Overpower

Overpower is an action title released in August 2023, and the pairing of an Intel Core i7-14700F with an Intel Arc B370 produces one of the strangest performance profiles in the database: a top-tier CPU strapped to an integrated GPU that sits in the 5th percentile of all tested graphics hardware. The recorded data shows exactly what that imbalance does to real-world frame rates, and the answer is not flattering at higher resolutions. Still, there is one playable configuration hiding in the numbers, and the gap between what this processor can do and what this graphics solution allows is the story worth investigating.

Best Settings per Resolution

The playable threshold in the database is 60 FPS, and only one combination of resolution and preset in the entire measured set clears it.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 65 FPS. That is the sole data point above the threshold, and it is barely above it, leaving little headroom for frame-time spikes or demanding scenes. The Medium preset at the same resolution averages 41 FPS, a steep drop that shows how quickly this graphics solution gives up performance when image quality rises. High manages 38 FPS and Ultra falls to 31 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the picture worsens across the board. Low lands at 58 FPS, agonizingly close to the threshold but ultimately below it. Medium averages 36 FPS, High drops to 34 FPS, and Ultra sits at 28 FPS.

At 3840x2160, nothing is even in the conversation. Low averages 49 FPS, Medium 31 FPS, High 28 FPS, and Ultra 24 FPS. The 4K data confirms that this configuration simply does not have the rendering throughput for ultra-high-definition output.

So the answer to "best settings per resolution" is blunt: 1920x1080 at Low, averaging 65 FPS. At every other resolution, there is no preset that stays at or above 60 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data makes the bottleneck unmistakable. Consider what happens when the resolution drops from 3840x2160 to 1920x1080 at the Low preset: average frame rate climbs from 49 FPS to 65 FPS. At Ultra, the same resolution change moves the needle from 24 FPS to 31 FPS. When frame rate responds this strongly to pixel count, the graphics side of the equation is the limiting factor, because a CPU-bound configuration would show roughly flat frame rates as resolution falls.

The preset scaling tells the same story. At 1920x1080, moving from Ultra down to Low nearly doubles performance, from 31 FPS to 65 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Low-to-Ultra spread runs from 49 FPS down to 24 FPS. These are dramatic swings driven entirely by graphics load, which is what you expect when the rendering hardware is saturated.

The CPU side of this pairing is emphatically not the problem. The Core i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 53620. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and single-core score of 4958 describe a processor with ample throughput and snappy per-thread response. Geekbench results of 19620 multi-core and 2429 single-core reinforce that picture. A 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-R design with a 5.40 GHz boost clock is far more muscle than Overpower needs to feed frames to a renderer.

The Arc B370, by contrast, sits in the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its sole recorded synthetic score, 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, aligns it with hardware like the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and AMD Radeon HD 7650M. This is an integrated solution with 1280 shading units, a 48.00 GPixel/s pixel rate, 96.00 GTexel/s texture rate, and 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, drawing system-shared memory over a dual-channel bus. For a modern action game, that is a very thin slice of graphics capability.

The conclusion: Overpower on this configuration is GPU-bound at every tested resolution and every preset. The CPU could handle far more, but it is waiting on the renderer.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the nearest rivals by average benchmark score are instructive. The Intel Xeon 6505P averages 53701, essentially dead even with the i7-14700F's 53620, a delta of just 0.2 percent. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 sits at 53469, only 0.3 percent behind. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X averages 53288, 0.6 percent back, and the AMD EPYC 7313P rounds out the group at 53206, 0.8 percent behind. Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical frame rates in Overpower on this configuration, because the GPU is the ceiling. That is the practical implication of a 91st-percentile CPU paired with a 5th-percentile GPU: swapping the processor for a statistical twin changes nothing.

On the GPU side, the neighbor list is a trip back in time. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 averages 1186 against the Arc B370's 1184, a gap of 0.2 percent. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 averages 1190, 0.5 percent ahead. The AMD Radeon HD 7650M averages 1192, 0.7 percent ahead, and the AMD FirePro M2000 averages 1168, 1.4 percent behind. Anyone running one of these graphics solutions should expect Overpower performance in the same band as the numbers recorded here: playable at 1080p Low, marginal at 1440p, and off the table at 4K.

The interesting question the rival data raises is what happens if either half of the pairing is upgraded. A GPU from anywhere near the top of the database would transform this configuration, because the 91st-percentile CPU has enormous headroom. A CPU swap, meanwhile, would be nearly pointless, and the rival deltas prove it: all four CPU alternatives land within one percent.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Overpower? The verdict by resolution is unambiguous.

