Doom

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5050 faces an interesting test with Doom, the 2016 release that remains a demanding Vulkan-powered shooter in its own right. The database contains measured frame-rate data for this exact combination across three resolutions and four presets, and the short answer is favorable: this pairing clears the 60 FPS threshold at every resolution tested, though 4K requires dialing back to Medium settings. The i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs in the database, while the RTX 5050 occupies the 66th GPU percentile, and that asymmetry — a strongly overpowered processor driving a mid-tier graphics card — shapes the entire performance profile of this build in Doom.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700F + RTX 5050 run Doom at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at every resolution in the measured dataset. At 1920x1080 the combo averages 122 FPS on Ultra, at 2560x1440 it averages 79 FPS on Ultra, and at 3840x2160 it averages 62 FPS on Medium — each resolution has at least one preset at or above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What are the best settings for Doom on this PC at 4K?

A: Medium, which averages 62 FPS with a measured minimum of 52 and maximum of 71. Low also clears the bar at 71 FPS, but High (52 FPS) and Ultra (43 FPS) fall below 60.

Q: How fast is this setup at 1080p?

A: Extremely fast for the GPU class involved. Low settings average 202 FPS, Medium averages 176 FPS with a measured range of 150 to 203, High averages 149 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 122 FPS average.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the limiting factor in Doom?

A: The GPU. Frame rates drop sharply as resolution climbs — Ultra falls from 122 FPS at 1080p to 79 FPS at 1440p and 43 FPS at 4K — which is the signature of graphics-bound scaling. The i7-14700F posts a single-core score of 4958 in Cinebench R23 and 2429 in Geekbench, both far beyond what Doom demands to feed frames to the RTX 5050.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested pairings in Doom?

A: It ranks 2281 out of 3712 tested combinations — roughly the middle of the field, reflecting the RTX 5050's 66th-percentile GPU standing rather than any weakness in the processor.

Q: What CPU is inside this build, in brief?

A: A 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake Refresh part with a 5.40 GHz boost clock, 33 MB of shared L3 cache, DDR4/DDR5 support, and a 65 W TDP. It launched at a $359 MSRP.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, averaging 122 FPS — double the playable threshold with room to spare. Medium manages 176 FPS and Low reaches 202 FPS, so 1080p players can honestly just max everything out and forget the settings menu exists.

At 2560x1440, Ultra again qualifies as the best setting, averaging 79 FPS. That is a comfortable margin over 60, and it means 1440p is effectively the sweet spot for this configuration: full visual quality without any compromise, and nearly 20 FPS of headroom above the threshold. High averages 96 FPS, Medium 114 FPS, and Low 131 FPS if a higher refresh-rate target matters more than eye candy.

At 3840x2160, the answer changes. Ultra averages just 43 FPS and High averages 52 FPS, so neither clears the bar. Medium is the most demanding preset that holds at least 60 FPS, averaging 62 FPS with a recorded minimum of 52 and maximum of 71. That minimum dipping into the fifties means occasional stutter is possible during heavy combat sequences, but the average stays on the right side of playable. Low is the safer 4K fallback at 71 FPS for players who prioritize consistency.

The pattern across these numbers is clean: at 1080p and 1440p the RTX 5050 delivers headroom, while at 4K it operates at the edge of its capability and preset choice becomes consequential.

CPU and GPU Roles

Doom on this combination is decisively GPU-bound, and the measured data makes the case plainly. From 1080p to 1440p, Ultra drops from 122 FPS to 79 FPS — a loss of 43 FPS. From 1440p to 4K, it drops again from 79 FPS to 43 FPS. When frame rate falls steeply as pixel count rises while settings stay constant, the graphics card is the bottleneck; a CPU-limited system would show nearly flat frame rates across resolutions.

The preset scaling tells the same story from the other direction. At a fixed 4K resolution, moving from Ultra to Low nearly doubles throughput, from 43 FPS to 71 FPS. At 1080p the spread runs from 122 FPS to 202 FPS. Large swings in response to visual settings indicate the renderer, not the game logic thread, is the limiting stage.

