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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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Apex Performer

Top 6% of systems. Capable of 4K Ultra gaming and advanced rendering.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio
Well Balanced
CPU
96%
VS
GPU
92%
PROCESSOR

AMD Ryzen 7 9700F

69,996 Benchmark Score
Top 4% Market Ranking
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

23,172 Benchmark Score
Top 8% Market Ranking
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Market Position

How your build compares to others
Budget
0-30
Mid-Range
30-60
High-End
60-85
Enthusiast
85-100
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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready
70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High
50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med
30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports
0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 pairing is a desktop configuration that targets high-refresh 1080p and 1440p gaming while offering substantial compute capabilities for content creation. The CPU, a Zen 5 architecture part with 8 cores and 16 threads, sits in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, while the RTX 3080, an Ampere-based GPU, ranks in the 68th percentile of all GPUs. Together, they achieve a combined percentile of 81, with an average FPS of 156.1 across a broad game suite, placing the pair at rank 1033 out of 3732 tracked pairs. This data indicates a system that is well-balanced for its target workloads, though the GPU is the more likely bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Usage Scenarios

High-Refresh Gaming: At 1920x1080, this configuration excels in esports titles, delivering 557 FPS in Valorant, 537 FPS in CS:GO, and 289 FPS in Rainbow Six Siege. Even more demanding AAA titles like Call of Duty: Warzone hit 183 FPS, and Cyberpunk 2077 reaches 72 FPS at these settings. The data shows that for competitive shooters, the CPU has ample headroom, while the GPU keeps frame rates well above the 144 Hz threshold for most titles.

Streaming: The combination of a strong multicore CPU and NVIDIA's dedicated hardware makes this a viable streaming setup. The CPU's PassMark multithread score of 36,470 and data compression score of 421,988 indicate it can handle the encoding and background tasks associated with streaming. While the GPU does not have a dedicated encoder listed, its 272 tensor cores and 68 RT cores support NVIDIA's feature set, and the high gaming frame rates at 1080p leave enough overhead for a software encoding workload.

Video Editing: The CPU's Zen 5 architecture, with a floating point math score of 77,955 and integer math score of 120,788, suggests strong performance for video codecs and effects. The GPU's 10 GB of GDDR6X memory with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth and FP32 performance of 29.77 TFLOPS accelerates rendering and previews. The data indicates this system can handle 1080p and 1440p timelines with ease, though 4K multi-stream editing would be more constrained by the GPU's memory capacity.

3D Rendering: The GPU's compute capabilities are significant, with a PassMark GPU compute score of 14,397 and 29.77 TFLOPS FP32 performance. This makes the system capable of handling real-time viewport rendering and GPU-accelerated final renders. The CPU's multithread score of 36,470 ensures that CPU-based rendering tasks are also processed quickly, making this a balanced workstation for mixed rendering pipelines.

Software Development: The CPU's data encryption score of 21,488 and random string sorting score of 45,890 point to strong performance in compilation, hashing, and data processing tasks. The 8-core/16-thread configuration, with a 5.50 GHz boost clock, provides the single-threaded speed (4,691 score) needed for fast code compilation and the multicore power for parallel builds. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache also aids in reducing latency for frequently accessed data.

Student and Office Work: This system is massively overqualified for standard productivity, but the data supports its capability. The CPU's single-thread score of 4,691 ensures snappy application responsiveness, while the GPU's G2D score of 1,054 handles desktop compositing and 2D acceleration. The high frame rates in games like Minecraft (240 FPS at 1080p) show that even lighter workloads run with massive headroom, making the system future-proof for years of academic use.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA102 chip, fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. It houses 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 45.1M per mm². The GPU operates with a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz, with memory running at 19 Gbps effective. The 10 GB GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s.

The GPU's compute resources are substantial: 8,704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. It features 68 RT cores and 272 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and DLSS. The pixel rate is 164.2 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 465.1 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance of 29.77 TFLOPS (with FP16 at a 1:1 ratio) indicates strong general-purpose compute capability.

Benchmark results show the GPU achieves a PassMark G3D score of 25,086, which places it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 4,407, while Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores are 152,423 and 33,620, respectively. For rendering workloads, the FP32 throughput and high texture rate mean that GPU-accelerated renderers will see significant performance. The RT and tensor cores also provide acceleration for ray-traced rendering and AI-based denoising tasks, though the 10 GB VRAM is a limiting factor for very large scenes.

