The Technomancer

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9950X3D and NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti in The Technomancer delivers a 1080p High average of 132 FPS, a 1440p High average of 86 FPS, and a 4K High average of 47 FPS. Across all four preset levels, the frame rate falls by 64% when moving from 1920×1080 to 3840×2160, with the same scaling curve holding at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. The pair ranks 1318th out of 3696 tested combos, putting it above roughly 64% of the database. The CPU and GPU are well-matched: the 9950X3D is at the 95th percentile of all CPUs, while the RTX 3070 Ti reaches the 75th percentile of all GPUs, and the resolution scaling pattern indicates the graphics card is the limiting component at high pixel counts.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS reveals a consistent performance drop when resolution increases from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate moves from 132 at 1920×1080 to 86 at 2560×1440 and then to 47 at 3840×2160. This is a 64% reduction between the lowest and highest resolutions (47 / 132 ≈ 0.36). The same ratio holds on the other presets: Low goes from 201 to 131 to 72 (72 / 201 ≈ 0.36), Medium from 154 to 101 to 55 (55 / 154 ≈ 0.36), and Ultra from 103 to 67 to 37 (37 / 103 ≈ 0.36). The consistent loss of about 64% across all quality levels indicates that the GPU’s shading work scales linearly with pixel count, and that neither the CPU nor memory are introducing a disproportionate slowdown at higher widths. The 4K Ultra average of 37 FPS is the lowest measured value, suggesting that mixing 4K with ultra-quality pushes the graphics card to its absolute limit. At 1440p, the frame rates are still playable on all presets: the Ultra setting yields 67, while High and Medium provide 86 and 101, respectively. The 1080p data shows that even the heaviest Ultra setting runs at 103 FPS, confirming that this resolution is largely CPU-tolerant or GPU-light.

GPU Role

The RTX 3070 Ti carries a GA104 chip built on Samsung’s 8 nm process, with 838 GB/s? Actually pack says bandwidth 608.3 GB/s, 8GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus. Its base clock is 1575 MHz and boost reaches 1770 MHz. The measured results show that the GPU’s pixel pushing power is fully exercised at 4K, where even Low settings average only 72 FPS. The Ultra preset at that resolution averages 37 FPS, which is 74% lower than Low’s 47 FPS (calculated 47-37/47=0.21? Wait: 37 vs 47, 10/47=21% lower). Actually 47 to 37 is a 21% drop when moving from Low to Ultra at 4K. That is modest compared to the resolution scaling effect. The 8GB VRAM might be a factor, but the scaling pattern suggests the GPU’s shading rate is the primary bottleneck. The GPU ranks in the 75th percentile of all tested graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 29,945. It closely matches its nearest rivals: it is 0.5% ahead of the RTX 2080 Ti (that GPU scores 29,783), but 0.5% behind the RX 6800 (average score 30,095). These differences (, 0.5%, 0.5%) are within parallel noise. The bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s is not the limiting constraint at these resolutions because the scaling factor from 1080p to 4K is largely uniform. For an NVIDIA 30-series card, the core’s 21.75 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is enough to drive the game smoothly at 1440p Medium, but the 4K Ultra result of 37 FPS proves the architecture’s ceiling.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D brings 16 cores and 32 threads, with a 4.30 GHz base clock and 5.70 GHz boost, sitting in the 95th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 75,779. The measured frame rates show no evidence of a CPU bottleneck in The Technomancer: the lowest observed FPS (the 4K Medium set) yields 47 average with a minimum of 47 FPS, while at 1080p High the average reaches 132, which is (when running v-syncless) basically always above the screen refresh. At the very quiet Low settings at 1080p, the CPU allows 201 FP. This CPU tops out the 3DMark multi-threaded test at 17,184 points and registers a single-thread score of 1,292, but the game’s CPU usage is low enough that core count and clock speed do not become the limiting. The nearest rivals – the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 and 9755X3D – sit within 0.1% of this CPU’s average score, while the Intel Core Ultra 9 285 is 0.4% behind. The 9950X3D’s additional L3 cache (128 MB in the pack) is not a variable we can see in the FPS table, but the absence of a large frame dip at 1080p suggest the CPU is pulling its weight well above what the game needs. In a title from 2016 (release June 27, 2016), the two-thread parity between resolutions – 201 to 131 to 72 – confirms that the CPU and GPU are in balance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear ranking of presets for each resolution. At 4K, the only setting that reaches 60 FPS is Low, with an average of 72. Medium averages 55, High 47, and Ultra 37. For players who want to keep the highest image quality without dipping under 55 FPS, Medium is the strongest slice: it shows a minimum of 47 and maximum of 64 at this resolution. The 1440p channel is the sweet spot overall: High settings present 86 average and no minimum available; Medium improves to 101 average and keeps a minimum of 86, while Low pushes to 131 and the Ultra still holds 67. For a balance of visual quality and fluent play, the 1440p Medium preset is recommended – it offers a 101 FPS average with a frame floor of 86, which is above the 47 possible at 4K Ultra. At 1080p, any setting achieves very smooth results: even Ultra records 103 FPS, and High jumps to 132. The best experience among the measured rows, considering that higher resolution provides even better detail, is the 1440p High or Medium. The Medium preset gives 15 more FPS over High (101 vs 86) while the minimum stays above 84. The 4K UHD Ultra setting is not suitable for very smooth play, as the 37 average drops well below the threshold and the scaling from Low to Ultra is only a 52% penalty (110%?). Actually we can say "Ultra punishes the GPU severely at 4K, costing about 21% of the Low setting’s performance for marginal visual gains."

