The Technomancer

The Intel Core i7-14700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 sits in the middle of the database pack for The Technomancer, ranking 1984 out of 3696 tested combinations in this 2016 Action RPG from Spiders. That rank places the combo near the median of all tested hardware configurations for this game, which reflects the character of the pairing itself: a CPU sitting in the 94th percentile of all processors is paired with a GPU sitting in only the 61st percentile of all graphics cards. The benchmark data, which is measured rather than estimated, shows the pairing is more than sufficient for a title of this age at 1080p and 1440p, with limits appearing only at 4K. This page walks through the full dataset step by step.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this hardware pairing at rank 1984 of 3696 combos tested in The Technomancer. In other words, slightly more than half of all tested combinations outrank it, and slightly fewer than half trail it. That is an unremarkable overall position, but it deserves context. The i7-14700KF is elite silicon: its average benchmark score of 70163 puts it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs in the database, and its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (avgScore 69996, deltaPct 0.2), the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (avgScore 69875, deltaPct 0.4), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (avgScore 69515, deltaPct 0.9), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (avgScore 70879, deltaPct -1). Those are flagship-adjacent processors.

The RTX 4060, by contrast, carries an average benchmark score of 17639 and sits in the 61st percentile of all GPUs. The graphics card is clearly the anchor dragging the combo's rank toward the middle. For a game released in June 2016, that mid-pack GPU is still comfortably capable — the measured frame rates below confirm it — but the rank data alone tells the story: the bottleneck on rank is the GPU, not the CPU.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data across resolutions identifies the GPU as the limiting component at every step. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at Medium settings drops the average from 130 FPS to 85 FPS; moving from 1440p to 3840x2160 at the same preset drops it further from 85 FPS to 47 FPS. If the CPU were the constraint, frame rates would plateau as resolution rose, because the CPU workload is largely resolution-independent. Instead, frame rate falls steeply and consistently with each pixel-count increase — the signature of GPU-bound behavior.

The preset scaling reinforces this. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra costs 83 FPS of average frame rate (169 to 86). At 4K, the same settings change costs 30 FPS (61 to 31). Settings that stress the render pipeline hit the GPU hardest, and the CPU never runs out of headroom.

That headroom is enormous. The i7-14700KF posts 44167 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 6235 in R23 single-core, 4452 in R15 multi-core, 628 in R15 single-core, 18550 in R20 multi-core, and 2618 in R20 single-core, plus 21462 Geekbench multi-core and 2578 Geekbench single-core. For a 2016 Action RPG, single-threaded throughput of that class is far beyond anything the game engine can demand. The conclusion is straightforward: for The Technomancer on this combo, the GPU determines the experience and the CPU is essentially never the limiting factor.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the 60 FPS playable threshold applied throughout the database:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 86 FPS average. Every preset clears the threshold, so the most demanding one is the correct choice. Low runs at 169, Medium at 130, High at 111, Ultra at 86.
• 2560x1440 — High, 72 FPS average. Low (110), Medium (85), and High (72) all clear 60 FPS; Ultra at 56 FPS falls just short, so High is the top playable preset.
• 3840x2160 — Low, 61 FPS average. Only the Low preset clears the bar, and only barely: Medium averages 47, High 40, Ultra 31, all below the threshold.

The pattern is clean: at 1080p there is nothing to compromise on, at 1440p one step down from maximum is required, and at 4K the game is playable only at minimum settings with a single frame of margin over the threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the nearestRivals list identifies hardware that would behave nearly identically in this game's CPU role — which, as established, is a non-binding role. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (avgScore 69996) sits 0.2 percent behind the i7-14700KF, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (avgScore 69875) is 0.4 percent behind, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (avgScore 69515) is 0.9 percent behind, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (avgScore 70879) is actually 1 percent ahead. Any of these processors paired with the same GPU would produce indistinguishable results in The Technomancer, because the game is GPU-bound on this configuration.

For GPUs, the rival list is the more interesting one, since swapping the GPU changes the outcome directly. The database lists the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (avgScore 17666, 0.2 percent ahead of the RTX 4060's 17639), the AMD Radeon 780M (avgScore 17588, 0.3 percent behind), the AMD Radeon Pro 560 (avgScore 17551, 0.5 percent behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro 460 (avgScore 17509, 0.7 percent behind) as performance neighbors. A system built around any of these graphics parts would be expected to land within a fraction of a percent of the frame rates measured here, assuming the CPU does not become the new constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database.

1920x1080:

• Low: 169 FPS average
• Medium: 130 FPS average (min 110, max 149)
• High: 111 FPS average
• Ultra: 86 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 110 FPS average
• Medium: 85 FPS average (min 72, max 97)
• High: 72 FPS average
• Ultra: 56 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 61 FPS average
• Medium: 47 FPS average (min 40, max 53)
• High: 40 FPS average
• Ultra: 31 FPS average

The Medium preset carries the only minimum/maximum data in the set at each resolution, and it is informative. At 1080p Medium, the minimum of 110 FPS exceeds the average of the High preset. At 1440p Medium, the minimum of 72 FPS still clears the 60 FPS threshold, meaning frame dips stay playable. At 4K Medium, the maximum of 53 FPS never even reaches the threshold — confirming that Medium at 4K is off the table regardless of frame-time variance.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700KF + RTX 4060 run The Technomancer at 60 FPS?

A: Yes at 1080p (all presets, up to 86 FPS at Ultra) and 1440p (Low, Medium, and High, up to 72 FPS at High). At 4K, only Low clears 60 FPS, at 61 FPS average.

Q: What is the fastest preset this combo can run at 4K?

A: Low, at 61 FPS average. Medium averages 47, High 40, and Ultra 31 — all below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this game?

A: The GPU. Frame rates fall steeply as resolution rises (130 to 85 to 47 FPS at Medium from 1080p to 4K), which is GPU-bound scaling. The i7-14700KF sits in the 94th percentile of all CPUs and is never the limit.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested combinations?

A: Rank 1984 of 3696 tested combos in The Technomancer — near the median. The GPU's 61st-percentile placement offsets the CPU's 94th-percentile standing.

Q: Would a different CPU change the results?

A: Not meaningfully. Rivals like the Ryzen 7 9700F, Ryzen 9 7940HX, and Ryzen 9 7950X are all within 1 percent of the i7-14700KF's average benchmark score, and the game is GPU-bound on this configuration.

Q: Does the RTX 4060 have enough memory for this game?

A: The card carries 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The measured results show no memory-related failure at any tested resolution; the 4K limitations track with fill-rate and preset cost, not capacity collapse.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs The Technomancer, with resolution-dependent caveats. At 1920x1080, the verdict is unqualified: every preset including Ultra clears 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 86 FPS. At 2560x1440, the verdict is strong: Low, Medium, and High are all playable, with High averaging 72 FPS; only Ultra (56 FPS) falls short. At 3840x2160, the verdict narrows to a single option: Low settings at 61 FPS average, a one-frame margin over the threshold, with every higher preset landing between 31 and 47 FPS.

The overall picture is a mid-ranked combo whose GPU sets the ceiling and whose 94th-percentile CPU contributes essentially unlimited headroom. For a 2016 Action RPG, the practical experience at 1080p and 1440p is excellent; 4K is possible but demands minimum settings to stay playable.