Downfall

Downfall is a 2016 horror title, and this particular pairing, an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, clears it with enormous headroom at every resolution in the database. The recorded data covers three resolutions and four presets, and in all twelve configurations the average frame rate stays far above the 60 FPS playability threshold. The following breakdown walks through the measurements, the roles each component plays, and where this combination ranks among all tested pairings for the game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database; minimum and maximum values were not recorded for these runs, so the analysis rests on averages.

At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 298.1 FPS, Medium 276.9 FPS, High 259.1 FPS, and Ultra 185.3 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 112.8 FPS, a substantial absolute decline, yet even the heaviest preset sits more than three times above the 60 FPS threshold. Note that Medium to High costs only 17.8 FPS at this resolution, while High to Ultra costs a much steeper 73.8 FPS, indicating that Ultra enables the most expensive effects in this engine.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 262.5 FPS, Medium 249.8 FPS, High 214.7 FPS, and Ultra 135.3 FPS. The step up in resolution shaves roughly 35 to 50 FPS off each preset relative to 1080p. The Low-to-Medium gap narrows to just 12.7 FPS, again showing that most of the preset cost in this game is concentrated in the highest tier. Ultra at 1440p still delivers 135.3 FPS, comfortably more than double the threshold.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 198.1 FPS, Medium 163.4 FPS, High 130.1 FPS, and Ultra 84.9 FPS. Even at native 4K with everything maximized, the average stays above 80 FPS. The preset ladder at 4K is fairly even: Low to Medium costs 34.7 FPS, Medium to High costs 33.3 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 45.2 FPS. Ultra is consistently the most expensive single step at every resolution.

Across the full grid, no configuration drops below 84.9 FPS, and the spread between the fastest (1080p Low, 298.1) and slowest (4K Ultra, 84.9) runs 213.2 FPS. For a 2016 horror game, this hardware treats the title as a light workload end to end.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU side, the Ryzen 7 3700X carries an average benchmark score of 34260 and sits in the 84th percentile of all CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals by aggregate score are the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 at 34222 (0.1 percent behind), the AMD EPYC 4244P at 34220 (0.1 percent behind), the Intel Core i5-13450HX at 34333 (0.2 percent ahead), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H at 34083 (0.5 percent behind). Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical aggregate throughput, and since Downfall leans lightly on the CPU at these frame rates, systems built around them should behave very similarly when paired with comparable graphics.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4090 posts an average benchmark score of 60347 and ranks in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rivals are the Intel Arc Pro A60 at 60326 (0 percent delta), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 at 60140 (0.3 percent behind), the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 61896 (2.5 percent ahead), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58657 (2.9 percent behind). A machine pairing the 3700X with any of these graphics solutions should land within a few percent of the frame rates recorded here, though the 2.9 percent deficit of the V710 is the widest gap in the group and would shave only a handful of frames off results that already exceed 80 FPS at worst.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points to a GPU-bound title at higher settings and a progressively CPU-limited ceiling at low settings and low resolution. Consider the Low preset: 298.1 FPS at 1080p, 262.5 FPS at 1440p, and 198.1 FPS at 4K. The 1080p and 1440p Low results are only 35.6 FPS apart despite a 78 percent increase in pixel count, which is the signature of a processor ceiling. The Ryzen 7 3700X, with 8 cores, 16 threads, a PassMark multithread score of 22458 and a single-thread score of 2656, appears to cap frame delivery near the high-200s at 1080p.

At the other end, the Ultra preset scales more conventionally: 185.3 FPS at 1080p, 135.3 FPS at 1440p, and 84.9 FPS at 4K. The 1440p-to-4K step alone costs 50.4 FPS, confirming the RTX 4090 is the limiting component when settings are maximized. That is the expected and desirable arrangement: the graphics card saturates first at high settings, and the processor only becomes the constraint when visual load is stripped away.

For practical purposes, neither component is ever pushed to a problematic level in this game. The 3700X sits in the 84th percentile of all CPUs and the 4090 in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, and the workload simply does not demand that both operate at their limits simultaneously.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 3700X + RTX 4090 run Downfall at 4K on Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 84.9 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playability threshold with a margin of nearly 25 FPS.

Q: What is the fastest frame rate recorded for this combo in Downfall?

A: 298.1 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset.

Q: Does any resolution and preset combination fall below 60 FPS?

A: No. All twelve measured configurations exceed 60 FPS average, with the lowest result being 84.9 FPS at 4K Ultra.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU more important for this game?

A: The data shows a GPU-bound profile at high settings, with Ultra dropping from 185.3 FPS at 1080p to 84.9 FPS at 4K. At Low settings the gap between 1080p and 1440p shrinks to 35.6 FPS, indicating the 3700X becomes the ceiling only when visual load is minimal.

Q: How much does Ultra cost compared to High at 1440p?

A: 79.4 FPS. High averages 214.7 FPS and Ultra averages 135.3 FPS at 2560x1440, making Ultra the most expensive preset step at that resolution.

Q: How does this pairing rank against other tested combinations in Downfall?

A: It ranks 334 out of 3716 tested combinations for this game, placing it in roughly the top 9 percent of recorded hardware pairings.

The Verdict

Yes, without qualification. The verdict data shows every preset, Low through Ultra, marked playable at all three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. The best settings at each resolution are Ultra, with average frame rates of 185.3 FPS at 1080p, 135.3 FPS at 1440p, and 84.9 FPS at 4K. Even the single worst result in the entire dataset, 4K Ultra at 84.9 FPS, exceeds the 60 FPS threshold by more than 40 percent of the threshold value. Players can simply max the game out at any common resolution and expect smooth playback.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the recorded averages and the 60 FPS threshold, the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS is Ultra at every resolution:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, 185.3 FPS average.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, 135.3 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: Ultra, 84.9 FPS average.

There is no need to step down to High, Medium, or Low at any resolution. Even gamers targeting much higher refresh rates are covered: Low at 1080p averages 298.1 FPS and Low at 1440p averages 262.5 FPS, both suitable for high-refresh displays, while 4K Medium at 163.4 FPS and 4K High at 130.1 FPS leave room to trade settings for frames if a display demands it.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database, this CPU and GPU pairing ranks 334th out of 3716 tested combinations for Downfall. That places it comfortably inside the top tenth of all recorded pairings for this game, which tracks with the component percentiles: the 3700X sits in the 84th percentile of all CPUs and the RTX 4090 in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. Given that the game dates to early 2016 and the hardware combination is far newer, the ranking reflects a pairing that massively overdelivers for this particular title rather than one that scrapes past the playability line. In short, the data identifies this as a high-ranking combination that renders Downfall trivially playable at every tested resolution and preset.