How This Combo Ranks

In the total pool of 3696 tested combinations, this CPU/GPU pair lands at rank 1318, which means ~64% of the other systems run this game faster (since 1318/3696 ≈ 35.6%, the combo is in the 64-th percentile of all tested combos considering lower rank = faster). The CPU is extremely powerful, ranking in the top 5% of all CPUs (percentile 95), while the GPU sits at the 75th percentile (percentile 75). The gap between these two components suggests that the 3070 Ti is the limiting factor in this pairing. In GPU benchmark comparisons, the RTX 3070 Ti achieves a 3DMark average score of 29,948, which is only 0.1% above the RTX 2080 Ti (29,783) and 0.5% below the RX 6800 (30,095). Thus, the combo’s overall position is dominated by the graphics card’s performance tier, with the CPU’s high percentile giving no extra headroom for this specific title. Returning to the score data, the CPU has a 3DMark max-threads score of 16,374 and a Passmark multi-thread of 70,255, but these do not help in a GPU-limited scenario. The game-specific rank is suitable for a mid-range 1440p capability, but for 4K you must drop to Medium to see 55 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All averages are precise from the test runs. Minimum and maximum values were only recorded for the Medium preset, so those appear as range values.

1920×1080

• Low: 201 FPS average
• Medium: 154 average, with a observed range of 131–178
• High: 132 average
• Ultra: 103 average

The easiest setting here far outpaces any screen rate: 201 average at Low, and even Ultra stays above 100. The combination is always smooth in 1080p.

2560×1440

• Low: 131 average
• Medium: 101 average, minimum 86, maximum 116
• High: 86 average
• Ultra: 67 average

1440p shows that the GPU begins to struggle with Ultra: 67 average is still playable, and the Medium preset's 101 average and 86 floor is excellent. High also meets the 60 FP standard at 86 average.

3840×2160

• Low: 72 average
• Medium: 55 average, minimum 47, maximum 64
• High: 47 average
• Ultra: 37 average

At 4K, only Low is above 60 FPS. Medium produces an acceptable 55 average but a minimum of 47, which is lower than the 60 target. High and Ultra fall well below. The pattern indicates that 4K with this card is a compromise: it recommends 1440p Medium, which offers 101 average and 86 floor, more than 2.8× the 4K Ultra average.