The Technomancer

# The Technomancer with Intel Core i5-11400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

The measured data for The Technomancer using the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination spans four settings presets across three resolutions, with average frame rates ranging from 66 FPS at 4K Ultra to 214 FPS at 1080p Low. The combo ranks 162nd out of 2825 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the top 5.7% of all tested systems. The data shows a clear pattern where the RTX 5090 D's immense GPU capabilities are consistently modulated by the CPU at lower resolutions, while higher resolutions shift the balance toward the GPU. This analysis breaks down the measured performance across all twelve data points, examines scaling behavior, and identifies what each component contributes to the final frame rates.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of performance across the four settings presets. At 4K, the gap between Low and Ultra is substantial: Low delivers 129 FPS average, Medium drops to 99 FPS, High reaches 85 FPS, and Ultra falls to 66 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 30 FPS (a 23% reduction), while the step from Medium to High costs another 14 FPS (a 14% reduction), and High to Ultra costs 19 FPS (a 22% reduction). Notably, the Medium preset at 4K includes measured minimum and maximum values of 84 and 114 FPS respectively, indicating frame pacing within a 30 FPS window.

At 1440p, the spread narrows: Low hits 186 FPS, Medium reaches 169 FPS (with min/max of 144/194), High achieves 154 FPS, and Ultra runs at 120 FPS. The 1080p results compress further: Low delivers 214 FPS, Medium 195 FPS (min/max 166/224), High 184 FPS, and Ultra 169 FPS. Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently provides a balanced experience with measured minimum frame rates that remain well above the refresh rate thresholds for standard displays — 84 FPS at 4K, 144 FPS at 1440p, and 166 FPS at 1080p.

For the best experience per the measured rows, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the optimal balance. The 169 FPS average with a 144 FPS minimum keeps frame times steady, and the 25 FPS advantage over High at the same resolution is meaningful for smoothness. At 4K, Medium is the recommended preset because the 99 FPS average with an 84 FPS floor stays comfortably in high-refresh territory, whereas High's 85 FPS average leaves less headroom and Ultra's 66 FPS may struggle on 60 Hz panels with VRR. The Ultra preset at any resolution provides diminishing returns: at 1080p it only delivers 169 FPS versus Medium's 195 FPS, a 26 FPS penalty for marginal visual gains. Users with high-refresh 1080p or 1440p displays should favor Medium; users with 4K displays should select Medium to maintain frame rates above 85 FPS.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations for The Technomancer?

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination ranks 162nd out of 2825 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top 5.7% of all systems tested. This is a strong showing, though the rank indicates that a significant number of other configurations deliver higher average frame rates in this specific title.

Q: What is the fastest setting preset at 1440p for this combo?

A: The Low preset delivers the highest average frame rate at 2560x1440, reaching 186 FPS. Medium follows at 169 FPS, High at 154 FPS, and Ultra at 120 FPS. The data shows a 66 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at 1440p, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a substantial performance cost.

Q: Does the RTX 5090 D show consistent scaling across resolutions?

A: The scaling pattern is consistent but not linear. From 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the frame rate drops from 184 FPS to 154 FPS (a 16% reduction). From 1440p to 4K at High, it drops from 154 FPS to 85 FPS (a 45% reduction). The larger drop at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU becomes the primary limiter as pixel count increases.

Q: What are the measured minimum frame rates for the Medium preset?

A: At 4K, the Medium preset shows a minimum of 84 FPS and a maximum of 114 FPS. At 1440p, the minimum is 144 FPS and the maximum is 194 FPS. At 1080p, the minimum is 166 FPS and the maximum is 224 FPS. These minimums are all within 15% of their respective averages, suggesting stable frame pacing.

Q: How does the CPU's multithreaded performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17177, which is 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120) and 0.6% above the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074). It trails the Intel Core i5-12450H by 0.4% (17239) and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G by 0.6% (17278). These are near-identical scores, meaning the CPU's compute capability is tightly clustered with these rivals.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 D's performance closest to which rival GPUs?

A: The RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score is 77712. It is 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76904) and 1.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78940). It trails the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB by 2.1% (79396) and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB by 2.4% (79605). These deltas are small, indicating the 5090 D sits in a tight performance band with these competitors.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D achieves a rank of 162 out of 2825 tested combos for The Technomancer. This places the system in the 94.3rd percentile of all tested configurations, meaning only 5.7% of combinations deliver higher average frame rates in this title. The rank reflects a system that is firmly in the enthusiast tier, but not at the absolute top — the data indicates that 161 other combos produce better results, likely pairing higher-end CPUs or more optimized memory configurations with similarly powerful GPUs.

