To The Core

# To The Core with AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

The pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 produces a set of measured frame rates in To The Core that shows a clear hierarchy across resolutions and quality presets. The data covers 4K, 1440p, and 1080p, each tested at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings, with the results indicating this combination is overwhelmingly GPU-bound in most scenarios, though the CPU's capabilities establish a ceiling at lower resolutions. This analysis walks through the measured rows to determine the optimal settings, examine the respective roles of the GPU and CPU, and contextualize the combo's standing among 3,725 tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a straightforward path to the best experience per preset. At 3840x2160, the average frame rates range from 125 FPS at Ultra to 212 FPS at Low, with Medium delivering 180 FPS and High at 156 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs 32 FPS, while moving from Medium to High costs 24 FPS, and High to Ultra costs another 31 FPS. Given that the genre is Idle, where smoothness and stability often matter more than raw fidelity, the Medium preset at 4K stands out: it delivers 180 FPS average with a recorded minimum of 153 FPS and maximum of 207 FPS, making it the only 4K setting with explicit min/max data. That minimum of 153 FPS is comfortably above common 144Hz display refresh rates, meaning the experience remains fluid even during demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the story shifts upward. High settings produce 272 FPS average, while Ultra yields 219 FPS, and Medium sits at 314 FPS with a minimum of 267 FPS and maximum of 361 FPS. The Low preset reaches 371 FPS. The delta between Medium and High is 42 FPS, and between High and Ultra it is 53 FPS. For users prioritizing maximum visual quality without sacrificing the high-refresh experience, High at 1440p offers a strong balance: 272 FPS is far beyond what most monitors can display, and the visual uplift over Medium is likely noticeable in an idle game's detailed environments. Ultra remains viable at 219 FPS, but the 53 FPS drop from High suggests diminishing returns for the additional rendering load.

At 1920x1080, all presets exceed 300 FPS. Low hits 503 FPS, Medium reaches 467 FPS with a minimum of 397 FPS and maximum of 537 FPS, High achieves 405 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 326 FPS. The differences between presets are proportionally smaller in percentage terms than at higher resolutions, with the jump from Ultra to High being 79 FPS and from High to Medium being 62 FPS. Given that even Ultra at 1080p produces 326 FPS, the choice here is purely about visual preference; the hardware is never stressed enough to create a playability concern. The best experience per the measured rows is the Medium preset at 1440p, which offers the highest average FPS (314) among presets with recorded minimums, while still retaining a substantial quality improvement over Low. Alternatively, High at 1440p provides a more balanced trade-off for those who want elevated visuals with a 272 FPS average.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the primary driver of performance in To The Core, as evidenced by the scaling of frame rates with resolution changes. The GPU's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for an idle game at any settings. The memory clock runs at 1400 MHz with 22.4 Gbps effective, and the core operates with a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz. These specifications place the RTX 4080 at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54247. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54209, a delta of 0.1 percent, indicating the two are essentially performance peers in synthetic tests.

In the measured FPS data, the GPU's role becomes apparent when comparing 4K Ultra (125 FPS) to 1080p Ultra (326 FPS). The 161 percent increase in frame rate from 4K to 1080p at the same preset shows that the GPU's rendering load scales dramatically with pixel count, and the RTX 4080 has ample headroom at lower resolutions. The GPU's 9728 shading units and 304 TMUs handle the texture and pixel work efficiently, while its 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores are likely underutilized in an idle game that does not require ray tracing or DLSS. The 112 ROPs ensure pixel throughput is never a bottleneck, as evidenced by the high frame rates even at 4K. The GPU's FP32 performance of 48.74 TFLOPS and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s are far beyond what To The Core demands, which explains why the RTX 4080 can push 212 FPS at 4K Low without breaking a sweat. The data suggests the GPU is the limiting component at 4K and 1440p, where the frame rate differences between presets are large, but at 1080p, the CPU begins to assert its influence.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo in To The Core?*

A: The highest average FPS is 503, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next closest is Medium at 1080p, which delivers 467 FPS, followed by High at 1080p with 405 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 4080 outperform the RTX 4080 SUPER based on the provided data?

A: The data shows the RTX 4080 has an average benchmark score of 54247, while the RTX 4080 SUPER scores 54209, giving the RTX 4080 a 0.1 percent advantage. This delta is negligible, indicating the two GPUs perform nearly identically in synthetic benchmarks.

Q: Which preset at 4K offers the best combination of average FPS and recorded minimum FPS?

A: The Medium preset at 3840x2160 is the only 4K setting with recorded minimum and maximum values, showing an average of 180 FPS, a minimum of 153 FPS, and a maximum of 207 FPS. This provides a guaranteed floor that remains above 150 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance compare to its multi-thread performance?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G scores 899 in 3dmark_single_thread and 242.5 in cinebench_r15_singlecore, while its multi-thread scores are 6629 in 3dmark_16_threads and 2107 in cinebench_r15_multicore. The multi-thread scores are roughly 7.4 times higher than single-thread in 3dmark, indicating strong scaling across its 8 cores and 16 threads.

*Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations in To The Core?*

A: This combo ranks 320 out of 3,725 tested combinations, placing it in the top 8.6 percent of all configurations. This rank reflects the high performance of both the CPU and GPU in this specific game.

Q: Is the RTX 4080's memory bandwidth sufficient for 4K gaming in this title?

