Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a remarkably consistent performance profile in Control, clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold at every preset across all three tested resolutions. The data indicates that this combination is not merely playable but offers substantial headroom, allowing users to prioritize visual fidelity without compromising frame rate targets.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that maintains an average of 60 FPS or higher is Ultra, which achieves an exact average of 60 FPS. This is the ceiling for this resolution, as the Ultra preset lands precisely on the playable threshold. The High preset at this resolution offers a more comfortable margin with an average of 69 FPS, while Medium reaches 78 FPS and Low climbs to 110 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Ultra preset remains the best choice, delivering an average of 89 FPS. This represents a significant improvement over the 4K result, with a 48% performance uplift when dropping from 3840x2160 to 2560x1440 at the same Ultra settings. The High preset at this resolution produces 102 FPS, Medium reaches 115 FPS, and Low tops out at 162 FPS.

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset again stands as the optimal selection, achieving an average of 118 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset exceeds the 100 FPS mark, indicating that the combination of the Ryzen 5 7600 and RTX 4070 SUPER is well-suited for high-refresh-rate 1080p gaming. The scaling from 2560x1440 to 1920x1080 at Ultra settings yields a 33% average FPS increase, from 89 to 118.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals a clear pattern of GPU dependency across all resolutions, though the degree of that dependency shifts with resolution. At 3840x2160, the gap between Low and Ultra settings is 50 FPS (from 110 down to 60), demonstrating that the rendering workload at 4K heavily taxes the GPU. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle the texture and shading demands at this resolution, but the performance ceiling is clearly set by the graphics card rather than the processor.

At 2560x1440, the settings spread narrows slightly, with a 73 FPS difference between Low (162 FPS) and Ultra (89 FPS). This still points to GPU-bound behavior, as the CPU's role becomes more pronounced only when frame rates exceed roughly 160 FPS. The Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 5.10 GHz, is more than capable of feeding the GPU at these frame rates, but the bottleneck remains firmly on the graphics side.

The 1920x1080 results tell a more nuanced story. Here, the Low preset reaches 214 FPS, which approaches the practical limits of what the CPU can sustain in terms of draw call processing and physics simulation. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 96 FPS (from 214 down to 118), the largest absolute spread in the dataset. This suggests that while the GPU still dominates overall performance, the CPU's contribution becomes more visible at extremely high frame rates, particularly in scenes with complex object interactions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the measured FPS values show a steady progression across presets. The Low preset delivers an average of 110 FPS, while Medium produces 78 FPS with a minimum of 66 FPS and a maximum of 90 FPS. The High preset achieves 69 FPS average, and Ultra settles at exactly 60 FPS average. The minimum FPS data for Medium (66 FPS) indicates that even in demanding scenes, the frame rate stays above the playable threshold.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 162 FPS, Medium reaches 115 FPS with a range of 98 to 133 FPS, High achieves 102 FPS, and Ultra produces 89 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 98 FPS is notably strong, suggesting that this resolution and preset combination provides a particularly stable experience with no dips below 60 FPS.

At 1920x1080, performance is uniformly high. The Low preset averages 214 FPS, Medium achieves 152 FPS with a minimum of 130 FPS and a maximum of 175 FPS, High reaches 135 FPS, and Ultra delivers 118 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 130 FPS is the highest minimum recorded across all tested configurations, underscoring the consistency of this combination at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of all tested hardware combinations for Control, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 639th out of 3,720 combos. This places it in the top 17.2% of all configurations tested, a strong showing that reflects the balanced nature of this pairing. The RTX 4070 SUPER sits in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 7600 ranks in the 78th percentile of all CPUs, indicating that neither component is a significant weak link in this setup.

The rank of 639 is particularly noteworthy given that Control is a demanding title with substantial visual effects and physics simulation. The data shows that this combination outperforms the vast majority of tested systems, and the fact that it achieves playable frame rates at Ultra settings in 4K places it ahead of many configurations that require reduced settings to maintain 60 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the AMD Ryzen 5 7600, the nearest rivals in synthetic benchmark scores include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, which scores 26,274 against the 7600's 26,324 average — a mere 0.2% difference. The AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS scores 26,402, placing it 0.3% ahead of the 7600. The Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26,212, representing a 0.4% deficit, and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U scores 26,187, which is 0.5% behind. In practical terms, all four alternatives would deliver nearly identical frame rates in Control, with differences well within run-to-run variance.

For the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, the closest GPUs by average benchmark score include the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB at 43,262 (0.1% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 43,268 (0.1% behind), the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 at 43,301 (0.2% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile at 43,667 (1% ahead). This clustering is tight, with all four alternatives falling within a 1% performance band of the RTX 4070 SUPER. Users with any of these GPUs would see essentially identical performance in Control, though the desktop variants may have different power and thermal characteristics.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Control at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes, the data shows the Ultra preset at 3840x2160 achieves an average of 60 FPS, which exactly meets the playable threshold. This is the highest preset available and maintains the minimum playable frame rate.

Q: What is the best resolution for high-refresh-rate monitors?

A: At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers 118 FPS average, making it suitable for 120Hz displays. For 144Hz monitors, the High preset at 1080p produces 135 FPS average, while the Low preset reaches 214 FPS for maximum frame rates.

Q: How does performance scale between 1440p and 4K?

A: At Ultra settings, dropping from 3840x2160 to 2560x1440 increases the average frame rate from 60 to 89 FPS, a 48% improvement. This indicates that 1440p provides significantly more headroom while still delivering high visual quality.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game?

A: The GPU is the primary performance driver at all tested resolutions. The settings spread between Low and Ultra is largest at 1080p (96 FPS), but even there the CPU only becomes a factor at frame rates above 200 FPS, which is beyond what most displays can show.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded for this combination?

A: The lowest minimum FPS in the dataset is 66 FPS at 3840x2160 with Medium settings. All other configurations with minimum data recorded stay above 98 FPS, meaning no tested preset drops below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: How does this combo rank relative to all tested systems?

A: This pairing ranks 639th out of 3,720 tested combinations for Control, placing it in the top 17.2% of all configurations. The GPU's 83rd percentile ranking and the CPU's 78th percentile ranking confirm that this is a well-balanced system for this title.