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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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.
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