Downfall

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Downfall at 1920x1080 with maximum settings?

A: No. At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops to 40 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The highest playable preset at this resolution is High, which delivers an average of 64 FPS.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 2560x1440?

A: The only playable settings preset at 2560x1440 is Low, which achieves an average of 68 FPS. Medium settings at this resolution fall to 56 FPS, and High drops to 46 FPS, both below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Is 3840x2160 playable with this hardware?

A: No. At 3840x2160, all settings presets fail to reach 60 FPS. The highest average frame rate at 4K is 43 FPS on Low settings, while Ultra settings average only 18 FPS.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest rival GPU?

A: The Intel Arc B370 has an average benchmark score of 1184, which is 0.2% behind the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1186) and 0.5% behind the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1190). It sits just ahead of the AMD FirePro M2000 (score 1168) by 1.4%.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all tested processors?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X ranks in the 86th percentile among all CPUs tested in the database, with an average benchmark score of 37943.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck at 1920x1080 Medium settings?

A: The data shows a large frame rate jump from 64 FPS at High settings to 78 FPS at Medium settings at 1920x1080, indicating the GPU is the primary limiter. The CPU's strong multi-threaded performance (20485 in Cinebench R23 multicore) is not the constraining factor at this resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

3840x2160: No settings preset achieves the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best average frame rate recorded is 43 FPS at Low settings, followed by 35 FPS at Medium, 29 FPS at High, and 18 FPS at Ultra. All presets are unplayable at this resolution.

2560x1440: The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Low, with an average of 68 FPS. Medium settings drop to 56 FPS average, which is below the playable threshold. High averages 46 FPS, and Ultra averages 29 FPS.

1920x1080: The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is High, with an average of 64 FPS. Medium settings achieve 78 FPS average, and Low settings reach 96 FPS average. Ultra settings fall to 40 FPS, which is not playable.

CPU and GPU Roles

At 1920x1080, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor. The frame rate scaling from Low (96 FPS) to Medium (78 FPS) to High (64 FPS) to Ultra (40 FPS) shows a consistent drop as graphical load increases, while the CPU's capabilities remain constant. The 18 FPS gap between High and Ultra at this resolution suggests the GPU is overwhelmed by the most demanding preset.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. The drop from Low (68 FPS) to Medium (56 FPS) is 12 FPS, and from Medium to High (46 FPS) is another 10 FPS. The scaling between presets is relatively linear, indicating that both CPU and GPU are being exercised more evenly as resolution increases, but the GPU still leads the performance constraint.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the overwhelming bottleneck. The frame rates collapse across all presets: Low (43 FPS), Medium (35 FPS), High (29 FPS), and Ultra (18 FPS). The 25 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 4K versus the 56 FPS difference at 1080p shows that the GPU's rendering capacity is exhausted before the CPU can contribute meaningfully. The CPU's 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a 5.50 GHz boost clock is more than sufficient for this horror title; the recorded data points to the Intel Arc B370's 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 throughput as the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

The resolution scaling reinforces this interpretation. Going from 1920x1080 Low (96 FPS) to 2560x1440 Low (68 FPS) is a 28 FPS drop, and then to 3840x2160 Low (43 FPS) is another 25 FPS drop. The pixel count increase from 1080p to 4K is roughly four times, but the frame rate does not quarter, indicating some CPU-bound behavior at lower resolutions that diminishes as GPU load rises.

Similar Performance Alternatives

CPU: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X's nearest rivals in the database are extremely close in average benchmark score. The Intel Core i9-14901E scores 37911, just 0.1% lower. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores 37904, also 0.1% lower. The Intel Core 5 211E scores 37829, 0.3% lower, and the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 scores 37804, 0.4% lower. Any of these processors would deliver nearly identical CPU-driven performance in Downfall, meaning the frame rates at lower resolutions and lower presets would be essentially unchanged.

GPU: The Intel Arc B370's nearest rivals are all significantly older hardware. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1186, 0.2% higher. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1190, 0.5% higher. The AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192, 0.7% higher. The AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168, 1.4% lower. Systems using any of these GPUs would show comparable frame rates in Downfall, with the understanding that all of them sit in the 5th percentile of GPUs tested, meaning they are all near the bottom of the performance distribution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

3840x2160:

• Low: average 43 FPS
• Medium: average 35 FPS, minimum 30 FPS, maximum 40 FPS
• High: average 29 FPS
• Ultra: average 18 FPS

2560x1440:

• Low: average 68 FPS
• Medium: average 56 FPS, minimum 48 FPS, maximum 64 FPS
• High: average 46 FPS
• Ultra: average 29 FPS

1920x1080:

• Low: average 96 FPS
• Medium: average 78 FPS, minimum 67 FPS, maximum 90 FPS
• High: average 64 FPS
• Ultra: average 40 FPS

The minimum and maximum frame rate data is only recorded for Medium settings across all resolutions. At 1920x1080 Medium, the frame rate varies between 67 and 90 FPS, a 23 FPS range. At 2560x1440 Medium, the range narrows to 48 to 64 FPS, a 16 FPS spread. At 3840x2160 Medium, the range is 30 to 40 FPS, only 10 FPS wide. This tightening of frame time variance as resolution increases suggests the GPU becomes more consistently saturated, reducing the spikes and dips that occur when the CPU can feed frames faster than the GPU can render them.

The Verdict

This PC can run Downfall, but only at specific resolution and settings combinations. The verdict data shows that 1920x1080 is the strongest resolution: High settings achieve 64 FPS average, Medium achieves 78 FPS, and Low achieves 96 FPS. All three presets clear the 60 FPS playable threshold. Ultra at 1080p fails at 40 FPS.

At 2560x1440, only Low settings are playable, with a 68 FPS average. Medium falls to 56 FPS, High to 46 FPS, and Ultra to 29 FPS. The system can handle 1440p, but the visual quality must be reduced to the lowest preset.

At 3840x2160, no settings preset is playable. The best average is 43 FPS at Low, which is well below the 60 FPS threshold. Users targeting 4K will need to reduce resolution or upgrade the GPU.

The playable settings list confirms this: 1920x1080 supports High, Medium, and Low; 2560x1440 supports only Low; 3840x2160 supports none. The best playable experience is at 1920x1080 High with 64 FPS average.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X plus Intel Arc B370 combination ranks 3429 out of 3716 tested combos in Downfall. This places the system in the bottom 8% of all configurations tested for this game. The ranking reflects the GPU's low position in the performance distribution: the Arc B370 sits in the 5th percentile of all GPUs, while the CPU sits in the 86th percentile of all CPUs.

The mismatch is stark. The CPU is a high-end desktop processor with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20485 and a single-core score of 2211, placing it well above most rivals. The GPU, by contrast, has a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184, which places it near the bottom of the database. The result is a system where the CPU has substantial headroom but the GPU cannot translate that into frame rates, particularly at higher resolutions and presets.

This combination is best suited for 1920x1080 gaming at medium-to-high settings, where the CPU can keep the GPU fed and the frame rates remain above 60 FPS. At higher resolutions, the GPU becomes the clear limiting factor, and the system's ranking reflects that constraint. Users with this combination should prioritize GPU upgrades before considering CPU changes, as the recorded data shows the graphics card is the bottleneck across all resolutions tested.