Ryzen 5 5600X + RX 7600 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: 167–167 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7600delivers ~167 fps in this game at 1080p

The GPU side is lower by about 42.3% in this game at 1080p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~167 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 167) ÷ 290 ≈ 42.3% 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: 105–105 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7600delivers ~105 fps in this game at 1440p

The GPU side is lower by about 63.7% in this game at 1440p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~105 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 105) ÷ 290 ≈ 63.7% 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.

4K

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 52–52 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7600delivers ~52 fps in this game at 4K

The GPU side is lower by about 82.0% in this game at 4K. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~52 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 52) ÷ 290 ≈ 82.0% 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 sits under a smooth 60 in this game at the tested preset — expect to trade settings for frame rate.

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

This pair in other games

• Alan Wake 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
• Baldur's Gate 3 — Balanced, 71–71 fps at 1440p
• Cyberpunk 2077 — Estimated: Strong GPU limit, ~34–53 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
• Elden Ring — this pair has no measured or estimated figure there yet.
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 43–43 fps at 1440p
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Strong GPU limit, 34–34 fps at 1440p
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
• Starfield — Strong GPU limit, 30–40 fps at 1440p

Sources for Counter-Strike 2

• Hardware Unboxed via TechSpot
• TechPowerUp

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