fidelity with the overhead needed for smooth, consistent firefights. For this combination, the High preset delivers the most compelling overall experience, offering a substantial jump in visual quality over Medium while maintaining frame rates well above the 60 FPS threshold at 4K and far beyond it at lower resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combo reveals a clear hierarchy across the four available presets. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset yields an average of 67 FPS, which is playable but leaves little headroom for the intense, particle-heavy moments that Ready Or Not can produce. The High preset, however, provides a significant improvement, pushing the average to 96 FPS at the same resolution. This 29 FPS gain comes with a minimal visual compromise compared to Ultra, making High the optimal choice for 4K displays. The Medium preset offers a further boost to 106 FPS, but the visual downgrade in shadow quality and texture detail is more noticeable in a game that relies heavily on environmental readability.

At 2560x1440, the argument for High strengthens considerably. The combo achieves 184 FPS on High, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate monitors. Ultra manages 129 FPS, which is still smooth, but the difference between High and Ultra here is less about playability and more about maximizing detail. The Medium preset at 202 FPS and Low at 232 FPS show that the system is not being stressed at this resolution, indicating the GPU has ample headroom. For 1920x1080, the data shows that even the Ultra preset produces an average of 204 FPS, which is exceptionally high. High reaches 291 FPS, Medium hits 320 FPS, and Low tops out at 367 FPS. At 1080p, users can comfortably select Ultra for maximum visual quality, as the frame rate remains far above any practical refresh rate ceiling.

The data suggests that the High preset is the sweet spot for this hardware combination. It provides a substantial performance buffer over Ultra across all resolutions, with the average FPS at 4K (96 FPS) being 43% higher than Ultra. At 1440p, High’s 184 FPS is 43% higher than Ultra’s 129 FPS, and at 1080p, High’s 291 FPS is 43% higher than Ultra’s 204 FPS. This consistent pattern indicates that the High preset offers the best performance-per-visual-cost ratio, avoiding the diminishing returns of the Ultra preset while maintaining a high level of graphical fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the primary driver of the high frame rates observed in these results. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than adequate for the textures and geometry in Ready Or Not at 4K. The measured frame rates at 4K High (96 FPS) and 4K Ultra (67 FPS) demonstrate that the GPU’s memory subsystem is not a bottleneck at these settings, as the performance drop from High to Ultra is typical of increased shader and lighting complexity rather than memory capacity limits. The card’s boost clock of 2475 MHz and base clock of 1920 MHz, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 5888 shading units, provide the raw compute power needed to sustain these high averages.

The RTX 4070’s performance percentile of 81 among all GPUs places it in a strong position for this title. Its average benchmark score of 37648 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA Tesla P4’s 37628, a delta of 0.1%, and it sits 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. The comparison to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile shows a delta of -1.3%, meaning the desktop RTX 4070 is slightly behind that mobile part in raw average score, yet the measured in-game results show excellent real-world performance. The card’s 200 W TDP and PCIe 4.0 x16 interface are standard for this class, and the data confirms that the GPU handles the load scaling from 1080p to 4K without significant frame pacing issues, as evidenced by the consistent min FPS values on Medium settings (272 at 1080p, 172 at 1440p, 90 at 4K).

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 achieves a combo rank of 877 out of 3714 tested combinations for Ready Or Not. This places the pairing in the top 24% of all systems tested, which is a strong result for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The rank reflects the balance between the CPU’s ability to feed the GPU and the GPU’s raw rendering power. The Ryzen 5 5600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is not the primary limiting factor in most scenarios, as the FPS data shows the GPU scaling heavily with resolution.

