Pc Building Simulator

# Pc Building Simulator — AMD Ryzen 5 5500 + AMD Radeon RX 9070

The benchmark data for Pc Building Simulator with this AMD pairing shows a system that scales predictably from 1080p to 4K, with the GPU taking on increasing importance as resolution climbs. The measured frames per second across all twelve settings/resolution combinations reveal a component balance that favors the Radeon RX 9070 at higher resolutions while leaving headroom for the Ryzen 5 5500 to stretch its legs at lower settings. Across the full test suite, this combo ranks 610th out of 1,769 tested combinations, placing it in the upper third of all pairings catalogued in the database. The game itself, a simulation title released in early 2019, presents a workload that responds strongly to both CPU and GPU resources depending on the preset selected.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but not uniform across settings, revealing where the bottleneck shifts. At Low settings, the transition from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 sees average FPS fall from 306.8 to 115.3 — a reduction to roughly 37.6% of the 1080p figure. This dramatic scaling indicates that at Low preset, the GPU is the primary constraint even at 4K, as the CPU has ample headroom with only 6 cores and 12 threads being lightly taxed by the simulation's logic. Moving to Medium settings, the drop is from 243.1 FPS at 1080p to 82.9 at 4K, again showing a large proportional loss (about 34.1% of the 1080p value). The High preset tells a similar story: 170.9 FPS at 1080p falls to 55 at 4K, a 32.2% retention rate. Ultra settings follow the same pattern, with 166.3 FPS at 1080p dropping to 55.3 at 4K.

The scaling pattern across all four presets is remarkably consistent, with 4K performance hovering near one-third of the 1080p performance. This consistency suggests the workload is heavily GPU-bound at all settings, as the RX 9070's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth become the limiting factor when pixel count quadruples. At 1440p, the picture changes slightly: Low settings deliver 216.6 FPS, Medium 155, High 106.5, and Ultra 102.9 — all well above the 60 FPS threshold and indicating that 1440p is the sweet spot where both components contribute meaningfully without either becoming a severe constraint. The data shows that resolution scaling in Pc Building Simulator is almost linear with pixel count, a hallmark of a GPU-limited scenario rather than a CPU-limited one.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 9070 is the dominant component in this pairing, and the benchmark results reflect its capabilities. With a base clock of 1330 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz (game clock rated at 2070 MHz), the GPU's raw throughput is substantial: 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 performance, 564.5 GTexel/s texture rate, and 322.6 GPixel/s pixel rate. The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves critical at 4K where the Ultra preset still manages 55.3 FPS — barely above the 55 FPS recorded at High, indicating that the GPU's memory subsystem is not the primary limiter at the highest settings. Instead, the shading workload appears to dominate, given that the difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 0.3 FPS (55 vs 55.3).

The GPU's percentile ranking against all GPUs is 79, placing it comfortably above the median. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA A2 (average score 34,866, delta -0.2%), NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (34,677, delta +0.3%), AMD Radeon HD 7970 (34,541, delta +0.7%), and AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (34,511, delta +0.8%). These deltas are all within 1% of the RX 9070's average benchmark score of 34,780, indicating tight competition in this performance tier. In Pc Building Simulator specifically, the GPU's role is most evident at 4K Low, where 115.3 FPS is achieved — a figure that would be impossible if the CPU were the bottleneck, given that the Ryzen 5 5500's multi-threaded capabilities are modest compared to higher-end processors.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 brings 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne codename) on AMD Socket AM4. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz boosts to 4.20 GHz, with 16 MB of L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark scores show a balanced profile: Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 16,429, while single-core hits 2,319; PassMark multithread scores 19,330, and single-thread 3,058. The 3DMark results range from 836 (single-thread) to 5,411 (max threads), demonstrating that the chip scales reasonably with thread count but lacks the high single-core performance of newer designs.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p Low, where the system achieves 306.8 FPS — a figure that indicates the GPU is far from saturated at this resolution and settings level. The 1080p Ultra result of 166.3 FPS versus 1080p High at 170.9 FPS shows only a 2.7% difference, suggesting that the CPU is beginning to limit performance at the highest settings even at 1080p. However, the CPU's percentile ranking against all CPUs is 79, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core i5-12500 (average score 20,897, delta -0.1%), AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (20,900, delta -0.1%), AMD EPYC 7J13 (20,845, delta +0.1%), and Intel Core i5-12600T (20,917, delta -0.2%). The Ryzen 5 5500's average benchmark score of 20,875 places it squarely in this cluster, within 0.2% of its nearest competitors. For Pc Building Simulator, the 6-core/12-thread configuration is sufficient to feed the RX 9070 at most resolutions, though the 1080p Low result suggests there is untapped GPU potential if the CPU could deliver frames faster.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 ranks 610th out of 1,769 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the 65.5th percentile of all pairings. Given that both components individually sit at the 79th percentile against their respective peers, the combo's slightly lower ranking in this game suggests that Pc Building Simulator does not fully utilize the strengths of either component. The 4K results — 55 FPS at High and 55.3 FPS at Ultra — are playable but not exceptional, while the 1440p results (102.9 to 216.6 FPS depending on settings) are strong. The 1080p results, ranging from 166.3 to 306.8 FPS, are excellent for a simulation title.

The rank of 610 out of 1,769 means that roughly 34.5% of tested combinations outperform this pairing in this game. This is a moderate result, reflecting that the RX 9070's high-end GPU capabilities are somewhat wasted at 1080p where the Ryzen 5 5500 becomes a constraint, while at 4K the GPU is the limiter and the CPU's modest single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,319) does not meaningfully impact frame rates. The combo performs best at 1440p, where both components contribute to a balanced experience — evidenced by the 155 FPS at Medium and 106.5 FPS at High settings, both well within the range where the GPU's 16 GB memory and the CPU's 12 threads are adequately utilized.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance on preset selection for this combo. At 1080p, all settings deliver playable frame rates, but the difference between Low (306.8 FPS) and Ultra (166.3 FPS) is substantial — a 45.8% reduction in FPS for the highest visual quality. The Medium preset at 243.1 FPS offers a strong balance, delivering 79.2% of the Low preset's performance while providing improved visuals. For users prioritizing frame rate at 1080p, Low is the choice; for visual quality, Ultra remains viable with 166.3 FPS, well above the 60 FPS threshold.

At 1440p, the High preset (106.5 FPS) and Ultra preset (102.9 FPS) are nearly identical in performance, differing by only 3.4%, which suggests that the Ultra preset should be selected if visual fidelity is desired, as the performance cost is minimal. However, the Medium preset at 155 FPS offers a 45.6% improvement over Ultra while still providing good visual quality, making it the recommended choice for high-refresh-rate displays. The Low preset at 216.6 FPS is only advisable for competitive play where maximum frame rate is paramount.

At 4K, the situation is more constrained. The Ultra preset (55.3 FPS) and High preset (55 FPS) are effectively identical, and both hover near the 60 FPS target. The Medium preset at 82.9 FPS is the strongest option for 4K, delivering a 50.1% improvement over Ultra while maintaining acceptable visual quality. The Low preset at 115.3 FPS is the only 4K option that provides a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, but the visual compromise may be significant for a simulation game. Overall, the data indicates that Medium at 4K, High at 1440p, and Ultra at 1080p represent the optimal settings per resolution for this hardware combination, balancing frame rate and visual fidelity according to the measured rows.