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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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Top 9% of systems. Capable of 4K Ultra gaming and advanced rendering.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio
Well Balanced
CPU
85%
VS
GPU
96%
PROCESSOR

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

21,088 Benchmark Score
Top 15% Market Ranking
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

54,209 Benchmark Score
Top 4% Market Ranking
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Market Position

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Budget
0-30
Mid-Range
30-60
High-End
60-85
Enthusiast
85-100
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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready
70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High
50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med
30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports
0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a desktop build that combines a 6-core Zen 3 APU with a flagship Ada Lovelace GPU. This pairing sits at the 80th combined percentile across all CPU+GPU configurations in the database, indicating a system that outperforms the majority of tracked builds. The data here is measured, with real FPS figures across 45 games at three resolutions, so the analysis below reflects actual observed performance rather than estimates.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor built on the Zen 3 architecture with the Cezanne codename, manufactured on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boosts up to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The chip integrates Radeon Vega 7 graphics, making it a versatile APU, though in this build it serves as the compute engine for the discrete RTX 4080 SUPER. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 16 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is dual-channel DDR4 with a theoretical bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and the CPU provides 16 PCIe Gen 3 lanes.

Benchmark data places the 5600G at the 74th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21088. Its nearest rivals in the database are the Intel Core i3-1220P (average score 21066, just 0.1% behind), the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V (21112, 0.1% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (21133, 0.2% ahead), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 155U (21174, 0.4% ahead). This clustering shows the 5600G is competitive with modern low-power laptop chips, despite being a desktop part from an earlier generation. In multi-threaded workloads, it scores 10551 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1724 in Cinebench R15 multicore, while single-thread scores are 1409 in R23 and 228 in R15. Geekbench results show 8428 multicore and 1801 single-core. PassMark tests reveal strengths in integer math (67344), floating-point math (37830), and random string sorting (25354), but a relatively modest find prime numbers score of 57. The 3DMark multi-thread scores scale from 1705 (2 threads) to 5455 (max threads), showing reasonable scaling across the 12 threads.

For real workloads, these numbers indicate a CPU that handles everyday productivity tasks with ease, but its 6-core/12-thread configuration is a limiting factor in heavily threaded applications. The 16 MB L3 cache is modest by modern standards, and the PCIe Gen 3 interface means the GPU cannot use PCIe 4.0 bandwidth, though for the RTX 4080 SUPER the practical impact is minimal in most games. The 5600G’s single-thread performance, as shown by the 1409 Cinebench R23 score, is adequate for gaming and general responsiveness, but it trails newer architectures in IPC-heavy tasks. The 74th percentile rank confirms it is above average, yet the narrow margins to its rivals (all within 0.4%) suggest it is not a performance outlier—it is simply a competent mid-range CPU.

Gaming Performance

The measured FPS data at ultra settings reveals a wide range of outcomes across games and resolutions, with the pair ranking 313th out of 3732 tracked pairs and averaging 194.8 FPS across all tested titles. At 1920x1080, the system excels in esports and older titles: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits 712.9 FPS, Valorant reaches 399 FPS, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X manages 388 FPS. Counter-Strike 2 achieves 323.4 FPS, while Minecraft and Minecraft: Java Edition deliver 318 and 319.4 FPS respectively. Roblox runs at 416.8 FPS, and To The Core reaches 324.8 FPS. Heavier titles at 1080p also perform well: Cyberpunk 2077 runs at 123 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 at 84.5 FPS, and Microsoft Flight Simulator at 123 FPS. The most demanding game tested, Ark: Survival Ascended, drops to 45.7 FPS at 1080p.

