Doom

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a consistently playable experience in Doom across all tested resolutions, with the data showing a clear progression from demanding 4K Ultra settings to high-refresh 1080p gameplay. This combination ranks in the 1654th position out of 2930 tested combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database for this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Doom?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the strongest option, with the Ultra preset still delivering an average of 127 FPS. At 2560x1440, the High preset produces 101 FPS on average, while 3840x2160 at High settings yields 55 FPS, indicating the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 20282 places it slightly below the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, -1% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, -1.2% delta), the Intel Arc B570 (20556, -1.3% delta), and the Intel Arc A750 (20582, -1.5% delta). These are all within a narrow performance band.

Q: Is the Ryzen 9 9900X3D a strong performer in CPU benchmarks?

A: The CPU sits at the 91st percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 54762. It is within 2.1% of the Intel Core i7-14700F (53620) and 2% of the Intel Xeon 6505P (53701), while trailing the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF (55093) by just 0.6%.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: The Low preset achieves 137 FPS on average, while the Ultra preset drops to 82 FPS. The Medium preset lands at 119 FPS, and High sits at 101 FPS, showing a 55 FPS spread between the lowest and highest quality settings at this resolution.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Only at Low and Medium settings. The Low preset averages 74 FPS, Medium averages 65 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS, High averages 55 FPS, and Ultra drops to 45 FPS. For a locked 60 FPS experience at 3840x2160, the data suggests staying at Medium or below.

Q: How does the CPU's single-threaded performance compare to its multi-threaded results?

A: In Cinebench R23, the CPU scores 6739 in single-core and 47737 in multi-core, representing a roughly 7x scaling factor. In 3DMark, the single-thread score is 1269, while the max-threads score reaches 13795, showing strong multi-core scaling across different workloads.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture using a 12 nm process at TSMC, with a TU104 chip containing 13,600 million transistors on a 545 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and boosts to 1770 MHz, paired with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory runs at 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective.

This GPU configuration directly determines the frame rates seen in Doom, particularly at higher resolutions. The data shows that at 3840x2160, the average FPS drops from 74 at Low settings to 45 at Ultra settings, a 39% reduction. This performance curve indicates that the 8 GB VRAM buffer and the 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the game's needs, but the raw compute throughput of 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 becomes the limiting factor when pixel count increases.

The GPU's 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs dictate how efficiently it can process the game's geometry and effects. With a pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s, the RTX 2070 SUPER shows its age in Doom's most demanding scenarios, as evidenced by the 45 FPS average at 4K Ultra. The 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present, but Doom's traditional rendering pipeline does not heavily utilize these features.

At 1920x1080, the GPU has ample headroom, with the High preset achieving 156 FPS and Low reaching 212 FPS. The data suggests that the RTX 2070 SUPER can comfortably drive high refresh rate monitors at 1080p, but at 2560x1440, users must choose between High settings at 101 FPS or Ultra at 82 FPS, both of which remain playable. The GPU's 65th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282, places it in a competitive position for this game.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance on the optimal settings for this combo in Doom. At 1920x1080, every preset delivers playable frame rates, with the Ultra preset averaging 127 FPS, which is well above the typical 60 FPS threshold. The High preset at 156 FPS offers a smoother experience for competitive play, while the Medium preset at 184 FPS and Low at 212 FPS maximize responsiveness for fast-paced action.

For 2560x1440, the High preset at 101 FPS is the recommended balance between visual quality and performance. The Ultra preset at 82 FPS remains playable, but the drop from 101 to 82 FPS represents a 19% reduction in frame rate for what is likely a marginal visual improvement. The Medium preset at 119 FPS and Low at 137 FPS provide alternatives for users prioritizing frame rate over fidelity.

