Pc Building Simulator

# Pc Building Simulator with AMD Ryzen 9 9900X + Intel Arc B370

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X paired with the Intel Arc B370 delivers a fundamentally GPU-limited experience in Pc Building Simulator, with the measured frame rates revealing a system that can handle the game's simulation logic effortlessly but struggles with the rendering workload. Across all tested resolutions and settings, the average frame rates stay below the 113 FPS peak achieved only at 1080p Low, and the combination ranks 2761st out of 3002 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 8% of configurations. The data indicates that this pairing is lopsided: a 12-core, 24-thread CPU with a 92nd percentile standing against all CPUs is bottlenecked by a GPU that sits at the 5th percentile among all GPUs, making the Arc B370 the definitive performance ceiling in nearly every scenario.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data strongly favors the Low preset as the only playable option across all resolutions, though the experience varies significantly by target display. At 1920x1080, Low settings produce an average of 113 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded for this combination and represents a 41% improvement over the Medium preset's 80 FPS average. This makes Low the clear choice for 1080p gaming, as it provides a fluid experience that the Medium and High presets cannot match — Medium drops to 80 FPS, High falls further to 56 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 54 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, Low settings again lead with 71 FPS average, which remains respectable for a simulation title, but the gap to Medium narrows to 42% (50 FPS). High settings at 1440p produce 36 FPS, while Ultra manages only 34 FPS, both of which fall below the generally accepted 40 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay in this genre. At 3840x2160, even Low settings drop to 37 FPS, making 4K gaming marginal at best; Medium, High, and Ultra produce 26, 19, and 18 FPS respectively, all of which are effectively unplayable for a game that requires constant menu navigation and system building interactions.

For users with 1080p displays, the recommendation is unambiguous: select Low settings to maximize responsiveness, as the 113 FPS average provides ample headroom for the game's interface-driven gameplay. At 1440p, Low remains the safest choice, but users willing to accept a less fluid experience could consider Medium for improved visual fidelity, given that the 50 FPS average is still above the 43 FPS minimum recorded. At 4K, no preset delivers a comfortable experience — the 37 FPS Low average is the only option above 30 FPS, and users should either lower their resolution or accept the stutter inherent in the 18-26 FPS range of higher presets.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics processor built on Intel's 3 nm process with the Xe3-LPG architecture, operating at a base clock of 300 MHz and a boost clock of 2400 MHz. Its memory configuration is entirely system-shared, meaning the GPU draws from the same DDR5 memory pool as the CPU, with bandwidth described as "System Dependent" rather than a fixed figure. The GPU features 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units, along with 10 ray tracing cores, delivering a pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s. The FP32 compute throughput is 6.144 TFLOPS, which is modest by modern discrete GPU standards.

The benchmark data shows a single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184, which places the Arc B370 at the 5th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1186, delta -0.2%), the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1190, delta -0.5%), the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (score 1192, delta -0.7%), and the AMD FirePro M2000 (score 1168, delta 1.4%). This level of performance is roughly equivalent to entry-level discrete GPUs from over a decade ago, which explains why Pc Building Simulator — a game with relatively simple 3D rendering of computer components and shop environments — still manages to achieve only modest frame rates at low settings.

The GPU's 25 W TDP and IGP form factor indicate that this is an integrated solution meant for basic display output rather than gaming, yet the measured results show it can handle Pc Building Simulator at low settings with acceptable performance at 1080p. The system-shared memory architecture means the GPU's effective bandwidth and capacity are contingent on the system's DDR5 configuration, but the 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth of the Ryzen 9 9900X's dual-channel setup provides sufficient throughput for this undemanding title. The frame rates across all settings and resolutions demonstrate that the GPU is the primary bottleneck — even at 1080p Low, the 113 FPS average is far below what the CPU could theoretically deliver, confirming that the Arc B370's 6.144 TFLOPS compute capability is the limiting factor.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread desktop processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (codenamed Granite Ridge), manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm process with 16,630 million transistors across a dual-die layout of 2x 70.6 mm². It operates at a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a 120 W TDP, and supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 64 MB of shared L3 cache, making it a formidable processor for multi-threaded workloads.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 9900X demonstrates strong performance: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 32,172 points with a single-core score of 2,253, while Geekbench produces 22,174 multi-core and 3,010 single-core scores. The PassMark multi-thread score is 54,643, with a single-thread score of 4,672, and 3DMark tests show scaling from 1,286 (single-thread) to 13,929 (max-threads). The CPU's percentile ranking against all CPUs is 92, with an average benchmark score of 57,498, placing it near the AMD EPYC 9015 (57,555, delta -0.1%) and AMD EPYC 7313 (57,399, delta 0.2%), while slightly behind the Intel Core i9-14900 (58,115, delta -1.1%) and Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (58,323, delta -1.4%).

For Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is largely academic — the game's simulation of PC component installation, cable management, and system boot sequences is not computationally demanding, and the 9900X's 12 cores and 24 threads are vastly overprovisioned for this workload. The measured frame rates remain consistent with a GPU-bound scenario: at 1080p Low, the 113 FPS average is likely near the GPU's maximum throughput, and the CPU never becomes a limiting factor. The single-thread performance of 2,253 in Cinebench R23 and 3,010 in Geekbench ensures that even the most complex in-game physics or UI interactions are handled with negligible latency, but this capability is wasted when the GPU can only render 18-113 FPS depending on settings.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 2761st out of 3002 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the bottom 8% of all configurations tested. This ranking is driven almost entirely by the GPU's performance ceiling — the Arc B370's 5th percentile standing among GPUs is the dominant factor, while the CPU's 92nd percentile ranking is essentially irrelevant to the game's outcome. The data suggests that even a significantly weaker CPU paired with a stronger GPU would outperform this combination, as the game's frame rates are limited by the GPU's 6.144 TFLOPS compute throughput rather than CPU processing power.