Moving to 2560x1440, the scaling is expected: most titles lose 20-40% of their 1080p performance. Valorant stays high at 378 FPS, Rainbow Six Siege X at 253.6 FPS, and Counter-Strike 2 at 216.6 FPS. Call of Duty: Warzone runs at 110 FPS, Cyberpunk 2077 at 83 FPS, and Red Dead Redemption 2 at 64 FPS. Ark: Survival Ascended falls to 33.1 FPS, making it unplayable at this resolution with ultra settings. At 3840x2160, the RTX 4080 SUPER’s raw power shows, but the CPU begins to bottleneck in some titles. Valorant still manages 351 FPS, and Counter-Strike 2 runs at 121.7 FPS, but Cyberpunk 2077 drops to 43 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 to 45.5 FPS, and Ark: Survival Ascended to a slideshow-like 13.6 FPS. Microsoft Flight Simulator and The Long Drive both hit 43 FPS at 4K, while The Medium runs at 47.8 FPS.

The pattern across resolutions shows that the RTX 4080 SUPER is capable of 4K gaming in most titles, but the 5600G limits frame rates in CPU-bound scenarios. For example, Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and The Long Drive all report identical FPS at 1080p (123) and 4K (43), which strongly suggests a CPU bottleneck rather than GPU limitation. In contrast, esports titles like Valorant and Counter-Strike scale more uniformly, indicating the GPU is the primary driver at higher resolutions. Overall, this build is excellent for 1080p and 1440p high-refresh gaming, and viable for 4K in less demanding titles, but the CPU prevents consistent 4K high-FPS experiences in the most demanding games.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 21088, placing it at the 74th percentile, while the GPU’s average benchmark score is 54209, at the 86th percentile. The combined percentile for the pair is 80, meaning this system outperforms 80% of all tracked CPU+GPU combinations. The GPU’s nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (average score 54247, just 0.1% ahead), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54828, 1.1% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55698, 2.7% ahead), and the AMD Radeon 8060S (55757, 2.8% ahead). This shows the RTX 4080 SUPER is essentially tied with the original RTX 4080 in overall benchmark performance, with the differences being within noise levels. The GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 6600, while Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores are 219065 and 260075 respectively. PassMark G3D score is 34245, with G2D at 1270, and GPU compute at 19822.

The CPU’s benchmark profile is more modest. Its 3DMark single-thread score is 872, while the 16-thread score is 5451. Cinebench R23 results (10551 multicore, 1409 single-core) show a processor that is roughly 7.5 times faster in multi-threaded workloads than single-thread, which is typical for a 6-core/12-thread design. PassMark multithread score is 19717, with single-thread at 3177. Data compression (249302) and encryption (15247) scores suggest adequate performance for file archiving and basic security tasks, while extended instructions score 17334. The combined picture is a system where the GPU dominates the performance envelope: the RTX 4080 SUPER sits at the 86th percentile, while the CPU lags at the 74th. This 12-percentage-point gap indicates that the CPU is the weaker link in this pairing, which will manifest in CPU-bound scenarios.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: At 1080p, this build delivers exceptional frame rates in esports titles, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 712.9 FPS, Valorant at 399 FPS, and Rainbow Six Siege X at 388 FPS. Even at 1440p, Valorant holds 378 FPS and Counter-Strike 2 manages 216.6 FPS, making it suitable for 240Hz monitors in competitive shooters.

Streaming: The 5600G’s 6 cores and 12 threads, combined with a PassMark multithread score of 19717, can handle encoding overhead, while the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 320 tensor cores provide hardware acceleration. However, the CPU’s 74th percentile rank means simultaneous gaming and streaming in CPU-heavy titles may cause frame drops, as seen in Cyberpunk 2077’s identical 123 FPS at 1080p and 4K.

Video editing: The GPU’s 52.22 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 16 GB of GDDR6X memory with 736.3 GB/s bandwidth accelerate rendering and effects, while the CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10551 handles timeline operations. Geekbench OpenCL score of 219065 suggests strong compute offload for GPU-accelerated exports.

3D rendering: The RTX 4080 SUPER’s 80 RT cores and 10240 shading units deliver strong ray-traced rendering performance, as indicated by its 86th percentile rank. The CPU’s 6 cores will be a bottleneck in CPU-based rendering, with its 5451 3DMark 16-thread score being modest for heavy scene compilation.

