Undisputed

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a broad range of performance in Undisputed, with average frame rates spanning from 40 FPS at 4K Ultra to 229 FPS at 1080p Low. The measured data shows that this combination is capable of smooth gameplay across most settings, but the choice of preset significantly dictates the experience. The sweet spot for this pairing is the Medium preset, which provides a balanced blend of visual fidelity and performance headroom at every tested resolution. At 1080p, Medium delivers 165 FPS average, ensuring a highly fluid experience on high-refresh-rate displays. Stepping up to 1440p, Medium still maintains a strong 119 FPS average, which is excellent for competitive play. Even at 4K, the Medium preset yields a playable 75 FPS average, making it the only preset besides Low that clears the 60 FPS threshold at that resolution. While High settings offer a marginal visual upgrade, the frame rate cost is substantial, dropping from 119 to 99 FPS at 1440p and from 75 to 62 FPS at 4K. For users prioritizing a locked 60 FPS experience at maximum visual quality, the Ultra preset is only viable at 1080p, where it averages 88 FPS.

FAQ

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

A: The Medium preset is the optimal choice for 2560x1440 resolution. The data shows an average of 119 FPS with minimums of 101 FPS, ensuring a smooth and consistent experience. High settings are playable at 99 FPS, but the Medium preset provides more headroom to prevent dips below 60 FPS.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming?

A: Yes, but with limitations. At 4K, the Ultra preset averages only 40 FPS, which is not ideal for smooth gameplay. The Medium preset is the recommended ceiling for 4K, delivering a playable 75 FPS average, while Low settings achieve 105 FPS for a faster, less visually demanding experience.

Q: How much performance is gained by lowering settings from Ultra to Low?

A: The frame rate impact of lowering settings is significant across all resolutions. At 1080p, the average FPS jumps from 88 on Ultra to 229 on Low, a difference of 141 FPS. At 1440p, the average increases from 63 to 166 FPS. At 4K, the average increases from 40 to 105 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 SUPER a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the primary limiter even at 1080p. The frame rate scales dramatically with resolution and settings, moving from 88 FPS at Ultra to 229 FPS at Low. This behavior shows that the CPU can feed the GPU well beyond its capabilities, making the graphics card the determining factor for performance.

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average frame rate in the measured data is 229 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low settings preset.

Q: Which preset offers the most consistent frame pacing at 4K?

A: The Medium preset is the most stable at 4K, as it has a recorded minimum FPS of 64 and a maximum of 87, implying a narrower band of fluctuation compared to other presets that lack min/max data. This makes it the most reliable option for a 4K display.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture. Its base clock is 3.90 GHz with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. The CPU’s performance in synthetic benchmarks shows strong multi-threaded capability, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 17528.5 and a single-core score of 2183.5. Geekbench results further support this, showing 14438 for multi-core and 2923 for single-core. This level of single-thread performance is particularly relevant for a sports title like Undisputed, where game logic and physics calculations often rely heavily on a few cores.

The data suggests that the 9600X is more than sufficient for this game. In the measured FPS data, there is no indication of a CPU-side bottleneck. The frame rates scale consistently with resolution and settings changes, which is a classic sign of a GPU-bound scenario. For instance, at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 229 FPS, while at 4K Low, it drops to 105 FPS. This 124 FPS drop is almost entirely attributable to the increased pixel count and rendering load on the GPU, not the CPU. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the 1080p and 4K results would be much closer in performance.

The 9600X's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache likely help in maintaining high minimum frame rates, as evidenced by the 1080p Medium preset showing a minimum of 140 FPS. The processor's 65W TDP indicates it runs efficiently, but its performance headroom is significant enough to not hinder the RTX 2060 SUPER in this specific game. The CPU's percentile ranking of 81 places it above the average processor, and its average benchmark score of 29713 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT which scores 29879, a delta of only -0.6%. This indicates that the 9600X is well within the performance class needed for high-FPS gaming.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER achieves a rank of 2632 out of 3718 tested combos for Undisputed. This places the pairing in the lower-middle tier of all possible system configurations, a result that is heavily influenced by the GPU's performance capabilities.

