Downfall

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves rank 413 out of 2928 tested combos in Downfall. That places this combination in the top 14.1% of all tested configurations, a strong result for a horror title that demands both raw GPU throughput and consistent frame delivery. The ranking reflects the balance between a six-core Zen 3 processor that sits at the 85th percentile among all CPUs and a GPU at the 84th percentile among all GPUs — two components that are neither class-leading nor weak, but that combine to land well above the median tested system.

The combo’s position is notable because Downfall is a 2016 release, and the data shows this pairing produces frame rates that would be excessive for many displays. The RTX 4070 Ti carries a PassMark G3D score of 31624, while the Ryzen 5 5600F posts a PassMark multithread score of 19236 and a single-thread score of 2872. Neither component is the fastest available in its respective benchmark hierarchy, yet the combination outperforms the vast majority of the 2928 tested pairings. The nearest CPU rivals — the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 at 36938 average score, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D at 37018, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 at 37093, and the Intel Core i9-12900T at 37112 — all sit within 0.5% of the 5600F’s average benchmark score of 36945. This means the processor is effectively interchangeable with those alternatives in synthetic workloads, and the GPU becomes the primary differentiator.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4070 Ti’s nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile at 45152 (-0.8% delta), the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT at 45384 (-1.3%), the NVIDIA RTX A6000 at 44075 (+1.6%), and the Intel Arc A730M at 45592 (-1.7%). The 4070 Ti’s average score of 44795 places it in a tight cluster, but in Downfall specifically, the measured FPS data shows this card performing far above what those synthetic numbers might suggest for a 2016 horror game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is the dominant component in this combo for Downfall. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus delivers 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for a game from 2016 that was designed before the era of massive texture packs and ray-traced reflections. The card’s base clock of 2310 MHz and boost clock of 2610 MHz, combined with 7680 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, provide the raw compute headroom that drives the high frame rates seen across all measured configurations.

The Ada Lovelace architecture’s 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are present on the die, but Downfall’s age means these specialized units likely see minimal utilization. The game’s horror genre relies more on lighting and shadow effects than on heavy compute workloads, and the 4070 Ti’s FP32 throughput of 40.09 TFLOPS gives it substantial reserve capacity. The pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s are far beyond what a 2016 title would need, which explains why the GPU remains the bottleneck only at the highest settings and resolutions.

The GPU’s 84th percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its PassMark G3D score of 31624 and PassMark GPU compute score of 18396, indicates that the 4070 Ti is a mid-to-upper-tier performer. In Downfall, the measured data confirms this: at 1080p Low, the combo produces 313 FPS average, which is more than triple the refresh rate of most monitors. The GPU’s 12 GB VRAM is never stressed by this game — even at 4K Ultra, the memory bandwidth and capacity are sufficient to maintain playable frame rates, though the Ultra preset does drop performance significantly.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern: as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, frame rates drop substantially, but the drop is not uniform across settings presets. At Low settings, the combo delivers 313 FPS at 1080p, 262 FPS at 1440p, and 163 FPS at 4K. That represents a 16.3% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 47.9% drop from 1080p to 4K. The scaling indicates that at Low settings, the GPU still has headroom even at 4K, and the CPU is capable of feeding frames fast enough at the lower resolutions.

At High settings, the pattern shifts: 246 FPS at 1080p, 176 FPS at 1440p, and 109 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 28.5%, and from 1080p to 4K is 55.7%. The larger percentage drops at higher settings suggest that the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as the workload increases. At Medium settings, the numbers are 292 FPS at 1080p, 214 FPS at 1440p, and 133 FPS at 4K, with drops of 26.7% and 54.5% respectively.

The Ultra preset tells a different story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo produces 154 FPS, which drops to 110 FPS at 1440p and 68 FPS at 4K. The 28.6% drop from 1080p to 1440p is similar to High, but the 55.8% drop from 1080p to 4K is the largest of any preset. The 4K Ultra result of 68 FPS average is still playable, but it represents the only configuration where the combo dips below 100 FPS. The pattern across all presets suggests that the GPU is the primary limiter at 4K Ultra, while the CPU can keep up at lower resolutions and settings.

The fact that 1080p Low produces 313 FPS while 4K Ultra produces 68 FPS — a 78.3% reduction — highlights how resolution and settings compound to stress the GPU. The CPU’s role becomes less important at higher resolutions because the GPU takes longer to render each frame, but at 1080p Low, the Ryzen 5 5600F’s six cores and 12 threads are sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the 4070 Ti.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 313 FPS, Medium produces 292 FPS with a minimum of 248 and maximum of 335, High produces 246 FPS, and Ultra produces 154 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 21 FPS, between Medium and High is 46 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 92 FPS. The Ultra preset represents a 50.8% reduction from Low, showing that the additional effects and geometry in Ultra significantly increase the GPU workload.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show the expected scaling. Low produces 262 FPS, Medium produces 214 FPS with a minimum of 182 and maximum of 246, High produces 176 FPS, and Ultra produces 110 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 51 FPS at Low, 78 FPS at Medium, 70 FPS at High, and 44 FPS at Ultra. Interestingly, the absolute drop is smaller at Ultra, but the percentage drop is similar across presets. The 1440p results are all above 100 FPS, making this resolution the sweet spot for high-refresh-rate gaming.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates drop more dramatically. Low produces 163 FPS, Medium produces 133 FPS with a minimum of 113 and maximum of 153, High produces 109 FPS, and Ultra produces 68 FPS. The 4K Low result of 163 FPS is still very playable, and even 4K High at 109 FPS is smooth. The 4K Ultra at 68 FPS is the only measured configuration that falls below the 100 FPS threshold, and even that is above the 60 FPS standard for console-like performance.

