Gaming PC build Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, Ryzen R7 1700, 16GB performance review

According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Ryzen R7 1700 processor, a Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 927 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 930 at recommended requirement.

Lets see how well a gaming PC with these components performs on one of todays more popular games, Cyberpunk 2077. 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 68 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Cyberpunk 2077 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 136 FPS or the Medium returning 107 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 72 FPS and then Ultra gets 51 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Assassins Creed: Valhalla - 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 Assassins Creed: Valhalla then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 76 FPS or the Medium returning 65 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 56 FPS and then Ultra gets 38 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Genshin Impact - 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 66 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Genshin Impact then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 132 FPS or the Medium returning 104 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 70 FPS and then Ultra gets 50 FPS.