Downfall

# Downfall with AMD Ryzen 9 5900X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 produces a benchmark combination that places in the 862nd position out of 3716 tested combos in Downfall. This ranking places the combo within the top 23% of all tested configurations, indicating a well-balanced pairing that handles the horror title's demands with substantial headroom. The measured FPS data shows a system that remains playable across every tested resolution, with the key differentiator being how the component balance shifts between the CPU and GPU as settings and pixel counts change. The 5900X, a 12-core Zen 3 part with a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, and the RTX 4070, an Ada Lovelace GPU with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, combine to deliver strong minimum performance in the game's most demanding modes.

How This Combo Ranks

Examining the comboRankInGame field, the Ryzen 9 5900X and RTX 4070 hold position 862 among 3716 unique pairings evaluated in Downfall, confirming its place in the upper quarter of tested hardware. The GPU alone sits at the 81st percentile versus all GPUs, while the CPU is at the 87th percentile versus all CPUs, and this symmetry in raw technical positioning helps explain the overall ranking. The number suggests the pairing extracts near-peak performance from each component — there is no single clear bottleneck that pulls the combo down in the rankings relative to their individual scores on the aggregate benchmark charts.

In aggregate benchmark terms, the CPU's average score is 41376 points, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H at 41263 points (0.3% higher), the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H at 41215 points (0.4% higher), and the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440 at 41208 points (0.4% higher). The Intel Core i70-14650HX comes in at 41576 points, making the 5900X 0.5% behind that chip. For the GPU, the RTX 4070's average benchmark score of 37648 points is closely matched by the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37628 points, 0.1% lower) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507 points, 0.4% lower). A slight 1.3% gap exists to the RTX 4080 Mobile with 38135 points, proving the desktop 4070 holds its own against mobile higher-tier silicon.

The distinguishing factor of the 5900X is its single-thread dominance; scoring 941 points in the 3DMark single-thread test (1527 in Cinebench R23 single-core) and with a boost at 4.8 GHz. This all translates to a system that can keep high frame rates in horror atmospherics, where sustained frame delivery matters on top of raw peak performance. The combo's placement just below the 27th percentile of all tested combos suggests it is better equipped for heavy threads than for ultra-high refresh rate gaming at maximum settings.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using the AD104 chip fabricated on a 5 nm TSMC process with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. Its memory configuration consists of 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s, running at a memory clock of 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The core has a base clock of 1920 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with 5888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The GPU supports the latest API suite, including DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6.

In the context of Downfall, the 12 GB capacity is a decisive factor at high resolutions. The measured data shows that at 4K, the Ultra preset delivers 58 fps average, while at High, 91 fps, and at Medium, a more fluid 112 fps. The GPU's fill rate is 158.4 GPixel/s, plus its 455.4 GTexel/s ensures strong texture throughput, which matters for the game's horror environments full of detailed surfaces. The GPU's boost clock is the primary driver for performance in the Low and Medium presets, where the render load sees a lighter cache footprint. Geekbench scores for the GPU also indicate solid compute: 154858 points OpenCL and 174152 in Vulkan, and a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 3854 points.

In a game like Downfall, the RTX 4070's 50-series tensor cores add little in rasterized settings, but the data shows that at 4K Ultra, frame rates drop below 60 (58 fps), and the 12 GB memory becomes the limiting factor at that preset. The medium setting of 114 fps demonstrates the GPU's ability to sustain smooth frame pacing despite the shadow and lighting workloads from the game engine.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data from the given pack shows a clear, linear path of scaling from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 which represents a 77% increase in pixel count, the average FPS drops from 210 to 150, a 28.6% reduction. Stepping up to 4K at 93 fps shows that the GPU still holds performance but just under the half of the 1080p result. For the Low and Medium settings, the loss is more pronounced: Low goes from 312 fps at 1080p to 223 fps at 1440p (down 28.5%) and then to 139 fps at 4K (which is 44.6% of the 1080p value). Medium from 256 fps to 182 fps (28.9% loss) to 114 fps at 4K.

This scaling pattern points clearly to a GPU-bound scenario at every tested resolution. When the CPU and GPU are both involved, the 5900X has significant headroom, and the data — the 5900X has a PassMark multithread score of 39002 — indicates that the graphics card is not starved at any level. For instance, for 1440p High, the 150 fps is the same as the 1080p value of 210, which suggests that pixel rate is not the sole variable, and if the CPU bottleneck were the issue, the 1080p results would show less of an improvement over 1440p. The largest delta is observed when moving between Medium and Ultra, where Ultra pushes the card's limit. For example, at 1440p, Low it runs 223 fps while the Ultra preset drops down to 94 fps, and at 1080p Low it's 312 against Ultra's 131 fps.

