Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator is a simulation title that behaves differently from typical shooters or action games, and the data for this AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination reflects that. The benchmark results show a system that is profoundly capable at 1080p and 1440p, but the frame rate curve reveals that even this high-end GPU has limits when pushed to 4K with maximum settings.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all settings presets, which tells you exactly where the bottleneck lives. At Low settings, the system delivers 257.5 FPS at 1920x1080, but that falls to 221.5 FPS at 2560x1440 and then to 172.3 FPS at 3840x2160. That is a 33% reduction from 1080p to 4K on Low, which is a significant hit but still leaves the game running far above any display refresh rate you would realistically use.

Moving to High settings, the pattern repeats: 197 FPS at 1080p, 163.6 FPS at 1440p, and 86.2 FPS at 4K. The 4K High result is less than half of the 1080p High result, and the gap between 1440p and 4K is particularly large—a 47% drop. This is a clear sign that the GPU is the limiting component at 4K, as the resolution increase demands exponentially more pixel throughput.

The Medium preset tells a similar story: 227.2 FPS at 1080p, 194.6 FPS at 1440p, and 122 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is modest at 14%, but the 1440p to 4K drop is 37%. At Ultra settings, the system hits 194.1 FPS at 1080p, 156.9 FPS at 1440p, and 83.1 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset shows the tightest scaling between 1080p and 1440p, with only a 19% reduction, but then falls off a cliff at 4K with a 47% drop from 1440p.

What this data indicates is that Pc Building Simulator is not particularly demanding at lower resolutions—the CPU can feed frames fast enough that the GPU is not fully taxed. Once you hit 4K, however, the pixel count becomes the dominant factor, and the RTX 4090 starts to work hard. The 4K Ultra result of 83.1 FPS is playable, but it is the only scenario where this combination dips below 100 FPS, and it shows that the GPU is the limiting factor at that resolution.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the centerpiece of this build, and its specifications explain why the 4K results are as strong as they are. With 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, the card has a memory bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s. That is an enormous amount of bandwidth, and it is exactly what you need for a game like Pc Building Simulator, which likely loads many textures for components and environments at high resolutions.

The card's clock speeds are also notable: a base clock of 2235 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz. These high clocks, combined with 16384 shading units, give the RTX 4090 a raw compute capacity that shows up in the benchmark scores. The GPU's passmark G3D score is 38194, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 9223. The GPU sits in the 91st percentile of all GPUs, which is expected for a top-tier card.

The 4K results make sense given this hardware. At 4K Low, the card produces 172.3 FPS, which shows that even at lower settings, the GPU has enough raw power to push a high frame rate. At 4K High, the result drops to 86.2 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 83.1 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra at 4K is only 3.1 FPS, which suggests that the Ultra preset adds settings that are not heavily taxing on the GPU, or that the game is hitting a CPU limit at that point.

Interestingly, the GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are not consumer gaming cards but professional and workstation parts. The NVIDIA Tesla T4 is 0.4% ahead, while the NVIDIA Tesla P40 is 0.5% behind. This is a reminder that the RTX 4090's raw compute is so high that it competes with specialized hardware, but in gaming, its driver optimization and feature set are what make it shine.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture, and it is the less glamorous half of this pairing. Its base clock is 3.60 GHz with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, and it has 32 MB of shared L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 15045 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2124 in single-core, with a passmark multithread score of 17700.

The CPU's role in this game becomes clear when you look at the frame rate scaling. At 1080p, the GPU is not the bottleneck—the CPU is. The fact that 1080p Low produces 257.5 FPS while 1080p Ultra produces 194.1 FPS shows that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at high frame rates, but the settings do matter. The CPU's percentile rank is 76, and its average benchmark score is 18129, which puts it close to the Intel Core i5-11400, which is 0.1% behind, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, which is 0.2% ahead.

