The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, shows a clear performance hierarchy when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. The data indicates a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, with the CPU providing ample headroom at 1080p. This combination ranks in the 73rd percentile of all tested combos, demonstrating strong overall capability for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is dramatic and reveals the RTX 3080 as the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 146 FPS at 1920x1080 to 96 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 34%. Moving to 3840x2160, the average drops further to 52 FPS, which represents a 64% decrease compared to the 1080p result. This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the rendering load outpaces the graphics card's capabilities.

The scaling pattern across all settings confirms this analysis. At Low settings, the frame rate scales from 223 FPS at 1080p down to 146 FPS at 1440p and finally 80 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 35%, while the 1440p to 4K drop is 45%. This progressive decline indicates that even at the lowest visual fidelity, the GPU cannot maintain the same performance level as resolution increases. The RTX 3080's 10 GB of GDDR6X memory and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth are being saturated as pixel count multiplies.

The Medium settings results show a similar trajectory: 171 FPS at 1080p, 112 FPS at 1440p, and 61 FPS at 4K. The 4K result includes a minimum frame rate of 52 FPS and a maximum of 71 FPS, suggesting some frame pacing variance. Ultra settings produce the lowest frame rates overall, with 114 FPS at 1080p, 75 FPS at 1440p, and just 41 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 4K at Ultra is 64%, mirroring the High settings drop.

This data suggests that the Ryzen 5 7400F is not the bottleneck at any resolution. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads operating at a boost clock of 4.70 GHz provide sufficient processing power to feed the GPU at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 200 FPS at Low settings. The limiting component shifts entirely to the GPU as resolution increases, with the RTX 3080's rendering throughput capping performance.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average frame rate achievable with this combo in The Technomancer?

A: The highest average frame rate recorded is 223 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This drops to 146 FPS at 2560x1440 and 80 FPS at 3840x2160 under the same settings.

Q: How does the RTX 3080's memory configuration impact 4K performance?

A: The RTX 3080 features 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth. At 3840x2160, High settings yield 52 FPS average, while Ultra settings drop to 41 FPS, indicating that the memory subsystem and GPU compute are stressed at this resolution.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7400F holding back performance at 1080p?

A: No. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 146 FPS at High settings and 223 FPS at Low settings. These high frame rates suggest the CPU is providing adequate throughput, with the GPU becoming the limiting factor even at this resolution under heavier settings.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, High settings produce an average of 96 FPS, while Ultra settings produce 75 FPS. This 21 FPS difference represents a 22% performance cost for the highest visual quality preset.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations for this game?

A: The combination of AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 ranks 758th out of 2825 tested combos, placing it in the top 27% of all configurations tested in The Technomancer.

Q: Does the game show consistent frame times at 4K Medium settings?

A: The 3840x2160 Medium preset records an average of 61 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS and maximum of 71 FPS. This range indicates some variance in frame delivery, though the average remains playable.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the dominant component in this pairing, particularly as resolution increases. Its Ampere architecture, built on an 8 nm process at Samsung, contains 28,300 million transistors across a 628 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1440 MHz and boosts to 1710 MHz, with memory running at 1188 MHz. This translates to an effective memory speed of 19 Gbps across a 320-bit bus, yielding 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth.

The benchmark results demonstrate the GPU's capability scaling. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the card scores 4407 points. Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores of 152423 and 33620 respectively show strong compute performance. Passmark G3D results place it at 25086, with a GPU compute score of 14397. These synthetic benchmarks align with the in-game results, where the GPU delivers 146 FPS at 1080p High and 52 FPS at 4K High.

The VRAM capacity of 10 GB proves adequate for The Technomancer at 1080p and 1440p, where frame rates remain high. At 4K, the memory bandwidth becomes a critical factor. With 760.3 GB/s available, the card can feed the render pipeline, but the 41 FPS at Ultra settings suggests that the GPU's shading units and ROPs are saturated. The card's 8704 shading units, 272 TMUs, and 96 ROPs process pixels at a rate of 164.2 GPixel/s, with texture rate reaching 465.1 GTexel/s.

The RTX 3080's nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the NVIDIA P106-100 with a delta of -0.3%, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 at -0.3%, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at -0.4%, and the AMD Radeon R9 M290X at -0.4%. These comparisons show the RTX 3080 performing nearly identically to these cards in aggregate benchmarks, though in-game performance may differ due to driver optimizations and architecture differences.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 achieves a rank of 758 out of 2825 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places the system in the 73rd percentile, meaning it outperforms approximately 73% of all configurations tested. This is a strong showing for a game released in 2016, indicating that modern hardware handles the title with ease at most settings.

