Road 96

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Road 96 with this AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination reveals a clear and expected scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo delivers 394.9 FPS, which drops to 251.3 FPS at 2560x1440 and further to 129.9 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 67% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that the GPU is being pushed progressively harder as pixel count grows.

The scaling behavior at Ultra settings tells a similar story but with lower absolute numbers. At 1080p Ultra, the system produces 182.6 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it drops to 116.5 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 58.7 FPS. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra is 36%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 50%. This steeper decline at higher resolutions suggests the GPU becomes the primary limiting component as resolution increases, which is expected given the massive pixel throughput required at 3840x2160.

The data also shows that settings changes have a substantial impact at every resolution. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra costs 212.3 FPS, a 54% performance reduction. At 1440p, the same settings swing reduces FPS from 251.3 to 116.5, a 54% drop. At 4K, the swing from 129.9 to 58.7 FPS represents a 55% reduction. The consistency of this percentage across resolutions indicates that the game's settings scaling is resolution-independent in relative terms, though the absolute FPS penalty grows with resolution.

What this scaling pattern reveals about the limiting component is nuanced. At 1080p Low, the 394.9 FPS figure is extraordinarily high, suggesting that the CPU or some other bottleneck may be constraining the frame rate before the GPU reaches full utilization. The Ryzen 7 5700G, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, shows strong multi-threaded capabilities in synthetic benchmarks, scoring 20,755 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 24,419 in Passmark multithread. However, the fact that 4K Low (129.9 FPS) is less than one-third of 1080p Low (394.9 FPS) confirms that the GPU is heavily engaged at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the system may be hitting engine-level or CPU-imposed limits.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this CPU-GPU pairing achieves a combo rank of 41 out of 1,684 tested combinations for Road 96. This places the system in the top 2.4% of all tested combos, which is an exceptionally strong showing. The percentile position reflects the combination of a high-end GPU and a mid-range desktop CPU working together effectively in this adventure title.

The rank is particularly notable because the GPU is the dominant component here. The RTX 4090 sits at the 91st percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 66,473. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (66,733, -0.4% delta), the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (66,127, +0.5% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (67,097, -0.9% delta). These are all professional-grade or data-center cards, which underscores how far ahead the RTX 4090 is in the consumer segment.

The CPU component, by contrast, is more modest in its standing. The Ryzen 7 5700G sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25,626. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (25,706, -0.3% delta), the Intel Xeon D-2752TER (25,532, +0.4% delta), the Intel Core 5 210H (25,490, +0.5% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (25,485, +0.6% delta). The deltas between these CPUs are all within 1%, indicating that the 5700G is competitive with a cluster of similar-performing processors.

That this combo still ranks 41st overall despite the CPU being only slightly above average in its class reflects how well the RTX 4090 carries the system. In a game like Road 96, which is an adventure title rather than a demanding AAA shooter, the GPU's raw throughput at 4K resolution is the decisive factor. The rank of 41 out of 1,684 means there are only 40 other tested combinations that achieve higher frame rates in this game, and those combinations almost certainly pair the RTX 4090 with newer or higher-clocked CPUs.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the clear performance driver in this configuration. Built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process at TSMC, the GPU features 16,384 shading units, 512 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output pipelines. Its 128 ray tracing cores and 512 tensor cores provide substantial compute resources, while the FP32 throughput of 82.58 TFLOPS indicates massive parallel processing capability.

Memory configuration plays a significant role in the 4K results. The card carries 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, yielding 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. This is crucial for Road 96 at 3840x2160, where texture streaming and frame buffer demands are high. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz, with 21 Gbps effective speed. The base clock of 2235 MHz and boost clock of 2520 MHz allow the GPU to sustain high throughput across all resolutions tested.

The GPU's benchmark profile shows consistent strength across different test types. Its Passmark G3D score of 38,194 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 317,684 reflect strong general-purpose compute. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9,223 indicates modern API performance. The percentile rank of 91 places it among the top GPUs in the database, though its average benchmark score of 66,473 is surprisingly close to its nearest rivals, with deltas ranging from -1.3% to +0.5% against the Tesla T4, Tesla P40, Radeon Pro Vega 56, and Quadro P6000.

