Downfall

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 combination delivers playable frame rates in Downfall, but the performance curve across resolutions reveals a system that is clearly bound by its graphics card at higher settings. At 1080p, the combo produces 174.6 FPS on Low settings, which drops to 119.8 FPS on High and 71 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 1440p, the same settings yield 125.5 FPS, 80.6 FPS, and 52.2 FPS respectively. At 4K, the frame rates compress significantly: 75.9 FPS on Low, 54.1 FPS on High, and 30.9 FPS on Ultra. The scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K shows a consistent drop of roughly 55-60% at each settings tier, which indicates a GPU-heavy workload where the RTX 2060’s 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 192-bit bus become the primary constraint.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate erosion from 1080p to 4K is steep and predictable, pointing to a system where the RTX 2060 is the limiting component. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 174.6 FPS; at 4K Low, it falls to 75.9 FPS, a reduction of 98.7 FPS. The gap narrows at higher settings: High settings drop from 119.8 FPS at 1080p to 54.1 FPS at 4K, a 65.7 FPS loss, while Ultra settings fall from 71 FPS to 30.9 FPS, a 40.1 FPS loss. This pattern—where the absolute FPS drop shrinks as settings increase—suggests that at Ultra, the GPU is already saturated at 1080p, leaving little headroom for resolution scaling to expose further bottlenecks.

The data also shows the CPU’s influence fading as resolution climbs. At 1080p Low, the Ryzen 7 3700X’s 8 cores and 16 threads are likely feeding the GPU adequately, but the 174.6 FPS figure is high enough to suggest some CPU overhead. By 4K, the GPU’s pixel throughput becomes the dominant factor, and the CPU’s role diminishes. The 1440p Medium result of 104.1 FPS versus 1080p Medium’s 142.6 FPS shows a 27% drop, which is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario. The 4K Ultra result of 30.9 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold, making it unsuitable for smooth play, while 4K High at 54.1 FPS is borderline.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific CPU-GPU pairing ranks 1409 out of 1741 tested combos for Downfall, placing it in the bottom 19% of all tested configurations. This low rank is notable given the individual components’ percentile standings: the Ryzen 7 3700X sits in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 2060 ranks in the 58th percentile among all GPUs. The disparity between the CPU’s high percentile and the combo’s low rank underscores that the GPU is dragging the overall performance down in this title. The combo’s 1409th place out of 1741 means there are 332 tested combinations that perform worse, but it also means the vast majority of tested systems deliver better frame rates in Downfall.

The nearest rival data for the CPU shows it is tightly clustered with other mid-range processors. The Intel Core i5-12600 scores 28654, just 0.1% higher than the Ryzen 7 3700X’s average of 28631, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT scores 28591, 0.1% lower. This clustering indicates that the CPU is well-matched to its immediate competitors, and its 85th percentile ranking reflects solid multi-threaded performance. However, the GPU’s nearest rivals—the AMD Radeon RX 7600S at 15996 (0.5% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M at 16351 (1.7% higher), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 at 15786 (1.8% lower)—show a similar tight grouping, but the RTX 2060’s 58th percentile is far below the CPU’s standing. This gap is the primary reason the combo ranks so low in Downfall.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 3700X brings 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 2 architecture, running at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This is a 7 nm processor from TSMC with 3,800 million transistors on a 74 mm² die, and it supports PCIe Gen 4 with 24 lanes. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 19087 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2694 in single-core, with a PassMark multi-thread score of 22458 and a single-thread score of 2656. The 85th percentile ranking among all CPUs confirms that the 3700X is a strong performer for its generation.

In Downfall, the CPU’s role is largely to keep the GPU fed with data. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (174.6 FPS) is high enough that the CPU’s single-thread performance becomes relevant, but the game’s horror genre typically doesn’t demand extreme multi-threading. The 3700X’s 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support at 51.2 GB/s provide adequate bandwidth for the RTX 2060. The CPU’s boost clock of 4.40 GHz is sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions, but the combo’s low rank suggests that in this specific game, even a capable CPU cannot compensate for the GPU’s limitations. The nearest rival data shows the 3700X is within 0.2% of the AMD EPYC 7203P, which indicates that the CPU is not the differentiator in this pairing.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra settings for this combo?

A: The combo achieves 71 FPS at 1080p Ultra, which is above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K High settings?

A: At 4K High, the average FPS is 54.1, which is below 60 FPS but still playable for a slower-paced horror game.

*Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested configurations in Downfall?*

A: The combo ranks 1409 out of 1741 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 19% of all tested systems.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance more in this game?

A: The data shows the GPU is the limiting factor, as the CPU ranks in the 85th percentile while the GPU ranks in the 58th percentile, and frame rates drop sharply with resolution.

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

A: At 1440p, Low settings produce 125.5 FPS, while Ultra produces 52.2 FPS, a difference of 73.3 FPS.

Q: Is the 4K Ultra setting playable with this hardware?

A: No, 4K Ultra yields only 30.9 FPS, which is below the standard 60 FPS target and even below 30 FPS is not smooth for most users.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is built on the Turing architecture with the TU106 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. It contains 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die, with a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz. The GPU features 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, along with 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores. Its memory subsystem consists of 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The card’s FP32 performance is 6.451 TFLOPS, and it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.

The RTX 2060’s 58th percentile ranking among all GPUs is modest, and its average benchmark score of 16074 places it close to the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (15996, 0.5% higher) and the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351, 1.7% higher). In Downfall, the GPU’s 6 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at most settings, but the 4K results suggest memory bandwidth constraints. The 336.0 GB/s bandwidth is the likely culprit for the steep FPS drops at 4K, where the GPU must push four times the pixels of 1080p. The boost clock of 1680 MHz is respectable, but the card’s 160 W TDP and 450 W suggested PSU indicate it is a mid-range solution.

The GPU’s raw compute, measured at 14111 in PassMark G3D and 5488 in GPU compute, translates to playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p in Downfall. The 1080p Medium result of 142.6 FPS and 1440p High result of 80.6 FPS are both solid. However, the 4K Ultra result of 30.9 FPS confirms that the RTX 2060 is not designed for high-resolution gaming with maxed settings in this title. The 58th percentile GPU ranking, combined with the combo’s 1409th place out of 1741, highlights that this GPU is the bottleneck. Upgrading the GPU would yield larger performance gains than upgrading the CPU, which already ranks in the top 15% of all processors.