Pc Building Simulator

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for this combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 in Pc Building Simulator show a steep penalty as resolution climbs. At 1080p with High settings, the average is 89.5 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops that to 56.6 FPS, a reduction of roughly 37%. At 4K, the average falls further to 29.5 FPS, which is about 67% below the 1080p High result.

The pattern is consistent across all settings presets. At Low settings, the system produces 187.1 FPS at 1080p, 117.1 FPS at 1440p, and 62.1 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K drop at Low is a 125 FPS difference. At Medium, the numbers are 130.6, 83.7, and 41.9 FPS respectively. The Ultra preset follows the same trajectory: 89.2 FPS at 1080p, 56.3 FPS at 1440p, and 30.1 FPS at 4K.

The scaling behavior reveals that the GPU becomes the primary limiting component as resolution increases. At 1080p, the GTX 1070 still has enough headroom to push well past 60 FPS on every preset, with Low approaching 190 FPS. The CPU's role is visible here: an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 processor with a 5.30 GHz boost clock is unlikely to bottleneck a Pascal-generation GPU at these frame rates. The data supports this interpretation because the frame rate collapses proportionally with pixel count. Moving from 1080p to 4K quadruples the pixel workload, and the measured FPS at High falls to roughly one-third of the 1080p value. That is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario.

The 4K results are telling. Only the Low preset achieves a playable average above 60 FPS, at 62.1 FPS. Every other preset at 4K lands below 42 FPS. This is not a system that can handle 4K with quality settings intact. The GTX 1070's 8 GB of GDDR5 memory and 256-bit bus are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but the raw fill rate and shading throughput are insufficient for 4K beyond minimal settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is a modern 8-core, 16-thread processor built on the Zen 4 architecture using a 5 nm process. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz, and it boosts to 5.30 GHz. The L3 cache amounts to 32 MB shared, with 1 MB L2 per core and 64 KB L1 per core. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 29,302 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4,136 in single-core. The 3DMark results show 8,484 with 16 threads and 1,049 with a single thread. PassMark multi-thread score is 34,470, and single-thread is 4,063.

For Pc Building Simulator, the CPU is not the bottleneck. The benchmark results indicate that even at 1080p Low, where the GPU is least stressed, the system reaches 187.1 FPS. This is a high frame rate that would expose CPU limitations in many titles, but the Ryzen 7 7700's single-thread performance is strong enough to keep pace. The game is a simulation genre title, which often involves physics calculations and logic updates, but the data shows that the CPU is not limiting the frame rate at any measured resolution or setting.

The CPU's percentile ranking versus all processors is 91, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of CPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score is 40,468. Nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H with an average score of 40,431 and a delta of 0.1%, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 at 40,262 (delta 0.5%), the Intel Core i9-13905H at 40,712 (delta -0.6%), and the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T at 39,995 (delta 1.2%). The Ryzen 7 7700 sits within a tight cluster of high-end mobile and desktop parts, all within roughly 2% of each other. This suggests that the CPU is far more capable than what this game demands, especially when paired with a GPU that ranks at the 51st percentile.

The 65 W TDP and DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth are additional indicators of a modern platform. However, none of these CPU attributes appear to influence the measured FPS in a meaningful way. The frame rates scale almost entirely with GPU load, as shown by the resolution scaling section. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the 1080p Low result would not be so much higher than the 1080p Ultra result.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is a Pascal architecture GPU built on a 16 nm process. It has 1,920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The base clock is 1,506 MHz with a boost clock of 1,683 MHz. Memory is 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, providing 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The pixel rate is 107.7 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 202.0 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 6.463 TFLOPS.

This GPU was released in 2016 and is now end-of-life. Its percentile ranking versus all GPUs is 51, placing it squarely in the middle of the database. The average benchmark score is 12,331. Nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro K4200 at 12,241 (delta 0.7%), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M at 12,490 (delta -1.3%), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER at 12,504 (delta -1.4%), and the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm at 12,547 (delta -1.7%). The GTX 1070 is essentially tied with these parts in aggregate performance, though the GTX 1650 SUPER is a much newer architecture.

In Pc Building Simulator, the GPU is the dominant factor in determining frame rates. The measured FPS scales directly with resolution and settings. At 1080p, the GPU delivers between 89.2 and 187.1 FPS depending on the preset. At 1440p, the range is 56.3 to 117.1 FPS. At 4K, the range drops to 29.5 to 62.1 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K produces only 30.1 FPS, which is below the 30 FPS threshold that many consider the minimum for playability.

