Thief

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers impressive measured performance in Thief, achieving average frame rates from 80 FPS at 4K Ultra up to 159 FPS at 1080p Low. The CPU (80th percentile among all tested processors) and GPU (88th percentile) individually sit high on benchmark lists, and their combined measured rank of 732 out of 3,720 tested combos solidly places this configuration in the upper half of the database. Below, the FAQ, component roles, FPS breakdown, ranking context, and settings guidance rest entirely on the supplied measurement data.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest recorded average frame rate for Thief with this combo?

A: The highest average is 192 fps, occurring at a 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings (avgFps = 159).

Q: What is the lowest recorded average frame rate in the same dataset?

A: The lowest average comes from 3840×2160 at Ultra settings, which gives 80 FPS.

Q: Which preset is the only one that includes minimum and maximum frame values in the measurements?

A: Only the Medium preset rows contain minFps and maxFps values — for 3840x2160: 90/122, 2560×1440: 108/146, and 1920×1080: 122/165.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D compare to a near-specified rival-wide average benchmark?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 27,896, which is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i9-10900K (27,872) per the provided deltaPct of 0.1 for that rival.

Q: What is the RTX 4090’s effective memory speed?

A: The memory operates at 21 Gbps effective, with a memory bus of 384-bit and a total of 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth.

Q: In terms of this dataset, how does the GPU’s rank percentile compare to the CPU’s?

A: The GPU is at the 88th percentile among all tested GPUs, while the CPU’s percentile is 80, meaning the GPU rates slightly higher within its category.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4intosh 4090’s design here is a 40-series card built on a 5 nm process. It uses 24 GB of GDDR6X VRAM on a 384-bit data bus, which provides 1.01 TB/s of memory bandwidth. The base clock is 2235 MHz and the boost can reach 2520 MHz. The GPU includes 16,384 shader units, capable of 82.58 TFLOPS FP32 compute. At the same time, its measured Passmark G3D score is 38,194, placing it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, and its average GPU benchmark score sits at 60,347.

In Thief, the GPU’s impact is directly observable in the frame rates across each preset. At 4K Ultra, the card sustains 80 FPS average; 2560×1440 Ultra goes to 113 FPS; and 1920×1080 Ultra to 128 FPS. These numbers show that the high memory bandwidth and large VRAM pool (24 GB) are sufficient to handle the game’s full 4K/Ultra settings without any step-down. However, when considering the “Low” preset at 1080p, the GPU reaches 159 FPS, showing that even at extremely low overhead, the card does not bottleneck the CPU.

The RTX 4090’s nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the Intel Arc Pro A60 at 60,326 (essentially at /∆ = 0), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 61,896 (2.5% above), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 which is 2.9% below. Relative to these rivals, the 4090’s raw position at 88% with an average score of 60,347 means it generally outperforms most other GPUs in these types of workloads. In Thief, the direct effect of this strength is seen in the 4K High row, which still shows an average of 84 FPS, a value far above the conventional 60 FPS standard.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and boost clock of 4.5 GHz. It has 64 KB of L1 and 512 KB of L2 per core, plus a large 96 MB shared L3 cache. Built on the 7 nm process with a TDP of 105 W, it uses a dual-channel DDR4 memory bus that delivers 51.2 GB/s. The processor’s benchmarks include a single-thread score of 884 in 3DMark, a 16-thread score of 7299, and a Max-threads score of 7285, and a single-thread in Geekbench 2,017. Its passmark multithread is 507, and its performance places it at the 80th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 27,896.

In Thief, the CPU’s role is indicated by the relatively small differences between setting levels at each resolution. For example, at 2560×1440, going from Low (140 FPS) to Ultra (113 FPS) only changes the average by 27 FPS. At 1080p, the margin is 31 FPS (159 vs. 128). This small spread suggests that the CPU does not become a bottleneck when the GPU load decreases (as lower presets reduce workload), so the CPU’s high thread count and cache footprint keep it ahead of graphics demands.

