Valorant

The measured frame rates for Valorant with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 show a consistent pattern: regardless of resolution, the average FPS decreases as the settings preset moves from Low to Medium to High to Ultra. The highest recorded average is 672 FPS at 1080p Low, while the lowest is 307 FPS at 4K Ultra. All measured averages exceed 300 FPS, and even the lowest of the twelve data points remains far above the refresh rates of typical monitors. This analysis examines the per-resolution and per-setting behaviour, the role of the CPU and GPU, and how the combination ranks among other tested rigs.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides direct comparisons for four presets at three resolutions. At every resolution, the ordering of average FPS is consistent: Low yields the highest, followed by Medium, High, and then Ultra. At 1920x1080, Low averages 672 FPS, Medium 496 FPS, High 472 FPS, and Ultra 450 FPS. At 2560x1440, the numbers are 445 FPS (Low), 423 FPS (Medium), 403 FPS (High), and 384 FPS (Ultra). At 3840x2160, Low averages 513 FPS, Medium 338 FPS, High 322 FPS, and Ultra 307 FPS.

The difference between High and Ultra is smaller than between other consecutive presets. For example, at 1080p the gap is 22 FPS (472 to 450), at 1440p it is 19 FPS (403 to 384), and at 4K it is 15 FPS (322 to 307). This comparatively small delta suggests that Ultra is not significantly more demanding than High in this game, but the averaging effect might still matter for high-her input responsiveness.

For a competitive shooter like Valorant, where framerate stability often matters more than raw average FPS, the Medium preset offers a strong compromise. It stays above 360 FPS even at 4K (338 average) and above 420 FPS at 1440p, while providing a higher visual setting than Low. The data also indicates that at 1440p and 1080p, Medium’s average is at least 10% higher than High, which might translate to a measurable difference in problem-prone situations. However, all measured presets deliver more than 300 FPS at 4K, which means a 240 Hz or 360 Hz display would be saturated only at lower resolutions and presets.

The Low preset is the only one that breaks 600 FPS, but only at 1080p. While it offers the highest FPS, the game is not necessarily unplayable at High or Ultra, since those still deliver 450+ FPS at 1080p. Given the demonstrated scale of settings, the "High" profile appears to be the most sensible balance: it stays above 300 FPS at 4K and above 400 FPS at 1440p, and the drop from Medium is only 24 FPS at 1080p, 20 FPS at 1440p, and 16 FPS at 4K. The data does not include visual quality metrics, so the recommendation is purely from a performance perspective.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 comes with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128 bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Its base clock is 2280 MHz with a boost clock of 2497 MHz. These specifications are sufficient to drive Valorant to high frame rates at all measured points, as evidenced by FPS values that remain near the triple- or quadruple-digit range even at 4K Ultra.

In the benchmark set, the GPU’s simulation data includes a Passmark G3D score of 20891 and a Passmark G2D score of 1154. The GPU holds a percentileVsAllGpus of 72, meaning it outperforms 72% of the graphics cards in the database. Its average benchmark score is 26331. The nearest rival list includes AMD Radeon 860M, NVIDIA GeForce MX550, and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, with delta percentages around 1.2% or less. The 5060 Ti (actually the data says 5060) is effectively positioned within 1.2% of the closest rivals, indicating that its raw performance is typical for this class of hardware.

For Valorant specifically, the GPU’s role is less about heavy rendering and more about consistently delivering high refresh rates. Because the game uses dynamic and medium distances of simultaneous actions, the GPU must keep up with the CPU’s ability to submit frames. The data shows a modest, expected decline in FPS as resolution rises from 1080p to 4K, which is consistent with the growing number of shader computations per pixel. At 4K Ultra, the 8 GB VRAM is not limiting—the average FPS of 307 is ample for all but the most demanding users. The memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s is far above what this game requires at these settings, as evidenced by the still very high FPS in the 4K results. Overall, the RTX 5060 is not the constraining element; the measured frame rates are nearly identical to what the previous tier of cards might show at lower resolutions, but here they are consistently scaled.

Resolution Scaling

The data show the impact of resolution on average FPS across presets. The largest percentage drop occurs when moving from 1440p to 4K, not from 1080p to 1440p. For High setting, 1080p averages 472 FPS, 1440p 403 FPS, and 4K 322 FPS. That is a drop of 15.9% from 1080p to 1440p, and a 37.9% drop from 1440p to 4K (alternatively, a total drop of 31.8% from 1080p to 4K). For Medium, the drop from 1080p (496) to 1440p (423) is 14.6%, while from 1440p to 4K (338) is 24.9%. For Low, 1080p 672 to 1440p 638 (5.1% drop) and to 4K 513 (19.7% drop from 1440p) is 19.7%. For Ultra, 600 not present but we have 1080p 450, 1440p 384 (15.5% drop), 4K 307 (20.1% drop from 1440p).

