Pc Building Simulator

# Pc Building Simulator — AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

This combination of AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 D delivers exceptional frame rates across all tested resolutions in Pc Building Simulator, with the data showing a clear pattern of CPU limitation at lower resolutions and GPU scaling becoming more apparent at 4K. The measured results place this combo at rank 16 out of 3,002 tested combinations, which puts it in the top 0.5% of all systems evaluated for this simulation title.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate behavior across resolutions reveals how this system's bottleneck shifts as pixel count increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 446 FPS, while the same settings at 1440p produce 358 FPS and at 4K drop to 187 FPS. This represents a 20% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 58% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings. The scaling pattern indicates that at lower resolutions, the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads are the primary limiter, as the GPU has ample headroom to render frames faster than the processor can feed it.

Moving to High settings, the frame rates are 284 FPS at 1080p, 179 FPS at 1440p, and 94 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37%, and from 1080p to 4K is 67%. This steeper decline at higher settings suggests that as graphical load increases, the GPU begins to play a more significant role in determining performance. The RTX 5090 D's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 512-bit bus width provide substantial bandwidth for texture-heavy scenes, but the simulation's CPU-bound nature at lower resolutions remains evident.

Ultra settings show the most dramatic resolution scaling: 270 FPS at 1080p, 171 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K. The 1440p result is 37% lower than 1080p, while 4K is 67% lower. Interestingly, the gap between High and Ultra at each resolution is relatively small — only 5% at 1080p, 4% at 1440p, and 5% at 4K — suggesting that the Ultra preset adds minimal additional GPU stress beyond High for this title, or that the CPU becomes the limiting factor even at Ultra settings.

The Medium preset provides the only complete min/max data in the measured results. At 1080p, the average is 392 FPS with a minimum of 333 FPS and maximum of 451 FPS. At 1440p, the average drops to 254 FPS with a range of 216 to 292 FPS. At 4K, the average is 133 FPS with a range of 113 to 153 FPS. The consistency of these ranges, with the minimum typically about 15-18% below the average, indicates stable frame pacing without severe hitches.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the most balanced experience for this combination. The average of 254 FPS with a minimum of 216 FPS ensures smooth gameplay well above typical display refresh rates, while the 133 FPS average at 4K Medium provides a good console-beating experience for users with 4K displays. The data shows that Medium at 4K delivers 133 FPS, which is 48% higher than the High preset's 94 FPS at the same resolution, making Medium the clear choice for 4K gaming.

For users prioritizing maximum visual fidelity, the Ultra preset at 1440p delivers 171 FPS, which remains highly playable. However, at 4K Ultra, the 89 FPS average approaches the threshold where some users might notice reduced smoothness on high-refresh displays. The High preset at 4K, at 94 FPS, offers only a 6% improvement over Ultra while sacrificing some visual quality, making the jump from High to Ultra at 4K relatively cost-effective in performance terms.

At 1080p, the Medium preset's 392 FPS average is more than sufficient for even the fastest gaming monitors, and the Low preset at 446 FPS provides negligible practical benefit. The data suggests that 1080p users should select Medium or higher settings, as the CPU limitation becomes dominant below this point. The 1080p Ultra result of 270 FPS still leaves substantial headroom, indicating that this resolution is CPU-bound for this combination across all settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this system at position 16 out of 3,002 tested combinations, meaning it outperforms approximately 99.5% of all systems evaluated in Pc Building Simulator. This top-tier ranking is consistent with the component selection: the Ryzen 7 9800X3D sits in the 87th percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 5090 D ranks in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs. The combination of two high-percentile components yields a system that ranks near the very top of the database.

The CPU's nearestRivals data provides context for its performance tier. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D's average benchmark score of 39,768 is within 0.4% of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS (39,603), 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 (39,485), and 0.8% below the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (40,081). The Ryzen AI 9 365 trails by 0.7% with a score of 40,048. These margins are negligible in real-world terms, indicating that the 9800X3D is competitively positioned within its performance class, though not dramatically ahead of its nearest competitors.

For the GPU, the RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score of 77,712 places it 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904), 1.6% below the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940), 2.1% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (79,396), and 2.4% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (79,605). These small deltas suggest that in synthetic benchmarks, the 5090 D is closely matched with these rivals, though the measured FPS results in this specific game demonstrate its real-world capability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings spectrum shows: Low at 446 FPS, Medium at 392 FPS (min 333, max 451), High at 284 FPS, and Ultra at 270 FPS. The progression from Low to Medium represents a 12% reduction, from Medium to High a 28% reduction, and from High to Ultra only a 5% reduction. This pattern indicates that the most significant performance cost occurs between Medium and High settings, while Ultra adds minimal additional burden.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low at 358 FPS, Medium at 254 FPS (min 216, max 292), High at 179 FPS, and Ultra at 171 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 29%, Medium to High costs 30%, and High to Ultra costs 4%. The similarity between the Low-to-Medium and Medium-to-High drops at 1440p suggests a more uniform scaling of graphical demands compared to 1080p, where the Medium-to-High step was much larger.

