Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination delivers a robust experience in Evolve, a 2015 FPS title. The benchmark data places this pairing at rank 224 out of 1695 tested combos, placing it within the top 13.2% of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects a balanced configuration where neither component creates an obvious bottleneck, allowing the game's engine to scale effectively across different graphical presets and resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame of 224 out of 1695 is a strong showing, indicating that this particular pairing outperforms the vast majority of tested systems in Evolve. To contextualize this, the CPU alone sits at the 94th percentile when compared against all CPUs in the database, while the GPU is at the 85th percentile against all GPUs. The combination of a top-tier processor and a high-end graphics card results in a system that is well above the median for this specific title.

The data shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X holds its own against its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks. Its average benchmark score of 54450 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, which scores 54681, a negligible delta of -0.4%. It is also within a narrow band of recent Intel offerings, being 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700F and 1.5% behind the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K. This close grouping suggests that in a game like Evolve, which is not particularly CPU-intensive by modern standards, the 12-core, 24-thread processor provides ample headroom with minimal variance between comparable chips.

For the GPU, the RTX 4070 Ti's average benchmark score of 44900 places it in a similar tight cluster. It is 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile and 1.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580. This positioning indicates that the graphics card is the more likely limiting factor in this combo, as its relative standing among its peers is slightly lower than the CPU's standing. The system's overall rank of 224 suggests that while the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU, the final frame rates are determined by the graphics card's rendering capabilities, especially at higher settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is the primary driver for Evolve's visuals, equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. This memory configuration is sufficient for the game's textures and geometry at all tested settings. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). These clocks contribute to a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its capability. It achieves a Passmark G3D score of 31624 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 205028. In the context of Evolve, the 12 GB frame buffer is a critical asset. At 4K Ultra settings, the game demands significant VRAM for high-resolution textures, and the available memory prevents any potential frame drops caused by texture swapping. The card's 7680 shading units and 240 TMUs provide the raw processing power needed to maintain high fill rates, which is evident in the measured FPS.

As settings are lowered from Ultra to Low, the GPU's workload decreases, allowing the CPU to push higher frame rates. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti can handle the game easily at 1080p and 1440p, with performance scaling predictably as the resolution drops. The GPU's role becomes more pronounced at 4K, where the number of pixels to render increases dramatically, and the performance gap between settings becomes more apparent.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At 1080p High settings, the combo averages 187 FPS. Moving to 1440p High, the average drops to 125.7 FPS, a reduction of approximately 32.8%. At 4K High, the average falls further to 68.4 FPS, which is a 63.4% decrease from the 1080p figure. This significant drop indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the number of pixels quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

The pattern is consistent across all settings presets. For Low settings, 1080p yields 309.2 FPS, 1440p yields 203.9 FPS, and 4K yields 119.7 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 4K results in a 61.3% reduction in frame rate. For Medium settings, the figures are 237.6 FPS, 158.7 FPS, and 89.1 FPS, respectively, a 62.5% drop. At Ultra settings, the drop is the most severe: 126.5 FPS at 1080p, 86.5 FPS at 1440p, and 51.8 FPS at 4K, a 59.0% reduction.

This data suggests that the CPU has ample headroom to drive frame rates well beyond 300 FPS at lower resolutions, but the GPU's rendering capacity caps performance as resolution climbs. The fact that 4K Ultra still manages to stay above 50 FPS average reflects the GPU's power, but the steep decline from the 1080p numbers highlights that the RTX 4070 Ti is the component determining the performance ceiling in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates exceptional performance. Low settings produce an average of 309.2 FPS, Medium achieves 237.6 FPS, High reaches 187 FPS, and Ultra maintains a smooth 126.5 FPS. These numbers indicate that the system is heavily CPU-bound at this resolution, with the GPU easily able to render frames as fast as the processor can submit them.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain highly playable. Low settings average 203.9 FPS, Medium at 158.7 FPS, High at 125.7 FPS, and Ultra at 86.5 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p shows a performance cost of roughly 30-35% across all settings, which is expected given the increased pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the GPU begins to show its limits. Low settings still deliver a very playable 119.7 FPS, and Medium holds at 89.1 FPS. High settings drop to 68.4 FPS, which is still suitable for most displays, but Ultra settings fall to 51.8 FPS. This is the only configuration that dips below the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that for 4K Ultra gaming, the RTX 4070 Ti is stretched but still provides a usable experience for a title of Evolve's age.

FAQ

*Q: What is the overall performance ranking of this CPU and GPU combo in Evolve?*

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks 224th out of 1695 tested combinations, placing it in the top 13.2% of all systems tested for this game.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X has an average benchmark score of 54450. It is 0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54681) and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700F (54097).

Q: What is the GPU's benchmark percentile and how does it compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti is at the 85th percentile of all GPUs. Its average score of 44900 is 0.6% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152) and 1.6% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (44195).

Q: At what resolution and settings does the combo fail to maintain 60 FPS?

A: The only configuration that drops below 60 FPS is 4K (3840x2160) with Ultra settings, which averages 51.8 FPS. All other tested settings at 4K, 1440p, and 1080p maintain averages above 60 FPS.

Q: What is the difference in performance between 1080p and 4K at High settings?

A: At 1080p High, the average frame rate is 187 FPS. At 4K High, it drops to 68.4 FPS, representing a 63.4% reduction in performance as the resolution scales up.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to be the bottleneck in this system?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 309.2 FPS, suggesting CPU headroom, while at 4K Ultra, the GPU can only manage 51.8 FPS, showing its rendering capacity is the constraint.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge), built on a 4 nm process. It has a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a TDP of 120 W. The CPU's cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a shared 64 MB of L3 cache. This substantial cache and high core count provide ample processing power for game logic and physics calculations in Evolve.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU demonstrates its strength. It scores 46438 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 6555 in single-core, alongside a Geekbench multi-core score of 19827 and single-core score of 3341. The Passmark multithread score is 54643, with a single-thread score of 4672. These results show that the processor can handle both heavily threaded workloads and single-threaded tasks with ease.

For a 2015 title like Evolve, the game's engine is unlikely to fully utilize all 12 cores, but the high single-thread performance is crucial for maintaining high frame rates. The data supports this, as the system achieves 309.2 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating that the CPU is not a limiting factor at lower resolutions. The CPU's 24 threads also ensure that any background processes or additional game systems do not cause frame time spikes. The processor's percentile rank of 94 against all CPUs, combined with its performance in the Passmark physics test (3381), suggests it has the computational power to avoid bottlenecks in this scenario.