The 5800X3D versus its nearest rivals in the database—such as the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (avg score 27,887, delta pct 0) and the Intel Core i9-10900K (27,872, +0.1%)—shows that its benchmark position is comparable within 0.0-0.3% of those peers. Given that alignment, the 5800X3D’s actual behavior in Thief is consistent with its synthetic scores: the performance flows smoothly even when the GPU output changes by large margins. The 96 MB L2 cache, which is unique in this category, helps to keep that behavior steady when scenes contain heavy objects or complex AI, but the only measurable evidence is the FPS numbers themselves.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full measurement data:

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

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 84 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 117 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 106 | 90 | 122 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 80 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | High | 115 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 140 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 127 | 108 | 146 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 113 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | High | 130 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 159 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 144 | 122 | 165 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 128 | — | — |

At 4K (3840×2160), the low preset gives the best average of 117 FPS, while Ultra gives the lowest at 80. The decline from Low to Ultra is exactly 37 FPS. Medium, meanwhile, shows a remarkably tight min of 90 FPS, a 122 average of 106, and maximum 122.

At 2560×1440, the pattern repeats: Low is 140, Medium is 127, High is 115, and Ultra is 113. Here the gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 27 FPS, and the medium measurements show a range from 108 to 146.

At 1080p, the averages scale from Low (159) to Medium (144) to High (130) and Ultra (128). Low has a lead of 31 FPS over Ultra, but all of them are well above 120 FPS. The medium min-to-max is 122–165, representing a very stable window under the border of frame times.

The data shows that at each resolution, the Medium preset provides a recorded minimum value, an indication that these three rows contain reliable minimum frame measurements. Only Medium rows in this table include min and max, so they serve as the only references for 1% and 0.1% considers—in other words, High, Low, and 4K Ultra do not have min/max recording, meaning that variance information is incomplete for those settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank in Thief is 732, placed among a total of 3,720 tested combos. This rank (out of a portion of the database) means that the system appears in a strong position relative to all others. As a numeric reference, the rank number 732 is less than the halfway point (1,860) of 3,720, but the dataset does not specify scores for those other entries beyond that. However, one can interpret it as a configuration that outperforms the majority of tested AMD/NVIDIA combos.

The CPU of the combo is an 80th-percentile component, the GPU is 88th, and the combined rate stands at 732/3720. Out of all possible combinations of every component in the database, this particular pair places higher than the median, which is exactly due to the high single-component percentiles. The CPU’s nearest rivals (e.g., Intel Core i9-10900K at 27,872 with a diff of 0.1%) are not a notable magnitude behind, and the GPU’s nearest rival (AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is within 2.5% above) show that both sides contribute to the high placement.

Settings Recommendations

When measured against the four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) across three resolutions, a clear trade-off appears: the Low preset yields the highest average FPS at every resolution. At 1080p Low yields a 159 FPS, at 1440p a 140, and 4K. For highest possible frame rates, Low is the clear choice.

Medium, however, is the only preset that records minimum FPS in this data, offering evidence of actual minimum performance. At 1080 Medium, the average is 144 with a minimum of 122; the 1440p Medium has 127 with a min of 108; and the 4K Medium 106 with 90. These reflect the actual n stores. This indicates that Medium produces a stable frame envelope: the minimum measurements are considerably above the averages of other settings (e.g., Ultra at 4K yields an average of 80, but Medium’s min is 90, that is even higher than Ultra’s average). In fact, at 2560×1440 the Medium’s lowest point of 108 is still above the averages of High (115) and Ultra (113). Only the Low settings have higher averages but they provide no minimum information.

From a reliability perspective, Medium is the best-tested preset for maintaining consistent FPS without outliers that go unrecorded. The only max values are also from Medium: 122, 144?? Wait, max 122 at 4K, 146 at 1440p, 165 at 1080p. These max values along with min give the full 1% variance. In a 1080p Medium, the frame time range spreads only 146 − 108 = 38 includes a healthy.

For high refresh gaming at 1440p, Medium gives 127 FPS, which exceeds all other Average (except Low), yet the minimum stays at 108, meaning the visual experience remains smooth. The Ultra preset: the 128 FPS at 1080p is only lower than Low and lower that High (the Medium) as well.

Overall, from the provided measured data, the optimal experience easily prioritises Medium. It remains higher than High and Ultra while showing more complete tracking of performance through min/max.

If the user prefers extreme smoothness or only has a 60 Hz monitor, the Ultra at 4K still produces an average of 80 FPS more than sufficient, but its lack of min data gives no guarantee against drop, whereas the Medium’s 90 min that is a minimum at 4K. For readers dedicated to the highest possible digits, Low sets the top marks, but Medium guarantees low spikes.

Final verdict: the combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D + RTX 4090 performs remarkably in Thief, ranking in the top fraction of the database, and the data shows