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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H + NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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84 Score

Top 16% Ranking

84 / 100

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Top 16% of systems. Excellent for 1440p Ultra or 4K High gaming.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio

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CPU

92%

GPU

76%

PROCESSOR

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

40,431 Benchmark Score

Top 8% Market Ranking

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

1,285 Benchmark Score

Top 24% Market Ranking

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60-85

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90-100

Ultimate

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

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready

70-89

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

1440p Ultra 4K High

50-69

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

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30-49

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1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

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0-29

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Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

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The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H paired with the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a laptop configuration with a stark performance divide. The CPU is a high-end mobile processor, sitting in the 87th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is a legacy professional part that languishes in the 7th percentile of all GPUs. This creates a system where the processor is the dominant component, capable of handling demanding compute workloads, but the graphics card acts as a significant bottleneck for any task involving 3D rendering or modern gaming. The data shows a pairing that is profoundly unbalanced, with the CPU’s capabilities far exceeding what the GPU can utilize in graphical applications.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is an 8-core, 16-thread processor built on TSMC's 4 nm process node. It belongs to the 7000 series and utilizes the Zen 4 architecture, known by the codename Phoenix. The CPU operates with a base clock of 4.00 GHz and can boost up to 5.20 GHz, which is a substantial frequency range for a mobile part with a 35 W TDP. This architecture and clock speed combination yields impressive benchmark scores that place the chip in the 87th percentile against all CPUs, indicating top-tier performance for its class.

Benchmark results confirm the processor's strength across various workloads. In Cinebench, the CPU achieves a multi-core score of 24703 in R23 and 10375 in R20, demonstrating robust multi-threaded capabilities for tasks like video encoding and 3D rendering. The single-core performance is equally notable, with scores of 3487 in R23 and 1464 in R20, which are critical for snappy system responsiveness and applications that rely on single-thread speed. PassMark tests further illustrate its versatility: the processor scores 101977 in integer math and 62057 in floating-point math, indicating strong general-purpose number crunching. The data compression score of 352077 is particularly high, suggesting the CPU is well-suited for file archiving and data management tasks.

The cache hierarchy consists of 64 KB of L1 and 1 MB of L2 per core, with a shared 16 MB L3 cache. This configuration is standard for the Zen 4 architecture and supports the high boost clocks by keeping data close to the cores. The CPU supports dual-channel DDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s, which is sufficient to feed its 8 cores. It also includes 20 PCIe Gen 4 lanes, providing fast connectivity for NVMe storage and the discrete GPU. The integrated Radeon 780M graphics offer a backup display option, but the discrete GPU handles the heavy lifting. The processor’s nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra X7 368H, has an average score that is 0.2% lower, while the Intel Xeon 6369P is 0.3% higher, placing the Ryzen 9 7940H in a highly competitive performance tier where tiny margins separate the top mobile and workstation chips.

Balance and Bottleneck

The benchmark data reveals a critical imbalance in this configuration. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 40431 places it in the 87th percentile, indicating it is a top-tier performer. In contrast, the GPU’s average benchmark score is a mere 1285, placing it in the 7th percentile, which is far below average. This 80-percentile point gap demonstrates that the GPU will be the primary limiting factor in almost any graphics-intensive workload. The CPU is capable of feeding frames far faster than the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile can render them, leading to a scenario where the GPU is fully saturated while the CPU remains underutilized.

This bottleneck is most evident in gaming and 3D rendering. In these scenarios, the GPU is the component that determines the final frame rate and render time. The data shows that the GPU’s performance is comparable to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, which is a 0.3% difference, and the AMD Radeon R9 380, which is 0.6% faster. These are legacy parts, and the comparison underscores the GPU’s age and limited capability. For CPU-bound tasks like data encryption, where the score is 21096, or extended instruction workloads, scoring 26804, the processor will excel without any hindrance from the graphics card. The system’s combined percentile of 47 reflects this dichotomy, pulling the overall performance down to the middle of the pack despite the excellent CPU, simply because the GPU is so far behind in its own percentile ranking.

