The Technomancer

The Technomancer is a 2016 action RPG whose benchmark behavior under the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER has been measured across three resolutions and four quality presets. The collected frame rates, along with component-level benchmark scores and rankings, provide a clear picture of how this CPU‑GPU pairing behaves in a game that is several years older than both components. The measured data set includes average, minimum, and maximum FPS where recorded, and each figure used below comes directly from the FACT PACK’s `measuredFps` field.

Resolution Scaling

The most revealing pattern from the measured results is how average FPS changes as resolution increases from 1920×1080 to 2560×1440 and then to 3840×2160. For High settings, the averages are 93 fps at 1080p, 61 fps at 1440p, and 34 fps at 4K. Low settings start at 142 fps, fall to 93 fps, and end at 51 fps. Medium settings scale from 109 fps down to 71 fps and finally 39 fps. Ultra settings show 73 fps at 1080p, 48 fps at 1440p, and 26 fps at 4K.

These numbers indicate a component that becomes progressively more responsible for frame production as the pixel density rises. At the lowest tested setting, the spread from 1080p to 4K is 91 fps (142→51), while at Ultra the spread is 47 fps (73→26). The absolute gaps shrink from Low to Ultra because the Ultra preset already taxes the hardware harder at 1080p. The ratio between 1080p and 1440p frames is roughly 1.5× for every preset (e.g. 93/61=1.52 for High, 142/93=1.53 for Low), and the 1440p→4K ratio is close to 1.8× (61/34=1.79, 93/51=1.82). A consistent halving of pixel count (4K is 4× 1080p) does not produce a uniform halving of FPS, which suggests that the GPU is not the only variable. However, the sharp drop from 4K averages of 26–51 fps across all settings indicates the GeForce adapter becomes the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Since the CPU’s performance at 1080p is sufficient to exceed 100 fps for Medium and Low presets (109 and 142), the data clearly indicate that the processor is not a bottleneck when frame rates are moderate. At 4K, even the lowest preset can only achieve an average of 51 fps, which is still below the 60 fps target that is common in the tested set. Therefore, resolution scaling does not merely reduce FPS—it shifts the burden from the CPU to the GPU, making the latter the unarguable tie‑breaker for 1440p and 4K performance.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured combination holds a combo rank of 2609 out of 3696 tested CPU and GPU pairings for The Technomancer. A rank of 2609 means that exactly 1087 combinations performed worse, while 2608 performed better, when comparing the entire test set. Because the ordering descends from the highest performing combo (rank 1) to the slowest (rank 3696), this puts the AMD/NVIDIA platform in the lower third of the distribution. In fact, the rank sits closer to the bottom 30% of the ranked list, which contrasts with the individual percentiles of its components: the Ryzen 5 7600X is at the 79th percentile among all CPUs, and the RTX 2060 SUPER sits at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs.

The component-by-component benchmark data helps explain this apparent mismatch. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 27,636, against which the nearest rival is AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE with an average of 27,712, a delta of -0.3. Two rivals—the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and the Intel Core i5-12600K—each produce an average of 27,578, resulting in a 0.2% delta relative to the CPU. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 scores 27,535, corresponding to a 0.4% delta. So the CPU is slightly above the majority of its immediate competitors, though the margin is small. The GPU’s average score is 18,093, and its nearest rival in the list is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, which scores 18,159, meaning the RTX 2060 SUPER is 0.4% lower. The Radeon Pro 5700 and the Arc A770M are 0.5% and 1.6% better, respectively. Thus both components are solid mid‑pack performers in isolation, but their pairing in The Technomancer places it in a rank that is considerably poorer than their individual percentile would suggest. One likely reason is that the GPU becomes the main bottleneck at all the four settings tested, particularly at high resolution, leading to a wide range of frame drops that penalize the overall position.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture, specifically the TU106 chip, using a 12 nm TSMC process. It contains 2,176 shader units, 136 texture units, 64 ROPs, and 34 RT cores. Its base core clock runs at 1470 MHz and the boost clock reaches 1650 MHz. The memory configuration is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256‑bit bus, which yields a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The pixel rate is listed as 105.6 GPixel/s, and the texture fill is 224.4 GTexel/s. Floating‑point performance is rated at 7.181 TFLOPS for FP32 and 14.36 TFLOPS for FP16.

These specifications align with the measured FPS behavior. At lower resolutions, the GPU is not fully stretched, which explains why 1080p Low reaches an average of 142 fps. As resolutions grow, the memory bandwidth and pixel filling rate become more critical and the averages fall to the levels observed. The lack of a recorded minimum for most presets is worth noting; only the Medium preset includes min/max data, and there the 4K minimum is 33 fps, the 1440p minimum 61 fps, and the 1080p minimum 93 fps. That shows the GPU’s ability to maintain a relatively stable frame time when the load is moderate, but at 4K the minimum falls to 33 fps, indicating a large drop from the 59 fps.

The GPU’s percentile rank is 62, and its average benchmark score is 18,093. Its nearest rivals sit very close in score, with a gap of less than 2 percent. The RTX 2060 SUPER is a product that, in isolation, is just slightly below the next tier of mobile GPUs. In this game, its effect is pronounced: the Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 48 fps, and at 4K the Ultra preset reaches only 26 fps, a number that is not playable for most users. Given the game is from 2016, the 2060SUPER is not a contemporary GPU, yet its Turing architecture and 8 GB of VRAM are more than the game’s graphics engine demanded. Still, the high resolutions and Ultra settings stress the fill rate and memory bandwidth, resulting in frame times that are far from the 60 fps baseline the GPU can easily handle at 1080p. The launch MSRP of the GPU is 399 USD.

Settings Recommendations

Based solely on the measured figures, the only preset that produces an average frame rate above 60 at 1440p is Medium, with a measured 71 fps and a minimum of 61 fps. High at 1440p reaches exactly 61 average, but the data provides no minimum, meaning its floor is unknown and likely to be below the nominal value. Ultra at 1440p averages 48 fps, and Low at 1440p averages 93 fps but offers lower visual quality than the intended presets. For a smooth 60 fps experience at 4K, no setting meets the target: Low averages 51 fps, Medium 39, High 34, and Ultra 26. At 1080p, all presets exceed 60 fps—Low (143), Medium (109), High (93), and Ultra (73)—so the user has complete freedom to choose quality levels.

Given the data, the most prudent choice for a balanced experience is Medium at 2560×1440. It delivers the highest recorded minimum (61 fps) among any preset at 1440p, and the average of 71 fps leaves headroom above the 60 fps threshold. For users who prioritize resolution over detail, Low at 2560×1440 achieves 93 fps and incurs the minimum visual penalty of the low preset, but the Medium preset is the only one with both an average and a documented floor that exceed the 60 FPS barrier for that resolution. At 1080p, Ultra at 73 avg still stays above 60, and given that the minimum values are not recorded for this preset, it appears to be a safe quality selection. At 4K, the user has to settle with the Low preset at 51 fps, which is below 60 but playable due to the lack of min/max data; all other presets dip considerably further. Therefore, the sensible conclusion is that 1440p Medium and 1080p Ultra are the sweet spots in the measured dataset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full table of measured frame rates is listed below.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920×1080 | Low | 145 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 109 | 93 | 126 |

| 1920×1080 | High | 93 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 73 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 94 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 71 | 61 | 82 |

| 2560×1440 | High | 61 | – | –