The combo rank of 877 indicates that there are 876 other tested combinations that deliver higher average FPS in Ready Or Not. These are likely to include systems with more powerful CPUs, such as higher-core-count Ryzen 7000 or Intel Core i7/i9 parts, or more potent GPUs like the RTX 4080 or 4090. However, the delta between this combo and those ranked higher is not extreme in the context of the full dataset, since the RTX 4070’s strong 4K performance keeps it competitive. The fact that this combo outperforms 2837 other tested combinations (3714 minus 877) underscores that the Ryzen 5 5600 does not meaningfully bottleneck the RTX 4070 in this game, especially at higher resolutions where the GPU workload dominates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of the combo’s performance across resolutions and presets. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 121 FPS, which is surprisingly high for 4K and indicates that the game’s low settings are not very demanding on the GPU. The Medium preset drops to 106 FPS, with a minimum of 90 FPS and a maximum of 121 FPS, showing a tight frame time distribution. High comes in at 96 FPS, while Ultra falls to 67 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 10 FPS, and the gap between High and Ultra is 29 FPS, suggesting that Ultra introduces expensive effects like higher-quality shadows and reflections.

At 2560x1440, the performance scales as expected. Low averages 232 FPS, Medium 202 FPS (min 172, max 232), High 184 FPS, and Ultra 129 FPS. The pattern of Ultra being significantly slower than High holds true here, with a 55 FPS difference. The 1080p results show the combo’s ceiling: Low hits 367 FPS, Medium 320 FPS (min 272, max 368), High 291 FPS, and Ultra 204 FPS. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the CPU and GPU are working in a balanced manner, as the frame rates are high enough that any further gains would require a more powerful CPU to reduce draw-call overhead. The minimum FPS values on Medium settings are particularly telling: 272 at 1080p, 172 at 1440p, and 90 at 4K. These minima are all well above the 60 FPS threshold, confirming that the combo maintains smooth gameplay even during complex scenes.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear and expected performance scaling from 1080p to 4K. For the High preset, the average FPS drops from 291 at 1080p to 184 at 1440p, a reduction of 37%, and then to 96 at 4K, a further 48% reduction from 1440p. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the workload on the RTX 4070 increases significantly with pixel count. The CPU’s role diminishes as resolution increases, which is typical for a 6-core processor like the Ryzen 5 5600. At 1080p, the CPU has to work harder to keep up with the GPU, but the high frame rates (291 FPS on High) suggest it manages the load adequately.

The scaling for the Ultra preset is more dramatic: 204 FPS at 1080p, 129 FPS at 1440p, and 67 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37%, and from 1440p to 4K is 48%, mirroring the High preset’s scaling. This consistency suggests that the game’s rendering pipeline is well-optimized for resolution scaling, and the bottleneck remains on the GPU’s shading and rasterization throughput rather than memory bandwidth or CPU overhead. The Low preset shows similar behavior, with 367 FPS at 1080p dropping to 232 FPS at 1440p and 121 FPS at 4K. The fact that even at Low settings the 4K frame rate is above 120 FPS indicates that the RTX 4070 has significant headroom, and the combo’s performance is limited more by the CPU at 1080p and by the GPU at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600, based on the Zen 3 architecture, provides 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support are sufficient for feeding the RTX 4070 in Ready Or Not. The CPU’s benchmark scores, such as a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 18309 and a single-core score of 2584, place it in the 74th percentile of all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 20468 is nearly identical to the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V’s 20454, a delta of 0.1%, and just 0.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G.

In this game, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p, where the frame rates are high enough to expose any potential bottleneck. The 367 FPS on Low at 1080p suggests that the CPU is not severely limiting the system, as the GPU is still able to render at very high speeds. However, the difference between 1080p Low (367 FPS) and 4K Low (121 FPS) is a 3x reduction, which is primarily due to the GPU’s workload. The CPU’s 12 threads are likely not fully utilized by Ready Or Not, as the game is not known for heavy multi-threading, but the single-core performance of the Ryzen 5 5600 is adequate to avoid frame drops. The data indicates that the CPU is a balanced partner for the RTX 4070, allowing the GPU to be the decisive factor in performance scaling across resolutions. The 65 W TDP of the CPU and its 7 nm process node contribute to a thermally efficient pairing, but the measured FPS data is the primary evidence of its capability in this title.