Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator, with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, has measured average FPS rows across three resolutions and four settings. The data set records Low, Medium, High, and Ultra at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, and the combination ranks 374th out of 1795 in-game combos. All values below are measured averages, with min and max fields unpopulated.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution curve is consistent across every settings preset. At Low, average FPS moves from 174.8 at 1920x1080 to 141.3 at 2560x1440 to 101.6 at 3840x2160. At Medium, the same progression is 139.6, then 109.9, then 81.4. High goes from 103.1 to 84.3 to 59.1. Ultra goes from 98.3 to 80 to 57.8.

The preset ordering is stable at each resolution: Low is always highest, followed by Medium, then High, then Ultra. That stability means the settings tiers impose a consistent workload increase regardless of pixel count. The largest absolute pressure appears at 4K, where Low still produces 101.6 FPS but Ultra drops to 57.8 FPS. Because the CPU is the same in all of these rows, the wide FPS separation between Low and Ultra indicates that the GPU’s rendered workload is the deciding factor as settings rise.

The 1080p results also show the GPU has headroom at lower pixel counts. Low reaches 174.8 FPS, Medium reaches 139.6, and even High is above 100 FPS at 103.1. When resolution is raised to 4K, the same GPU is asked to fill roughly four times the pixel area, and the measured frame rates compress downward: Low pulls 101.6 FPS while High and Ultra sit at 59.1 and 57.8 FPS. The data therefore points to the GPU as the primary limiting component at 4K, with the CPU staying capable enough at lower resolutions to allow high measured frame rates.

Settings Recommendations

The standout result in the measured rows is High versus Ultra: High produces a higher average FPS than Ultra at every resolution. At 1920x1080, High is 103.1 and Ultra is 98.3. At 2560x1440, High is 84.3 and Ultra is 80. At 3840x2160, High is 59.1 and Ultra is 57.8. Since Ultra never beats High in this data, High is the highest measured preset that also offers a frame-rate benefit.

At 4K, Medium is worth separate attention. It averages 81.4 FPS, which is well above High’s 59.1 and Ultra’s 57.8. For users who want a larger safety margin at 4K, the measured data favors Medium as the point where FPS moves decisively upward. Low at 4K is even higher at 101.6 FPS, but it also represents the lowest settings tier in the data.

At 1440p, Medium and High both produce strong numbers. Medium reaches 109.9 FPS, while High sits at 84.3 FPS and Ultra at 80. At 1080p, the three highest presets are all close in absolute terms: High is 103.1, Ultra is 98.3, and Medium is 139.6. Low remains the highest measured row at 174.8 FPS. Across the full table, High is the most useful upper preset because it does not sacrifice measured FPS relative to Ultra, while Medium is the clearest step up in smoothness at 4K.

FAQ

Q: What are the measured average FPS values at 1920x1080?

A: Low is 174.8, Medium is 139.6, High is 103.1, and Ultra is 98.3.

Q: Which preset gives the highest measured average FPS at 2560x1440?

A: Low, at 141.3 FPS. Medium follows at 109.9, then High at 84.3, then Ultra at 80.

Q: How does the RX 7900 XT compare to its closest GPU rival in benchmark score?

A: The RX 7900 XT has an average benchmark score of 38358, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile scores 38349 with a deltaPct of 0.

Q: What cache configuration does the Ryzen 7 5700X use?

A: The CPU has 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache.

Q: Which of High or Ultra is faster in the measured game data?

A: High is faster at every resolution: 103.1 versus 98.3 at 1920x1080, 84.3 versus 80 at 2560x1440, and 59.1 versus 57.8 at 3840x2160.

Q: What is the overall ranking of this hardware combination?

A: It ranks 374th out of 1795 measured combinations in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured rows are Low 174.8, Medium 139.6, High 103.1, and Ultra 98.3. This is the only resolution where every settings tier stays above 90 FPS, with Low and Medium both above 130.

At 2560x1440, Low is 141.3, Medium is 109.9, High is 84.3, and Ultra is 80. The drop from 1080p is visible across all tiers, but Low and Medium still remain above 100 FPS.

At 3840x2160, Low is 101.6, Medium is 81.4, High is 59.1, and Ultra is 57.8. This is the tightest grouping in the table at the high end: High and Ultra are separated by only the gap between 59.1 and 57.8. Low remains the only 4K preset above 100 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is built on RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip and a 5 nm process. The fact pack records 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, 5376 shading units, 336 TMUs, 192 ROPs, and 84 RT cores. The base clock is 1387 MHz, the game clock is 2025 MHz, and the boost clock is 2394 MHz. The memory subsystem is 20 GB of GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus, with 800.0 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 2500 MHz or 20 Gbps effective. The GPU’s launch MSRP is 899 USD.

The GPU’s benchmark profile places it at the 82nd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 38358. Its nearest listed rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile at 38349 and a deltaPct of 0. The measured game data reflects a GPU that is heavily exercised by resolution and settings: at 4K, frame rates range from 101.6 at Low to 57.8 at Ultra. The table also includes FP32 throughput of 51.48 TFLOPS, a texture rate of 804.4 GTexel/s, and a pixel rate of 459.6 GPixel/s. These characteristics accompany the high FPS figures measured at lower resolutions and the declining figures at 4K.

The VRAM configuration is notable in the context of this data: 20 GB of GDDR6 memory provides a large buffer for the game’s scenery load at high resolutions. The measured FPS rows do not show a memory-capacity wall between 1080p and 4K; instead, the pattern is a steady decline as resolution and settings increase.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is a Zen 3 part from the Vermeer lineup, fabricated on TSMC 7 nm. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, a base clock of 3.40, a boost clock of 4.60, and a TDP of 65 W. The cache layout is 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3. The CPU’s launch MSRP is $299.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 3193 single-core and 22620 multi-core in Cinebench R23, plus 2148 single-core and 9720 multi-core in Geekbench. Its average benchmark score is 26214, ranking at the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. The nearest rival is the Intel Core i9-11900KF with an average score of 26196 and a deltaPct of 0.1. Other nearby rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U at 26262 with a deltaPct of -0.2, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT at 26161 with a deltaPct of 0.2, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X at 26272 with a deltaPct of -0.2.

The CPU role in this game data is most visible at low settings. At 1920x1080 Low, the pairing reaches 174.8 FPS, the highest measured value in the table. At 2560x1440 Low it reaches 141.3 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low it remains at 101.6 FPS. These high low-settings frame rates show a CPU that is able to feed the GPU when the rendering load is relatively light. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration and the 32 MB shared L3 cache are part of that profile, while the measured single-core and multi-core benchmark scores quantify the CPU’s throughput in the same data set.