In Road 96 specifically, the GPU's role becomes evident through the measured FPS data. At 4K Ultra, the combo produces 58.7 FPS, which is the lowest figure in the dataset. The progression from Low (129.9 FPS) to Medium (95 FPS) to High (80.9 FPS) to Ultra (58.7 FPS) at 4K shows a 55% reduction from the lowest to highest settings. This sensitivity to settings at 4K indicates that the GPU's shading resources and memory bandwidth are being fully utilized, with each incremental quality increase costing a measurable amount of frame rate.

The RTX 4090's 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth is particularly relevant for Road 96's 4K performance. At 3840x2160, the frame buffer requirements are substantial, and the ability to move data quickly between the GPU cores and memory is essential. The fact that the GPU maintains 80.9 FPS at 4K High settings demonstrates that its memory subsystem is not a bottleneck, even with the RTX 4090's massive shading throughput.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete FPS dataset for Road 96 with this combination spans three resolutions and four quality settings, providing a comprehensive picture of performance. At 1920x1080, the system achieves 394.9 FPS at Low, 289.9 FPS at Medium, 232.7 FPS at High, and 182.6 FPS at Ultra. These numbers are all exceptionally high, with even the lowest 1080p figure of 182.6 FPS being far above typical display refresh rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results show 251.3 FPS at Low, 185.7 FPS at Medium, 146.5 FPS at High, and 116.5 FPS at Ultra. The 1440p Ultra figure of 116.5 FPS is particularly interesting because it crosses the 120 FPS threshold that many high-refresh-rate monitors target, suggesting that users with 1440p 120Hz or 144Hz displays would need to dial settings down to Medium or Low to fully saturate their panels.

At 3840x2160, the performance profile becomes more moderate. The 4K results show 129.9 FPS at Low, 95 FPS at Medium, 80.9 FPS at High, and 58.7 FPS at Ultra. The 4K Ultra figure of 58.7 FPS is the only measurement in the entire dataset that falls below 60 FPS, which is significant for users targeting smooth gameplay on 4K displays. The 4K High setting at 80.9 FPS provides a more comfortable margin above the 60 FPS threshold.

The relationship between settings at each resolution shows a consistent pattern. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Medium is 105 FPS, between Medium and High is 57.2 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 50.1 FPS. At 1440p, these gaps are 65.6 FPS, 39.2 FPS, and 30 FPS respectively. At 4K, the gaps narrow to 34.9 FPS, 14.1 FPS, and 22.2 FPS. This narrowing at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor, and each additional quality setting has a smaller absolute impact on frame rate because the base performance is already constrained.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G provides the processing foundation for this combination, and its contribution to Road 96's performance is best understood through its architectural characteristics and synthetic benchmark results. The CPU features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz allow it to handle both lightly-threaded and heavily-threaded workloads effectively.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 5700G shows a strong multi-threaded profile. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20,755 and Geekbench multicore score of 8,970 demonstrate solid parallel performance. The Passmark multithread score of 24,419 and 3DMark 16-thread score of 6,629 further confirm this. Single-thread performance is also respectable, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,930 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2,016, though these are not class-leading figures.

The CPU's L3 cache of 16 MB and per-core L2 cache of 512 KB are typical for the Zen 3 generation. Memory bandwidth is rated at 51.2 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR4 interface, which is adequate but not exceptional. The 65 W TDP and PCIe Gen 3 interface with 16 lanes from the CPU are modest by current standards, but they do not appear to create a bottleneck in Road 96 given the measured results.

The benchmark results for Road 96 suggest that the 5700G is not the primary limiter at most tested configurations. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 394.9 FPS, which is likely approaching the engine's frame rate cap or the CPU's ability to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic updates. The fact that 1080p Ultra (182.6 FPS) is less than half of 1080p Low (394.9 FPS) indicates that the GPU is handling the additional graphics load, but the CPU continues to provide sufficient frame data at these high rates.

The CPU's percentile rank of 83 places it above most processors in the database, and its average benchmark score of 25,626 is within 1% of its nearest rivals. This clustering suggests that the 5700G is well-positioned in the mid-range desktop segment. However, the 4K performance scaling shows that as resolution increases, the GPU workload grows while the CPU's role diminishes, which is why the combo still achieves 58.7 FPS at 4K Ultra despite the CPU being several generations old. The Ryzen 7 5700G's 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides enough headroom for Road 96's adventure game mechanics, which typically do not require extreme CPU throughput.