The Technomancer

# The Technomancer with Intel Core i7-12700KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, responds decisively to both resolution and quality presets when paired with the Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The measured frame rates reveal a configuration that remains fluid at 1440p, becomes demanding at 4K, and shows clear scaling behavior across the four tested settings levels. This combination ranks 176th out of 1656 tested combos in this game, placing it comfortably in the top tier of configurations for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial, indicating that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER becomes the primary limiting factor as pixel count rises. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 182.2 FPS at 1920x1080 to 115.5 FPS at 2560x1440 — a 36.6% reduction — and then to 66 FPS at 3840x2160, which represents a 63.8% drop from the 1080p figure. This steep decline at 4K suggests the GPU is working near its ceiling, while the relatively modest gap between 1080p and 1440p indicates the CPU still has headroom to feed the graphics card.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all quality presets. Low settings show the most extreme range: 271.6 FPS at 1080p, 182.2 FPS at 1440p, and 95.8 FPS at 4K. The 4K Low result being less than half of the 1080p Low figure points directly to GPU-bound behavior at the highest resolution. Medium settings follow suit with 211 FPS at 1080p, 136.2 FPS at 1440p, and 73.3 FPS at 4K. Ultra settings produce 140.6 FPS at 1080p, 94.2 FPS at 1440p, and 52.5 FPS at 4K — the latter being the only measured result that dips below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Notably, the 1080p to 1440p transition at High and Ultra settings shows a smaller relative drop than the 1440p to 4K transition. At High, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36.6%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 42.9%. This pattern reinforces that 4K is where the GPU saturates, whereas at 1080p and 1440p, the i7-12700KF's 20 threads and 5.00 GHz boost clock can keep pace with the graphics card's output.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER brings 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth. For a game from 2016 like The Technomancer, this memory capacity is far beyond what the title demands, meaning VRAM capacity is unlikely to constrain performance at any tested resolution. The GPU's 8448 shading units and 96 ROPs provide ample raw throughput, with a pixel rate of 250.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 689.0 GTexel/s.

The clock speeds — 2340 MHz base and 2610 MHz boost — are relatively high for the Ada Lovelace architecture, and the 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 compute helps explain why the card sustains 66 FPS at 4K High settings. The GPU's benchmark percentile of 86 versus all GPUs places it above most installed cards, though its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA CMP 50HX (average score 49071, delta -0.7%) and Intel Arc A550M (average score 49737, delta -2.1%). The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's own average benchmark score of 48704 sits close to these competitors, indicating that in synthetic tests it performs within a narrow band of its peers.

In The Technomancer specifically, the GPU's role shifts with resolution. At 1080p Low, the 271.6 FPS average is far beyond typical display refresh rates, suggesting the CPU is doing more of the work. By 4K Ultra, the 52.5 FPS average shows the GPU fully engaged, with the frame rate limited by the card's rasterization throughput rather than any memory or bandwidth bottleneck. The 16 GB frame buffer is never a concern; the data shows the card's compute and memory bandwidth are the determining factors at high resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF provides 12 cores and 20 threads from its Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. This processor sits in the 89th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35355. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Core i5-14400 (average score 35336, delta 0.1%), Intel Core i7-13800H (average score 35416, delta -0.2%), and Intel Core i9-12900HX (average score 35289, delta 0.2%). These delta percentages are all within 0.3% of the i7-12700KF, indicating the CPU's performance is virtually identical to several newer and mobile parts.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's influence is most apparent at 1080p with lower quality settings. The jump from Low to Medium at 1080p is 211 FPS versus 271.6 FPS — a 22.3% reduction — and the further drop to High at 182.2 FPS shows the GPU becoming more involved. The single-thread performance, reflected in a 3dmark single-thread score of 1043 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4091, matters for a game engine that may not scale perfectly across all 20 threads. The multi-thread capabilities, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 28979 and a 3dmark max-threads score of 9983, ensure that any background tasks or engine threads do not cause hitches.

The data indicates the CPU is not a bottleneck at 1440p or 4K. At 1440p High, the 115.5 FPS average is still well above playable, and at 4K the GPU dominates the performance curve. The 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide sufficient memory hierarchy for the game's data access patterns, and the dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 memory support offers flexibility, though specific memory bandwidth figures are not measured in this dataset.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a clear picture of how each preset balances frame rate against visual quality. At 1920x1080, every preset delivers playable frame rates: Low hits 271.6 FPS, Medium reaches 211 FPS, High sustains 182.2 FPS, and Ultra still manages 140.6 FPS. For competitive or high-refresh-rate displays, High settings offer a strong balance, maintaining over 180 FPS while presumably retaining most visual features.

At 2560x1440, the recommendation shifts. Low produces 182.2 FPS, Medium 136.2 FPS, High 115.5 FPS, and Ultra 94.2 FPS. All four remain above 90 FPS, so users with 144Hz monitors can comfortably choose High settings and stay above 100 FPS. Ultra is still viable at 1440p, with 94.2 FPS providing smooth gameplay on 60Hz or even 100Hz displays.

The 4K results demand more careful selection. Ultra drops to 52.5 FPS, which may cause noticeable stutter on standard 60Hz displays. High settings deliver 66 FPS, which is just above the 60 FPS target and represents the best balance for 4K. Medium at 73.3 FPS offers a slight buffer, while Low at 95.8 FPS is the only 4K preset that comfortably exceeds 60 FPS with significant headroom. For 4K gaming, High settings are the recommended choice, as they provide the highest quality while maintaining a frame rate above the 60 FPS threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

This configuration ranks 176th out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 10.6% of all tested systems. This is a strong result for a CPU with an 89th percentile ranking and a GPU with an 86th percentile ranking, suggesting that the pairing works well together in this specific title. The rank reflects the combined capability of the i7-12700KF and RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, which together deliver the high frame rates seen in the measured data.

The combo's position relative to other tested systems is notable given that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is marked as end-of-life and the CPU is from the 12th generation. The 176th rank out of 1656 indicates that only a small fraction of tested configurations outperform this one, and those likely feature newer flagship GPUs or higher-end CPUs. The data shows that this combination is more than sufficient for The Technomancer at 1440p and even 4K with appropriate settings, making it a reliable choice for this game despite the hardware's age relative to current releases.

The ranking also contextualizes the measured FPS values. A rank of 176 suggests that the 4K High result of 66 FPS is above what most tested systems achieve, and the 1440p High result of 115.5 FPS is particularly strong. The combination's performance is consistent with its component-level benchmarks, where both the CPU and GPU sit in the upper percentiles of their respective categories. For players targeting high-refresh 1440p or playable 4K, this combo delivers results that align with its top-200 ranking.