Microsoft Flight Simulator

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average frame rate for this combo at 1920x1080 with Low settings?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT combination delivers an average of 161.2 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How much faster is the 2560x1440 Low preset compared to the 3840x2160 Ultra preset?

A: The 2560x1440 Low preset achieves 128.6 FPS average, which is more than double the 50.7 FPS average seen at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded in the measured data?

A: The highest average frame rate is 161.2 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested CPU and GPU combinations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 499th out of 1795 tested combinations, placing it in the upper tier of systems tested.

Q: What is the average FPS difference between High and Ultra settings at 2560x1440?

A: High settings at 2560x1440 produce 76.4 FPS average, while Ultra settings drop to 71.3 FPS average, a difference of 5.1 FPS.

Q: How does the GPU's benchmark percentile compare to the CPU's percentile?

A: The GPU sits at the 82nd percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU is at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, showing a closely matched performance tier.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT plays the dominant role in Microsoft Flight Simulator's rendering pipeline, with its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus providing 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is critical for streaming the vast, detailed scenery and terrain data that the flight simulator continuously loads. The GPU's boost clock reaches 2970 MHz, with a game clock of 2400 MHz, allowing it to maintain high throughput across the 4096 shading units and 128 ROPs.

The architecture's 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power directly supports the heavy shader work required for realistic lighting, weather effects, and aircraft model rendering. The 64 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing for reflections and shadows, though the measured data suggests the game's standard rasterization workload is already demanding. The GPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all GPUs indicates strong overall capability, though the nearestRivals data shows it trading blows with the AMD Radeon Pro 575 and NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile within a narrow 0.6% margin.

The scaling from Low to Ultra settings demonstrates the GPU's workload sensitivity. At 1920x1080, moving from Low to Ultra costs 70.6 FPS (from 161.2 down to 90.6), while at 3840x2160 the same settings change drops performance from 95.6 to 50.7 FPS. The 4K resolution particularly stresses the memory bandwidth and pixel fill rate, as the 380.2 GPixel/s pixel rate becomes a limiting factor when pushing 8.3 million pixels per frame.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT combination ranks 499th out of 1795 tested combos in Microsoft Flight Simulator, placing it in the top 27.8% of all configurations tested. This rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing, where neither component severely bottlenecks the other in this simulation-heavy title. The game's tendency to stress both CPU and GPU simultaneously makes this mid-range processor and upper-mid-range GPU pairing particularly relevant.

While the rank is respectable, the data shows that the RX 9070 XT's raw benchmark scores (avgBenchmarkScore of 39647) and the Ryzen 5 7600's scores (avgBenchmarkScore of 26617) both sit in the 82nd-83rd percentile of their respective categories. This percentile alignment suggests the combo is well-matched for general gaming workloads, but Microsoft Flight Simulator's specific demands on both rendering and physics simulation mean the overall combo rank is slightly lower than each component's individual percentile might suggest.

The measured FPS data confirms this is a capable 1440p and even 4K-capable setup, with 71.9 FPS average at 3840x2160 Medium settings. This positions the combo well above the typical 60 FPS threshold for playable flight simulation, though the Ultra preset at 4K dips to 50.7 FPS, indicating that enthusiasts chasing maximum visual fidelity at native 4K will need to make compromises or rely on upscaling technologies.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest performance. Low settings produce 161.2 FPS average, Medium settings reach 126.8 FPS, High settings hit 98.1 FPS, and Ultra settings maintain 90.6 FPS. The relatively small gap between High and Ultra (7.5 FPS) suggests the game's Ultra preset adds diminishing visual returns for the performance cost at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain highly playable. Low settings average 128.6 FPS, Medium settings achieve 104.7 FPS, and High settings drop to 76.4 FPS. Interestingly, Ultra settings at 1440p produce 71.3 FPS, which is remarkably close to the 71.9 FPS seen at 4K Medium — indicating that resolution scaling has a more predictable impact than preset scaling at these settings.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limits become apparent. Low settings still manage 95.6 FPS average, but Medium drops to 71.9 FPS, High falls to 57.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 50.7 FPS. The step from Low to Medium at 4K costs 23.7 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs 14.3 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 6.9 FPS. This non-linear scaling suggests the GPU's memory bandwidth and shader throughput are progressively saturated as settings increase.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 provides 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.10 GHz. This 5 nm Raphael chip supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, which is essential for feeding the GPU with game data and handling the simulation's world-streaming demands.

In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the CPU handles flight physics, weather simulation, and AI traffic — workloads that benefit from the Ryzen 5 7600's strong single-thread performance. The 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3246 indicate robust per-core capability, while the multi-thread scores (Cinebench R23 multi-core at 22992) show adequate scaling across the 6 cores. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking places it just above the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (0.2% higher avgScore) and just below the Intel Core i9-12900HK (0.2% lower avgScore).

The 32 MB of shared L3 cache provides a meaningful buffer for the game's frequently accessed data, reducing latency when the simulation cycles through terrain and aircraft assets. The CPU's 65 W TDP means it maintains high boost clocks without thermal throttling in most systems, ensuring consistent frame delivery during long flight sessions. For a game that can be CPU-bound at lower resolutions, the Ryzen 5 7600's performance at 1920x1080 Low (161.2 FPS) shows it can push well beyond 144 Hz when the GPU isn't the limiting factor.