The Technomancer

The Technomancer is a 2016 action RPG that demands careful attention to resolution scaling and settings; the pairing of an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers strong 1080p performance, workable 1440p, and only marginal 4K results. The combo places at rank 2609 out of 3696 measured combinations, belonging to the 62nd percentile for GPUs and the 77th percentile for CPUs. This analysis interprets the measured FPS data for all four quality presets across three resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS shows a clear, consistent drop as pixel count rises. At 1920x1080 Low settings, the average is 142 FPS; at 2560x1440 Low it falls to 93 FPS; and at 3840x2160 Low it settles at 51 FPS. Moving to Medium: 1080p delivers 109 FPS, 1440p delivers 71 FPS, and 4K delivers 39 FPS. The High settings yield 93 FPS at 1080p, 61 FPS at 1440p, and 34 FPS at 4K. Ultra settings produce 73 FPS at 1080p, 48 FPS at 1440p, and 26 FPS at 4K. These numbers reveal that every doubling of pixel count roughly halves the frame rate on this platform.

The closest look at resolution scaling shows that the drop from 1080p to 1440p is substantial but still playable for most titles. At 1440p, High is 61 FPS and Medium is 71 FPS, so 60-percentile FPS hangs on the edge of smoothness. The 4K results are less encouraging: even at Low the average just barely exceeds 50 FPS, while every higher preset falls into the thirties or twenties. The data suggests that The Technomancer's overall workload is heavily resolution-bound on this system.

The pattern is consistent across all presets: regardless of quality setting, 1440p takes about 60-70% of the 1080p FPS, and 4K takes about half of the 1440p FPS. The limiting component shifts from CPU at low resolutions to GPU at high resolutions. At 1080p Low, the GPU manages 142 FPS, implying the CPU is not the primary limit at that point. As pixel count increases, the GPU saturates sooner, reflecting that the RTX 2060 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM and 448 GB/s bandwidth are being pressured at 4K.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 SUPER is the decisive factor in this combo's results. It represents the Turing-generation architecture, with 1,476 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost clocks, 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus producing 448 GB/s of bandwidth, and a memory clock of 1,750 MHz (or 14 Gbps effective). Those numbers are what define the GPU's capability at high resolution on The Technomancer.

Within the global GPU data, the RTX 2060 SUPER rates at the 62nd percentile, with an average benchmark score of 18,093. Its nearest rivals in raw performance just a few points away: the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is 0.4% higher, the Radeon Pro 5700 is 0.6% higher, the Radeon RX 460 is 1.5% higher, and the Intel Arc A770M is 1.6% higher. So this GPU sits in a narrow band between mobile and desktop counterparts.

The hardware characteristics explain the resolution behavior well. At 1080p and 1440p, the 8 GB VRAM and 256-bit bus are enough to hold typical textures and geometry; the game still produces playable FPS. At 4K, the pixel count doubles, forcing the same VRAM and bandwidth to handle times the data, and the average FPS drops to levels that no preset places above 60. The RTX 2060 SUPER also has 2176 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, which combine for 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 and 224.4 GTexel/s. The high shading capability explains why the 1080p results remain full and the engine still handles the load.

The GPU's role is further emphasized by the on-sheet results: the transition from 1080p Ultra at 73 FPS to 4K Ultra at 26 FPS matches the frame rate at 1/3 the pixels. The GPU is the constraining factor beyond 50% pixel count, and users who ignore that will be playing at low quality settings at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide enough evidence to pick best quality per resolution. At 1080p, all presets are above 70 FPS, so the recommended plan is Ultra, which yields an average of 73 FPS. That leaves no meaningful compromise; players who prefer higher refresh can use Medium at 109 or Low at 142, but Ultra is already smooth for a 60Hz display.

