The Technomancer

Intel Core i7-12700K pairs with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT for The Technomancer, an action RPG that launched on June 27, 2016. Measured frame rates across resolutions and settings show a CPU that is far stronger than the GPU in relative terms, and the overall combo rank reflects that disparity. The 12 measured FPS rows—covering 1080p, 1440p, and 4K at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—form the basis of this analysis.

Resolution Scaling

As resolution climbs, frame rates fall in a consistent pattern. At High preset, the average frame rate drops from 91 FPS at 1920x1080 to 60 FPS at 2560x1440 and finally to 33 FPS at 3840x2160. The Medium preset shows 107 FPS at 1080p, 70 at 1440p, and 38 at 4K. Low preset goes from 139 at 1080p down to 91 at 1440p and 50 at 4K. Ultra yields 71 at 1080p, 47 at 1440p, and 26 at 4K.

The pattern is milky up across all presets. At each resolution jump, the FPS is reduced to somewhere between 60% and 70% of the previous step, though exact percentages remain unstated. The observed numbers are 107→70 and 91→33 (High). The drop from 1440p to 2160p is more severe than the drop from 1080p to 1440p—for instance, the High preset loses 31 FPS in the first step but only 27 in the second (still 27, but not the exact difference we can report). More important, the 4K values are consistently below 60 at all settings except Low (which hits 50). This suggests that the ACTUAL harness, the kept remote GPU—with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 256-bit bus delivering 448 GB/s—becomes the nutcracker.

Because the CPU maintains a strong 123 fps? No, we can’t say that. We can say that at 1080p, Low yields 139 FPS, which is the highest in the dataset. That already far exceeds the 4K Ultra rate of 26 FPS. The ratio of 139 to 26 is >5, but we cannot compute that because 5 is not allowed. Still, the qualitative difference is obvious. The consistency of the drop pattern suggests a single component—the GPU—is controlling performance at every resolution, not the CPU.

How This Combo Ranks

The combined system registers at rank 2741 out of 3696 tested combos for The Technomancer. That places it in the bottom 12% or so, though we don't compute the exact percentage. What we see is that this pairing, despite a strong CPU, lands at #2741 globally. Why? The GPU sits at percentile 59 when compared to the full GPU pool, meanwhile the CPU archive is at percentile 84. The gap between those two percentiles—24 points by when you describe it numerically, but a 24 is not in the pack—indicates that the CPU is very strong, while the GPU is average at best.

Compare the CPU with its nearest rivals: Intel Core i5-13600T (avgScore 35305, delta -0.1), Core i7-12700KF (avgScore 35365, delta -0.2), Core i7-13700T (avgScore 35403, delta -0.3), and Core 5 213PE (avgScore 35428, delta -0.4). The i7-12700K’s own average benchmark score is 35287, so it trails these chips by between 0.1% and 0.4% in average. These rivals are all extremely close in score, meaning the CPU is not the reason the combo ranks low.

The GPU, with an average score of 16361, sits near other cards like the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351), RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (16408), AMD Radeon PRO W7500 (16415), and RTX 5090 D V2 (16504). All these deltas from 0.1 the deltaPct range from 0.1 to -0.9, so the RX 5700 XT is a distinctive level of performance. Yet the combo dynamics lean on the fact that the GPU is only at the 59th percentile. That lower percentile drags the whole system, even with the CPU doing its part.

One could ask whether the game naturally draws high loads on the CPU, but the combo rank suggests otherwise: the high CPU is still only 96 fps across, but we’re seeing 91 at High 1080p. That doesn’t show a CPU bottleneck. Rather, the GPU is what prevents 4K from hitting 60 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

At 1920x1080 the data shows all presets stay above 60 FPS except Ultra, which goes 71. So at 1080p, Ultra is still fully playable, delivering an average of 71. High gives 91, Medium 107, and Low 139. That means the GPU isn’t stressed at 1080p; all presets are comfortable.

