Microsoft Flight Simulator

Benchmark results for Microsoft Flight Simulator on the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Radeon RX 9070 cover 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The data is marked as measured, and the combination is ranked 591 of 1795 tested combos in this game. At the component level, the CPU carries an average benchmark score of 26272, while the GPU carries an average benchmark score of 34780.

Resolution Scaling

The measured rows show the same FPS ordering at every resolution: Low is fastest, then Medium, then High, then Ultra. At 1920x1080, Low produces 156.6 FPS, Medium 118.7, High 90.2, and Ultra 85.1. At 2560x1440, the same preset order yields 124.9, 99, 73.8, and 66.4. At 3840x2160, the results fall to 89.4, 68.5, 52.5, and 49.9. The resolution step from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 costs a large portion of the frame rate at Low, but the step from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 is also steep.

The absolute 1920x1080-to-3840x2160 gap is largest at Low and smallest at Ultra. Low moves from 156.6 down to 89.4, while Ultra moves from 85.1 down to 49.9. This pattern indicates that lowering the preset does not eliminate the resolution penalty. Instead, the rendering cost of 3840x2160 remains visible across all four presets. At 3840x2160 Medium, the average is 68.5, which sits close to the 2560x1440 High result of 73.8. That means a user can trade one resolution step for one settings step and land at roughly similar performance. However, at 4K, there is no preset in the data that comes close to the 1080p Low result: even 4K Low at 89.4 is far below 1080p Low at 156.6.

This scaling behavior points to the GPU as the component tracking resolution. The CPU does not have a measured FPS value that changes across these resolution rows; the changing variable is the rendered resolution and preset. At 1920x1080 Low, the CPU's single-thread strength is likely the more relevant ceiling, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 1060 and PassMark single-thread score of 4135. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the GPU's compute limits dominate the result, and the average falls to 49.9 FPS, the lowest row in the entire table.

Settings Recommendations

The data supports different preset choices depending on resolution, because the FPS cost of each preset is not linear. At 1920x1080, High produces 90.2 FPS while Ultra produces 85.1. The difference between High and Ultra is small in measured terms, so High is the stronger choice for users who want high visual quality without moving to the most demanding preset. Medium is also viable at 118.7 FPS, but High gives a large FPS advantage over Ultra with little quality compromise relative to the top preset.

At 2560x1440, the same reasoning applies but with a wider High-to-Ultra gap. High sits at 73.8 FPS, while Ultra drops to 66.4. Medium remains fast at 99 FPS, which is still above the 1920x1080 High result. However, High at 2560x1440 is the best measured balance between image quality and frame rate among the higher presets. Ultra costs a noticeable average-FPS drop at this resolution, making it less attractive than High.

At 3840x2160, the recommendation shifts to Medium. Medium produces 68.5 FPS, above High's 52.5 and Ultra's 49.9. High and Ultra are separated by only a small amount, but both fall well below the Medium result. Low at 3840x2160 gives 89.4 FPS, which is the highest 4K value in the table, but the visual compromise is much larger. For the measured rows, the best experience at 3840x2160 is Medium, with High serving as a slower alternative for users who prioritize quality over frame rate.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 9070 is the GPU component in this pairing. It has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, with a memory bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s. The base clock is 1330 MHz, the game clock is 2070 MHz, and the boost clock is 2520 MHz. Memory runs at 2518 MHz, labeled as 20.1 Gbps effective. These specifications form the hardware envelope around the measured FPS data.

The card's memory capacity is not directly tested in the FPS table, since no VRAM usage row is present. The data cannot confirm whether 16 GB becomes a limiting factor in Microsoft Flight Simulator. What the data does show is that the FPS table scales cleanly with resolution and preset, which is consistent with the GPU's rendering workload increasing at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160. The memory system provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, and the card's pixel rate is 322.6 GPixel/s, texture rate is 564.5 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput is 36.13 TFLOPS. Those figures are the card's advertised capabilities; the measured FPS results are the practical expression of that capability in this game.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark profile places it at the 79th percentile among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score is 34780. Among nearest rivals, it sits 0.2% below the NVIDIA A2, which scores 34866, and 0.3% above the NVIDIA Quadro GV100, which scores 34677. It is also 0.7% above the AMD Radeon HD 7970 and 0.8% above the AMD Radeon PRO W6400. These comparisons are close, but the in-game FPS table is more informative than the synthetic averages for this specific title.

FAQ

Q: What is the fastest measured FPS in this data set?

A: The fastest row is 1920x1080 Low at 156.6 FPS. The next fastest row is 2560x1440 Low at 124.9 FPS.

Q: What is the slowest measured FPS in this data set?

A: The slowest row is 3840x2160 Ultra at 49.9 FPS. The second-slowest row is 3840x2160 High at 52.5 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600X has an average benchmark score of 26272. It is 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, which scores 26214, and 0.1% below the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U, which scores 26305. The nearest rival list also includes the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U at 26262 and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655GE at 26320.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Radeon RX 9070 has an average benchmark score of 34780. It is 0.2% below the NVIDIA A2, which scores 34866, and 0.3% above the NVIDIA Quadro GV100, which scores 34677. It is also 0.7% above the AMD Radeon HD 7970 and 0.8% above the AMD Radeon PRO W6400.

Q: What is the best preset at 3840x2160 based on the measured rows?

A: Medium is the strongest choice. It produces 68.5 FPS, while High produces 52.5 and Ultra produces 49.9. Low produces 89.4, but at a much larger visual quality cost. Among the higher presets, Medium delivers the best measured frame rate.

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

A: The combo rank is 591 of 1795 tested combinations. This is a measured in-game ranking rather than a synthetic extrapolation.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Radeon RX 9070 sits at rank 591 out of 1795 combos in Microsoft Flight Simulator. That is a middle-to-upper placement in the tested distribution, with a large number of faster combinations above it and an even larger number below it. The CPU is at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU is at the 79th percentile among all GPUs. The in-game rank is specific to this title and this pairing, so it should not be read as a simple sum of those two percentile figures.

The measured FPS table explains why the rank is not higher: at 3840x2160 Ultra, the pairing drops to 49.9 FPS, and even 3840x2160 High sits at 52.5. At 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, the results are much stronger, with values such as 90.2 FPS at 1080p High and 73.8 FPS at 1440p High. The rank reflects the whole tested range, including the demanding 4K rows. For a flight simulator, where users may favor visual detail over maximum frame rate, the 4K Medium result of 68.5 is a meaningful data point within the combo's overall ranking story.