Ready Or Not

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance ranking of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and Intel Arc B370 combo in Ready Or Not?

A: This combination ranks 2710 out of 2947 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 8% of all tested configurations for this game.

Q: What is the best frame rate this combo can achieve in Ready Or Not?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 113 at 1920x1080 with Low settings, with a maximum frame rate of 113 also observed at that configuration.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Arc B370 scores 1184 in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test. It sits within 0.7% of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190), and AMD Radeon HD 7650M (1192), while leading the AMD FirePro M2000 (1168) by 1.4%.

Q: What are the CPU's single-thread and multi-thread capabilities?

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X scores 2253 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 32172 in multi-core. Its Geekbench scores are 3010 single-core and 22174 multi-core.

Q: Is there a significant difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: Yes, the difference is 50 FPS. Low settings produce 113 FPS, while Ultra drops to 63 FPS, representing a 44% reduction in average frame rate.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The Intel Arc B370 uses System Shared memory, with the type, bus width, and bandwidth all listed as "System Shared" or "System Dependent." This indicates it relies on system RAM rather than dedicated VRAM.

How This Combo Ranks

The data positions the Ryzen 9 9900X and Arc B370 at rank 2710 out of 2947 tested combinations in Ready Or Not. This is a strikingly low placement — only 237 other combos perform worse. The percentile data reinforces this: the CPU sits in the 92nd percentile among all processors, while the GPU languishes in the 5th percentile among all graphics cards. This massive gap between component classes is the defining characteristic of this pairing.

Benchmark results indicate a system where the GPU is the overwhelming bottleneck. The CPU is a top-tier desktop part — its average benchmark score of 57498 places it within 1.4% of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (58323) and within 0.2% of the AMD EPYC 7313 (57399). Meanwhile, the GPU's average score of 1184 places it near the very bottom of the GPU hierarchy, just 0.2% below the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186). This combination pairs a 92nd-percentile processor with a 5th-percentile graphics solution, creating a system that ranks in the 8th percentile for this specific game. The implication is clear: for Ready Or Not, the Arc B370 is holding back what would otherwise be a very capable gaming platform.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear picture of which presets offer the most playable experience. At 1920x1080, Medium settings deliver 98 FPS average with a minimum of 83 FPS and maximum of 113 FPS. This is the sweet spot — the minimum frame rate stays above the 60 FPS threshold that most players consider playable for a tactical shooter. High settings at 1080p yield 89 FPS, which is also acceptable, but the minimum FPS data is not recorded for this preset.

At 2560x1440, Medium settings produce 62 FPS average with a minimum of 53 FPS and maximum of 71 FPS. This is borderline playable — the average clears 60 FPS, but the minimum dips below it. High settings at 1440p drop to 56 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target. For 4K, no preset achieves a playable average: Medium peaks at 32 FPS, and even Low only reaches 37 FPS.

The data suggests that Medium is the recommended preset for the best balance of visual quality and performance. It provides the highest minimum FPS among all recorded settings at both 1080p (83 FPS) and 1440p (53 FPS). The step from Low to Medium costs 15 FPS at 1080p (113 to 98) but delivers substantially better visuals. The step from Medium to High costs another 9 FPS (98 to 89), which is harder to justify. Ultra is not recommended — it produces the lowest frame rates at every resolution, including a 21 FPS average at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 113 FPS on Low, 98 FPS on Medium, 89 FPS on High, and 63 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 83 FPS and maximum of 113 FPS, indicating solid frame time consistency. The gap between Low and Ultra is 50 FPS, a 44% performance loss from the lowest to highest quality settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, frame rates drop to 71 FPS on Low, 62 FPS on Medium, 56 FPS on High, and 40 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset records a minimum of 53 FPS and maximum of 71 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra narrows to 31 FPS, or 44%, matching the same percentage drop as at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the results become marginal: 37 FPS on Low, 32 FPS on Medium, 29 FPS on High, and 21 FPS on Ultra. Medium shows a minimum of 28 FPS and maximum of 37 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap is 16 FPS, again a 43% reduction. This consistent percentage drop across resolutions suggests a scaling pattern where Ultra costs roughly 44% of the Low-setting frame rate regardless of resolution.

