Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator, released on January 28, 2019, presents a unique benchmark scenario where the simulation of PC assembly meets real-time 3D rendering. The data measured for the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination reveals a system with substantial headroom across all tested configurations. The benchmark results indicate that this pairing is exceptionally well-suited for high-refresh-rate gameplay, with the most demanding settings still producing playable frame rates at 4K. The analysis below explores how the specific attributes of this CPU and GPU influence the measured FPS, what the resolution scaling reveals about system bottlenecks, and how this combo ranks against a vast field of other tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across the four available presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) at each resolution provides a clear picture of performance scaling. For the best experience, the High preset at 1440p emerges as the most balanced choice, delivering an average FPS of 148. This is more than double the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, and it offers a significant visual upgrade over the Medium preset's 209 FPS without the performance cost of Ultra. At 4K, the High preset's 77 FPS average is also excellent, but the 1440p High setting provides a superior combination of fluidity and visual fidelity, making it the optimal target for most users.

For users prioritizing maximum frame rates, the Low preset at 1080p yields an extraordinary 370 FPS average, which is ideal for competitive play or esports scenarios where every millisecond counts. However, this comes at the cost of visual quality. The Medium preset at 1440p, with an average of 209 FPS and a minimum of 178 FPS, offers a compelling middle ground for those with high-refresh-rate 1440p monitors, ensuring no noticeable dips below 144 Hz. At 4K, the Medium preset's 109 FPS average (with a minimum of 93) is a fantastic choice for cinematic gaming on a large screen, providing a substantial improvement over Low settings while maintaining a comfortable frame rate.

The Ultra preset, while visually impressive, shows a diminishing return on performance. At 4K, it drops to an average of 73 FPS, which is still playable but represents a significant 36 FPS decrease from Medium. At 1440p, Ultra's 141 FPS is respectable, but the 1080p Ultra score of 223 FPS shows the GPU is still capable. The data strongly suggests that the High preset provides the best overall experience, as it captures most of the visual benefits of Ultra with a much smaller performance penalty. Specifically, at 1440p, High (148 FPS) is only 7 FPS slower than Ultra (141 FPS), a negligible difference for a likely improvement in stability. The choice between High and Ultra should be based on whether the user prefers maximum graphical flair or a higher, more stable frame rate, but High is the clear winner for a balanced experience.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the primary driver of the high frame rates observed in Pc Building Simulator. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s, is more than sufficient for the game's textures and assets at all tested resolutions and settings. The GPU's Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, includes 10,240 shading units and 80 RT cores, which contribute to its raw rendering power. The boost clock of 2550 MHz, up from a base of 2295 MHz, ensures the card operates at peak performance during demanding scenes.

The benchmark scores for the RTX 4080 SUPER place it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54209. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, scores 54247, a delta of -0.1%, indicating they are virtually identical in synthetic benchmarks. This parity is reflected in the game's performance, where the card excels at high resolutions. The GPU's role becomes more critical as resolution increases. At 1080p, the CPU can more easily feed frames, but at 4K, the sheer number of pixels requires the GPU to work much harder, and the RTX 4080 SUPER's 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is what allows it to maintain playable frame rates at the Ultra preset.

The data shows the GPU is not a bottleneck until the highest settings and resolutions are combined. For example, at 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 73, suggesting the GPU is nearing its limit for this title at maximum fidelity. However, the card has enough headroom to deliver 154 FPS at 4K Low, indicating that its capability is not in question; rather, the Ultra preset at 4K is simply a very demanding workload. The 16 GB VRAM buffer is also a future-proofing asset, as it will not be a limiting factor in this simulation game, which tends to be more CPU-intensive in its logic but still relies on the GPU for its 3D workshop and case previews.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data from 1080p to 4K clearly illustrates the scaling of workload and the transition of the bottleneck from the CPU to the GPU. At 1080p, the system is heavily CPU-bound, as evidenced by the extremely high frame rates. The Ultra preset at 1080p averages 223 FPS, while the High preset achieves 234 FPS. The difference between these settings is only 11 FPS, suggesting that the CPU is limiting the GPU's ability to render more frames. Moving to 1440p, the frame rates drop but remain very high. The High preset goes from 234 FPS at 1080p to 148 FPS at 1440p, a 36.8% decrease, showing an increased load on the GPU.

The jump to 4K (3840x2160) produces the most significant performance drop, confirming that the RTX 4080 SUPER becomes the primary limiting factor. The High preset at 4K averages 77 FPS, which is a 47.9% reduction from the 1440p score. This is a typical scaling pattern, as 4K has over two times the pixels of 1440p. The Low preset scaling is even more illustrative: 370 FPS at 1080p, 295 FPS at 1440p, and 154 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 20.3% and 47.8%, respectively. This shows that even at Low settings, the GPU's rendering load at 4K is substantial.

The scaling suggests that at 1080p, the Ryzen 5 7400F is the limiting component, preventing the RTX 4080 SUPER from reaching its full potential. The fact that the 1080p Ultra score (223 FPS) is lower than the 1080p High score (234 FPS) is a peculiarity, but the overall trend shows a CPU limit around the 200+ FPS range. As resolution increases, the GPU's workload expands, and the CPU has more time to prepare frames, shifting the bottleneck. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the frame rates scale inversely with the graphical fidelity of the presets. This analysis indicates that for a game like Pc Building Simulator, the RTX 4080 SUPER is overkill for 1080p, well-suited for 1440p, and provides a very good 4K experience at High settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for the highest possible frame rate?