At 3840x2160, the measured values are: Low at 187 FPS, Medium at 133 FPS (min 113, max 153), High at 94 FPS, and Ultra at 89 FPS. The reductions follow a consistent pattern: Low to Medium is 29%, Medium to High is 29%, and High to Ultra is 5%. This consistency across 1440p and 4K for the first two steps suggests that the rendering pipeline handles these setting changes uniformly at higher resolutions, with the High-to-Ultra step being consistently minimal.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data across all resolutions. At 1080p, the difference between max and min is 118 FPS (35% of the average), at 1440p it is 76 FPS (30%), and at 4K it is 40 FPS (30%). The proportional consistency of these ranges across resolutions indicates stable performance scaling without unexpected spikes or drops.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 D's specifications directly inform its performance in Pc Building Simulator. With 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, the card provides 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for this simulation's asset streaming requirements. The 21,760 shading units and 680 TMUs allow for rapid texture processing, while the 176 ROPs handle pixel output efficiently. The boost clock of 2407 MHz, up from a base of 2017 MHz, enables the card to maintain high throughput during sustained gaming sessions.

The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s are substantial, yet the measured FPS data suggests that in Pc Building Simulator, the GPU is not the primary bottleneck at lower resolutions. The fact that 1080p Low produces 446 FPS while 4K Low produces 187 FPS — a 58% reduction — indicates that even at Low settings, resolution scaling affects the GPU workload significantly. However, the relatively small gap between High and Ultra settings (around 5% at all resolutions) suggests that the Ultra preset may not introduce dramatically heavier GPU workloads compared to High.

The GPU's 92nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its average benchmark score of 77,712, positions it as a top-tier performer. The nearestRivals data shows it within 2.4% of several other high-end cards, indicating that the 5090 D does not dominate its class by a wide margin in synthetic tests. In this specific game, however, the combination with the 9800X3D produces frame rates that place the system at rank 16 overall, suggesting that the pairing works synergistically rather than one component limiting the other.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads, based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge), provide the computational foundation for this simulation. The base clock of 4.70 GHz and boost clock of 5.20 GHz are high for a desktop processor, and the 96 MB of shared L3 cache is particularly beneficial for simulation games that often have large working sets. The 4 nm process node from TSMC allows for efficient power usage within a 120 W TDP, though the motherboard socket (AM5) and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth are standard for this class.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 23,230, while the single-core result is 2,080. The Geekbench multicore score of 18,696 and single-core of 2,964 corroborate this pattern. The PassMark multithread score of 40,009 and single-thread of 4,430 indicate balanced performance across both metrics. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 10,081 is nearly identical to the max-thread score of 10,067, suggesting that the CPU scales well with additional threads up to its full 16-thread capacity.

The CPU's 87th percentile ranking places it above average but not at the very top, and the nearestRivals data shows it within 0.8% of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450. This tight clustering suggests that in CPU-bound scenarios, the 9800X3D does not offer a significant advantage over its closest competitors. However, in Pc Building Simulator, the combination's rank 16 of 3,002 indicates that the CPU's specific characteristics — particularly the large L3 cache — contribute meaningfully to gameplay performance beyond what synthetic benchmarks capture.

The measured FPS at 1080p Low (446 FPS) approaches the practical limit of what a CPU can feed to a GPU in this type of simulation. The fact that 1080p Ultra (270 FPS) is only 39% lower than 1080p Low, while 4K Ultra (89 FPS) is 80% lower than 1080p Low, demonstrates that the CPU maintains high throughput even at lower resolutions, with the GPU becoming the limiting factor as resolution increases.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Pc Building Simulator with this combo?

A: Based on the measured data, 1440p Medium provides the best balance with 254 FPS average and a minimum of 216 FPS. For 4K displays, Medium at 133 FPS is recommended, as it offers nearly 50% higher frame rates than High at the same resolution.

Q: How does this system compare to other tested combinations?

A: This combo ranks 16th out of 3,002 tested systems, placing it in the top 0.5% of all combinations. The CPU is in the 87th percentile and the GPU in the 92nd percentile among their respective component categories.

Q: Is the Ultra preset worth using at 4K?

A: The Ultra preset at 4K delivers 89 FPS, which is only 5% lower than the High preset's 94 FPS. Given this minimal difference, Ultra is viable at 4K if visual quality is prioritized, though Medium's 133 FPS offers a substantially smoother experience.

Q: What causes the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K?

A: The data shows a 58% reduction at Low settings (446 to 187 FPS) and a 67% reduction at High settings (284 to 94 FPS) when moving from 1080p to 4K. This indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component at higher resolutions, while the CPU maintains sufficient throughput.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 9800X3D compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The 9800X3D's average benchmark score of 39,768 is within 0.8% of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (40,081), 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 (39,485), and 0.4% of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS (39,603). These differences are negligible in practical terms.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 D significantly faster than similar GPUs?

A: The 5090 D's average benchmark score of 77,712 places it 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904) but 2.4% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (79,605). The performance differences are small, though this specific game shows strong results for the combo.