Control

Pairing Intel's twelfth-generation Core i7-12700KF with NVIDIA's Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 5070 produces a pairing that sits in the upper tiers of the benchmark database, and Control — a 2019 action adventure with a heavy ray-tracing reputation — turns out to be comfortably within its reach at every resolution tested. The data below walks through the measured frame rates, the settings landscape, and how this combination ranks against the 3,719 other CPU/GPU pairings tested in the same game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures in this section are measured averages; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for this test configuration, so the analysis rests on average throughput against the database's playable threshold of 60 FPS.

At 1920x1080, the pairing is untouchable by this game. Low settings deliver 207.7 FPS, Medium raises visual fidelity at a cost of roughly 60 frames and still lands at 147.3 FPS, High sits at 132.2 FPS, and even the Ultra preset — the most demanding standard configuration — averages 114 FPS. Every preset at 1080p clears the 60 FPS line by a factor of nearly two or more.

At 2560x1440, the curve shifts down but the conclusion does not. Low averages 154.8 FPS, Medium 111.7 FPS, High 102.2 FPS, and Ultra 85.9 FPS. The step from Medium to High at this resolution costs about 9.5 frames on average, while High to Ultra costs just over 16 — a notably small penalty for the top preset, which suggests the RTX 5070's GPU-side headroom absorbs the extra load rather than collapsing under it.

At 3840x2160, the numbers tighten. Low holds 103.8 FPS, Medium 77.8 FPS, High 65.1 FPS, and Ultra 60.2 FPS. That last figure is the critical one in the entire dataset: Ultra at 4K clears the 60 FPS playable threshold by only 0.2 frames on average. It counts as playable by the database's criteria, but with no minimum-frame data recorded, players sensitive to dips below the average at 4K Ultra may prefer High, which retains a 5.1-frame cushion.

A cross-resolution comparison of the Ultra preset illustrates the scaling cleanly: 114 FPS at 1080p, 85.9 FPS at 1440p, and 60.2 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 25 percent; from 1440p to 4K it is close to 30 percent. Both drops are moderate for a resolution quadrupling between the outer points, consistent with a GPU-bound profile at higher resolutions.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-12700KF + RTX 5070 run Control at 4K?

A: Yes. All four presets measured at 3840x2160 average at or above 60 FPS, from 103.8 FPS on Low to 60.2 FPS on Ultra. Ultra is the database's best-settings pick for 4K, though its margin over the threshold is the thinnest in the dataset.

Q: What is the highest frame rate this combo recorded in Control?

A: 207.7 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. The 1080p Medium preset follows at 147.3 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 5070 handle Control's Ultra preset at 1440p?

A: Comfortably. Ultra at 2560x1440 averages 85.9 FPS — nearly 26 frames above the playable threshold — and High at the same resolution still manages 102.2 FPS.

Q: How does this pairing rank among tested combinations in Control?

A: It ranks 730th out of 3,720 tested CPU/GPU combinations in this game, placing it in the top quintile of results in the database.

Q: Which CPU and GPU rivals behave most similarly to this hardware?

A: On the CPU side, the Intel Core i7-13700T (within 0.1 percent of the i7-12700KF's average benchmark score), Intel Core i5-13600T (0.2 percent), Intel Core 5 213PE (0.2 percent), and Intel Core i7-12700K (0.2 percent) are statistically equivalent performers. On the GPU side, the nearest rivals listed are the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (within 0.1 percent), AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (0.8 percent), AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (1.2 percent), and NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (2 percent).

Q: Which preset should be used at 4K if frame dips are a concern?

A: High. It averages 65.1 FPS at 3840x2160, providing a small buffer over the 60 FPS threshold, whereas Ultra's 60.2 FPS average leaves almost no headroom.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS average, resolution by resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 114 FPS. No contest; the top preset nearly doubles the threshold.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 85.9 FPS. Again the ceiling preset, with more than 25 frames of headroom.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra, 60.2 FPS. Ultra technically qualifies, making it the best-settings pick, but it clears the bar by the narrowest of margins. High at 65.1 FPS is the prudent alternative for consistent play.

In short, there is no resolution in this test at which the pairing needs to drop below the Ultra preset to stay playable — a rarity in the database, even for a game released in 2019.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Based on the nearestRivals data, several nearby configurations would be expected to behave similarly in Control.

