Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 delivers a highly capable Hitman 2 experience across all tested resolutions. The measured data shows that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience, providing a substantial performance uplift over High settings while maintaining visual fidelity appropriate for a stealth title. At 1920x1080, Medium produces 144.6 FPS, which is 34.2 FPS higher than High’s 110.4 FPS, a 31% improvement. At 2560x1440, Medium achieves 92.7 FPS versus 71 FPS on High, a 30.5% gain. Even at 3840x2160, Medium maintains 51.6 FPS, which remains playable, while High drops to 40.4 FPS. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, yielding 81.7 FPS at 1080p, 50.1 FPS at 1440p, and only 28.5 FPS at 4K; the latter is below the threshold for smooth gameplay. Low settings push frame rates to 194.5 FPS, 127.2 FPS, and 65.5 FPS respectively, but sacrifice too much visual detail for a game where observing environments matters. Therefore, Medium is the recommended preset, as it stays above 60 FPS at 1440p and remains fluid at 4K, while High is only advisable for 1080p users with high-refresh displays.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results clearly indicate that the Medium preset is the optimal choice for this combination. The data shows a predictable scaling pattern: Low > Medium > High > Ultra, but the performance gaps between Medium and the higher presets are more significant than the visual gains typically justify. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 144.6 FPS, which is 34.2 FPS higher than High (110.4 FPS) and 62.9 FPS higher than Ultra (81.7 FPS). The jump from Medium to High costs 31% of the frame rate, while the jump from High to Ultra costs another 26%. At 2560x1440, Medium’s 92.7 FPS is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, whereas High dips to 71 FPS and Ultra falls to 50.1 FPS. For 4K, Medium’s 51.6 FPS is borderline but playable, while High’s 40.4 FPS and Ultra’s 28.5 FPS are not ideal for a game requiring precision. Users prioritizing maximum smoothness should consider Low, which produces 194.5 FPS at 1080p and 127.2 FPS at 1440p, but the visual compromise is steep. The data suggests that Medium provides the best compromise between frame rate and image quality, ensuring the RTX 3070’s capabilities are utilized without overburdening the GPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the dominant component in this pairing for Hitman 2. The GPU’s specifications include 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1500 MHz with a boost clock of 1725 MHz, and it features 5888 shading units. The measured FPS scaling across resolutions and settings reveals that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, especially at higher presets. At 3840x2160, the frame rate drops from 65.5 FPS on Low to 28.5 FPS on Ultra, a 56.5% reduction, indicating that the GPU’s compute and memory resources are being saturated. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for this game, as evidenced by the playable Medium results at 4K, but the Ultra preset’s heavy texture and shading demands likely push against the memory limit, causing the steep decline. The 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1440p High, which achieves 71 FPS, but the 4K Ultra result of 28.5 FPS suggests the memory subsystem is strained. Comparatively, the RTX 3070 sits at the 72nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28238. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which is 0.9% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which is 1% faster. This GPU’s performance in Hitman 2 aligns with its general benchmark standing, being capable but not top-tier.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial and indicative of a GPU-limited scenario. At Medium settings, the FPS declines from 144.6 at 1920x1080 to 92.7 at 2560x1440, a 35.9% reduction, and then to 51.6 at 3840x2160, a further 44.3% reduction from 1440p. The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 64.3%. This trend is consistent across all settings. For High, the scores are 110.4, 71, and 40.4 FPS respectively, representing a 63.4% total drop. Low settings show the smallest relative decline, from 194.5 to 127.2 to 65.5 FPS, a 66.3% drop, but the absolute values remain high. Ultra is the steepest, falling from 81.7 to 50.1 to 28.5 FPS, a 65.1% drop. The consistent pattern across all presets suggests that the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700, is not the limiting factor; if it were, the drop from 1440p to 4K would be shallower. The Ryzen 7 7700’s strength is evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29302 and single-core score of 4136, placing it at the 91st percentile among CPUs. The data indicates that the RTX 3070’s pixel throughput and memory bandwidth are the constraints, as the scaling aligns with the GPU’s compute load increasing with resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 194.5 FPS, Medium reaches 144.6 FPS, High produces 110.4 FPS, and Ultra yields 81.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 49.9 FPS (25.7%), while the gap between Medium and High is 34.2 FPS (23.7%). The difference between High and Ultra is 28.7 FPS (26%). At 2560x1440, the scores are 127.2 FPS (Low), 92.7 FPS (Medium), 71 FPS (High), and 50.1 FPS (Ultra). The relative drops from 1080p are 34.6% for Low, 35.9% for Medium, 35.7% for High, and 38.7% for Ultra. At 3840x2160, Low produces 65.5 FPS, Medium 51.6 FPS, High 40.4 FPS, and Ultra 28.5 FPS. The 4K results show that only Low and Medium exceed the 40 FPS mark, while High and Ultra fall below. The data reveals that the RTX 3070 is capable of delivering 60+ FPS at 1440p on Medium, but drops below 60 FPS at 4K on all settings except Low. Notably, the 4K Ultra result of 28.5 FPS is less than half of the 1080p Ultra score of 81.7 FPS, demonstrating the GPU’s limitations at extreme resolutions. The 4K Medium score of 51.6 FPS is the highest playable result at that resolution, aligning with the recommendation to use Medium for the best experience.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 ranks 833rd out of 1795 tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU. The Ryzen 7 7700 is a strong processor, with an average benchmark score of 40468, placing it at the 91st percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (0.1% faster), AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (0.5% faster), Intel Core i9-13905H (0.6% slower), and Intel Core Ultra 5 235T (1.2% slower). This CPU’s performance is not a bottleneck in Hitman 2, as evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p Low (194.5 FPS). The RTX 3070, with an average benchmark score of 28238, sits at the 72nd percentile among GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the AMD FirePro S7150 (0.6% slower), AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (0.9% faster), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (1% faster), and AMD Radeon R9 M295X (1.1% slower). The combo’s rank of 833 out of 1795 suggests that while the components are individually solid, the GPU is the limiting factor for high-end settings, preventing the combo from reaching the top percentile. In Hitman 2, this rank is justified by the 4K Ultra performance of 28.5 FPS, which is below the playable threshold, and the 1440p Ultra score of 50.1 FPS, which is marginal. However, the combo excels at 1080p, where all presets exceed 81 FPS, and at 1440p Medium, where it achieves 92.7 FPS. The data indicates that this pairing is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K reserved for Medium settings or lower.