The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, presents a demanding workload for the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 pairing. The data shows this combination is positioned in the lower tier of tested configurations, yet it retains the capacity for playable frame rates at specific settings. This analysis breaks down the measured performance across resolutions and presets to identify where this combo excels and where it falls short.

How This Combo Ranks

The benchmark database places this specific CPU-GPU pairing at rank 1404 out of 1656 tested combos for The Technomancer. This position, within the bottom 15% of all configurations, indicates that while the system is functional, it is not optimized for high-end play in this title. The ranking reflects a bottleneck that becomes more apparent as resolution and graphical demands increase.

The GPU is the primary constraint in this pairing. Its average benchmark score of 12331 places it in the 51st percentile of all GPUs, meaning it sits almost exactly at the median of tested graphics cards. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA Quadro K4200, which scores 0.7% higher, and the GeForce GTX 880M, which is 1.3% lower. The GTX 1070 is effectively in a dead heat with these cards, showing that its raw compute capability is a known quantity in the mid-range segment.

The CPU, conversely, is a much stronger component. The Intel Core i5-12600KF achieves an average benchmark score of 27827, placing it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-10900K, scores 27829, a delta of 0%. The i5-12600KF also trades blows with the Core i5-12600K (0.1% lower) and the Core i7-13700H (0.4% higher). This data indicates the processor is far from the limiting factor; the GPU is what drags this combo down to its 1404 rank.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is built on the Pascal architecture with the GP104 chip, manufactured on a 16 nm process at TSMC. It carries 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 256.3 GB/s. The card's base clock is 1506 MHz with a boost clock of 1683 MHz, and its memory runs at an effective 8 Gbps. These specifications define a card that was capable at its 2016 launch but is now showing its age against newer titles.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's 8 GB frame buffer is not the primary issue at lower settings; rather, the raw compute throughput becomes the limiting factor. The card's FP32 performance is 6.463 TFLOPS, and it has a texture rate of 202.0 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 107.7 GPixel/s. These figures dictate how quickly the card can fill pixels and process geometry, which directly impacts frame rates. The data shows a clear ceiling: at 4K Ultra, the combo manages only 18.7 FPS, a figure that is unplayable and indicates the GPU is overwhelmed by the combination of high resolution and maximum effects.

The GTX 1070's 150 W TDP and dual-slot cooler are typical for the era, but the performance data is what matters. Its 51st percentile standing among all GPUs is reflected in the measured results, which show the card struggling to maintain a smooth experience at higher presets. The GPU is the definitive bottleneck, as evidenced by the sharp FPS drops when settings are increased at any resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the system scales across three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 113.7 FPS, which is a fluid experience. Moving to 1440p Low drops that figure to 79 FPS, a 30.5% reduction. Finally, at 4K Low, the average FPS falls to 40.9, a further 48.2% drop from the 1440p result. This scaling pattern demonstrates that the GPU is being pushed harder as the pixel count increases.

The pattern is consistent across all settings presets. For instance, at Medium settings, the frame rate goes from 90 FPS at 1080p to 60.6 FPS at 1440p, and then to 32.8 FPS at 4K. The performance penalty for moving from 1080p to 1440p is roughly a third of the frame rate, while moving from 1440p to 4K nearly halves it again. This non-linear drop is characteristic of a GPU that is running out of memory bandwidth and compute resources, rather than a CPU limitation.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the system is reasonably balanced, with the CPU able to feed the GPU adequately. However, as resolution increases, the GPU's workload expands dramatically, and the CPU's headroom becomes irrelevant. The limiting component at 1440p and above is unquestionably the GTX 1070, as the frame rate collapses regardless of the CPU's high benchmark scores.

Settings Recommendations

Given the measured data, the optimal experience for this combo is found at 1920x1080 with High settings, where the system delivers 78.5 FPS. This preset strikes the best balance between visual fidelity and smoothness, remaining well above the 60 FPS threshold for most displays. The 1080p Medium preset, at 90 FPS, is also viable, but High offers a noticeable graphical upgrade for a modest performance cost of 11.5 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the situation becomes more constrained. The Low preset achieves 79 FPS, which is playable, but the Medium preset drops to 60.6 FPS, which is borderline for fast-paced action. The High preset at 1440p yields 47.6 FPS, which is below the ideal smoothness threshold. For 1440p gaming, the data indicates that Low or Medium settings are the practical choices, with High being reserved for slower, less demanding scenes.

The 3840x2160 resolution is not recommended for this combo. Even the Low preset only manages 40.9 FPS, and the Medium preset falls to 32.8 FPS. The High preset at 28.8 FPS and Ultra at 18.7 FPS are effectively unplayable. The data clearly shows that 4K is beyond the capability of the GTX 1070 in this title, and users should stick to 1080p or 1440p for a playable experience.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset provides a clear picture of performance at every combination of resolution and preset. Starting at 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 113.7 FPS, which is the highest figure recorded for this combo. Medium drops to 90 FPS, High to 78.5 FPS, and Ultra to 61.5 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 52.2 FPS, showing that the game's settings have a substantial impact on performance at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 79 FPS, which is nearly identical to the 1080p High result. Medium scores 60.6 FPS, High 47.6 FPS, and Ultra 37.3 FPS. The step from Low to Medium at 1440p costs 18.4 FPS, a significant drop that highlights the GPU's struggle with increased pixel count. The Ultra preset at 1440p is only 8.5 FPS faster than the 1080p Ultra result, showing diminishing returns.

At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly low. Low settings produce 40.9 FPS, Medium 32.8 FPS, High 28.8 FPS, and Ultra 18.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 22.2 FPS, but all figures are below the 60 FPS threshold. The data shows that the GTX 1070 cannot handle 4K in this title, and even the lowest settings yield a sub-optimal experience.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz. It features 20 MB of shared L3 cache and supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 23444 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3309 in single-core, placing it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs.

In The Technomancer, the CPU is rarely the bottleneck. The game's engine, released in 2016, is not heavily threaded, and the i5-12600KF's strong single-core performance of 1016 in 3DMark single-thread ensures it can handle the game's logic without issue. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 7956 and max-thread score of 7952 indicate ample multi-threaded headroom, which is underutilized by this title.

The data confirms that the CPU is not limiting frame rates. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 113.7 FPS, which is a high enough number that the GPU is clearly being fed properly. If the CPU were weak, the frame rates would plateau at a lower level regardless of GPU load. The fact that FPS scales down consistently with resolution and settings proves that the GTX 1070 is the sole constraint. The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-10900K, shows a 0% delta in average score, reinforcing that the i5-12600KF is more than sufficient for this game.