The Long Drive

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X paired with the Intel Arc B370 produces a highly constrained gaming experience in The Long Drive, with benchmark data showing that the integrated-class GPU becomes the overwhelming performance bottleneck as resolution increases. The measured frame rates across all settings and resolutions indicate that this combination is only viable for low-impact play, and even then, the system struggles to maintain smooth motion outside of the most modest graphical configurations.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K reveals a drastic collapse in frame rate that points squarely at the graphics processor as the limiting component. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo delivers 86 FPS average, which drops to 56 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 30 FPS, and then plummets to 31 FPS at 4K, representing a 55 FPS total loss from the starting point. This scaling pattern—roughly a 64% performance drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 45% drop from 1440p to 4K—is far steeper than what would be expected if the CPU were the primary constraint, as the Ryzen 7 5800X’s 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a 4.70 GHz boost clock provides ample headroom for this driving simulation.

The Medium settings row provides the most complete picture, with minimum and maximum frame data available. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 71 FPS with a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 81. Stepping up to 1440p Medium drops the average to 46 FPS, with the minimum falling to 40 and the maximum to 53. At 4K Medium, the average collapses to 26 FPS, with a minimum of 22 and a maximum of 30. The consistency of the frame pacing, as evidenced by the relatively tight min-max ranges, suggests the GPU is running at its utilization ceiling rather than experiencing erratic spikes or stutters, but the absolute performance levels are simply too low for comfortable play at higher resolutions.

High settings tell a similar story with even more pronounced degradation. The 1080p High average of 44 FPS is already marginal for a driving game, but 1440p High drops to 29 FPS, and 4K High falls to 16 FPS—a figure that is effectively unplayable for any real-time interaction. The fact that the gap between Low and High settings widens dramatically as resolution increases confirms that the Arc B370’s fill rate and shading capacity are exhausted well before the Ryzen 7 5800X’s processing power becomes relevant.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics solution based on the Xe3-LPG architecture, fabricated on Intel’s 3 nm process. Its specifications reveal a part that is designed for efficiency rather than raw gaming performance: 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and only 20 raster output units, with a pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s. The boost clock of 2400 MHz is respectable, but the system-shared memory architecture means bandwidth is system dependent, which heavily penalizes higher resolutions that demand greater memory throughput.

The GPU’s benchmark standing underscores its limitations. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the Arc B370 scores 1184, placing it in the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 and the ATI Radeon HD 5770, with scores of 1186 and 1190 respectively—all within a fraction of a percent of each other. This places the Arc B370 in territory occupied by decade-old discrete graphics solutions, which explains why The Long Drive frame rates at 4K Ultra (11 FPS average) are barely above a slideshow.

The GPU’s 25 W TDP and IGP slot width confirm its intended role as a low-power integrated solution, likely for portable devices given the display outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent." The DirectX 12 Ultimate support and Vulkan 1.4 compatibility mean the architecture is modern in terms of API features, but the raw throughput is insufficient for the pixel pushing required at 2560x1440 and above. The 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 12.29 TFLOPS FP16 performance are the theoretical ceilings, but the measured results show these figures translate poorly to real-world gaming scenarios in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database’s tested combinations, this pairing of the Ryzen 7 5800X and Arc B370 ranks 2700 out of 2934 combos for The Long Drive, placing it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems. This low ranking is almost entirely attributable to the GPU, as the Ryzen 7 5800X itself is a strong performer in synthetic benchmarks. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 29123 puts it in the 81st percentile of all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (score 29093, 0.1% slower) and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (score 28940, 0.6% slower). The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15476 and single-core score of 1574.5 demonstrate solid computational capability that far exceeds what the GPU can feed.