At 3840x2160, the data shows that the Medium preset at 65 FPS is the highest quality setting that maintains an average above 60 FPS. The minimum FPS for Medium is recorded at 55, so users may experience occasional dips below the 60 FPS threshold. The Low preset at 74 FPS offers a safer margin, while High at 55 FPS and Ultra at 45 FPS are not recommended for smooth gameplay.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot for this combination, offering a substantial improvement over Low while maintaining respectable frame rates. At 1080p, Medium achieves 184 FPS compared to 212 FPS at Low, a 13% difference. At 1440p, Medium hits 119 FPS versus 137 FPS at Low, an 13% reduction. At 4K, Medium delivers 65 FPS compared to 74 FPS at Low, an 12% difference.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1654 out of 2930 tested combos in Doom, placing it in the 56th percentile overall. This mid-tier ranking reflects the balance between the powerful CPU and the mid-range GPU, where the graphics card becomes the primary bottleneck in most scenarios.

The CPU's performance ceiling is evident in its benchmark scores, with the 3DMark max-threads result of 13795 and the Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 47737. These numbers place the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54762. In contrast, the GPU sits at the 65th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 20282.

This disparity suggests that the combo's ranking in Doom is largely constrained by the RTX 2070 SUPER. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo achieves only 45 FPS, while at 1080p Low, it reaches 212 FPS, indicating that the GPU handles the game's rendering workload across a wide range. The 1654th rank out of 2930 combos represents a solid position, but not an outstanding one, as many combos with more powerful GPUs will outperform this pairing.

The nearest rival GPUs, including the Intel Arc A750 with a -1.5% delta and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile with a -1.2% delta, all score within a narrow range of the RTX 2070 SUPER. This clustering suggests that the combo's ranking is consistent with its GPU tier, and the CPU's strong performance does not significantly boost the overall result in this game.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is a 12-core, 24-thread processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It operates at a base clock of 4.40 GHz and boosts up to 5.50 GHz, with a 120 W TDP. The CPU features a substantial 128 MB of L3 cache, along with 80 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core, fabricated on TSMC's 4 nm process with 16,630 million transistors across a dual-die design.

In Doom, the CPU's role is evident in the frame rates achieved at lower resolutions where the GPU is less constrained. At 1920x1080, the combo reaches 212 FPS at Low settings and 127 FPS at Ultra, demonstrating that the CPU can feed the GPU with enough data to maintain high frame rates. The single-threaded performance, as measured by the 3DMark single-thread score of 1269 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6739, is particularly important for game logic and physics.

The multi-threaded performance of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, with a Cinebench R20 multi-core score of 20049 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 22884, ensures that background tasks and game threads do not become a bottleneck. The 24 threads provide ample parallelism for modern game engines, and the 128 MB L3 cache helps reduce memory latency for frequently accessed data.

The CPU's 91st percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 54762, places it above the Intel Core i7-14700F (53620, +2.1% delta) and the Intel Xeon 6505P (53701, +2% delta), while remaining competitive with the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF (55093, -0.6% delta). This strong CPU performance ensures that the combo's frame rates are not CPU-limited in Doom, even at high refresh rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the data shows a clear performance hierarchy across settings. The Low preset averages 74 FPS, the Medium preset averages 65 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS and maximum of 74 FPS, the High preset averages 55 FPS, and the Ultra preset drops to 45 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra represents a 29 FPS difference, with each step up in quality costing approximately 10 FPS on average.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates improve significantly. The Low preset achieves 137 FPS on average, the Medium preset reaches 119 FPS with a minimum of 101 FPS and maximum of 137 FPS, the High preset averages 101 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 82 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 55 FPS, showing a wider gap than at 4K due to the reduced pixel count.

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates its highest performance. The Low preset averages 212 FPS, the Medium preset reaches 184 FPS with a minimum of 157 FPS and maximum of 212 FPS, the High preset averages 156 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 127 FPS. The 85 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p indicates that the GPU has substantial headroom at this resolution.

The data reveals that the Medium preset consistently provides the most balanced experience, with frame rates that are 12-13% lower than Low but significantly higher than High and Ultra. At 1080p Medium, the combo achieves 184 FPS, which is 45% higher than the Ultra preset's 127 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the 119 FPS average is 45% higher than Ultra's 82 FPS. At 4K Medium, the 65 FPS average is 44% higher than Ultra's 45 FPS. This consistent pattern across resolutions suggests that the Medium preset offers the best performance-to-quality trade-off for this hardware combination in Doom.