Downfall

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ranks 3074 out of 3716 tested combinations in Downfall. This places the combo in the 17th percentile of all tested systems, meaning roughly 83% of recorded configurations deliver higher average frame rates in this horror title. The ranking reflects a substantial imbalance between the two components: the CPU sits in the 94th percentile among all processors tested, while the GPU rests in the 47th percentile among all graphics cards. That gap, 47 percentage points, explains why this pairing lands so far down the overall list.

The database shows the GTX 1070's average benchmark score is 9780, with its nearest rivals being the AMD FirePro W5000 at 9803 (0.2% higher), the NVIDIA Quadro M2000M at 9832 (0.5% higher), the NVIDIA Tesla M10 at 9724 (0.6% lower), and the NVIDIA Tesla C2070 at 9716 (0.7% lower). These are all workstation or datacenter cards, which suggests the GTX 1070's gaming performance sits in a narrow band with professional hardware rather than modern gaming GPUs. The Ryzen 7 9700F, by contrast, posts an average benchmark score of 69996, with rivals like the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX at 69875 (0.2% lower), the Intel Core i7-14700KF at 70163 (0.2% higher), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X at 69515 (0.7% lower), and the Intel Core i7-14700K at 69355 (0.9% lower). The CPU is firmly in high-end desktop territory, while the GPU is a mid-range part from a previous generation.

The measured frame rates confirm this diagnosis. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo reaches 157 FPS average, which is strong. But at 4K with Ultra settings, it falls to 29 FPS average, which is barely playable. The spread across settings and resolutions indicates the GPU is the bottleneck in nearly every scenario. The CPU has ample headroom; the data shows the processor can handle far more demanding workloads than this GPU can feed it. The overall rank of 3074 out of 3716 is therefore a GPU-limited result, not a reflection of the CPU's capability.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides four settings presets at each of three resolutions: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 157 FPS average, Medium delivers 128 FPS average, High delivers 105 FPS average, and Ultra delivers 66 FPS average. The gap between Low and Ultra is 91 FPS, which is a 58% drop from Low to Ultra. For a horror game where smooth motion matters for atmosphere, the Medium preset at 1080p offers the best balance in the recorded results: 128 FPS average with a minimum of 109 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS. The minimum frame rate is the only one recorded at 1080p Medium, and it stays above 100 FPS, which indicates consistent delivery.

At 1440p, the data shows Low at 112 FPS average, Medium at 92 FPS average with a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS, High at 75 FPS average, and Ultra at 47 FPS average. The Medium preset at 1440p keeps the average above 90 FPS, and the recorded minimum of 78 FPS remains playable. The High preset at 1440p drops to 75 FPS average, which is still acceptable but leaves less margin for demanding scenes. The Ultra preset at 1440p falls to 47 FPS average, which is below the 60 FPS threshold many games target.

At 4K, the Low preset delivers 70 FPS average, Medium delivers 57 FPS average with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 66 FPS, High delivers 47 FPS average, and Ultra delivers 29 FPS average. The Low preset at 4K is the only setting that maintains an average above 60 FPS, and even then, the margin is slim. The Medium preset at 4K drops to 57 FPS average with a minimum of 48 FPS, which means some scenes will fall below 50 FPS. The data suggests that for a consistently smooth experience, the Medium preset at 1080p or the Low preset at 1440p are the strongest choices. The Medium preset at 1440p also holds up well with its 92 FPS average.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload scales with pixel count. At Low settings, the average FPS moves from 157 at 1080p to 112 at 1440p to 70 at 4K. That is a 29% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 55% drop from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the numbers are 128, 92, and 57, representing a 28% drop to 1440p and a 55% drop to 4K. At High settings, the progression is 105, 75, and 47, a 29% drop to 1440p and a 55% drop to 4K. At Ultra settings, the progression is 66, 47, and 29, a 29% drop to 1440p and a 56% drop to 4K.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all four settings presets is notable. Regardless of whether the game runs at Low or Ultra, moving from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 28-29% of the frame rate, and moving from 1080p to 4K costs roughly 55-56%. This uniform scaling pattern indicates that the limiting factor is the GPU's pixel throughput, not the CPU or memory bandwidth. The GTX 1070 has a pixel rate of 107.7 GPixel/s and a memory bandwidth of 256.3 GB/s, both of which are fixed hardware characteristics that scale linearly with resolution demands.

The data also shows that the frame rate at 4K Low (70 FPS) is nearly identical to the frame rate at 1080p Ultra (66 FPS). This crossover point suggests that the GPU is doing the same amount of work in both scenarios, just distributed differently between pixel count and shading complexity. The 4K Low preset renders four times the pixels of 1080p but with reduced shading work per pixel, while 1080p Ultra renders fewer pixels with much heavier per-pixel work. The resulting frame rates are close, which confirms that the GPU is saturated in both cases.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Downfall?

A: The data shows 1080p delivers the highest frame rates across all settings presets. At 1080p Medium, the combo achieves 128 FPS average with a minimum of 109 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 92 FPS with a minimum of 78 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 57 FPS with a minimum of 48 FPS.

Q: How does the GTX 1070 compare to its nearest rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The GTX 1070 has an average benchmark score of 9780. Its nearest rival, the AMD FirePro W5000, scores 9803, which is 0.2% higher. The NVIDIA Quadro M2000M scores 9832 (0.5% higher), the NVIDIA Tesla M10 scores 9724 (0.6% lower), and the NVIDIA Tesla C2070 scores 9716 (0.7% lower).

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

A: At 1440p, the Low preset delivers 112 FPS average, while the Ultra preset delivers 47 FPS average. That is a difference of 65 FPS, which represents a 58% reduction from Low to Ultra.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 9700F bottleneck the GTX 1070 in this game?

