Ryzen 5 5600X + Arc B580 in Counter-Strike 2

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the frame rate the GPU delivers in this game, combined. The CPU figure is the highest frame rate that CPU sustained in this game with a flagship GPU installed — past that frame rate, the CPU is the limit. Settings: Highest settings (TechPowerUp RTX 5090 review suite), Ryzen 7 9800X3D. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, highest settings (TechPowerUp CPU suite), RTX 5090; Ryzen 5 5600X from Hardware Unboxed's AM4 revisit (Very High preset).

1080p

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 179–179 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU Arc B580delivers ~179 fps in this game at 1080p

The GPU side is lower by about 38.3% in this game at 1080p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~179 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 179) ÷ 290 ≈ 38.3% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range feeds a 165 Hz or faster monitor — this is high-refresh territory in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

1440p

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 125–125 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU Arc B580delivers ~125 fps in this game at 1440p

The GPU side is lower by about 56.9% in this game at 1440p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~125 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 125) ÷ 290 ≈ 56.9% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

4K

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 73–73 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU Arc B580delivers ~73 fps in this game at 4K

The GPU side is lower by about 74.9% in this game at 4K. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~73 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 73) ÷ 290 ≈ 74.9% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range suits a 60 Hz monitor; a high-refresh panel would be underused in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

This pair in other games

• Alan Wake 2 — this pair has no measured or estimated figure there yet.
• Baldur's Gate 3 — only your CPU has a figure there so far.
• Cyberpunk 2077 — only your CPU has a figure there so far.
• Elden Ring — this pair has no measured or estimated figure there yet.
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 56–56 fps at 1440p
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Strong GPU limit, 28–28 fps at 1440p
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — this pair has no measured or estimated figure there yet.
• Starfield — only your CPU has a figure there so far.

Sources for Counter-Strike 2

• Hardware Unboxed via TechSpot
• TechPowerUp

Full data: Counter-Strike 2 benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.