Road 96

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers a benchmark combination that sits at rank 55 out of 1,684 tested combos in Road 96, placing it in the top 3.3% of all configurations measured. This pairing of an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 processor with NVIDIA’s flagship Ada Lovelace GPU produces frame rates that range from a demanding 61.2 FPS at 4K Ultra to a blistering 395.3 FPS at 1080p Low, demonstrating that the system’s performance envelope is wide enough to cover both cinematic high-resolution play and competitive high-refresh scenarios.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 55 out of 1,684 tested combinations places it in the upper echelon of Road 96 performance. This is a position that reflects the synergy between the two components, but the data reveals that the ranking is not uniform across all settings and resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the system produces 61.2 FPS, which is playable but not exceptional for a GPU that holds the 91st percentile among all graphics cards in the database. The RTX 4090’s average benchmark score of 66,473 places it just 0.4% behind the NVIDIA Tesla T4 and 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA Tesla P40, yet in this game’s Ultra preset at 2160p, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the CPU’s headroom is not fully exercised.

Shifting to lower settings changes the picture dramatically. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 395.3 FPS, a figure that is nearly 6.5 times higher than the 4K Ultra result. This massive spread indicates that the CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads running at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost of 4.70 GHz, is more than capable of feeding the RTX 4090 at lower resolutions. The CPU’s percentile rank of 84 among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 27,606, puts it in a strong position relative to rivals like the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (0.3% ahead) and the Intel Core i5-12600KF (0.8% ahead). However, the combo’s rank is likely dragged down by the 4K Ultra result, where the GPU’s raw power is not enough to overcome the game’s engine demands at maximum fidelity.

The ranking also suggests that Road 96 is not a title that scales perfectly with the RTX 4090’s 24 GB of GDDR6X memory or its 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. At 1440p Ultra, the combo delivers 114.6 FPS, which is only 1.9 times the 4K Ultra figure, indicating diminishing returns as resolution drops. The data implies that the combo’s rank of 55 is earned primarily through its exceptional performance at 1080p and 1440p, while 4K Ultra remains a bottleneck that prevents a higher placement.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor built on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, using a 7 nm process at TSMC. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. The CPU’s cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Its memory support is DDR4 with a dual-channel bus and a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, which is a notable limitation compared to newer platforms, but it does not appear to bottleneck this game’s performance at most settings.

In Road 96, an adventure title, the CPU’s role is primarily to maintain consistent frame pacing and avoid dips during scene transitions. The benchmark data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo hits 395.3 FPS, which is a clear indicator that the 5800X is not the limiting factor at this resolution. The CPU’s multi-threaded performance, as measured by Cinebench R23 multi-core at 23,571 points, and its single-thread score of 3,327, suggests that it has ample headroom for a game that likely does not utilize more than a few threads. The Geekbench multi-core score of 10,220 and single-core score of 2,194 further confirm that the processor can handle the game’s logic without becoming a constraint.

However, the CPU’s role becomes more nuanced at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the combo drops to 61.2 FPS, and while the GPU is the primary bottleneck, the 5800X’s memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s and its PCIe Gen 4, 20-lane interface could contribute to minor overhead. The data shows that the CPU’s 3DMark 16-thread score of 7,586 and max-thread score of 7,578 are close, indicating that the processor scales well with thread count, but this does not translate to significant gains in Road 96 beyond 1080p. The fact that the CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (0.4% behind) and the Intel Core i7-13700H (0.4% behind), have similar average benchmark scores suggests that the 5800X’s performance is well-balanced for this title, but not exceptional.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank in Road 96?

A: The combo ranks 55 out of 1,684 tested combinations, placing it in the top 3.3% of all configurations.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in average benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X has an average benchmark score of 27,606, which is 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27,535) and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i5-12600KF (27,827). It is 0.4% behind both the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE and the Intel Core i7-13700H, which each score 27,708 and 27,716, respectively.

Q: What is the highest average FPS achieved by this combo?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 395.3 at 1080p with Low settings. The next highest is 286.6 at 1080p Medium, followed by 251.8 at 1440p Low.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 4K Ultra?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the combo produces 61.2 FPS. This is significantly lower than the 79 FPS at 4K High, suggesting that the Ultra preset’s demands exceed what the RTX 4090 can deliver in this game, despite the GPU’s high average benchmark score of 66,473.

