Undisputed

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 combination delivers a strong showing in Undisputed, placing in the 50th percentile of all tested hardware combos (rank 790 out of 1580). The data reveals a system that scales predictably across resolutions and settings, with clear bottlenecks emerging at the extremes. This analysis breaks down the measured performance to help you decide where this rig excels and where it struggles.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but consistent, indicating a shift in the primary bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the system produces 290.1 FPS, but this falls to 209.5 FPS at 1440p and further to 130.4 FPS at 4K. That is a 55% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings. The pattern holds at High settings, where 169.7 FPS at 1080p drops to 124.8 FPS at 1440p and 78 FPS at 4K — a 54% decline.

The scaling curve suggests the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p, as the GPU has headroom to push higher frame rates. The Ryzen 5 3600’s single-thread and multi-thread scores (696 and 4605 in 3DMark, respectively) are moderate, and the data shows diminishing returns as resolution increases. At 4K, the GPU becomes the primary constraint, with the RTX 5060’s 8 GB of GDDR7 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth struggling to maintain high averages on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 78.8 FPS (130.4 vs 51.6), highlighting how pixel count and settings compound the load on the GPU.

Notably, the 1440p to 4K drop at Medium is 56.8 FPS (149.6 to 92.8), while the 1080p to 1440p drop at Medium is 57.3 FPS (206.9 to 149.6). This nearly uniform step indicates a balanced scaling profile where neither component is catastrophically weak, but the system is clearly more comfortable at 1080p and 1440p than at 4K.

GPU Role

The RTX 5060’s specifications explain its mid-pack performance. With a base clock of 2280 MHz and boost clock of 2497 MHz, the card provides solid compute throughput, evidenced by its 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 rating. The 8 GB GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s, which is adequate for 1080p and 1440p but becomes a limiting factor at 4K Ultra. The card’s 73rd percentile ranking among all GPUs places it near the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0% delta) and slightly above the NVIDIA Tesla M60 (0.5% delta), confirming it sits in the upper-middle tier of graphics hardware.

Benchmark results reinforce this positioning. The PassMark G3D score of 20891 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 120785 indicate strong rasterization performance, while the DirectX 12 score of 77 (PassMark) is notably lower, suggesting driver-level inefficiencies in certain APIs. In Undisputed, the GPU’s role becomes dominant at 4K, where the 51.6 FPS average at Ultra is the lowest measured result. This is a game that rewards lower settings on this card at high resolutions, as dropping to High at 4K yields 78 FPS — a 51% improvement.

At 1080p, the GPU is underutilized. The 290.1 FPS at Low suggests the card can push well beyond the CPU’s ability to feed it, making the RTX 5060 more than sufficient for competitive play at lower resolutions. The 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores are present, but Undisputed relies primarily on traditional rasterization, so those features have minimal impact on the measured results.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 2 architecture, built on a 7 nm process. Its 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost clocks are modest by modern standards, and its Cinebench R23 scores (15045 multi-core, 2124 single-core) place it in the 76th percentile of all CPUs. The nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-11400, scores nearly identically (18150 vs 18129 average, a -0.1% delta), showing the 3600 is still competitive in synthetic workloads.

In Undisputed, the CPU’s influence is most apparent at 1080p. The jump from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 177.5 FPS (290.1 to 112.6), but the CPU must process the game logic and physics for each frame. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 4605 and 8-thread score of 3844 indicate that the processor handles multi-threaded workloads adequately, but its single-thread score of 696 is a bottleneck for high refresh rate gaming. At 1080p Low, the system hits 290.1 FPS, but this is likely CPU-bound, as the GPU could theoretically push higher.

