The Technomancer

The Technomancer, an Action RPG released on 2016-06-27, pairs poorly with the mid-range class when measured on the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + AMD Radeon RX 7600. The data shows this combo holds playable at 1080p in all presets, but struggles as pixel count rises. At 1920x1080 High settings the average FPS is 94, at 2560x1440 High it falls to 61, and at 4K High it collapses to 34 – a classic DIY mid-range chain. The CPU itself (8 cores, 16 threads, 3.80 GHz base / 5.30 GHz boost) scores in the top tier for processors, with an avg benchmark score of 40081 and a percentile vs all CPUs of 87. Compare that with the GPU, whose avg benchmark 15171 registers only the 57th percentile among all GPUs. That gap directly explains the measured behavior: the CPU is nearly idle, the GPU is the linchpin.

Resolution Scaling

FPS drops from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 are nearly uniform across all presets – around 34–35% – which suggests pure resolution scaling typical of a GPU-bound workload. For example, High preset: 94 fps at 1080p, 61 at 1440p (a 33% drop), then at 4K to 34 fps (a 44% drop). Low settings follow the same pattern: 143 → 200 fps at 1080p → 93 at 1440p → 51 at 4K (34% and 45% drops). Medium and Ultra mirror it exactly: Medium 110 → 72 → 39 (35% then 46% drop), Ultra 48 → 26 (34% and 45%). The step from 1440p to 4K is consistently steeper (44–46%) than 1440p to 1440p (34–35%). This indicates that at 4K, the GPU’s bandwidth (288.0 GB/s) and frame buffer (8 GB GDDR6) become the primary constraint, not geometry or clocks.

The render workload scales almost perfectly with pixel count, but the 4K delta is larger than pure 1440→4K geometry. For instance, 1440p High is 61 fps and 4K High is 34 fps – that’s a drop of 27 fps, or 46% of the 0.084 megapixel difference. Conversely, going from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 33 fps across High (94 to 61, 35%), while 1080p to 4K drops 60 fps to 94% but the proportion is slightly less linear. The conclusion: the resolution scaler is well-behaved, no CPU choke occurs – the Ryzen 7 7700’s 8-core/16-thread engine can push frame rates well past the 60 barrier even with a GPU that only sits at 57th percentile among all boards.

Settings Recommendations

If you own a 1920x1080 monitor, High is the sweet spot: 94 fps average, with all other presets above 60. Ultra also chimes in at 73 fps, so you can comfortably run Ultra for maximum visual fidelity. But if you prefer a near 144 Hz refresh, Low yields 143 fps, and Medium gives 110 fps – both are excellent. At 2560x1440, the target of 60 fps is reached by High (61 fps) and exceed by Medium (72 fps); Ultra dips to 48 fps and Low to 93. For a 1440p display, Medium is the highest that keeps a 60 FPS average, and its frame time spread is also respectable (min 61, max 82). For 4K, the data is clear: Low is the only playable setting at 51 fps, while Medium 4K is 39 fps, High 34 fps, Ultra just 26 fps. Do not chase 4K Ultra – the 8 GB buffer and the GPU’s 2048 shading units saturate quickly, yielding less than enjoyable performance. So, a recommendation table per resolution: 1080p→High (or Ultra for visuals), 1440p→Medium (or High if you accept 61 fps), 2160p→Low (and accept sub-55 fps).

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of measured GPU+CPU combinations, the Ryzen 7 7700 + RX 7600 ranks 2550 out of 3696 combos for The Technomancer, i.e., in the bottom 31% of all tested combines. That is a low-mid placement. The CPU alone ranks in the top 13% of all CPU models (87th percentile), while the GPU sits in the 57th percentile, so the bottleneck is overwhelmingly the graphics card, not the processor. Nearest rival CPUs include the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 at avg score 40048 (delta of +0.1% vs the 7700’s 40081) and the Intel Core i9-13905H at 40313 delta – -0.6% – but none of those changes the GPU-limited reality. On the GPU side, the dominant comparison is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM at avg 15199 (delta -0.2% vs the 7600’s avg 15171), and the AMD Radeon Pro 560X at 15082 (delta +0.6%) – all nearly identical.

The poor rank stems from a high-end CPU with an modern GPU, but the game is a 2016 Action RPG with graphic detail and scaling. In the lowest settings the CPU can meter frames up to 143, but the GPU cannot maintain beyond 75 FPS at 1080p Ultra. Even so, the combo out-scores most 1-year-old chips, yet the gameplay bottleneck is 100% GPU. In this game, that rank persists across resolutions, as no setting moves the combo above the 60% percentile of tested combos for 1440p High, the average frames of all combos.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The dataset provides 12 measured configurations (4 presets×3 resolutions), each yielding an average FPS, with min/max only recorded for Medium preset.

• 1920×1080
• Low: 143 avg
• High: 94 avg
• Ultra: 73 avg
• Medium: 110 avg (min 93, max 126)

• 2560×1440
• Low: 93 avg
• High: 61 avg
• Medium: 72 avg (min 61, max 82)
• Ultra: 48 avg

• 3840×2160
• Low: 51 avg
• High: 34 avg
• Medium: 39 avg (min 33, max 45)
• Ultra: 26 avg

The Medium row is the only one with fluidity data. At 1080p, the fragments range from 93 to 126; at 1440p from 61 to 82; at 4K from 33 to 45. Those dips show the CPU/GPU pairing delivers a narrow frame band – stillness is stable, and the 7700’s 16-thread architecture easily offloads, but the 7600 simply doesn’t have bandwidth for high frame time under heavy pixel load. The dropped percentages from High to Ultra across all resolutions is between 49% and 48% - interesting: at each of the three resolutions, the Ultra preset costs roughly the same percentage relative to High. At 1080p: 94 fps high → 73 ultra (drop 21%), at 1440p: 61 → 48 (drop 21%), at 4K: 34 → 26 (drop 23%). That’s essentially resolution-independent – confirming the render settings scale linearly with shaders, not with memory.

A key takeaway: the measured 1080p Low (143) exceeds the 144Hz refresh VGA standard. The chip's single-thread (3DMark single 1049, Cinebench R15 single 308, R23 single 1930) underscores it. At 1440p the highest sustained fps is Medium 72, which is fine for 60Hz monitors; on a 100Hz display you might want Low 93. For 4K, the only setting without sub‑40 fps is Low (51), and only if you are not aiming at smooth playing. The min/max for 4K Medium (33–45) suggests it dips below 33 during intense sequences.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo hit 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Yes. At 2560×1440 the High preset averages 61 FPS, and Medium averages 72 FPS. Ultra drops to 48 FPS, so you need to stay at High if targeting 60 Hz.

Q: Is 4K playable with the RX 7600 and Ryzen 7 7700?

A: Not really. The only 4K preset that reaches an average above 50 FPS is Low (51 FPS). Medium gives 39 FPS, High 34, Ultra just 26 – sub-playable in fast action sequences.

Q: What is the bottleneck of this combination?

A: The GPU. The RX 7600 has a percentile score of 57 among all GPUs, while the 7700 sits at an 87th percentile CPU. At 1080p Low the CPU can 143 FPS but the GPU cannot surpass this frame limit, confirming the graphics card is the limiting component.

Q: Is this PC in the top half of The Technomancer benchmark list?

A: No. The combo ranks 2550 out of 3696 (bottom ~31% of tested configurations). For a 2016 Action RPG, that means mid-tier performance for today’s 8GB card.

Q: Which settings preserve the best frame times?

A: The measured min/max data shows 1080p Medium has a min 93 max 126. That is good frame pacing. For a strong experience per row, 1920×1080 High with an average of 94 is the sweet spot; at 1440p, feed Medium (72 avg, 61 min).

Q: How does the CPU’s 8-core design relevance to a 2016 game?

A: The Technomancer launched in 2016 and is likely not to scale massively beyond 4–8 cores. The 7700’s 8 cores (16 threads) and 32 MB L3 cache may be overkill, but its single-core scores (3DMark single 1049, Cinebench single 1930) provide comfortable headroom for 60+ FPS even with a weaker GPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is an AM5 desktop part from the 7000 series, built on TSMC’s 5 nm process with Zen 4 architecture (Raphael). It carries 8 cores / 16 threads with base 3.80 GHz and boost 5.30 GHz, with a 65 W TDP that is astonishingly low for the performance class. That headroom is evident in its benchmark data: 3DMark 16-thread 8484, Cinebench R23 multi 18760 and single 1930; its overall CPU percentile is 87, with an average benchmark score of 40081. When running The Technomancer, the CPU’s role is to sustain low-level game logic and issue draw calls.

The measured FPS levels at 1080p Low (143) absolutely demonstrate that the CPU is not a barrier here—remember, the game is from 2016 and even eight-year-old CPUs can saturate such a singe-thread workload. What the CPU does affect is smooth interval between frames, which the constant 93–126 range shows at 1080p Medium. Yet the effective bottleneck is the RX 7600’s raw fill with 169.9 GPixel/s. So the 8‑core implementation adds no value beyond ensuring the chain does not collide with the GPU bandwidth. The single-core metrics (Cinebench R15 single 308, Geekbench single 2525, PassMark single 4063) are strong, yet that doesn’t manifest in FPS above 143 in this title at the lowest preset.

The CPU’s memory subsystem (dual-channel DDR5, 83.2 GB/s) is also overkill for a 2016 title, but it avoids any memory cap. The 4K test showed a 1440p High at 61 vs 4K High 34, which correlates with the 8 GB VRAM cap of the RX 7600, not the CPU’s cache or frequency. In short, the 7700 does nothing wrong—but it does it entirely superfluous. For $329 it’s a monstrous CPU, but it’s the GPU (launch MSRP of 269 USD) that deserves the attention for The Technomancer performance.