Gaming Performance

The measured FPS data, which is confirmed as measured rather than estimated, shows this system's gaming capabilities across 53 titles at three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the system excels in esports and older titles, with CS:GO at 537 FPS and Valorant at 557 FPS. Modern AAA titles also perform well: Cyberpunk 2077 runs at 72 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 at 65 FPS, and Call of Duty: Warzone at 183 FPS. Some heavier titles like Ark: Survival Ascended (36 FPS) and The Medium (51 FPS) struggle to maintain high frame rates at ultra settings.

At 2560x1440, performance scales down as expected. Esports titles remain highly playable, with Valorant at 476 FPS and CS:GO at 370 FPS. Warzone drops to 163 FPS, still excellent for high-refresh monitors. More demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 (54 FPS) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (49 FPS) fall below the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that medium-high settings would be needed for smooth play. Ark: Survival Ascended drops to 22 FPS, making it nearly unplayable at ultra settings.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's 10 GB VRAM and bandwidth become limiting factors. Valorant still achieves 380 FPS, but most AAA titles fall to console-level performance: Cyberpunk 2077 at 35 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 at 32 FPS, and Warzone at 138 FPS. Heavily demanding titles like Ark (12 FPS) and The Medium (34 FPS) are not playable at ultra settings. The data shows this resolution is not the target for this GPU; users would need to significantly reduce settings or rely on upscaling technologies.

FAQ

Q: What is the combined performance percentile of this CPU+GPU pairing?

A: The combined percentile is 81, placing it in the top fifth of all tracked system pairings. The pair ranks 1033 out of 3732 pairs by average FPS, with an average of 156.1 FPS across all tested games.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F has an average benchmark score of 69,996. It is 0.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875), 0.7% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515), and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700K (69,355). It trails the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70,163) by 0.2%.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The RTX 3080 has 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1188 MHz, which translates to 19 Gbps effective.

Q: Is the FPS data measured or estimated?

A: The data is measured. The `dataIsMeasured` field is set to true, meaning the FPS figures in the games list come from actual benchmark runs, not projections.

Q: How does the GPU rank against other GPUs?

A: The RTX 3080 has an average benchmark score of 23,172, placing it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs. It is 0.3% ahead of the NVIDIA P106-100 and 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, but 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and 0.4% behind the AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

Q: What is the CPU's architecture and process node?

A: The CPU uses the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge codename) on a 4 nm TSMC process. It contains 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F has 8 cores and 16 threads. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, with a 65 W TDP.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's average benchmark score is 69,996, placing it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs. In specific PassMark tests, it scores 421,988 in data compression, 21,488 in data encryption, 33,688 in extended instructions, and 183 in prime number finding. Its floating point math score is 77,955, integer math is 120,788, and multithread score is 36,470. The single-thread score is 4,691, and the physics score is 2,122. Random string sorting yields a score of 45,890.

The GPU's average benchmark score is 23,172, putting it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 4,407, Geekbench OpenCL is 152,423, and Geekbench Vulkan is 33,620. PassMark tests show a G3D score of 25,086, G2D of 1,054, and GPU compute of 14,397. DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 scores are 258, 170, 207, and 100, respectively.

The combined picture shows a CPU that is significantly stronger relative to its peers (94th percentile) than the GPU (68th percentile). This means the CPU has more headroom for compute-heavy tasks, while the GPU is the more average component in this pairing. The combined percentile of 81 reflects this gap, indicating a system where the CPU is ready for future GPU upgrades.

Who Should Build It

High-Refresh 1080p Gamers: This is the primary target audience. The data shows most esports titles run above 200 FPS, and even demanding AAA titles like Cyberpunk 2077 hit 72 FPS at 1080p ultra. Gamers with 144 Hz or 240 Hz monitors will see excellent frame pacing.

1440p Gamers: This system is also well-suited for 1440p, where most titles run above 60 FPS at ultra settings. Esports titles still deliver 300+ FPS, and Warzone runs at 163 FPS. Users may need to tweak settings for the most demanding games to stay above 60 FPS.