The VRAM allocation of 8 GB is sufficient for this game at all measured settings. The fact that the 4K High and Ultra results are nearly identical (29.5 vs 30.1 FPS) suggests that the GPU's compute throughput, not memory capacity, is the limiting factor. If VRAM were the issue, the Ultra preset would likely show a more dramatic drop relative to High. Instead, both sit near 30 FPS, indicating that the GPU is saturated.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide clear guidance for optimal settings at each resolution. At 1080p, the High preset delivers 89.5 FPS, which is already well above the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay. The Ultra preset yields 89.2 FPS, nearly identical to High. The difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 0.3 FPS, so there is no performance penalty for choosing Ultra. The Medium preset offers 130.6 FPS, and Low offers 187.1 FPS, but these higher frame rates come at the cost of visual quality that is unlikely to be necessary given the High and Ultra results.

At 1440p, the High preset produces 56.6 FPS, just shy of 60 FPS. The Ultra preset is nearly identical at 56.3 FPS. For a 60 Hz display, either preset will be slightly below the refresh rate. Dropping to Medium raises the average to 83.7 FPS, which provides a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. The Low preset at 1440p reaches 117.1 FPS, but the visual compromise is significant. The data suggests that Medium is the best balance at 1440p if frame rates above 60 are desired, while High or Ultra are acceptable for those who prioritize image quality over a few frames.

At 4K, the situation is more constrained. The Low preset averages 62.1 FPS, which is the only 4K setting that clears 60 FPS. Medium drops to 41.9 FPS, and both High and Ultra sit near 30 FPS (29.5 and 30.1 respectively). For 4K gaming, the Low preset is the only viable option for smooth performance. The Medium preset may be tolerable for slower-paced simulation gameplay, but the frame rate is below the 60 FPS target. High and Ultra at 4K are not recommended, as they fall to approximately 30 FPS, which is borderline for playability.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ranks 1,486 out of 1,769 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator. That places it in the lower 16% of all combinations in the database. The ranking is heavily influenced by the GPU, which sits at the 51st percentile among all GPUs. The CPU, by contrast, is at the 91st percentile. This is a lopsided pairing: a top-tier modern CPU paired with a mid-range GPU from several generations ago.

The rank of 1,486 suggests that the overall experience is below average for this game. The 1080p results are respectable, with all presets above 89 FPS, but the 4K results pull the overall ranking down. Many other combos in the database will have GPUs that can handle 4K more effectively. The GTX 1070's 51st percentile ranking means that roughly half of all tested GPUs perform better on average. The CPU's high percentile does little to compensate for the GPU's limitations in this GPU-bound game.

The nearest CPU rivals, all within 1.2% of the Ryzen 7 7700's average benchmark score, would likely produce nearly identical results when paired with the same GPU. The deltaPct values range from -0.6% for the Intel Core i9-13905H to 1.2% for the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T. These differences are negligible in real-world gaming. The GPU rivals, including the Quadro K4200 and GTX 1650 SUPER, are also within 1.7% of the GTX 1070, meaning that swapping to any of these GPUs would yield similar frame rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers four resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), for a total of twelve data points.

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 187.1 FPS
• Medium: 130.6 FPS
• High: 89.5 FPS
• Ultra: 89.2 FPS

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 117.1 FPS
• Medium: 83.7 FPS
• High: 56.6 FPS
• Ultra: 56.3 FPS

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 62.1 FPS
• Medium: 41.9 FPS
• High: 29.5 FPS
• Ultra: 30.1 FPS

The transition from Low to Ultra at any given resolution follows a predictable pattern. At 1080p, Low is 187.1 FPS, and Ultra is 89.2 FPS, a reduction of about 52%. At 1440p, the drop from Low to Ultra is from 117.1 to 56.3 FPS, also about 52%. At 4K, Low is 62.1 FPS, and Ultra is 30.1 FPS, a reduction of about 52% as well. The consistency of this percentage drop across resolutions indicates that the settings presets have a uniform impact on GPU load. Interestingly, the High and Ultra presets produce nearly identical results at every resolution: 89.5 vs 89.2 at 1080p, 56.6 vs 56.3 at 1440p, and 29.5 vs 30.1 at 4K. The difference is never more than 0.6 FPS, suggesting that Ultra provides minimal additional visual quality for the same performance cost.

The 1440p results deserve special attention. The High preset at 56.6 FPS is only slightly below the 60 FPS target, while the Medium preset at 83.7 FPS provides a comfortable buffer. The 4K Low result of 62.1 FPS is the only 4K data point above 60 FPS. The Ultra 4K result of 30.1 FPS is technically above the 30 FPS line but offers no headroom for frame time spikes.