The data shows the CPU holds the system back when frame rates exceed roughly 200 FPS. At 1440p Low, the 209.5 FPS average is still high, but the gap to 1080p Low (80.6 FPS) reveals the CPU’s limitations at extreme frame rates. Conversely, at 4K, the CPU is less relevant, as the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The 3600’s 65 W TDP and DDR4 memory support (51.2 GB/s bandwidth) are adequate for this game, but users seeking consistently high frame rates above 200 FPS may find the CPU limiting.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this system in Undisputed?*

A: The data shows 1440p is the sweet spot. At High settings, the system delivers 124.8 FPS, which is smooth for most displays, while 4K High drops to 78 FPS, which is playable but less consistent.

Q: How much performance is lost going from 1080p to 4K?

A: At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 169.7 FPS at 1080p to 78 FPS at 4K, a 54% reduction. At Low settings, the drop is from 290.1 FPS to 130.4 FPS, a 55% reduction.

Q: Is the RTX 5060’s 8 GB VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: The measured results indicate yes for most settings, but 4K Ultra (51.6 FPS) shows the card struggling, likely due to memory bandwidth and capacity limitations. At 1440p and below, the card performs well.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 3600 compare to its closest rivals?

A: The 3600’s average benchmark score of 18129 is nearly identical to the Intel Core i5-11400 (18150, -0.1% delta) and AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (18101, 0.2% delta). It is effectively a statistical tie with these processors.

Q: What settings give the highest frame rate at 1080p?

A: Low settings produce 290.1 FPS, which is the highest measured result. Medium drops to 206.9 FPS, and High to 169.7 FPS, so Low is the only setting that approaches 300 FPS.

Q: Is this system better for high refresh rate or 4K gaming?

A: The data shows it excels at high refresh rates at 1080p and 1440p, with 290.1 and 209.5 FPS at Low settings, respectively. At 4K, it is best suited for Medium (92.8 FPS) or High (78 FPS), not Ultra.

Settings Recommendations

For 1080p gaming, the data suggests Medium settings (206.9 FPS) offer the best balance of visual quality and performance, as High (169.7 FPS) is still smooth but the jump to Ultra (112.6 FPS) sacrifices significant frame rate. At 1440p, Medium (149.6 FPS) is the recommended preset, providing enough headroom for demanding scenes, while High (124.8 FPS) is acceptable for 120 Hz displays. Ultra at 1440p (78.5 FPS) is borderline, so it is best avoided unless visual fidelity is the priority.

At 4K, the choices are more constrained. Medium (92.8 FPS) is the highest playable option, while High (78 FPS) is still above 60 FPS but leaves little margin. Low (130.4 FPS) is the only preset that maintains triple-digit frame rates at 4K, making it the choice for competitive play. Ultra at 4K (51.6 FPS) is not recommended, as the frame rate dips below the 60 FPS threshold and the visual gains are unlikely to justify the performance hit. For most users, 1440p Medium or High provides the best experience, as it balances image quality with a consistent frame rate that exceeds most monitor refresh rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system’s performance ranges from 290.1 FPS at Low to 112.6 FPS at Ultra. Medium delivers 206.9 FPS, and High produces 169.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra is severe, with a 61% reduction in frame rate, indicating that the CPU and GPU both contribute to the bottleneck at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the results are 209.5 FPS (Low), 149.6 FPS (Medium), 124.8 FPS (High), and 78.5 FPS (Ultra). The drop from Low to Ultra is 62.5%, slightly worse than at 1080p, showing that the GPU begins to take on more responsibility as pixel count increases. The 1440p High result (124.8 FPS) is nearly identical to the 1080p Ultra result (112.6 FPS), suggesting a similar load balance.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are 130.4 FPS (Low), 92.8 FPS (Medium), 78 FPS (High), and 51.6 FPS (Ultra). The Ultra setting is the only one that falls below 60 FPS, confirming that 4K Ultra is beyond this system’s comfortable range. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 78.8 FPS, the largest absolute difference across all resolutions, highlighting the GPU’s dominance at this resolution. The data shows a clear hierarchy: 1080p is CPU-bound at low settings, 1440p is balanced, and 4K is firmly GPU-bound, with the RTX 5060’s 8 GB memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth serving as the limiting factors.