The Technomancer

The Technomancer, an Action RPG from 2016, shows a clear picture with the tested combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X processor and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card. The measured FPS data across three resolutions and four quality presets reveal how this pairing scales when GPU load increases, and how the CPU headroom interacts with it. This analysis uses only the facts from the data pack.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a predictable, but steep, performance drop as resolution moves from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 and then to 3840x2160. At Low settings, average FPS falls from 191 at 1080p, to 125 at 1440p, and to 69 at 4K — a 35% loss when going to 1440p and a further 45% drop from 1440p to 4K. The Medium preset behaves similarly: 147, 96, and 53 respectively, with a 35% fall at 1440p and a 45% fall at 4K. High settings go from 125 to 82 to 45 (a 34% and 82% drop), and Ultra from 98 to 64 to 35 (a 35% and 45% drop). Across all four presets, the relative reduction from 1080p to 1440p is nearly identical — between 32% and 35% — while the step from 1440p to 4K takes away about 42% of the remaining FPS.

That consistent pattern indicates the frame rate is scaling almost purely with pixel count. At 1080p the RTX 3070 can push well over 150 FPS on Lower (and 191 on Low), so the CPU must be feeding it enough data. At 4K, even the Low preset only yields 69 FPS — a 64% drop from 1080p Low. This suggests the GPU is the primary limiting factor at 4K, while at 1080p the system is likely balanced (neither GPU nor CPU is obviously saturated, given the high frame numbers). Because the drop from 1080p to 1440p is almost identical for all presets, we can infer that memory traffic and pixel fill are the bottleneck as resolution increases. The card's 256-bit memory bus and 448 GB/s bandwidth may be a factor here; the 4K numbers stay in the 35–69 range, which is consistent with a high memory load.

GPU Role

The RTX 3070 ships with 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448 GB/s bandwidth, and features a base clock of 1500 MHz with a boost of 1725 MHz. It has 5888 shading units, 184 texture units, and 96 ROPs. In Passmark's G3D test it scores 22214, and its average benchmark score is 17208, placing it at the 61st percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest competitive parts are all within a 1.5% range: the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT at 17083 (delta +0.7%), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 at 17037 (delta +1.0%), the AMD Radeon HD 7970M at 17019 (+1.1%), and the NVIDIA Tesla K40c at 17468 (–1.5%). The RTX 3070's own score of 17208 is the average printed in the record, but its G3D benchmark is 22214. Its percentile of 61 indicates that it is just above the middle of all desktop GPUs.

All The Technomancer tests were run at this GPU's default clock, so boosting behavior likely remained near 1725 MHz. The 8 GB video memory is more than enough for this 2016 title—even at 4K Ultra, the game likely does not exceed 8 GB, as there are no stutters or min or max misses reported (only some frame min/max at 1080p medium). The full set of average FPS at 4K Ultra is 35, showing that the GPU can still render the heavy presets, just not at playable levels beyond that. The combination of 8 GB, 256‑bit bus, and 1725 MHz boost is typical for a 30‑series card, but The Technica, being a somewhat older title, does not demand more memory, so the 8GB capacity is not a weakness.

Best Setting

The measured rows show exactly which preset gives a fluid experience at each resolution.

At 1920×1080, every preset winds up above 98 FPS. The lowest measured is Ultra at 98 average, while Low reaches 191. Which is to say that even the maximum detail level offers close to a hundred frames. A 60 Hz or 144 Hz monitor will be well served by the High preset, with 125 FPS, which also leaves headroom for background activity. Because Medium (147) is only 22 FPS higher than High (125), the visual quality gain from Medium to High probably outweighs the few lost frames. The jump from High to Ultra (98) is an 27% reduction, so only players who require extreme detail should choose Ultra at 1080p.

At 2560×1440, the story changes. High gives 82 FPS, still comfortably above 60, and Ultra gives 64, which is passable. Medium at 96 is the smoothest, with a 25% advantage over High. Given the ratio, the best balance is either Medium (96) for smoothness or High (82) for the appearance. Low is 125, but that sacrifices visual fidelity unnecessarily, because even High passes the 60 FPS target. So, for a typical gsync/freesync display, High is the recommended preset.

At 3840×2160, the situation is different. Only the Low preset (69 FPS) exceeds 60 FPS. Medium reaches 53 (-9% from 60), High 45, Ultra 35. This makes 4K playable only at Low or possibly Medium if a player insists on 4K. Since 53 FPS is close to 60, Medium could be acceptable in a non-competitive game, but for smooth 4K the gamer should choose Low. That means the RTX 3070 cannot deliver a visually rich 4K experience; it 's a 1080p/1440p card.

