Pc Building Simulator

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Pc Building Simulator is not a demanding title by modern standards, and the measured data confirms that this AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RTX 4080 SUPER combination has ample headroom at every preset. The benchmark results show that the Ultra preset delivers 73 FPS at 4K, 141 FPS at 1440p, and 223 FPS at 1080p. Those are all perfectly playable numbers, but the jump from High to Ultra costs 4 FPS at 4K (77 to 73), 7 FPS at 1440p (148 to 141), and 11 FPS at 1080p (234 to 223). For a game about building and managing PCs, the visual difference between High and Ultra is rarely worth that performance loss.

The sweet spot is the Medium preset. At 4K, Medium produces 109 FPS with a minimum of 93 and maximum of 126 — that is a 32 FPS improvement over High, and the frame pacing data shows consistent performance without dips below 90. At 1440p, Medium hits 209 FPS (min 178, max 240), which is 61 FPS above High. At 1080p, Medium reaches 331 FPS, which is nearly 100 FPS above High. The Medium preset appears to be the best balance for this hardware, especially considering that this is a simulation game where stable frame delivery matters more than raw visual fidelity.

If you are running a high refresh rate 1080p or 1440p monitor, the Low preset is worth considering. Low at 1080p produces 446 FPS, and at 1440p it produces 295 FPS. These numbers exceed the refresh rate of virtually any consumer display, so the extra frames are only meaningful for competitive play or if you are capping at a specific rate. For most users, Medium at 1440p or 4K is the recommended starting point. Ultra is only advisable if you have a 4K 60Hz display and want maximum visual quality, since the 73 FPS average still clears 60 FPS.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Pc Building Simulator at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 averages 73 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay. Keep in mind that High produces 77 FPS, so the difference is small.

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 144Hz monitor?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 209 FPS with a minimum of 178 FPS, which comfortably exceeds 144Hz. The High preset at 148 FPS also clears 144Hz, but Medium gives you more headroom for frame dips.

Q: How much performance does the Low preset gain over Ultra?

A: At 1080p, Low averages 446 FPS versus 223 FPS for Ultra — a 223 FPS difference. At 1440p, Low gets 295 FPS versus 141 FPS. At 4K, Low gets 154 FPS versus 73 FPS. The gains are roughly double the Ultra performance at every resolution.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 SUPER the bottleneck at 4K?

A: The data suggests yes. The frame rate drops from 154 FPS at Low 4K to 109 FPS at Medium 4K, and further to 73 FPS at Ultra 4K. This scaling pattern indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution, as the CPU has more than enough headroom in this simulation title.

Q: Does this game benefit from the Ryzen 7 9800X3D's 3D V-Cache?

A: The benchmark data does not provide a direct comparison, but the CPU's 96 MB of shared L3 cache and 8 cores / 16 threads are more than adequate for Pc Building Simulator. The game is clearly GPU-bound at higher settings, as shown by the frame rate scaling across resolutions.

Q: What is the expected frame time consistency at 1440p Medium?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 shows a minimum of 178 FPS and a maximum of 240 FPS, with an average of 209 FPS. The 62 FPS range between min and max indicates occasional frame rate variance, but the minimum remains well above playable thresholds.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the primary performance driver in Pc Building Simulator, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The 80 RT cores and 320 Tensor cores are largely irrelevant for this simulation title, as it does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS to any meaningful degree. What matters is the raw rasterization performance: 10,240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs.

The clock behavior is notable. The base clock is 2295 MHz with a boost clock of 2550 MHz. The benchmark results show that this GPU sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54,209. Its nearest rival is the RTX 4080, which scores 54,247 — a delta of -0.1%, meaning the SUPER variant performs essentially identically in synthetic tests. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X is 1.1% ahead, and the RX 6750 GRE 12 GB is 2.7% ahead in average score, though these differences are within noise for gaming workloads.

