The Technomancer

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the Intel Arc B570 delivers a highly playable experience in The Technomancer at 1080p, with all four tested presets clearing the 60 FPS threshold, while 1440p remains viable at Medium settings. At 4K, however, this combination falls short of playability at every preset, with average frame rates ranging from 22 to 44 FPS. The data confirms a clear resolution ceiling: this combo is a 1080p champion and a 1440p mid-range option, but not a 4K solution for this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Benchmark results for The Technomancer show a predictable scaling pattern across the three tested resolutions, with average frame rates dropping sharply as pixel count increases. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest performance: the Low preset averages 121 FPS, Medium averages 93 FPS (with minimum 79 FPS and maximum 107 FPS), High averages 80 FPS, and Ultra averages 62 FPS. Every 1080p setting stays well above the 60 FPS playability threshold, making this resolution the sweet spot for this hardware pairing.

Moving to 2560x1440, performance degrades noticeably but remains respectable at lower presets. The Low preset averages 79 FPS, which is still comfortably above the threshold. Medium averages 61 FPS (minimum 52 FPS, maximum 70 FPS), placing it right at the edge of playability—the average clears 60 FPS, though the minimum dips below it, indicating occasional stutter in demanding scenes. High drops to 52 FPS average, and Ultra falls further to 41 FPS, both below the playable threshold.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles across the board. The Low preset produces the best result with an average of 44 FPS, which is still 16 FPS short of the 60 FPS target. Medium averages 33 FPS (minimum 28 FPS, maximum 39 FPS), High averages 29 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 22 FPS. No 4K preset reaches playable territory, and the gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 22 FPS, highlighting the significant cost of higher settings at this resolution.

The data also shows diminishing returns when moving from Low to Ultra at each resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 59 FPS (121 to 62), at 1440p it narrows to 38 FPS (79 to 41), and at 4K it shrinks to 22 FPS (44 to 22). This pattern indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, and raising settings has less relative impact on frame rate because the base performance is already constrained.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases. At 1080p, the Intel Core i7-14700K’s substantial compute resources—20 cores and 28 threads with a boost clock of 5.60 GHz—allow the Intel Arc B570 to stretch its legs. The 121 FPS Low preset result at 1080p suggests the CPU can feed the GPU enough data to saturate even the highest frame rates in this title. The fact that Ultra at 1080p still holds 62 FPS indicates that the CPU is not a limiting factor at this resolution; the GPU handles the added visual load.

At 1440p, the scaling between presets shows the GPU taking on more responsibility. The drop from Low (79 FPS) to Medium (61 FPS) is 18 FPS, and from Medium to High (52 FPS) another 9 FPS. These are substantial reductions, indicating that the Arc B570’s rendering throughput—rated at 11.52 TFLOPS FP32 and 360.0 GTexel/s—is the primary constraint. The CPU’s role diminishes because the GPU cannot generate frames fast enough to require more CPU throughput.

At 4K, the GPU is unequivocally the bottleneck. The maximum average of 44 FPS on Low settings, even with a powerful CPU behind it, shows that the Arc B570’s 380.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 160-bit bus width are insufficient to feed the pixel pipeline at this resolution. The 10 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is adequate in capacity, but the bandwidth limits fill-rate-heavy scenes. CPU utilization likely drops significantly at 4K, as the GPU becomes the sole determinant of frame pacing.

Preset scaling reinforces this interpretation. At 4K, moving from Low to Ultra only costs 22 FPS, whereas at 1080p the same setting change costs 59 FPS. This inverted scaling means the GPU is already maxed out at 4K Low; raising settings has a proportionally smaller effect because the renderer is bandwidth-bound rather than compute-bound. In contrast, at 1080p, the GPU has spare throughput, so higher settings translate directly into larger frame rate hits.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3,696 tested combinations in the database, this specific Intel Core i7-14700K + Intel Arc B570 pairing ranks 2,972nd for The Technomancer. That places it in the bottom 20% of all tested combos, which is surprising given the strong 1080p results. The low rank reflects the fact that many other combos—likely with more powerful GPUs—can achieve playable frame rates at higher resolutions, while this combo's 4K performance is firmly below average.

