Control

The Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combination delivers a solid, playable experience in Control, but the ceiling varies sharply by resolution. At 1920x1080, the pairing runs every preset above the 60 FPS threshold, with Ultra averaging 67.4 FPS. Stepping up to 2560x1440, the system remains comfortable at Medium (67.1 FPS) but cannot hold 60 FPS on High (56.8 FPS) or Ultra (50 FPS). At 3840x2160, only Low settings clear the bar, averaging 62.9 FPS, while Medium and High both drop to 41.1 FPS and Ultra falls to 32.6 FPS.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Control at 60 FPS on Ultra settings?

A: Only at 1920x1080. The Ultra preset averages 67.4 FPS at that resolution. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 50 FPS, and at 3840x2160, Ultra averages 32.6 FPS.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 2560x1440?

A: Medium is the highest preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, with an average of 67.1 FPS. High falls short at 56.8 FPS.

Q: Is 4K playable with this hardware?

A: Yes, but only with Low settings. The Low preset at 3840x2160 averages 62.9 FPS. Medium and High both average 41.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i5-12400F has an average benchmark score of 19039, placing it in the 73rd percentile among all CPUs. It sits within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (19047) and the Intel Core 3 201E (19056), and it is effectively tied with the AMD EPYC 7773X (18979).

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti has an average benchmark score of 16129, placing it in the 59th percentile among all GPUs. It is 0.7% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (16014) and 1.7% ahead of the AMD Radeon R9 370X (15862), while sitting 1.4% behind both the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351) and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (16361).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1920x1080?

A: Low averages 117.6 FPS, while Ultra averages 67.4 FPS. The gap is 50.2 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset costs a significant portion of the headroom available at lower settings.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the only preset that maintains an average at or above 60 FPS is Low, with an average of 62.9 FPS. Medium and High both drop to 41.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 32.6 FPS, so any attempt to raise visual quality at 4K will push the system below the playable threshold.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding preset that stays above 60 FPS is Medium, averaging 67.1 FPS. High averages 56.8 FPS, just under the threshold, while Ultra averages 50 FPS. Low runs at 90.9 FPS, offering headroom for users who prefer higher frame rates over visual fidelity.

At 1920x1080, the system can handle Ultra settings, averaging 67.4 FPS. This is the highest preset available, and it clears the 60 FPS bar by 7.4 FPS. High averages 75.9 FPS, Medium averages 86 FPS, and Low averages 117.6 FPS, so all presets are fully playable at this resolution.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals in average benchmark score are all within a fraction of a percent. The AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS scores 19047 (0% delta), the Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056 (-0.1%), the Intel Core i5-1335U scores 18982 (+0.3%), and the AMD EPYC 7773X scores 18979 (+0.3%). Any of these would behave nearly identically to the i5-12400F in synthetic workloads, though the i5-12400F is a desktop part with a 65 W TDP while some rivals are mobile or server chips.

For the GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (16014) is 0.7% slower, the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (16351) is 1.4% faster, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (16361) is 1.4% faster, and the AMD Radeon R9 370X (15862) is 1.7% slower. In practice, the RX 5700 XT and Pro 5600M would deliver frame rates nearly indistinguishable from the RTX 3060 Ti in Control, while the RX 9060 and R9 370X would be marginally slower, likely shifting the 4K Low result closer to the 60 FPS line.

The Verdict

This PC can run Control, but the playable envelope is tightly coupled to resolution. At 1920x1080, the system clears 60 FPS on every preset, including Ultra at 67.4 FPS. This is the only resolution where the full visual feature set is available without compromise. At 2560x1440, the verdict is more cautious: Medium at 67.1 FPS is playable, but High (56.8 FPS) and Ultra (50 FPS) fall short. Users at this resolution must choose between medium fidelity and frame rate stability. At 3840x2160, the system is technically playable only on Low, averaging 62.9 FPS. The data shows a steep drop from Low to Medium at 4K, with both Medium and High locked at 41.1 FPS, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution.

The verdictByResolution data confirms that the i5-12400F + RTX 3060 Ti is a 1080p Ultra-capable pairing and a 1440p Medium pairing, with 4K relegated to Low settings for a 60 FPS experience.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals a clear division of labor. At 1920x1080, the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU across all presets, as shown by the wide spread from Low (117.6 FPS) to Ultra (67.4 FPS). The 50.2 FPS drop from Low to Ultra is almost entirely a GPU workload increase, since the i5-12400F's single-thread score of 909 in 3dmark and passmark single-thread score of 3481 indicate strong per-core performance that does not bottleneck at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the GPU begins to dominate. The drop from Low (90.9 FPS) to Medium (67.1 FPS) is 23.8 FPS, and from Medium to High (56.8 FPS) is another 10.3 FPS. The CPU's role diminishes as pixel count rises, with the RTX 3060 Ti's 16.20 TFLOPS FP32 throughput becoming the bottleneck. The 8 GB GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus (448.0 GB/s) is sufficient at this resolution, but the GPU's raw compute limits High and Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is the sole constraint. Low averages 62.9 FPS, but Medium and High both drop to 41.1 FPS — an identical result that suggests a memory or bandwidth ceiling rather than a compute scaling issue. Ultra falls further to 32.6 FPS. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, are not the limiting factor here; the data shows that the RTX 3060 Ti cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K beyond Low settings, regardless of CPU headroom.

The pattern is consistent: at 1080p, the CPU matters more because the GPU can run fast enough to expose per-core limits; at 1440p and 4K, the GPU's rasterization and memory throughput dictate performance. The i5-12400F's 3dmark max-thread score of 5912 and cinebench r23 multicore score of 12380 indicate ample multi-threaded capacity for Control's engine, but the game's frame rate is ultimately tied to the GPU's 133.2 GPixel/s pixel rate and 253.1 GTexel/s texture rate.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combination ranks 2486 out of 3720 tested combos for Control, placing it in the 33rd percentile of all systems in the database. This is a mid-pack result, reflecting the fact that while the combo delivers smooth 1080p Ultra and 1440p Medium performance, it lacks the headroom for high-refresh 1440p or 4K gaming.

The rank is influenced by the GPU's position in the overall hierarchy: the RTX 3060 Ti sits in the 59th percentile among all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the RX 5700 XT, scores within 1.4%. The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking is comparatively stronger, but in Control, the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions pull the combo's overall standing down. The 2486 rank means that roughly two-thirds of tested combinations deliver better frame rates in this game, likely due to more powerful GPUs that can handle 1440p High and 4K Medium presets.

For a builder targeting 1080p, this rank understates the practical value, since the combo hits 60 FPS on Ultra. For a builder with a 1440p or 4K monitor, the rank is a warning that the system will require settings compromises. The data is measured, not estimated, so the 2486 position reflects real-world performance across the tested preset and resolution matrix.