Control

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination run Control at 60 FPS in 1920x1080?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080, all four settings presets clear the 60 FPS playable threshold. The average FPS ranges from 71 at Ultra to 130 at Low, with Medium at 92 and High at 82.

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 2560x1440?

A: The High preset is the best playable option at 2560x1440, delivering an average of 62 FPS. Low and Medium also clear 60 FPS, but Ultra falls to 54 FPS average, below the playable threshold.

Q: Is 3840x2160 playable with this hardware?

A: Only at Low settings. The 3840x2160 Low preset averages 66 FPS. Medium drops to 47 FPS, High to 42 FPS, and Ultra to 36 FPS, all below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Control?

A: This combination ranks 2152 out of 3720 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. The rank reflects the CPU's 68th percentile and the GPU's 65th percentile among all tested parts.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded at 1920x1080 Ultra settings?

A: The Ultra preset at 1920x1080 averages 71 FPS. The measured Medium preset at this resolution shows a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 106 FPS, indicating the Ultra preset likely sits comfortably above 60 FPS throughout.

Q: How much performance drops when moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS falls from 82 at 1920x1080 to 62 at 2560x1440, then to 42 at 3840x2160. The 4K result represents roughly half the 1080p average.

CPU and GPU Roles

The recorded data shows a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling across resolutions. At 1920x1080 Low, the combination produces 130 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops this to 98 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low the average is 66 FPS. This 64 FPS reduction from 1080p to 4K at the same preset indicates the rendering load is expanding faster than the CPU can feed frames, but the CPU is not the limiting factor at any resolution.

The Medium preset shows similar scaling. At 1920x1080 Medium, the average is 92 FPS with a minimum of 78 and maximum of 106. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average falls to 70 FPS with a minimum of 59 and maximum of 80. At 3840x2160 Medium, the average drops to 47 FPS with a minimum of 40 and maximum of 54. The minimum FPS values at 1440p Medium touch 59, just one frame below the playable threshold, while the 4K Medium minimum falls far below.

The High preset demonstrates the steepest relative decline. From 82 FPS at 1080p to 62 FPS at 1440p, then down to 42 FPS at 4K. The 1440p High result barely clears 60 FPS, while the 4K High result is 18 FPS below the threshold. This suggests that High settings at 4K impose a rendering cost that the RTX 2070 SUPER cannot sustain.

The Ultra preset follows the same trajectory. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the average is 71 FPS. At 2560x1440 Ultra, it drops to 54 FPS. At 3840x2160 Ultra, it collapses to 36 FPS. The 1080p Ultra result is playable, but the 1440p and 4K Ultra results are not.

The CPU, with 6 cores and 12 threads from the Comet Lake architecture, shows adequate headroom in synthetic tests. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 and single-core score of 1451 indicate a processor that can handle the game's logic and draw calls. However, the data shows that resolution scaling is governed entirely by the GPU. The RTX 2070 SUPER's 2560 shading units and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus deliver 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes the decisive factor as pixel count rises.

At 1080p, the GPU has spare capacity, which is why even Ultra settings clear 60 FPS. At 1440p, the GPU begins to strain, with only High settings maintaining the threshold. At 4K, the GPU is overwhelmed except at Low settings. The CPU's role diminishes as resolution increases, because the frame rate drops and the CPU has more time to prepare each frame. The database indicates the CPU is not the bottleneck at any measured preset.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-10400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 2152 out of 3720 tested combinations for Control. This places the combo in the 42nd percentile of all tested systems, meaning roughly 58 percent of tested combos deliver higher performance in this game.

The CPU sits at the 68th percentile among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 14185. The GPU sits at the 65th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282. The combo rank being lower than either component's individual percentile suggests that pairing a mid-tier CPU with a mid-tier GPU does not boost the system above the median in this specific title.

The rank reflects real measured data rather than synthetic projections. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the combo produces 71 FPS average, which is a solid result. At 2560x1440 Ultra, it produces 54 FPS, which drops below the playable threshold. At 3840x2160 Ultra, it produces 36 FPS, well below playable. These results place the combo in a position where it can handle 1080p gaming comfortably and 1440p gaming with settings compromises, but 4K gaming is limited to Low settings.

