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FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at 1080p Ultra in Minimum?

A: The combination delivers an average of 161 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, which represents a substantial performance ceiling for high-refresh-rate displays.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X scores 57,498 on average, sitting 0.1% behind the AMD EPYC 9015 (57,555) and 0.2% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313 (57,399). It also trails the Intel Core i9-14900 by 1.1% and the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M by 1.4%.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER places in the 76th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 31,087. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro M5000, scores 31,206, a 0.4% difference.

Q: Does the game scale better with resolution or graphics settings?

A: The data shows resolution has a larger impact. Dropping from 1080p to 4K at High settings reduces average FPS from 211 to 73, a 65% decrease. In contrast, moving from Low to Ultra at 1080p reduces FPS from 329 to 161, a 51% decrease.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank in this game?

A: This CPU-GPU pairing ranks 449th out of 3,712 tested combinations in Minimum, placing it in the top 12% of all tested systems.

Q: Does the CPU's multi-threaded performance show in the game's frame rates?

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32,172 and a single-core score of 2,253. Given that 1080p Low hits 329 FPS, the game is clearly not bound by CPU performance at lower settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, packing 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 256-bit bus delivers 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves decisive when pushing Minimum at high resolutions. The GPU's boost clock of 2610 MHz (base 2340 MHz) drives 8,448 shading units, 264 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, producing 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

In Minimum, the GPU's memory subsystem becomes the limiting factor at 4K Ultra. The average FPS drops to 56 at 3840x2160 Ultra, versus 161 at 1080p Ultra — a 65% penalty that tracks closely with the quadrupling of pixel count. The 16 GB frame buffer is sufficient for this 2014 title, but the raw pixel throughput demands of 4K overwhelm the GPU's 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate when settings max out.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 66 RT cores and 264 tensor cores are largely idle in Minimum, as the game predates widespread ray tracing adoption. Instead, the workload stresses traditional rasterization: the 689.0 GTexel/s texture rate and 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 throughput dictate performance. At 1440p High, the card sustains 136 FPS, showing headroom; at 4K Ultra, it falls to 56 FPS, indicating the GPU is the primary bottleneck. The data suggests that for competitive play at high refresh rates, 1440p Medium (162 FPS) is the sweet spot for this GPU in this title.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 329 FPS; at 1440p Low, it drops to 212 FPS (a 36% reduction); and at 4K Low, it falls to 114 FPS (a further 46% reduction). This scaling curve indicates that even at Low settings, resolution increases impose a near-linear load on the GPU, with the 4K pixel count quadrupling from 1080p.

At High settings, the progression is equally telling: 211 FPS at 1080p, 136 FPS at 1440p, and 73 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36%, and from 1440p to 4K is 46%. This non-linear falloff suggests that while the GPU is the primary limiter, the CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.60 GHz boost are keeping pace at lower resolutions, only ceding ground when the GPU saturates.

The Medium settings data includes min/max FPS figures, offering insight into frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the average is 252 FPS with a minimum of 214 and maximum of 290 — a 76 FPS spread. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 162 FPS with a 138 to 187 range (49 FPS spread). At 4K Medium, the average is 87 FPS with a 74 to 101 range (27 FPS spread). The narrowing spread at higher resolutions indicates that GPU-bound scenarios produce more stable frame pacing, whereas at 1080p, CPU-side variations introduce larger swings.

The data strongly indicates a GPU-bound scenario at 4K across all settings. Even at 4K Low (114 FPS), the GPU cannot overcome pixel throughput limits. Conversely, at 1080p Low (329 FPS), the CPU's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth and 64 MB L3 cache are sufficient to feed the GPU without stalling. The scaling pattern points to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER as the performance ceiling in Minimum, with the Ryzen 9 9900X providing ample headroom at every resolution tested.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER combination ranks 449th out of 3,712 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the 88th percentile of all systems. This top-12% ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically bottlenecks the other across the tested resolution range.