In a game like Pc Building Simulator, the CPU has to handle the physics and logic of assembling and running virtual PCs, which can be surprisingly demanding. The 12 threads help with multitasking, but the single-thread performance of 2124 in Cinebench R23 is what drives the high frame rates at 1080p. The data shows that the CPU is not holding the GPU back at 1440p and 4K, where the GPU becomes the limiting factor, but at 1080p, the CPU is definitely the component that determines the ceiling.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s and dual-channel DDR4 support are adequate for this game, and the 7 nm process node keeps power draw low. This is a balanced CPU that pairs well with a high-end GPU, but it is clear from the data that a faster CPU would push 1080p frame rates even higher, particularly at Low and Medium settings where the GPU has more headroom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the results are consistently high across all presets. Low settings produce 257.5 FPS, Medium produces 227.2 FPS, High produces 197 FPS, and Ultra produces 194.1 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is only 2.9 FPS, which suggests that the Ultra preset is not significantly more demanding than High at this resolution. The jump from Low to Medium is 30.3 FPS, and the jump from Medium to High is 30.2 FPS, showing a predictable step-down.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain strong but start to show the GPU's workload. Low settings produce 221.5 FPS, Medium produces 194.6 FPS, High produces 163.6 FPS, and Ultra produces 156.9 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 14% on Low, 14.3% on Medium, 17% on High, and 19.2% on Ultra. This is a consistent pattern that shows the GPU is being taxed more at 1440p, but the system still delivers well above 60 FPS at all settings.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates take a significant hit. Low settings produce 172.3 FPS, Medium produces 122 FPS, High produces 86.2 FPS, and Ultra produces 83.1 FPS. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 22.2% on Low, 37.3% on Medium, 47.3% on High, and 47% on Ultra. The Medium preset at 4K is the first time the system drops below 150 FPS, and High and Ultra both fall below 90 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 83.1 FPS is the lowest in the entire dataset, but it is still perfectly playable for a simulation game.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Pc Building Simulator, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 336th out of 1769 combos. That puts it in the top 19% of all tested combinations, which is a strong result given that the CPU is not a top-tier part. The rank reflects the GPU's dominance at higher resolutions, where the CPU matters less, and the fact that the RTX 4090 is in the 91st percentile of all GPUs.

The CPU's rank relative to its rivals shows that it is a mid-range part. It is 0.1% slower than the Intel Core i5-11400, 0.2% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, and 0.2% slower than the AMD Ryzen 5 1600. These are negligible differences, meaning that the Ryzen 5 3600 is right in the middle of its performance class. The GPU, on the other hand, is in a different league. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Tesla T4, is only 0.4% ahead, and the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 is 1.3% behind.

The combination's rank of 336 suggests that there are many combos with faster CPUs that achieve better overall scores, but the RTX 4090 ensures that this system is never far behind. In a game like Pc Building Simulator, where the GPU does most of the heavy lifting at high resolutions, this combo punches above its weight.

Settings Recommendations

The data points to a clear recommendation for the best experience. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset at 194.1 FPS is the obvious choice, as the difference between High and Ultra is minimal and the frame rate is still far above any display's refresh rate. At 2560x1440, the High preset at 163.6 FPS is the sweet spot, as Ultra at 156.9 FPS offers only a small visual gain for a 4% performance hit.

At 3840x2160, the decision is more nuanced. The Medium preset at 122 FPS is the best balance of visual quality and performance, as it is 41.6% faster than High and 46.9% faster than Ultra. The High preset at 86.2 FPS is still playable, but the jump from Medium to High costs 35.8 FPS, which is a significant loss. The Ultra preset at 83.1 FPS is only 3.1 FPS slower than High, so if you are going to play at Ultra, you might as well accept the frame rate.

For a simulation game where you are often reading text and managing menus, frame rate stability matters more than raw speed. The Medium preset at 4K delivers 122 FPS, which is smooth and leaves headroom for any scene complexity. At 1440p, the High preset is the pick, and at 1080p, you can run everything at maximum settings without worry. The RTX 4090 is overkill for 1080p, but the data shows that even this powerful GPU is not enough to maintain 100+ FPS at 4K Ultra in this game.