The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination ranks 67th out of 1,656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 4% of all configurations. This pairing of a Zen 3 desktop processor with an Ada Lovelace flagship GPU produces a system that is heavily skewed toward graphics throughput, a trait that becomes increasingly apparent as resolution scales upward. Benchmark results indicate a platform that can push well past 200 FPS at 1080p but settles into a more balanced range at 4K, where the GPU’s raw compute becomes the dominant factor. The data set shows a CPU that sits at the 83rd percentile among all processors, while the GPU holds the 91st percentile among all graphics cards, creating a hierarchy where the graphics subsystem is the clear performance leader.

How This Combo Ranks

The 67th-place finish out of 1,656 combos places this system in the upper echelon of tested configurations for The Technomancer. This ranking reflects a pairing where the RTX 4090’s immense shading power (16,384 shading units) and 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance can be fully utilized without obvious CPU-induced bottlenecks at higher resolutions. The data shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, delivers an average benchmark score of 26,214, which is effectively tied with its nearest rivals — the Intel Core i9-11900KF is only 0.1% ahead, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X sits just 0.2% behind. This suggests that the CPU is not a limiting factor in this game, even at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 200 FPS.

The combination’s rank is likely buoyed by the GPU’s exceptional performance in synthetic benchmarks, where the RTX 4090 scores 38,194 in Passmark G3D and 31,7684 in Geekbench OpenCL. However, the measured FPS data reveals that the system does not maintain triple-digit frame rates at every setting, indicating that even this high-end GPU encounters limits in The Technomancer’s engine at 4K Ultra. The ranking position, while strong, is not the absolute top, which aligns with the observed performance drop at 4K Ultra to 62 FPS average.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo compare to the average tested configuration?

A: This system ranks 67th out of 1,656 combos, placing it in the top 4% of all tested configurations for The Technomancer. The CPU sits at the 83rd percentile among all processors, and the GPU at the 91st percentile among all graphics cards.

Q: What is the best performance this combo can achieve?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 242.2 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At 4K with Ultra settings, the average drops to 62 FPS, which is the lowest recorded result in the measured data.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the primary limiter at 4K, where frame rates scale significantly with settings changes. At 1080p, the system exceeds 200 FPS in most settings, suggesting the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s output.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700X perform relative to its direct competitors?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score of 26,214 is nearly identical to the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,196, 0.1% ahead) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (26,272, 0.2% behind). The differences are within measurement noise.

Q: What frame rates can be expected at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS ranges from 109.7 (Ultra) to 210.2 (Low). High settings produce 138.8 FPS, while Medium settings yield 164.1 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 4090’s 24 GB of VRAM matter for this game?

A: The 24 GB GDDR6X memory with 1.01 TB/s bandwidth is far more than The Technomancer requires, as evidenced by the game’s age (released in 2016). The bottleneck at 4K Ultra is compute-related, not memory-capacity-related.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the system delivers 242.2 FPS on Low, 223.3 FPS on Medium, 211.7 FPS on High, and 168.5 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, these figures drop to 210.2, 164.1, 138.8, and 109.7 FPS respectively. At 3840x2160, the numbers fall further to 117.8, 93.1, 76.8, and 62 FPS.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a reduction of 13% to 27% depending on settings, with the largest percentage drop occurring at Ultra settings (168.5 to 109.7 FPS, a 35% decrease). The scaling from 1440p to 4K is more severe, with reductions ranging from 43% (Low settings: 210.2 to 117.8 FPS) to 44% (Ultra settings: 109.7 to 62 FPS). This pattern indicates that the RTX 4090 is the limiting component at higher resolutions — the GPU’s workload scales with pixel count, and the observed frame rate drops align with the 2.25x pixel increase from 1440p to 4K.

The CPU’s role becomes less significant at 4K, as evidenced by the relatively smaller performance gap between settings at that resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 73.7 FPS (242.2 to 168.5), while at 4K, the same settings gap is only 55.8 FPS (117.8 to 62). This compression of the settings range at 4K is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the graphics card is working at near-full capacity regardless of quality level.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

• Low: 242.2 FPS average
• Medium: 223.3 FPS average
• High: 211.7 FPS average
• Ultra: 168.5 FPS average

The 1080p results show that the system can comfortably exceed 200 FPS in most settings, with only Ultra dropping below that threshold. The performance delta between Low and Medium is 18.9 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is 43.2 FPS, suggesting that Ultra settings introduce a significant rendering cost.

2560x1440:

• Low: 210.2 FPS average
• Medium: 164.1 FPS average
• High: 138.8 FPS average
• Ultra: 109.7 FPS average

At 1440p, the frame rates remain playable across all settings, but the gap between Low and Ultra widens to 100.5 FPS. The step from Medium to High costs 25.3 FPS, and High to Ultra costs another 29.1 FPS, showing that each quality tier has a measurable impact on performance.

3840x2160:

• Low: 117.8 FPS average
• Medium: 93.1 FPS average
• High: 76.8 FPS average
• Ultra: 62 FPS average

The 4K results reveal the game’s demanding nature at higher resolutions. Even on Low settings, the system does not reach 120 FPS. The progression from Low to Medium drops 24.7 FPS, Medium to High drops 16.3 FPS, and High to Ultra drops 14.8 FPS. The 62 FPS average at 4K Ultra is the only sub-60 FPS result in the entire measured set, and it sits near the threshold where most users would notice a reduction in smoothness.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its characteristics directly explain the observed performance scaling. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2,235 MHz and a boost clock of 2,520 MHz, with 16,384 shading units and 512 texture mapping units. Its 176 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s, which is substantial but still constrained by the game’s rendering engine at 4K.

The 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus provides 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is excessive for The Technomancer, which released in 2016 and does not require such capacity. However, the bandwidth is relevant — the game’s texture streaming at 4K Ultra benefits from the high throughput, and the measured FPS drops at 4K are more consistent with compute limitations than memory bandwidth saturation.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reinforce its role as a top-tier part: it achieves 38,194 in Passmark G3D and 92.23 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. Its nearest rivals, the NVIDIA Tesla T4 and Tesla P40, show delta percentages of -0.4% and 0.5% respectively, indicating that the RTX 4090’s performance class is well above what these professional cards offer in gaming workloads. The GPU’s 91st percentile ranking among all GPUs confirms its position, yet the 4K Ultra result of 62 FPS shows that even this hardware encounters limits in The Technomancer’s engine.

The Ada Lovelace architecture’s 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores are largely unused in this title, which does not employ ray tracing or DLSS. This means the GPU’s raw rasterization throughput — 82.58 TFLOPS FP32 — is what drives the results. The 450 W TDP and triple-slot cooler allow for sustained boost clocks, which is evident in the consistent frame rates across the measured runs. At 1080p, the GPU is underutilized relative to its potential, as the CPU’s 3.4 GHz base and 4.6 GHz boost clocks become the effective ceiling for frame generation, capping results at 242.2 FPS on Low settings.