Ryzen 5 5600X + RX 7900 XT 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).

1080p290–290 fps · Mild CPU limit 1440p274–274 fps · Balanced pairing 4K136–136 fps · Strong GPU limit

1080p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 290–290 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTdelivers ~409 fps in this game at 1080p

The CPU side is lower by about 29.1% in this game at 1080p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~290 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (409 − 290) ÷ 409 ≈ 29.1% 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.

1440p

Balanced pairing

Expected frame rate: 274–274 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTdelivers ~274 fps in this game at 1440p

The CPU ceiling and the GPU's delivered rate sit within 5.4% 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.

4K

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 136–136 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 5 5600Xceiling ~290 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTdelivers ~136 fps in this game at 4K

The GPU side is lower by about 53.2% in this game at 4K. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~136 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (290 − 136) ÷ 290 ≈ 53.2% 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.

This pair in other games

Alan Wake 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Baldur's Gate 3 — Strong CPU limit, 82–82 fps at 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 — Estimated: Balanced, ~93–127 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Elden Ring — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 94–94 fps at 1440p
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Mild GPU limit, 101–101 fps at 1440p
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Starfield — Balanced, 71–95 fps at 1440p

Sources for Counter-Strike 2

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