Thief

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti pairing delivers a smooth experience in Thief, but the data reveals a clear shift in system bottleneck as resolution and settings change. This analysis breaks down the measured frame rates, the roles of each component, and how this specific combination ranks against the broader test pool.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows how the load shifts from the CPU to the GPU as resolution climbs. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces 164.2 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops the average to 140.8 FPS, a reduction of roughly 14%. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls further to 91.4 FPS, which is about 44% lower than the 1080p Low figure. This scaling pattern indicates that at lower resolutions, the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at high rates, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The impact of resolution is even more pronounced at higher settings. With Ultra settings, the frame rate goes from 122.3 FPS at 1080p to 85.9 FPS at 1440p, and then to 48.5 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is a substantial 37.5 FPS, or roughly 44%. This steep decline at 4K Ultra strongly suggests the RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB VRAM and its compute resources are being saturated. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is also telling: 91.4 FPS versus 48.5 FPS. This 42.9 FPS difference indicates that the GPU's shading and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints at this resolution, rather than the CPU.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5700 is a Zen 3 architecture processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, running on the AMD Socket AM4 platform. Its base clock is 3.70 GHz with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The 5000-series chip is built on a 7 nm process from TSMC and has a 16 MB L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU posts a single-thread score of 901 in 3dmark and a multi-thread score of 6628 in the 16-thread test. These figures are solid for a desktop part, suggesting strong per-core performance.

In Thief, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p with Low settings. The 164.2 FPS average at 1080p Low versus 140.8 FPS at 1440p Low shows that the CPU can push well over 140 frames per second when the GPU is not under heavy load. The 3dmark single-thread score of 901 and the passmark single-thread score of 3296 indicate that the processor can handle the game's logic and draw calls efficiently. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration ensures that background tasks or engine threads do not become a bottleneck, even when frame rates are high. The data shows that at 1080p, the CPU is not the limiting factor, as the GPU is still able to deliver over 120 FPS at Ultra settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is based on the Ampere architecture with the GA104 chip, manufactured on an 8 nm process from Samsung. It features 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. The GPU's base clock is 1575 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz. Memory is a critical spec here: 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, providing 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a high-bandwidth configuration, but the 8 GB capacity is a potential limitation at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's compute capability is rated at 21.75 TFLOPS for FP32. In synthetic tests, it scores 23356 in passmark_g3d and 3478 in 3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12. The VRAM capacity appears to be the primary constraint at higher settings. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 48.5, and at 4K High it is 50.5. The difference between 4K High and 4K Medium is substantial: 50.5 FPS versus 65.5 FPS. This 15 FPS gap suggests that the 8 GB VRAM is likely filled at High and Ultra settings, forcing the GPU to manage memory more aggressively. The 4K Low result of 91.4 FPS shows that when memory pressure is reduced, the GPU is still capable of high frame rates. The 608.3 GB/s memory bandwidth helps at lower settings, but the capacity limitation is clear in the scaling data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured results provide a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 164.2 FPS on Low, 143.8 FPS on Medium, 126.4 FPS on High, and 122.3 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 41.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is the primary scaler even at this resolution, but the minimum of 122.3 FPS is still very high.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 140.8 FPS on Low, 113.2 FPS on Medium, 88.8 FPS on High, and 85.9 FPS on Ultra. The transition from Medium to High is a drop of 24.4 FPS, which is a larger relative decrease than the 1080p results. This suggests that the higher pixel count combined with increased shading complexity starts to tax the GPU more heavily. The jump from High to Ultra is smaller, at 2.9 FPS, hinting that the Ultra preset may be adding effects that are less demanding on the memory system.

At 3840x2160, the results are 91.4 FPS on Low, 65.5 FPS on Medium, 50.5 FPS on High, and 48.5 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Low result is the only one above 60 FPS, and it is 25.9 FPS higher than the Medium result. This indicates a cliff between Low and Medium settings at 4K. The difference between High and Ultra is only 2 FPS, suggesting that these two presets are likely limited by the same factor, which is the 8 GB VRAM capacity. The data shows that for a stable 60 FPS experience at 4K, the user would need to use Medium settings or lower.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this pairing of the Ryzen 7 5700 and RTX 3070 Ti ranks 635th out of 1642 total combos for Thief. This places it in the upper portion of the results, specifically around the 61st percentile of all tested systems. The rank reflects the overall performance across all tested resolutions and settings.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the Intel Core i9-9900K, which has an average score of 27043, and the Intel Core i7-12700H at 27006. The Ryzen 7 5700 has an average benchmark score of 27220, which is 0.7% higher than the i9-9900K and 0.8% higher than the i7-12700H. This shows that the CPU is competitive with these parts on a general compute basis. The GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME with an average score of 30755, and the AMD Radeon RX 6700 at 31112. The RTX 3070 Ti's average benchmark score is 30849, which is 0.3% higher than the RX 590 GME but 0.8% lower than the RX 6700. This indicates that in synthetic tests, the GPU sits in a narrow band with these competitors.

The rank of 635 out of 1642 suggests that while this is not a top-tier configuration, it is far above average. The CPU's high percentile rank of 84 among all CPUs helps, but the GPU's percentile rank of 74 pulls the combined score down slightly. The benchmark data shows that the CPU is a strong performer, but the GPU's 8 GB VRAM limits its ability to compete with higher-end cards at 4K Ultra settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings is 122.3 FPS.

Q: How does the 4K Low result compare to the 4K Medium result?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves 91.4 FPS, while the Medium preset achieves 65.5 FPS. This is a difference of 25.9 FPS, indicating a significant performance cliff between these two settings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p Low?

A: The data shows the CPU is not the limit. The 1080p Low result of 164.2 FPS is higher than the 1440p Low result of 140.8 FPS, and the 4K Low result of 91.4 FPS, showing the GPU becomes the bottleneck as resolution increases.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations in Thief?

A: This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 635th out of 1642 tested combos.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 Ti compare to the AMD Radeon RX 6700 in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 30849, which is 0.8% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6700's score of 31112.

Q: What is the maximum VRAM bandwidth available to the GPU?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has a memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s, using 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus.