Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator pairs the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER in a combo that ranks 1249th out of 1769 tested configurations. This places the pairing in the lower half of the database, a position driven primarily by the GPU’s age rather than the CPU’s capability. The Ryzen 9 9900X sits in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 2060 SUPER manages only the 63rd percentile among GPUs. That gap is the defining characteristic of this system: a top-tier processor held back by a mid-range graphics card from an earlier generation.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1249 out of 1769 reflects a system that is capable but not competitive with modern high-end builds. The processor is the clear strength here. With 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, the Ryzen 9 9900X posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 46438 and a single-core score of 6555. Its average benchmark score of 54450 places it within 0.4% of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54681) and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700F (54097). It trails the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K by 1.5% and the 245KF by 1.8%. These deltas are small, meaning the 9900X is effectively neck-and-neck with its closest rivals in synthetic workloads.

The GPU, however, anchors the system. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 19774 sits just 0.3% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN (19706) and 0.5% above the RTX 2070 (19680). It edges out the Quadro K5200 by 0.8% and the Tesla K40m by 1.3%. For a card released in mid-2019, this performance is respectable, but it is a generation behind the current mainstream. In Pc Building Simulator, the measured FPS data shows that the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings, which explains why the overall combo rank is so modest despite the CPU’s strength.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows provide a clear picture of how this combo behaves across presets. At 1080p, the system is exceptionally fluid. Low settings produce 223.7 FPS, Medium drops to 158.6 FPS, and High still delivers 113.3 FPS. Even Ultra maintains 110 FPS, which is well above the threshold for smooth gameplay. This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU adequately, and the user can comfortably max out settings without worrying about frame rate.

At 1440p, the story shifts. Low settings yield 138.9 FPS, Medium delivers 100.4 FPS, and High drops to 72.2 FPS. Ultra falls to 65.6 FPS, which is still playable but noticeably less smooth. The data indicates that High is the sweet spot for 1440p: it offers a substantial visual improvement over Medium while keeping frame rates in the 70s, which most users would consider acceptable for a simulation title. Pushing to Ultra sacrifices nearly 7 FPS for marginal gains, making it a poor trade-off.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly overwhelmed. Low settings manage 74 FPS, Medium drops to 54.1 FPS, and High falls to 39.3 FPS. Ultra bottoms out at 35.9 FPS. For a game like Pc Building Simulator, where precision and readability matter, the recommendation is to stick with Low or Medium at 4K. The difference between Medium and High is only 14.8 FPS, but the visual fidelity gain in a simulation context is minimal. If the user prioritizes frame rate, Low is the only preset that stays comfortably above 60 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is heavily GPU-limited. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 223.7 FPS at 1080p to 138.9 FPS at 1440p and then to 74 FPS at 4K. That is a 66.9% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the drop is steeper: 113.3 FPS at 1080p, 72.2 FPS at 1440p, and 39.3 FPS at 4K, a 65.3% decline. This consistent pattern across presets indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit bus are simply not sufficient to handle the pixel throughput demanded by 4K.

The CPU is not the limiting factor here. The Ryzen 9 9900X’s single-thread performance, evidenced by a PassMark single-thread score of 4672, is more than capable of driving frame rates well above 200 FPS at 1080p. The fact that the frame rate drops by more than half when moving to 4K strongly suggests that the GPU’s compute resources—specifically its 2176 shading units and 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance—are saturated. If the processor were the bottleneck, the frame rates would remain relatively flat across resolutions, which is not the case.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo better suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming?

A: The data shows that 1080p is the stronghold, with Ultra settings hitting 110 FPS and Low reaching 223.7 FPS. At 1440p, High settings deliver 72.2 FPS, which is playable, but the system cannot maintain high frame rates at 4K.

Q: How does the Ryzen 9 9900X compare to its nearest rival, the 9900X3D?

A: The 9900X has an average benchmark score of 54450, which is 0.4% lower than the 9900X3D’s 54681. This is a negligible difference in synthetic tests, suggesting the 3D V-Cache variant offers little advantage in this workload.

Q: What is the GPU’s performance percentile relative to all GPUs?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER sits in the 63rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19774. This places it above older cards like the GTX TITAN but well below modern mid-range offerings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this system?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the bottleneck. The CPU ranks in the 94th percentile, while the GPU ranks in the 63rd. Measured FPS drops sharply as resolution increases, confirming the graphics card cannot keep pace with the processor.

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gaming on this combo?

A: Low settings at 4K produce 74 FPS, which is the only preset above 60 FPS. Medium drops to 54.1 FPS, and High falls to 39.3 FPS. Users should stick to Low or Medium at 4K.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER’s memory bandwidth affect performance?

A: The card has 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth across a 256-bit bus with 8 GB of GDDR6. This is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results (35.9 FPS at Ultra) suggest the memory subsystem is a limiting factor at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the defining component in this combo, and its specifications explain the measured performance. The card is built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process, featuring 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. Its base clock is 1470 MHz, with a boost clock of 1650 MHz. These clocks, combined with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yield a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The card also includes 34 ray tracing cores and 272 tensor cores, though Pc Building Simulator’s workload is primarily rasterization-based.

The GPU’s FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS is modest by modern standards, and this is reflected in the measured FPS. At 1080p, the card can push 223.7 FPS on Low settings, but at 4K, it falls to 35.9 FPS on Ultra. The 175 W TDP and dual-slot design are consistent with a mid-range card from 2019, and the 8 GB VRAM is now on the low side for 4K textures. The card’s average benchmark score of 19774 places it in the 63rd percentile, and its nearest rival, the RTX 2070, scores only 0.5% lower. This indicates the 2060 SUPER is a solid performer for its class, but it cannot overcome the resolution demands of 4K.

The GPU’s role in this system is to be the limiting factor. The Ryzen 9 9900X, with its 94th percentile CPU ranking and 12 cores, has far more compute headroom than the GPU can utilize. In Pc Building Simulator, this means the frame rate is dictated by the graphics card at every resolution above 1080p. The data suggests that users should treat this as a 1080p or 1440p gaming system, with the GPU’s 8 GB GDDR6 buffer being the primary constraint at higher resolutions.