For the processor, the i7-12700KF's average benchmark score of 35,365 places it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs in the database. Its closest rivals cluster within a fraction of a percent: the Intel Core i7-13700T averages 35,403 (0.1 percent higher), the Intel Core i5-13600T averages 35,305 (0.2 percent lower), the Intel Core 5 213PE averages 35,428 (0.2 percent higher), and the i7-12700KF's own sibling, the Core i7-12700K, averages 35,287 (0.2 percent lower). Any of these CPUs paired with the same GPU would be expected to produce Control results within a rounding error of those measured here — assuming the game is not CPU-limited, which the scaling data suggests it largely is not at higher resolutions.

For the graphics card, the RTX 5070 carries an average benchmark score of 40,377 and sits in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. The listed nearest rivals are a different flavor of hardware: the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (average score 40,318, within 0.1 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063, 0.8 percent behind), the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (40,870, 1.2 percent ahead), and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568, 2 percent behind). By aggregate benchmark score these cards bracket the RTX 5070 closely, though aggregate scores do not guarantee identical behavior in a specific title, and Control's demands may distribute differently across these architectures.

How This Combo Ranks

The i7-12700KF + RTX 5070 pairing ranks 730th out of 3,720 tested combinations in Control. That places it in roughly the top 20 percent of configurations in the database for this game — respectable rather than elite. The interpretation is straightforward: Control is a well-optimized title from 2019 that a large number of stronger modern pairings also handle easily, so even a result that clears 60 FPS at 4K Ultra does not reach the leaderboard's summit. What the rank confirms is that this configuration is decisively above the middle of the field, and that its measured averages are consistent with its component percentiles — the CPU at the 85th percentile of all processors, the GPU at the 82nd percentile of all graphics cards.

It is also worth noting the pairing spans hardware generations: an Alder Lake CPU released in November 2021 on Intel's 10 nm node, mated to a Blackwell 2.0 GPU released in March 2025 on TSMC's 5 nm process. The result is a combination where neither component is the weak link for this game.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Control, without qualification. At every tested resolution and every tested preset, the average frame rate meets or exceeds the 60 FPS playable threshold:

• 1920x1080: all presets playable (Low 207.7, Medium 147.3, High 132.2, Ultra 114); best settings Ultra at 114 FPS.
• 2560x1440: all presets playable (Low 154.8, Medium 111.7, High 102.2, Ultra 85.9); best settings Ultra at 85.9 FPS.
• 3840x2160: all presets playable (Low 103.8, Medium 77.8, High 65.1, Ultra 60.2); best settings Ultra at 60.2 FPS.

The single caveat is 4K Ultra, where the 60.2 FPS average leaves essentially no margin. Players wanting assurance against frame-time variation at that setting should use High instead, or accept Ultra with the understanding that the average sits right at the line. Everywhere else, the pairing has frame rate to spare.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling pattern in the measured data indicates which component sets the limits at each resolution and settings tier.

At 1920x1080, the game is most likely CPU-limited. The frame rate climbs only from 114 FPS on Ultra to 207.7 FPS on Low — a substantial range, but one achieved by cutting rendering load on a GPU whose percentile standing (82nd among all GPUs) far exceeds the demands of a 2019 title at 1080p. The i7-12700KF's credentials are relevant here: 12 cores and 20 threads, a 5.00 GHz boost clock, a single-thread Passmark score of 3,984, and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4,071. Those are strong per-core figures, and they keep the CPU from becoming a hard bottleneck even at the highest frame rates in the dataset.

At 2560x1440, the balance shifts toward the GPU. The Ultra preset drops to 85.9 FPS from 114 at 1080p — a decline of about 25 percent — while Low falls from 207.7 to 154.8 FPS, a drop of roughly 25 percent as well. Uniform percentage scaling across presets when resolution increases is the signature of a graphics-bound profile: the RTX 5070's fixed rendering budget is being spread across more pixels, and the CPU's contribution stays constant.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is unambiguously the limiting factor. Ultra lands at 60.2 FPS — 25 frames below the 1440p result — and even Low falls to 103.8 FPS. The compressing spread between presets relative to their 1080p values shows the CPU has stopped being the constraint entirely; every frame-rate difference from here is a function of the GPU's throughput at 4K. The card's specifications — 6,144 shading units, 48 RT cores, 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 compute — are what carry the Ultra preset across the 60 FPS line at this resolution, however narrowly.

The overall picture: Control on this pairing is a GPU-scaled experience above 1080p, with a CPU whose multi-threaded (Passmark 34,092; Geekbench 14,367) and single-threaded results ensure it never becomes the story.