Doom

The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is an unusual combination: a budget-conscious quad-core processor from the Alder Lake generation paired with an end-of-life flagship-tier graphics card. The data for Doom shows this pairing produces extremely high frame rates across all tested resolutions and presets, with the GPU clearly dominating the workload. The CPU sits in the 68th percentile of all tested processors, while the GPU ranks in the 86th percentile, indicating a significant imbalance that favors the graphics card in this title.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the Intel Core i3-12100F, benchmark averages place it nearly identical to several other processors. The Intel Core 3 N355 has an average score of 13492, a delta of 0% from the i3-12100F's 13494 average, making it a direct performance equivalent. The Intel Core i5-9500 scores 13452, which is 0.3% lower, while the Intel Core 5 120UL scores 13594, coming in 0.7% higher. The Intel Core i7-1250U scores 13351, 1.1% lower. In practical terms, any of these CPUs would deliver nearly indistinguishable performance in Doom, as the game's demands on processor resources are well within the capabilities of this class of hardware.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER shows a similar clustering of rivals. The standard RTX 4080 scores 54247, just 0.1% higher than the SUPER's 54209 average benchmark score, making it a nearly identical alternative. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 54828, 1.1% higher, while the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 55698, 2.7% higher. The AMD Radeon 8060S scores 55757, 2.8% higher. None of these differences exceed 3%, so in Doom specifically, swapping to any of these GPUs would result in frame rates within a few percentage points of each other at every resolution and preset tested.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers an average of 240.5 FPS. Lower presets push even higher: High runs at 294.3 FPS, Medium at 342.3 FPS, and Low at 363 FPS. All four presets clear the 60 FPS threshold with massive headroom.

At 2560x1440, Ultra again qualifies as the best playable setting, averaging 158 FPS. High averages 187.5 FPS, Medium hits 222.9 FPS, and Low reaches 261 FPS. The gap between resolutions is steep, but even the heaviest preset at this resolution leaves substantial performance in reserve.

At 3840x2160, Ultra remains the best setting that stays above 60 FPS, averaging 85 FPS. High averages 102.9 FPS, Medium hits 123.6 FPS, and Low reaches 140.4 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset dips below triple digits, but it still clears the 60 FPS playability threshold by a comfortable 25 FPS margin.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data across resolutions reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario. At 1080p Ultra, the combo produces 240.5 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it drops to 158 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 85 FPS. This scaling pattern—roughly a 34% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and another 46% reduction from 1440p to 4K—is characteristic of a workload limited by graphics processing rather than CPU throughput. The i3-12100F's quad-core, eight-thread design with a 3.30 GHz base and 4.30 GHz boost clock provides enough single-thread capability to keep up at these frame rates, but the measured results indicate the GPU is the primary determinant of performance.

Preset scaling within a resolution reinforces this interpretation. At 4K, moving from Low (140.4 FPS) to Ultra (85 FPS) costs 55.4 FPS, a 39.5% reduction. At 1440p, the same preset swing goes from 261 FPS down to 158 FPS, a 39.5% reduction as well. At 1080p, Low runs at 363 FPS and Ultra at 240.5 FPS, a 33.7% reduction. The consistency of these percentage drops across resolutions indicates that the GPU's rendering load, not the CPU's processing capacity, is what changes as settings increase.

The CPU's role is not negligible, however. The i3-12100F's benchmark scores—particularly the 3dmark single-thread score of 893 and the passmark single-thread score of 3444—show it can feed frames quickly. But the fact that 1080p Low achieves 363 FPS while 4K Low achieves 140.4 FPS suggests that even at low settings, the GPU is still the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the CPU is closer to becoming a bottleneck, but the measured 363 FPS ceiling is far above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

The Verdict

This system can run Doom at 60 FPS or higher on every preset at every resolution tested. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset averages 240.5 FPS, far above the playable threshold. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 158 FPS, again clearing 60 FPS by a wide margin. At 3840x2160, Ultra averages 85 FPS, which is the lowest result across all configurations but still 25 FPS above the 60 FPS minimum. All tested settings—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—are playable at all three resolutions, according to the verdict data. The RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth provide ample headroom for this 2016 title, and the i3-12100F's four cores handle the game's threading requirements without dropping below the threshold.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Doom at 4K Ultra settings?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo averages 85 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best preset to use at 1440p?

A: Ultra is the best playable setting at 2560x1440, averaging 158 FPS. High runs at 187.5 FPS, Medium at 222.9 FPS, and Low at 261 FPS.

Q: How much performance drops when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: At Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops from 240.5 FPS at 1920x1080 to 85 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of 155.5 FPS.

Q: Is the Intel Core i3-12100F a bottleneck for the RTX 4080 SUPER in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the main performance driver. The CPU's 3dmark single-thread score of 893 and passmark single-thread score of 3444 are sufficient to support the frame rates observed, as even the lowest FPS results (85 at 4K Ultra) remain well above playable.

Q: What graphics card performs similarly to the RTX 4080 SUPER?

A: The standard RTX 4080 has an average benchmark score of 54247, merely 0.1% higher. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 1.1% higher, and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 2.7% higher.

Q: Does the combo rank high among all tested configurations for Doom?

A: It ranks 306 out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in the top 8.2% of all listed systems for this game.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i3-12100F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 306th out of 3712 tested combos for Doom. That places this system in the top 8.2% of all configurations in the database. The ranking reflects the GPU's dominant role in this title; the RTX 4080 SUPER's 86th percentile standing among all GPUs carries the overall combo, while the CPU's 68th percentile ranking is secondary. The measured frame rates confirm this hierarchy: even at the most demanding tested setting (4K Ultra, 85 FPS), the system maintains smooth gameplay, and at 1080p Ultra it reaches 240.5 FPS. The rank of 306 suggests that only a small fraction of tested combos—likely those pairing top-tier CPUs with the same or better GPUs—achieve higher performance in Doom. For a system built around a $97 launch MSRP processor and a $999 launch MSRP graphics card, the performance outcome is overwhelmingly positive, though the imbalance between the two components is evident in the data.