Downfall

The benchmark data for Downfall with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER shows a configuration that scales predictably across resolutions, though the relationship between settings and frame rate reveals where the bottleneck shifts. This combination, ranking 276th out of 1741 tested combos, delivers high performance but demands careful settings selection to balance visual fidelity against the game's demands.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent drop as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 234.9 FPS at 1080p to 169.2 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of approximately 28%. Moving further to 4K, the average drops to 104.2 FPS, which is 55.7% lower than the 1080p result. This scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions, as the pixel throughput demands grow faster than the CPU can feed the GPU.

The Low settings row provides a clearer view of the CPU's headroom. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 347.9 FPS, but this falls to 250.6 FPS at 1440p and 152.6 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 56.1%, nearly identical to the High settings drop. This similarity suggests that even at the lowest graphical load, the GPU's rendering capacity is the limiting factor once resolution increases, while the Ryzen 7 5700X's 8 cores and 16 threads provide sufficient throughput to avoid stalling the pipeline.

Comparing Medium and Ultra settings reveals a steeper scaling curve. At 1080p, Medium hits 285.3 FPS while Ultra drops to 146 FPS, a 48.8% reduction. At 4K, the gap widens: Medium achieves 127.8 FPS versus Ultra's 64.4 FPS, a 49.6% reduction. This consistent percentage penalty across resolutions indicates that the Ultra preset imposes a fixed computational cost that scales with pixel count, further confirming that the GPU's rendering resources are the dominant constraint.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 276 out of 1741 tested configurations places this system in the top 15.9% of all combinations tested for Downfall. This percentile position reflects the synergy between the Ryzen 7 5700X and the RTX 4070 SUPER, though the ranking suggests that other pairings with higher-end CPUs or GPUs can push further. The CPU's percentile vs all CPUs is 83, and the GPU's percentile vs all GPUs is 84, both indicating strong individual performance relative to their respective product stacks.

The CPU's nearest rivals in aggregate benchmark scores show a tight cluster. The Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26196 with a deltaPct of 0.1% relative to the Ryzen 7 5700X's 26214 average benchmark score. Similarly, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X sits at 26272 with a deltaPct of -0.2%, meaning the 5700X trails it by a negligible margin. For the GPU, the NVIDIA RTX A6000 scores 42653 with a deltaPct of -0.2% versus the RTX 4070 SUPER's 42576 average, while the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE is 0.3% behind. These near-identical aggregate scores suggest that in Downfall, the combo's ranking is more dependent on the specific game's engine characteristics than on raw compute differences.

Settings Recommendations

Examining the measured rows, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 provides the best balance between visual quality and frame rate for this combo. At 1440p Medium, the average FPS is 202.6, which is comfortably above the 104.6 FPS at Ultra and still maintains a substantial margin over the 169.2 FPS at High. The jump from Medium to High at 1440p costs 33.4 FPS (from 202.6 to 169.2), which is a 16.5% reduction, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 64.6 FPS (from 169.2 to 104.6), a 38.2% reduction. This non-linear scaling indicates that Ultra carries a disproportionately heavy load for the visual gains it provides.

For 1080p users, High settings at 234.9 FPS represent the sweet spot, as the Ultra preset's 146 FPS still delivers smooth gameplay but the 37.8% drop from High is hard to justify unless the user prioritizes maximum fidelity. At 4K, the choice is more constrained: High at 104.2 FPS is playable, but Medium at 127.8 FPS offers a more comfortable margin for maintaining frame time consistency. The Low preset at 4K reaches 152.6 FPS, but the visual compromise is significant for a horror title where atmosphere relies on lighting and texture detail.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates its peak performance ceiling. Low settings yield 347.9 FPS, Medium reaches 285.3 FPS, High drops to 234.9 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 146 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 201.9 FPS, indicating that the RTX 4070 SUPER has ample headroom at this resolution to absorb the full range of graphical presets. The CPU's role here is minimal, as even at Ultra the frame rate exceeds typical high-refresh displays.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance envelope tightens. Low produces 250.6 FPS, Medium 202.6 FPS, High 169.2 FPS, and Ultra 104.6 FPS. The reduction from 1080p to 1440p is uniform across settings: Low drops by 28%, Medium by 29%, High by 28%, and Ultra by 28.4%. This consistency reinforces that resolution scaling is purely GPU-bound, with no CPU-induced variance. The Ultra preset at 1440p crosses below the 120 FPS threshold that many high-refresh monitors target, making Medium or High the more practical choices.

At 3840x2160, the data shows the combo's limits. Low reaches 152.6 FPS, Medium 127.8 FPS, High 104.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 64.4 FPS. The Ultra result at 4K is notably below the 100 FPS mark, suggesting that this preset is only suitable for users with standard 60 Hz displays who prioritize visuals over responsiveness. The bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s and 12 GB of GDDR6X memory are sufficient for the game's textures at this resolution, but the 192-bit bus width may contribute to the steep drop at Ultra.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 SUPER's specifications directly inform these results. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth provides adequate capacity for Downfall's asset streaming, though the 4K Ultra result of 64.4 FPS suggests that memory pressure is not the limiting factor. The GPU's boost clock of 2475 MHz and base clock of 1980 MHz, combined with 7168 shading units and 224 texture mapping units, deliver the raw compute needed to push high frame rates at lower resolutions.

The Ada Lovelace architecture's 56 ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores are present but not explicitly tested in this data, as the measured FPS values come from rasterized presets. The FP32 throughput of 35.48 TFLOPS indicates the GPU's theoretical peak, and the benchmark results show that at 1080p Medium (285.3 FPS), the combo operates well within the GPU's capabilities. The frame rate at 1080p Low (347.9 FPS) approaches what might be a CPU-bound ceiling, given that the Ryzen 7 5700X's single-thread score of 921 in 3DMark and 3193 in Cinebench R23 represent solid but not exceptional performance.

The GPU's percentile of 84 vs all GPUs places it above the RTX A6000's aggregate score by 0.2%, but in Downfall, the measured results show that the 4070 SUPER's 220 W TDP is sufficient to sustain these frame rates without thermal throttling, as evidenced by the consistent scaling across resolutions. The 5 nm TSMC process and 35,800 million transistors contribute to its efficiency, but the data does not include power consumption measurements, so the analysis remains on performance alone.