The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT ranks 1259th out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer. That places this configuration in the bottom quarter of all tested systems, which is a sobering result for a CPU that sits in the 90th percentile among all processors. The combo’s ranking suggests that the RX 5700 XT is the primary constraint in this title, as the GPU’s 68th percentile standing among all graphics cards is far lower than the CPU’s standing. Benchmarks indicate this is not a balanced pairing for this game; the CPU has substantial headroom left unused while the GPU is saturated at most settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1259 out of 1656 places this system in the 76th percentile of all tested combinations, meaning roughly three out of four other combos deliver higher average frame rates in The Technomancer. That is a surprising outcome given the hardware involved. The Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread Zen 3 processor with a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, and it outperforms its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks. For instance, it scores 0.2% higher than the AMD EPYC 4245P and 0.9% higher than the Intel Core i7-13700F, while trailing the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS by 0.7% and the Intel Core i7-13700 by 1%. These are tiny margins, indicating the CPU is not the bottleneck.

The RX 5700 XT, by contrast, sits just 0.1% below the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile in average benchmark score and 0.3% above the Intel Arc A350M. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 24,731 is far below what the CPU can feed it in a game like The Technomancer, which is an Action RPG from 2016. The data shows this is a GPU-limited scenario across most resolutions and settings. The ranking is what it is: a mid-pack performer held back by the graphics card, not the processor.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear pattern: lower settings yield dramatically higher frame rates, but the gains are not uniform across resolutions. At 1080p, moving from Ultra to Low increases average FPS from 71.4 to 139.5, a gain of 68.1 frames per second. That is the largest absolute jump in the entire dataset. At 1440p, the same setting change goes from 49.6 to 93.7 FPS, a gain of 44.1 FPS. At 4K, the gain is smaller, from 27.4 to 51.2 FPS, a 23.8 FPS improvement.

The best experience for most users is the High preset at 1080p, which delivers 92.1 FPS. That is well above the 60 FPS threshold and leaves enough overhead for drops during combat. If you want to push to 1440p, High still delivers 57.3 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for a 60 Hz display. Medium at 1440p hits 72 FPS, making it the better choice for that resolution. For 4K, no setting reaches 60 FPS; the best option is Low at 51.2 FPS, which is marginal. Ultra is not recommended at any resolution, as it only reaches 71.4 FPS at 1080p and drops to 27.4 FPS at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, confirming the GPU as the limiting component. At High settings, average FPS falls from 92.1 at 1080p to 57.3 at 1440p, a 34.8 FPS drop, then to 32.9 at 4K, a further 24.4 FPS drop. At Low settings, the same progression goes from 139.5 to 93.7 to 51.2 FPS. The percentage drops are revealing: from 1080p to 1440p, High loses 37.8% of its frame rate, while from 1440p to 4K it loses 42.6%. Low settings lose 32.8% going to 1440p and 45.4% going to 4K.

This pattern indicates that the RX 5700 XT’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are being overwhelmed as pixel count rises. The GPU’s 256-bit bus width and 2560 shading units simply cannot sustain high frame rates at 4K. The CPU, with its 64 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, is not the issue; the scaling is entirely consistent with a GPU bottleneck. If you want higher 4K performance, the data suggests lowering settings is the only lever available with this hardware.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and setting combination for this hardware in The Technomancer?

A: The data shows 1080p High at 92.1 FPS as the sweet spot. It delivers smooth gameplay without the steep frame rate penalties seen at higher resolutions.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K at any setting?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, which averages 51.2 FPS. Medium drops to 36.6 FPS, High to 32.9 FPS, and Ultra to 27.4 FPS, all below the 60 FPS target.

Q: How much faster is 1080p compared to 4K on High settings?

A: 1080p High runs at 92.1 FPS, while 4K High runs at 32.9 FPS. That is a 59.2 FPS difference, or roughly 2.8 times faster at the lower resolution.

Q: Which component is holding back performance in this game?

A: The RX 5700 XT is the bottleneck. The CPU ranks in the 90th percentile, while the GPU sits in the 68th percentile, and the FPS scaling across resolutions matches GPU load patterns.

Q: Is there any setting where the CPU becomes the limiting factor?

A: The data does not show that. Even at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 139.5 FPS, and the CPU’s synthetic scores are far above its rivals, so the GPU remains the constraint.

Q: How does this combo compare to other systems in the database?

A: It ranks 1259th out of 1656 tested combos, putting it in the bottom 24% for this game, which is low for a system with a 12-core, 24-thread CPU.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is the decisive factor in this combo’s performance. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is adequate for 1080p but insufficient for 4K in this title. The GPU’s base clock is 1605 MHz, with a boost clock of 1905 MHz and a game clock of 1755 MHz; these clocks are fixed and do not scale with resolution, so the card’s raw throughput is constant. The 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs are simply not enough to maintain high frame rates at 4K, where the best result is 51.2 FPS on Low.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reflect its mid-range standing. It scores 16,277 in Passmark G3D and 7,650 in GPU compute, with a percentile rank of 68 among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are within 1% in average score: the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile is 0.1% faster, the Intel Arc A350M is 0.3% slower, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is 0.6% slower. This is a narrow band, meaning the RX 5700 XT is competitive with those cards, but none of them are high-end. The GPU’s 9.754 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is the ceiling here, and The Technomancer hits that ceiling hard at 1440p and above.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is vastly overqualified for this pairing. With 12 cores and 24 threads running at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost of 4.80 GHz, this Zen 3 processor has far more compute than the RX 5700 XT can feed. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 33,150 and single-core score of 4,680 place it in the 90th percentile of all CPUs. The CPU’s 64 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for a 2016 Action RPG.

The nearest rivals confirm this: the EPYC 4245P is 0.2% slower, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS is 0.7% faster, the Core i7-13700F is 0.9% slower, and the Core i7-13700 is 1% faster. These are all within a point or two of each other, meaning the 5900X is not a differentiator in this game. The CPU’s Passmark single-thread score of 3,469 and multi-thread score of 39,002 show it can handle any workload, but the FPS data shows the GPU is the wall. If you were to pair this CPU with a faster GPU, the frame rates would rise substantially; with the RX 5700 XT, the CPU sits mostly idle, waiting for the GPU to catch up.