To answer the current presets – the data shows that High is the sweet spot for 1080 and 1440, while for 4K players must drop to Low to keep FPS above 60.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination places rank 1578 out of 3699 tested combos, meaning it is better than 57.1% of combos (since (3696–1578)/3696 = 57.2%). Said differently, it sits on the 57th percentile, a middle‑high ranking. Given that the CPU is at the 81st percentile and the GPU 61st (when compared to all CPUs and GPUs in isolation), this combination 's rank might seem lower than the CPU might suggest it should be. That suggests that in this specific game, the GPU is the more significant performance controller. The game's 2015 engine is relatively old, and at 1080p the CPU might be mostly idle, but at higher resolutions the GPU's raw compute (20.31 TFLOPS FP32) is still not enough to push 4K Ultra above 35 FPS.

The CPU's nearest rivals are all derived from the same baseline: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (0.2% faster), Ryzen 7 7840H (–0.5%), Ryzen 7 5800XT (–0.6%), and Ryzen 7 8845HS (–0.8%). These deltas show that the 9600X sits in a very tight bundle of CPUs with similar average multi-thread scores, so subtle difference in frames is not due to CPU. The GPU's rivals are also extremely close: the RX 7600 XT (0.7% faster), GTX 690 (1% faster), HD 7970M (1.1% faster), and Tesla K40 (1.5% slower). Therefore the combination's rank is mostly driven by the GPU's performance class, not by any unique score.

FAQ

Q: What is the literal launch price of the Ryzen 5 9600X?

A: The laptop has a legal "launch MSRP" of $279. (Note: only this one mention is allowed.)

Q: Does this combo deliver a 60 FPS in 4K?

A: Only on a Low preset. The measured 4K Low gives an average of 69 FPS, while 4K Medium is 53, High 45, and Ultra 35. So no, 4K Ultra cannot hold 60 frames.

Q: How many threads does the Ryzen 5 9600X have?

A: It is a 6‑core, 12‑thread part with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boost to 5.40 GHz.

Q: In the game's most detailed slice (2048×2160 Ultra) what is the frame rate?

A: At 3840×2160 Ultra, the average is 35 FPS. Also, 2560×1440 Ultra is 64 FPS, and 1920×1080 Ultra is 98 FPS.

Q: What memory capacity does the RTX 3070 use?

A: It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256‑bit bus, with 448 GB/s reading speeds.

Q: Compare the Ryzen 5 9600X to the Ryzen 7 8845HS in average benchmark.

A: The 9600X has an average multi ‐thread score of 29713, while the 8845HS is at –0.8% relative, meaning the 9600X is 0.8% higher. The difference is negligible.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Below are the exact average FPS (plus min and max where given) for every combination.

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

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

| 1920×1010 | Low | 191 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 147 | 125 | 169 |

| 1920×1080 | High | 125 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 98 | – | – |

| 2560×1600 | Low | 125 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 96 | 82 | 110 |

| 2560×1440 | High | 82 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 64 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 69 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 53 | 45 | 61 |

| 3840×2160 | High | 45 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 35 | – | – |

The only rows with min/max data are 1920×1080 Medium (avg 147, min 125, max 169) and 2560×1440 Medium (avg 96, min 82, max 110) and 3840×2160 Medium (avg 53, min 45, max 61). The 1080p Medium min of 125 is the same as the High average, meaning the performance never dropped during that set.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 9600X is an AMD 9000‑series part built on Zen 5 (Granite Ridge), with 6 cores and 12 threads. It has an L1 cache of 80 KB per core, L2 of 1 MB per core, and each core shares 32 MB of L3. The base clock is 3.90 GHz, boosting up to 5.40 GHz, and it draws a TDP of 65W and runs on the AM5 socket. Its integrated Radeon graphics can be used for display but are irrelevant to gaming when a dedicated GPU is present.

In synthetic tests, the CPU scores 17528.5 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2183.5 in single-core, and in Passmark it gets 30027 for multithread and 4570 in single-thread. These numbers put it at the 81th percentile among all desktop CPUs, with an average benchmark of 29713. Its nearest rivals (Ryzen 7 5755GE, 7840H, 5800XT, 8845HS) are all within 0.8% of it, meaning the 9600X has no small gain in throughput.

In The Technic, we only have the final measured FPS. Since the CPU's single‑thread score is high (2183.5 in R23), it can keep up at 1080p. The data shows that 1080p Low yields 191 FPS — a level rarely CPU‑bounded in a 2016 title. At 1020p 1440p, the GPU handles the load; at 4K, the CPU's 6 cores are likely not the limiting factor allowed. The performance pattern the scales with resolution, not with any change in CPU load, is evidence that the RTX 3070 is the lower bound. The CPU's 32 MB L3 is ample for this game's data size, and its 5.40 GHz boost ensures high single‑core rate, which typical action RPgs depend on.

Should we look under the hood: the CPU's production status is Active, launched on 2024‑08‑07, has support for DDR5 and PCIe Gen5, but none of that affects the FPS results here. All the context points to a perfectly matched pair for 1080p/1440p gaming, while the GPU is what holds back 4K performance.