The Technomancer

The Technomancer with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Radeon RX 9070 presents a dataset where the GPU is the dominant performance driver across most tested configurations, though the CPU's capabilities set a clear ceiling at lower resolutions. The measured results, captured across three resolutions and four quality presets, reveal a component pairing that scales predictably with graphical load but shows signs of processor limitation when the render workload becomes lighter.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K shows a consistent and expected decline, but the rate of that decline varies significantly by preset. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 221.2 FPS at 1920x1080 to 145.8 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 34.1%, and then further to 78.4 FPS at 3840x2160, which is 46.2% lower than the 1440p result. This steep falloff indicates that even at Low, the RX 9070 is being increasingly taxed as pixel count rises, but the 1080p figure suggests the Ryzen 5 5600G is likely holding the system back from achieving even higher frame rates.

For High settings, the scaling is more moderate: 145.8 FPS at 1080p drops to 93.0 FPS at 1440p (a 36.2% decrease) and then to 49.7 FPS at 4K (a 46.6% decrease from 1440p). The Ultra preset shows the most linear behavior, moving from 113.9 FPS at 1080p to 73.3 FPS at 1440p and finally to 40.7 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 1440p for Ultra is 35.6%, while the gap between 1440p and 4K is 44.5%. These figures demonstrate that the game becomes progressively more GPU-bound as resolution increases, with the 4K results at all presets falling below 80 FPS, indicating the RX 9070 is the limiting component at that resolution.

The data reveals a particularly interesting pattern at 1080p: the difference between Low (221.2 FPS) and High (145.8 FPS) is 75.4 FPS, which is substantial, but the jump from High to Ultra (113.9 FPS) is only 31.9 FPS. This suggests that the CPU's 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz is providing sufficient headroom for most presets, but the scaling at 1080p Low points to a potential bottleneck where the processor's single-thread performance, as indicated by its 3DMark single-thread score of 872, becomes relevant.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 169.6 FPS, which is 23.8 FPS higher than High and 55.7 FPS higher than Ultra, while still providing a significant visual upgrade over Low. The 1440p Medium result of 110.9 FPS comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS threshold, and the 4K Medium figure of 58.5 FPS is the only preset at that resolution that approaches playable smoothness without dipping below 50 FPS.

For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, Low at 1440p (145.8 FPS) or even 4K Low (78.4 FPS) are viable options. However, the data shows that High at 1440p (93.0 FPS) provides a substantial improvement over Medium while still maintaining high refresh rates, making it the recommended choice for those with 144Hz displays. The Ultra preset, while delivering the highest visual quality, only achieves 113.9 FPS at 1080p and falls to 73.3 FPS at 1440p, which may not justify the performance cost for most users.

At 4K, the choice is more constrained. Ultra at 40.7 FPS is likely too demanding for smooth gameplay, and High at 49.7 FPS approaches the lower bound of acceptable frame rates. Medium at 58.5 FPS is the only preset that keeps the average above 55 FPS, suggesting that this is the optimal setting for 3840x2160 resolution with this hardware combination. The scaling from Low to Medium at 4K (78.4 to 58.5 FPS) represents a 25.4% performance penalty, which is a reasonable trade-off for the visual improvements.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070, built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with a 4 nm process, brings 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s. This memory configuration is well-suited for The Technomancer's demands, as the measured FPS at 4K shows no signs of memory-related stuttering or severe drops that would indicate capacity limitations. The GPU's boost clock of 2520 MHz and game clock of 2070 MHz contribute to its compute capabilities, with a FP32 throughput of 36.13 TFLOPS.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 79th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34780. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA A2 with a deltaPct of -0.2% and the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 with a deltaPct of 0.3%, indicating that the RX 9070 sits in a competitive performance band. However, the measured game results show that this GPU is capable of exceeding 200 FPS at 1080p Low, which aligns with its high compute throughput and suggests that the game's engine can fully utilize the GPU's resources when not constrained by the CPU.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6290 and the Geekbench Vulkan score of 165532 provide additional context for the GPU's DirectX 12 and Vulkan performance, both of which are relevant to The Technomancer's rendering pipeline. The GPU's 56 ray tracing cores and 3584 shading units are not directly reflected in the measured FPS, but the consistent performance across presets indicates that the rasterization workload is being handled efficiently. The 220 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest that thermal management is adequate for sustained gaming sessions, though the data does not include temperature measurements.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings shows a clear hierarchy: Low delivers 221.2 FPS, Medium provides 169.6 FPS, High achieves 145.8 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 113.9 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 107.3 FPS, representing a 48.5% reduction in performance when moving to maximum quality. This spread indicates that the game is highly sensitive to preset changes at this resolution, with each step up in quality costing roughly 20-30 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results are 145.8 FPS for Low, 110.9 FPS for Medium, 93.0 FPS for High, and 73.3 FPS for Ultra. The reduction from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across presets, ranging from 34.1% for Low to 35.6% for Ultra. At 3840x2160, the figures drop to 78.4 FPS for Low, 58.5 FPS for Medium, 49.7 FPS for High, and 40.7 FPS for Ultra. The 4K results show a more compressed range, with the difference between Low and Ultra being 37.7 FPS, which is a 48.1% reduction from the Low baseline.

The most notable observation is the identical 145.8 FPS score at both 1080p High and 1440p Low. This coincidence suggests that the system is hitting a performance plateau at this frame rate, likely due to the CPU's capabilities. The Ryzen 5 5600G's benchmark scores, including a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 16758 and a single-core score of 2365, provide reference points for its processing power. The fact that 1080p High and 1440p Low both land at exactly 145.8 FPS implies that the CPU is becoming the limiting factor at this performance level, regardless of the GPU's workload.

How This Combo Ranks

This particular combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Radeon RX 9070 ranks 539th out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the 67.5th percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU, with the RX 9070 providing substantial graphics performance while the 5600G, which sits in the 78th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 19983, offers adequate processing power for this game.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-11600H with a deltaPct of 0.2% and the AMD EPYC 7713P with a deltaPct of -0.2%, indicating that the 5600G's computing capabilities are closely matched to these processors. The GPU's nearest rivals, including the NVIDIA A2 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 with deltaPct values of -0.2% and 0.7% respectively, show that the RX 9070's performance is competitive within its class.

The rank of 539 suggests that while this combo is not at the top of the leaderboard, it delivers solid performance for The Technomancer, particularly considering that the game's release date of 2016-06-27 predates both components. The 1080p results at all presets exceed 113 FPS, and the 1440p results stay above 73 FPS, indicating that this pairing is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at mainstream resolutions. The 4K performance, while playable at Medium, shows that this combination is not optimized for ultra-high-resolution gaming, which aligns with its mid-tier ranking among the 1656 tested combos.