Control

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 clears Control at every resolution the database has measured, and it does so with headroom to spare in most cases. At 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, every preset from Low through Ultra holds above the 60 FPS playable threshold, with Ultra delivering 106 FPS at 1080p and 80 FPS at 1440p. Only at 3840x2160 does the ceiling narrow: Ultra drops to 54 FPS, making High — at 62 FPS — the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60. The data shows a GPU-bound profile at higher resolutions and a configuration that ranks in the top quarter of all tested combos for this title.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700K + RTX 4070 run Control at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the measured averages are 98 FPS on Low, 70 FPS on Medium, 62 FPS on High, and 54 FPS on Ultra. High is the most demanding preset that clears the 60 FPS threshold at native 4K; Ultra falls just short.

Q: What is the highest preset that stays above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra, at 80 FPS average. Medium runs at 104 FPS with a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 119, High runs at 92 FPS, and Low reaches 146 FPS — all four presets are playable at 2560x1440.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Control?

A: It ranks 904 out of 3720 tested combos, placing it solidly in the upper tier for this game.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the limiting factor in Control with this pairing?

A: The GPU. The i7-14700K sits in the 94th percentile versus all CPUs in the database, while the RTX 4070 sits in the 81st percentile versus all GPUs, and frame rates scale down sharply as resolution climbs — the signature of a GPU-bound title.

Q: What frame rate does this combo deliver at 1080p Ultra?

A: 106 FPS average. At 1080p Medium the measured range is 116 FPS minimum to 157 FPS maximum with a 137 FPS average.

Q: When was Control released, and does its age matter here?

A: Control launched on August 26, 2019 as an Action Adventure title. Despite the demanding nature of its visuals, this hardware pairing — a 2023 CPU meeting a 2023 GPU — handles it comfortably at all three measured resolutions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The RTX 4070 is the component that sets the pace in Control on this system, and the resolution scaling data makes that unambiguous. Moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 at Medium drops the average from 137 FPS to 70 FPS — roughly halving performance when pixel count quadruples. At Ultra the fall is steeper still, from 106 FPS at 1080p to 54 FPS at 4K. That pattern indicates the GPU is the bottleneck at higher resolutions, since render load grows with pixel count while CPU-side simulation demand stays flat.

The i7-14700K, meanwhile, never comes close to being a constraint. It is a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-R processor with a 5.60 GHz boost clock, and its database standing — 94th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 69355 — places it far above what Control's 2019-era engine can stress. Its nearest rivals by aggregate score are the AMD EPYC 9115 (69288, within 0.1 percent), the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, a 0.2 percent gap), the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875, 0.7 percent), and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (69996, 0.9 percent). Those are all high-performance parts clustered within a single percent of each other, which tells you the CPU tier is essentially saturated for this game.

The GPU's own standing supports the same conclusion. The RTX 4070 ranks in the 81st percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37648 and a PassMark G3D result of 26927. Its nearest rivals by average score include the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37628, 0.1 percent), the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.4 percent ahead for the RTX 4070), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, 1.3 percent ahead), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (37157, 1.3 percent behind). In a game where frame rate tracks resolution this tightly, the Ada Lovelace GPU's 5888 shading units, 46 RT cores, and 504.2 GB/s of GDDR6X bandwidth are what determine the final numbers.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo posts averages of 193 FPS on Low, 137 FPS on Medium, 122 FPS on High, and 106 FPS on Ultra. The Medium run provides the only full min/avg/max spread at this resolution: 116 FPS minimum, 137 FPS average, 157 FPS maximum. Even the floor of that range sits nearly double the 60 FPS playable threshold, which means 1080p gameplay is fluid at any visual setting the game offers.

At 2560x1440, averages land at 146 FPS on Low, 104 FPS on Medium, 92 FPS on High, and 80 FPS on Ultra. Medium again supplies the complete frame-time picture: 88 FPS minimum, 104 FPS average, 119 FPS maximum. The minimum never approaches the threshold, confirming that 1440p is fully comfortable territory for this configuration — every preset, including the top one, clears 60 FPS with margin.

At 3840x2160, averages settle at 98 FPS on Low, 70 FPS on Medium, 62 FPS on High, and 54 FPS on Ultra. The Medium measurement shows 59 FPS minimum, 70 FPS average, and 80 FPS maximum. This is the only resolution where a preset fails the threshold: Ultra's 54 FPS average sits below the 60 FPS line, while High at 62 FPS clears it — narrowly. The step from Medium (70 FPS) to High (62 FPS) to Ultra (54 FPS) is consistent at roughly eight frames per preset at 4K, so each notch up in quality costs meaningful headroom at native resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

Against the full field of tested hardware pairings in Control, the i7-14700K plus RTX 4070 ranks 904 out of 3720 combos. That places it in roughly the top quarter of all configurations benchmarked for this title — a strong standing, and one consistent with the individual component percentiles. The CPU contributes 94th-percentile class processing power; the GPU contributes 81st-percentile class rendering throughput. Together they produce a result that outperforms about three quarters of the recorded field.

Context from each component's rival cluster reinforces the picture. On the CPU side, the i7-14700K trades blows within a percent of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD EPYC 9115, meaning any pairing built on those chips would behave similarly at the processor level. On the GPU side, the RTX 4070's proximity to the GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile — which holds only a 1.3 percent aggregate edge — suggests the rendering performance here is representative of that performance tier. Since Control's frame rates on this combo track GPU load rather than CPU load, the ranking is best read as a statement about the RTX 4070's fit for this game: capable at everything, definitive below 4K Ultra.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Control, and runs it well. The verdict data confirms playability at all three measured resolutions:

• 1920x1080: Playable on Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. Best setting is Ultra at 106 FPS average — a 46 FPS cushion above the threshold.
• 2560x1440: Playable on Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. Best setting is Ultra at 80 FPS average — a 20 FPS cushion.
• 3840x2160: Playable on Low, Medium, and High. Best setting is High at 62 FPS average. Ultra, at 54 FPS, is the single preset that misses the mark.

The short version: below 4K, there is no decision to make — max the game out and play. At native 4K, the choice is between High at 62 FPS for threshold-clearing smoothness or Ultra at 54 FPS if a slightly lower average is acceptable for maximum fidelity. Given that the measured Medium run at 4K never dipped below 59 FPS, even the more demanding moments of the game stay close to the threshold a preset down from the maximum.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 3840x2160 — High, 62 FPS average. High is the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS at native 4K. Ultra's 54 FPS average falls short, so players wanting the top preset at this resolution would need to accept a sub-threshold result.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 80 FPS average. The full preset range is on the table at 1440p, and Ultra still carries a 20 FPS buffer over the threshold. Medium, at 104 FPS average with a minimum of 88, is the pick for players who prefer extra smoothness over maximum detail.
• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 106 FPS average. Ultra at 1080p delivers more than a 75 percent margin above the 60 FPS threshold. For even higher frame rates, Medium raises the average to 137 FPS with a measured maximum of 157 FPS, and Low pushes to 193 FPS.

Across the board, the pairing of a 94th-percentile CPU with an 81st-percentile GPU turns Control into a settings-menu playground: everything is viable at 1080p and 1440p, and only the 4K Ultra preset asks for compromise.