Settings Recommendations

The measured settings indicate a sweet spot in the list between Medium and High for this combo. At 1080p Medium, the frame rate holds at 256 fps with a minimum of 217 fps, and a max of 294. Those are exact minimums from that data. At 1440p Medium, the 182 fps average with a minimum of 155 fps is well above the 60-target threshold; at 4K Medium, the 114 fps average and the 97 fps minimum guarantees smooth play under heavy scenes. Ultra is where the GPU's limitations come into effects; at 4K it's 58 fps and at 1440p it falls to 94 fps, but at 1080p it pushes up to 131 fps. Given that the average of the Medium preset produces nearly twice the 4K Ultra frame rate (114 fps vs. 58 fps), the Medium preset provides a far better playability per the measured rates.

High settings maintain a strong motion at all resolutions, but the minimums are missing from the data. The measured data only provides min/max values only for Medium settings at each resolution. At 1440p High, the 150 fps does not have a confirmed minimum; so a player aiming to avoid any drops might be better off with Medium, where the minimums are captured and guaranteed at 94 fps or more (94: 1080p Min 217, 1440p 155, 4K 97). The linear rise from low to medium to high to ultra shows typical cost curve: ultra preset at 4K cuts the frame rate more than half compared to Medium (58 vs 114).

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured dataset for each resolution and setting is as follows:

1920x1080:

• Low: 312 fps average
• Medium: 256 fps average, 217 minimum, 294 maximum
• High: 210 fps average
• Ultra: 131 fps average

2560x1440:

• Low: 223 fps average
• Medium: 182 fps average, 155 minimum, 210 maximum
• High: 150 fps average
• Ultra: 94 fps average

3840x2160:

• Low: 139 fps average
• Medium: 114 fps average, 97 minimum, 131 maximum
• High: 93 fps average
• Ultra: 58 fps average

The Medium preset is the only one in the dataset with defined minimum and maximum values at all three resolutions, which appears to be the primary tuning variable indicated here. At 1080p Medium, the delta between minimum and average for 39 fps, which is a significantly lower a percentage than at the 4K where the gap is average-minus-min=17 fps. The spread also shows that burst maximum are near the same as the Low's averages for those resolutions; the CPU and GPU typically assert very well pace-limited across the settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo ranking for the Ryzen 9 5900X and RTX 4070 in Downfall?

A: The pairing is ranked 862 out of 3716 tested combos, so the placement is at the 27% mark.

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

A: The benchmarks indicate a GPU-bound scenario at every resolution. The CPU performance with 12 cores and passmark multithread score of 39002 the single core score 3469, shows that the data throughput does likely not bottleneck the GPU at any of the measured settings.

Q: What is the best quality preset at 4K with this hardware?

A: According to the measured frames, Medium outperforms the High by approximately 23% (114 vs 93) and the Ultra by over 20% (114 vs 58). That makes Medium the strongest and most stable option at 4K.

Q: How does 4K Ultra resolution impact the 5900X/4070 combo?

A: 4K Ultra is the only level that drops below the 60 FPS line, landing at an average 58 fps, while 1440p Ultra gives 94 fps and 1080p Ultra provides 131 fps.

Q: What are the CPU’s key metrics that help this pairing?

A: The 5900X has 12 cores and 24 threads using Zen 3 architecture with boost clock of 4.80 GHz, an 87th percentile against all CPUs, and a PassMark single-thread score of 3469.

Q: Is any resolution vitally GPU-limited?

A: No, all three resolutions show strong frame counts with the fastest triple of resolution being low, followed by medium. The GPU has 12 GB VRAM, which avoids capacity issues until the Ultra preset pushed the 4K render output below the 60 fps mark.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, as its 12 cores / 24 threads and a max boost of 4.80 GHz leading the gaming performance. This is a Zen 3 (Vermeer) part built on TSMC's 7 nm process with an L3 cache of 64 MB. In synthetic tests, the 5900X scores: 9075 in 3DMark 16-thread test, 6601 in 8-thread, 3588 in 4-thread, and 1852 in 2-thread. The high single thread is 941 in 3DMark and 3469 in PassMark ST. The landscape of the benchmarks indicates capable levels that never provide a bottleneck in this game. The data supports strong minimum frame counts (e.g., the min 155 fps at 1440p Medium) as a by the processor feeding frames to the GPU prior to the 4070 processing them.

As resolution increases, CPU demand often drops, but these results show that the frame delivery stays consistent from 1080p to 4K. The math: at High 1080p, 210; at 4K the 93 fps shows the GPU pulling back 56% while the CPU does not intervene. Even at the lowest resolution, this CPU does not cap the frame below 300 fps for Low — the 312 fps average at 1080p Low pops up to a number which is about the ceiling of what the display output can deliver, never bound by this part. The Ryzen 9’s 24-thread capacity is more than enough for Downfall, which is a title that has no indication of multithread scaling beyond, and the period in which the 5900X reports a battle strong single-thread scores. This fact the 5900X is a 0.3% performance lead over the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H in aggregate benchmarks, makes it a precision-engineered part perfectly matched with the 4000-series GPU in this specific title, though all the having both a higher upper percentile distinctly it.