A: The benchmark data indicates the GPU is the limiting component. The CPU ranks in the 94th percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks in the 47th percentile among all graphics cards. The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a consistent 55-56% drop, which is characteristic of GPU-bound rendering.

Q: What is the minimum recorded frame rate for this combo?

A: The only settings presets with recorded minimum frame rates are the Medium presets. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 109 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 78 FPS. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 48 FPS. No minimum values are recorded for Low, High, or Ultra presets.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested systems?

A: The combo ranks 3074 out of 3716 tested combinations in Downfall. This places it in the lower portion of the distribution, with roughly 83% of tested systems achieving higher average frame rates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is the dominant component in this pairing for Downfall. The GPU uses the GP104 chip on the Pascal architecture, built on a 16 nm process at TSMC with 7,200 million transistors on a 314 mm² die. The card has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock is 1506 MHz with a boost clock of 1683 MHz, and the memory runs at 2002 MHz with 8 Gbps effective speed. The shading units number 1920, with 120 texture mapping units and 64 render output units. The pixel rate is 107.7 GPixel/s, the texture rate is 202.0 GTexel/s, and the FP32 throughput is 6.463 TFLOPS.

The GPU's benchmark scores show a mixed profile. The PassMark G3D score is 13498, while the PassMark G2D score is 846. The DirectX 11 score is 100, the DirectX 10 score is 82, the DirectX 9 score is 197, and the DirectX 12 score is 48. The Geekbench scores are 44700 for OpenCL, 22121 for Vulkan, and 18801 for Metal. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1082. The GPU compute score is 6102. These numbers place the GTX 1070 in the 47th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 9780.

In Downfall specifically, the GPU's performance ceiling is visible in the measured frame rates. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 157 FPS average, which suggests the GPU can handle light loads well. But at 4K Ultra, the average drops to 29 FPS, which indicates the GPU runs out of pixel throughput and memory bandwidth under heavy loads. The 256.3 GB/s memory bandwidth and 107.7 GPixel/s pixel rate are the hardware limits that constrain higher resolution and settings combinations. The GPU's 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for this game's needs, as the data does not show any texture-related stuttering or loading issues that would indicate VRAM exhaustion.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F provides far more processing capability than the GTX 1070 can utilize in Downfall. The CPU is part of the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The TDP is 65 W, and it uses the AMD Socket AM5 platform. The process node is 4 nm at TSMC, with 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is DDR5 with a dual-channel bus and 89.6 GB/s bandwidth. The PCIe interface is Gen 5 with 24 lanes from the CPU.

The CPU's benchmark results place it in the 94th percentile among all processors. The PassMark multithread score is 36470, the single-thread score is 4691, the integer math score is 120788, and the floating point math score is 77955. The data compression score is 421988, data encryption is 21488, and extended instructions is 33688. The physics score is 2122, random string sorting is 45890, and find prime numbers is 183. The average benchmark score is 69996, with nearest rivals within 0.9% either way.

In Downfall, the CPU's role is mostly idle headroom. The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a consistent pattern across all settings presets, with drops of approximately 55-56% from 1080p to 4K regardless of whether the game runs at Low or Ultra. This uniform scaling is the signature of a GPU-bound workload. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rate would plateau at higher resolutions or show inconsistent scaling between settings presets. The data shows no such plateau. The CPU's 16 threads and 5.50 GHz boost clock are more than sufficient for the game's threading demands, and the 32 MB L3 cache provides ample space for game data. The Ryzen 7 9700F is effectively waiting on the GTX 1070 at every measured point.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database records twelve distinct measurement points for this combo, spanning three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 157 FPS average. The Medium preset at 1080p delivers 128 FPS average with a minimum of 109 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS. The High preset at 1080p delivers 105 FPS average. The Ultra preset at 1080p delivers 66 FPS average. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a steady decline: 157, 128, 105, 66. The step from High to Ultra is the largest single drop at 39 FPS, while the step from Low to Medium is 29 FPS, and from Medium to High is 23 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 112 FPS average. The Medium preset delivers 92 FPS average with a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS. The High preset delivers 75 FPS average. The Ultra preset delivers 47 FPS average. The progression at 1440p is 112, 92, 75, 47. The step from High to Ultra is 28 FPS, the step from Medium to High is 17 FPS, and the step from Low to Medium is 20 FPS. Compared to 1080p, each settings preset at 1440p shows a reduction of roughly 29%: 157 to 112 (29% down), 128 to 92 (28% down), 105 to 75 (29% down), and 66 to 47 (29% down).

At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 70 FPS average. The Medium preset delivers 57 FPS average with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 66 FPS. The High preset delivers 47 FPS average. The Ultra preset delivers 29 FPS average. The progression at 4K is 70, 57, 47, 29. The step from High to Ultra is 18 FPS, the step from Medium to High is 10 FPS, and the step from Low to Medium is 13 FPS. Compared to 1080p, each settings preset at 4K shows a reduction of roughly 55-56%: 157 to 70 (55% down), 128 to 57 (55% down), 105 to 47 (55% down), and 66 to 29 (56% down).

The only measurements with minimum and maximum values are the Medium presets. At 1080p Medium, the range is 109 to 147 FPS, a spread of 38 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the range is 78 to 105 FPS, a spread of 27 FPS. At 4K Medium, the range is 48 to 66 FPS, a spread of 18 FPS. The narrowing spread at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes more consistently saturated as pixel count increases, reducing the variance between light and heavy scenes. The 4K Medium minimum of 48 FPS is the lowest recorded minimum across all measurements, and it falls below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. The 1080p Medium minimum of 109 FPS, by contrast, provides a comfortable margin above any playability threshold.