The Technomancer

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-13700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB ranks 1504th out of 1656 tested combinations for The Technomancer. This places the combo in the lower percentile of all tested system configurations, indicating that while it can run the game, it does so with significant performance limitations relative to the broader database. The ranking reflects a substantial gap between this setup and higher-performing combos, with only 152 configurations ranking below it. This position suggests that the combination is heavily constrained by its component balance, particularly the GPU, which sits at the 50th percentile among all GPUs tested. For a game released in 2016, the expectation would be for smoother performance, but the data indicates that this specific hardware pairing struggles to deliver high frame rates at demanding settings. The CPU, by contrast, is a strong performer, ranking at the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, which highlights the stark imbalance between the two components in this configuration. The benchmark results show that the system is capable of playable frame rates only at lower resolutions and settings, with the GPU acting as the primary bottleneck across the board.

# GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is the limiting factor in this configuration. Its 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 192.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves insufficient for The Technomancer's demands at higher resolutions and settings. The GPU runs at a base clock of 1545 MHz and boosts to 1740 MHz, with memory operating at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). The 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 55.68 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 111.4 GTexel/s, translating to 7.127 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. These specifications place the GPU at the 50th percentile among all GPUs, a middling position that aligns with the observed frame rates. In The Technomancer, the GPU's role is critical, as the game's visual effects and texture streaming demand substantial memory bandwidth and fill rate. The 4 GB VRAM capacity becomes a particular liability at 4K resolution, where the Ultra preset drops to an average of 17.3 FPS, indicating the GPU is overwhelmed by the combination of high-resolution rendering and memory pressure. Even at 1440p High, the card manages only 45 FPS, showing that it cannot sustain smooth gameplay at this resolution. The GPU's 90 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest a modest cooling solution, but the benchmark data makes clear that the architecture's computational limits, not thermal constraints, are what hold performance back in this title.

# CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K provides formidable processing power that far exceeds what The Technomancer requires. With 16 cores and 24 threads based on Raptor Lake architecture, the CPU runs at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boosts to 5.40 GHz. Its 30 MB of shared L3 cache, along with 2 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core, ensures rapid data access for game logic and AI computations. Benchmark scores reflect this strength: a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 39000, a Geekbench multicore score of 17731, and a 3DMark max threads score of 12412 all demonstrate exceptional multi-threaded performance. The CPU holds the 93rd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 47282, placing it just 0.1% behind the Intel Core i7-13700KF and 0.4% ahead of the Intel Core i9-12900F. For The Technomancer, an Action RPG that relies on physics, NPC AI, and world simulation, this CPU headroom means the processor is never the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, where the GPU has less work, the CPU's single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5505) allows the system to reach 102.6 FPS, demonstrating that the CPU can feed frames far faster than the GPU can render them at higher settings. The 125 W TDP and PCIe Gen 5 support with 20 lanes provide ample bandwidth for the GPU, though the RTX 3050 only uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, which does not bottleneck this workload.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates reveal a consistent pattern of GPU-limited performance across all resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the system achieves its best results: Low settings produce 102.6 FPS, Medium delivers 76.7 FPS, High reaches 66.9 FPS, and Ultra drops to 50.4 FPS. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the RTX 3050 4 GB can maintain playable frame rates across the spectrum, though Ultra dips below the 60 FPS threshold. Moving to 2560x1440, the performance drops noticeably: Low yields 63.2 FPS, Medium 52.7 FPS, High 45 FPS, and Ultra falls to 33 FPS. The 1440p results show that the GPU struggles to keep up with the increased pixel count, with only Low settings exceeding 60 FPS. At 3840x2160, the situation becomes dire: Low averages 33.4 FPS, Medium 30.4 FPS, High 22.6 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 17.3 FPS. The 4K data confirms that this combination is not viable for high-resolution gaming in The Technomancer, as even the lowest settings fail to reach 35 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at each resolution is telling: at 1080p, the difference is 52.2 FPS (102.6 vs 50.4), at 1440p it is 30.2 FPS (63.2 vs 33), and at 4K it is 16.1 FPS (33.4 vs 17.3). This narrowing gap at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU becomes progressively more saturated, with less headroom for quality settings to affect frame rates.

# Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K demonstrates the GPU-bound nature of this configuration. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 66.9 at 1080p to 45 at 1440p, a reduction of 32.7%, and then to 22.6 at 4K, a further 49.8% drop from 1440p. The total decline from 1080p to 4K at High settings is 66.2%, indicating that the GPU cannot handle the fourfold increase in pixel count from 1080p to 4K. Low settings show a similar trend: 102.6 FPS at 1080p falls to 63.2 FPS at 1440p (38.4% decrease) and then to 33.4 FPS at 4K (47.2% decrease from 1440p), totaling a 67.4% drop from 1080p to 4K. The scaling pattern reveals that the GPU's memory bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s becomes a critical constraint as resolution increases. At 4K, the 4 GB VRAM capacity is likely exceeded, causing texture thrashing and additional performance degradation beyond raw pixel throughput limitations. The CPU's role in this scaling is minimal; given its 93rd percentile ranking and robust benchmark scores, it can easily maintain frame delivery at all tested resolutions. The data shows that the limiting component shifts decisively to the GPU as resolution climbs, with the CPU's vast headroom unable to compensate for the RTX 3050's architectural limits. The 4K Ultra result of 17.3 FPS underscores the severity of this bottleneck, as the GPU's 7.127 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 55.68 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply inadequate for the demands of the game at this resolution and quality level.