Ryzen 5 5600X + RTX 3060 Ti 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).

1080p255–255 fps · Balanced pairing 1440p174–174 fps · Strong GPU limit 4K89–89 fps · Strong GPU limit

1080p

Balanced pairing

Expected frame rate: 255–255 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RTX 3060 Tidelivers ~255 fps in this game at 1080p

The CPU ceiling and the GPU's delivered rate sit within 12.2% of each other — neither part wastes much of the other. The gap is measured between the two figures above: (faster − slower) ÷ faster.

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: 174–174 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RTX 3060 Tidelivers ~174 fps in this game at 1440p

The GPU side is lower by about 40.1% in this game at 1440p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~174 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 174) ÷ 290 ≈ 40.1% 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.

4K

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 89–89 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RTX 3060 Tidelivers ~89 fps in this game at 4K

The GPU side is lower by about 69.3% in this game at 4K. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~89 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 89) ÷ 290 ≈ 69.3% 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 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.

GPUs measured in this game at 1440p that clear this CPU:

RTX 5070 — delivers ~294 fps (smallest step that removes the limit) · full result
RTX 5090 — delivers ~579 fps (strongest measured) · full result

This pair in other games

Alan Wake 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Baldur's Gate 3 — Balanced, 79–79 fps at 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 — Estimated: Strong GPU limit, ~36–57 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Elden Ring — this pair has no measured or estimated figure there yet.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 55–55 fps at 1440p
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Strong GPU limit, 50–50 fps at 1440p
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Starfield — Strong GPU limit, 24–24 fps at 1440p

Sources for Counter-Strike 2

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