The Technomancer

The Technomancer is an Action RPG released on 2016-06-27. Measured benchmark data pairs the Intel Core i5-9400 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, whose launch MSRP is 1,999 USD. The measured set includes 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 resolutions at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings. The highest average is 172.3 FPS at 1920x1080 Low; the lowest is 64.1 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 172.3 at 1920x1080 to 151.1 at 2560x1440 and 119 at 3840x2160. At High settings, the progression is 147.5, 132.4, and 82.9. At Ultra, it is 134.6, 111.6, and 64.1. The drop between 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 is larger than the drop between 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 in each settings tier, which indicates that the GPU is becoming the limiting component as pixel count increases.

At 1920x1080 the spread between Low and Ultra is relatively small in absolute terms, with 172.3 versus 134.6. At 3840x2160 the same spread spans 119 to 64.1. This widening spread is a sign of GPU-bound scaling: the RTX 5090 has enough headroom at lower resolution to make settings changes less costly, but at 3840x2160 the rendering load compresses all results downward. The Low preset results make the same point: 172.3, 151.1, and 119, showing that even with reduced settings, the climb to 3840x2160 imposes a clear penalty. The pattern at Medium follows the same shape, with 158.6 at 1920x1080, 139 at 2560x1440, and 95.6 at 3840x2160.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo in The Technomancer?

A: 172.3 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest recorded average is 64.1 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-9400 compare with its nearest CPU rivals in synthetic average score?

A: Its avgBenchmarkScore is 2305. The Intel Core i3-10305 scores 2300 with a deltaPct of 0.2, the Intel Core i3-1125G4 scores 2299 with a deltaPct of 0.2, and the Intel Xeon E-2134 scores 2295 with a deltaPct of 0.4. The Intel Core i7-8809G scores 2319 with a deltaPct of -0.6.

Q: What average FPS does the combo produce at 3840x2160 across settings?

A: Low is 119, Medium is 95.6, High is 82.9, and Ultra is 64.1.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 compare with its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic average score?

A: The RTX 5090 has an avgBenchmarkScore of 84306. The RTX 5090 D is 84241 with a deltaPct of 0.1, the RTX 5050 Mobile is 84171 with a deltaPct of 0.2, and the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 is 83209 with a deltaPct of 1.3. The NVIDIA CMP 40HX is 85637 with a deltaPct of -1.6.

Q: Is the combo's CPU or GPU closer to the top of their respective benchmark distributions?

A: The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus is 50, while the GPU's percentileVsAllGpus is 94. In The Technomancer, the combo ranks 288th of 1656 tested combos.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 uses the GB202 die, Blackwell 2.0 architecture, and a 5 nm TSMC process. The die is 750 mm² with 92,200 million transistors, and the GPU contains 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 RT cores, and 680 tensor cores. Clock behavior is specified as 2017 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost; memory runs at 1750 MHz, or 28 Gbps effective, across a 512-bit GDDR7 interface with 32 GB capacity and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. These resources produce 104.8 TFLOPS FP32, 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate.

In The Technomancer's measured results, this GPU keeps the combo at an average between 64.1 and 172.3 FPS across every tested setting. The 32 GB VRAM and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for the 2016 Action RPG's workload; the data shows no memory-related collapse at higher resolutions. Instead, the main movement in FPS comes from the combination of resolution and preset, with the GPU's boost clock of 2407 MHz sustaining high averages even at 3840x2160. The GPU's role is particularly visible at 3840x2160 Ultra, where the average is 64.1, and at 1920x1080 Low, where the same GPU reaches 172.3.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All reported values are average FPS; minFps and maxFps are not recorded. The full grid is as follows:

| Settings | 1920x1080 | 2560x1440 | 3840x2160 |

| Low | 172.3 | 151.1 | 119 |

| Medium | 158.6 | 139 | 95.6 |

| High | 147.5 | 132.4 | 82.9 |

| Ultra | 134.6 | 111.6 | 64.1 |

Across the resolution range, 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 results stay at or above 111.6 FPS at every preset. At 3840x2160, Low averages 119 and Medium averages 95.6, while High and Ultra remain at 82.9 and 64.1. The ordering by settings is consistent at every resolution: Low produces the highest FPS, followed by Medium, then High, then Ultra. The drop from Medium to High at 3840x2160 is visible in the move from 95.6 to 82.9, and the drop from High to Ultra is visible in the move from 82.9 to 64.1. At 2560x1440 the same settings order produces 151.1, 139, 132.4, and 111.6, showing a tighter band than at 3840x2160.

How This Combo Ranks

comboRankInGame puts this CPU + GPU pairing at 288 out of 1656 tested combinations for The Technomancer. The CPU's synthetic avgBenchmarkScore is 2305 with a percentileVsAllCpus of 50; the GPU's avgBenchmarkScore is 84306 with a percentileVsAllGpus of 94. The in-game result is driven by the stronger component, and the 288th-place finish reflects a configuration with strong GPU headroom.

The CPU is closely matched to its nearest rivals in synthetic average score: the Intel Core i3-10305 is 2300 with a deltaPct of 0.2, the Intel Core i3-1125G4 is 2299 with a deltaPct of 0.2, the Intel Xeon E-2134 is 2295 with a deltaPct of 0.4, and the Intel Core i7-8809G is 2319 with a deltaPct of -0.6. The GPU's nearest rivals sit similarly close around the RTX 5090's 84306 average: the RTX 5090 D is 84241 with a deltaPct of 0.1, the RTX 5050 Mobile is 84171 with a deltaPct of 0.2, the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 is 83209 with a deltaPct of 1.3, and the NVIDIA CMP 40HX is 85637 with a deltaPct of -1.6.

In The Technomancer specifically, ranking 288 of 1656 places this combo well ahead of most tested configurations. That placement is more consistent with the GPU's 94th-percentile standing than with the CPU's 50th-percentile standing. The measured FPS table reinforces this: high resolution creates the largest performance swings, and the GPU is the component that scales the game's rendering workload from 172.3 FPS at 1920x1080 Low to 64.1 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra.