Rust

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER pairing delivers a playable Rust experience that scales predictably with settings, but it requires careful preset selection to balance visual fidelity against frame rate. The measured data shows that Medium settings provide the optimal compromise across all tested resolutions, delivering a 93.9 FPS average at 1080p while maintaining a 66.9 FPS average at 1440p. High settings drop performance by roughly 18% at 1080p, which is acceptable for users prioritizing visuals, but the Ultra preset pushes the combo into sub-60 FPS territory at both 1440p and 4K, making it the least recommended choice for consistent gameplay.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results clearly favor the Medium preset as the best overall experience for this hardware combination. At 1920x1080, Medium produces 93.9 FPS average, which is 17.3 FPS higher than High (76.6 FPS) and 37.6 FPS higher than Ultra (56.3 FPS). The jump from Low to Medium costs only 43.3 FPS (from 137.2 to 93.9), but the visual improvement is substantial, making Medium the sweet spot for competitive play without sacrificing responsiveness. For users with 1440p monitors, Medium remains the strongest choice at 66.9 FPS, staying above the 60 FPS threshold where High (53.5 FPS) and Ultra (41.6 FPS) fall below. At 4K, no preset achieves a comfortable frame rate, with the best option being Low at 57 FPS, which is marginally below the 60 FPS target. The data suggests that Medium is the default recommendation, while Low is reserved for 4K users who prioritize smoothness over fidelity.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 SUPER features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for Rust’s texture-heavy environments at 1080p and 1440p. The GPU’s boost clock of 1650 MHz, combined with 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs, drives the measured frame rates, particularly at higher settings where pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck. The GPU’s benchmark percentile of 63 places it in the mid-range tier, with an average benchmark score of 19774, which is 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 in the nearestRivals data. This close margin to the RTX 2070 indicates that the 2060 SUPER is a well-balanced card for 1080p gaming, but the 4K results (32.4 FPS on High) show that the 8 GB frame buffer and 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are insufficient for demanding resolutions in Rust. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 16462 reinforces its position as a capable mid-tier performer, but the data confirms that it is the limiting factor at 4K, where even Low settings only yield 57 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a steep performance drop that highlights the GPU’s limitations. At Medium settings, the average FPS falls from 93.9 at 1080p to 66.9 at 1440p, a reduction of 27 FPS, and then to 37.5 at 4K, a further drop of 29.4 FPS. This nonlinear decline suggests that the RTX 2060 SUPER is increasingly bottlenecked by pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth as resolution increases. The High preset shows a similar pattern: 76.6 FPS at 1080p, 53.5 at 1440p, and 32.4 at 4K, with the 4K figure representing only 42% of the 1080p performance. The Low preset is the most resilient, going from 137.2 FPS at 1080p to 93.6 at 1440p and 57 at 4K, but even this best-case scenario fails to maintain 60 FPS at 4K. The data indicates that the CPU (AMD Ryzen 7 5700G) is not the primary constraint at higher resolutions, as the frame rate drops are proportionally larger than what a CPU bottleneck would produce; instead, the GPU’s 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS spans from 137.2 on Low to 56.3 on Ultra, with Medium at 93.9 and High at 76.6. This 80.9 FPS spread between Low and Ultra demonstrates that settings have a massive impact on performance at 1080p, and the Ultra preset’s sub-60 FPS average makes it unsuitable for fast-paced gameplay. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates compress to a range of 93.6 (Low) down to 41.6 (Ultra), with Medium at 66.9 and High at 53.5. The 1440p results show that only Low and Medium maintain playable frame rates, while High and Ultra dip below the 60 FPS threshold. At 3840x2160, the performance collapses further: Low yields 57 FPS, Medium 37.5, High 32.4, and Ultra 24.5. The 4K Ultra figure represents just 17.8% of the 1080p Low performance, illustrating the extreme scaling penalty. Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently provides the best balance, while Ultra is only viable at 1080p for users who prioritize visual quality over frame rate stability.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 1238 out of 1717 tested combos in Rust, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the benchmark database. This rank of 1238 (72% of the total combos) indicates that the pairing is outperformed by a majority of systems, which is expected given the GPU’s 63rd percentile ranking and the CPU’s 83rd percentile ranking. The combo’s position is largely driven by the GPU’s mid-range performance, as the RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 19774 is only 0.3% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN and 0.5% higher than the RTX 2070. The CPU, meanwhile, is a stronger component, with an average benchmark score of 25626 that is 0.4% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and 0.5% higher than the Intel Xeon D-2752TER. The rank suggests that while the CPU holds its own, the GPU drags the overall combo down, particularly in Rust where frame rates are heavily GPU-bound at higher settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G provides 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This CPU’s multi-threaded performance is strong, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20755 and a PassMark multi-thread score of 24419, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. In Rust, the CPU’s role is less critical than the GPU, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling across resolutions; the 1080p Low preset at 137.2 FPS is likely near the CPU’s limit, but the 4K Ultra drop to 24.5 FPS is clearly GPU-bound. The CPU’s single-thread score of 2930 in Cinebench R23 and 899 in 3DMark single-thread suggest it can handle Rust’s simulation and physics threads without becoming a bottleneck at 60 FPS targets. However, the 16 MB L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are modest compared to higher-end desktop parts, which may limit performance in heavily populated servers. The data shows that the CPU is not the primary constraint in this combo, but its 65W TDP and integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics are secondary considerations for a gaming-focused build.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming with this combo?

A: Medium settings provide the best balance, yielding 93.9 FPS average, which is 17.3 FPS higher than High and 37.6 FPS higher than Ultra.

Q: Can this system achieve 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Yes, but only on Medium (66.9 FPS) or Low (93.6 FPS) presets; High (53.5 FPS) and Ultra (41.6 FPS) both fall below 60 FPS.

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

A: The GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot sustain high frame rates; even Low settings only reach 57 FPS at 4K.

Q: How does this combo compare to the RTX 2070 in terms of GPU performance?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 19774 is 0.5% higher than the RTX 2070 (19680), indicating nearly identical raw performance.

Q: What is the maximum frame rate achievable with this combo?

A: The highest measured average is 137.2 FPS at 1080p with Low settings; the minimum is 24.5 FPS at 4K with Ultra settings.

Q: Does the CPU’s integrated graphics affect gaming performance?

A: No, the Radeon Vega 8 integrated graphics are present but unused when the RTX 2060 SUPER is installed; the discrete GPU handles all rendering tasks.