The Technomancer

The Technomancer, an Action RPG released on 27 June 2016, has been performance-measured with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER combination. The captured frame-rate data spans four graphics presets across three common resolutions, producing a complete picture of how this hardware pair handles the title. The measurements cover 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, with Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings applied at each. The following analysis interprets those numbers, discusses the role of each component, and places the combination among the 3,696 other tested CPU/GPU pairings in the database.

Resolution Scaling

The average FPS scales down sharply as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo delivers 249 frames per second, but that number falls to 99 frames per second at 4K Ultra? No, 4K Low is 99. The following data points illustrate the pattern:

• At 3840x2160: Low 99, Medium 76, High 65, Ultra 51
• At 2560x1440: Low 180, Medium 138, High 118, Ultra 92
• At 1920x1080: Low 249, Medium 211, High 180, Ultra 141

The differences between presets are substantial. At a given resolution, the gap between Low and Ultra ranges from 48 frames per second (4K) to 108 frames per second (1080p). The scaling from 1080p to 1440p for each preset is roughly a 43–45% frame-rate reduction; for example, Low drops from 235 FPS to 180 FPS (a 28% reduction), while Ultra drops from 141 to 92 (a 35% reduction). The drop to 4K is steeper: Medium goes from 138 FPS at 1440p to 76 FPS at 4K, a 45% loss; High falls 54% (118 to 65); Ultra falls 45% (92 to 51). This across-the-board decline indicates that the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the CPU is barely affected by resolution changes.

Notably, the Medium preset consistently outperforms the High preset at every resolution. At 1080p, Medium averages 211 FPS, while High averages 180 FPS; at 1440p, Medium hits 138 and High achieves 118; at 4K, Medium manages 76, High only 65. The pattern repeats at every resolution, making High an unusual step that does not follow the performance hierarchy expected of typical scaling. This could be due to High preset enabling specific render effects that weigh heavily on the hardware, but the data itself clearly shows Medium providing a better frame-rate experience than High across all three resolutions.

GPU Role

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a 16 GB GDDR6X card running on a 256-bit memory bus with a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s. Its base clock is 2340 MHz and the boost clock reaches 2610 MHz. These specifications are far beyond the requirements of The Technomancer (a game from 2016), yet the results at 4K Ultra (51 FPS) reveal the card is still fully utilised in that worst-case scenario.

In the standardised GPU benchmark, this card scores 31,087, which places it in the 76th percentile of all tested GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Quadro M5000 (score 31,206, deltaPct −0.4), the Quadro M6000 (score 31,220, deltaPct −0.4), the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (score 31,532, deltaPct −1.4), and the TITAN RTX (score 31,676, deltaPct −1.9). The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is thus 0.4% slower than the Quadro M5000 and 1.9% slower than the TITAN RTX in raw off-screen performance. That slight gap is minor, but it helps explain why the card does not lead the pack in this game’s benchmark either.

The card’s texture rate of 689.0 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 250.6 GPixel/s provide substantial fill capabilities, which are valuable for a high-resolution 4K title. The 16GB VRAM is more than ample for 2016’s common texture sizes, so there is no VRAM-related frame drop observed within the measured results. The boosting behaviour—with a 2610 MHz boost clock—allows the card to sustain high clocks under load, as reflected in the relatively high FPS numbers across all presets except the absolute Ultra at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor constructed on AMD’s Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer, via the 7nm process). It runs at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boosts to 4.80 GHz. Data from its CPU benchmarks puts it in the 87th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41,376. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H (score 41,263, deltaPct 0.3), the Core Ultra 7 356H (41,215, deltaPct 0.4), the Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440 (41,208, deltaPct 0.4), and the Core i7-14650HX (41,576, deltaPct −0.5). The 5900X is 0.3% faster than the Core Ultra 7 366H, but 0.5% slower than the i7-14650HX.

