Downfall

Downfall is a 2016 horror title, and the Ryzen 7 5800X + GeForce RTX 4090 pairing treats it accordingly: every preset at every tested resolution clears the 60 FPS playable threshold, and even Ultra at 4K averages 82.6 FPS. The data below breaks down exactly what that means in practice, which component does the heavy lifting, and what nearby hardware behaves similarly. This combo ranks 149 out of 3716 measured combinations for this game — a high placement that reflects how undemanding a 2016 release is for modern flagship-class parts.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS at each resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 183.9 FPS average. The headroom here is enormous; Low runs at 385 FPS, Medium at 361.2, and High at 295.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 131.1 FPS average. Again Ultra is the ceiling and it clears the threshold by more than double. High sits at 210.1, Medium at 261, and Low at 314.7.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra, 82.6 FPS average. Ultra remains above 60 FPS even at native 4K, making it the recommended preset at all three resolutions. High averages 133.4, Medium 159.3, and Low 199.6 at 4K.

In short: there is no reason to drop below Ultra anywhere. The 60 FPS line is never threatened by any preset at any tested resolution.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points to a GPU-limited profile at higher resolutions, with the CPU becoming the constraint as resolution falls — a classic pattern.

Consider the Ultra numbers. From 1080p to 1440p, average FPS drops from 183.9 to 131.1 — a decline of roughly 29%. From 1440p to 4K, it drops further to 82.6, about 37% lower again. This continuous, resolution-driven falloff indicates the RTX 4090 is the component setting the pace at Ultra, since frame rate responds directly to pixel count.

At the Low preset the picture shifts. Low averages 385 FPS at 1080p, 314.7 at 1440p, and 199.6 at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 1440p at Low (385 to 314.7) is proportionally smaller than the jump between presets at a fixed resolution, which is the signature of the Ryzen 7 5800X capping how fast frames can be fed once the GPU workload is trivial. The 5800X sits in the 81st percentile versus all CPUs, with a single-thread Passmark score of 3445 and a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15476 — ample for a 2016 horror game that predates this hardware by several years.

The practical takeaway: at 4K and Ultra this is a GPU-bound configuration, and the RTX 4090's 88th percentile standing among all GPUs (Passmark G3D score of 38194) is what delivers the 82.6 FPS result. At 1080p with settings turned down, the CPU is the limiter, but the ceiling it imposes is far above anything a horror game needs.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the 5800X's nearest rivals by aggregate score are a tight cluster: the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (avg score 29093, within 0.1% of the 5800X's 29123), the Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (29245, -0.4%), the Intel Core i5-13500HX (29270, -0.5%), and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (28940, 0.6%). Any of these would be expected to produce effectively identical Downfall results when paired with an equivalent GPU, since the deltas are all under one percent.

For the GPU, the rivals listed are the Intel Arc Pro A60 (avg score 60326, 0% delta), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (60140, 0.3%), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (61896, -2.5%), and AMD Radeon PRO V710 (58657, 2.9%). These are the closest matches by aggregate benchmark score to the RTX 4090's 60347 average, so combinations built around them with a comparable CPU should land in the same performance band for this game. The slightly larger spreads on the GPU side (up to about 2.9%) still translate to only a few FPS of difference at Downfall's frame rates.

The Verdict

Yes — emphatically. The verdict data shows all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at all three tested resolutions:

• 1920x1080: playable at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra; best setting is Ultra at 183.9 FPS.
• 2560x1440: playable at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra; best setting is Ultra at 131.1 FPS.
• 3840x2160: playable at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra; best setting is Ultra at 82.6 FPS.

Every resolution and preset combination clears the 60 FPS threshold, with the lowest result in the entire dataset — 4K Ultra — still averaging 82.6 FPS, nearly 23 frames per second above the line. A 149th-place rank out of 3716 measured combinations confirms this is among the stronger pairings recorded for Downfall. If there is any caveat, it is that the minimum and maximum frame rates at 4K Ultra were not captured in this dataset, so the average is the only guaranteed figure; the margin above 60 FPS is wide enough that this is unlikely to matter in practice.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures are measured averages; minimum and maximum values were not recorded in this dataset.

3840x2160 (4K):

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 199.6 |

| Medium | 159.3 |

| High | 133.4 |

| Ultra | 82.6 |

2560x1440:

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 314.7 |

| Medium | 261.0 |

| High | 210.1 |

| Ultra | 131.1 |

1920x1080:

| Preset | Avg FPS |

|---|---|

| Low | 385.0 |

| Medium | 361.2 |

| High | 295.0 |

| Ultra | 183.9 |

The pattern is consistent: preset changes matter most at 4K, where stepping from High to Ultra costs roughly 50 FPS (133.4 to 82.6). At 1080p the High-to-Ultra step costs about 111 FPS (295 to 183.9), but the absolute frame rates remain so high that the loss is irrelevant to playability.

FAQ

Q: Can the RTX 4090 run Downfall at 4K Ultra above 60 FPS?

A: Yes. 4K Ultra averages 82.6 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Which preset should I use at 1440p?

A: Ultra. It averages 131.1 FPS at 2560x1440 — more than double the playable threshold — so there is no performance reason to lower settings.

Q: Is this game more CPU-bound or GPU-bound with this configuration?

A: At 4K and higher presets it is GPU-bound: Ultra falls from 183.9 FPS at 1080p to 82.6 at 4K as pixel count rises. At low settings and lower resolutions, the Ryzen 7 5800X becomes the limiting factor, though its ceiling is far above what the game requires.

Q: What CPUs would give similar performance in Downfall?

A: The 5800X's nearest rivals are all within one percent of its aggregate score: Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (0.1% delta), Intel Xeon Phi 7210 (-0.4%), Intel Core i5-13500HX (-0.5%), and AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (0.6%).

Q: How does this PC rank against other combinations tested for Downfall?

A: It ranks 149 out of 3716 measured combinations, placing it in the top tier of recorded hardware pairings for this game.

Q: Were minimum frame rates recorded?

A: No. Minimum and maximum FPS values are not available in this dataset; only average FPS was measured for each resolution and preset combination.