The disconnect between CPU capability and GPU limitation creates a system that is fundamentally unbalanced for gaming. The combo rank of 2700 reflects this mismatch: there are only 234 combos in the database that perform worse in this game, which likely include systems with even weaker integrated graphics or older discrete GPUs. The Arc B370’s 5th percentile GPU ranking compared to the 5800X’s 81st percentile CPU ranking shows a gap of 76 percentile points, making it clear that any upgrade path for this system would involve replacing the GPU first, as the CPU has substantial headroom to drive far more powerful graphics hardware.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear picture of which settings offer the best experience, though "best" is a relative term given the hardware constraints. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 86 FPS average, which is the only configuration in the entire dataset that approaches what could be considered smooth performance for a driving simulation. The Medium preset at 1080p offers 71 FPS average with a 60 FPS minimum, which is also playable and provides better visual fidelity than Low while maintaining acceptable frame rates. The High preset at 1080p drops to 44 FPS, which is borderline, and Ultra falls to 31 FPS, which is below the threshold for responsive gameplay.

For 1440p users, the Low preset at 56 FPS is the only viable option, as Medium drops to 46 FPS (with a 40 FPS minimum that may cause noticeable judder) and High falls to 29 FPS. At 4K, no settings preset achieves playable frame rates: Low averages 31 FPS, Medium averages 26 FPS, High averages 16 FPS, and Ultra averages 11 FPS. The data suggests that 1080p Low or Medium is the sweet spot for this combination, with the Medium preset providing a 71 FPS average that balances visual quality with performance. The 60 FPS minimum at 1080p Medium indicates that the system can hold a playable frame rate even during demanding scenes, making this the recommended configuration for most users.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured frame rates shows a consistent pattern of performance degradation as both resolution and settings increase. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 86 FPS average, Medium achieves 71 FPS (with a 60 FPS minimum and 81 FPS maximum), High achieves 44 FPS, and Ultra achieves 31 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 55 FPS, indicating a significant performance cost for higher graphical fidelity.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 56 FPS average, Medium delivers 46 FPS (with a 40 FPS minimum and 53 FPS maximum), High delivers 29 FPS, and Ultra delivers 20 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 36 FPS, but the absolute performance levels are substantially lower across the board. The Medium preset’s min-max range of 40-53 FPS shows that even the "playable" settings at this resolution have performance dips that could be noticeable during fast driving sequences.

At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly poor: Low averages 31 FPS, Medium averages 26 FPS (with a 22 FPS minimum and 30 FPS maximum), High averages 16 FPS, and Ultra averages 11 FPS. The Medium preset’s maximum of 30 FPS is barely above the minimum for smooth motion, and the 22 FPS minimum indicates that the system will frequently drop below acceptable frame rates. The 4K results confirm that this resolution is not viable for this hardware combination, regardless of settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X provides the computational foundation for this system, and in The Long Drive, its role is to feed the GPU with enough data to keep it busy. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer), the CPU operates at a 3.80 GHz base clock and boosts to 4.70 GHz. The 32 MB L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide adequate memory bandwidth for a driving simulation, though the system-shared memory for the GPU may create contention that affects overall performance.

Synthetic benchmarks show the 5800X is a capable processor: its Geekbench multicore score of 11036 and single-core score of 2032 indicate strong performance, and its Passmark multithread score of 27732 with a single-thread score of 3445 confirm it handles both threaded and lightly-threaded workloads well. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 7586 and 2-thread score of 1846 show scaling that is appropriate for a modern 8-core processor. However, in this game, the CPU’s performance ceiling is never approached because the GPU cannot render frames fast enough to keep the CPU waiting.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H and the Intel Core i5-13500HX, both of which score within half a percent of the 5800X. This indicates that the CPU is competitively positioned against modern mobile and desktop parts, yet the Arc B370’s 5th percentile GPU performance means the system as a whole will struggle with any graphically demanding title. The Ryzen 7 5800X’s 105 W TDP and AMD Socket AM4 compatibility make it a straightforward upgrade path for users who want to pair it with a more powerful discrete GPU, but as configured with the Arc B370, the CPU’s potential is wasted in gaming scenarios. The data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor at any resolution or settings preset, as even at 1080p Low where the GPU is least stressed, the frame rates are still constrained by graphics processing rather than CPU throughput.