The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination ranks 2,144 out of 3,696 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places the pairing in the 42nd percentile of all recorded configurations, a middle-of-the-road position that reflects a balanced but not dominant setup. The combo sits closer to the lower quartile than the top tier, yet its measured frame rates show it comfortably clears playable thresholds at most settings. The ranking indicates that while this hardware pairing does not lead the database charts, it delivers consistent performance that aligns with its mid-range positioning among the thousands of tested systems.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average frame rate recorded for this combo in The Technomancer?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 157 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next best is 120 FPS at 1080p Medium, followed by 103 FPS at 1080p High.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 3700X has an average benchmark score of 34,260. It sits 0.1% above the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 and the AMD EPYC 4244P, 0.2% below the Intel Core i5-13450HX, and 0.5% above the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H. These deltas are negligible, indicating near-identical synthetic performance across these four processors.

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to its closest competitors?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 20,282. It trails the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M by 1%, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile by 1.2%, the Intel Arc B570 by 1.3%, and the Intel Arc A750 by 1.5%. All four rivals score within a narrow 1.5% band, so the GPU is effectively tied with them in aggregate benchmarks.

Q: Does the combo achieve 60 FPS at 2560x1440?

A: Yes. At 2560x1440, the combo records 67 FPS on High settings and 79 FPS on Medium settings. Only the Ultra preset falls below 60 FPS at this resolution, with an average of 53 FPS.

Q: What frame rate can be expected at 4K with Medium settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Medium settings, the combo averages 43 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 37 FPS and maximum of 50 FPS. This is below the 60 FPS threshold but remains playable for a slower-paced Action RPG.

Q: How does frame pacing behave at 1080p Medium?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the average is 120 FPS, with the minimum observed at 102 FPS and maximum at 139 FPS. The spread of 37 FPS between the minimum and maximum indicates some variance, but the minimum stays well above 100 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent scaling pattern across the three resolutions. At Low settings, the combo delivers 157 FPS at 1080p, drops to 102 FPS at 1440p, and falls to 56 FPS at 4K. This represents a 35% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 45% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The overall drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low is 64%, indicating that the rendering load at 4K more than doubles the work required at 1080p.

The High settings preset shows a similar trend: 103 FPS at 1080p, 67 FPS at 1440p, and 37 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 35% and 45% respectively, matching the Low preset's scaling almost exactly. This consistency suggests that the performance scaling is driven primarily by resolution rather than by the specific graphics preset chosen.

Medium settings follow the same pattern: 120 FPS at 1080p, 79 FPS at 1440p, and 43 FPS at 4K. The 4K result represents a 64% reduction from the 1080p figure, identical to the Low preset's scaling. The Ultra preset delivers 80 FPS at 1080p, 53 FPS at 1440p, and 29 FPS at 4K, with a 64% drop from 1080p to 4K as well.

The uniformity of these percentage drops across all four presets points to a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rate would show less degradation at higher resolutions because the GPU would have more time to wait for the CPU. Instead, the consistent scaling indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's rendering throughput is the primary constraint as pixel count increases. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, has ample headroom at these frame rates, particularly at 4K where the average FPS never exceeds 56.

The largest absolute FPS difference between 1080p and 4K occurs at Low settings, where the drop is 101 FPS (from 157 to 56). The smallest absolute difference is at Ultra settings, with a 51 FPS drop (from 80 to 29). This narrowing at Ultra suggests that the higher preset's additional shading work compresses the resolution scaling, as the GPU is already heavily loaded even at 1080p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings yield an average of 157 FPS, Medium averages 120 FPS with a minimum of 102 and maximum of 139, High averages 103 FPS, and Ultra averages 80 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 77 FPS, a 49% reduction, which shows the substantial cost of the Ultra preset at this resolution. Even the lowest recorded frame at 1080p, which is the 102 FPS minimum at Medium, remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop across the board. Low settings average 102 FPS, Medium averages 79 FPS with a minimum of 67 and maximum of 91, High averages 67 FPS, and Ultra averages 53 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 67 FPS is still above 60, but the Ultra average falls below the smooth-playability line. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 49 FPS, a 48% reduction, closely mirroring the 1080p scaling.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain high frame rates. Low settings average 56 FPS, Medium averages 43 FPS with a minimum of 37 and maximum of 50, High averages 37 FPS, and Ultra averages 29 FPS. Only the Low preset approaches 60 FPS, and it falls short by 4 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 37 FPS indicates that even mid-range settings can produce stutters under load at 4K. The Ultra preset's 29 FPS average is the lowest recorded figure in the entire dataset.

