A NVIDIA RTX 3060 paired with a Intel Core i5-13600K lands around 183 fps in Counter-Strike 2 at 1080p with Medium textures, Low shadows and no upscaling. Ray tracing is left off on this pairing. These values come from the same model the interactive optimizer uses, applied to this exact hardware pair rather than a generic preset.
Based on benchmark data and community reports for this hardware combination — treat as an estimate, not a guarantee. How we calculate this.
Counter-Strike 2 is the clearest example of a CPU-bound game on PC. Once you are past a modest GPU, extra graphics power does almost nothing for your frame rate; processor speed, memory latency and background load do everything.
The practical implication is that a player chasing 300+ FPS should upgrade their CPU or tune their memory rather than their graphics card. Test in a smoke-heavy round on Mirage or Inferno, not on an empty server.
Covers competitive matches on the Source 2 build. Recommendations target the lowest, most consistent frame times rather than visual fidelity.
Same CPU, different GPU
Same GPU, different CPU