Evolve

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a decisive performance outcome in Evolve, with measured data indicating that this combination is capable of high refresh rates at standard resolutions and remains playable even at 4K. The game, an FPS title from 2015, presents a workload that this hardware clearly dominates, though the 4K Ultra preset finally introduces a constraint that drops average frame rates below the 60 FPS threshold. Analysis of the measured FPS data reveals a consistent scaling pattern across resolutions and presets, positioning this combo as a top-tier performer relative to other tested configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS dataset provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the combination produces exceptionally high frame rates. With Low settings, the average FPS reaches 307, which is the highest recorded value in the entire dataset. Medium settings yield an average of 238 FPS, with a minimum of 202 FPS and a maximum of 274 FPS. High settings produce an average of 187 FPS. The most demanding 1080p preset, Ultra, still delivers an average of 129 FPS. These figures indicate that the system has substantial headroom at this resolution, with even the most demanding settings keeping the frame rate well above 120 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains robust but shows the expected impact of increased pixel count. Low settings average 206 FPS. Medium settings average 160 FPS, with a minimum of 136 FPS and a maximum of 184 FPS. High settings average 125 FPS. Ultra settings at 1440p produce an average of 87 FPS. The data shows a clear progression where each step up in quality reduces the average frame rate, but even the Ultra preset maintains an average comfortably above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve steepens. Low settings average 117 FPS. Medium settings average 91 FPS, with a minimum of 77 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS. High settings average 71 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K drops to an average of 49 FPS, which falls below the playable threshold. This is the only configuration in the entire dataset where the average FPS fails to meet the 60 FPS standard. The progression from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a reduction of 68 FPS, a larger absolute drop than seen at lower resolutions, indicating that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor as pixel count rises.

The data also reveals that the gap between presets narrows as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 178 FPS. At 1440p, this difference narrows to 119 FPS. At 4K, the difference is 68 FPS. This pattern is typical of GPU-bound scenarios where higher resolutions place proportionally more strain on the graphics card relative to the CPU.

Best Settings per Resolution

For each resolution, the optimal preset is defined as the most demanding quality level that maintains an average FPS at or above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

At 1920x1080, all four presets clear the threshold. The best settings are Ultra, which achieves an average of 129 FPS. This provides a significant margin over the playable threshold, allowing for smooth gameplay even during intense action sequences.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset also qualifies as the best settings, with an average of 87 FPS. This is 27 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that the system can handle the maximum visual fidelity at this resolution without compromising frame rate stability.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes. The Ultra preset averages only 49 FPS, which is below the playable threshold. The best settings at 4K are High, which achieves an average of 71 FPS. This provides an 11 FPS margin over the threshold. The Medium preset also qualifies with an average of 91 FPS, but High offers the superior visual quality while still maintaining playable performance.

The verdict data corroborates these findings, listing High, Low, and Medium as playable settings at 4K, while at both 1440p and 1080p, all four presets including Ultra are playable. The best settings per resolution align exactly with the highest playable preset identified in the measured data.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals the relative contribution of the CPU and GPU to overall performance. At 1080p, the system exhibits signs of CPU involvement at high frame rates. The jump from Low to Medium settings at 1080p reduces the average FPS from 307 to 238, a 22.5% decrease. From Medium to High, the average drops to 187, a 21.4% decrease. From High to Ultra, the average falls to 129, a 31.0% decrease. The consistent reductions across all preset changes suggest that the GPU is scaling with workload, but the extremely high frame rates at Low settings imply that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU efficiently at these levels.

At 1440p, the performance pattern shifts. The difference between Low and Medium is 46 FPS (206 to 160), which is a 22.3% reduction. The difference between Medium and High is 35 FPS (160 to 125), a 21.9% reduction. The difference between High and Ultra is 38 FPS (125 to 87), a 30.4% reduction. These percentage changes are similar to those at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is still the primary scaling factor.

At 4K, the GPU becomes unequivocally dominant. The reduction from Low to Medium is 26 FPS (117 to 91), a 22.2% decrease. From Medium to High, the drop is 20 FPS (91 to 71), a 22.0% decrease. From High to Ultra, the drop is 22 FPS (71 to 49), a 31.0% decrease. The percentage reductions are remarkably consistent across all resolutions, suggesting that the game engine applies similar workload scaling regardless of pixel count.

The resolution scaling itself provides clearer evidence of GPU dominance. Comparing the same preset across resolutions, the Low preset drops from 307 FPS at 1080p to 206 FPS at 1440p, a 32.9% reduction, and then to 117 FPS at 4K, a 43.2% reduction from 1440p. The Ultra preset drops from 129 FPS at 1080p to 87 FPS at 1440p, a 32.6% reduction, and then to 49 FPS at 4K, a 43.7% reduction. The larger percentage drop from 1440p to 4K compared to 1080p to 1440p indicates that the GPU is approaching its limits at the higher pixel counts.