None of this is surprising given the hardware involved. The i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 53620, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 35122 and a PassMark multithread score of 41317. Doom, released in 2016, simply cannot stress a 20-core, 28-thread processor with a 5.40 GHz boost clock. Even the single-thread figures — 4958 in R23, 4257 in PassMark single thread — are generous overkill for a shooter of that era's engine demands. Meanwhile the RTX 5050, with 2560 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus delivering 320 GB/s of bandwidth, and 13.17 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput, ranks in the 66th percentile of GPUs. In practical terms: the CPU waits on the GPU at every resolution, and upgrading the graphics card would raise frame rates at 1080p and 1440p almost linearly, while upgrading the processor would change nothing.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the database's nearest-rival data shows several parts that would behave essentially identically alongside the RTX 5050 in Doom. The Intel Xeon 6505P averages 53701 across benchmarks — within 0.2 percent of the i7-14700F's 53620 — making it statistically indistinguishable. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 averages 53469, a 0.3 percent gap, and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X averages 53288, 0.6 percent behind. The AMD EPYC 7313P, at 53206, trails by 0.8 percent. Given that Doom on this combo never approaches a CPU limit, any of these processors would produce the same measured frame rates with the RTX 5050 at the helm; the graphics card alone sets the ceiling.

On the GPU side, the neighbors cluster tightly around the RTX 5050's average score of 21035. The AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL averages 21153, just 0.6 percent ahead, and the AMD Radeon HD 8970M averages 21237, 1 percent ahead. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT averages 20713, 1.6 percent behind, and the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile averages 21379, 1.6 percent ahead. All four would land within a frame or two of the RTX 5050's Doom results at each resolution and preset — a 4K Medium result in the low sixties rather than exactly 62 FPS, for instance. Anyone considering a swap at this performance tier is choosing between effectively equivalent options as far as this game is concerned.

The pairing logic follows directly: a 91st-percentile CPU with a 66th-percentile GPU can be rebalanced in either direction. Matching the i7-14700F with a stronger GPU would lift frame rates; matching the RTX 5050 with a weaker CPU risks giving back performance. The current configuration errs on the safe side.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Doom, and runs it well. At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra clears 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 122 FPS. At 2560x1440, every preset again clears the bar, with Ultra averaging 79 FPS as the best playable setting. At 3840x2160, the verdict is qualified: Low and Medium are playable, and Medium at 62 FPS is the recommended ceiling, while High at 52 FPS and Ultra at 43 FPS fall short of the threshold. All figures are measured, not projected.

The practical summary: 1080p and 1440p players get a fully maxed-out experience with substantial headroom — 1440p Ultra nearly 20 FPS above the playable line. 4K players must accept Medium settings and an average that sits just above 60, with a recorded minimum of 52 FPS meaning dips below the threshold will occur. For a fast-paced FPS where fluid motion matters most, dropping 4K to Low for a 71 FPS average is a defensible trade. The RTX 5050 also brings modern API support — DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4 — which covers Doom's rendering path comfortably.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's Doom results, the i7-14700F + RTX 5050 combination ranks 2281 out of 3712 tested pairings. That places it slightly below the midpoint of the field — a position dictated almost entirely by the graphics card. The GPU's 66th percentile standing among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21035, including a PassMark G3D result of 17326 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2502, defines the ceiling for this game. The CPU, by contrast, ranks in the 91st percentile with rivals clustered within a fraction of a percent of its aggregate score, meaning processor-side headroom goes largely unused in Doom.

Context matters when reading that rank of 2281. The database's Doom field spans hardware from the game's 2016 launch era through current parts, and thousands of combinations pair stronger GPUs with weaker or comparable CPUs. This combo's ranking is not a criticism of balance — a mid-tier GPU with a high-tier processor is a stable, future-proof arrangement — but it does mean the pairing will not climb the Doom leaderboard without a graphics upgrade. The measured data supports that conclusion at every tier: identical frame rates would result from any of the CPU rivals listed, while frame rates scale directly with GPU capability. For Doom specifically, this combination delivers consistent, measured 60-plus performance at two of three resolutions and borderline performance at the third, which is exactly what its mid-field ranking predicts.