Undisputed

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured frame rates for this AMD Ryzen 7 5700X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination reveal a classic pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution climbs. At 1080p Low settings, the combo produces an average of 528 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops that figure to 418 FPS, a reduction of 110 FPS, and then to 4K Low at 264 FPS, which is 264 FPS below the 1080p baseline. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 50%, indicating that the GPU is being pushed progressively harder while the CPU still has headroom.

At High settings, the scaling is steeper in absolute terms but similar in proportion: 344 FPS at 1080p falls to 249 FPS at 1440p (down 95 FPS), then to 157 FPS at 4K (down 187 FPS from 1080p). The 4K High result is 54% lower than the 1080p High result. This suggests that the rendering load from higher resolutions is the dominant factor, not the CPU.

The Medium preset tells a more nuanced story. At 1080p Medium, the average is 416 FPS with a minimum of 354 FPS and a maximum of 478 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 301 FPS (min 256, max 346), and at 4K Medium, it falls to 190 FPS (min 162, max 219). The spread between minimum and maximum FPS narrows as resolution increases—from a 124 FPS range at 1080p to a 57 FPS range at 4K—which implies that at lower resolutions, the CPU or memory subsystem introduces occasional frame time spikes, while at 4K, the GPU workload smooths out the variance.

Ultra settings exhibit the most dramatic scaling. At 1080p Ultra, the combo achieves 222 FPS. This drops to 160 FPS at 1440p, a 28% reduction, and then to 101 FPS at 4K, a 54% reduction from 1080p. The fact that 4K Ultra still maintains triple-digit FPS indicates that the RTX 5090 D has substantial raw compute headroom, but the data also shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck at any resolution—otherwise the FPS would plateau rather than scale smoothly with resolution.

What does this imply about the limiting component? The consistent linear drop in FPS as resolution increases points squarely at the GPU as the primary constraint. If the Ryzen 7 5700X were limiting, we would expect to see similar FPS across resolutions at any given preset, particularly at Low settings where GPU load is minimal. Instead, the 264 FPS difference between 1080p Low and 4K Low proves the GPU is doing the heavy lifting. The CPU’s role becomes more visible only at the lowest resolution and settings, where the 528 FPS ceiling suggests it can keep feeding frames, but even then, the GPU is not fully saturated.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, built on a 7 nm process at TSMC. Its base clock is 3.40 GHz and boost clock reaches 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB per-core L2 cache are typical for this generation, and the dual-channel DDR4 memory bus delivers 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications position it as a mid-range to upper-mid-range desktop CPU from 2022, and its benchmark scores confirm that.

In synthetic tests, the 5700X scores 13,184 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1,499 in single-core. Geekbench results show 10,779 multicore and 2,016 single-core. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 6,858, while single-thread is 921. PassMark multithread reaches 26,612, and single-thread hits 3,385. Its average benchmark score is 27,578, which places it in the 79th percentile of all CPUs. The nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12600K, has an identical average score of 27,578 with a 0% delta, meaning they are statistically tied. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 is just 0.2% behind at 27,535, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is 0.2% ahead at 27,636.

For a sports game like Undisputed, which is likely to have moderate CPU demands relative to AAA shooters, the 8-core/16-thread configuration is more than sufficient. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (528 FPS) and 1080p Medium (416 FPS) demonstrates that the CPU can feed the GPU at very high rates. The fact that the 5700X ties with the i5-12600K in average benchmark score suggests that any FPS differences between them in this game would be negligible, assuming the GPU is the same.

However, the data reveals a subtle CPU influence at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the FPS is 528, but at 1440p Low, it drops to 418. If the CPU were completely irrelevant, the drop would be purely GPU-driven, but the magnitude of the drop (110 FPS) is larger than what pure resolution scaling would predict for a GPU with 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This suggests that at lower resolutions, the CPU’s memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s) and cache hierarchy become a secondary factor, limiting how many draw calls can be processed per frame. Yet, even with this constraint, the combo never dips below 101 FPS at 4K Ultra, so the CPU is not a practical bottleneck for playable frame rates.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing. It uses the GB202 chip on a 5 nm process from TSMC, with 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die. Its base clock is 2017 MHz, boosting to 2407 MHz, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed. The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus yields 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for high-resolution textures and effects in Undisputed.

