Pc Building Simulator

# Pc Building Simulator: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

This combination of Intel's Core Ultra 9 185H mobile processor and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080 delivers a distinctive performance profile in Pc Building Simulator, placing the pairing at rank 908 out of 3002 tested combos in this simulation title. The data positions this setup in the upper third of all possible configurations, with the CPU holding an 85th percentile ranking among all processors and the GPU sitting at an 86th percentile among all graphics cards, suggesting a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically bottlenecks the other in this particular workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 908 out of 3002 tested combinations places it comfortably above the median configuration, though it does not crack the top tier of results. This positioning reflects the inherent characteristics of Pc Building Simulator, which is a simulation title that often behaves differently from traditional gaming workloads. The rank suggests that while this pairing delivers strong frame rates, there are numerous other combinations — likely featuring desktop-class components or more recent hardware — that achieve higher performance in this specific game.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all processors indicates that the Core Ultra 9 185H is a capable performer relative to the broader market. Its nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 at a negligible 0.1% difference, the Intel Core 7 250H at 0.2% behind, and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 at 0.4% behind. The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X trails by 0.7%. These extremely tight margins — all within 1% of each other — demonstrate that the Core Ultra 9 185H sits in a densely packed performance cluster where small architectural differences translate to minimal real-world impact.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4080's 86th percentile ranking shows similar positioning. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, is just 0.1% ahead in average benchmark score, while the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X comes in 1.1% behind. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB trails by 2.6%, and the AMD Radeon 8060S sits 2.7% behind. This clustering indicates that the RTX 4080 remains competitive with newer and higher-tier offerings despite being an end-of-life product for NVIDIA.

The combination of these two components yields a system that is well-matched for Pc Building Simulator's computational demands. The game's simulation mechanics tend to stress both CPU and GPU differently than conventional shooters or action titles, and the measured FPS data shows this pairing handles the workload with sufficient headroom at most settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 brings substantial graphics resources to Pc Building Simulator. Built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, this GPU packs 45,900 million transistors across a 379 mm² die. The memory subsystem consists of 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, delivering 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth — a figure that proves ample for this simulation title's texture and object rendering demands.

Clock speeds see a base of 2205 MHz with a boost reaching 2505 MHz, while memory runs at 1400 MHz with 22.4 Gbps effective throughput. The GPU's 9728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 raster operations pipelines provide the raw compute capacity needed for Pc Building Simulator's workshop environments and component visualization. Ray tracing capabilities are present through 76 RT cores, and 304 tensor cores handle AI-accelerated workloads, though this simulation title's rendering requirements are unlikely to heavily utilize either feature set.

The RTX 4080's performance positioning is notable given its production status. Marked as end-of-life since its release on 2022-09-19, the card still holds an 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 54247 places it within striking distance of the RTX 4080 SUPER (54209, 0.1% ahead) and comfortably ahead of cards like the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55698, 2.6% behind). The predecessor/successor lineage — GeForce 30 before and GeForce 50 after — contextualizes this as a mature, well-optimized architecture.

In Pc Building Simulator specifically, the GPU's role becomes apparent when examining frame rates across settings. At 4K with Ultra settings, the card delivers 53 FPS average, while dropping to Low settings at the same resolution yields 111 FPS — a clear demonstration that even this powerful GPU faces challenges at maximum fidelity in 4K. The 16 GB VRAM capacity ensures that texture-heavy simulation environments do not exceed memory limits, preventing potential stuttering or texture pop-in that could occur with smaller memory pools.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combination scales across resolutions, providing insight into where the bottleneck lies in Pc Building Simulator. At 1080p, the system achieves 337 FPS on Low settings, 239 FPS on Medium, 169 FPS on High, and 161 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 1440p, those figures drop to 213 FPS on Low, 151 FPS on Medium, 106 FPS on High, and 101 FPS on Ultra. At 4K, performance falls further to 111 FPS on Low, 79 FPS on Medium, 56 FPS on High, and 53 FPS on Ultra.

The scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K shows a consistent reduction in frame rates across all settings. At Low settings, the drop from 337 FPS at 1080p to 213 FPS at 1440p represents a 37% reduction, and further to 111 FPS at 4K — a 67% total reduction from 1080p. For Ultra settings, the progression goes from 161 FPS at 1080p to 101 FPS at 1440p (37% drop) to 53 FPS at 4K (67% drop). The consistency of these percentages across settings suggests that resolution scaling affects performance uniformly, regardless of graphical fidelity.

This pattern indicates that the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as a limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the extremely high frame rates — exceeding 300 FPS on Low settings — suggest that the CPU may be reaching its limits in terms of frame generation capability, though the Core Ultra 9 185H's 16 cores and 22 threads provide substantial processing headroom for simulation logic. At 4K, the dramatic reduction to 53-111 FPS range points to the GPU's rendering capacity as the primary constraint, with the RTX 4080's 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance being taxed by the higher pixel count.

