Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER pairing in Overpower represents a study in component asymmetry. The CPU, a Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) part on the 4 nm process, brings 8 cores and 16 threads with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. Its benchmark profile suggests substantial headroom for gaming workloads. The data shows a single-thread score of 1280 in 3dmark and a multicore score of 9771 at max threads. In Cinebench R23, the processor achieves 4459 points single-core and 31588 multi-core. These figures place the 9700X in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, with its average benchmark score of 36029 sitting within a tight cluster of rivals. Compared to the Intel Core i5-14500HX, the 9700X is 0.2% faster; against the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, it trails by a marginal 0.4%. This indicates that the CPU is not a limiting factor in most gaming scenarios.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Ryzen 7 9700X’s architecture is designed for high-frequency responsiveness. With a TDP of 65 W and support for DDR5 memory via a dual-channel bus delivering 89.6 GB/s of bandwidth, the platform provides ample data throughput. The boost clock of 5.50 GHz is critical for Overpower, an action title where frame pacing often depends on single-thread performance. The 3dmark single-thread score of 1280 and the Cinebench R23 single-core result of 4459 corroborate that this CPU can handle the game's primary game thread without bottlenecking. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration ensures that background tasks and secondary threads do not interfere with the main render loop. In practice, the measured FPS at 1080p with Low settings reaches 140.7 FPS, a scenario where the CPU's ability to feed frames is most exposed. The gap between Low and Ultra settings at this resolution—140.7 FPS versus 67.6 FPS—shows that when the GPU load is light, the 9700X can push the engine to its limits. The processor’s average benchmark score of 36029, which is 89% above the median CPU, confirms it sits well above the typical gaming baseline. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 5 225H, scores slightly higher at 36328, a delta of -0.8%, but this difference is negligible in real-world gaming, as the 9700X's high boost clock compensates in latency-sensitive workloads.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the older component in this pair, based on the Turing architecture and a 12 nm process. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). Its compute capabilities include 2560 shading units and a FP32 throughput of 9.062 TFLOPS. In the context of Overpower, the 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the data suggests a performance cliff. The GPU's percentile rank is 65th among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 22206. Compared to its nearest rivals, the RTX 2070 SUPER is effectively tied with the NVIDIA RTX A400 (0.5% slower) and the GTX TITAN Z (0.9% faster). However, it trails the RTX 4060 Mobile by 2.3%, which shows the generational gap. The 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is the critical constraint at higher resolutions; as the game’s pixel count increases, the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth become saturated. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra is 50.6 FPS, which is a 28% drop from 4K High (64.7 FPS), indicating that the GPU's texture units and ROPs are overwhelmed by the highest settings. The 2070 SUPER's 12 nm process and 215 W TDP mean it runs hot, but the 267 mm length and dual-slot design are standard. For this game, the GPU is the clear bottleneck once resolution exceeds 1440p, as the CPU has ample headroom to push higher frame rates that the GPU cannot deliver.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the Ryzen 7 9700X and RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1066th out of 1744 tested combos in Overpower. This places it in the lower-middle tier of the database, which is surprising given the CPU's high percentile. The rank reflects the GPU's limitations rather than the CPU's capabilities. The 9700X alone sits in the 89th percentile of CPUs, but the 2070 SUPER only reaches the 65th percentile of GPUs. This mismatch drags the overall combo ranking down. The data suggests that many other tested systems pair this CPU with faster GPUs, or pair this GPU with slower CPUs, resulting in a more balanced or more powerful overall package. The combo's position indicates that while it can handle 1080p and 1440p well, it is not competitive at the upper echelons of the ranking, where 4K performance is often a differentiator. The 1066th rank out of 1744 means there are roughly 678 combos that perform worse, but also 1065 that perform better. This is a mid-pack result, consistent with a CPU that is overqualified for the GPU paired with it. The data shows that the combo is not GPU-bound at 1080p Low (140.7 FPS), but it becomes severely GPU-bound at 4K Ultra (50.6 FPS), which explains the mediocre overall standing.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The measured FPS data for this combo covers four settings and three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the results are: Low 140.7 FPS, Medium 87.8 FPS, High 81.5 FPS, and Ultra 67.6 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is steep at 37.6%, indicating that the GPU's shading units are heavily taxed by the medium preset's effects. From Medium to High, the drop is only 7.2%, suggesting diminishing returns on that step. The Ultra preset costs another 17.1% over High, bringing the frame rate to 67.6 FPS, which is still playable but not high-refresh territory. At 2560x1440, the numbers are: Low 129 FPS, Medium 80.7 FPS, High 72.9 FPS, and Ultra 60 FPS. The Low setting remains above 120 FPS, showing the CPU can sustain high frame rates, but the GPU's 256-bit memory bus is starting to show strain. The jump from Low to Medium costs 37.4%, mirroring the 1080p pattern. Ultra at 1440p lands at exactly 60 FPS, a common target, but the margin is thin. At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 109 FPS, Medium 69.5 FPS, High 64.7 FPS, and Ultra 50.6 FPS. The Low setting still achieves 109 FPS, which is impressive for 4K, but this is likely due to the game's low preset disabling many GPU-heavy features. The Medium setting drops to 69.5 FPS, a 36.2% reduction from Low, which is the largest proportional drop in the dataset. High costs another 6.9% over Medium, and Ultra costs 21.8% over High, resulting in 50.6 FPS. This 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire dataset, highlighting the GPU's VRAM and bandwidth constraints at that resolution.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound curve. At Low settings, the FPS drops from 140.7 at 1080p to 129 at 1440p (a 8.3% reduction) and then to 109 at 4K (a 22.5% reduction from 1080p). This relatively mild drop indicates that at Low settings, the game is not heavily dependent on GPU fill rate, and the CPU is still able to feed frames efficiently. However, at Ultra settings, the drop is more pronounced: 67.6 FPS at 1080p drops to 60 FPS at 1440p (11.2% reduction) and then to 50.6 FPS at 4K (25.1% reduction from 1080p). The trend is consistent: as resolution increases, the RTX 2070 SUPER's 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB VRAM become the limiting factors. The pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s are simply insufficient for 4K Ultra in this title. The data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck at any resolution; even at 4K Low, the FPS is 109, which is far above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating the 9700X has more to give. The limiting component is unequivocally the GPU, as evidenced by the steep FPS drops when transitioning from Medium to Ultra at 4K (from 69.5 to 50.6 FPS). The GPU's 65th percentile rank compared to the CPU's 89th percentile confirms this asymmetry. If a user were to upgrade the GPU, the 9700X would have headroom to support higher frame rates, as its 3dmark max threads score of 9771 and Cinebench R23 multicore score of 31588 show it can handle more workload than the 2070 SUPER currently demands. The combo's rank of 1066 out of 1744 is a direct consequence of this GPU limitation, and the measured FPS data quantifies how the 2070 SUPER holds back a modern CPU in an action game like Overpower.