The GPU’s compute resources are extensive: 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 RT cores, and 680 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 423.6 GPixel/s, texture rate is 1,636.8 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput is 104.8 TFLOPS. These numbers explain why even at 4K Ultra, the combo still averages 101 FPS—the GPU has massive parallel throughput that can handle the rendering load. In synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 5090 D scores 14,326 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 310,674 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 376,915 in Geekbench Vulkan. PassMark G3D is 44,065, and GPU compute is 28,396.

Its average benchmark score is 77,712, placing it in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904, 1.1% behind), the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940, 1.6% ahead), and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (79,396, 2.1% ahead). This is curious because the RTX 5090 D is a desktop flagship, yet its average benchmark score is only slightly above a mid-range laptop GPU from the previous generation. This suggests that the benchmark suite used for the average may not fully stress the 5090 D’s capabilities, or that the comparison pool includes heavily optimized compute workloads where the laptop GPUs perform proportionally well.

In the context of Undisputed, the GPU’s role is clearly dominant. The 32 GB VRAM is far more than the game likely needs, even at 4K Ultra, which means there is no risk of texture thrashing. The 1.79 TB/s bandwidth ensures that memory throughput is never a limiting factor, allowing the GPU to focus on pixel and shader work. The high clock speeds (2017 MHz base, 2407 MHz boost) contribute to the FPS figures, but the sheer number of shading units is what allows the combo to hit 157 FPS at 4K High. If the GPU were weaker, we would see lower FPS at 4K, but the CPU’s role would remain the same—so the 5090 D is the reason this combo ranks as high as it does.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings yield an average of 528 FPS. Medium produces 416 FPS average, with a minimum of 354 FPS and a maximum of 478 FPS. High settings drop the average to 344 FPS. Ultra is the most demanding, averaging 222 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 306 FPS drop, or 58%, which indicates that each preset tier adds significant GPU load, but even Ultra stays well above refresh-rate territory for most monitors.

At 2560x1440, the numbers scale down proportionally. Low averages 418 FPS. Medium comes in at 301 FPS average, with a minimum of 256 FPS and a maximum of 346 FPS. High is 249 FPS. Ultra averages 160 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 258 FPS, a 62% reduction, which is slightly steeper than at 1080p. This suggests that at higher resolutions, the Ultra preset’s additional effects (likely shadows, reflections, and post-processing) become more expensive relative to the base rendering cost.

At 3840x2160, the combo still produces very playable numbers. Low averages 264 FPS. Medium averages 190 FPS, with a minimum of 162 FPS and a maximum of 219 FPS. High averages 157 FPS. Ultra averages 101 FPS. The minimum FPS at 4K Medium (162) is higher than the average FPS at 4K Ultra (101), which shows that the preset selection has a larger impact on frame pacing than resolution alone. The 4K Ultra result of 101 FPS is the only measured scenario that dips near triple-digit territory, but it still clears the 100 FPS threshold.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset provides the most complete data with min/max values. The variance between min and max FPS is consistent: at 1080p Medium, the range is 124 FPS (354 to 478), at 1440p Medium, it is 90 FPS (256 to 346), and at 4K Medium, it is 57 FPS (162 to 219). This narrowing variance with higher resolution is a sign that the GPU workload becomes more consistent, reducing the chance of CPU-induced stutters.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 44th out of 2,813 tested combos in Undisputed. That places it in the top 1.6% of all combinations tested, which is an excellent result given that the CPU is not a flagship part. The RTX 5090 D is clearly the driver of this high rank, as its 92nd percentile GPU score and massive compute resources push the combo into the upper echelon.