The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU. The Ryzen 5 7400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides enough single-thread performance to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at lower resolutions. The processor's Cinebench R23 scores of 21765 multi-core and 3072 single-core demonstrate solid computational capability. Passmark single-thread results of 3689 further confirm the CPU's strength in lightly-threaded workloads.

Compared to other combos, this system's 1080p performance is exceptional, with frame rates exceeding 140 FPS at High settings. The 4K performance is more moderate, with 52 FPS at High and 41 FPS at Ultra, which is still playable but not at the high refresh rates achievable at lower resolutions. The ranking of 758 suggests that while some combinations with more powerful GPUs or newer architectures achieve higher frame rates, this pairing offers a well-rounded experience across all resolution classes.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 68 among all GPUs and the CPU's percentile of 83 among all CPUs indicate that the processor is relatively stronger than the graphics card. This imbalance explains why the system performs better at lower resolutions where the CPU matters more, and why 4K performance is limited by the GPU's absolute throughput rather than any CPU constraint.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F plays a supporting role in The Technomancer, providing sufficient processing power to keep the GPU fed without becoming the primary bottleneck. This 7000-series processor, codenamed Raphael, is built on Zen 4 architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC. The chip contains 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die, with a TDP of 65 W.

Clock speeds are crucial for gaming performance. The base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz allow the CPU to handle both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads effectively. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache provide fast access to frequently used data. Memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s via dual-channel DDR5 ensures the CPU can feed data to the GPU without stalling.

Synthetic benchmarks show the CPU's capability. Cinebench R23 scores of 21765 multi-core and 3072 single-core place it in a strong position. Passmark results are equally impressive: multi-thread score of 25645, single-thread of 3689, and physics score of 1660. Integer math scores of 74745 and floating-point math of 45799 demonstrate computational versatility.

The nearest CPU rivals in the database are the Intel Core i5-14600T at +0.1% delta, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H at +0.2%, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H at -0.2%, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 at +0.3%. These minimal deltas indicate that the Ryzen 5 7400F performs within a tight band of comparable processors, making it a consistent choice for gaming workloads.

In The Technomancer specifically, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are more than sufficient. The game, released in 2016, does not heavily utilize multi-threading, so the high boost clock of 4.70 GHz is the key factor. This is evidenced by the 223 FPS result at 1080p Low settings, where the GPU is not stressed and the CPU's single-thread performance becomes the limiting factor. Even at this extreme, the CPU maintains frame rates well above 200 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete frame rate data for this combo in The Technomancer is as follows:

At 1920x1080, Low settings produce an average of 223 FPS. Medium settings yield 171 FPS, with a minimum of 146 FPS and maximum of 197 FPS. High settings drop to 146 FPS, while Ultra settings produce 114 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 49% performance decrease, reflecting the increased GPU load from higher quality textures and effects.

At 2560x1440, Low settings average 146 FPS. Medium settings produce 112 FPS, with a minimum of 95 FPS and maximum of 129 FPS. High settings average 96 FPS, and Ultra settings yield 75 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 71 FPS, or 49%, consistent with the 1080p scaling pattern. This resolution still achieves playable frame rates at all settings, with even Ultra exceeding 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, Low settings average 80 FPS. Medium settings produce 61 FPS, with a minimum of 52 FPS and maximum of 71 FPS. High settings drop to 52 FPS, and Ultra settings yield 41 FPS. The 4K results show a more significant drop-off, with Ultra settings falling below the 60 FPS threshold that many consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. The 39 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 4K represents a 49% reduction, mirroring the pattern seen at lower resolutions.

The data reveals a consistent 49% performance penalty from Low to Ultra settings across all resolutions. This indicates that the game's settings scale predictably, with each preset tier adding a similar computational load. The minimum frame rates recorded at Medium settings provide insight into frame pacing: 52 FPS at 4K, 95 FPS at 1440p, and 146 FPS at 1080p. These minimums are close to the averages, suggesting relatively stable frame delivery without severe stuttering.

For players targeting 60 FPS, the system achieves this at 4K Low and Medium settings, but falls short at High and Ultra. At 1440p, all settings exceed 75 FPS, providing a smooth experience with headroom for high refresh rate monitors. At 1080p, the system is capable of exceeding 140 FPS at High settings, making it suitable for competitive play on high refresh rate displays.