Across all resolutions, the Medium settings are the only preset with recorded minimum and maximum values. The database shows these figures only for the Medium preset, which provides a window into frame pacing. At 1080p, the spread from 102 to 139 FPS represents a 37 FPS range. At 1440p, the range narrows to 24 FPS (67 to 91). At 4K, the range is 13 FPS (37 to 50). This narrowing range at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU becomes the bottleneck, smoothing out the frame delivery as the workload becomes more uniform.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points to the Medium preset as the most balanced choice for this combo in The Technomancer. At 1080p, Medium delivers 120 FPS average, which is only 37 FPS below the Low preset's 157 FPS but 40 FPS above High's 103 FPS. The visual quality improvement over Low is substantial for a relatively modest frame rate cost, and the 102 FPS minimum ensures no drops below the triple-digit range.

At 1440p, Medium continues to deliver the best experience. The 79 FPS average is well above the 60 FPS threshold, and the 67 FPS minimum keeps the gameplay smooth even during demanding scenes. High settings at 1440p average 67 FPS, which is playable but offers no safety margin above 60 FPS, while Ultra drops to 53 FPS, which can feel sluggish for combat sequences.

For 4K, the recommendation shifts to Low settings. The Low preset averages 56 FPS, which is close to the 60 FPS target, while Medium drops to 43 FPS and High falls to 37 FPS. The 4K Low setting is the only option at this resolution that approaches smooth playability. Users who prioritize visual fidelity over frame rate could accept the Medium preset's 43 FPS, but the data shows that Low is the only 4K configuration that stays within striking distance of 60 FPS.

The Ultra preset offers no advantage in any scenario based on the measured data. At 1080p, it delivers 80 FPS, which is 40 FPS below Medium. At 1440p, it drops below 60 FPS. At 4K, it falls to 29 FPS. The frame rate cost of Ultra is consistently high across all resolutions, making it the least efficient preset in the database's measurements.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture, codenamed Matisse. It operates at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosts up to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU's cache configuration includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and a 32 MB L3 cache. Its synthetic benchmarks show a Cinebench R15 multicore score of 2,092 and a single-core score of 204, with a Geekbench multicore score of 8,899 and single-core score of 1,593.

The passmark multithread score of 22,458 and single-thread score of 2,656 reflect a balanced processor that handles both heavily threaded workloads and single-threaded tasks competently. The CPU's 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs in the database indicates it sits well above the median processor, which aligns with the frame rates observed in The Technomancer.

In this game, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU. The resolution scaling analysis shows consistent frame rate drops when moving from 1080p to 4K, which is the signature of a GPU-bound workload. The Ryzen 7 3700X's 16 threads provide more than enough processing capacity for the game's logic and physics at the measured frame rates, particularly at 4K where the GPU is clearly the limiting factor.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks all score within 0.5% of its average, indicating that the 3700X is not a standout performer but is firmly in the middle of a tightly clustered group. The Intel Core i5-13450HX is the only rival that edges ahead, with a delta of negative 0.2%, meaning the 3700X trails it by a negligible margin. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 and EPYC 4244P are essentially tied with the 3700X, both showing a 0.1% advantage.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER uses the TU104 chip on the Turing architecture, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. It features 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units, along with 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and boosts to 1770 MHz, with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU's FP32 performance is rated at 9.062 TFLOPS, with a texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s. Its synthetic benchmark scores include a Passmark G3D score of 18,169, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 83,358, and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 90,637. The GPU sits in the 65th percentile of all GPUs in the database, which is higher than the combo's overall rank of 2,144 out of 3,696.

The RTX 2070 SUPER's nearest rivals in the database are all within 1.5% of its average benchmark score. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M leads by 1%, followed by the RTX 3070 Mobile at 1.2%, the Intel Arc B570 at 1.3%, and the Intel Arc A750 at 1.5%. This tight clustering indicates that the 2070 SUPER's performance level is well established, with several alternatives offering nearly identical aggregate results.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's 8 GB of VRAM and 448 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the game's demands across all tested settings, as evidenced by the fact that even the Ultra preset completes at all three resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS shows the GPU's compute limits rather than a memory capacity constraint. The GPU's clock behavior, with a base of 1605 MHz and boost of 1770 MHz, provides a 10% boost headroom that helps maintain frame rates in less demanding scenes.

The GPU's role as the primary bottleneck is confirmed by the resolution scaling data. The consistent 64% FPS reduction from 1080p to 4K across all presets indicates that the rendering pipeline, not the CPU, determines the frame rate ceiling. At 1080p Low, the 157 FPS average suggests the GPU is not fully saturated, but as resolution increases, the GPU's pixel and texture throughput becomes the limiting factor. The 4K Low result of 56 FPS, which falls short of 60, demonstrates that even the lightest preset cannot overcome the GPU's raw pixel-pushing capacity at this resolution.