Valorant

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 604th out of 3,708 tested combinations in Valorant. This places it comfortably within the top 17% of all ranked system pairings, a strong result for a competitive FPS where high and consistent frame rates matter more than absolute graphical fidelity. The percentile positioning reflects a balanced pairing: the CPU's strong single-threaded performance complements the GPU's raw throughput, and the measured data confirms no obvious bottleneck at any tested resolution.

Benchmark results indicate this combo is not an outlier in either direction. The CPU itself sits at the 78th percentile among all processors, while the GPU reaches the 83rd percentile among all graphics cards. When combined, the system's in-game rank of 604 out of 3,708 suggests that the pairing slightly underperforms what the individual component percentiles might imply — likely because Valorant's engine is heavily CPU-bound at lower resolutions, and the GPU's headroom is not fully utilized. Still, a top-17% finish is respectable, and the data shows the system delivers frame rates far beyond what typical 144Hz or even 240Hz monitors can display.

In practical terms, this combo is overkill for Valorant at most settings, but that is precisely why it ranks high. The measured FPS figures, ranging from 431 FPS at 4K Ultra to 594 FPS at 1080p Low, place it in a performance tier where the limiting factor shifts from hardware to the game's engine tick rate or the display's refresh ceiling. The rank of 604 relative to 3,708 combos means there are 3,104 tested configurations that score lower — a strong endorsement for anyone building a system specifically for competitive play.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a clear picture: the Low preset delivers the best experience for pure frame rate, with an average of 594 FPS at 1080p, 563 FPS at 1440p, and 523 FPS at 4K. These figures are dramatically above the refresh rates of virtually all gaming monitors, making Low the optimal choice for players who prioritize responsiveness and minimal input latency. The gap between Low and the next preset (Medium) is 87 FPS at 1080p (594 vs. 507), 83 FPS at 1440p (563 vs. 480), and 77 FPS at 4K (523 vs. 446).

However, for players who value visual clarity without sacrificing competitive viability, Medium is the sweet spot. The average FPS at Medium remains exceptionally high — 507 FPS at 1080p, 480 FPS at 1440p, and 446 FPS at 4K — while offering noticeably better texture and shadow quality than Low. The minimum FPS recorded at Medium (431 FPS at 1080p, 408 FPS at 1440p, and 379 FPS at 4K) still exceeds any standard high-refresh display's maximum capability, meaning there is no practical downside to choosing Medium over Low for most users. The max FPS at Medium reaches 583 FPS at 1080p, 552 FPS at 1440p, and 513 FPS at 4K, showing strong consistency.

High and Ultra presets offer diminishing returns. High averages 498 FPS at 1080p, 473 FPS at 1440p, and 439 FPS at 4K — only 9-11 FPS below Medium at each resolution. Ultra drops further to 490 FPS at 1080p, 465 FPS at 1440p, and 431 FPS at 4K. The performance cost of Ultra over High is minimal (8 FPS at 1080p, 8 FPS at 1440p, 8 FPS at 4K), so players with high-refresh monitors who want maximum visual quality can safely use Ultra without risking frame drops below playable thresholds. The verdict: Medium for competitive play, Ultra for visual purists — both are viable, but Low is only recommended for players chasing every last FPS beyond 500.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is modest, indicating that the GPU is not the primary limiting factor in Valorant. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 594 at 1080p to 523 at 4K — a decline of 71 FPS (11.9%). At Medium, the drop is from 507 to 446 FPS (61 FPS, 12.0%). At High, it is 498 to 439 FPS (59 FPS, 11.8%). At Ultra, 490 to 431 FPS (59 FPS, 12.0%). The consistency of this roughly 12% scaling across all presets strongly suggests a CPU-bound scenario where the GPU's additional workload at higher resolutions is partially absorbed by the Ryzen 5 7600's six Zen 4 cores.

The fact that 4K performance remains above 400 FPS even at Ultra is remarkable. Most systems would show a far steeper drop-off from 1080p to 4K, but here the delta is nearly identical regardless of settings, which points to the engine's rendering thread being the constraint rather than the graphics pipeline. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for Valorant's modest VRAM requirements, so the GPU never becomes a bottleneck at any resolution.

That said, the scaling pattern does reveal the CPU's ceiling. From 1080p to 1440p, the FPS drop is roughly 30-31 FPS at every preset (e.g., 594 to 563 at Low, 507 to 480 at Medium). From 1440p to 4K, the drop is slightly larger: 40 FPS at Low (563 to 523), 34 FPS at Medium (480 to 446), 34 FPS at High (473 to 439), and 34 FPS at Ultra (465 to 431). The larger 1080p-to-1440p delta at Low (31 FPS) versus the 1440p-to-4K delta at Low (40 FPS) is curious but consistent with a system where the CPU handles the frame generation while the GPU processes pixels — as resolution climbs, the GPU's per-frame work increases, but the CPU's frame rate ceiling is nearly flat. The data shows the Ryzen 5 7600 can push approximately 594 FPS at 1080p Low, while the RTX 4070 SUPER can render 4K at similar frame rates when the CPU allows.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full dataset includes 12 measured configurations, all with average FPS recorded, and Medium settings also capturing minimum and maximum FPS for each resolution.

