Ready Or Not

The benchmark data for Ready Or Not, paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, presents a clear picture of a system that is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions but transitions to a CPU-bound state at 1080p. The measured FPS values across the three resolutions and four settings tiers provide a detailed look at how this specific combination handles the tactical shooter.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the expected shift in bottleneck. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system produces an average of 539.3 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same Low preset, the average drops to 341.1 FPS, a reduction of approximately 36.7%. The decline continues to 3840x2160, where the Low preset yields 178.2 FPS, another 47.8% decrease from the 1440p figure. This pattern indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is the limiting factor, as the frame rates are extraordinarily high, but the GPU becomes progressively more dominant as the pixel count increases.

The Ultra settings tell a similar story but with lower absolute numbers. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 301.9 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it falls to 189.2 FPS, a 37.3% reduction. At 4K Ultra, the average plummets to 97.9 FPS, which is a 48.3% drop from the 1440p result. The consistent percentage drops between 1440p and 4K across all settings suggest that the RTX 5090 is the primary constraint at these higher resolutions. The data shows that the gap between Low and Ultra settings narrows as resolution increases, which is characteristic of a system where the GPU is saturated at 4K, regardless of the graphical preset.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications align with the observed 4K performance. The GPU features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. This substantial memory allocation is more than sufficient for Ready Or Not’s texture and geometry demands at 4K, even on Ultra settings, which likely explains why the game does not experience severe frame rate collapses beyond the expected resolution scaling.

The GPU’s clock speeds are listed with a base of 2017 MHz and a boost of 2407 MHz. The benchmark results show that at 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 97.9, which is still above 60 FPS, indicating the card has headroom. However, the progression from 4K High (141.9 FPS) to 4K Ultra (97.9 FPS) represents a 31% performance cost for the highest preset, showing that the Ultra settings introduce significant rendering workloads, likely involving advanced lighting and shadow effects. The RTX 5090’s architecture, Blackwell 2.0, and its 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 performance provide the raw compute necessary to maintain these high frame rates, but the data confirms that even this flagship GPU cannot fully overcome the demands of 4K Ultra in this title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, plays a critical role in the lower-resolution results. The CPU has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, and its benchmark scores indicate strong single-thread performance, such as a 3dmark_single_thread score of 999 and a cinebench_r23_singlecore score of 3246. This single-thread strength is crucial for a tactical shooter like Ready Or Not, which often relies on a primary game thread for physics and AI calculations.

The evidence for CPU limitation at 1080p is strong. At 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 539.3, and at 1080p Medium it is 468.9. These numbers are exceptionally high, but the difference between them is relatively small compared to the scaling at higher resolutions. This suggests that the CPU is nearing its maximum frame delivery capacity. The Ryzen 5 7600’s 65 W TDP and 32 MB of shared L3 cache are sufficient for this workload, but the data indicates that the CPU, not the GPU, is the ceiling for frame rates at 1080p. The fact that the 1440p High setting (270.3 FPS) is still far above the 4K High setting (141.9 FPS) further highlights that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU well beyond the 4K threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Ready Or Not, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 achieves a rank of 7 out of 1748 combos. This places it in the top 0.4% of all tested systems, which is an exceptional result. The high rank is primarily driven by the GPU’s immense power, as the RTX 5090 sits in the 94th percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 84306.

The CPU’s contribution to this ranking is less dominant but still above average. The Ryzen 5 7600 is in the 83rd percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26617. Its nearest rivals in the CPU benchmark database include the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (avgScore 26574, deltaPct 0.2) and the Intel Core i9-12900HK (avgScore 26672, deltaPct -0.2). This indicates that the Ryzen 5 7600’s processing power is roughly on par with those components, meaning the rank of 7 is not due to an unusually strong CPU, but rather the exceptional combination of a very capable mid-range CPU with the fastest consumer GPU available. The data suggests that pairing this CPU with a less powerful GPU would result in a significantly lower rank, but the RTX 5090 boosts the entire system.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete matrix of performance across all settings and resolutions. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from a low of 301.9 on Ultra to a high of 539.3 on Low. The Medium setting produces 468.9 FPS, and High produces 428.2 FPS. This shows a clear hierarchy, with Ultra incurring a substantial penalty compared to High, likely due to effects like ambient occlusion and shadow quality.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 341.1 FPS on Low, 297.5 FPS on Medium, 270.3 FPS on High, and 189.2 FPS on Ultra. The drop from High to Ultra at this resolution is 30%, which is a significant cost for the visual upgrade. At 3840x2160, the averages are 178.2 FPS on Low, 152.4 FPS on Medium, 141.9 FPS on High, and 97.9 FPS on Ultra. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 45%, which is the largest relative gap across all resolutions, indicating that the Ultra preset’s additional graphical features are particularly demanding at 4K.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this combo?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 539.3, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the performance at 4K Ultra compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 97.9, which is significantly lower than the 301.9 FPS at 1080p Ultra. This represents a 67.6% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1080p to 4K at the highest settings.

Q: Is this system more CPU-limited or GPU-limited at 1440p?

A: The data suggests the system is strongly GPU-limited at 1440p. The frame rates on High settings (270.3 FPS) are still very high, and the scaling from 1440p to 4K shows consistent drops, indicating the GPU is the primary bottleneck rather than the CPU.

Q: What is the rank of this specific hardware combination for Ready Or Not?

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 ranks 7th out of 1748 tested combinations for this game.

Q: What is the difference in average FPS between High and Ultra settings at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset averages 141.9 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 97.9 FPS. The Ultra setting is 31% slower than High, showing a notable performance cost for the highest quality settings.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7600’s average benchmark score compare to the Intel Core i9-12900HK?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26617. The Intel Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher average score of 26672, with a deltaPct of -0.2 relative to the Ryzen, meaning they are nearly identical in overall performance.