Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers a highly capable 4K experience in Overpower, with benchmark data showing average frame rates that range from 76.6 FPS at Ultra settings to 158.8 FPS at Low settings. This combination ranks 451st out of 1744 tested combos in the game, placing it in the top percentile of systems, and the data reveals a configuration that scales predictably across resolutions and presets.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 209.2 FPS, achieved at 1080p with Low settings. This drops to 99.6 FPS at the same resolution with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 compare to its nearest rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 4070 has an average benchmark score of 37283. It sits 0.6% below the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (score 37507) and 1.9% below the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A (score 38008). It outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 5300M by 2.5% (score 36371).

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance relative to its multi-thread performance?

A: The Ryzen 9 5900X scores 941 in 3dmark single-thread and 10075 in 3dmark max-threads. In Cinebench R23, it scores 4680 single-core and 33150 multi-core, indicating strong scaling across its 12 cores and 24 threads.

Q: Does the GPU have enough VRAM for 4K Ultra settings?

A: The RTX 4070 is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The measured 4K Ultra average of 76.6 FPS indicates this memory configuration is sufficient for the game's demands at that preset.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-thread score compare to the Intel Core i7-13700?

A: The Ryzen 9 5900X has an average benchmark score of 39453. It is 1% behind the Intel Core i7-13700 (score 39857) and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700F (score 39095).

Q: What is the largest FPS jump between settings at any resolution?

A: The largest jump occurs at 1440p, where moving from Ultra (92.1 FPS) to Low (188.9 FPS) yields a 96.8 FPS increase. At 1080p, the jump from Ultra to Low is 109.6 FPS, from 99.6 to 209.2 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units. Its base clock runs at 1920 MHz with a boost clock of 2475 MHz. The GPU's memory subsystem consists of 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The memory clock operates at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed, and the card achieves a pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s.

In Overpower, the GPU's role becomes evident when examining the FPS progression across settings. At 4K, the difference between Low (158.8 FPS) and Medium (99.2 FPS) is substantial, while the gap between Medium and High (94.7 FPS) is smaller. This pattern suggests that the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed at higher presets, particularly at 4K where the pixel throughput requirements stress the 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The card's 29.15 TFLOPS FP32 performance provides the raw compute headroom, but the data shows that Ultra settings at 4K push the card to its limits, resulting in the lowest measured average of 76.6 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1080p, High settings deliver 122.2 FPS, which is 22.6 FPS above the Medium preset's 132.4 FPS—wait, the data shows High at 122.2 and Medium at 132.4, so High is actually 10.2 FPS lower than Medium. The Ultra preset at 1080p yields 99.6 FPS, still above the 60 FPS threshold but with diminishing returns.

For 1440p, the High preset provides 110.3 FPS, while Medium delivers 117.3 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 92.1 FPS. Given the relatively small gap between Medium and High at both 1080p and 1440p, the High preset appears to offer the best compromise, maintaining frame rates above 110 FPS at 1440p while presumably providing better visual quality than Medium. At 4K, the High preset's 94.7 FPS is notably better than Ultra's 76.6 FPS, making High the recommended choice for 4K displays. Low settings at any resolution produce frame rates above 158 FPS, but the visual compromise is likely significant given the FPS jumps.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the system delivers its highest performance: 209.2 FPS on Low, 132.4 FPS on Medium, 122.2 FPS on High, and 99.6 FPS on Ultra. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 52.4% reduction in average FPS. Moving to 1440p, the scores are 188.9 FPS (Low), 117.3 FPS (Medium), 110.3 FPS (High), and 92.1 FPS (Ultra). The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is consistent: Low loses 20.3 FPS, Medium loses 15.1 FPS, High loses 11.9 FPS, and Ultra loses 7.5 FPS.

At 4K, the measured averages are 158.8 FPS (Low), 99.2 FPS (Medium), 94.7 FPS (High), and 76.6 FPS (Ultra). The transition from 1440p to 4K shows larger absolute drops: Low loses 30.1 FPS, Medium loses 18.1 FPS, High loses 15.6 FPS, and Ultra loses 15.5 FPS. The data indicates that the Low preset maintains a playable frame rate even at 4K, while Ultra dips below 80 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 76.6 FPS is the lowest measurement in the entire dataset, but it remains above the 60 FPS baseline.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS degradation from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU's workload scaling. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 209.2 FPS at 1080p to 158.8 FPS at 4K, a 24.1% reduction. At Medium settings, the drop is from 132.4 FPS to 99.2 FPS, a 25.1% reduction. High settings see a drop from 122.2 FPS to 94.7 FPS, a 22.5% reduction. Ultra settings experience the smallest relative drop, from 99.6 FPS to 76.6 FPS, a 23.1% reduction.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions. The RTX 4070's 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 158.4 GPixel/s pixel rate are taxed proportionally as pixel count increases from 1920x1080 (2.07 million pixels) to 3840x2160 (8.29 million pixels). The fact that the FPS does not drop by a full 75% (which would be expected if purely pixel-bound) indicates that the GPU has sufficient compute headroom, but the memory subsystem becomes more constrained at 4K. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is not exhausted, as evidenced by the playable frame rates, but the bandwidth utilization likely increases substantially at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X provides 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and a 64 MB L3 cache. Memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel configuration and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. The processor scores 33150 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4680 in single-core, with a 3dmark max-threads score of 10075.

In Overpower, the CPU's role is evident in the scaling of frame rates across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 209.2 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's limit for this game. The fact that 4K Low still delivers 158.8 FPS indicates that the CPU is not bottlenecking, as the GPU is able to render frames faster than the CPU can issue draw calls at lower resolutions. The CPU's 24 threads provide ample parallelism for the game's Action genre, which often involves physics, AI, and particle effects. The passmark physics score of 1994 and integer math score of 140851 suggest strong computational throughput. The CPU's performance relative to rivals shows it is 0.2% ahead of the AMD EPYC 4245P (score 39383) and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700F (score 39095), confirming it is well-matched to the RTX 4070 without creating a significant bottleneck in either direction.