The ranking is a clear indicator that while the CPU is a strong performer, the RTX 2060 SUPER holds the system back relative to more modern or higher-end graphics cards. The CPU’s individual performance percentile is 81, meaning it outperforms 81% of all CPUs. In contrast, the GPU's percentile is only 62, showing it outperforms just 62% of all GPUs. This imbalance is reflected in the combo's overall rank. The data suggests that this combo is not at the top of the charts, but it is also not at the bottom. The rank of 2632 means there are 1086 tested combinations that perform worse, indicating that this setup is still a viable option for playing the game, but it will not deliver the absolute highest frame rates available.

The GPU's closest rivals, such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile with a delta of -0.4% and the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 with a delta of -0.5%, show that the RTX 2060 SUPER is performing right at its expected level. The overall combo rank of 2632 is a direct consequence of this mid-tier GPU performance. For users looking to improve their standing in the benchmark charts, upgrading the graphics card would be the primary path, as the CPU provides a solid foundation that is not the limiting factor in this pairing.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear trend of performance scaling across resolutions, confirming that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the primary bottleneck in this system for Undisputed. The frame rate drops are consistent and significant when moving from 1080p to 4K, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound workload.

At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 229 at 1920x1080 to 166 at 2560x1440, a 27.5% decrease. Moving from 1440p to 3840x2160, the average drops from 166 to 105 FPS, a 36.7% decrease. This pattern shows that the GPU's rendering load is scaling steeply with pixel count. The Medium preset shows a similar trend, with averages of 165 FPS at 1080p, 119 FPS at 1440p, and 75 FPS at 4K. The High preset averages are 136, 99, and 62 FPS for the three resolutions, respectively.

The most telling insight comes from the 4K and 1080p comparison. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 40, which is nearly unplayable. In contrast, at 1080p Ultra, the average is 88 FPS. This 48 FPS difference is due to the massive increase in pixel count and the demands of the Ultra settings. Since the CPU's performance remains constant across these resolutions, the FPS scaling is entirely attributable to the GPU's ability to process the higher resolution frames. The RTX 2060 SUPER, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit bus, is simply not powerful enough to maintain high frame rates at 4K with higher quality settings. The data clearly indicates that for a consistent 60 FPS experience, users must either lower the resolution to 1440p or the settings to Medium at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following is a detailed breakdown of the measured average FPS, with minimum and maximum values where available.

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 229 FPS average.
• Medium: 165 FPS average, with a minimum of 140 and a maximum of 190.
• High: 136 FPS average.
• Ultra: 88 FPS average.

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 166 FPS average.
• Medium: 119 FPS average, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137.
• High: 99 FPS average.
• Ultra: 63 FPS average.

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 105 FPS average.
• Medium: 75 FPS average, with a minimum of 64 and a maximum of 87.
• High: 62 FPS average.
• Ultra: 40 FPS average.

The data shows that the Medium preset is the only one that provides min/max FPS values, indicating it is the most stable and well-optimized setting for this hardware. The jump from High to Ultra is particularly harsh, with a 48 FPS drop at 1080p (136 to 88 FPS) and a 23 FPS drop at 4K (62 to 40 FPS). This suggests that the Ultra preset includes effects that are disproportionately taxing on the RTX 2060 SUPER. For users targeting a specific frame rate, the Low preset offers the highest FPS, while the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance stability. The High preset is a middle ground, but it sacrifices a notable amount of performance for a minimal visual gain over Medium.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the defining component in this combo's gaming performance. This GPU, based on the Turing architecture and the TU106 chip, has a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. With 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs, it has the raw compute power for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but its limits are exposed at higher resolutions.

The benchmark results clearly show that the GPU is the determining factor for frame rates. The GPU's percentile ranking is 62, and its average benchmark score of 18093 is very close to its nearest rivals, such as the Intel Arc A770M with a delta of -1.6%. In Undisputed, the RTX 2060 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM buffer is sufficient for the game's requirements, as there is no evidence of texture swapping or performance crashes. However, the computational load of the Ultra preset at 4K is simply too much for its 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

The scaling of FPS with resolution is a direct reflection of the GPU's fill rate and shading capabilities. The pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but they become the limiting factor at 4K. The transition from High to Ultra settings at any resolution results in a significant FPS drop, indicating that the Ultra preset likely enables features that heavily utilize the GPU's fixed-function units, such as the 34 RT Cores, even if not for ray tracing. The data suggests that the RTX 2060 SUPER is a solid card for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but it is not suited for 4K at high quality settings. Its 175W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for its class, but the performance ceiling is clear from the measured FPS data.