These increments are not perfectly linear, but they indicate that the GPU is doing the incremental work when moving to 4K, with the CPU staying relatively fixed. The constant across all settings is that the FPS at 4K is still far above 300, so the game is not GPU-bound in a way that caps at 4K. However, the relative reduction suggests that the GPU is partial in this scaling; if the CPU were the only limit, the drop would be minimal because the same number of scene frames would be submitted regardless of resolution. Since there is a substantial drop, it confirms that the GPU is being exercised by higher resolution.

For players who need the absolute highest frame, dropping from 4K to 1440p provides a significant boost. The jump from 1440p to 1080p is smaller, especially for High and Ultra where the improvement is between 16 and 46 FPS. The scaling is non-trivial, so resolution selection must be paired with the refresh rate of the display. At 1080p, even Ultra produces 450 FPS, which is enough to drive most monitors. At 4K, only Low hits over 500, so anyone wanting to cross a 500 FPS barrier would need to use Low at 4K or reduce resolution.

FAQ

Q: Which preset gives the highest average FPS across all resolutions?

A: Low setting gives the highest average FPS at every resolution: 672 FPS at 1920x1080, 638 FPS at 2560x1440, and 513 FPS at 3840x2160.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded, and at what resolution/settings?

A: The lowest average FPS is 307 FPS, which occurs at 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset. This is still a very high frame rate for any display.

Q: How does the CPU’s benchmark score compare to its nearest informed rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s average benchmark score is 39783. It is 0.4% above the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS (39603), 0.7% above the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 (39485), and 0.7% below the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (40048) and 0.8% below the Ryzen 7 7700 (40081).

Q: What is the maximum FPS observed in the data?

A: The maximum FPS listed is 570, which appears in the 1920x1080 Medium row as the maxFPS value. The other settings do not have maxFPS entries, so 570 is the highest single value in the dataset.

Q: Is 8 GB of VRAM sufficient for dividing across 4K resolution?

A: Yes, based on the data. The average FPS at 4K Ultra is 307 FPS with 8 GB VRAM, indicating the card does not hit a VRAM limit that would cause a stutter or severe FPS drop.

Q: Does the combo rank in the top 25% of tested combinations?

A: The combo’s rank is 950 out of 3708 tested combinations, which is in the top 25.6% (950/3708). That places it in the upper quarter of all combinations tested in this database.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a desktop processor built on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge) with a 4 nm process from TSMC. It features an architecture with 8 physical cores and 16 threads, a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz. The L3 cache is 96 MB shared, which is a sizeable pool for fast data access. The CPU has dual-channel DDR5 memory support up to 1996 MHz? Actually, the memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s, and it uses 316 transistors. The TDP is 120 W.

In Valorant, like many competitive esports titles, the CPU’s single-thread performance and cache often limit the maximum frame rate when the scene is not GPU-filled. The 9800X3D’s single-core performance in Geekbench is 2964 points, and its single-thread Passmark score is 4430. These high marks contribute to the exceedingly high FPS observed: at 1080p Low, the average is 672, which indicates the CPU is able to push the game’s simulation loop At very quickly. The 3DMark score for 16 threads is another indicator: 1080p low produces huge FPS because the game is not bound by rendering.

The processor’s high socket AM5 architecture and 5.20 GHz boost also help in scenes with many agents and physics only pivot; Valorant often relies on raw single-thread speed to handle its simplified map and character logic.

The CPU’s benchmark relative to rivals is interesting: its average score is 2.5% above the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS and 0.8% above the Ryzen AI 9 365? Actually deltaPct is -0.1? Let's re-read nearestRivals values: For CPU, nearestRivals:

• "AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS", avgScore 39603, deltaPct 0.4
• "AMD Ryzen AI 9 365", avgScore 40048, deltaPct -0.7
• "AMD Ryzen AI 7 450", avgScore 39485, deltaPct 0.7
• "AMD Ryzen 7 7700", avgScore 40081, deltaPct -0.8

So it says the 9800X3D is 0.4% faster than the PRO 8840HS, 0.7% faster than the Ryzen AI 7 450, and 0.7% slower than the Ryzen AI 9 365 and 0.8% slower than the Ryzen 7 7700. That means it's very close to those processors. The absolute performance is similar to four other CPUs within 0.8% in this benchmark pool.

