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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile

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92 Score

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92 / 100

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Top 8% of systems. Capable of 4K Ultra gaming and advanced rendering.

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System Balance Analysis

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CPU

92%

GPU

92%

PROCESSOR

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

40,431 Benchmark Score

Top 8% Market Ranking

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile

22,729 Benchmark Score

Top 8% Market Ranking

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0-30

Mid-Range

30-60

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60-85

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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 9 7940H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile pairing represents a high-end laptop configuration built on modern, power-efficient architectures. The CPU is a 35 W part on the AMD Socket FP8 platform, while the GPU is a 115 W mobile part using the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. This combination targets users who need strong multi-threaded processing and solid 1080p gaming in a portable chassis, though it is not without its compromises. The data indicates a 77th combined percentile rank among all systems, placing it above the median but below the top-tier enthusiast class.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is soldered to the motherboard via the AMD Socket FP8, meaning there is no traditional CPU upgrade path in the sense of swapping the processor in a desktop socket. This is a mobile platform where the CPU, and typically the GPU, are fixed components. The memory support is DDR5 with a dual-channel bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The platform supports ECC memory, which is a notable feature for workstation-adjacent tasks. Users looking to upgrade should focus on the storage and memory, as the CPU and GPU are not user-replaceable in most laptop designs.

The platform provides PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes from the CPU, which is sufficient for high-speed NVMe SSDs and the GPU's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. The GPU has a TDP of 115 W, and while the CPU has a 35 W TDP, the combined thermal and power delivery system in the laptop is the limiting factor for sustained performance. There is no suggested PSU figure in the data, but the lack of a discrete power connector on the GPU confirms it draws power through the motherboard, which is typical for mobile designs. A sensible next upgrade for this platform would be increasing the system's RAM capacity or swapping in a larger, faster NVMe drive, as these are the only user-accessible components that can meaningfully improve system responsiveness and load times.

FAQ

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

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is built on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix, and manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The chip contains 25,000 million transistors on a 178 mm² die.

Q: How much L3 cache does the CPU have?

A: The CPU has a shared 16 MB L3 cache. Additionally, it features 64 KB of L1 cache per core and 1 MB of L2 cache per core.

Q: What are the clock speeds of the CPU?

A: The base clock is 4.00 GHz, and the boost clock reaches 5.20 GHz. These clocks contribute to its strong single-thread performance of 3487 points in Cinebench R23.

Q: Does the GPU support real-time ray tracing?

A: Yes, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and includes 24 RT cores. It also has 96 tensor cores for AI-accelerated workloads and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.

Q: What is the memory configuration of the GPU?

A: The GPU comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. The memory runs at 2000 MHz with a 16 Gbps effective data rate.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in multi-core performance?

A: The CPU's avgBenchmarkScore is 40431, which is essentially tied with the Intel Xeon 6507P at 40426, showing a 0% deltaPct. It is also 0.3% ahead of the Intel Xeon 6369P.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 4060 Mobile holds a 67th percentile ranking among all GPUs. Its avgBenchmarkScore of 22729 places it near the desktop NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which scores 22895.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU delivers an avgBenchmarkScore of 40431, placing it in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. This is a strong result, putting it in the top 13% of processors. In Cinebench R23, the multi-core score is 24703, while the single-core score is 3487. The multi-core score indicates that the 8-core, 16-thread configuration can handle heavy parallel workloads, while the single-core score shows excellent responsiveness for lighter tasks. The data shows a 0% deltaPct versus the Intel Xeon 6507P, meaning the performance is statistically identical. It is also 0.3% faster than the Intel Core i9-13905H, another high-end mobile CPU, and 0.2% behind the Intel Core Ultra X7 368H.

The GPU's avgBenchmarkScore is 22729, which corresponds to the 67th percentile. This is a mid-to-upper-tier result for mobile graphics. In Geekbench, the GPU scores 89420 in OpenCL and 89569 in Vulkan, showing balanced compute performance across APIs. The PassMark G3D score is 17469, which is the key gaming-related metric. The GPU is 0.8% faster than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 1.3% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, but 0.7% slower than the desktop RTX 2080 and 1.3% slower than the Intel Arc B580. The combined picture is a laptop that can handle modern games at high settings in 1080p, with the CPU never being the bottleneck in GPU-bound scenarios.

Who Should Build It

The Ryzen 9 7940H and RTX 4060 Mobile combination is well-suited for gamers who play at 1080p resolution and want high refresh rates without sacrificing visual fidelity. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 17469 indicates it can push frame rates well above 60 FPS in most titles at this resolution, making it a solid choice for competitive esports and AAA gaming alike. The CPU's 87th percentile ranking ensures that demanding simulation and strategy games, which rely on CPU physics and AI, will run smoothly.

Content creators will find this pairing effective for photo editing and 4K video editing, where the CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24703 accelerates rendering times, and the GPU's 8 GB of VRAM and 256 GB/s bandwidth handle large textures and timelines. The CPU's PassMark data encryption score of 21096 is strong, making this a viable tool for developers and security researchers who need to compile code and run virtual machines. Students and professionals in engineering or data science will benefit from the ECC memory support and the CPU's floating-point math score of 62057, which is useful for numerical simulations. For small business workstations, the combination offers a balance of compute and graphics power that can handle office productivity, database management, and light 3D modeling without requiring a dedicated desktop tower.

