Greedfall

Greedfall, a 2019 Action RPG, exhibits a performance profile with the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 that is heavily dictated by resolution and graphics settings. The measured FPS data reveals a system where the GPU is the primary scaling factor, with the CPU providing a stable foundation that rarely becomes the limiting component. This analysis breaks down the measured results, contextualizes the hardware roles, and ranks the combination against other tested configurations.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K produces a dramatic and predictable drop in frame rates, clearly identifying the GPU as the bottleneck at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 129.9 at 1920x1080 to 88.5 at 2560x1440, a reduction of roughly 32%. Moving to 3840x2160, the average drops further to 53.9 FPS, which is a 41% decrease from the 1440p result and a 58% decrease from the 1080p result. This steep scaling curve is typical for a GPU with 8 GB of memory and a 128-bit memory bus, as the pixel throughput demand at 4K overwhelms the rendering capabilities.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all settings presets. At Ultra settings, the frame rate plummets from 85.1 FPS at 1080p to 56.0 FPS at 1440p, and finally to a barely playable 32.4 FPS at 4K. The Low preset shows a similar relative decline, from 178.6 FPS at 1080p to 72.7 FPS at 4K. The fact that even the Low preset cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K is a strong indicator that the GPU’s raw compute and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors, not the game’s engine or CPU. The data suggests that 1440p is the practical ceiling for this combination, where High settings can still deliver a smooth 88.5 FPS, while 4K gaming is only viable at the cost of significant visual fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process, is the decisive component in this pairing. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is modest for 4K workloads. The GPU’s boost clock of 2460 MHz and 3072 shading units deliver a peak FP32 performance of 15.11 TFLOPS, but the memory subsystem becomes a constraint as resolution increases. The benchmark results show a stark contrast between 1080p and 4K performance, with the Ultra preset suffering the most, dropping to 32.4 FPS—a clear sign that the GPU is saturated.

The GPU’s overall benchmark percentile of 66 places it in the mid-range tier, and its average benchmark score of 23181 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals. The data shows it is 0.6% slower than an AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% slower than a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, while being 0.7% faster than an Intel Arc B580. This tight clustering indicates that the RTX 4060 is a well-balanced performer for its class, but it does not have the headroom to handle 4K Ultra settings in Greedfall. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the combination of higher texture detail and resolution likely pressures the memory pool, contributing to the significant frame rate drop.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, provides ample processing power for Greedfall. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.50 GHz, combined with a 32 MB L3 cache, ensure that the game’s logic and physics calculations are never starved for processing resources. The CPU’s performance in synthetic benchmarks is robust, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 31588 and a single-core score of 4459. These figures suggest that the CPU can easily feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the measured FPS data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor.

Evidence for the CPU’s non-limiting role comes from the scaling behavior. At 1080p Low settings, the average FPS reaches 178.6, which is a high frame rate, but it is not excessively high, indicating that the GPU is still the primary constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the 1080p Low result would likely be capped at a lower value. The CPU’s percentile ranking of 89 versus all CPUs, and its nearest rivals—including the Intel Core i5-14500HX and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H—show it is a top-tier processor. However, its performance headroom is not fully utilized in this game; the GPU becomes the ceiling well before the CPU’s capabilities are exhausted, particularly at 1440p and 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of the combo’s performance across twelve different configurations. At 1920x1080, the results are excellent for high-refresh-rate monitors. The Low preset achieves 178.6 FPS, which is 24% higher than the Medium preset’s 143.2 FPS and 37% higher than the High preset’s 129.9 FPS. The Ultra preset, at 85.1 FPS, is still playable but represents a 52% drop from Low, showing a significant cost for maximum visual quality.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but begins to show the GPU’s strain. The Low preset delivers 128 FPS, which is 30% higher than the High preset’s 88.5 FPS. The Medium preset sits in between at 96.8 FPS. The Ultra preset, however, drops to 56.0 FPS, which is a 56% reduction from Low. This indicates that Ultra settings at 1440p are borderline, requiring compromises for consistent smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the GPU’s limitations are fully exposed. The Low preset averages 72.7 FPS, which is the only playable option at this resolution. The Medium preset falls to 60.0 FPS, and the High preset drops to 53.9 FPS. The Ultra preset is effectively unplayable at 32.4 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 4K is a 55% performance loss, underscoring the GPU’s inability to handle high pixel counts with advanced effects. The data clearly shows that for 4K gaming, users must sacrifice settings heavily, and even then, the frame rates are only marginal.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination ranks 963 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the 56th percentile of all possible pairings. This mid-pack ranking is consistent with the individual hardware components’ positions in their respective markets. The CPU is a high-end part, but the GPU is a mid-range offering, and the overall combo performance is dragged down by the GPU’s limitations at higher resolutions.

The ranking indicates that this is not a top-tier setup for Greedfall, but it is far from the bottom. The combo outperforms the bottom 44% of tested configurations, which likely include older or lower-end parts. However, it also lags behind the top 44% of combos, which would feature more powerful GPUs. For a user targeting 1080p or 1440p gaming, this ranking is acceptable, as the measured FPS at those resolutions is generally high. But for 4K enthusiasts, the 963rd rank is a warning that this combo is not suited for that workload, and users should expect to lower settings significantly or consider a more powerful GPU to move up the rankings. The data suggests that the CPU has headroom to pair with a faster GPU, which would substantially improve the combo’s rank in this title.