The highest recorded frame rate in any configuration is 113 FPS (1080p Low), and the lowest average is 21 FPS (4K Ultra). The minimum FPS data, where recorded, shows that Medium presets maintain the most stable frame times relative to their averages.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is a 25-watt integrated graphics solution built on Intel's 3nm process with the Xe3-LPG architecture. Its clock speeds are 300 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost. The GPU has 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units, along with 10 ray tracing cores. Its compute capabilities are rated at 6.144 TFLOPS for FP32 and 12.29 TFLOPS for FP16 (2:1 ratio).

The memory configuration is critical to understanding the performance: the Arc B370 uses System Shared memory, meaning it has no dedicated VRAM. The memory type, bus width, and bandwidth are all listed as "System Shared" or "System Dependent," which means performance is tied directly to the system's RAM and memory controller. This is a fundamental limitation for a game like Ready Or Not, which benefits from dedicated graphics memory.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 places it in the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals — the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190), AMD Radeon HD 7650M (1192), and AMD FirePro M2000 (1168) — are all legacy or low-end parts. The deltaPct values show the Arc B370 is effectively tied with these older GPUs, trailing the HD 7650M by 0.7% and leading the FirePro M2000 by 1.4%. This places the GPU's raw performance at a level that is simply insufficient for modern gaming at higher resolutions.

The measured FPS data confirms this: the GPU cannot sustain 60 FPS at 1440p on any setting except Low (71 FPS), and it fails to reach 40 FPS at 4K on any preset. The pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s and texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s provide theoretical ceilings, but the shared memory architecture and low overall compute power create the practical limitations observed in the benchmark results.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge), built on TSMC's 4nm process. It has a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a 120W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel configuration and 89.6 GB/s bandwidth, plus ECC support.

The CPU's benchmark scores show strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 32172, Geekbench multicore hits 22174, and Passmark multithread scores 54643. Single-thread performance is also solid: Cinebench R23 single-core scores 2253, Geekbench single-core scores 3010, and Passmark single-thread scores 4672. The 3DMark thread scaling shows a progression from 1286 (single-thread) to 2519 (2-threads), 4886 (4-threads), 9114 (8-threads), 12552 (16-threads), and 13929 (max-threads).

This CPU sits in the 92nd percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 57498. It is effectively tied with the AMD EPYC 9015 (57555, -0.1%), AMD EPYC 7313 (57399, +0.2%), Intel Core i9-14900 (58115, -1.1%), and Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (58323, -1.4%). These are all high-end server or desktop parts, confirming the 9900X's position as a top-tier processor.

In the context of Ready Or Not, the CPU has ample headroom. The game's tactical shooter genre typically relies more on GPU rendering than CPU physics or AI. The data supports this: even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would be most likely to become a limiting factor, the system only reaches 113 FPS — a number that the 9900X could likely exceed if the GPU were not the constraint. The 92nd-percentile CPU paired with a 5th-percentile GPU means the processor is never the bottleneck in this configuration.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the nature of the bottleneck. At Medium settings, frame rates decline from 98 FPS at 1080p to 62 FPS at 1440p to 32 FPS at 4K. This represents a 37% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 48% drop from 1440p to 4K. The cumulative drop from 1080p to 4K is 67%.

Low settings show a similar pattern: 113 FPS at 1080p, 71 FPS at 1440p, and 37 FPS at 4K — a 37% drop to 1440p and a 48% drop to 4K. High settings go from 89 FPS to 56 FPS to 29 FPS across the same resolution ladder, with drops of 37% and 48% respectively. Ultra settings show a slightly different pattern: 63 FPS at 1080p, 40 FPS at 1440p, and 21 FPS at 4K, representing a 37% drop to 1440p and a 48% drop to 4K.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings is telling. The near-identical scaling factors (37% and 48%) regardless of quality preset indicate that the GPU is the limiting component. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the percentage drops would be smaller at higher resolutions (where the GPU works harder) and larger at lower resolutions (where the CPU becomes the constraint). Instead, the uniform scaling points to a GPU that is saturated at every resolution and setting combination.

The absolute numbers reinforce this conclusion. The Arc B370 cannot achieve 60 FPS at 1440p on any setting except Low (71 FPS), and it cannot achieve 30 FPS at 4K on any setting except Low (37 FPS). The gap between 1080p and 4K performance (roughly 2.5x lower frame rates) is consistent with a GPU that is fully utilized at all times. The CPU's 92nd-percentile ranking versus the GPU's 5th-percentile ranking means the processor is waiting on the graphics solution at every measured point.