A: The RTX 4080 provides 716.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth from its 16 GB GDDR6X configuration. At 4K Ultra, the combo achieves 125 FPS average, and at 4K Low it reaches 212 FPS, showing that the memory subsystem is not a limiting factor even at the highest resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across all combinations of resolution and settings. At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 212 FPS average, Medium delivers 180 FPS with a minimum of 153 FPS and maximum of 207 FPS, High delivers 156 FPS, and Ultra delivers 125 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 87 FPS, representing a 41 percent reduction in frame rate when moving from the lowest to the highest quality settings. This is a significant drop, but even the Ultra number of 125 FPS remains playable on high-refresh displays.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates are substantially higher. Low achieves 371 FPS, Medium achieves 314 FPS with a minimum of 267 FPS and maximum of 361 FPS, High achieves 272 FPS, and Ultra achieves 219 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 152 FPS, a 41 percent reduction that mirrors the 4K scaling pattern. The Medium preset's minimum of 267 FPS is particularly noteworthy, as it exceeds the average FPS of the High preset at the same resolution, suggesting that Medium provides a more consistent experience.

At 1920x1080, the results are dominated by the CPU's limits rather than the GPU. Low produces 503 FPS, Medium produces 467 FPS with a minimum of 397 FPS and maximum of 537 FPS, High produces 405 FPS, and Ultra produces 326 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 177 FPS, a 35 percent reduction. The minimum FPS of 397 FPS at Medium indicates that even in the most demanding moments, the system never drops below the refresh rate of virtually any consumer monitor. The data shows a consistent pattern: each resolution step up from 1080p to 1440p reduces frame rates by roughly 27-31 percent, and from 1440p to 4K reduces frame rates by another 40-43 percent, depending on the preset.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drops from 1080p to 4K reveal how the workload scales with pixel count and what component becomes the limiting factor. At Ultra settings, the progression is 326 FPS at 1080p, 219 FPS at 1440p, and 125 FPS at 4K. This represents a 33 percent drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 43 percent drop from 1440p to 4K, totaling a 62 percent reduction from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the numbers are 405 FPS at 1080p, 272 FPS at 1440p, and 156 FPS at 4K, with drops of 33 percent and 43 percent respectively. The consistency of these percentage drops across presets indicates that the scaling is purely resolution-driven and not affected by the visual complexity of the settings.

At Low settings, the drop from 1080p to 4K is from 503 FPS to 212 FPS, a 58 percent reduction. The fact that even at Low settings the frame rate cannot reach 500 FPS at 1080p suggests the CPU is the limiting factor at this resolution, as the GPU would likely be capable of higher output given its benchmark scores. At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, as the pixel count quadruples from 1080p and the rendering load increases accordingly. The Medium preset at 1080p shows a minimum FPS of 397, which is 79 percent of the average of 467 FPS, indicating some frame time variance even at this extreme performance level. The scaling data points to a system that is well-balanced for 1440p and 4K gaming, where the RTX 4080's power is fully utilized, while at 1080p the Ryzen 7 5700G's 8 cores and 16 threads at a boost clock of 4.60 GHz become the constraint.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is a Zen 3 (Cezanne) processor built on TSMC's 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its 16 MB of L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 per core provide adequate data locality for game workloads. The CPU's benchmark scores show a single-thread score of 899 in 3dmark_single_thread and 1494 in cinebench_r23_singlecore, while multi-thread scores reach 6629 in 3dmark_16_threads and 12830.5 in cinebench_r23_multicore. These numbers place the CPU at the 79th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27051. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-9900K, scores 27097, a delta of -0.2 percent, meaning the 5700G is essentially tied with a previous-generation flagship.

In To The Core, an idle game, the CPU's role is primarily to maintain a consistent frame pacing at high FPS levels. The data shows that at 1080p, the average FPS across presets ranges from 326 to 503, which is high enough that CPU thread scheduling and single-core performance become relevant. The 5700G's single-thread performance, while solid, is not top-tier, as evidenced by its 899 3dmark_single_thread score. At 4K, the CPU's influence diminishes because the GPU is fully occupied with rendering 8.3 million pixels, and the frame rate drops to a range where the CPU can easily feed the GPU. The 5700G's 65 W TDP and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are modest, but for a game like To The Core, they are sufficient. The data indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck at 4K or 1440p, where GPU load dominates, but at 1080p, the CPU's limits are exposed by the RTX 4080's immense rendering capability.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ranks 320 out of 3,725 tested combos in To The Core, placing it in the top 8.6 percent of all configurations. This rank reflects the strong performance of both components, though it is not at the very top, which would likely be occupied by newer or higher-tier CPUs paired with the same GPU. The GPU's 86th percentile ranking and the CPU's 79th percentile ranking contribute to a combined result that is above average but not elite. The nearest rival CPUs to the 5700G include the Intel Core i9-9900K with a delta of -0.2 percent, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 with a delta of 0.4 percent, and the Intel Core i5-14400T with a delta of -0.4 percent, showing that the CPU is competitive with a range of other options.

For the GPU, the closest rivals are the RTX 4080 SUPER with a delta of 0.1 percent, the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X with a delta of -1.1 percent, and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB with a delta of -2.6 percent. The fact that the RTX 4080 is essentially tied with the 4080 SUPER in synthetic benchmarks, yet this combo ranks 320 out of 3,725, suggests that the CPU choice has a measurable impact on overall ranking. The 5700G, while a capable processor, is not the fastest available, and pairing it with a top-tier GPU like the RTX 4080 creates a slight imbalance at lower resolutions. The measured FPS data confirms this: at 1080p, the frame rates are high but not as high as they might be with a stronger CPU, while at 4K, the GPU is the clear bottleneck and the CPU's limitations are hidden. Overall, this combo provides a strong experience in To The Core, with the 4K Medium preset offering the best combination of visual quality and frame rate stability, and the 1440p Medium preset delivering the highest minimum FPS of any measured configuration.