Gaming PC build Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB, Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz, 16GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz processor, a Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 986 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 993 at recommended requirement.

The performance of these hardware components is best displayed in relation to the current most popular game, Cyberpunk 2077. In summary, if you are looking to play Cyberpunk 2077 in Ultra then you have come with the right graphics card. The Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB can chew through the graphical performance needs of the game with relative ease. 1080p Ultra will return 82 frames, then the larger screen resolution of 1440p can deliver 63 FPS, with the 4K resolution seeing 37 FPS in Ultra as well.

2nd most popular game: Mafia: Definitive Edition - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 55 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Mafia: Definitive Edition then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 110 FPS or the Medium returning 86 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 58 FPS and then Ultra gets 42 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Serious Sam 4 - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX 5700 XT Sapphire Pulse 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 56 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Serious Sam 4 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 113 FPS or the Medium returning 89 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 60 FPS and then Ultra gets 43 FPS.