The gap between the CPU and GPU percentiles is small, only 3 percentage points, which indicates a balanced pairing. Neither component is dramatically stronger than the other in the context of this game. The measured FPS data confirms this balance: the system scales predictably across resolutions, without sudden cliffs that would indicate one component bottlenecking the other.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database are all within a narrow performance band. The Intel Xeon 6756E scores 14163, which is 0.2 percent lower than the Core i5-10400F's 14185 average. The Intel Core 7 160UL scores 14232, 0.3 percent higher. The AMD EPYC 7552 scores 14115, 0.5 percent lower. The AMD Ryzen 3 7320C scores 14277, 0.6 percent higher. All four rivals sit within 0.6 percent of the Core i5-10400F, meaning any of them would produce nearly identical frame rates in Control when paired with the same GPU.

The GPU's nearest rivals show a similar clustering. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 20480, 1 percent lower than the RTX 2070 SUPER's 20282. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534, 1.2 percent higher. The Intel Arc B570 scores 20556, 1.3 percent higher. The Intel Arc A750 scores 20582, 1.5 percent higher. These deltas are small enough that in-game performance differences would be within run-to-run variance.

For a user considering alternatives, the data suggests that swapping the Core i5-10400F for any of its four nearest CPU rivals would change Control performance by less than 1 percent. Swapping the RTX 2070 SUPER for any of its four nearest GPU rivals would change performance by at most 1.5 percent. None of these alternatives would move the combo across a playability boundary at any resolution. The 1440p High result of 62 FPS would remain playable, and the 1440p Ultra result of 54 FPS would remain unplayable, regardless of which rival component is substituted.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination delivers its strongest results. The Low preset averages 130 FPS. The Medium preset averages 92 FPS, with a minimum of 78 and a maximum of 106. The High preset averages 82 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 71 FPS. Every preset at this resolution clears the 60 FPS playable threshold by at least 11 FPS.

At 2560x1440, performance drops but remains mostly playable. The Low preset averages 98 FPS. The Medium preset averages 70 FPS, with a minimum of 59 and a maximum of 80. The High preset averages 62 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 54 FPS, falling 6 FPS short of the threshold. The Medium preset's minimum of 59 FPS is just 1 FPS below playable, indicating occasional dips below 60 even when the average clears it.

At 3840x2160, only the Low preset remains playable. The Low preset averages 66 FPS. The Medium preset averages 47 FPS, with a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 54. The High preset averages 42 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 36 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K is 19 FPS, the largest single-preset jump in the entire dataset, which indicates that the Medium preset's additional rendering features impose a heavy cost on the RTX 2070 SUPER at this resolution.

The recorded data shows that the RTX 2070 SUPER has a performance ceiling around 130 FPS at 1080p Low, which is the highest average across all measurements. The lowest recorded average is 36 FPS at 4K Ultra. The spread between these extremes is 94 FPS, illustrating how dramatically resolution and settings affect this hardware combination.

The Verdict

This PC can run Control, but the playable range depends heavily on resolution. At 1920x1080, the system clears 60 FPS on every preset. The best experience is at Ultra settings, which averages 71 FPS. At 2560x1440, the system clears 60 FPS on High, Low, and Medium presets. The best playable option is High at 62 FPS average, though Medium at 70 FPS provides more headroom. Ultra at 1440p falls short at 54 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the system can only manage Low settings, which averages 66 FPS. This result is technically playable, but the visual compromise is substantial. The Medium preset at 4K averages 47 FPS, which is well below the 60 FPS threshold. High and Ultra at 4K produce 42 FPS and 36 FPS respectively, both firmly in unplayable territory.

The verdict by resolution is clear. For 1920x1080, Ultra is the recommended preset. For 2560x1440, High is the best balance, clearing 60 FPS while maintaining visual quality. For 3840x2160, Low is the only playable option, and even that result is only 6 FPS above the threshold. Users prioritizing 4K should consider this a marginal configuration, while users at 1080p will find the system fully capable. The RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K data shows the GPU running out of headroom. The Core i5-10400F does not appear to limit performance at any resolution, based on the recorded FPS scaling.