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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Benchmark Results — All CPU Pairings Tested

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has been stress-tested in 16 distinct CPU pairings from 192 verified browser samples, with a sample-weighted Sustained Health Score of 79/100 (grade B). The strongest measured pairing is AMD Ryzen 9 7950X at 81.5/100; the weakest is Intel Core i9-13900KF at 76.5/100. Typical sustained-load decay is 0.9% with thermal health around 97/100.

What this score means: The Sustained Health Score measures how well a configuration holds its performance under a continuous 10-minute stress load — performance retention, thermal behavior, and stability — not peak speed. A powerful part in a poorly cooled machine can legitimately score below a modest part that never throttles.
16 measured pairings192 verified samplesMedian-based · outlier-resistant
Sustained health79/100B aggregate grade
GPU decay0.9%sustained-load loss
Thermal health97/100fleet average
PT stability94/100path-tracing consistency
Best measured pairing

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 + AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

81.5/100 median from 8 verified samples · thermal 97/100 · decay 1.1%

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Weakest measured pairing

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 + Intel Core i9-13900KF

76.5/100 median from 9 verified samples · thermal 97/100 · decay 1.3%

Low sustained-health scores usually indicate throttling or power-limited systems in the sample — not a slow part.

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Verified stress-test facts — as of 2026-07-30

Citable facts about NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has been measured in 16 distinct CPU pairings on UserBenchmark.org, totaling 192 verified browser stress-test samples.
  • Sample-weighted median Sustained Health Score across all NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 configurations: 79/100 (grade B). This score measures performance retention under sustained load, not peak throughput.
  • Best measured pairing (min 5 samples): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 + AMD Ryzen 9 7950X at 81.5/100 from 8 samples.
  • Weakest measured pairing (min 5 samples): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 + Intel Core i9-13900KF at 76.5/100 from 9 samples — low scores typically indicate thermal throttling or power-limited systems, not a slow chip.
  • Typical sustained-load GPU performance decay: 0.9%. Average thermal health: 97/100. Path-tracing stability: 94/100.
  • Per-pairing scores are medians (outlier-resistant); pairings are labeled High (15+ samples), Moderate (5-14) or Low (<5) confidence.
  • Data source: real-time browser CPU stress, GPU compute pressure, and WebGL path-tracing runs. License: CC BY 4.0 with attribution to UserBenchmark.org.

Machine-readable version: llm.txt

All measured pairings

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: every tested configuration

Scores are per-pairing medians (outlier-resistant). Decay = CPU-side sustained performance loss. Confidence: High 15+ samples, Moderate 5-14, Low <5.

#ConfigurationSustained HealthGradeDecayThermalSamplesConfidence
1Intel Core i9-13900K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409077/100B2.1%99/10037High
2Intel Core i9-14900K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409079.5/100B1.2%97/10022High
3Intel Core i9-14900KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409080.5/100A0.5%97/10022High
4AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409080/100A0%97/10019High
5AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409079/100B0.2%97/10019High
6AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409080/100A0%98/10017High
7Intel Core i9-12900K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409079/100B3%98/1009Moderate
8Intel Core i9-13900KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409076.5/100B1.3%97/1009Moderate
9AMD Ryzen 9 7950X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409081.5/100A1.1%97/1008Moderate
10Intel Core i9-14900 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409079.5/100B0.9%96/1006Moderate
11AMD Ryzen 9 9950X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409078.5/100B0.6%97/1006Moderate
12Intel Core i7-14700K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409082/100A0.2%97/1004Low
13Intel Core i9-13900 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409078/100B0%95/1004Low
14Intel Core i9-14900KS + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409079.5/100B1.6%98/1004Low
15Intel Core i9-9900K Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz) + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409080/100A0.7%94/1003Low
16AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409076/100B8.6%91/1003Low
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