Q: How does the combo’s performance scale from 1080p to 1440p?

A: At 1080p High, the combo delivers 229.6 FPS, while at 1440p High, it delivers 145.6 FPS, representing a 36.6% drop. The scaling is similar for Medium settings, with 286.6 FPS at 1080p dropping to 185.8 FPS at 1440p, a 35.2% reduction.

Q: What are the CPU’s key specifications for this game?

A: The CPU has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. It has 32 MB of L3 cache and supports DDR4 memory with a dual-channel bus and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results across all settings. The Low preset produces an average of 395.3 FPS, while Medium achieves 286.6 FPS, High reaches 229.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 180.6 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 214.7 FPS, which is a 54.3% reduction from Low to Ultra, indicating that the GPU’s shading units and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed by the Ultra preset’s effects. The 1080p results show that the RTX 4090, with its 16,384 shading units and 512 texture mapping units, is fully utilized at this resolution, but the CPU’s 3.80 GHz base clock is sufficient to keep up.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clear step down. Low settings yield 251.8 FPS, Medium produces 185.8 FPS, High reaches 145.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 114.6 FPS. The transition from 1080p Low (395.3 FPS) to 1440p Low (251.8 FPS) represents a 36.3% decrease, which is consistent with the increase in pixel count. The Ultra preset at 1440p, at 114.6 FPS, is still above the 60 FPS threshold, but the gap between High and Ultra narrows to 31 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset’s additional effects have a diminishing impact at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the combo’s performance becomes more moderate. High settings produce 79 FPS, Medium reaches 94.9 FPS, Low achieves 131.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 61.2 FPS. The 4K Low result of 131.5 FPS is notable because it is higher than the 1440p Ultra result of 114.6 FPS, which indicates that the GPU’s raw compute power, at 82.58 TFLOPS FP32, can handle 4K when graphical effects are reduced. However, the 4K Ultra result of 61.2 FPS shows that the Ultra preset’s demands, likely including advanced lighting and shadow effects, push the GPU to its limits, with the 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth being insufficient to maintain higher frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial and reveals the balance between CPU and GPU in this combo. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 395.3 at 1080p to 251.8 at 1440p and then to 131.5 at 4K. This represents a 66.7% decrease from 1080p to 4K, which is close to the theoretical pixel count difference (4K has 4 times the pixels of 1080p), but the actual scaling is less severe because the CPU is not a bottleneck at Low settings. The 1080p Low result of 395.3 FPS is likely CPU-limited, as even the RTX 4090 cannot exceed this rate in this game, and the drop to 251.8 FPS at 1440p shows that the GPU begins to take over as the primary constraint.

At High settings, the scaling is more pronounced. The average FPS drops from 229.6 at 1080p to 145.6 at 1440p and then to 79 at 4K, a 65.6% decrease from 1080p to 4K. This similar percentage drop suggests that the High preset’s workload scales consistently with resolution, and the GPU is the limiting factor at all three resolutions. The difference between 1080p High (229.6 FPS) and 1440p High (145.6 FPS) is 84 FPS, while the difference between 1440p High and 4K High is 66.6 FPS, indicating that the per-pixel cost increases as resolution rises, likely due to the GPU’s texture rate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s being saturated.

The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling, with average FPS dropping from 180.6 at 1080p to 114.6 at 1440p and then to 61.2 at 4K. This is a 66.1% decrease from 1080p to 4K, but the absolute drop from 1440p Ultra (114.6 FPS) to 4K Ultra (61.2 FPS) is 53.4 FPS, which is a 46.6% reduction. This steeper drop suggests that the Ultra preset at 4K is the most demanding configuration, and the GPU’s 176 ROPs and 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth are insufficient to maintain higher frame rates. The fact that 4K Ultra (61.2 FPS) is barely above the 60 FPS threshold indicates that this combo is at the edge of playable performance at maximum settings, while lower presets offer ample headroom for high-refresh monitors. The data overall shows that the CPU is the limiting component at 1080p Low and Medium, while the GPU dominates at 4K Ultra, with the crossover point occurring around 1440p High, where both components are balanced.