Content Creators: Video editors and 3D artists benefit from the CPU's strong multicore performance (36,470 multithread score) and the GPU's 29.77 TFLOPS FP32 compute. The 10 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p projects.

Software Developers: The CPU's encryption (21,488) and random string sorting (45,890) scores indicate strong performance for compilation and data processing tasks. The 8-core/16-thread configuration handles parallel builds efficiently.

Students and Office Workers: While overkill, this system provides massive headroom for productivity applications, ensuring smooth multitasking and future-proofing for academic software.

Small Business Workstations: The CPU's ECC memory support (though memory type is DDR5, it supports ECC) and 24 PCIe Gen 5 lanes make it suitable for workstations that require data integrity and high-bandwidth I/O.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a 9000-series desktop processor built on the Zen 5 architecture, codenamed Granite Ridge. It is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC, containing 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die. The CPU has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The TDP is 65 W, and it uses the AMD Socket AM5.

The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support includes DDR5 with a dual-channel bus, providing a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The CPU supports ECC memory and has 24 PCIe Gen 5 lanes from the CPU. It does not have integrated graphics, and the multiplier is unlocked for overclocking.

Benchmark scores reveal a well-rounded performance profile. The single-thread score of 4,691 is strong for applications that rely on per-core performance, such as games and legacy software. The multithread score of 36,470 indicates robust performance for parallel workloads like video encoding and 3D rendering. The floating point math score of 77,955 and integer math score of 120,788 show balanced compute capabilities. The data compression score of 421,988 is particularly high, indicating strong performance in file archiving and data-heavy tasks.

Compared to its nearest rivals, the CPU sits in a tight performance band. It is 0.2% ahead of the Ryzen 9 7940HX and 0.9% ahead of the Core i7-14700K, while being 0.2% behind the Core i7-14700KF. This suggests that in real-world workloads, the differences between these CPUs are minimal, and the Ryzen 7 9700F's efficiency (65 W TDP) is a key differentiator.

Build Overview

This build pairs AMD's Ryzen 7 9700F with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 in a desktop configuration. The CPU, released on 2025-09-15 with a launch MSRP of $289, represents the latest Zen 5 architecture. The GPU, released on 2020-08-31 with a launch MSRP of 699 USD, is an end-of-life product from the Ampere generation.

The system's combined percentile of 81 places it in the upper tier of all tracked system pairings. The CPU's 94th percentile performance is a standout feature, while the GPU's 68th percentile is more modest by comparison. This pairing is best described as a high-end CPU paired with a mid-to-high-end GPU from the previous generation.

The build class is desktop, indicating a traditional tower PC. The GPU is a dual-slot card measuring 285 mm in length, 112 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. It requires a 700 W power supply and uses a single 12-pin power connector. The system is designed for high-refresh gaming at 1080p and 1440p, with the CPU providing headroom for future GPU upgrades.

Balance and Bottleneck

The data shows a clear imbalance in relative performance: the CPU is in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 68th percentile. This means the CPU is significantly stronger relative to its peers than the GPU is, suggesting that the GPU is the limiting factor for most gaming workloads.

Evidence from the FPS scaling supports this. At 1080p, many titles show frame rates that are not limited by the CPU. For example, Valorant hits 557 FPS and CS:GO hits 537 FPS, indicating the CPU can drive very high frame rates. However, heavier titles like Cyberpunk 2077 (72 FPS) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (65 FPS) dip significantly, which is more consistent with GPU limitations.

As resolution increases to 1440p and 2160p, the GPU becomes even more of a bottleneck. Frame rates drop by roughly 30-50% from 1080p to 1440p, and another 30-50% from 1440p to 2160p. This is classic GPU-bound behavior, where the fixed compute resources of the RTX 3080 struggle with the increased pixel count.

For CPU-bound workloads like data compression, encryption, and software compilation, the CPU will not be the bottleneck. Its high multithread score of 36,470 and strong single-thread score of 4,691 ensure it can feed the GPU and handle compute tasks simultaneously. The GPU's compute performance (14,397 PassMark GPU compute) is also strong, but for gaming, the CPU has more headroom than the GPU. This means that users looking to upgrade in the future should prioritize a GPU upgrade over a CPU upgrade, as the CPU will likely support a more powerful GPU without becoming a limiting factor.