Downfall

# Downfall: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 produces a broad performance envelope in Downfall, a 2016 horror title. Across the twelve measured configurations, this pairing delivers average frame rates ranging from 47.5 FPS at 4K Ultra to 255 FPS at 1080p Low. The data reveals a system that is highly capable at mainstream resolutions, but one where the visual quality ceiling at 4K requires careful selection. The RTX 3070's 8 GB GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, paired with the Ryzen 5 5600G's six cores and twelve threads, create a balance that shifts decisively between GPU and CPU dependency depending on the resolution and preset.

Settings Recommendations

For the smoothest experience relative to the measured rows, the High preset at 2560x1440 stands out as the optimal balance. It produces an average of 123 FPS, which is nearly double the 4K High result of 75.3 FPS, while still maintaining substantial visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, High delivers 175 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate displays. The Medium preset also warrants attention: at 1440p it yields 148.9 FPS, a 21% improvement over High, while at 1080p it reaches 212.2 FPS.

However, the Ultra preset creates a significant penalty. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 77.3 FPS, a 37% reduction from High, and at 4K it falls to 47.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The Low preset, while producing the highest frame rates (255 FPS at 1080p, 186.1 FPS at 1440p, and 113.9 FPS at 4K), sacrifices too much visual quality for a horror game where atmosphere matters. The data suggests that High at 1440p is the sweet spot for this pairing: it offers a 63% higher frame rate than Ultra at the same resolution, and the jump from 4K High to 1440p High (123 vs 75.3 FPS) is substantial enough to justify the resolution drop for smoother motion.

How This Combo Ranks

In the full database of tested combinations for Downfall, this pairing achieves a rank of 786 out of 1741 combos. That places it in the upper-middle tier, roughly at the 55th percentile of all tested systems. This ranking reflects a capable but not elite configuration. The RTX 3070 alone sits in the 72nd percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 5600G is in the 78th percentile among all CPUs, yet the combined result in this specific game is moderated by the title's demands.

The CPU's nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks are tightly clustered: the Intel Core i7-11600H scores 19949 (a 0.2% delta), the Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P both score 20024 (a -0.2% delta), and the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX scores 19928 (a 0.3% delta). This indicates that the Ryzen 5 5600G's processing power is essentially on par with those parts, with a negligible 0.2-0.3% variation. For the GPU, the nearest rivals include the AMD FirePro S7150 (28409, -0.6% delta), AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (27985, 0.9% delta), and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (27956, 1% delta). The RTX 3070's average benchmark score of 28238 sits between these, showing it is competitive with but not dramatically ahead of the RX 6600 XT.

Given that the combo ranks 786th out of 1741, the data indicates that while each component is individually strong, their combined performance in Downfall does not crack the top tier. This is likely due to the game's age and its particular scaling behavior, which the measured FPS data reveals more clearly.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA104 chip fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. It contains 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die, with 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The base clock is 1500 MHz with a boost clock of 1725 MHz, while the memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

In Downfall, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. At 1080p, the frame rates suggest that the CPU is often the limiting factor, particularly at Low settings where the average hits 255 FPS — a figure that far exceeds what most displays can show. At 4K, however, the GPU's workload becomes the primary constraint. The RTX 3070's 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for this title, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the game runs at 47.5 FPS, which is a playable if not ideal frame rate. The pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s provide ample fill for a 2016 release. The GPU's FP32 throughput of 20.31 TFLOPS further supports its capability, though the game's age means it likely does not utilize the RTX 3070's ray tracing cores (46 RT cores) or tensor cores (184) to any meaningful degree.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results show a clear scaling pattern across settings. Low produces 255 FPS, Medium drops to 212.2 FPS (a 16.8% reduction), High delivers 175 FPS (a 31.4% reduction from Low), and Ultra falls to 107.1 FPS (a 58% reduction from Low). The jump from High to Ultra is particularly steep, representing a 38.8% performance loss for the highest visual quality.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute values. Low reaches 186.1 FPS, Medium drops to 148.9 FPS (20% lower), High delivers 123 FPS (33.9% lower), and Ultra falls to 77.3 FPS (58.5% lower). The relative penalty for Ultra versus High is consistent with the 1080p results, showing a 37.2% drop.

At 3840x2160, the performance degrades further. Low still manages 113.9 FPS, Medium drops to 95.1 FPS (16.5% lower), High reaches 75.3 FPS (33.9% lower), and Ultra falls to 47.5 FPS (58.3% lower). The consistency of these percentages across resolutions — roughly a 17% penalty for Medium, 34% for High, and 58% for Ultra relative to Low — suggests that Downfall's settings have a uniform impact on frame rate regardless of resolution. The absolute numbers, however, show that 4K Ultra is the only configuration that drops below 60 FPS, while 1440p Ultra is the only other sub-100 FPS result.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 1440p and then to 4K reveals how the system's bottleneck shifts. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 255 FPS at 1080p to 186.1 FPS at 1440p (a 27% reduction) and then to 113.9 FPS at 4K (a 55.3% reduction from 1080p). At Ultra settings, the progression is from 107.1 FPS at 1080p to 77.3 FPS at 1440p (a 27.8% reduction) and then to 47.5 FPS at 4K (a 55.6% reduction from 1080p).

The near-identical percentage drops across all settings — approximately 27% for the 1080p-to-1440p step and 55% for the 1080p-to-4K step — indicate that resolution scaling is highly consistent in this game. The fact that Low and Ultra both lose roughly the same fraction of performance when moving to higher resolutions suggests that neither the CPU nor the GPU is disproportionately stressed by the settings changes. Instead, the resolution itself is the dominant factor.

The data shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G, with its 3.90 GHz base and 4.40 GHz boost clocks, can feed the RTX 3070 sufficiently at 1080p, where the frame rates are high enough to suggest CPU involvement. At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear limiting factor, as the 47.5 FPS at Ultra is a GPU-bound result. The 55% drop from 1080p to 4K is consistent with a system where the GPU's rendering workload scales with pixel count, while the CPU's workload remains relatively constant. This pairing, ranked 786th out of 1741 combos, delivers its best experience at 1440p High, where the 123 FPS average represents a strong balance of quality and fluidity.