The CPU's percentile standing (71st among all CPUs) and the GPU's percentile (92nd among all GPUs) help contextualize this rank. The GPU is clearly the stronger component in this pairing, operating near the top of its class, while the CPU sits in the upper-midrange. In a game like The Technomancer, which relies on consistent draw calls and physics interactions common to Action RPGs, the CPU's position may prevent the combo from climbing higher in the rankings. The 162nd rank out of 2825 represents a genuine high-performance configuration, but the data suggests that moving to a stronger CPU would likely yield better results, as the GPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions where CPU limits are more apparent.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates start at 214 FPS for Low settings, decrease to 195 FPS for Medium (with a minimum of 166 and maximum of 224), then 184 FPS for High, and finally 169 FPS for Ultra. The total spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 45 FPS, with the largest single-step drop occurring between Medium and High at 11 FPS. The 1080p data shows that even at Ultra, the system maintains 169 FPS, which is well above typical display refresh rates.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 186 FPS for Low, 169 FPS for Medium (minimum 144, maximum 194), 154 FPS for High, and 120 FPS for Ultra. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 66 FPS, with the largest step drop between High and Ultra at 34 FPS. This larger gap at the top end suggests that the Ultra preset introduces effects that are particularly demanding at this resolution, while the GPU still handles the lower presets with ease.

At 3840x2160, the averages drop to 129 FPS for Low, 99 FPS for Medium (minimum 84, maximum 114), 85 FPS for High, and 66 FPS for Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra at 4K is 63 FPS. The step from Medium to High at 4K costs 14 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 19 FPS. The 4K Medium result with its 84 FPS minimum is the only data point that approaches conventional 60 Hz display limits, indicating that this resolution is where the GPU's capabilities are most stressed.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals distinct patterns depending on the settings preset. For High settings, the system delivers 184 FPS at 1080p, 154 FPS at 1440p, and 85 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 30 FPS (16% reduction), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 69 FPS (45% reduction). This non-linear scaling — where the 1440p to 4K transition costs nearly twice the percentage of the 1080p to 1440p transition — indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck at higher pixel counts.

For Low settings, the scaling is similar: 214 FPS at 1080p, 186 FPS at 1440p, and 129 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 13% from 1080p to 1440p and 31% from 1440p to 4K. The Medium preset shows 195 FPS at 1080p, 169 FPS at 1440p, and 99 FPS at 4K, representing 13% and 41% drops respectively. The Ultra preset shows 169 FPS at 1080p, 120 FPS at 1440p, and 66 FPS at 4K, with 29% and 45% drops.

The pattern across all presets is that the 1080p to 1440p transition costs between 13% and 29% of frame rate, while the 1440p to 4K transition costs between 31% and 45%. The larger percentage losses at higher resolutions confirm that the RTX 5090 D's pixel throughput — its 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth — becomes the limiting factor. At 1080p, the CPU's role is more significant, as evidenced by the smaller frame rate gaps between presets (45 FPS spread) versus the 4K spread (63 FPS), where GPU-bound workloads amplify the differences between settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Rocket Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. Its base clock is 2.60 GHz with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, and it features 12 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark scores show a single-core 3DMark score of 868 and a max-thread score of 5652, with Cinebench R23 scores of 2024 single-core and 14340 multi-core. These figures place the CPU in the 71st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17177.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's influence is most visible at 1080p where frame rates are highest. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 214 FPS, but the scaling from Low to Ultra only costs 45 FPS (21%). This relatively small penalty suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is able to feed the GPU adequately even at lower settings, but the GPU is not being fully utilized since the frame rates are so high. The 3DMark 8-thread score of 4691 and 16-thread score of 5619 indicate that the CPU's multi-threading capability is adequate for a 2016 Action RPG, which typically uses fewer than 8 threads efficiently.

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark performance are tightly clustered: it sits 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12, 0.4% below the Intel Core i5-12450H, and 0.6% below the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G. This clustering means that swapping the i5-11400F for any of these rivals would produce nearly identical CPU-bound performance. The 6-core/12-thread configuration with a 4.40 GHz boost clock is sufficient for The Technomancer's CPU demands, as evidenced by the high frame rates even at 1440p and 4K. However, the data suggests that the CPU is not the primary constraint at 4K, where the GPU's workload dominates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a GB202 chip manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process, containing 92,200 million transistors across a 750 mm² die. It features 21760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs, with base and boost clocks of 2017 MHz and 2407 MHz respectively. The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) across a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. Its compute capabilities include 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's dominance is clear at 4K where the frame rate drops to 66 FPS at Ultra settings. The 4K results show the largest sensitivity to settings changes: from Low to Ultra, the average drops by 63 FPS (49% reduction). This indicates that the heavy graphical effects in the Ultra preset at 4K are pushing the GPU's limits, even with its massive 32 GB VRAM allocation and high bandwidth. The texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s and fill rate of 423.6 GPixel/s are being taxed by the 4K pixel count.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 77712 places it in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, with its nearest rivals being the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (1.1% ahead) and AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (1.6% behind). These deltas are minor, but in game-specific workloads, the 5090 D's 32 GB VRAM and GDDR7 memory provide headroom that those rivals may lack. The measured FPS data shows that even at 4K Ultra, the system maintains 66 FPS, which is playable on standard 60 Hz displays. At 1440p and 1080p, the GPU is rarely the bottleneck, with frame rates above 120 FPS even at Ultra settings, confirming that the RTX 5090 D is overqualified for this 2016 title at lower resolutions.