At 1920x1080, the answer is yes, but only at the Low preset, where the average of 65 FPS clears the 60 FPS threshold. That is the complete list of playable settings at 1080p: one entry, Low.

At 2560x1440, the answer is no. The playable settings list is empty. Even Low, at 58 FPS, falls short.

At 3840x2160, the answer is a firm no. Nothing approaches the threshold, with the best result being 49 FPS at Low.

The overall ranking reinforces this. Out of 3713 tested combinations in Overpower, this pairing ranks 3427th. That places it in the bottom tier of tested configurations, entirely attributable to the graphics side despite a genuinely strong processor. For a playable Overpower experience, this setup demands 1080p and the Low preset, with no room to negotiate.

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core i7-14700F + Intel Arc B370 run Overpower at 60 FPS?

A: Only at one combination: 1920x1080 at the Low preset, which averages 65 FPS. Every other resolution and preset combination in the measured data falls below 60 FPS.

Q: What is the frame rate at 1440p on Low settings?

A: 58 FPS on average at 2560x1440 Low, which misses the 60 FPS playable threshold by a small margin.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in Overpower?

A: The GPU. The Arc B370 sits in the 5th percentile of all GPUs, while the Core i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs. Frame rates scale heavily with resolution and preset, which indicates a graphics-side limit.

Q: How close is 4K to being playable?

A: Not close. The best 4K result is 49 FPS at Low, with Medium at 31, High at 28, and Ultra at 24 FPS.

Q: What min and max frame rates were recorded at 1080p Medium?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the average was 41 FPS with a minimum of 34 and a maximum of 47, indicating that even peaks stay well below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Where does this combination rank among tested configurations for Overpower?

A: Rank 3427 out of 3713 tested combinations, placing it near the bottom of the leaderboard for this game.

How This Combo Ranks

A rank of 3427 out of 3713 deserves scrutiny, because the ranking reflects the pairing rather than either component individually. The Core i7-14700F, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and a PassMark multithread score of 41317, is a processor that would rank highly in CPU-weighted scenarios. The Arc B370, with its 1184 Steel Nomad score, drags the combined result down to the bottom decile of tested pairings in Overpower.

The database records this as a measured configuration, not an estimate, which gives the ranking weight. Among all 3713 combinations tested in this action title, fewer than 300 perform worse. What the ranking cannot show is the imbalance: a processor this capable paired with graphics this modest is an unusual construction, and the game data suggests the CPU's contribution to the frame rate is essentially invisible. The same CPU paired with a competitive discrete GPU would land in a completely different region of the table.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are recorded measurements from the database.

At 1920x1080:

• Low: 65 FPS average (no 60 FPS barrier issue, this is the playable configuration)
• Medium: 41 FPS average, with a minimum of 34 and maximum of 47
• High: 38 FPS average
• Ultra: 31 FPS average

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 58 FPS average, two frames short of the threshold
• Medium: 36 FPS average, with a minimum of 31 and maximum of 42
• High: 34 FPS average
• Ultra: 28 FPS average

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 49 FPS average
• Medium: 31 FPS average, with a minimum of 26 and maximum of 35
• High: 28 FPS average
• Ultra: 24 FPS average

The full spread, from the best result of 65 FPS down to the worst of 24 FPS, covers a narrow band by the standards of modern games, and that narrowness is diagnostic. A stronger GPU would show a much wider spread between Low and Ultra, because Low would no longer be constrained by the renderer's ceiling. Here, even the least demanding preset at the least demanding resolution barely clears 60 FPS, which tells you the graphics solution is at its limit across the entire test matrix.

The min/max data, where recorded, adds texture. At 1080p Medium, the range of 34 to 47 FPS shows the frame rate never even approaches the threshold at its peak. At 1440p Medium, the 31 to 42 range tells the same story. At 4K Medium, the range is 26 to 35, and the maximum is lower than the 1080p Low average, underscoring how steeply performance degrades with pixel count on this renderer.

One final observation from the data: the Medium preset consistently records the fullest measurement sets, with min and max captured at all three resolutions, while the other presets log averages only. The playable configuration is therefore well characterized where it matters most, at 1080p, and the verdict rests on a solid average of 65 FPS at Low, the single setting where this odd pairing of a 91st-percentile CPU and a 5th-percentile GPU manages to deliver a playable Overpower experience.