The Medium settings at each resolution provide the only data points with min and max FPS values. At 4K Medium, the range is 67 to 91 FPS with an average of 79. At 1440p Medium, the range spans 128 to 173 FPS averaging 151. At 1080p Medium, the range extends from 203 to 275 FPS with a 239 FPS average. These ranges show increasing variance at lower resolutions, suggesting that CPU-bound scenarios create more frame time inconsistency while GPU-bound scenarios at higher resolutions produce steadier performance.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Pc Building Simulator?

A: This pairing ranks 908 out of 3002 tested combos, placing it in the upper third of configurations tested for this game.

Q: What is the RTX 4080's performance position relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4080 sits 0.1% behind the RTX 4080 SUPER, while leading the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X by 1.1%, the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB by 2.6%, and the AMD Radeon 8060S by 2.7% in average benchmark score.

Q: What frame rates can this system achieve at 1440p with High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the system delivers an average of 106 FPS, with no min or max values recorded in the data.

Q: How does the Core Ultra 9 185H compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The CPU trails the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 by 0.1%, the Intel Core 7 250H by 0.2%, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 by 0.4%, and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X by 0.7% in average benchmark score.

Q: What is the highest frame rate recorded for this combination?

A: The maximum average FPS recorded is 337, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Does the system maintain playable frame rates at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the system averages 53 FPS, which is above the 30 FPS threshold typically considered minimum for playability but below the 60 FPS target for smooth performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combination covers three resolutions and four quality settings, providing a comprehensive view of performance characteristics.

At 3840x2160, the system delivers 111 FPS on Low settings, 79 FPS on Medium with a range of 67 to 91 FPS, 56 FPS on High, and 53 FPS on Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 52% reduction in frame rate, with the largest single drop occurring between Low and Medium (29% decrease) and smaller reductions between Medium and High (29% decrease) and High to Ultra (5% decrease). This pattern suggests diminishing returns on GPU resources as settings increase, with Ultra providing only marginal visual improvements over High at a significant performance cost.

At 2560x1440, performance improves substantially. Low settings yield 213 FPS, Medium delivers 151 FPS with a range of 128 to 173 FPS, High reaches 106 FPS, and Ultra achieves 101 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 53% reduction, nearly identical to the 4K scaling pattern. Notably, the difference between High and Ultra at 1440p is only 5 FPS (5%), indicating that Ultra settings at this resolution provide minimal additional visual fidelity for the performance cost.

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its highest performance levels. Low settings produce 337 FPS, Medium delivers 239 FPS with a range of 203 to 275 FPS, High achieves 169 FPS, and Ultra reaches 161 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 52% reduction, consistent with the other resolutions. The gap between High and Ultra remains narrow at 8 FPS (5%), confirming that Ultra settings offer limited benefits over High across all resolutions in this game.

The consistency of performance scaling across resolutions — approximately 52-53% reduction from Low to Ultra regardless of resolution — indicates that the game's settings have a multiplicative effect on rendering cost rather than additive. The Medium setting data points with min and max values show tighter ranges at higher resolutions, with the 4K range spanning 24 FPS, 1440p spanning 45 FPS, and 1080p spanning 72 FPS. This increasing variance at lower resolutions suggests that CPU-related frame pacing issues become more apparent when the GPU is not the primary bottleneck.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H serves as the processing foundation for this combination, bringing 16 cores and 22 threads to Pc Building Simulator's simulation workload. Based on the Meteor Lake architecture on Intel's 7 nm process, this mobile processor operates with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boosts up to 5.10 GHz. The thermal design power of 45 W positions it as a high-performance mobile chip, though it draws more power than typical laptop processors.

The cache hierarchy consists of 112 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration provides the CPU with substantial on-die storage for frequently accessed data, which is particularly relevant for simulation games that maintain complex state information. Memory support includes DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, delivering 89.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth — ample for the game's data streaming requirements.

The CPU's benchmark results demonstrate its capabilities. In Cinebench R23, it scores 17984.5 in multicore and 1810.5 in single-core tests. Geekbench results show 11657 in multicore and 1794 in single-core. PassMark tests reveal strengths in specific workloads: data compression scores 339489, floating-point math reaches 73270, and integer math hits 98302. The multithread score of 29376 and single-thread score of 3697 illustrate the processor's balanced performance profile.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is critical given the game's simulation nature. The title must track numerous system components, their states, temperatures, and interactions, which creates a computational load that can bottleneck systems with weaker processors. The Core Ultra 9 185H's 16 cores provide substantial parallel processing capability, while the 5.10 GHz boost clock ensures strong single-threaded performance for the game's primary simulation thread.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking and tight clustering with rivals — all within 0.7% of each other — suggest that processor choice in this segment has minimal impact on overall system performance. The data shows that the RTX 4080's GPU capabilities are more likely to be the limiting factor in this combination, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low settings, the 337 FPS result indicates the CPU can drive frame rates far beyond typical display refresh rates, suggesting it is not the primary constraint even in less demanding GPU scenarios.