Software development: The 5600G’s single-thread score of 1409 in Cinebench R23 and 1801 in Geekbench single-core provide adequate responsiveness for code compilation, while the 16 MB L3 cache helps with repeated code access. PassMark data encryption score of 15247 supports secure development workflows.

Student and office work: The CPU’s 74th percentile rank and PassMark single-thread score of 3177 handle document editing, spreadsheets, and web browsing without issue. The integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics provide a fallback if the discrete GPU is disabled, though the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 43 FPS in Microsoft Flight Simulator at 4K shows it can handle productivity tasks effortlessly.

Balance and Bottleneck

The data clearly shows the CPU as the limiting factor in this build. The GPU’s 86th percentile versus the CPU’s 74th percentile creates a 12-point gap, and this manifests in specific game scenarios. In Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and The Long Drive, the FPS is identical at 1080p and 4K (123 and 43 FPS respectively), which is a classic CPU bottleneck signature—the GPU is not being fully utilized at lower resolutions because the CPU cannot feed it frames fast enough. Similarly, Ark: Survival Ascended drops from 45.7 FPS at 1080p to 13.6 FPS at 4K, showing that at 4K the GPU becomes the constraint, but at 1080p the CPU limits performance.

In contrast, esports titles scale more predictably with resolution: Valorant goes from 399 FPS at 1080p to 351 FPS at 4K, a 12% drop, while Counter-Strike 2 drops from 323.4 to 121.7 FPS (62% drop). This indicates that in lighter titles, the GPU is the primary driver even at 1080p, but in heavier titles, the CPU holds things back. The pair’s average FPS of 194.8 across all games, with a rank of 313 out of 3732, suggests that while the GPU is powerful, the CPU drags the overall average down in demanding titles. The 5600G’s PCIe Gen 3 interface (versus the GPU’s PCIe 4.0 x16) may also contribute to minor bandwidth limitations, though the measured FPS differences are more likely due to raw CPU compute limits.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD103 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC with 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. It features 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, with 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. The GPU runs at a base clock of 2295 MHz and boosts to 2550 MHz, with memory clocked at 1438 MHz (23 Gbps effective). The 16 GB of GDDR6X memory sits on a 256-bit bus, delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. Compute performance is rated at 52.22 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1 ratio), with a pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s. The card draws 320 W TDP and requires a 700 W power supply, using a single 16-pin connector. It is triple-slot wide, measuring 310 mm in length, 140 mm in height, and 61 mm in width.

Benchmark results place the RTX 4080 SUPER at the 86th percentile, with an average score of 54209. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6600 indicates strong modern API performance, while Geekbench Vulkan (260075) outperforms OpenCL (219065), suggesting good driver optimization for Vulkan-based workloads. PassMark G3D score of 34245 is strong, but DirectX 9 (381), DirectX 10 (193), DirectX 11 (301), and DirectX 12 (134) scores are oddly low, which may reflect the benchmark’s methodology rather than real-world performance—the measured game FPS data contradicts these low DirectX scores. The GPU’s nearest rival is the original RTX 4080, which scores 54247, a 0.1% difference that is effectively a tie. For rendering workloads, the 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores provide hardware-accelerated ray tracing and DLSS, while the 16 GB VRAM is sufficient for 4K textures and complex scenes. The 736.3 GB/s bandwidth ensures high throughput for compute tasks, and the 52.22 TFLOPS FP32 is competitive for GPU-accelerated rendering.

Who Should Build It

This build targets gamers who prioritize high refresh rates at 1080p and 1440p, as evidenced by the 712.9 FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and 399 FPS in Valorant at 1080p. It is also suitable for 4K gaming in less demanding titles, with 136.8 FPS in Rainbow Six Siege X at 4K, though the 43 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K shows limits in AAA titles. Content creators working with GPU-accelerated workflows—video editors using the 219065 OpenCL score, 3D artists leveraging the 52.22 TFLOPS and 16 GB VRAM—will find this build capable, but CPU-bound tasks like scene compilation will be slower due to the 5600G’s 6 cores.