In The Technomancer, the CPU does not appear to act as a performance limiter except at the lowest resolution. The game was released in 2016, so it has a relatively light multi-threaded load. The high single‑thread performance of the 5900X, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single‑core score of 1527, ensures that even in CPU‑heavier settings the chip has headroom. At 1080p Low, the combination hits a massive 249 FPS, which implies that the GPU (or game engine) is the deciding factor; the CPU rarely becomes the constraint. The difference between 1080p Low and 1440p Low is a drop from 249 to 180 FPS, a 28% reduction that matches GPU‑bound scaling rather than CPU saturation. Given the 5900X’s 12 cores and its position in the top 13% of CPUs, it comfortably feeds the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.

Settings Recommendations

Interpreting the measured data, Medium is the only preset that includes min‑FPS and max‑FPS measurements at each resolution. This is the only row where fluctuations are known, but the numbers themselves are very strong: 4K has a minimum of 64 FPS, 1080p has a minimum of 180 FPS, and 1440p has a minimum of 117 FPS. All are far above the 60 FPS target. Medium also consistently gives a higher average than High at every resolution, so there is no performance incentive to choose High, which delivers lower FPS at every resolution.

For 4K gameplay, Medium is the safest recommendation: the 76 FPS average and a min of 64 ensure a stable experience. At 1440p, Medium’s average of 138 FPS and a min of 117 comfortably exceed high‑refresh (120‑165Hz) expectations. At 1080p, the 211 FPS average with a min of 180 is so high that even the most eager 240Hz‑class monitor would be well served. High is rarely preferable due its poor average and missing min/max data; Ultra is strictly for heavyweight showcases, delivering 141 FPS at 1080p, 92 at 1440p, and 51 at 4K. The Ultra preset is only playable at 1080p; these numbers are all below the card’s capabilities, but the game engine clearly limits them.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific CPU and GPU pairing, with the measured FPS data, has earned a composite rank of #498 out of 3,696 combinations tested for The Technomancer. That places it in the top 86.5% of tested combos (since 498 ÷ 3,696 ≈ 13.5%). A rank of 498 is a solid showing—the pair outperforms the majority of configurations in the database while falling behind a much smaller number of high‑end or more optimal matches. The rank reflects the actual measured FPS across all settings and resolutions, not synthetic benchmarks, so it directly speaks to how this CPU/GPU duo behaves in this game. The GPU’s modest performance edge—0.4% behind its nearest hardware rival—factors into the overall ranking, while the CPU’s 87th‑percentile standing helps secure that spot. The data does not indicate any exogenous factor like driver overhead or cooling issues, only the raw measured results.

FAQ

Q: What is the original release date of The Technomancer?

A: The game was released on June 27, 2016.

Q: Which resolution yields the highest average FPS?

A: The highest figure appears at 1920x1080 with Low settings, achieving an average of 249 FPS.

Q: What is the lowest measured average FPS, and at which preset?

A: The lowest average occurs at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, resulting in an average of 51 FPS.

Q: Does the High preset give higher frame rates than Medium?

A: No. At every resolution, Medium provides a higher average FPS than High (e.g., 4K Medium = 76, 4K High = 65; 1440p Medium = 138, High = 118; 1080p Medium = 211, High = 180).

Q: How much total system memory does the GPU have?

A: The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER carries 16 GB of GDDR6X memory.

Q: What is the rank position of this CPU/GPU pairing?

A: It is placed at rank 498 out of 3,696 tested combinations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following is the complete collection of measured frame rates from the benchmark, arranged by resolution and preset. The min and max values are shown only for the Medium preset, as the other presets did not record those columns in the test.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 65 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 99 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 76 | 64 | 87 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 51 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | High | 118 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 180 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 138 | 117 | 159 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 92 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | High | 180 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 249 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 211 | 180 | 243 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 141 | — | — |

(“—” indicates that min/max values were not recorded in the dataset.)

The data, taken as a whole, paints a clear picture: the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers an extraordinary frame rate at 1080p — sometimes reaching 249 FPS on Low — and the Ryzen 9 5900X is never the decisive limitation at these resolutions. The Medium preset offers