Given the game's 2014 release date, this modern hardware combination is expected to perform well, and the data confirms it. The combo's rank suggests that while it is not the absolute fastest configuration, it outpaces the vast majority of tested systems. The CPU's 92nd percentile ranking among all processors (57,498 average score) and the GPU's 76th percentile (31,087 average score) combine to place this system well above median performance.

The ranking becomes more meaningful when contextualized with the FPS data: at 1080p Ultra, the combo delivers 161 FPS, which is above the refresh rate of most standard monitors. At 1440p High, it maintains 136 FPS, suitable for high-refresh 1440p panels. Only at 4K Ultra (56 FPS) does the system fall below the 60 FPS threshold, which is a demanding target for any hardware in this title.

The gap between the CPU and GPU percentiles — 92 vs 76 — indicates the GPU is the weaker link in this pairing. The data supports this: at 1080p Low, the system reaches 329 FPS, suggesting the CPU could drive even faster frame rates with a more powerful GPU. However, the 449th rank out of 3,712 means this pairing is already well above the median, and the 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS is the only sub-60 FPS outcome in the entire measured set.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge), manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm process. It features a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a 120 W TDP. The CPU's 64 MB of L3 cache, alongside 80 KB L1 and 1 MB L2 per core, provides substantial on-die storage for game data, while DDR5 dual-channel memory support delivers 89.6 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Minimum, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The benchmark results show the Ryzen 9 9900X excels in both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads: it scores 2,253 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 32,172 in multi-core, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 1,286 and max-thread score of 13,929. The 1080p Low result of 329 FPS demonstrates that even at extremely high frame rates, the CPU is not the limiting factor.

The CPU's 92nd percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 57,498, places it just behind the AMD EPYC 9015 (57,555, -0.1%) and slightly ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313 (57,399, +0.2%). This level of performance means that in Minimum, the CPU is unlikely to bottleneck the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at any resolution or setting combination tested.

The PassMark multi-thread score of 54,643 and single-thread score of 4,672 further confirm the CPU's capability. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, where the GPU is clearly saturated (56 FPS), the CPU still has headroom — the 12 cores and 24 threads are not fully utilized in a game that primarily relies on a few threads for main game logic. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 12,552 versus the 2-thread score of 2,519 shows strong scaling, but the 1080p results suggest that Minimum is not heavily multi-threaded, making the CPU's single-thread performance (2,253 Cinebench R23) the more relevant metric for this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers 12 distinct configurations across three resolutions and four settings tiers. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates: 329 FPS at Low, 252 FPS at Medium (min 214, max 290), 211 FPS at High, and 161 FPS at Ultra. These results indicate that 1080p is well within the GPU's comfort zone, with even Ultra settings exceeding 144 Hz on most displays.

At 2560x1440, performance remains strong but shows the expected GPU load increase: 212 FPS at Low, 162 FPS at Medium (min 138, max 187), 136 FPS at High, and 104 FPS at Ultra. The 1440p Ultra result of 104 FPS is still above 100 FPS, making this a viable resolution for high-refresh gaming with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck: 114 FPS at Low, 87 FPS at Medium (min 74, max 101), 73 FPS at High, and 56 FPS at Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS outcome in the entire dataset, and even 4K High (73 FPS) is playable but not ideal for competitive play.

The Medium settings data provides the only min/max FPS figures, which reveal frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the 76 FPS range (214-290) suggests some CPU-related hitches, as the GPU is not fully saturated. At 1440p Medium, the range narrows to 49 FPS (138-187), and at 4K Medium, it tightens to 27 FPS (74-101). This pattern confirms that as the GPU becomes more stressed, frame pacing improves because the GPU consistently queues work, whereas at 1080p, the CPU's variable frame production creates more variance.

The data shows a clear hierarchy: 1080p Low (329 FPS) is the maximum achievable, while 4K Ultra (56 FPS) is the minimum. The average FPS across all 12 configurations is approximately 158 FPS, indicating that this combo is capable of smooth gameplay in nearly all scenarios Minimum presents. The only configuration that falls below 60 FPS is 4K Ultra, which is an extreme stress test for any modern GPU in a 2014 title.