Ready Or Not

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers an extraordinary performance profile in Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter where frame rates reach exceptionally high levels across all tested configurations. This combination ranks 59th out of 1748 tested combos, placing it in the top percentile of systems evaluated for this title. The data reveals a system where the GPU is the dominant force, yet the CPU’s capabilities become increasingly relevant as resolution drops and settings are lowered.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and pronounced scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 411.1 FPS at 1080p to 260.7 FPS at 1440p, and further to 137.6 FPS at 4K. This represents a substantial 66.5% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the rendering workload scales heavily with pixel count. The drop from 1440p to 4K is particularly steep, with a 47.2% decrease, suggesting that the RTX 4090’s immense compute resources are being increasingly taxed by the higher resolution’s pixel throughput demands.

At Low settings, the scaling pattern is even more pronounced. The system achieves 487.4 FPS at 1080p, which falls to 326.3 FPS at 1440p and 170.9 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K here is 64.9%, slightly less than at High settings but still indicative of a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions. The fact that even at 4K Low the system maintains nearly 171 FPS demonstrates that the RTX 4090 is rarely the limiting factor until the resolution reaches its maximum.

The scaling behavior reveals that at 1080p and 1440p, the system is likely constrained by CPU performance in certain scenarios, as the frame rates exceed what typical GPU-bound workloads would produce. The massive jump from 411.1 FPS at 1080p High to 487.4 FPS at 1080p Low suggests that the CPU can push frames well beyond 400 FPS, but the GPU’s ability to render at these speeds is what ultimately caps performance. At 4K, the GPU becomes the unequivocal bottleneck, as evidenced by the steep drop-off to 137.6 FPS at High settings and 94 FPS at Ultra.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 brings a 6-core, 12-thread configuration based on the Zen 3 architecture, built on TSMC’s 7 nm process. With a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, this processor provides solid single-threaded performance that is crucial for Ready Or Not’s gameplay logic and AI calculations. The CPU’s L3 cache of 32 MB (shared) helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for the game’s real-time decision-making systems.

Benchmark scores for the Ryzen 5 5600 show strong multi-threaded capabilities, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 18309 and a single-core score of 2584. These figures place the CPU in the 79th percentile of all tested processors, indicating it is a capable mid-range option. The 3DMark scores reveal a scaling pattern from 1737 in the 2-thread test to 5659 in the max-threads test, demonstrating that the processor scales well with additional threads, though with diminishing returns beyond 8 threads.

In the context of Ready Or Not, the CPU’s role is most evident at 1080p resolutions where frame rates exceed 400 FPS. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 487.4 FPS, which is likely near the maximum the CPU can feed the GPU. The single-thread performance, reflected in the 3DMark single-thread score of 882 and PassMark single-thread score of 3256, is sufficient to handle the game’s core logic without creating a significant bottleneck. However, the data suggests that at these extreme frame rates, the CPU’s 6-core, 12-thread configuration may begin to show limitations in scenarios with many AI entities or complex physics interactions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the undisputed powerhouse of this combination, featuring the AD102 chip on TSMC’s 5 nm process with 76,300 million transistors. Its 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus provides a staggering 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for handling the high-resolution textures and detailed environments in Ready Or Not. The GPU’s boost clock of 2520 MHz and base clock of 2235 MHz allow it to sustain high throughput across all settings.

The RTX 4090’s benchmark results are exceptional, with a PassMark G3D score of 38194 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 317684. The GPU’s 16384 shading units and 512 TMUs enable it to process the game’s visual effects with ease, while its 176 ROPs ensure efficient pixel output at high resolutions. The FP32 performance of 82.58 TFLOPS provides ample compute power for the game’s lighting and shadow calculations.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU’s role is most critical at 4K resolution, where the rendering load is highest. At 4K Ultra, the system drops to 94 FPS, which is still highly playable but represents a significant decrease from the 137.6 FPS at High settings. The difference between Ultra and High at 4K (a 31.7% reduction) suggests that the Ultra preset includes effects that heavily tax the GPU, such as advanced shadow mapping or ambient occlusion. The GPU’s 24 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for this game, as even at 4K Ultra, the memory bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s ensures no texture streaming bottlenecks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system produces exceptional frame rates across all settings. Low settings yield 487.4 FPS, Medium achieves 454.3 FPS, High reaches 411.1 FPS, and Ultra drops to 288.6 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 40.8%, showing that even at this resolution, the Ultra preset imposes a substantial GPU load.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain extremely high but begin to show more variation. Low settings deliver 326.3 FPS, Medium hits 284.3 FPS, High achieves 260.7 FPS, and Ultra falls to 185.9 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 43.0%, slightly larger than at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is becoming more of a factor.

At 3840x2160, the system still delivers playable frame rates but with a notable reduction. Low settings produce 170.9 FPS, Medium reaches 149.8 FPS, High achieves 137.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 94 FPS. The most dramatic single-step drop occurs between High and Ultra at 4K, where the frame rate falls by 31.7%. This suggests that the Ultra preset at 4K includes settings that are particularly demanding on the RTX 4090’s resources.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific configuration of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 59th out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not, placing it in the top 3.4% of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects the GPU’s dominance in the pairing, as the RTX 4090 is one of the most powerful consumer graphics cards available, even when paired with a mid-range CPU like the Ryzen 5 5600.

The CPU’s benchmark scores show it sits between the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.6% higher) and the AMD EPYC 9554P (0.6% lower) in average benchmark performance, with a delta of -0.9% versus the Intel Core i7-11700F. This places the Ryzen 5 5600 in a competitive position among its peers, though its 79th percentile ranking indicates it is not at the top of the CPU hierarchy.

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 66473 places it near the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (0.4% lower) and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (0.5% higher), with a delta of -1.3% versus the NVIDIA Quadro P6000. The RTX 4090’s 91st percentile ranking demonstrates its position as a high-end part, but the data shows that in synthetic benchmarks, it is not significantly ahead of some workstation-oriented GPUs. However, in Ready Or Not specifically, the combination’s 59th rank out of 1748 combos indicates that the RTX 4090’s gaming performance is exceptional, especially when paired with a CPU that can keep up at lower resolutions.