At 1440p, the default is High at 61 FPS. This is precisely the 60 FPS threshold average, so it is acceptable for a 60Hz monitor. However, Medium produces 71 FPS, which has more headroom. If the monitor supports 144Hz, Medium is the better fit, since it never descends below 61 (the measured minimum for Medium). For a consistent 60Hz experience, High at 61 is at the 4Kushik threshold; Ultr's floor of 48 FPS is jittery.

At 4K, only Low hits 51 FPS average, which is borderline. Medium averages 39 FPS with minimum 33 FPS, and High and Ultra are 34 and 26 respectively. For any real 4K play, Low is the only possible preset, and only for 30-60 FPS tolerant users. If 30 FPS ultra low is acceptable, Medium at 39 offers a smoother yet still sub-60 experience, but the data does not indicate stable gameplay at High or Ultra. Therefore, the best 4K mode is Low, with Medium as the compromise if the absent eye-candy is worthwhile.

In summary, the optimal settings per resolution are: 1080p at Ultra (73 FPS), 1440p at Medium (71 FPS) or High depending on refresh rate,) and 4K at Low (51 FPS).

FAQ

Q: What is the CPU and GPU's benchmark percentile for this game?

A: The Ryzen 5 8400F scores 77th percentile for CPUs, and the RTX 2060 SUPER scores 62nd percentile for GPUs. The combination is ranked 2609 out of 3696 measured combos for this game.

Q: Does this combo handle 1440p at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, with consistency. At 2560x1440 High, the average FPS is 61, and the minimum in Medium is 61, so high actually meets the target. For extra margin, Medium's 71 average works well.

Q: Can 4K60 be achieved at any setting?

A: No. The best 4K result is at Low with 51 FPS, followed by 39 FPS at Medium. Neither reaches 60. The higher the preset, the lower the FPS, with Ultra at 26 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its direct rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 8400F's average benchmark score is 25,005. The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is 0.2% higher (24,964), Intel Core i7-11850H is 0.3% higher (24,935), Intel Core i7-13620H is 0.4% higher (24,911), and AMD EPYC 9474F is 0.4% lower (25,103). The delta negligible.

Q: What is the RTX 2060 SUPER’s average score relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU averages 18,093. The RTX 3060 Mobile scores 18,159 (0.4% lower), the Radeon Pro 5700 scores 18,189 (0.5% lower), the Radeon RX 460 scores 18,373 (1.5% lower), and the Intel Arc A770M scores 18,383 (1.6% lower).

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Phoenix) on a 4nm TSMC process. It runs at a base clock of 4.20 GHz, with a boost up to 4.70 GHz, stores 16 MB of L3 cache (and 1 MB L2 per core), and draws a 65W TDP. Its single-thread performance is strong with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2943, and a multi-core score of 20851. The CPU glob scores rank it at the 77th percentile overall.

In The Technomancer, this CPU is clearly not the main limiting factor in the measured results. At 1080p with Low settings, the system delivers 142 FPS on average. This high frame rate implies that the engine is untethered from the CPU for typical scenes, and the GPU is the one that constrains at higher resolutions. The game was released in 2016, a title architecture that is not heavily threaded. The combination of 6 cores and 12 threads is ample, and the 4.7 GHz boost clock secures strong per-core work for the game's main thread. The CPU lambda proximity to the Ryzen 5 7500F with only a 0.2% difference in average performance suggests that it sits in a well-balanced tier.

So, the CPU's job is straightforward: maintain a high enough frame cap at 1080p, keep the game CPU-bound only when frames rise, and let the GPU dictate the eventual quality at 1440p and 4K. The measured data supports that the bottleneck is strictly the GPU at higher resolutions. And the Ryzen 5 8400F is an efficient, capable companion never weakening the system to below 50% of GPU limits.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below contains the complete measured FPS data for this combo across all tested resolution and settings rows. The min/max values are only recorded for the Medium preset at each resolution.

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

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 34 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 51 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 39 | 33 | 45 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 26 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | High | 61 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 93 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 71 | 61 | 82 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra |