The Technomancer

The Technomancer with an AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 settles near the middle of the test pool, ranking 1984th out of 3696 recorded combinations—better than roughly 46.3% of configurations. The pairing is clearly GPU-limited, scaling from 169 fps at 1080p Low down to 31 fps at 4K Ultra, with the measured pattern showing that resolution, not the CPU, is the controlling factor in this Action RPG.

Resolution Scaling

Looking across the three measured resolutions, the RTX 4060 produces these average framerates:

• Low: 169 fps at 1920x1080, 110 fps at 2560x1440, 61 fps at 3840x2160
• Medium: 130 fps at 1080p, 85 fps at 1440p, 47 fps at 4K
• High: 111 fps at 1080p, 72 fps at 1440p, 40 fps at 4K
• Ultra: 86 fps at 1080p, 56 fps at 1440p, 31 fps at 4K

The first step from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly one-third of the framerate at every preset. Screenshots don't matter, but the figures do: 169 to 110 is a 59-fps drop (34.9%), 130 to 85 loses 45 fps (34.6%), 111 to 72 sacrifices 39 fps (35.1%), and 86 to 56 removes 30 fps (34.9%). Going from 1440p to 4K then chises off about another 45% of the slower res: 110 to 61 loses 49 (44.5%), 85 to 47 loses 38 (47.7%, the outlier), 72 to 40 loses 32 (44.4%), and 56 to 31 loses 25 (44.6%).

The fact that the -35% / -45% pattern stays nearly identical regardless of the quality preset is a classic sign of a GPU-bound workload. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the proportion of fps lost when raising resolution would shrink at low settings—because the shader load would be lower while the CPU work timeline stays similar. Instead, every preset walks down with the same slope, which matches the RTX 4060's action as the limiting component. At 4K Low there is just enough to keep 61 fps on average, while 4K High dips to 40 and 4K Ultra to 31; the framerate range of 31–61 across the full 2160p preset sweep shows that 4K is functional only on the lowest quality.

GPU Role

The GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the AD107 chip using a 5 nm Ada Lovelace process, with a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz. The measured framerates align with this mid-range placement – it ranks at the 61st percentile of all GPUs in the benchmark data, where the average benchmark score is 17639. Looking at its closest competition, the Radeon HD 7790 (score 17666, 0.2% faster), the Radeon 780M (17588, 0.3% slower), Radeon Pro 560 (17551, 0.5% slower) and the Radeon Pro 460 (17509, 0.7% slower), the 4060 sits in a statistically flat cluster, but in this game the resolution step separates it from those similarly-scored parts.

The card's 8 GB GDDR6 runs on a 128-bit bus and transfers data at 272.0 GB/s. In the measured data, the dual effects of the memory channel and the shading throughput show: at 1080p Low, the 169 fps average indicates the render workload is not choking; at 1440p Ultra, 56 fps keeps the frame pipeline busy; and at 4K Ultra the combination drops to 31 fps, the lowest point of the entire test. The gap between 4K Low (61) and 4K Ultra (31) is exactly 30 fps, which suggests that the extra shading and memory traffic demanded by Ultra quality (textures, reflections, etc.) effectively cuts the output in half. Given the game's release date of June 2016, the 8 GB VRAM is far above the typical size for that era, but the 272.0 GB/s bandwidth and 128-bit bus are today's standard for a mid-range GPU, and the 4K Ultra result indicates those constraints.

The GPU's 48 ROPs and 96 TMUs produce a max documented throughput: pixel rate 118.1 GPixel/s, texture rate 236.2 GTexel/s. At 1080p Medium the GPU pushes out 130 fps (with a minimum of 110, maximum of 149), meaning the pixel filling and texturing capacity are balanced at that resolution. The jump to 4K Ultra contrarily collapses to 31 fps, accumulating a heavy amount within each frame. This matches the heavy action-RPG visual load: spawning physics counts, GPU copies, and scenery shading all tax the AD107's 3072 shading units (15.11 TFLOPS FP32) more than is typical for lightweight titles.

How This OCR Combo Ranks

The combined Ryzen 7 9700F plus RTX 4060 placement is 1984th out of 3696 configurations for this game. That means it outperforms 1712 of the recorded combos (46.3%) and loses to 1983. The CPU is vastly above that percentile: its PassMark-rated average benchmark score is 69996, sitting at the 94th total percentile, and it matches its nearest rivals – Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875, +0.2%), Core i7-14700KF (70163, -0.2%), Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, +0.7%), and Core i7-14700K (69355 +0.9%) – all within a negligible spread of one percent. The GPU, however, carries the weak link: the 4060's 61st percentile overall ranking (average 17639) is lower than most combo competitors. Thus, the mid-position of this combined rank is dominated by the video card, not the processor.

The Ryzen 7 9700F's launch MSRP is stated as $289, and the RTX 4060 has a launch MSRP of 299 USD, but the functional picture is the operative data. In this 2016 title, the 9700F's 8 cores/16 threads at 3.80 GHz (5.50 GHz boost) and 32 MB L3 cache are likely far more than required – evidence in the fact that in low-settings 1080p, the game reaches 169 fps, a throughput that hasn't been tested to show CPU-bound. The combination's rank places it in the second half of the test population, and interpretation falls on the GPU being the panel's potential limit.

Settings Recommendations

Choosing the best preset depends on the targeted framerate and resolution. Analyzing the measured data across the twelve rows:

• For 1080p, the Ultra preset sustains 86 fps, which is well above 60, and High runs 111, Medium 130, and Low 169. Any preset is playable at 1080p, but Ultra offers the highest visual quality while still holding a steady number. If you are not interested in eye-candy, Medium (130 fps, with 110–149 spread) is the fastest still-behavior preset.

• For 1440p, the Ultra preset averages 56 fps, which falls below the common 60 fps threshold. However High (72 fps) and Medium (85 fps, min 72–max 97) produce good averages with the Medium having its own listed min/max spread that stays above 72 fps. The safest choice for 1440p is High at 72 fps average, or Medium at 85 fps if you desire color performance while keeping the uplift in visual settings.

• At 4K, the Low preset produces a 61 fps average, which is valid if you accept minimal detail. Every other preset at 2160p sits below 70: Medium 47 fps (min 40, max 53), High 40, Ultra 31. The measured data does not include a minimum FPS for Low, so its variance is unknown, but the average just crosses the 60 mark. Therefore, you want to run 4K Low if 4K is the goal, or adjust render scale lower.

If we take the smooth 60 fps as the benchmark, the 1440p High (72) set becomes the best resolution and preset combination that preserves both image detail (42% more pixels than 1080p)? It does not have a huge min/max delta, but 72 fps is still enough to give a responsive frame. The 1080p Ultra option at 86, though, offers the same margin while running at substantially higher frame pacing (86 minimum).

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete data set for The Technomancer (each is an average of three runs, except where a spec is given):

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 1920x1080 | Low | 169 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 130 | 110 | 149 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 111 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 86 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 110 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 85 | 72 | 97 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 72 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 56 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 61 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 47 | 40 | 53 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 40 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 31 | – | – |

Two-thirds of the rows are single-value profiles; the Medium preset includes min/max ranges, which give insight into variance. The most consistent is 1440p Medium: its measured range 72–97 frames results in a 25-frame window around the average, which is far smaller than the 1080p Medium’s 39-frame spread (110–149). In absolute terms, playing on Medium yields 85 fps average at 1440p, so the actual variable between 72–97 fps makes that preset more usable for 60 Hz displays and even for 144 Hz some frames hit 97. At 4K, the Medium preset’s variance is 13 fps (40–53), keeping the experience within a narrow band but rarely arresting the satisfy.

The extreme ends of the measurement are 169 (1080p Low) and 31 (4K Ultra), a 138-fps difference. As expected, the minimum never drops below 40 at 4K when Medium is selected, confirming that 4K is playable only through aggressive presets.

FAQ

Q: Can this combination reach 60 fps at 1920x1080?

A: Yes. Every preset at 1080p is above 60: Low averages 169 fps, Medium 130 fps, High 111 fps, and Ultra 86 fps; none falls below 60.

Q: What is the only way to achieve a 60 fps average on a 4K display?

A: The 3840x2160 Low preset averages 61 fps. The next higher setting, Medium, only averages 47 fps, and all others are lower (40 for High, 31 for Ultra).

**Q: Which preset delivers the best smoothness at 1440p using the given min/m