Usage Scenarios

High-Refresh Gaming: This system is not suitable for high-refresh gaming. The GPU’s 7th percentile ranking and its proximity to the GeForce GT 610 in benchmark scores indicate that it cannot deliver the frame rates necessary to take advantage of a 144 Hz or 240 Hz display. The processor is more than capable, but the graphics card will restrict performance to low settings and lower resolutions to achieve playable frame rates.

Streaming: The CPU is well-equipped for streaming. Its high multi-core score of 24703 in Cinebench R23 allows for simultaneous game encoding and broadcasting without a significant performance hit. However, the GPU’s weakness in rendering the game itself will be the limiting factor, potentially forcing streamers to lower the in-game resolution and graphical fidelity to maintain a stable broadcast.

Video Editing: This is a mixed scenario. The CPU’s strong multi-threaded performance (10375 in R20) will speed up video export and encoding times significantly. However, the GPU’s low score of 1285 in 3DMark Steel Nomad indicates it will struggle with GPU-accelerated effects, motion graphics, and real-time previews of complex timelines, leading to a laggy editing experience in the timeline.

3D Rendering: The CPU will be the star for CPU-based rendering engines, with its 24703 score in Cinebench R23 providing substantial compute power. For GPU-based renderers like Octane or V-Ray GPU, the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile’s 5.299 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 30 RT cores will be a major bottleneck, resulting in long render times and a workflow that is heavily constrained by the graphics card.

Software Development: This configuration is excellent for software development. The CPU’s high single-thread score of 3952 in PassMark ensures fast compilation of single files, while the 16 threads handle parallel builds efficiently. The GPU is largely irrelevant for most coding tasks, meaning the powerful CPU can be fully utilized without any bottleneck from the graphics subsystem.

Student and Office Work: This system is overkill for standard office tasks. The CPU provides instantaneous responsiveness for spreadsheets, word processing, and web browsing, but the power and cost associated with the processor are wasted in this use case. The GPU’s performance is irrelevant here, but the system’s overall bulk and power draw make it less portable than a more balanced ultrabook.

Who Should Build It

This specific pairing appears to target users who require maximum CPU compute power but have light, legacy GPU needs. The target user is a professional or developer who primarily runs CPU-intensive applications, such as data analysis, virtualization, or complex software builds, and only occasionally uses the GPU for basic display output or older, non-demanding graphical tasks. The data supports this, as the CPU’s 87th percentile ranking makes it a top choice for compute-heavy workloads, while the GPU’s low performance is acceptable for 2D applications and basic rendering.

For content creators, this is only viable if their workflow is entirely CPU-centric, such as using handbrake for video transcoding (benefiting from the 352077 data compression score) or rendering with a CPU-only engine. Gamers at 1080p with low settings might find it usable for older titles, but the GPU’s 7th percentile ranking suggests it will fail to provide a satisfactory experience in modern games. Students and small business workstations that rely on standard office software will find the CPU excessively powerful, but the system will perform all tasks with ease; however, a less powerful and more efficient CPU would be a better fit for battery life and cost. The system is a poor choice for a balanced workstation, as the GPU severely limits the potential of the high-end processor in any graphics-accelerated task.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark data presents a clear picture of the CPU’s dominance and the GPU’s limitations. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H achieves an average benchmark score of 40431, placing it in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. This score is nearly identical to that of the Intel Xeon 6507P, which has an average score of 40426, a 0% difference, and the Intel Core i9-13905H, which scores 40313, a 0.3% difference. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra X7 368H, scores 40518, making it 0.2% faster. These margins are negligible, showing the Ryzen 9 7940H is at the top of the performance curve.

