Core i9-14900K + RTX 5090 in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the GPU's frame-rate ceiling in this game, combined. Settings: Max preset, no ray tracing, upscaling off. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, highest settings (TechPowerUp CPU suite), RTX 5090.

1080p159–159 fps · Mild CPU limit 1440p159–159 fps · Mild CPU limit 4K124–124 fps · Mild GPU limit

1080p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 159–159 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i9-14900Kceiling ~159 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5090ceiling ~226 fps on its own

The CPU side is lower by about 29.6%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

1440p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 159–159 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i9-14900Kceiling ~159 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5090ceiling ~192 fps on its own

The CPU side is lower by about 17.2%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

4K

Mild GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 124–124 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i9-14900Kceiling ~159 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5090ceiling ~124 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 21.8%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

CPUs measured in this game that clear this GPU:

Ryzen 5 9600X — ceiling ~154 fps (smallest step that removes the limit) · full result
Ryzen 7 9850X3D — ceiling ~222 fps (strongest measured) · full result

This pair in other measured games

Alan Wake 2 — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Baldur's Gate 3 — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Counter-Strike 2 — Balanced, 579–579 fps at 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 — Strong CPU limit, 109–117 fps at 1440p
Elden Ring — Balanced, 168–168 fps at 1440p
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Balanced, 186–186 fps at 1440p
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Starfield — Mild GPU limit, 134–134 fps at 1440p

Sources for Marvel's Spider-Man 2

TechPowerUp

Full data: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.