The Technomancer

FAQ

Q: What is the measured performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combo in The Technomancer?

A: At 1080p Ultra, the combo delivers an average of 175.7 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the average drops to 60.6 FPS, while 4K High reaches 82.5 FPS and 4K Low hits 119.5 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700X compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The CPU scores an average benchmark of 26214, placing it within 0.2% of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, and 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i9-11900KF. Its percentile rank beats 83% of all CPUs.

Q: What is the RTX 5090's standing among GPUs based on its average benchmark score?

A: The GPU's average score of 84306 puts it at the 94th percentile of all GPUs. It trails the NVIDIA CMP 40HX by 1.6% and leads the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 by 1.3%, with negligible differences versus the RTX 5090 D and RTX 5050 Mobile (0.1% and 0.2% respectively).

Q: Which settings preset yields the highest frame rate at 1440p?

A: Low settings produce the peak average of 214.1 FPS at 2560x1440, followed by Medium at 171 FPS, High at 144.4 FPS, and Ultra at 114 FPS.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank among tested configurations?

A: The combination ranks 51st out of 1656 tested combos, placing it in the top 3% of all configurations in the database for this game.

Q: Does the data show a frame rate ceiling at 1080p?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080, Low settings average 244.7 FPS, while High reaches 211.6 FPS. The gap between Low and High is only 33.1 FPS, suggesting the CPU or engine limits scaling at this resolution.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 anchors this configuration with a 32 GB GDDR7 frame buffer on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of memory bandwidth. Its boost clock of 2407 MHz and base clock of 2017 MHz drive 21760 shading units, which produce 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. These specifications translate directly to the measured results in The Technomancer, where the GPU's raw throughput is the dominant factor at higher resolutions.

At 4K Ultra, the combo averages 60.6 FPS, which is 45.5% below the 1080p Ultra result of 175.7 FPS. This steep drop indicates that the RTX 5090's shading and memory resources are fully utilized at 3840x2160, with the 32 GB buffer allowing Ultra textures without capacity limits. The 1.79 TB/s bandwidth ensures that the 512-bit memory interface never starves the GPU cores, even when the game's assets saturate the render pipeline.

The GPU's 176 ROPs and 680 TMUs provide the pixel and texture throughput necessary for high-detail scenes. At 4K High, the average of 82.5 FPS shows that reducing settings from Ultra to High relieves pressure on the shading units, yielding a 36.1% improvement. This pattern persists across resolutions, confirming that the RTX 5090's architecture — Blackwell 2.0 on a 5 nm process — is the primary engine for The Technomancer's visual workload.

The GPU's benchmark scores corroborate this role. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 14411 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 380114 indicate strong compute and rasterization performance. In game-specific terms, the GPU's 94th percentile ranking among all GPUs means only a small fraction of graphics cards would outperform this configuration, and none of the nearest rivals — the RTX 5090 D, RTX 5050 Mobile, AMD Radeon PRO W6600, or NVIDIA CMP 40HX — offer a decisive advantage, with deltas ranging from -1.6% to 1.3%.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K reveals a clear scaling curve that identifies the limiting component at each tier. At 1920x1080, Low settings average 244.7 FPS, which is the highest recorded value in the dataset. This result is likely near the engine's frame rate cap or the CPU's practical limit, as the Ryzen 7 5700X's 8 cores and 16 threads handle the game's logic while the GPU idles relative to its full capacity.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same Low preset delivers 214.1 FPS, a 12.5% reduction from 1080p. The drop is modest, indicating that the GPU is still not fully saturated. At 4K Low, the average falls to 119.5 FPS, a 44.2% decline from 1440p. This substantial reduction signals the GPU becoming the bottleneck, as the RTX 5090 must render four times the pixels of 1080p.

The scaling pattern for Ultra settings is more pronounced. From 1080p Ultra (175.7 FPS) to 1440p Ultra (114 FPS), there is a 35.1% drop. From 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra (60.6 FPS), the additional 46.8% decline confirms that the GPU's compute and memory subsystems are working at their limits. The fact that 4K Ultra stays above 60 FPS is notable, given that this is a 2016 title with demanding effects.

Comparing High settings across resolutions shows a similar trend: 211.6 FPS at 1080p, 144.4 FPS at 1440p, and 82.5 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop of 31.8% is larger than the Low preset's 12.5% reduction, suggesting that High settings increase GPU load enough to begin shifting the bottleneck. At 4K, the 42.9% drop from 1440p High underscores that resolution scaling is the dominant factor for this GPU, not the CPU.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 7 5700X and RTX 5090 combination ranks 51st out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 3.1% of all configurations. This high ranking is driven by the GPU's exceptional performance, as the RTX 5090 sits at the 94th percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 84306. The CPU, while not the top performer, holds the 83rd percentile among all CPUs with an average score of 26214.

The CPU's nearest rivals show how close this processor is to its peers. The Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26196, a 0.1% delta, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scores 26272, a -0.2% delta. These differences are within noise, meaning the CPU is not a distinguishing factor for this combo's rank. Instead, the RTX 5090's headroom over its nearest GPU rivals — the RTX 5090 D (0.1% delta), RTX 5050 Mobile (0.2% delta), and AMD Radeon PRO W6600 (1.3% delta) — is what boosts this configuration.

The measured FPS data supports the rank. At 4K Ultra, the combo delivers 60.6 FPS, which is playable for an action RPG. At 1440p High, the 144.4 FPS average exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end monitors, and at 1080p High, the 211.6 FPS result ensures smooth gameplay on even 240 Hz displays. These results are consistent with a top-51 ranking, as only 50 other combos from a pool of 1656 achieve higher frame rates across the tested settings.

The data indicates that the combo's rank is primarily a GPU achievement. The CPU's 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a 4.60 GHz boost clock provides adequate single-threaded performance — evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 921 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3193 — but it does not push the combo higher. The RTX 5090's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are the metrics that matter for this game's GPU-bound scenes.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate at 4K, the data points to High settings as the optimal choice. At 3840x2160, High averages 82.5 FPS, which is 36.1% faster than Ultra's 60.6 FPS while delivering most of the graphical enhancements. The jump from Medium (96 FPS) to High (82.5 FPS) costs 14.1% performance, but the visual uplift is typically worth it for an action RPG where character models and environments are central.

At 2560x1440, High settings provide an average of 144.4 FPS, which is ideal for 144 Hz displays. This is 26.7% faster than Ultra's 114 FPS, and the difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is unlikely to be noticeable during fast-paced combat. Medium at 171 FPS offers an alternative for users who prioritize frame rate, but High's 144.4 FPS is already above most display refresh rates.

For 1080p, High settings hit 211.6 FPS, which is within 13.5% of Low's 244.7 FPS. Since the game is clearly not GPU-bound at this resolution, there is little reason to drop below High. Ultra at 175.7 FPS still exceeds 144 Hz displays, so users with 240 Hz monitors may prefer High to maintain higher frame rates, while those on 144 Hz panels can enable Ultra without sacrificing smoothness.

The Low preset offers diminishing returns. At 4K, Low's 119.5 FPS is 44.9% faster than High, but the visual quality reduction is severe for a game with detailed lighting and textures. At 1440p, Low's 214.1 FPS provides no practical benefit over High's 144.4 FPS unless the display supports 200+ Hz. The measured data suggests that High is the "sweet spot" across all resolutions, with Medium serving as a fallback for 4K users who want frame rates above 96 FPS without the visual cost of Low.