The Intel Core i7-14700F, with its 20 cores and 28 threads, provides substantial computational headroom. Its benchmark scores, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and a single-core score of 4958, suggest that it is not the bottleneck in this configuration. The GPU, with its 7680 shading units and 40.09 TFLOPS FP32 performance, is the more likely limiting factor at higher resolutions, as evidenced by the 4K Ultra result falling below 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank for this specific CPU-GPU pairing in Evolve is 469 out of 3700 tested combinations. This places the system in the top 12.7% of all tested configurations. The percentile ranking for the CPU is 91, meaning it outperforms 91% of all CPUs in the benchmark database. The GPU percentile is 84, indicating it outperforms 84% of all GPUs.

The rank of 469 suggests that while this is a high-performing combination, there are 468 other configurations that achieve higher frame rates in this game. Given the age of Evolve and the capabilities of this hardware, the systems ranked above this combo likely include more recent flagship GPUs or multi-GPU setups. The rank relative to the 3700 total combos indicates that the i7-14700F and RTX 4070 Ti combination is well above the median performer, but it does not occupy the absolute top tier.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 53620 and the GPU's average benchmark score of 44795 both contribute to this ranking. The CPU's percentile of 91 is higher than the GPU's percentile of 84, which aligns with the observation that the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The combination's overall ranking in this specific game reflects the balance between these two components, with the GPU's influence growing as resolution increases.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Examining the nearest rivals for each component provides context for how other hardware might behave similarly. For the Intel Core i7-14700F, the closest competitors by average benchmark score include the Intel Xeon 6505P with a score of 53701, which is 0.2% higher than the i7-14700F's score. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 scores 53469, which is 0.3% lower. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X scores 53288, 0.6% lower. The AMD EPYC 7313P scores 53206, 0.8% lower. These deltas are all within 1% of the i7-14700F's score, indicating that any of these CPUs would deliver nearly identical performance in CPU-bound scenarios.

For the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, the nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile with an average score of 45152, which is 0.8% lower. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT scores 45384, 1.3% higher. The NVIDIA RTX A6000 scores 44075, 1.6% lower. The Intel Arc A730M scores 45592, 1.7% higher. The deltas here are slightly larger than those for the CPU, ranging from -1.7% to +1.6%, but still within a tight band. A system with the RTX 5090 Mobile or RTX A6000 would produce frame rates very close to those measured with the RTX 4070 Ti, while the Radeon Pro 5500 XT and Arc A730M would be marginally faster in GPU-bound scenarios.

In practical terms, swapping the i7-14700F for any of its nearest rivals would result in negligible FPS changes, as the game is not CPU-bound at the tested resolutions. Swapping the RTX 4070 Ti for a rival GPU would produce differences of a few percentage points, which could translate to single-digit FPS changes at 4K Ultra where the system is already below the threshold.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS achieved by this combo at 4K?

A: The highest average FPS at 3840x2160 is 117 FPS, achieved with Low settings. The High preset averages 71 FPS, which is the best playable setting at this resolution.

Q: Is this system capable of 1440p Ultra settings?

A: Yes, the Ultra preset at 2560x1440 achieves an average of 87 FPS, which is 27 FPS above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: How does the CPU benchmark compare to its nearest rival?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F has an average benchmark score of 53620. Its closest rival, the Intel Xeon 6505P, scores 53701, a difference of 0.2%. All four nearest CPU rivals are within 0.8% of the i7-14700F's score.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded in the dataset?

A: The lowest recorded minimum FPS is 77 FPS, observed at 3840x2160 with Medium settings. The minimum FPS for Ultra at 4K is not specified in the data.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: This CPU-GPU combination ranks 469 out of 3700 tested combos in Evolve, placing it in the top 12.7% of all tested systems.

Q: Which component is more likely to bottleneck at 4K Ultra?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at 4K Ultra. The RTX 4070 Ti has a percentile ranking of 84, while the CPU has a percentile of 91. The 4K Ultra preset averages 49 FPS, below the 60 FPS threshold, indicating GPU-bound performance.

The Verdict

This system can definitively run Evolve, and it does so with substantial performance margins at most settings. At 1920x1080, all four presets are playable, with Ultra averaging 129 FPS. At 2560x1440, all four presets are also playable, with Ultra averaging 87 FPS. At 3840x2160, three presets are playable: Low averages 117 FPS, Medium averages 91 FPS, and High averages 71 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is not playable, averaging only 49 FPS.

For users targeting 1080p or 1440p, this combination offers complete flexibility, allowing the maximum visual quality settings without any concern about frame rate drops. For 4K users, the High preset is the recommended choice, providing an 11 FPS margin above the playable threshold. The system's overall rank of 469 out of 3700 combos confirms that it is a high-performance configuration, though not the absolute fastest available. The data indicates that this is a well-balanced pairing for Evolve, with the GPU being the primary determinant of performance at higher resolutions and the CPU providing ample headroom throughout.