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 594 FPS average
• Medium: 507 FPS average (min 431, max 583)
• High: 498 FPS average
• Ultra: 490 FPS average

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 563 FPS average
• Medium: 480 FPS average (min 408, max 552)
• High: 473 FPS average
• Ultra: 465 FPS average

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 523 FPS average
• Medium: 446 FPS average (min 379, max 513)
• High: 439 FPS average
• Ultra: 431 FPS average

The Medium preset's min/max data provides insight into frame pacing. At 1080p, the minimum of 431 FPS is 76 FPS below the average of 507, while the maximum of 583 FPS is 76 FPS above — a symmetrical distribution suggesting occasional CPU hitches during intense combat. At 1440p, the min of 408 FPS sits 72 FPS below the 480 average, and the max of 552 FPS is 72 FPS above. At 4K, the min of 379 FPS is 67 FPS below the 446 average, and the max of 513 FPS is 67 FPS above. The narrowing spread at higher resolutions (152 FPS at 1080p, 144 FPS at 1440p, 134 FPS at 4K) indicates that GPU workload increases smooth out some of the CPU-side variance.

Comparing presets, the jump from Low to Medium costs 87 FPS at 1080p (594 to 507), 83 FPS at 1440p, and 77 FPS at 4K. The jump from Medium to High costs only 9 FPS at 1080p, 7 FPS at 1440p, and 7 FPS at 4K. High to Ultra costs 8 FPS at 1080p, 8 FPS at 1440p, and 8 FPS at 4K. The data shows that the first step from Low to Medium is the most expensive in performance terms, while subsequent steps are nearly free — a classic indication that the Low preset disables certain engine optimizations that the hardware can easily handle.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, built on the AD104 chip with the Ada Lovelace architecture, is a 5 nm part with 35,800 million transistors packed into a 294 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz and boosts to 2475 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 192-bit bus delivers 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth — more than enough for Valorant's low VRAM usage.

The GPU's benchmark scores provide context: it holds the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 43,223. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB (avg score 43,262, delta -0.1%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (43,268, -0.1%), the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 (43,301, -0.2%), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile (43,667, -1%). This places the RTX 4070 SUPER in a tight cluster where performance differences are negligible.

In Valorant specifically, the GPU's role is secondary. The measured FPS shows that even at 4K Ultra, the system maintains 431 FPS average, which is far above the GPU's compute demands. The GPU's 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs are not fully utilized at any setting. The 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores are irrelevant for this game, as Valorant does not employ ray tracing or DLSS. The GPU's FP32 performance of 35.48 TFLOPS is far beyond what this engine requires. The data suggests the RTX 4070 SUPER is effectively idle during Valorant sessions, with the bottleneck residing elsewhere.

The GPU's power draw of 220 W and suggested 550 W PSU are typical for this class, but in this workload, the card likely draws far less. The dual-slot design and 1x 16-pin connector are standard. The card's end-of-life production status and 2024 release date make it a mature product with stable drivers. For Valorant, the GPU's 83rd percentile ranking is irrelevant — the game's performance ceiling is determined by the CPU and memory subsystem, not the graphics card.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is the true driver of Valorant's frame rates. This 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series (Zen 4, codename Raphael) runs at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosts to 5.10 GHz. It features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU is built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die. It supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and includes Radeon integrated graphics as a fallback.

The CPU's benchmark scores are telling: it achieves a single-thread score of 999 in 3DMark, 1,852 in Cinebench R23, and 2,521 in Geekbench. Multi-threaded scores include 6,503 in 3DMark max threads, 12,735 in Cinebench R23, and 13,413 in Geekbench. The PassMark multi-thread score is 27,058, with a single-thread score of 3,910. These figures place the CPU at the 78th percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 26,324.

The nearest CPU rivals are: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (avg 26,274, delta 0.2%), AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (26,402, -0.3%), Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,212, 0.4%), and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (26,187, 0.5%). The Ryzen 5 7600 essentially ties with these parts, showing that its 6-core configuration is competitive with higher-tier mobile and older desktop chips in aggregate workloads. However, for Valorant, the single-thread performance is what matters most.

The measured FPS data confirms the CPU's dominance. At 1080p Low, the system hits 594 FPS average — this is close to the CPU's practical frame generation limit. The fact that 4K Low only drops to 523 FPS (an 11.9% reduction) while the GPU's workload quadruples in pixel count indicates the CPU is generating frames faster than the GPU can render at higher resolutions, but the gap is small enough that the GPU still keeps up. The CPU's 5.10 GHz boost clock and 32 MB L3 cache are ideal for Valorant's single-threaded game logic, and the 12 threads handle background tasks without interfering with the primary rendering thread.

The CPU's 65 W TDP and AM5 socket with PCIe Gen 5 support (24 lanes) make it a modern, efficient choice. Its unlocked multiplier allows overclocking, though the stock boost already exceeds 5 GHz. The CPU's release date of 2023-01-13 and launch MSRP of $229 position it as a mid-range part that punches above its weight in esports titles. The data shows that in Valorant, the Ryzen 5 7600 is the component that determines the experience — the GPU merely follows its lead.