The Technomancer

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread desktop processor based on the Alder Lake-S architecture, released in late 2021, while The Technomancer is a 2016 Action RPG. The chip’s base clock is 3.60 GHz and its boost clock reaches 5.00 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. It uses the Intel Socket 1700 platform and supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory. The L3 cache is 25 MB shared across all cores, and each core has 80 KB of L1 and 1.25 MB of L2. It has an unlocked multiplier, allowing further overclocking.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 12700KF scores: 28838 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4071 in single‑core; 12111 and 1709 in Cinebench R20; 2906 and 410 in Cinebench R15; 14,367 multi and 2,255 single in Geekbench; 34092 multi and 3984 single in Passmark (the “single_thread” and “singlethread” entries both show 3984). At the 3DMark level it returns 9282 (16-thread), 4011 (4-thread), 7211 (8-thread), 9983 (max threads), 1047 (2-thread), and 1043 (single-thread). The Passmark physics score is 1780. Its average benchmark score across all tests is 35365, placing it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it outperforms the typical processor by a wide margin.

Nearest‑CPU rivals (based on the pass‑mark average score) are the Intel Core i7‑13700T (average 35403, ‑0.1%), the i5‑13600T (35305, +0.2%), the Intel Core 5 213PE (35428, ‑0.2%), and the i7‑12700K (35287, +0.2%). The 12700KF is essentially tied in raw benchmark average with these parts, all within ±0.2% of one another. For The Technomancer, this CPU’s strong single‑thread and mult‑thread scores suggest the processor is not the primary limit in the FPS data; as will be seen later, the frame‑rate scales primarily with the GPU’s settings and the resolution chosen.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 belongs to the Radeon RX 6000 series, built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture using the Navi 23 chip at a 7 nm process from TSMC. The card packs 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128‑bit bus, with a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. The memory clock is 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), and the GPU runs at a base clock of 1626 MHz, a boost of 2491 MHz, and a game clock of 2044 MHz. The shading units number 1792, with 112 TMUs and 64 ROPs. Peak FP32 throughput is 8.928 TFLOPS, and the card draws 132 W under load, with a recommended 300 W PSU. It connects via PCIe 4.0 x8.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RX 6600 posts 1492 in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, 88398 in Geekbench Metal (only because single‑GPU results vary), 28850 in OpenCL, 67623 in Vulkan, and 15096 in Passmark G3D. Its GPU‑compute score reaches 6554, with Passmark DirectX 12 scoring 51 and DirectX 11 scoring 152. The card holds the 63rd percentile for all GPUs, with an average score of 19036. Its nearest GPU rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 (19030, 0.0%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (19049, ‑0.1%), the Tesla K20m (19089, ‑0.3%), and the RTX 2000 Ada (18954, +0.4%). In terms of pure benchmark output, the RX 6600 sits in a very tight band with these four competitors, all within ±0.4%.

For The Technomancer, the GPU is the part that directly changes the frames the most. The FPS data (shown in the breakdown) reveals that moving from 1080p Low to 1440p Low only raises the count by 5 FPS, while dropping the resolution from 4K to 1080p quickly returns 100+ FPS. That behaviour is the classic GPU‑bound signature: at the highest setting (Ultra, 4K) the card averages 24 FPS, while at the lowest it keeps 130 FPS. Combined with the fact that the CPU’s percentile (85) is much higher than the card’s (63), the evidence shows the RX 6600 — not the CPU — is the performance limiter in this pairing for this specific game.

FAQ

Q: What average FPS can this combination reach at 1920×1080 with Ultra settings?

A: At 1920×1080, the Ultra preset averages 67 FPS. The low preset is 130 FPS, Medium is 100 FPS (with a minimum of 85 and a maximum of 115), and High is 85 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the system in The Technomancer?

