Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter released in December 2021, presents a specific workload profile when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The measured data shows this combination ranks 28th out of 1748 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top 2% of all configurations. This pairing leverages the RTX 5090's massive 32 GB GDDR7 memory pool and the Ryzen 5 5600's six-core Zen 3 architecture to deliver exceptionally high frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combination?

A: The maximum measured average FPS is 487.3, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This represents the absolute ceiling for this setup in Ready Or Not.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 scores 21,765 on average across all benchmarks, placing it 0.6% ahead of the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (21,635) and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-11700F (21,957). It trails the AMD EPYC 9554P (21,899) by 0.6%.

Q: What is the RTX 5090's performance percentile relative to all GPUs?

A: The RTX 5090 sits in the 94th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84,306. Its closest rival is the RTX 5090 D (84,241), which it leads by 0.1%.

Q: What is the largest FPS drop when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: At Ultra settings, the frame rate falls from 301.4 FPS at 1080p to 96.7 FPS at 4K, a reduction of 204.7 FPS. This represents a 67.9% drop, indicating significant GPU scaling pressure at higher resolutions.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset delivers 188.4 FPS average, while High settings produce 272 FPS. This 83.6 FPS gap (30.7%) shows that the Ultra preset imposes a substantial rendering cost relative to High.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck appear at any tested configuration?

A: The data suggests the CPU becomes a limiting factor at 1080p Low, where the GPU achieves 487.3 FPS. This is only 42.3% higher than the 342.6 FPS at 1440p Low, a smaller scaling gain than expected from the 2.25x pixel reduction, indicating the CPU's single-thread ceiling is being approached.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy among the four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the jump from Low (487.3 FPS) to Medium (464.4 FPS) costs only 22.9 FPS (4.7%), while the move from Medium to High (426.2 FPS) loses 38.2 FPS (8.2%). The largest single-step penalty occurs between High and Ultra (301.4 FPS), a 124.8 FPS decrease (29.3%). This pattern holds across all resolutions, with Ultra consistently imposing a disproportionate performance tax.

For competitive play, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance headroom. At 1440p Medium, the combo delivers 295.5 FPS, which is 107.1 FPS higher than Ultra (188.4 FPS) while maintaining a 52.9 FPS advantage over the 1080p Ultra result. The Medium preset's performance advantage over High is relatively modest at 23.5 FPS (8.6%) at 1440p, making High the better choice for users prioritizing image quality without sacrificing substantial frame rates.

The Ultra preset remains viable for cinematic or single-player scenarios, particularly at 4K where it still achieves 96.7 FPS. However, the data indicates that the transition from High to Ultra at 4K (141.1 to 96.7 FPS) represents a 44.4 FPS loss (31.5%), which is a significant sacrifice for the additional visual effects. Given the tactical nature of Ready Or Not, where target acquisition and reaction time matter, the High preset at 1440p (272 FPS) provides the most sensible compromise between responsiveness and visual detail.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K exposes the GPU-bound nature of this workload at higher resolutions. At Low settings, the progression from 1080p (487.3 FPS) to 1440p (342.6 FPS) represents a 29.7% performance drop, while the 1440p to 4K transition (178.2 FPS) costs an additional 48.0%. This steepening decline indicates that the RTX 5090's rendering throughput becomes increasingly saturated as pixel count rises.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is more dramatic: 1080p (301.4 FPS) to 1440p (188.4 FPS) is a 37.5% reduction, and 1440p to 4K (96.7 FPS) drops another 48.7%. The 4K Ultra result is only 32.1% of the 1080p Ultra frame rate, demonstrating that the combination of maximum settings and 8.3 million pixels overwhelms even the RTX 5090's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

The scaling pattern suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component at 4K, as the CPU's 3.50 GHz base and 4.40 GHz boost clocks appear sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions. The fact that 1080p Low (487.3 FPS) is only 42.3% faster than 1440p Low (342.6 FPS), despite rendering 56.25% fewer pixels, indicates the CPU's per-thread performance is beginning to constrain overall throughput at very high frame rates. This is consistent with the Ryzen 5 5600's single-thread score of 2,584 in Cinebench R23, which is respectable but not top-tier.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the configuration delivers its strongest results across all presets. The Low preset achieves 487.3 FPS, which is the highest measured average in the entire dataset. Medium follows at 464.4 FPS, representing a 22.9 FPS (4.7%) reduction. High settings produce 426.2 FPS, a 38.2 FPS (8.2%) drop from Medium. The Ultra preset yields 301.4 FPS, which is 124.8 FPS (29.3%) lower than High and represents the largest single-preset performance gap at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high but show increasingly clear separation between presets. Low leads with 342.6 FPS, followed by Medium at 295.5 FPS (47.1 FPS or 13.7% lower). High settings deliver 272 FPS, a 23.5 FPS (8.0%) reduction from Medium. Ultra drops significantly to 188.4 FPS, which is 83.6 FPS (30.7%) below High. The 1440p Ultra result is 37.5% lower than the 1080p Ultra figure, highlighting the increased GPU load at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance envelope tightens considerably. Low settings produce 178.2 FPS, which is still highly playable. Medium follows at 153.7 FPS, a 24.5 FPS (13.7%) reduction. High delivers 141.1 FPS, just 12.6 FPS (8.2%) below Medium. Ultra falls to 96.7 FPS, representing a 44.4 FPS (31.5%) drop from High. This 4K Ultra result is the only measured configuration that dips below 100 FPS, making it the sole scenario where the combo does not maintain triple-digit average frame rates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 plays a dominant role in this game's performance, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. With 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 ROPs, the GPU's raw throughput is substantial. The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for feeding the 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute at high resolutions. The 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores indicate strong ray tracing and AI acceleration capabilities, though the measured data does not isolate these features.

The GPU's clock behavior shows a base frequency of 2017 MHz and a boost clock of 2407 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). These clocks, combined with the 750 mm² die size and 92,200 million transistors on a 5 nm TSMC process, explain the card's 94th percentile standing among all GPUs. The 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate and 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are directly relevant to Ready Or Not's rendering demands, particularly at 4K where the pixel fill rate becomes a limiting factor.

The RTX 5090's 32 GB VRAM capacity is far beyond what this game requires, as evidenced by the consistent performance scaling across resolutions. Even at 4K Ultra, the 96.7 FPS result indicates that memory capacity is not a constraint; rather, the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are being fully utilized. The card's 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is likely the key resource enabling the relatively strong 4K performance, as Ready Or Not's tactical environments often feature complex geometry and lighting that stress memory throughput. The GPU's 94th percentile rank, with its nearest rival being the RTX 5090 D at 0.1% lower average score, confirms that this is among the fastest consumer graphics cards available for this title.