The rank is heavily influenced by the GPU’s mid-tier positioning. The Arc B570 sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, meaning roughly a third of tested GPUs outperform it. The CPU, by contrast, is a high-end part at the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 69,355 versus the GPU’s 20,556. This asymmetry—a top-tier CPU paired with a mid-tier GPU—creates a lopsided combo that excels in CPU-bound scenarios but lags in GPU-bound ones, which is exactly what the 4K results demonstrate.

The combo’s rank of 2,972 out of 3,696 suggests that for this specific game, the GPU is the limiting factor for overall standing. Many lower-ranked combos likely have weaker CPUs but similar or better GPUs, and because The Technomancer’s 4K performance is so poor with this GPU, the combo cannot climb higher despite the CPU’s strength. At 1080p and 1440p, the combo performs admirably, but the global ranking does not reward that—it averages across all tested resolutions and presets.

The Verdict

Can this PC run The Technomancer? The answer is a qualified yes, depending on your resolution and expectations. At 1920x1080, the combo clears the 60 FPS playability threshold on all four settings: Low (121 FPS), Medium (93 FPS), High (80 FPS), and Ultra (62 FPS). The best playable setting at 1080p is Ultra, with an average of 62 FPS, making this resolution the definitive choice for a fully maxed-out experience.

At 2560x1440, the combo remains playable but with fewer options. The verdict data lists Low and Medium as playable settings, with Medium being the best playable option at 61 FPS average. However, the minimum FPS at Medium is 52, so players may notice brief dips below 60 FPS in intense combat or crowded scenes. High (52 FPS) and Ultra (41 FPS) are not playable at 1440p.

At 3840x2160, the verdict is unambiguous: no settings are playable. The best result is Low at 44 FPS, which is 16 FPS below the threshold. Players targeting 4K should look elsewhere, as even the lowest preset cannot maintain a smooth frame rate. For a 60 FPS target, this combo is strictly a 1080p and 1440p Medium solution.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals to the Intel Core i7-14700K provide context for CPU-bound scenarios, while the Arc B570’s rivals illustrate GPU alternatives that would perform similarly in this game. On the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69,515 in average benchmarks, a -0.2% delta from the i7-14700K’s 69,355. This near-identical performance means swapping to the Ryzen 9 7950X would yield virtually the same frame rates in CPU-limited scenes. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX scores 69,875 (-0.7%), and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F scores 69,996 (-0.9%), both within 1% of the i7-14700K. For this game, any of these CPUs would behave indistinguishably from the i7-14700K.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20,534 in average benchmarks, a 0.1% delta from the Arc B570’s 20,556. This laptop-class GPU would deliver nearly the same 1080p and 1440p results as the Arc B570, though power characteristics differ. The Intel Arc A750 scores 20,582 (-0.1%), essentially a tie. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20,480, 0.4%) and AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20,662, -0.5%) are also within half a percent. For The Technomancer specifically, all four GPUs would produce frame rates within a few FPS of the Arc B570 at every resolution and preset.

Notably, the Arc B570’s rivals are a mix of mobile and older desktop parts, indicating that its performance class is comparable to a high-end laptop GPU from a previous generation. The RTX 3070 Mobile being a direct rival suggests that desktop GPU buyers seeking better 4K performance would need to step up to a higher tier than any of these alternatives.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run The Technomancer at 1440p with max settings?

A: No. At 2560x1440 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate is 41 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best playable setting at 1440p is Medium, averaging 61 FPS.

Q: What is the highest playable setting at 1080p?

A: Ultra is playable at 1920x1080, with an average frame rate of 62 FPS. This is the best playable setting, as it clears the 60 FPS threshold by a small margin.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game at 4K?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at 3840x2160. The Intel Arc B570’s maximum average frame rate is 44 FPS on Low settings, and even the powerful Intel Core i7-14700K cannot compensate for the GPU’s bandwidth constraints at this resolution.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B570 compare to the Intel Arc A750 in benchmark scores?

A: The Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20,556, while the Arc A750 scores 20,582, a difference of -0.1%. In The Technomancer, the two GPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: The average frame rate at 1920x1080 with Medium settings is 93 FPS, with a minimum of 79 FPS and a maximum of 107 FPS. This is well above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Are there any playable settings at 4K for this combo?

A: No. The verdict data lists no playable settings at 3840x2160. The best result is Low at 44 FPS average, which falls short of the 60 FPS threshold by 16 FPS.