The Technomancer

The Technomancer, an action RPG released in 2016, was subjected to a controlled benchmark run with the combination of an AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Across four different presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) at three resolutions – 1080p, 1440p, and 4K – the system produced measurable, frame‑time data. The CPU specifies 8 cores and 16 threads, running at 3.80 GHz base and 4.80 GHz boost, with a launch MSRP of $249. The GPU uses 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192‑bit bus and carries a launch MSRP of 799 USD. In the database of tested combos, this unit sits at rank 515 out of 3696 configurations, which places it well within the top tier of performance for the game.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results measured for The Technomancer show that the game’s graphics presets scale predictably, but the optimal choice depends heavily on the refresh rate of the display you intend to drive.

at 1920×1080: Every preset is comfortably above 60 FPS. Ultra still delivers 140 FPS, making it the best visual choice for high‑refresh monitors, while Low pushes to 254 FPS. For this resolution, Ultra or High (179 FPS) are the recommended presets—they provide far more than the required smoothness and better visual quality.

at 2560×1440: Again, all presets maintain triple‑digit frame rates. Ultra tops out at 91 FPS, which is sufficient for most 144Hz displays, but High jumps to 117 FPS. If you want the highest visual fidelity while remaining safely above 60 FPS, Ultra is a solid pick; however, High offers a notable FPS boost without a large visual sacrifice. Medium reaches 137 FPS with measured minimums of 116 FPS, giving an excellent balance for gameplay.

at 3840×2160 (4K): the picture changes. The Ultra preset drops to 50 FPS, which fails to hit a 60 FPS constant; the High preset averages 64 FPS, but a minimum is not listed. Medium, however, averages 75 FPS with a recorded minimum of 64 FPS—this set is the only one that guarantees a stable 60‑FPS experience while retaining decent detail. Consequently, for 4K display, Medium is the top recommendation for a locked 60 FPS, with High serving as an alternative if you prefer extra effects and can tolerate occasional dips.

In summary, from the measured data the game can run fully maxed out at 1440p and below, but 4K automatically requires a preset no higher than Medium to hold 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

Across all tested CPU/GPU combinations, this combo now holds the 515th position out of 3696 configurations. That places it in the top end of the table, outperforming the vast majority of systems. At 1080p the average frame rates go well beyond 140 FPS, and the 4K Medium setting still achieves 75 FPS, demonstrating that this duo is among the more balanced combinations in the suite. Within its own close rivalries: the GPU has an average benchmark score of 44,795, placing it at the 84th percentile among all GPUs, and is comparable in score to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile ( −0.8% delta), the Intel Arc A730M ( −1.7% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT ( −1.3% delta). The CPU, with an average score of 29,879 (81st percentile), sits effectively within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and 7840HS, and 0.6% ahead of the Ryzen 5 9600X. The combo’s actual game‑specific rank of 515 is a clear indicator that the GPU and CPU pair together deliver a very high did the measured game frame rates.

FAQ

Q: What is the best setting for 4K gaming with this combo?

A: At 3840×2160, the Medium preset is the most balanced choice, averaging 75 FPS with a minimum frame rate of 64 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to a 50 FPS average, which misses the standard 60 FPS target.

Q: At 1440p, does the Ryzen 7 5800X keep up with the RTX 4070 Ti?

A: Yes, at 2560×1440 the system achieves 178 FPS in Low, 137 FPS in Medium, 117 FPS in High, and 91 FPS in Ultra. Even the Ultra setting maintains well above 60 FPS, indicating the CPU is not a limiting factor.

Q: What frame rate can we expect at 1080p on the highest preset?

A: At 1920×1080 with the Ultra preset, the average frame rate is 140 FPS. The Low preset reaches 254 FPS, while High and Medium stand at 179 FPS and 210 FPS respectively.

Q: Does the combo suffer from severe FPS drops when switching from 1080p to 4K?

A: From the High preset, the frame rate falls from 179 FPS at 1080p to 117 FPS at 1440p and finally to 64 FPS at 4K. This chain indicates that the GPU is the scaling engine, consistent with the game being GPU‑bound at higher resolutions for this configuration.

Q: How much thermal and power headroom does the CPU have?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is a 105 W part with a specified base/boost of 3.80/4.80 GHz. The GPU, meanwhile, is a 285 W TDP part, with a recommended PSU of 600 W. These figures from the benchmark report indicate the CPU has substantial headroom for high‑frequency spikes while the GPU consumes the majority of the power.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table reports the average FPS (and, where recorded, the minimum and maximum) for each resolution and settings preset as measured in the database.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Minimum FPS | Maximum FPS |

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

| 3840×2160 | High | 64 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 98 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 75 | 64 | 87 |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 50 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | High | 117 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 178 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 137 | 116 | 158 |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 91 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | High | 179 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Low | 254 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 210 | 178 | 241 |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 140 | – | – |

These figures are the only measured frame data recorded for this combo, taken without a frame time threshold. The absence of min/max values for several presets means the full variability is not captured; the Medium presets list a min (64, 116, 178) and a max (87, 158, 241) that illustrate the typical span of engine rendering.

Resolution Scaling

Examining the High preset at each resolution gives a clear picture of how the frame rate scales:

• 1080p High: 179 FPS
• 1440p High: 117 FPS
• 4K High: 64 FPS

From 1080p to 4K the average Frame rate drops by more than a factor of 2.5 (179 FPS to 64 FPS). Similarly, the Low preset sees the same behavior: 254 FPS → 178 FPS → 98 FPS. The rate of scaling shows that the game is heavily GPU‑limited at the higher resolution. At 1080p the CPU can feed the RTX 4070 Ti more than enough to push frame rates up to 254 FPS in Low, so the bottleneck is clearly the CPU side only at the very lowest resolution. As the resolution climbs to 4K, the pixel count becomes the primary workload, and the 4070 Ti’s 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth and its exact GPU‑side arithmetic become the constraining factors. This is fully evident in the sequential rise in frame time at higher resolution – the GPU scales down smoothly while the CPU remains almost idle.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is a 8‑core, 16‑thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, code‑named Vermeer, built on 7 nm technology from TSMC. It runs at a base clock of 3.80 GHz, boosting to 4.80 GHz, and has 32 MB of shared L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, it achieves a Cinebench R23 multi‑core score of 23,794 and a single‑core score of 3,359. These numbers show a balanced core plus strong single‑thread performance.

In the Fire Strike game measurements, however, the most telling aspect is the spread of frame rates across the three resolutions. At 1080p the CPU can certainly drive the game: the Low presence of 254 FPS indicates that the engine’s main thread is not bottlenecking. At 1080p, even the Ultra preset, which typically demands more CPU threads, reaches 140 FPS. The 16 threads of the 5800X are more than sufficient for the game’s 2016 era engine, which likely utilises at most 4‑6 threads. That headroom becomes obvious when considering the measured minimum FPS at 1080p – the Medium preset records a 178 FPS minimum, implying that the interior and external engine load still keeps the frame timing stable.

When looking at the CPU’s position relative to its nearest computed rivals – the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (deltaPct 0), the Ryzen 7 8845HS and 7840HS (delta −0.3%), and the Ryzen 5 9600X (delta +0.6%) – the 5800X is insignificantly behind the 8845HS in overall compute but ahead of the 9600X by 0.6%. In game result the actual bottleneck is clearly the GPU, given that the CPU can push the engine to high numbers at 1080p. For a title like The Technomancer, the 8‑core/16‑thread configuration offers ample head‑room, but the measured metrics in this report indicate that the final performance constraint is exclusively the GPU’s pixel and memory throughput once resolution climbs.