Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not presents a demanding tactical-shooter workload that scales heavily with resolution and settings. The pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER produces a wide performance envelope, from high-refresh 1080p play to a playable, though taxing, 4K experience. The measured data reveals a system where the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s eight-core architecture provides ample headroom at lower settings and resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data shows a clear and predictable decline as resolution increases, but the magnitude of the drop is highly dependent on the selected graphics preset. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves an average of 246.3 FPS. Moving to Medium reduces this to 218.7 FPS, and High settings yield 197.6 FPS. The most demanding preset at 1080p, Ultra, still produces a strong 135.4 FPS average. These figures suggest that at 1080p, even on Ultra, the system is likely not fully GPU-bound, as the frame rates are exceptionally high.

Stepping up to 1440p introduces a more significant load on the graphics card. The Low preset average drops to 153.4 FPS, which is a 37.7% decrease from the 1080p Low result. Medium follows with 133.3 FPS, High with 121.4 FPS, and Ultra with 88.2 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is substantial, indicating that the RTX 2070 SUPER’s rendering throughput is becoming a limiting factor. The gap between Low and Ultra also widens at this resolution, from a 45% difference at 1080p to a 42.5% difference at 1440p, showing that the settings are compounding the resolution load.

The transition to 4K (3840x2160) reveals the true limits of this configuration. The Low preset average drops to 81.2 FPS, which is still playable but a far cry from the 246.3 FPS seen at 1080p. Medium produces 72.6 FPS, High drops to 65.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 42.7 FPS. The data indicates that at 4K, the GPU is the dominant constraint. The frame rate delta between Low and Ultra at 4K is nearly 47%, demonstrating that the most demanding settings can push the RTX 2070 SUPER to its limits, resulting in a sub-60 FPS experience on Ultra. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU’s performance headroom is largely irrelevant to the final frame rate.

FAQ

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

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and RTX 2070 SUPER combo delivers an average of 121.4 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings, indicating a smooth experience for high-refresh-rate monitors.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Ready Or Not?

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 4K with Low settings, the average is 81.2 FPS. However, on Ultra settings, the average drops to 42.7 FPS, suggesting that lower presets are necessary for a consistently smooth 4K experience.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K on the High preset?

A: The average frame rate decreases from 197.6 FPS at 1920x1080 to 65.1 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of approximately 67%. This significant drop underscores the GPU’s role as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to be the limiting factor at 1080p Low settings?

A: At 1080p Low, the system achieves 246.3 FPS, which is an exceptionally high frame rate. This suggests that the CPU has sufficient headroom and that the GPU is still managing the workload effectively, though the system is approaching a state where neither component is fully saturated.

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

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 153.4 FPS, while Ultra averages 88.2 FPS. This 65.2 FPS difference shows that the Ultra preset imposes a substantial rendering cost on the RTX 2070 SUPER.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested systems for this game?

A: The combo ranks 1083rd out of 1748 tested combinations, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. This rank reflects that while it can play the game, many other configurations deliver higher average frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an eight-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 20655 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2916 points in single-core, demonstrating strong multithreaded and solid single-threaded performance. Its average benchmark score of 27220 places it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs, indicating it is a capable processor for gaming workloads.

This CPU’s performance is closely matched by its nearest rivals. The Intel Core i9-9900K has an average score of 27043, which is only 0.7% lower. The Intel Core i7-12700H is 0.8% behind, and the Intel Core i7-1370P is also 0.8% behind. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 is 1.2% behind. These marginal deltas suggest that the Ryzen 7 5700 is competitively positioned within its performance tier, but it does not offer a decisive advantage over these alternatives.

In the context of Ready Or Not, the CPU’s role is evident at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 246.3 FPS is high enough that the CPU’s single-thread performance is likely sufficient to feed the GPU. However, as the resolution increases, the frame rate drops, indicating that the CPU is not the limiting factor. The data shows a clear GPU bottleneck at 4K, where the CPU is waiting on the graphics card to render frames. The 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support are sufficient for the game’s demands, as evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER holds a rank of 1083 out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places it in the 38th percentile of all tested systems, meaning that roughly 62% of the combinations in the database deliver higher average frame rates. This is a mid-to-low-tier ranking, which aligns with the hardware’s age and tier.

The ranking is influenced more by the GPU than the CPU. The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 22206, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A400, which is 0.5% faster, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z, which is 0.9% slower. The RTX 2070 SUPER’s performance is competitive with these cards, but the combo’s overall rank is dragged down by the fact that many newer and more powerful GPUs exist in the database. The CPU’s 84th percentile ranking is better than the GPU’s 65th, suggesting that the graphics card is the component that limits the combo’s overall position in the game’s performance hierarchy.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture and features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. Its base clock is 1605 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz. The card’s compute capabilities include 2560 shading units and a FP32 performance of 9.062 TFLOPS. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 18169 points in Passmark’s G3D test and 7557 in GPU Compute, reflecting its overall rendering and compute abilities.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU’s role is clearly defined by the resolution scaling data. At 1080p, the card is able to deliver very high frame rates, peaking at 246.3 FPS on Low. This indicates that the GPU has enough raw power to handle the game’s visuals at this resolution without being fully maxed out. However, at 4K, the card’s limitations become apparent. The average frame rate on High is 65.1 FPS, and on Ultra it falls to 42.7 FPS. This is a direct consequence of the increased pixel count, which places a heavier load on the GPU’s ROPs and memory subsystem.

The 8 GB of VRAM is likely a contributing factor to the performance drop at 4K Ultra, as the higher resolution and texture settings demand more memory. The card’s memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the higher resolution can lead to memory bandwidth saturation. The data suggests that the RTX 2070 SUPER is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming in Ready Or Not, where it can maintain high frame rates, while 4K gaming is only viable on lower presets. The GPU’s performance is in line with its nearest rivals, with a delta of -0.5% versus the RTX A400 and +0.9% versus the GTX TITAN Z, showing that it is a solid, if aging, performer.