Gaming PC build Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, Core i5-8600K 6-Core 3.6GHz, 16GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Core i5-8600K 6-Core 3.6GHz processor, a Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 890 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Core i5-8600K 6-Core 3.6GHz as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 961 at recommended requirement.

Hardware performance for these gaming components can be compared to one of todays most popular games, Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order. In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 50 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 101 FPS or the Medium returning 79 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 53 FPS and then Ultra gets 38 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Red Dead Redemption 2 - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 71 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Red Dead Redemption 2 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 142 FPS or the Medium returning 112 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 75 FPS and then Ultra gets 54 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 71 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 142 FPS or the Medium returning 112 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 75 FPS and then Ultra gets 54 FPS.