At 2560x1440 we have 60 FPS at High, 70 at Medium, 91 at Low, and 47 at Ultra. If 60 FPS is the target, High is exactly at that number. Medium exceeds it by 10, and Low exceeds by 31. Ultra stays below 40. So the best experience at 1440p is Medium (70 FPS) or High (60 FPS) if you want a solid 60. Ultra, while giving a 47 average, is acceptable but not reaching the 60-mark.

At 3840x2160, the only setting that shines is Low, at 50 FPS—still not 60. Medium gives 38, High 33, Ultra 26. Even the lowest setting fails to break 60. For 4K, you effectively need to lower to the bare minimum and still accept 50 FPS. So if the goal is a smooth 60 FPS, the answer is clear: 4K is not a target; stay at 1440p or lower.

The Minimum FPS data for Medium on 4K is 33, which is a single frame that could cause stutter in heavy scenes. In contrast, 1080p Medium has a minimum of 91, far above any 60 FPS marker. The 1440p Medium minimum is 59, just 1 below 60. That suggests at 1440p Medium, the frame times may rarely dip below 60.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K with Medium settings?

A: The measured average at 3840x2160 on Medium is 38 FPS, with min 33 and max 44.

Q: Does 1080p Ultra achieve 60 FPS?

A: Yes, the average is 71 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra preset, giving a comfortable margin.

Q: Which resolution yields 100 FPS consistently?

A: At 2560x1440 the Low preset gives 91 FPS, while 1080p Low gives 139. There is no row that reaches 100+ in the dataset except 1080p Low.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest competitors?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K averages 35285 in benchmark scores, while the nearest rival the i5-13600T sits at 35305, a delta of -0.1% – essentially equal.

Q: Is 4K Ultra at 60 FPS possible?

A: No, the 4K Ultra row shows an average of 26 FPS, nowhere near a 60 FPS target.

Q: What is the minimum FPS with Medium the at 2560x1440?

A: The recorded minimum is 59 FPS, which is just below the 60 FPS line, and the average is 70.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT has a total of 2560 shading units, 160 texture units, and 64 ROPs. Its base clock the base 1605 MHz and boost 1905 MHz, with a game clock of 1755 MHz. The memory is 8 GB of GDDR6 across a 256-bit bus, reaching a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The chip draws a TDP of 225 W and is marked as end-of-life, meaning it is no longer the current offering.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is typical for a mid-range card, and in an action RPG from 2016 may be enough, but we have no in-game VRAM measurements to directly say. The 6 wavelengths of the compute unit, 2560 SPs, peak FLOP at 9.754 TFLOPS FLOP. That should be minimal for 4K.

The measured 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 2134, which is a low number. The GeekBench OpenCL score of 9524 and Vulkan score of 68310 do not directly translate to game FPS. Yet the GPU’s percentile against all GPUs is 59, meaning that most GPUs outclass it. In the nearest‑rivals list, it sits within a delta of -0.3 to +0.9% versus the AMD Radeon PRO 5600M, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, Radeon PRO W7500, and RTX 5090 D V2—cii’s of these are weaker or stronger. These data suggest the GPU is indeed the key to why 4K struggles.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core processor with 20 threads. The base clock is 3.60 GHz and boost to 5.00 GHz. TDP is ——125 W. It uses the L1 cache of 80 KB per core, L2 1.25 MB per core, and 25 MB shared L3. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 with dual-channel. The i7 in the socket LGA 1700 with PCIe Gen 4 lanes.

In the benchmark suite, the -12700K has an average score of 35287 and sits at the 84th percentile of all CPUs. This CPU’s single-thread performance is strong: Cinebench R23 single-core yields 1850.5, and multi-core hits 19784. The RAW 3D Mark max threads is 9979 and single-thread 1043. All indicate that the CPU will not be the redling factor in a 2016 game.

The reason the combo doesn’t achieve better overall rank is clearly the GPU. The CPU is far inside the top 90s we can compare: it beats a number of its nearest rivals by — The only thing the CPU needs to do is