Road 96

Road 96, an Adventure title, shows the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivering measured averages from 60.4 fps at 3840x2160 Ultra up to 378.4 fps at 1920x1080 Low. The combination ranks 27th out of 1684 tested CPU-GPU combos in the game. The CPU is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 processor with a 96 MB shared L3 cache, while the GPU is a 32 GB GDDR7 Blackwell design with a 512-bit memory bus. The data below breaks down each component's role in those results.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D belongs to the 5000 series and uses the Zen 3 architecture, with the codename Vermeer. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, a 3.00 GHz base clock, a 4.10 GHz boost clock, and a 105 W TDP. The chip is built on a 7 nm process at TSMC and fits the AMD Socket AM4. Its cache layout includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The memory controller supports DDR4 dual-channel memory at 51.2 GB/s, ECC memory, and PCIe Gen 4 with 20 CPU lanes. No integrated graphics are present.

Synthetic benchmarks describe the CPU's performance envelope. In Cinebench R23, it scores 22366 multi-core and 3157 single-core. In Geekbench, it scores 10108 multi-core and 1922 single-core. 3DMark results include 6764 for 16 threads, 6755 for max threads, and 804 for single-thread. The average benchmark score is 24673, placing the processor in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs. Against its nearest listed rivals, the 5700X3D is 0.2% above the Intel Core i7-1360P’s average score of 24627, 0.3% above the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D at 24605, and 0.5% above the Intel Core i5-11600 at 24559. It sits 0.6% below the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385, which scores 24811.

In Road 96, this CPU foundation supports very high framerates when resolution is not the dominant load. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo averages 378.4 fps; Medium averages 300.2 fps; High averages 239.1 fps; Ultra averages 189.4 fps. Those numbers show a processor with enough threads and cache to feed a flagship GPU at lower render resolutions. At 2560x1440, the same pattern continues: Low averages 260.8 fps, Medium 190.7 fps, High 150.5 fps, and Ultra 121 fps. When resolution increases to 3840x2160, Low drops to 136.5 fps and Ultra to 60.4 fps, indicating that the CPU's contribution is most visible in the high framerates achieved at lower pixel counts.

FAQ

Q: What CPU and GPU are in this tested combo?

A: The CPU is an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D with 8 cores, 16 threads, a 3.00 GHz base clock, a 4.10 GHz boost clock, and 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, a 512-bit bus, 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, a 2017 MHz base clock, and a 2407 MHz boost clock.

Q: What is the fastest measured Road 96 average for this combo?

A: The fastest measured average is 378.4 fps at 1920x1080 Low. At the same resolution, Medium averages 300.2 fps, High averages 239.1 fps, and Ultra averages 189.4 fps.

Q: What is the slowest measured Road 96 average for this combo?

A: The slowest measured average is 60.4 fps at 3840x2160 Ultra. Other 3840x2160 results are 82.8 fps at High, 97.7 fps at Medium, and 136.5 fps at Low.

Q: How does this combo rank in Road 96?

A: The combo rank is 27th out of 1684 tested combinations. The data is measured.

Q: How does the CPU's average score compare with its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X3D averages 24673. That is 0.2% above the Intel Core i7-1360P at 24627, 0.3% above the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D at 24605, and 0.5% above the Intel Core i5-11600 at 24559. It is 0.6% below the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 at 24811.

Q: How does the GPU's average score compare with its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 5090 averages 84306 and sits in the 94th percentile of all GPUs. It is 0.1% above the RTX 5090 D at 84241, 0.2% above the RTX 5050 Mobile at 84171, and 1.3% above the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 at 83209. It is 1.6% below the NVIDIA CMP 40HX at 85637.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows a clear drop when moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At Low, the average is 378.4 fps at 1920x1080, 260.8 fps at 2560x1440, and 136.5 fps at 3840x2160. At Medium, the sequence is 300.2 fps, 190.7 fps, and 97.7 fps. At High, it is 239.1 fps, 150.5 fps, and 82.8 fps. At Ultra, the averages are 189.4 fps, 121 fps, and 60.4 fps. In each quality setting, the 3840x2160 result is lower than the 2560x1440 result, which is in turn lower than the 1920x1080 result.

This scaling pattern identifies the graphics pipeline as the component most directly affected by pixel-count increases. The CPU specifications do not change between these runs: the Ryzen 7 5700X3D remains at 8 cores, 16 threads, and 96 MB of L3 cache in every measurement. Despite that consistent CPU horsepower, averages fall substantially as resolution rises. The RTX 5090 has a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s, so it is a high-capacity GPU, but the 3840x2160 Ultra setting still reduces the average to 60.4 fps.

At 1920x1080 Low, the 378.4 fps average suggests that resolution is not the primary limiter there. The CPU can supply enough work to keep the GPU busy, and the frame rate reaches a level far beyond the 3840x2160 results. As resolution climbs, the same CPU and memory configuration produce lower frame rates at every quality setting, which points to GPU rendering load as the cause of the scaling curve.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank in Road 96 is 27th out of 1684 tested combinations, and the result is measured rather than estimated. That position places the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and RTX 5090 together in the upper end of a large tested field. The ranking is a game-specific result, so it combines both components' actual performance in Road 96 rather than relying on synthetic averages alone.

The CPU's own average benchmark score is 24673, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs. The GPU's average benchmark score is 84306, placing it in the 94th percentile of all GPUs. In Road 96, that combination produces the measured frame rates listed above and lands at 27th out of 1684. The rank shows how the pairing behaves as a whole in this title, with the CPU's high core and cache resources matched to the GPU's large memory pool and bandwidth.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the display powerhouse in this pairing. It uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The GPU contains 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, 176 ROPs, 170 ray tracing cores, and 680 tensor cores. Its base clock is 2017 MHz and its boost clock is 2407 MHz. The memory subsystem uses 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz and 28 Gbps effective speed. Memory bandwidth reaches 1.79 TB/s. The card's TDP is 575 W, it uses one 16-pin power connector, and it has a suggested PSU of 950 W.

Synthetic GPU results reinforce its high-end position. The RTX 5090 scores 14411 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 380114 in Geekbench OpenCL, 379571 in Geekbench Vulkan, and 39650 in Passmark G3D. Its average benchmark score is 84306, or the 94th percentile of all GPUs. These figures indicate a very large amount of shading, texture, and memory throughput.

In Road 96, that translates into strong measured averages in every tested resolution and setting. At 2560x1440 Ultra, the average is 121 fps. At 1920x1080 Ultra, it reaches 189.4 fps. At 3840x2160 High, it maintains 82.8 fps, and at 3840x2160 Ultra it stays at 60.4 fps. The 32 GB VRAM and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth provide substantial resources for high-resolution rendering, and the GPU's clock rates are high enough to sustain the frame rates recorded across the resolution scale.