The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an average benchmark score of just 1285, placing it in the 7th percentile of all GPUs. Its performance is closely matched by the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, which scores 1281 (0.3% slower), and the AMD Radeon R9 380, which scores 1293 (0.6% faster). The combined picture is of a system with a top-tier processor paired with a bottom-tier graphics card. The system’s combined percentile is 47, which is a direct result of the GPU’s poor performance dragging down the excellent CPU score. The data indicates that the overall system performance is average, but this is misleading, as the CPU is exceptional and the GPU is exceptionally weak.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a professional mobile graphics card based on the Turing architecture and the TU106 chip, manufactured on a 12 nm process. It features 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The GPU is equipped with 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, providing hardware support for ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads, though its raw performance is limited. The card has a base clock of 945 MHz and a boost clock of 1380 MHz, delivering an FP32 performance of 5.299 TFLOPS.

The memory subsystem consists of 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is modest by modern standards, but the bandwidth is adequate for the GPU’s compute capabilities. The card’s pixel rate is 88.32 GPixel/s, and its texture rate is 165.6 GTexel/s. In terms of API support, it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad score is 1285, which places it in the 7th percentile, directly alongside the GeForce GT 610. This benchmark result indicates that despite having RT and Tensor cores, the GPU’s overall rasterization performance is comparable to a decade-old entry-level graphics card, making it unsuitable for modern 3D rendering workloads or gaming.

Gaming Performance

No measured FPS data exists for this exact CPU+GPU combination. The FACT PACK contains no measuredFps rows, so all frame rate discussions are estimates based on the benchmark scores. Given the GPU’s 7th percentile ranking and its benchmark score of 1285, which is nearly identical to the GeForce GT 610, gaming performance is expected to be very poor by modern standards. In older or less demanding esports titles at 1080p with low settings, the system might achieve playable frame rates, but in any modern AAA game, the GPU will be the limiting factor.

The CPU’s high single-core score of 3952 in PassMark indicates it can process game logic and physics quickly, but the GPU’s low fill rate and shading power will prevent high frame rates. For example, a game that requires a GPU with a score of 3000 or higher for smooth 60 FPS gameplay at 1080p medium settings would be unplayable on this system, as the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile would be operating at roughly half the required performance. The estimates suggest that users would need to play at 720p or 1080p with the lowest graphical settings and even then, frame rates might dip below 30 FPS in demanding scenes. This configuration is not recommended for gaming.

FAQ

Q: What is the performance class of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H?

A: The Ryzen 9 7940H is a high-end mobile processor, scoring 40431 on average and ranking in the 87th percentile of all CPUs.

Q: How does the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile compare to other GPUs?

A: The GPU is a low-performance part, with an average score of 1285, placing it in the 7th percentile. It performs nearly identically to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (0.3% faster) and the AMD Radeon R9 380 (0.6% slower).

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s.

Q: Does the CPU have integrated graphics?

A: Yes, the Ryzen 9 7940H includes integrated Radeon 780M graphics, which can be used as a fallback display output.

Q: What is the CPU's boost clock speed?

A: The processor has a boost clock of 5.20 GHz and a base clock of 4.00 GHz.

Q: What is the system's overall performance percentile?

A: The combined system percentile is 47, reflecting the massive gap between the high-performing CPU and the low-performing GPU.

Q: What is the GPU's architecture?

A: The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is based on the Turing architecture, built on a 12 nm process at TSMC.

Build Overview

This build pairs the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, an 8-core Zen 4 processor, with the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, a Turing-based professional GPU. It is classified as a laptop build. The data shows a clear tier mismatch: the CPU is in the 87th percentile, representing a top-tier mobile processor, while the GPU is in the 7th percentile, representing an entry-level or legacy part. The overall combined percentile of 47 indicates that this system sits in the middle of the performance spectrum, but this is a misleading figure. The high CPU score of 40431 is brought down by the GPU’s low score of 1285. The result is a system that is a compute powerhouse for CPU-bound tasks but a weak performer for graphics-intensive applications, making it a specialized tool for specific professional workloads rather than a general-purpose gaming or balanced workstation.

Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H + NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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