The rank of 44 means that 2,769 other combos perform worse in this game, while only 43 perform better. Given that the RTX 5090 D is one of the most powerful GPUs available, the combos ahead of it likely feature even faster CPUs (such as the Ryzen 7 5800X3D or Intel Core i9-14900K) that can push frame rates even higher at lower resolutions. However, the data in this fact pack does not specify which CPUs are in those 43 combos, so we cannot confirm that hypothesis directly.

What the rank does tell us is that the 5700X is not holding back the 5090 D significantly. The 79th percentile CPU score suggests that the processor is above average, but not top-tier. Yet, the combo still manages to beat 98.4% of all tested configurations. This implies that Undisputed is heavily GPU-bound, meaning the CPU’s relative weakness (compared to the GPU’s strength) does not penalize the overall result. If the game were CPU-bound, we would expect the combo to rank lower, perhaps in the top 10-20%, because the 5700X would become the limiting factor.

The nearest rival data for the CPU (i5-12600K at 0% delta) and GPU (RX 6650M XT at 1.1% behind) provides context for how other combos might perform. If the 5700X were paired with a weaker GPU, the rank would drop significantly. Conversely, if the 5090 D were paired with a faster CPU like the 5800X or 7600X (both within 0.2% of the 5700X’s average score), the rank might improve marginally, but the delta is so small that it would likely not move the needle by more than a few positions.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset appears to offer the best balance of visual quality and performance across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 416 FPS average with a minimum of 354 FPS, which is far above any display’s refresh rate. At 1440p Medium, the average is 301 FPS with a minimum of 256 FPS, still exceeding 240 Hz monitors. At 4K Medium, the average is 190 FPS with a minimum of 162 FPS, which comfortably saturates 144 Hz displays and even supports 165 Hz panels with occasional dips.

The High preset is also viable, but with diminishing returns. At 1080p High, the average is 344 FPS, which is still excellent. At 1440p High, the average drops to 249 FPS, which is borderline for 240 Hz monitors but fine for 144 Hz. At 4K High, the average is 157 FPS, which is solid for 144 Hz but not for 165 Hz or higher. The jump from Medium to High at 4K costs 33 FPS (from 190 to 157), which is a 17% reduction for presumably modest visual gains.

Ultra settings are only recommended for users with 120 Hz or lower refresh rate displays at 4K, since the 101 FPS average at 4K Ultra will produce frame drops below 120 Hz during intense scenes. At 1440p Ultra, the 160 FPS average is acceptable for 144 Hz but not 165 Hz. At 1080p Ultra, the 222 FPS average is fine for 240 Hz but not for 360 Hz. For most users, the Medium preset is the sweet spot because it maintains high minimum FPS (162 at 4K) while still looking noticeably better than Low.

Low settings are only worth considering if the user prioritizes absolute frame rate over visuals, such as for competitive play on a 360 Hz or 500 Hz monitor. The 528 FPS at 1080p Low would saturate any display, but the visual quality would be severely compromised. Given that Undisputed is a sports title where visual clarity of the boxers and arena is important, the Medium preset is the recommended starting point.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Undisputed?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo averages 528 FPS. This is the highest measured value across all resolutions and settings.

Q: Can this combo run the game at 4K Ultra with playable frame rates?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 101. This is playable on a 100 Hz or 120 Hz display, but it will drop below 120 Hz during demanding scenes.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rival in terms of average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has an average benchmark score of 27,578. The Intel Core i5-12600K has an identical score of 27,578, meaning a 0% delta. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is 0.2% ahead at 27,636.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory bandwidth and how does it help at high resolutions?

A: The RTX 5090 D has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This high bandwidth prevents memory bottlenecks at 4K, allowing the GPU to maintain high FPS even with demanding textures.

Q: Does the combo rank high among all tested configurations in this game?

A: Yes, it ranks 44th out of 2,813 tested combos, placing it in the top 1.6%. This indicates that the RTX 5090 D’s performance dominates despite the CPU being mid-range.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 4K Medium, and is it consistent?

A: At 3840x2160 with Medium settings, the minimum FPS is 162 and the maximum is 219, with an average of 190. The 57 FPS variance indicates good frame pacing without major stutters.