Doom

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Medium, delivering an average of 66.7 FPS. High falls short of the 60 FPS threshold at 54.1 FPS average, and Ultra dips further to 45.1 FPS. Low runs at 74.2 FPS, so if you prefer maximum headroom over visual fidelity, that is the safer choice for 4K, but Medium is the highest quality option that remains playable.

At 2560x1440, the entire settings range is playable. Ultra averages 82.7 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS bar with room to spare. High runs at 101.6 FPS, Medium at 117.7 FPS, and Low at 137.6 FPS. Since Ultra is both the most demanding and comfortably above the threshold, it is the recommended preset for 1440p displays.

At 1920x1080, every preset is far above 60 FPS. Ultra averages 128.5 FPS, High reaches 157.8 FPS, Medium hits 183 FPS, and Low tops out at 212.1 FPS. The choice is straightforward: run Ultra. The GPU has enough headroom that even the heaviest settings leave substantial margin for demanding scenes.

CPU and GPU Roles

This combination of Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER shows a clear GPU-bound pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080, the average FPS spread between Low and Ultra is 83.6 FPS (212.1 down to 128.5), which indicates that the GPU is still the limiting factor even at lower resolutions, but the CPU is capable enough to feed high frame rates.

At 2560x1440, the spread narrows slightly: Low runs at 137.6 FPS and Ultra at 82.7 FPS, a 54.9 FPS gap. The relative scaling from Low to Ultra at 1440p is similar to 1080p, suggesting the GPU workload scales predictably with resolution. The CPU does not become a bottleneck here; it maintains high enough throughput to keep the GPU fed.

At 3840x2160, the spread compresses further: Low averages 74.2 FPS and Ultra drops to 45.1 FPS, a 29.1 FPS gap. The absolute frame rates are lower across the board, which points to the GPU being the dominant constraint. The CPU has more than enough headroom at 4K; the RTX 2070 SUPER simply cannot push past its raw rendering limits at that pixel count.

The CPU's benchmark profile supports this interpretation. The i5-12400F scores 12,380 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1,680 in single-core, with a 73rd percentile ranking among all CPUs. The RTX 2070 SUPER sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs. In a game like Doom, which is well optimized and not heavily threaded, the CPU's single-thread strength (909 in 3DMark single-thread) is more than adequate. The data shows that at 1080p and 1440p, the GPU determines the frame rate ceiling; at 4K, that GPU ceiling is simply lower.

Measured FPS Breakdown

3840x2160 (4K)

• Low: 74.2 FPS average
• Medium: 66.7 FPS average
• High: 54.1 FPS average
• Ultra: 45.1 FPS average

The step from Low to Medium costs 7.5 FPS, while Medium to High costs 12.6 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 9.0 FPS. The largest drop occurs between Medium and High, which is also the step that pushes the frame rate below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

2560x1440 (1440p)

• Low: 137.6 FPS average
• Medium: 117.7 FPS average
• High: 101.6 FPS average
• Ultra: 82.7 FPS average

Every preset stays above 60 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 19.9 FPS, Medium to High costs 16.1 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 18.9 FPS. The scaling is relatively even, with each quality tier extracting a similar performance penalty.

1920x1080 (1080p)

• Low: 212.1 FPS average
• Medium: 183 FPS average
• High: 157.8 FPS average
• Ultra: 128.5 FPS average

The gaps are larger in absolute terms: Low to Medium costs 29.1 FPS, Medium to High costs 25.2 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 29.3 FPS. Even at Ultra, the frame rate is more than double the 60 FPS threshold, so there is no practical reason to lower settings unless you are chasing very high refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific CPU-GPU pairing ranks 2,142 out of 3,712 tested combinations in Doom. That places it in the lower half of all tested systems, but the context matters. Doom is a 2016 title with modest hardware demands, and the measured frame rates show that this combo handles it well at every resolution below 4K. The rank reflects the sheer breadth of the database, which includes much higher-end GPUs and newer architectures, not a weakness in this pairing for this game.

The percentile positions are useful here. The CPU sits at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs. The combination's in-game rank of 2,142 out of 3,712 corresponds to roughly the 42nd percentile among tested combos. That gap between component percentiles and game rank suggests that Doom's engine is not particularly sensitive to CPU strength, so the GPU percentile is the better predictor of in-game performance.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the CPU's nearest rivals in the database, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS has an average benchmark score of 19,047, essentially identical to the i5-12400F's 19,039 (0% delta). The Intel Core 3 201E scores 19,056 (-0.1% delta), meaning it is marginally faster on average. The Intel Core i5-1335U scores 18,982 (0.3% delta, slightly slower), and the AMD EPYC 7773X scores 18,979 (0.3% delta). In Doom, any of these CPUs would behave nearly identically to the i5-12400F, since the game is not CPU-limited in this configuration.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals to the RTX 2070 SUPER are the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (average score 20,480, -1% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20,534, -1.2% delta), the Intel Arc B570 (20,556, -1.3% delta), and the Intel Arc A750 (20,582, -1.5% delta). All four are within 1.5% of the RTX 2070 SUPER's average score of 20,282. In practice, swapping to any of these would produce frame rates within a few percent of the measured numbers. The RTX 3070 Mobile is a laptop part, so its desktop performance may differ, but the database average puts it on par with the 2070 SUPER.

If you are building a system with similar performance, pairing the i5-12400F with any of those GPUs would land you in the same FPS range at each resolution. Alternatively, pairing the RTX 2070 SUPER with any of those CPUs would also produce comparable results, since the CPU is not the bottleneck in this game.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run Doom at 4K with High settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with High settings, the average frame rate is 54.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium settings average 66.7 FPS, so that is the highest preset that stays playable at 4K.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p?

A: Ultra. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 82.7 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold. All four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at this resolution, so there is no reason to compromise on quality.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor. The RTX 2070 SUPER ranks at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, while the i5-12400F ranks at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs. The frame rate scaling between resolutions and presets shows the GPU constrains performance, especially at 4K where even Low settings only reach 74.2 FPS.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested systems?

A: It ranks 2,142 out of 3,712 tested combos in Doom. That places it in the lower half of the database, but the game runs well on this hardware. The rank is influenced by the large number of higher-end GPUs in the database, not by any shortcoming in this pairing for this specific title.

Q: What other GPUs perform similarly to the RTX 2070 SUPER?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is 1% slower, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is 1.2% slower, the Intel Arc B570 is 1.3% slower, and the Intel Arc A750 is 1.5% slower. All are within 1.5% of the RTX 2070 SUPER's average benchmark score.

Q: What other CPUs perform similarly to the i5-12400F?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS has an identical average score (0% delta), the Intel Core 3 201E is 0.1% faster, the Intel Core i5-1335U is 0.3% faster, and the AMD EPYC 7773X is 0.3% faster. Any of these would deliver nearly the same CPU performance in Doom.