I recently built my girlfriend a gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 5700G, ASRock RX 9060 XT 8GB Challenger, 32GB of 3200MHz XPG memory, an ASRock B550M-HDV motherboard, and a 1TB Kingston M.2 SSD. She plays on a 1440p monitor, mainly because she prefers the larger display.
In Valorant, using low settings with most features disabled except multithreaded rendering, performance is usually around 230 FPS but sometimes drops below 200, occasionally reaching 150–160 FPS. In Fortnite at medium settings, she gets roughly 100–150 FPS.
I realize this hardware is not designed for the highest possible 1440p frame rates, but I saw benchmark videos with the same CPU and GPU producing higher numbers. I also know the 5700G is an APU and has less cache than some comparable Ryzen processors, although I am unsure whether its integrated graphics affect performance when the dedicated GPU is being used.
The monitor is connected directly to the graphics card, the BIOS is updated, and I have installed the latest GPU and chipset drivers. Cooling appears normal, the memory profile is enabled, and the games are definitely rendering on the RX 9060 XT. Are these results reasonable for this setup, or is there something else I should check?
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The 5700G's integrated graphics are not taking system resources away from the RX 9060 XT in the way you are worried about, as long as the monitor and games are using the dedicated card. A faster AM4 gaming CPU, particularly a 3D V-Cache model, could improve competitive-game frame rates and frame-time consistency, but an upgrade is not necessary if the games feel smooth and the monitor's refresh rate is being met.
In that case, there is no obvious issue to fix. Check the monitoring data and run a like-for-like benchmark, but the frame-rate range is consistent with a CPU-limited setup in these games.
Try lowering the resolution to 1080p without changing anything else. If FPS increases substantially, the graphics card or its 8GB of VRAM is the limiting factor. If performance barely changes, the 5700G is likely the limit. At 1440p, the 8GB card may become restrictive in newer games, although low settings and competitive titles reduce that concern. For the current games, the reported frame rates sound fairly plausible.
Those results do not immediately suggest a problem. At very high frame rates, Valorant and Fortnite can become CPU-limited, and the 5700G is weaker than processors such as the 5700X because it has less L3 cache and only supports PCIe 3.0. That can affect average FPS and especially the 1% lows, but it does not automatically mean the system is malfunctioning. Benchmark videos can also vary because of different maps, settings, background processes, memory configuration, and test methods.
Run a repeatable benchmark such as 3DMark Time Spy, or test the CPU and GPU separately, then compare the results with stock systems using the same components. During a game, use an overlay such as MSI Afterburner and monitor GPU usage, CPU usage, temperatures, clock speeds, VRAM usage, and frame times. This will show whether the GPU is saturated or whether one or more CPU cores are limiting performance. Make sure the memory profile remains enabled after BIOS updates.
Also check the monitor's refresh rate and whether an FPS cap, V-Sync, Radeon Chill, or another frame limiter is enabled. If the display is 144Hz or 165Hz, consistently rendering far above that may not provide a visible benefit anyway. Focus more on stutter, frame-time spikes, temperatures, and whether GPU and CPU clocks remain stable than on matching a random benchmark video.
The cooling looks fine, the memory profile is enabled, and the games are definitely using the dedicated GPU. She is happy with the performance for now, so I mainly wanted to confirm whether the numbers were normal.