A: The data shows that the 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings yields the highest average FPS at 370. This is the only configuration that breaks the 350 FPS barrier in the measured results.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming smoothly?

A: Yes, the benchmark results show that 4K gaming is very feasible. The Ultra preset averages 73 FPS, while the High preset averages 77 FPS. The Medium preset provides a more comfortable 109 FPS average, and Low settings reach 154 FPS, all of which are above the standard 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU's performance compare to its closest rivals?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32750, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14600T, scores 32707, a delta of 0.1%, making them statistically equivalent in performance. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is also close with a score of 32662 and a delta of 0.3%.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 SUPER significantly faster than its predecessor?

A: The benchmark data indicates the RTX 4080 SUPER (avg score 54209) is essentially identical to the standard RTX 4080 (avg score 54247), with a delta of -0.1%. This means for this game, there is no measurable performance difference between the two in synthetic benchmarks.

Q: What is the benefit of using the High preset over the Ultra preset?

A: The High preset offers a better performance-to-fidelity ratio. For example, at 2560x1440, the High preset averages 148 FPS, which is only 7 FPS less than the Ultra preset's 141 FPS, but it likely demands less from the GPU, potentially leading to better frame time consistency.

Q: Does the system show a CPU bottleneck at any resolution?

A: Yes, the data suggests a CPU bottleneck at 1920x1080. The frame rates are extremely high (from 223 to 370 FPS), and the differences between settings are relatively small, which is a classic sign of the CPU limiting the GPU's output. At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael) and built on TSMC's 5 nm process. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, combined with a 32 MB shared L3 cache, provide strong single-thread and multi-threaded performance for a simulation game. The CPU's benchmark results are robust: it scores 21765 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3072 in single-core, and it achieved a PassMark single-thread score of 3689. With an average benchmark score of 32750, it sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, making it a high-end performer.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is critical for game logic, physics calculations, and managing the various simulation elements. The benchmark data shows that at 1080p, the CPU is the limiting factor. For instance, the FPS difference between Low (370) and Ultra (223) settings at 1080p is 147 FPS, but the jump from High (234) to Ultra (223) is just 11 FPS. This suggests that at High and Ultra settings, the CPU is unable to push more frames, capping performance. The CPU's 12 threads are likely well-utilized by the simulation's background tasks, while its strong single-core performance handles the main rendering thread.

The CPU's nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i5-14600T and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, have nearly identical average scores (32707 and 32662, respectively), indicating that the Ryzen 5 7400F is competitively positioned. Its TDP of 65 W makes it an efficient choice, and its 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth with DDR5 support ensures the system has ample data throughput. The data implies that for users with a high-refresh-rate 1080p or 1440p monitor, the Ryzen 5 7400F is a capable partner for the RTX 4080 SUPER, but it will hold back the GPU's full potential at lower resolutions, as the GPU's frame generation outpaces the CPU's ability to issue draw calls.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a detailed look at performance across all combinations. At 1920x1080, the system delivers exceptional performance. The Low preset averages 370 FPS, representing the absolute peak. The Medium preset averages 326 FPS, with a minimum of 277 and a maximum of 374 FPS, showing a tight frame time distribution. The High preset averages 234 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 223 FPS. The difference between Medium and High is 92 FPS, while the difference between High and Ultra is only 11 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset is heavily CPU-limited at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain very high. The Low preset averages 295 FPS. The Medium preset averages 209 FPS, with a minimum of 178 and a maximum of 240 FPS. The High preset averages 148 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 141 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra narrows further to just 7 FPS, reinforcing the CPU-bound nature at these settings. The Medium preset's minimum of 178 FPS is particularly notable, as it ensures a smooth experience even in demanding scenes.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, and the frame rates scale more predictably with settings. The Low preset averages 154 FPS. The Medium preset averages 109 FPS, with a minimum of 93 and a maximum of 126 FPS. The High preset averages 77 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 73 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 45 FPS, from Medium to High is 32 FPS, and from High to Ultra is just 4 FPS. This pattern suggests that at 4K, the Ultra preset is a minor increment over High, and the GPU's performance ceiling is being approached. The Medium preset at 4K, with its 93 FPS minimum, offers the best balance of visual quality and frame rate stability for a premium 4K experience.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination ranks 203rd out of 3002 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the top 6.8% of all configurations in the database. This high rank confirms the system's exceptional performance, as it outperforms the vast majority of other tested CPU-GPU pairings. The rank is likely influenced by the GPU's massive frame generation capability and the CPU's adequate single-thread performance, which are both critical for this title's high frame rates.

This ranking is particularly impressive when considering the system's components. The RTX 4080 SUPER is a high-end GPU, but its performance is nearly identical to the standard RTX 4080, as shown by the -0.1% delta in their average benchmark scores. Despite this, the combination still lands in the top 7% of all combos. The ranking implies that there are only 202 other combinations that perform better, which likely include top-tier CPUs like the Ryzen 9 series or Intel Core i9 series paired with the same or better GPUs. The data suggests that for this game, the GPU is the dominant factor in achieving a high rank, and the Ryzen 5 7400F is sufficient to not drag the combo down significantly.

The combo's rank of 203 out of 3002 also highlights that while the system is exceptional, it is not the absolute best. The gap in performance between this combo and the top-ranked ones is likely due to the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration. In a simulation game, a higher core count could provide additional performance in complex scenarios, but the data shows that this combo still delivers a very high level of performance. The percentile ranking of the CPU (83rd) and GPU (86th) individually supports this, showing that both components are well above average, and their combination is greater than the sum of its parts for this specific game.