Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator is measured here with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. This combination ranks 224th out of 1795 tested CPU/GPU combos in the database, and the data is flagged as measured rather than estimated. Across the 12 measured rows, average FPS ranges from 177.8 at 1920x1080 Low down to 61.5 at 3840x2160 Ultra. The results show a system that can comfortably handle high refresh rates at 1080p and 1440p, while 4K requires a sensible preset choice to keep frame rates high.

Settings Recommendations

The measured preset rows make it easy to pick a balanced setting. At 1920x1080, Low reports 177.8 FPS, Medium reports 150, High reports 111.8, and Ultra reports 106. Medium is the strongest compromise: it keeps the average far above High and Ultra while staying within a reasonable distance of Low. For players who want the absolute maximum measured FPS at 1080p, Low is the fastest row, but it sacrifices quality for a 27.8 FPS difference over Medium. Since every number here is an average, not a minimum, Medium offers a large safety margin for a 100 FPS-class display.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds. Low averages 155.7 FPS, Medium 122.5, High 91.2, and Ultra 87.1. Medium is the clear recommendation at this resolution. It gives the largest practical step up from Ultra-class visuals? No, actually it is the preset below High, and it does so while keeping the measured average above 120 FPS. High and Ultra are still playable at 91.2 and 87.1, but they are recorded well below the Medium result. For a 1440p display, the data suggests Medium as the best experience per measured row.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 115.2 FPS, Medium 89.1, High 64.3, and Ultra 61.5. The recommended setting is Medium. It delivers 89.1 FPS, which is close to the 1440p High result of 91.2, while High and Ultra drop to 64.3 and 61.5. Low is faster, but only at the minimum visual preset. Across all three resolutions, the measured rows point to Medium as the best quality-for-performance setting.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the main rendering engine here. It uses the Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus. Memory bandwidth is 672.3 GB/s, with a memory clock of 1313 MHz and 21 Gbps effective speed. The GPU has 8448 shading units, 264 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. Its base clock is 2340 MHz and boost clock is 2610 MHz. On paper, the card produces 44.10 TFLOPS FP32, 689.0 GTexel/s texture rate, and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate.

These specifications line up with the measured Flight Simulator rows. At 4K, the GPU is clearly being exercised: Low averages 115.2 FPS, Medium 89.1, High 64.3, and Ultra 61.5. The step from Medium to High is large in the data, while High to Ultra is smaller. This suggests the Ultra preset is close to the card's throughput limit at 4K. The 16 GB VRAM capacity is not shown to be a problem in any measured row, including the 4K Ultra average of 61.5 FPS.

In aggregate GPU benchmarks, the card sits at the 86th percentile with an average score of 48704. Its nearest rivals in that aggregate table are the NVIDIA CMP 50HX with a deltaPct of -0.7, the NVIDIA RTX A2000 at 1.6, the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile at 2, and the Intel Arc A550M at -2.1. Those comparisons are outside this game's measured data, but they place the GPU in the upper tier of the database.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5700X is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 part on the AMD Socket AM4 platform. It runs at a 3.40 GHz base clock and 4.60 GHz boost clock, with a 65 W TDP. Cache consists of 64 KB L1 and 512 KB L2 per core, plus 32 MB of shared L3. Memory support is DDR4 through a dual-channel bus, rated at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. These are not the flashiest specs in the database, but the measured Flight Simulator results show they are enough to support high frame rates.

The CPU's benchmark scores reinforce that. 3DMark thread tests measure 1821 at 2 threads, 3512 at 4 threads, 5768 at 8 threads, and 6850 at max threads. Cinebench R23 scores are 22620 multi-core and 3193 single-core. PassMark multi-thread is 26612 and single-thread is 3385. The single-thread figures are important because Flight Simulator's low-resolution rows need strong per-core throughput. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 177.8 FPS, which would not be possible if the CPU could not feed frames fast enough.

The CPU's aggregate average benchmark score is 26214, placing it at the 83rd percentile. Its nearest rivals in the aggregate table are the Intel Core i9-11900KF with a deltaPct of 0.1, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U at -0.2, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT at 0.2, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X at -0.2. In this game's measured data, the CPU does not appear to be the binding constraint at 4K, because the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is present even at Low settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for each resolution in the measured data?

A: At 1920x1080, Medium averages 150 FPS, with Low at 177.8, High at 111.8, and Ultra at 106. At 2560x1440, Medium averages 122.5 FPS, with Low at 155.7, High at 91.2, and Ultra at 87.1. At 3840x2160, Medium averages 89.1 FPS, with Low at 115.2, High at 64.3, and Ultra at 61.5.

Q: How much memory does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER have?

A: It has 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth and 21 Gbps effective memory speed.

Q: What is this combo's rank among tested configurations?

A: It ranks 224th out of 1795 combos in Microsoft Flight Simulator, and the data is marked as measured.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700X compare with its aggregate nearest rivals?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score is 26214. Its nearest aggregate rivals are the Intel Core i9-11900KF with a deltaPct of 0.1, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U at -0.2, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT at 0.2, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X at -0.2.

Q: Does 4K Ultra stay playable in the data?

A: Yes, 4K Ultra averages 61.5 FPS, the lowest measured row in the set. 4K High is 64.3 FPS, while 4K Medium is 89.1 FPS.

Q: What does the 1080p Low result say about the CPU?

A: The 1080p Low average is 177.8 FPS. With 8 cores, 16 threads, a 4.60 GHz boost clock, and a 3DMark max-threads score of 6850, the CPU can sustain very high frame rates when GPU load is low.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS drops consistently when moving from 1080p to 1440p to 4K. At Low settings, the average goes from 177.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 155.7 at 2560x1440 to 115.2 at 3840x2160. At Medium, it goes from 150 to 122.5 to 89.1. At High, it goes from 111.8 to 91.2 to 64.3. At Ultra, it goes from 106 to 87.1 to 61.5.

The drop exists on every preset, which shows that resolution increases the rendering workload even when visual quality is minimized. The 4K Low result of 115.2 FPS is still higher than the 1080p Ultra result of 106 FPS, so lowering settings can offset a large resolution jump. At 4K Ultra, the measured average is 61.5 FPS, the lowest number in the entire set. This indicates that the GPU becomes the main limiting component at high resolution and high settings. At 1080p Low, the GPU has less work per frame, so the CPU's single-thread performance becomes more visible; the 5700X's 3.40 GHz base, 4.60 GHz boost, and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3193 support that 177.8 FPS result.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS |

|---|---:|---:|

| 3840x2160 | High | 64.3 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 115.2 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 89.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 61.5 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 91.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 155.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 122.5 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 87.1 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 111.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 177.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 150.0 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 106.0 |

All figures are average FPS from the measured rows. No minimum or maximum FPS values are present in the data set.