The rank disparity is stark: the CPU sits in the top 8% of all processors, yet the combo lands in the bottom 8% of system configurations. This indicates that the Arc B370 is such a severe bottleneck that the 9900X's capabilities are almost entirely hidden. In practical terms, users of this combo would see identical frame rates with a much cheaper CPU, as the GPU is the sole determinant of performance in Pc Building Simulator. The only scenario where the CPU might matter would be if the game had a software rendering mode or if the system-shared GPU memory created a scenario where CPU memory bandwidth became a factor — but the measured data does not support this, as frame rates scale consistently with GPU load.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals the classic signature of a GPU-limited system. At 1080p Low, the average is 113 FPS; at 1440p Low, it drops to 71 FPS (a 37% decrease); and at 4K Low, it falls to 37 FPS (a 48% further decrease from 1440p). This scaling pattern closely tracks the pixel count increase: 1440p has 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p, and 4K has 2.25 times the pixels of 1440p. The measured decreases (37% and 48%) are slightly less than the pixel count increases, suggesting some overhead reduction at higher resolutions, but the overall trend confirms that the GPU's fill rate and pixel throughput are the limiting factors.

At higher settings, the resolution scaling becomes even more pronounced. For Medium settings, the averages are 80 FPS at 1080p, 50 FPS at 1440p (a 37.5% decrease), and 26 FPS at 4K (a 48% decrease from 1440p). High settings show 56 FPS at 1080p, 36 FPS at 1440p (a 35.7% decrease), and 19 FPS at 4K (a 47.2% decrease). Ultra settings follow the same pattern: 54 FPS at 1080p, 34 FPS at 1440p (a 37% decrease), and 18 FPS at 4K (a 47.1% decrease). The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings — roughly 36-37% from 1080p to 1440p and 47-48% from 1440p to 4K — indicates that the GPU's processing capacity is being consumed proportionally by the increased pixel workload, with no evidence of CPU or memory bandwidth bottlenecks emerging at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 113 FPS, the highest recorded for this combination. Medium settings reduce the average to 80 FPS, with a minimum of 68 FPS and a maximum of 92 FPS, providing a playable but noticeably less responsive experience. High settings drop to 56 FPS average, and Ultra settings yield 54 FPS average — a marginal difference from High, suggesting that the Ultra preset adds visual features that do not significantly impact the GPU workload at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 71 FPS average, which remains above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. Medium settings average 50 FPS, with a range of 43 to 58 FPS, placing the experience in a playable but not ideal territory. High settings drop to 36 FPS average, and Ultra settings produce 34 FPS average, both of which fall below 40 FPS and become noticeably stuttery for a game that requires precise mouse interactions for component placement.

At 3840x2160, Low settings average 37 FPS, which is marginal for playability but technically above 30 FPS. Medium settings average 26 FPS, with a minimum of 22 FPS and a maximum of 30 FPS, making the experience feel sluggish. High settings average 19 FPS, and Ultra settings average 18 FPS, both of which are effectively unplayable for any interactive session. The data shows that 4K is only viable at Low settings, and even then, the frame rate is below what most users would consider acceptable for a game that involves frequent camera panning and menu navigation.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this CPU-GPU combo in Pc Building Simulator?

A: The Low preset is the only option that provides consistently playable frame rates across all resolutions. At 1080p, it delivers 113 FPS average; at 1440p, it achieves 71 FPS; and at 4K, it drops to 37 FPS. Medium settings at 1080p (80 FPS) and 1440p (50 FPS) are also playable, but at 4K even Low falls below 40 FPS.

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X or the Intel Arc B370 the bottleneck in this game?

A: The Intel Arc B370 is the definitive bottleneck. The GPU ranks at the 5th percentile among all GPUs with a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1184, while the CPU ranks at the 92nd percentile. The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows pixel count increases almost exactly, indicating GPU-bound performance at all settings.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested configurations?

A: This combination ranks 2761st out of 3002 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 8% of all configurations. The GPU's nearest rivals are the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (delta -0.2%), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (delta -0.5%), and AMD Radeon HD 7650M (delta -0.7%), all of which are decade-old entry-level parts.

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

A: At 4K, only the Low preset achieves a playable frame rate, averaging 37 FPS. Medium settings drop to 26 FPS, High to 19 FPS, and Ultra to 18 FPS. Users with 4K displays should expect a marginal experience at best, even at the lowest settings.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, Low settings average 113 FPS, while Ultra settings average 54 FPS — a 59 FPS difference, representing a 52% reduction in frame rate. The step from High (56 FPS) to Ultra (54 FPS) is minimal, suggesting that Ultra offers little additional visual benefit for the performance cost.

Q: Does the CPU's 12-core, 24-thread configuration provide any benefit in this game?

A: No measurable benefit is evident in the data. The game's frame rates are consistently GPU-limited, and the CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32,172 and single-core score of 2,253 are far beyond what Pc Building Simulator requires. The frame rates would likely be identical with a much weaker CPU paired with the same GPU.