Downfall

Downfall is a 2016-released Horror title, and the pairing of Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 handles it with substantial headroom. Measured data in the database covers every combination of the three standard resolutions and four presets, and the results indicate that this combination clears the 60 FPS playable threshold in eleven of twelve configurations — the sole exception is 4K Ultra, where the average still lands close to the line. The following analysis breaks down the numbers, identifies which component sets the ceiling at each resolution, and places this pairing in context against comparable hardware.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the database; per-run minimum and maximum values are not recorded for this title, so averages serve as the reference metric.

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4070 posts 310.9 FPS on Low, 256.3 FPS on Medium, 209.1 FPS on High, and 131.4 FPS on Ultra. The spread from lowest to highest preset is roughly a 2.4x factor, which is notable: at 1080p, where the GPU is least stressed, dropping from Ultra to Low recovers nearly 180 additional frames per second. Even the most demanding preset stays more than double the 60 FPS threshold.

At 2560x1440, averages sit at 221.2 FPS (Low), 183 FPS (Medium), 149.3 FPS (High), and 90.4 FPS (Ultra). The resolution step costs roughly 29 to 31 percent of frame rate at each preset compared to 1080p — a fairly uniform penalty that points to consistent GPU scaling rather than a CPU bottleneck entering the picture. Ultra remains a comfortable 50 percent above the playable threshold.

At 3840x2160, the combination delivers 139.6 FPS (Low), 111.3 FPS (Medium), 94.2 FPS (High), and 55.7 FPS (Ultra). This is the only sub-60 result in the entire dataset, and even here it misses the threshold by a modest margin. High preset at 4K still averages 94.2 FPS, meaning the step from High to Ultra at this resolution costs about 38 FPS — the single largest preset-to-preset drop in the dataset.

Across all twelve measurements, the data shows a monotonic and predictable relationship between resolution, preset, and frame rate, with no anomalous inversions — a sign of a well-behaved engine running on hardware that is, for this title, generously provisioned.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling pattern across resolutions identifies the GPU as the binding constraint at every preset and resolution tested. From 1080p to 1440p, frame rates fall by roughly 29 to 31 percent at every preset; from 1440p to 4K, they fall again by roughly 37 to 40 percent. If the Core Ultra 7 265K were the limiting factor, the 1080p numbers would flatten out at the CPU's ceiling and stop improving as presets drop — instead, the Low preset at 1080p reaches 310.9 FPS with no plateau visible in the data.

That said, the CPU's role should not be dismissed. Downfall is a Horror game from 2016, a class of title typically driven by single-threaded logic rather than heavy multithreading, and the 265K's single-core credentials are strong: a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2020, Geekbench single-core of 2713, and PassMark single-thread of 4928, placing the chip in the 94th percentile versus all CPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 70879. In practice, the data indicates the GPU is doing the heavy lifting: a 40 percent frame-rate reduction between 1440p and 4K at identical settings is a textbook GPU-bound signature.

For this game specifically, the practical takeaway is simple. At 1080p and 1440p the RTX 4070 is the component determining preset ceilings; at 4K it is also the GPU that fails to hold 60 FPS on Ultra. The 265K, with 20 cores and 20 threads and a 5.50 GHz boost clock, never appears as the constraint in any measured configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the Downfall leaderboard, the Core Ultra 7 265K plus RTX 4070 combination ranks 962 out of 3716 tested combinations. That places it in roughly the top quarter of all pairings benchmarked for this game — consistent with the component percentiles: the CPU sits in the 94th percentile versus all CPUs and the GPU in the 81st percentile versus all GPUs.

The rank is respectable rather than elite. The GPU is the weaker half of the pairing by percentile, and it is also marked End-of-life in the database, superseded by the GeForce 50 series. The CPU, by contrast, is an Active product on Intel's Socket 1851, built on TSMC's 3 nm process with 17,800 million transistors on a 243 mm² die. In ranking terms, the combination's 962nd position reflects a strong contemporary pairing whose ceiling for this particular title is set by the 12 GB Ada Lovelace card, not the Arrow Lake processor.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For hardware selection purposes, the database's nearest-rival data identifies what would behave similarly.

On the CPU side, the Core Ultra 7 265K's closest rivals are remarkably tightly clustered. The Intel Xeon 6511P averages 71051 (deltaPct -0.2), the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 averages 71370 (-0.7), the Intel Core i7-14700KF averages 70163 (+1), and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F averages 69996 (+1.3). All four sit within about one and a half percent of the 265K's aggregate score, so any of them would produce effectively indistinguishable Downfall results — and given that the game is GPU-bound at every tested setting, the CPU choice matters even less here than the tight spreads already suggest.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals are a more eclectic group, reflecting the database's aggregate scoring: the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (avgScore 37628, deltaPct 0.1), the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.4), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, -1.3), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (37157, 1.3). By aggregate benchmark score these cards cluster around the RTX 4070's 37648, but aggregate proximity does not guarantee identical gaming behavior in a specific title — the RTX 4070's modern feature set, including 46 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support with 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput, positions it differently from older or professional parts with similar aggregate scores. The RTX 4080 Mobile is the most functionally comparable of the group, sitting 1.3 percent higher in aggregate score.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the 60 FPS playable threshold, the most demanding preset that holds at each resolution is:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 131.4 FPS average. The maximum preset clears the threshold by more than double.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 90.4 FPS average. A 50 percent cushion over the threshold at the highest preset.
• 3840x2160 — High, 94.2 FPS average. Ultra at 4K averages 55.7 FPS and falls below the threshold, so High is the top playable preset. It still delivers a comfortable margin.

The pattern is clean: this combination can run maximum settings at both mainstream resolutions and must step down exactly one preset tier at 4K to remain comfortably playable.

FAQ

Q: Can the RTX 4070 run Downfall at 4K?

A: Yes, at three of four presets. Measured 4K averages are 139.6 FPS (Low), 111.3 FPS (Medium), 94.2 FPS (High), and 55.7 FPS (Ultra). Only Ultra drops below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Does this PC reach 60 FPS at 1080p on the highest settings?

A: Yes, comfortably — 131.4 FPS average on Ultra at 1920x1080, more than double the threshold.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU more important for Downfall on this build?

A: The GPU. Frame rates scale down roughly 29–31 percent from 1080p to 1440p and a further 37–40 percent to 4K at every preset, a signature of GPU-bound operation with no visible CPU ceiling in the data.

Q: How does the Core Ultra 7 265K compare to nearby CPUs?

A: Its average benchmark score of 70879 sits within 1.3 percent of the Intel Xeon 6511P, Intel Xeon Platinum 8270, Intel Core i7-14700KF, and AMD Ryzen 7 9700F, so any of these would behave similarly.

Q: Where does this combination rank for Downfall?

A: 962nd out of 3716 tested combinations — roughly the top quarter of the leaderboard.

Q: What is the single largest performance drop in the dataset?

A: The jump from High to Ultra at 3840x2160, which costs about 38 FPS (94.2 down to 55.7) and pushes the average below the playable threshold.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Downfall very well. At 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, every preset including Ultra clears 60 FPS, with best-settings averages of 131.4 and 90.4 FPS respectively. At 3840x2160, Low, Medium, and High remain playable with a best playable average of 94.2 FPS on High; Ultra is the sole configuration that misses the threshold at 55.7 FPS. For a Horror title released in 2016, the Core Ultra 7 265K and RTX 4070 pairing is dramatically overprovisioned, and the measured data indicates the GPU alone determines where the frame-rate ceiling sits.