Software developers compiling large codebases may find the 5600G’s 10551 Cinebench R23 multicore score adequate but not exceptional, while the 1801 Geekbench single-core score ensures responsive IDEs. Students and office workers will find the system overkill for document processing, but the 74th CPU percentile ensures smooth multitasking. Small business workstations running database or virtualization workloads can leverage the 19717 PassMark multithread score, though the 16 MB L3 cache may limit certain workloads. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s end-of-life status suggests this is a build for those who want current-generation GPU performance without waiting for the successor, and the 86th GPU percentile means it will handle most tasks for years.

Build Overview

This desktop build pairs the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, a 6-core/12-thread Zen 3 APU from the 5000 series, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, a flagship Ada Lovelace GPU from the GeForce 40-series. The CPU was released on April 12, 2021, with a launch MSRP of $259, while the GPU launched on January 30, 2024, at a launch MSRP of 999 USD. The CPU is still active in production, whereas the GPU is marked end-of-life with a successor in the GeForce 50 series. The combined percentile of 80 places this system in the upper quintile of all tracked builds, with the pair ranking 313th out of 3732 in average FPS performance. The CPU’s 74th percentile and GPU’s 86th percentile create an imbalance, but the overall system is still powerful enough for high-end gaming and productivity. The measured FPS average of 194.8 across 45 games underscores that this is a high-performance build, though the CPU prevents it from being truly top-tier.

FAQ

Q: What is the combined performance percentile of this CPU+GPU pairing?

A: The combined percentile is 80, meaning it outperforms 80% of all tracked CPU+GPU combinations in the database.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare to the original RTX 4080?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 54209, while the RTX 4080 scores 54247, making the SUPER 0.1% slower—a negligible difference effectively making them performance equals.

Q: What is the maximum FPS recorded in the measured games at 1080p?

A: The highest 1080p FPS is 712.9 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, followed by 416.8 in Roblox and 399 in Valorant.

Q: Which game showed the worst performance at 4K ultra settings?

A: Ark: Survival Ascended recorded the lowest 4K FPS at 13.6, with Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and The Long Drive all at 43 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in any games?

A: Yes, in Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and The Long Drive, FPS is identical at 1080p and 4K (123 and 43 FPS), indicating the CPU limits performance regardless of resolution.

Q: What is the CPU’s average benchmark score and percentile rank?

A: The CPU has an average benchmark score of 21088, placing it at the 74th percentile among all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i3-1220P at 21066 (0.1% behind).

Q: What memory type and bandwidth does the GPU use?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The CPU uses the AMD Socket AM4 platform, which is an older socket with no new processor releases expected. The Ryzen 5 5600G supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, and the platform is limited to PCIe Gen 3 for CPU lanes, though the GPU’s PCIe 4.0 x16 interface will run at Gen 3 speeds. The 65 W CPU TDP and 320 W GPU TDP combine for a total system draw that the 700 W suggested PSU can handle with headroom. A sensible next upgrade would be to replace the 5600G with a higher-core-count AM4 CPU, such as a 12-core or 16-core Zen 3 part, which would improve multi-threaded scores from the current 10551 Cinebench R23 to significantly higher values, reducing the CPU bottleneck in games like Cyberpunk 2077 where the GPU is underutilized. However, the AM4 platform’s PCIe Gen 3 limitation remains, and moving to a newer platform with PCIe Gen 5 would require a new motherboard and DDR5 memory. For the GPU, the RTX 4080 SUPER’s successor is the GeForce 50 series, but the current card’s 86th percentile rank means it remains a high-end option. The build’s 80th combined percentile suggests that upgrading the CPU first would yield the most benefit, as the GPU is already near the top of the performance distribution.