The VRAM allocation is generous for Pc Building Simulator. The game is not texture-heavy in a way that stresses memory capacity; even at 4K Ultra, 16 GB is far more than necessary. The memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s ensures that texture streaming and asset loading are never bottlenecks. The GPU's 52.22 TFLOPS FP32 performance is overkill for this title, but it does allow the Low preset to hit 446 FPS at 1080p, indicating the GPU is not being pushed to its limits at lower settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 446 FPS, Medium averages 331 FPS with a minimum of 282 and maximum of 381, High averages 234 FPS, and Ultra averages 223 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 97 FPS, which is substantial. The gap between High and Ultra is only 11 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the top end.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 295 FPS, Medium averages 209 FPS (min 178, max 240), High averages 148 FPS, and Ultra averages 141 FPS. The Medium to High drop is 61 FPS, while High to Ultra is just 7 FPS. The pattern repeats: Medium is the last preset before performance falls off significantly.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 154 FPS, Medium averages 109 FPS (min 93, max 126), High averages 77 FPS, and Ultra averages 73 FPS. The Medium to High drop is 32 FPS, and High to Ultra is only 4 FPS. At 4K, even the Low preset produces over 144 FPS, which is comfortable for high refresh rate 4K monitors.

The frame time data for Medium shows consistent behavior: at 1080p the range is 99 FPS (282 to 381), at 1440p the range is 62 FPS (178 to 240), and at 4K the range is 33 FPS (93 to 126). The absolute spread decreases as resolution increases, which aligns with the GPU becoming the limiting factor — the variance scales with the frame rate itself.

Resolution Scaling

Moving from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reveals a clear performance curve. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 446 FPS at 1080p to 295 FPS at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 154 FPS at 4K (a further 48% reduction). At Medium, the progression is 331 → 209 → 109 FPS, with percentage drops of 37% and 48% respectively. At High, it is 234 → 148 → 77 FPS, drops of 37% and 48%. At Ultra, the pattern holds: 223 → 141 → 73 FPS.

The consistent ~34-37% drop from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a ~48% drop from 1440p to 4K, indicates that the GPU is the scaling bottleneck. The 4K resolution quadruples the pixel count versus 1080p, and the frame rate roughly halves at each step, which is typical GPU-bound scaling. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect smaller differences between resolutions, since the CPU workload does not scale with pixel count.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a single-thread score of 1212 in 3DMark and 4430 in Passmark, which is far above what this game requires. The fact that frame rates nearly double from 1080p to 4K at the same settings confirms that the GPU is doing the heavy lifting, and the CPU is never starved for data. The 96 MB of L3 cache and 8 cores / 16 threads provide more than enough processing power for the simulation logic and physics.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a Zen 5 part on the Granite Ridge architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 4nm process. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz. The 120W TDP and 96 MB of shared L3 cache are notable, as the cache is the key differentiator for this chip. The CPU sits at the 87th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 39,768.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is modest. The game's simulation logic — component compatibility checks, case airflow calculations, and PC assembly interactions — are not heavily threaded. The benchmark results show that the CPU is never the bottleneck in this pairing. At 1080p Low, where the GPU has the least work to do, the system produces 446 FPS. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect a plateau around a certain frame rate regardless of resolution or settings. Instead, the frame rates scale cleanly with GPU workload.

The CPU's single-thread performance is strong: 2080 in Cinebench R23 single-core, 2964 in Geekbench single-core, and 4430 in Passmark single-thread. These scores are more than sufficient for a simulation game that relies on single-threaded logic for user interface interactions and menu navigation. The multi-threaded scores (23,230 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 18,696 in Geekbench multi-core) are also generous, but the game likely does not utilize all 16 threads efficiently.

The nearest CPU rivals are all within 1% of the average score: the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS is 0.4% ahead, the Ryzen AI 9 365 is 0.7% behind, the Ryzen AI 7 450 is 0.7% ahead, and the Ryzen 7 7700 is 0.8% behind. This clustering suggests that for synthetic workloads, the 9800X3D is not dramatically faster than its peers, but in gaming scenarios, the 3D V-Cache can provide an edge. In this specific title, the data shows that the CPU choice matters little — the GPU dominates performance at all settings above Low.