Undisputed

The Ryzen 5 5500 and RTX 3070 combination delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Undisputed, but the settings menu is where this pairing's true character is defined. The data indicates that High settings at 1440p is the sweet spot, offering a 130.6 FPS average that balances visual fidelity with performance headroom. While Ultra settings at 1440p still produce a playable 84 FPS, the 35.7% performance cost over High (130.6 to 84) is steep for marginal visual gains. At 1080p, the story shifts dramatically: even Ultra settings produce 119.2 FPS, but the Low preset's 308.3 FPS reveals that the CPU becomes the limiting factor at this resolution, making High (181.4 FPS) the most sensible choice for high-refresh monitors. For 4K users, the only viable options are Medium (103 FPS) or High (85.6 FPS); Ultra at 51.5 FPS is technically functional but dips into territory where input lag becomes noticeable in a sports title.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data strongly favors High settings as the default recommendation across all resolutions. At 1080p, High produces 181.4 FPS, which is 52.2% higher than Ultra (119.2) while still delivering a substantial visual upgrade over Medium (223.7 FPS). The gap narrows at 1440p, where High (130.6 FPS) sits 35.7% above Ultra (84 FPS) and 20.1% below Medium (163.5 FPS). The trade-off becomes critical at 4K: High (85.6 FPS) is 66.2% faster than Ultra (51.5 FPS), making it the only high-fidelity option that maintains smooth gameplay. For competitive play, the Low preset offers the highest frame rates at every resolution (308.3 at 1080p, 225.5 at 1440p, 140.3 at 4K), but the visual quality degradation is substantial enough that most users should prefer High. The Ultra preset is only justifiable at 1080p (119.2 FPS) where it remains above the 60 FPS threshold; at 1440p and 4K, its performance (84 and 51.5 FPS) does not justify the visual uplift over High.

GPU Role

The RTX 3070's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth provides the foundation for this game's performance. The card's 5888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, coupled with a boost clock of 1725 MHz, handle the physics-based combat animations of Undisputed effectively. The 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores are present but appear underutilized given the game's non-ray-traced nature. The GPU's 20.31 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is the primary driver of the 4K results, where the 3070 maintains 85.6 FPS at High — a figure that would be impossible without the 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth feeding those shading units. At lower resolutions, the GPU's dominance diminishes; the 1080p Low result of 308.3 FPS suggests the card is capable of far more than the CPU can feed it, indicating that the 3070 is not the bottleneck below 1440p.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing achieves rank 737 out of 1580 tested combinations in Undisputed, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all systems tested. The percentile data supports this positioning: the CPU sits in the 79th percentile against all processors, while the GPU ranks in the 72nd percentile against all graphics cards. The combination's ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component drastically overperforms the other. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12500, has a nearly identical average benchmark score (20897 vs 20875, a -0.1% delta), which suggests that swapping the Ryzen 5 5500 for that Intel part would produce similar in-game results. The GPU's closest competitors include the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT with a 0.9% delta and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti with a 1% delta, indicating that the 3070 holds a slight edge over these alternatives in raw compute terms.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data reveals a clear performance hierarchy across the twelve tested configurations. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 308.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 223.7 FPS, High at 181.4 FPS, and Ultra at 119.2 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 61.3% performance reduction (308.3 to 119.2), which is the steepest drop-off of any resolution. At 1440p, the pattern repeats with compressed margins: Low produces 225.5 FPS, Medium 163.5 FPS, High 130.6 FPS, and Ultra 84 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap here is 62.7% (225.5 to 84), nearly identical to 1080p. At 4K, the frame rates compress further: Low achieves 140.3 FPS, Medium 103 FPS, High 85.6 FPS, and Ultra 51.5 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration below 60 FPS, representing a 63.3% drop from Low (140.3 to 51.5). Notably, the performance scaling from High to Ultra is consistent across resolutions: 34.3% at 1080p (181.4 to 119.2), 35.7% at 1440p (130.6 to 84), and 39.8% at 4K (85.6 to 51.5).

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 1440p monitor?

A: High is recommended, producing 130.6 FPS. This is 35.7% faster than Ultra (84 FPS) while only 20.1% slower than Medium (163.5 FPS), offering the best balance of visual quality and performance.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming?

A: Yes, but only at Medium (103 FPS) or High (85.6 FPS) settings. Ultra at 4K drops to 51.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay.

Q: How much performance does the Ultra preset cost over High?

A: At 1080p, Ultra is 34.3% slower (119.2 vs 181.4 FPS). At 1440p, the penalty is 35.7% (84 vs 130.6 FPS). At 4K, the drop is 39.8% (51.5 vs 85.6 FPS).

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The CPU appears to be the bottleneck. The RTX 3070's 308.3 FPS at Low settings suggests the GPU has headroom, but the Ryzen 5 5500's 6 cores and 12 threads running at up to 4.20 GHz cannot maintain that pace at higher settings.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested systems?

A: It ranks 737 out of 1580 tested combinations. The CPU is in the 79th percentile and the GPU in the 72nd percentile, indicating a solidly above-average pairing.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K with High settings?

A: 85.6 FPS. This is 66.2% faster than Ultra (51.5 FPS) and 16.9% slower than Medium (103 FPS), making it the highest visual quality setting that maintains fluid gameplay.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500's 6 cores and 12 threads, based on the Zen 3 architecture codenamed Cezanne, provide the processing foundation for this system. Running at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosting to 4.20 GHz, the CPU's 16 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth support the game's physics calculations. The CPU's benchmark scores tell a clear story: its 3DMark single-thread score of 836 and 16-thread score of 5386 indicate moderate single-core strength, while the Cinebench R23 multicore score of 16429 demonstrates capable multi-threaded performance. The CPU's percentile ranking of 79 against all processors places it well above average, and its nearest rivals all score within 0.2% (the Intel Core i5-12500 at -0.1% delta). In Undisputed, the CPU's role becomes evident at 1080p Low where the 308.3 FPS result exceeds what the GPU can sustain at higher settings, suggesting that the 5500's single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread score of 836) is sufficient to feed the 3070 at low resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a predictable scaling pattern that shifts the bottleneck between components. At 1080p High, the system produces 181.4 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 130.6 FPS (a 28.0% reduction); at 4K High, it falls to 85.6 FPS (a 34.5% reduction from 1440p). The total 1080p-to-4K drop at High is 52.8% (181.4 to 85.6). This scaling indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is the primary limiter — the 308.3 FPS Low result shows the GPU has significant unused capacity. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes progressively more loaded, and the frame rate drops correspond to the RTX 3070's rendering capabilities. The 4K Ultra result of 51.5 FPS versus the 1080p Ultra result of 119.2 FPS represents a 56.8% drop, which is slightly steeper than the High preset's drop, suggesting that Ultra settings place proportionally more load on the GPU. The data shows that resolution scaling is near-linear for this combo: doubling pixel count (1080p to 4K) results in a frame rate reduction of roughly half, which is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions and a CPU-bound scenario at 1080p.