The Medium preset is the only one with recorded minimum and maximum FPS values across all resolutions. At 1080p, the minimum of 248 FPS and maximum of 335 FPS show a spread of 87 FPS, indicating some frame time variance. At 1440p, the minimum of 182 FPS and maximum of 246 FPS show a spread of 64 FPS. At 4K, the minimum of 113 FPS and maximum of 153 FPS show a spread of 40 FPS. The narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU becomes more consistently loaded as resolution increases, reducing the impact of CPU-induced frame spikes.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a six-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture with the Vermeer codename. It operates at a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The 7 nm process node from TSMC houses 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. The processor supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel access and 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, along with PCIe Gen 4 at 20 lanes from the CPU.

In Downfall, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p Low, where the combo achieves 313 FPS. At this resolution and setting, the GPU has relatively little work to do per frame, so the CPU must feed frames quickly. The 5600F’s single-thread score of 2872 and multithread score of 19236 suggest it is capable of handling the game’s physics and AI calculations without becoming a bottleneck. The PassMark physics score of 1043 indicates solid computational performance for the game’s logic.

The CPU’s 85th percentile ranking among all CPUs and its average benchmark score of 36945 place it just below the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (36938, 0% delta) and just above the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (37018, -0.2% delta). The nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 at 37093 (-0.4%) and the Intel Core i9-12900T at 37112 (-0.5%) — are all within half a percentage point of the 5600F. This means that swapping the 5600F for any of these alternatives would produce nearly identical results in Downfall, assuming the GPU remains the same.

The processor’s 65 W TDP and 7 nm process make it a power-efficient choice, though the game’s performance is not constrained by power limits. The fact that the combo achieves 313 FPS at 1080p Low indicates that the CPU can push the GPU to its limits at lower resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the CPU’s role diminishes, as the GPU’s rendering workload becomes the dominant factor — the 68 FPS result at 4K Ultra is more indicative of the RTX 4070 Ti’s capabilities than the 5600F’s.

The memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s is sufficient for Downfall, which was released in 2016 and does not require the high-bandwidth memory access patterns of more modern titles. The 32 MB shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency, which can improve frame pacing in CPU-bound scenarios. Overall, the data shows that the 5600F is not a limiting factor at any resolution or setting in this game, as the GPU is consistently the component that determines the final frame rate.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 offers the best balance of visual quality and performance. At this configuration, the combo delivers 214 FPS average with a minimum of 182 FPS and a maximum of 246 FPS. The minimum FPS of 182 is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on gaming monitors, ensuring smooth gameplay even during intense horror sequences with multiple enemies or complex lighting effects. The Medium preset provides a significant visual upgrade over Low while maintaining frame rates that are nearly triple the 60 FPS baseline.

For players with 1080p displays, the High preset at 1920x1080 produces 246 FPS average, which is more than sufficient for any current monitor. The Medium preset at 1080p offers 292 FPS with a minimum of 248, which is overkill for most displays but could benefit those with 240 Hz or higher refresh rates. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to 154 FPS, which is still smooth but represents a 37.4% reduction from High — a trade-off that may not be worth the visual gains in a horror game where atmosphere matters more than edge quality.

For 4K users, the Medium preset at 3840x2160 provides 133 FPS average with a minimum of 113 FPS and a maximum of 153 FPS. This configuration keeps frame rates above 100 FPS at all times, making it the recommended choice for 4K gaming. The High preset at 4K produces 109 FPS average, which is also playable, but the Medium preset’s higher minimum FPS of 113 offers a more consistent experience. The Ultra preset at 4K, at 68 FPS average, is best avoided unless the user prioritizes maximum visual fidelity over frame rate consistency — the 113 FPS minimum at Medium versus the unmeasured minimum at Ultra suggests that Medium will provide a more stable experience.

The Low preset is not recommended for any resolution above 1080p, as the visual quality degradation is severe and the frame rate gains over Medium are relatively modest — 51 FPS at 1440p and 30 FPS at 4K. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti has enough headroom to run Medium at 4K and High at 1440p, so there is little reason to sacrifice visual quality for the extra frames that Low provides.

In summary, the optimal configuration depends on the display: 1080p users should choose High, 1440p users should choose Medium or High, and 4K users should choose Medium. The Ultra preset is only suitable for 1080p displays, and even then, the 154 FPS result is lower than what the Medium preset achieves at 1440p. This combination of CPU and GPU delivers excellent performance in Downfall, with the primary recommendation being Medium at 1440p for the best overall experience.