Balance and Bottleneck

The data reveals a balanced platform where the CPU and GPU are well-matched for most workloads, but there are specific scenarios where one component will limit the other. The CPU's 87th percentile ranking is significantly higher than the GPU's 67th percentile, indicating that the processor has more headroom than the graphics card. In gaming at 1080p, the GPU will be the primary bottleneck for achieving ultra-high frame rates in graphically demanding titles, as the GPU's PassMark G3D score of 17469 is the limiting factor for pixel throughput. The CPU's strong single-thread score of 3487 in Cinebench R23 ensures it will not hold back the GPU in most titles, but in CPU-intensive games like strategy or simulation, the CPU can become the limiting factor despite its high ranking.

For content creation, the balance shifts. In 3D rendering and video encoding, the CPU's multi-core score of 24703 will dominate the workload, and the GPU's compute score of 6816 in PassMark will be secondary. This means the CPU is the bottleneck in pure rendering tasks, while the GPU becomes more relevant in GPU-accelerated effects or AI-based features. The lack of measured FPS data for this exact combination means all FPS discussions are estimates based on benchmark scores. The data suggests that reducing game settings from ultra to high will yield a larger FPS improvement than upgrading the CPU, as the GPU is the weaker link.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a 5 nm Ada Lovelace chip with 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, giving it a high transistor density of 118.9M per mm². It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock is 2000 MHz with a 16 Gbps effective rate, and the GPU runs at a base clock of 1545 MHz with a boost clock of 1890 MHz. The compute configuration includes 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units.

The GPU's 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores are the key hardware for ray tracing and DLSS, respectively. The FP32 performance is 11.61 TFLOPS, which is identical to the FP16 performance at an 11.61 TFLOPS (1:1) ratio, indicating that the GPU does not have dedicated half-precision units that double throughput. The pixel rate is 90.72 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 181.4 GTexel/s. The benchmark scores show a PassMark G3D score of 17469, which is 0.8% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 1.3% higher than the RTX 5060 Mobile. However, it is 0.7% lower than the desktop RTX 2080. For rendering workloads, the Vulkan score of 89569 indicates strong performance in modern graphics APIs, while the OpenCL score of 89420 shows the GPU is capable in compute-heavy applications. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p gaming with high textures, but users working with 4K textures or large 3D scenes may encounter limitations.

Usage Scenarios

High-Refresh Gaming: The RTX 4060 Mobile's PassMark G3D score of 17469 suggests this laptop can deliver smooth gameplay at 1080p with high settings, targeting 100+ FPS in esports titles and 60+ FPS in AAA games. The CPU's single-core score of 3487 ensures low frame-time spikes, providing a consistent experience.

Streaming: The 8-core CPU with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24703 can handle game encoding via x264 while the GPU manages rendering, though the GPU's 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores can offload encoding via NVENC, freeing up CPU resources for other tasks.

Video Editing: The CPU's multi-core score of 24703 will accelerate timeline scrubbing and export times in software like Premiere Pro, while the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 256 GB/s bandwidth handle 4K footage with multiple layers. The data encryption score of 21096 also helps with encrypted media files.

3D Rendering: In CPU-based renderers, the 16 threads will push through scenes efficiently, but the GPU's compute score of 6816 in PassMark means GPU-accelerated renderers like Blender Cycles will see moderate performance, suitable for previews and smaller projects.

Software Development: The CPU's integer math score of 101977 and extended instructions score of 26804 indicate strong compilation speeds and execution of complex algorithms. The 16 MB L3 cache helps with frequently accessed code, making this a capable portable development machine.

Student and Office Work: The CPU's single-thread score of 3952 in PassMark ensures snappy responsiveness in web browsers and office suites. The Radeon 780M integrated graphics provide a backup for the discrete GPU, and the 87th percentile CPU ranking means multitasking with dozens of tabs and documents is effortless.

Build Overview

This is a laptop-class build, as indicated by the buildClass field. The pairing of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile produces a combined percentile rank of 77, placing it in the upper-midrange tier of all systems. The CPU is a high-end mobile processor with a 35 W TDP, while the GPU is a mid-range mobile graphics solution with a 115 W TDP. The data shows the CPU is in the 87th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 67th percentile of all GPUs. This asymmetry means the CPU has more performance headroom relative to the GPU, making this a CPU-dominant platform. The build class is explicitly laptop, so it is not a desktop replacement in the traditional sense, but it offers a strong balance of compute and graphics capabilities for a portable machine.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix. It is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC with 25,000 million transistors, giving it a die size of 178 mm². The base clock is 4.00 GHz, and the boost clock is 5.20 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a shared 16 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with a dual-channel bus, providing 89.6 GB/s of bandwidth, and it supports ECC memory for data integrity.

The benchmark results show a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24703, which places it in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. The single-core score of 3487 is equally impressive, indicating that the 5.20 GHz boost clock is effective in lightly-threaded tasks. The PassMark single-thread score of 3952 confirms this, showing that the CPU is not just a multi-core monster but also a fast single-thread performer. The data compression score of 352077 is exceptionally high, making this CPU well-suited for file archiving and database workloads. The CPU's avgBenchmarkScore of 40431 is within 0.3% of the Intel Core i9-13905H, proving it is a top-tier mobile processor. The 16 MB L3 cache is adequate for gaming and general productivity, though it is not as large as some desktop parts. The 35 W TDP is a key feature, as it allows this performance to be delivered in a slim laptop chassis without excessive heat or fan noise.

Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile

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