A: The Core i7‑12700KF sits in the 85th percentile among all CPUs and has benchmarks such as a single‑core R23 result of 4071 and 5.00 GHz boost. The measured FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K (130→24 FPS at Ultra) matches a GPU‑limited workload. There is no evidence that the CPU holds back the FPS; the data shows that resolution changes affect the frames far more than any CPU parameter.

Q: How does this combo rank overall for The Technomancer?

A: It is rank 2872 out of 3696 tested combinations, which places it in the 22nd percentile (betteres than 824 of the 3696). In other words, the combo outperformed 22% of the other recorded systems and liwa behind 78% of them for this game.

Q: What is the best settings/resolution pair to get 60 FPS or more?

A: The measured rows show that the target is easily met at 1080p: High gives 85 FPS, Low 130, Medium 100, and Ultra 67. At 1440, Medium averages 65 FPS, High is 56, Low is 85, and Ultra is 44. Only the Low and Medium presets clear 60 at 1440p. At 4K, no preset reaches 60; the max is 47 FPS at Low, so 4K is only practical if you accept a lower frame rate.

Q: Are there any settings that cause a frame rate drop below 30 FPS?

A: Only the 3840×2160 Ultra preset falls below 26 FPS, with an average of 24 FPS. The next‑slower combination is the 4K High at 31 FPS, still above 30, and 4K Medium sits at 36 FPS. All other tested presets stay above 40.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest reported rivals?

A: The RX 6660 has an average benchmark score of 19036, while its nearest rival, the NVIDA Quadro K6000, scores 19030 (0%), the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile scores 19049 (‑0.1%), and the Tesla K20m scores 19089 (‑0.3%). The GPU. The RX 6300 is directly inside a cluster of cards that differ by less than 0.5% in raw benchmark terms.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following table gives all measured frames per second for the Intel Core i7‑12700KF + AMD Radeon RX 6600 at each available resolution and preset. Medium presets also report min and max; other presets list only the average.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920×1080 | Low | 130 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 100 | 85 | 115 |

| 1920×1080 | High | 85 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 67 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 85 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 65 | 56 | 75 |

| 2560×1440 | High | 56 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 44 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 47 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 36 | 31 | 41 |

| 3840×2160 | High | 31 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 24 | – | – |

At 1080p, the combo clears 60 FPS in every preset, with Ultra only 7 FPS short of double the 60 target. At 1440p, the drop to High throttles the average below 60 (56 FPS), so players needing a consistent 60+ rhythm must stay at Medium or below. The only 1440p preset with a min value above 60 is Low (85 FPS average); Medium’s min is 56 FPS. At 4K, even Low runs at 47 FPS, meaning smooth, high-refresh 4K is out of reach for this card; a 30–60 FPS window is the best it can manage, with Medium (36) and High (31) close to the typically accepted 30 FPS, but Ultra (24) dropping below.

How This Combo Ranks

The i7‑12700KF + RX 6600 combination placed at rank 2872 out of a total 3696 validated test setups for The Technomancer. This corresponds to the 22nd percentile, meaning that 22% of the other recorded systems scored higher FPS than this one (i.e., lower the outperforming). Out of the 3696, 824 combos performed worse, and 2872 performed better.

The CPU alone ranks at the 85th percentile, and the GPU at the 63rd. The CPU’s average synthetic score (35376) is in the top quarter of all CPUs, while the GPU’s total (19036) is only at the 63rd spot. The huge drop in the combined rank implies that the GPU capacity is the principal constraining force in this test. In fact, the chunk of the FPS floor at 4K (31 FPS Highe, 24 Ultra) is directly tied to GPU-heavy work, while the CPU remains largely idle. Therefore a system with the same CPU but a higher‑end GPU (e.g., those that appear higher in the ranking list) would get far better scores, and the loss of 0.5% of benchmark points in the GPU’s trusted rivals is enough to move it in the ranking.

Practical note: this CPU/GPU pair already outperforms 78% of the actual collected user-setups in The Techn