Undisputed

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 lands at rank 524 out of 1580 tested combinations in Undisputed. That places the combo in the upper third of all tested systems, a solid position for a sports title that tends to favor high refresh rates over raw compute extremes. The ranking reflects a balance: the CPU sits at the 79th percentile among all processors, and the GPU matches that exact 79th percentile among all graphics cards, meaning neither component is a dramatic outlier relative to its own peer group.

When compared to other pairings, the combo’s position suggests it is neither a bottleneck-heavy budget build nor an overkill enthusiast setup. The data shows that the pairing produces playable frame rates across all tested settings, with the weakest result still holding above 60 FPS. The rank of 524 is notable because it places this system ahead of more than a thousand other combinations, many of which likely feature older or lower-tier hardware.

The CPU’s average benchmark score of 20875 puts it within 0.2% of the Intel Core i5-12500 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE, and only 0.1% behind the AMD EPYC 7J13. This tight clustering means the Ryzen 5 5500 is delivering performance squarely in the mainstream desktop class, which is appropriate for a game like Undisputed that does not appear to demand extreme multi-threaded muscle. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 34780 is similarly close to its nearest rivals, with the NVIDIA A2 only 0.2% ahead and the AMD Radeon HD 7970 trailing by 0.7%, reinforcing that the RX 9070 is performing at its expected tier.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 9070 brings 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a memory bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s. That large frame buffer and high bandwidth are directly relevant to Undisputed’s results, particularly at higher resolutions where texture data and geometry load increase. The GPU’s boost clock reaches 2520 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz and a base of 1330 MHz, providing the headroom needed to sustain high frame rates across all settings tested.

The GPU’s 3584 shading units and 128 ROPs handle the game’s rendering workload, and the 56 ray accelerators suggest some future-proofing, though Undisputed’s measured FPS data does not indicate any ray tracing penalty. The pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s are strong on paper, and the benchmark results confirm that the GPU is not the limiting factor at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 350 FPS on Low settings.

At 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly under heavy load, producing 60.7 FPS, which is exactly at the threshold of smooth playability. The 16 GB VRAM capacity means there is no concern about running out of memory at 4K, and the measured FPS drop from High to Ultra at 4K (99.6 to 60.7) demonstrates that the Ultra preset imposes significant additional rendering cost, likely through higher-quality shadows and post-processing effects. The GPU’s 79th percentile ranking among all GPUs aligns with its measured performance, showing it performs as expected for its class.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound behavior at higher resolutions. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 353.9 at 1080p to 254.3 at 1440p, then further to 163.5 at 4K. That is a 53.8% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the GPU is scaling down as pixel count increases, but not catastrophically so. The 1440p result at Low remains above 250 FPS, which is far beyond what any display can show, suggesting that at Low settings, the CPU is still feeding the GPU adequately at lower resolutions.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is steeper: 134.1 FPS at 1080p, 100.9 at 1440p, and 60.7 at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is 54.7%, nearly identical to the Low setting’s percentage, but the absolute values are much lower. This indicates that the Ultra preset multiplies the per-pixel workload, and the GPU becomes the dominant constraint at 4K Ultra.

The Medium and High settings show intermediate scaling, with High dropping from 211.3 at 1080p to 149.7 at 1440p and 99.6 at 4K, a 52.9% reduction. The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that resolution scaling is uniform, and the limiting component shifts from CPU at 1080p Low to GPU at 4K Ultra. At 1080p Low, the 353.9 FPS figure is likely near the CPU’s maximum frame output, as the Ryzen 5 5500’s 6 cores and 12 threads can only generate so many draw calls per second. Once resolution increases, the GPU’s rendering time dominates, and the CPU becomes less relevant.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows indicate that the High preset at 1440p offers the best balance of visual quality and performance, delivering 149.7 FPS. This is well above the 60 FPS threshold and leaves headroom for dips during intense boxing exchanges. At 4K, Medium is the recommended choice, as it achieves 114.8 FPS, which is smooth and visually acceptable, whereas Ultra drops to 60.7 FPS, which is playable but leaves no margin for frame time spikes.

For 1080p, High at 211.3 FPS is the sweet spot, as it provides excellent visual fidelity while still exceeding 200 FPS, making it ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors. Low at 1080p hits 353.9 FPS, but that preset likely disables too many visual features to be worthwhile. The data shows that Medium at 1080p (254.9 FPS) is only marginally faster than High, so High is the better choice given the minimal performance cost.

At 4K, the gap between Medium and High is 15.2 FPS (114.8 vs. 99.6), which is noticeable but not huge; however, the jump from High to Ultra is 38.9 FPS (99.6 to 60.7), a severe drop that suggests the Ultra preset includes disproportionately expensive effects. Therefore, the recommended settings are High at 1080p and 1440p, and Medium at 4K, with Ultra reserved for users who prioritize visual fidelity over frame rate stability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are consistently high across all settings: Low produces 353.9 FPS, Medium 254.9 FPS, High 211.3 FPS, and Ultra 134.1 FPS. The progression shows that each preset increment costs roughly 40-80 FPS, with the largest single drop between Medium and High (43.6 FPS). The Ultra preset at 1080p still exceeds 130 FPS, which is smooth for any display, but the scaling suggests diminishing returns on visual quality versus frame rate at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 254.3 FPS, Medium 185.1 FPS, High 149.7 FPS, and Ultra 100.9 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 69.2 FPS, the largest step, while the gap from High to Ultra is 48.8 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result of 100.9 FPS is still above 100, making it viable for competitive play, but the High preset at 149.7 FPS provides a more comfortable margin.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are: Low 163.5 FPS, Medium 114.8 FPS, High 99.6 FPS, and Ultra 60.7 FPS. The 4K Low result is surprisingly high, indicating that even at 4K, the GPU can push well beyond 144 FPS when settings are minimized. The Medium preset at 114.8 FPS is the first setting to dip below 120, and Ultra at 60.7 FPS is exactly at the 60 FPS floor. The data clearly shows that 4K Ultra is the most demanding configuration, and users should avoid it if they want consistent 60+ FPS with headroom.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. It has 16 MB of L3 cache and supports dual-channel DDR4 memory at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU’s benchmark scores show a single-core 3dmark result of 836 and a max-thread score of 5411, indicating modest single-thread performance relative to newer parts but adequate multi-threading for gaming.

In Undisputed, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p Low, where the 353.9 FPS figure is likely near the limits of what the 6-core processor can feed to the GPU. The 3dmark 2-thread score of 1645 and 4-thread score of 3151 suggest that the game’s main thread and physics thread are well-served, but the 16 MB L3 cache may be a limiting factor for larger game world data. The CPU’s 79th percentile ranking among all processors aligns with its measured performance, and its nearest rivals (Intel Core i5-12500 at 0.1% higher average score) show that the Ryzen 5 5500 is competitive with mid-range desktop chips.

At higher resolutions, the CPU becomes less relevant, as the GPU’s rendering time dominates. The 4K Ultra result of 60.7 FPS is more constrained by the GPU’s 3584 shading units and 128 ROPs than by the CPU’s 12 threads. However, the CPU’s 12 threads do provide enough parallelism to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at 1080p High, where the 211.3 FPS result is well above typical display refresh rates. The data suggests that the Ryzen 5 5500 is a capable pairing for the RX 9070 in this game, with no significant CPU-induced frame rate drops observed in the measured results.