Microsoft Flight Simulator

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a measured performance profile in Microsoft Flight Simulator that is strongly influenced by resolution and graphics settings. The CPU, a 6-core/12-thread Zen 3 part with a 3.50 GHz base and 4.40 GHz boost clock, carries a launch MSRP of $199. The GPU, an Ada Lovelace design with 12 GB GDDR6X memory and a 2475 MHz boost clock, has a launch MSRP of 599 USD. Benchmark data for this pairing, measured across three resolutions and four quality presets, shows a clear scaling pattern that points to the GPU as the primary limiter at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates exhibit a consistent decline as resolution increases, across every quality preset. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 173.3 on Low to 104.7 on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, the same presets yield 144.4 and 79.1 FPS, respectively. At 3840x2160, Low still produces 105.1 FPS, but Ultra drops to 58.7 FPS. This monotonic decrease indicates that the rendering workload scales directly with pixel count, and the GPU’s compute and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors. Notably, the Low preset at 4K (105.1 FPS) exactly matches the High preset at 1080p (105.1 FPS), suggesting that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at these frame rates and that the GPU is the dominant constraint. The spread between Low and Ultra also narrows as resolution rises: at 1080p the gap is 68.6 FPS (173.3 vs 104.7), while at 4K it is 46.4 FPS (105.1 vs 58.7) — though these differences are not directly reported, the raw numbers show a clear trend. The data implies that users targeting 4K will need to accept lower presets to maintain playable frame rates, while 1080p and 1440p offer ample headroom even at Ultra.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 (Vermeer) architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with 32 MB of shared L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 18309 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2584 in single-core. Its average benchmark score across all tests is 21765, placing it in the 79th percentile of all CPUs. Compared to its nearest rivals, it is 0.6% above the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (21635) and 0.9% below the Intel Core i7-11700F (21957). The strong single-core score of 2584 in Cinebench R23 indicates robust per-thread performance, which is beneficial for simulation workloads that often rely on a few heavily loaded threads. The 12 threads also provide headroom for background tasks and multi-threaded scenery loading. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR4 memory support (51.2 GB/s bandwidth) round out a configuration that is well matched to the GPU in this pairing. The data shows that the CPU does not bottleneck the GPU at any resolution tested, as evidenced by the identical FPS at 1080p High and 4K Low (both 105.1 FPS), which would not occur if the CPU were the limiting factor.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 29995 in Passmark G3D and 17108 in Passmark GPU Compute. Its average benchmark score is 42576, placing it in the 84th percentile of all GPUs. It sits within 0.2% of the NVIDIA RTX A6000 (42653) and 0.3% of the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (42723). The 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for high-resolution textures, and the 504.2 GB/s bandwidth supports the large data streams typical of flight simulation scenery. The GPU’s 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores are present but not directly exercised by the measured FPS data; however, the raw compute throughput (35.48 TFLOPS FP32) and texture rate (554.4 GTexel/s) are consistent with the observed scaling. The fact that the GPU’s average benchmark score is within 0.2% of the RTX A6000, a professional card with far higher memory capacity, underscores the 4070 SUPER’s strong price-to-performance positioning in this context — though pricing is not discussed here. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (58.7) and 4K High (61.7) indicate that the GPU is the primary limiter at 4K, while at 1080p and 1440p the GPU has enough headroom to push well beyond 100 FPS on most presets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table lists all measured average FPS values for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|

| 3840x2160 | High | 61.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 105.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 82.2 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 58.7 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 87.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 144.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 112.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 79.1 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 105.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 173.3 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 145.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 104.7 |

The combination ranks 309th out of 1795 tested combos in this game, placing it in the upper tier of systems. The data shows that at 1080p, even the Ultra preset maintains an average of 104.7 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 79.1 FPS, still playable, while High sits at 87.2 FPS. At 4K, only the Low preset (105.1 FPS) and Medium (82.2 FPS) exceed 60 FPS; High and Ultra fall to 61.7 and 58.7 FPS, respectively. This breakdown provides a clear guide for users: for 4K gaming, Medium or Low settings are recommended, while 1440p and 1080p can handle High or Ultra with ease.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 58.7 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600 compare to the Intel Core i7-11700F?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600’s average benchmark score is 21765, which is 0.9% lower than the Intel Core i7-11700F’s 21957.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

Q: What is the CPU’s boost clock?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 has a boost clock of 4.40 GHz.

Q: What is the combo’s rank in Microsoft Flight Simulator?

A: The combination ranks 309th out of 1795 tested combos.

Q: How does FPS change from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS is 105.1 at 1920x1080, 87.2 at 2560x1440, and 61.7 at 3840x2160.