Downfall

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Downfall with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER reveals a classic scaling pattern, though with some notable deviations at the highest settings. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, the average frame rate drops from 232 FPS to 168.7 FPS, a reduction of roughly 27%. The subsequent jump to 3840x2160 at High settings yields 105.1 FPS, which is a further 38% decline from the 1440p result. This trajectory suggests that the rendering load is scaling heavily with pixel count, which is expected for a GPU-bound scenario.

However, the scaling behavior changes dramatically when examining the Ultra preset. At 1080p Ultra, the system produces 143.3 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, this falls to 102.8 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it drops to 65.2 FPS. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra is about 28%, which is similar to the High preset. But the drop from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is approximately 37%, indicating that the most demanding settings place an outsized burden on the graphics processor. The data points to the RTX 4070 SUPER being the primary limiting component at 4K Ultra, where the 65.2 FPS average is the only sub-100 FPS result in the entire suite.

At Low settings, the scaling is more linear and impressive. The system achieves 348.5 FPS at 1080p, 248.9 FPS at 1440p, and 151.7 FPS at 4K. This represents a 56% drop from 1080p to 4K, which is less severe than the 63% drop observed at Ultra settings (from 143.3 to 65.2 FPS). The implication is that when graphics load is minimized, the CPU and GPU combination still maintains high frame rates, but the GPU becomes increasingly stressed as settings increase. The 4K Ultra result of 65.2 FPS, compared to the 4K Low result of 151.7 FPS, shows that Ultra settings nearly halve performance at the same resolution, underscoring the significant cost of the highest graphical fidelity options in this horror title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is a Zen 3 architecture processor built on the 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz with a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. In synthetic benchmarks, the processor scores 943 in 3DMark single-thread and 7586 in 3DMark 16-thread tests. The Cinebench R23 results show 3327 for single-core and 23571 for multicore, indicating strong per-thread performance that is beneficial for games like Downfall that may rely on a few heavily loaded threads.

For this specific game, the CPU's role appears to be secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions, but it still matters at 1080p. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves 348.5 FPS, which is substantially higher than the 4K Low result of 151.7 FPS. This gap suggests that at lower resolutions, the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough frames to reach very high rates. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides ample headroom for the game's logic and physics, even at these elevated frame rates. The 32 MB of L3 cache helps with data locality, which can be relevant in horror game environments with complex geometry and dynamic lighting.

The processor's percentile ranking of 84 among all CPUs indicates it sits in the upper tier of performance. Compared to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 5800X has an average benchmark score of 27606. This places it 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27535) and 0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE and Intel Core i7-13700H. The delta relative to the Intel Core i5-12600KF is -0.8%, meaning the 5800X is essentially neck-and-neck with these alternatives in general compute tasks. In Downfall, the CPU's boost clock of 4.70 GHz ensures that single-threaded workloads are handled efficiently, which translates to stable frame pacing even when the GPU is not the bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 7 5800X and RTX 4070 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 299 out of 1741 tested combos in Downfall. This places the pairing in the top 17% of all configurations in the database. A rank of 299 means there are 298 other CPU-GPU combos that produce higher average frame rates in this game, but the majority of tested systems (over 1400) fall below this pairing in performance.

This ranking reflects a balanced setup where neither component severely bottlenecks the other. The RTX 4070 SUPER, with its 84th percentile ranking among all GPUs, pairs well with the 84th percentile CPU. The combo's position in the upper quartile suggests that users with this configuration are getting near-optimal performance for the hardware class. The 4K Ultra result of 65.2 FPS, while the lowest in the measured set, is still playable and indicates the combo can handle the most demanding scenario, albeit not at high refresh rates.

When compared to the individual component rankings, the combo rank of 299 is slightly worse than what the GPU's percentile alone might suggest, but this is typical for a game that is heavily graphics-dependent. The data shows that the combo is well-matched for 1440p gaming, where it delivers 168.7 FPS at High settings, which is well above the 144 Hz refresh threshold that many monitors target.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080 resolution, the system delivers a wide range of frame rates depending on the preset. With Low settings, the average FPS is 348.5, which drops to 286.3 at Medium, 232 at High, and 143.3 at Ultra. The difference between Low and Ultra is 205.2 FPS, a 59% reduction that highlights the significant cost of the Ultra preset at this resolution. The 1080p results are all above 140 FPS, making this resolution ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain strong. Low settings produce 248.9 FPS, Medium yields 202.8 FPS, High delivers 168.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 102.8 FPS. The step from High to Ultra at this resolution is a 65.9 FPS drop, which is the largest single-preset jump in the 1440p set. This suggests that the Ultra preset includes some settings that are particularly demanding, such as increased shadow quality or ambient occlusion, which disproportionately affect the GPU.

At 3840x2160, the results show the GPU's limitations. Low settings achieve 151.7 FPS, which is still excellent for 4K. Medium drops to 127.3 FPS, High to 105.1 FPS, and Ultra to 65.2 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a 86.5 FPS reduction, which is the largest absolute drop across all resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 65.2 FPS is the only measurement below 100 FPS in the entire dataset, indicating that this is the stress point for the RTX 4070 SUPER. For a horror game that relies on atmosphere and tension, the 65.2 FPS average is still smooth enough for a good experience, but it falls short of the 144 FPS that the 1080p and 1440p results can achieve.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC. It features 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation pipelines. The GPU has 56 ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores, which are relevant for games that use advanced lighting effects or DLSS. The memory subsystem consists of 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The boost clock is rated at 2475 MHz, with a base clock of 1980 MHz.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 29995 in Passmark G3D and 4627 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. The Geekbench OpenCL score is 192684, and the Vulkan score is 179271. These numbers place the GPU in the 84th percentile among all graphics cards. Its average benchmark score of 42576 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA RTX A6000, which scores 42653 (a delta of -0.2%). It is also close to the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (42723, delta -0.3%) and ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (41991, delta 1.4%) and NVIDIA Tesla M40 (41897, delta 1.6%).

For Downfall, the GPU's role is dominant at higher resolutions and settings. The 12 GB of VRAM is sufficient for 4K textures, and the 504.2 GB/s bandwidth ensures that texture streaming does not become a bottleneck. The pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s are substantial, allowing the card to maintain high fill rates even at 4K. The FP32 performance of 35.48 TFLOPS provides ample compute for the game's shaders and post-processing effects. The data shows that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the 65.2 FPS result is likely constrained by the GPU's raw throughput rather than memory capacity or bandwidth. The card's dual-slot design and 220 W TDP indicate it is a power-efficient solution that can be cooled by a standard air cooler, but the 1x 16-pin power connector requires a modern power supply.