Given that, in game the single-thest capabilities are what matters. The 9800X3D’s 3D V cache? Actually it says no vCache3d in cache field (it's null) but the architecture is Zen 5. The 3D cache might not be present for this part. Actually, the fact pack has cache l3 96 MB, no mention 3D. So we just use that.

The CPU’s 16 threads also excel in transcoding or heavy multitasking, but in Valorant, the game rarely utilises that, so the single-thread Neck is pivotal. The 4.7 GHz base clock is already high, and the boost of 5.2 GHz ensures that the core stays fast during sustained load. That turbo behaviour likely contributes to the tight FPS or minimal 1% low values (the data shows 1% low only for Medium, with 13 that had 288 at 4K, 360 at 1440p, and 422 at 1080p). Those minimum FPS values are 86% of the average in the medium preset at 4K, showing that the CPU can sustain high loads without causing severe dips.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The dataset contains 12 measured row pairs (resolution × settings). Below is a complete listing:

• 1920x1080 High: avg 472 (min/max not provided)
• 1920x1080 Low: avg 672 (min/max not provided)
• 1920x1080 Medium: avg 496, min 422, max 570
• 1920x1080 Ultra: avg 450 (min/max not provided)
• 2560x1440 High: avg 403 (min/max not provided)
• 2560x1440 Low: avg 638 (min/max not provided)
• 2560x1440 Medium: avg 418? Wait: we have 423? From the list: 2560x1440 Medium avg 423, min 360, max 487. Yes.
• 2560x1440 Ultra: avg 384 (min/max not provided)
• 3840x2160 High: avg 322 (min/max not provided)
• 3840x2160 Low: avg 513 (min/max not provided)
• 3840x2160 Medium: avg 338, min 288, max 389
• 3840x2160 Ultra: avg 307 (min/max not provided)

The data clearly shows a strict ordering: Low > Medium > High > Ultra at every resolution. The largest FPS difference appears between Low and Medium across all resolutions. For example, at 1080p, Low beats Medium by 86 FPS; at 1440p, by 74 FPS; at 4K, by 175 FPS. The drop between Medium and High is 20-35 FPS at the two larger resolutions, and 16 FPS at 1080p. High to Ultra is always about 22‑23 FPS at lower resolutions and 15 FPS at 4K.

Min FPS values are only specified for the Medium preset: at 1080p the minimum is 422, at 1440p is 360, and at 4K is 288. These minimals are close to the average (e.g., 97% at 1080p, 90% at 1440p, 85% at 4K), suggesting that the frame time variance is relatively low, even at the highest resolution.

All recorded averages exceed 307 FPS, which means any normal display will be refresh-rate saturated for the majority of the time. The ranking above shows that the entire setting lineup is highly permissive to use.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 received a rank of 950 out of 3708 tested combos in the game’s benchmark suite. This places it in the top 26% of all combinations (950 / 3708 ≈ 0.256). This rank implies that while the hardware is very fast, a significant number of other tested combos achieve higher average FPS than what is recorded here. Given that the top tier of combos might include higher-priced GPUs or more extreme CPU configs, the 9800X3D + 5060 is in the upper quartile.

Because the rank is based on the overall measured FPS across the resolution/settings matrix, it reflects a skill some trade-off: the 5070 Ti (if it were in pack) or a 331 etc. Instead, the 9800X3D is highlighted as a strong CPU for gaming, but the RTX 5060 sits in the middle of the GPU performance distribution. Still, the combo overheads nearly 400 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is far beyond the typical monitor’s limit. Thus, the number one ranking is not a measure of playability; it is a where the combination sits in the massive list.

While the average benchmark score for the GPU is 26331 and it sits in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, the combined performance demonstrates that the 9800X3D amplifies the frame rate capability, especially at lower resolutions. The rank of 950 shows that many other CPUs and GPUs can such a high frame as well. The closest rival for the GPU is the metric deltaPct less than 1.3%, meaning the RTX 5060 is completely average in its class. This is a solid choice for an esports-focused build because it reaches 8K villages without difficulty.

Ultimately, the data paint a clear picture: the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with the RTX 5060 is a capable, high-performing system for Valorant, placing in the 25.6% of all tested combos and delivering framerates that overwhelm typical displays. The setting choice mainly affects whether you want a few extra frames or a higher visual quality, but even at 4K Ultra the average remains above 120 FPS many times the threshold of most monitors.