Rust

FAQ

Q: Can the Intel Core i7-13700K and AMD Radeon RX 570 run Rust at 1080p?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings. The recorded data shows 66 FPS average at 1920x1080 with Low settings, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium settings drop to 44 FPS, High to 38 FPS, and Ultra to 29 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 2560x1440?

A: There is no playable setting at 2560x1440. The verdict lists no playable settings at this resolution. The closest result is Low at 46 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. Medium runs at 31 FPS, High at 26 FPS, and Ultra at 20 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 28,766. The AMD Radeon RX 6800M scores 28,874, which is 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon R9 M295X scores 28,580, which is 0.7% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 470 scores 28,996, which is 0.8% higher. The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 scores 28,421, which is 1.2% lower.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this combo?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor. The i7-13700K ranks in the 89th percentile among all CPUs, while the RX 570 ranks in the 74th percentile among all GPUs. The scaling across resolutions confirms this: dropping from 4K to 1080p produces a large FPS increase, which indicates the GPU is the bottleneck.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings deliver 66 FPS, while Ultra delivers 29 FPS. That is a 37 FPS difference. The gap widens at higher resolutions: at 1440p, Low runs at 46 FPS versus 20 FPS on Ultra, and at 4K, Low runs at 27 FPS versus 12 FPS on Ultra.

Q: What does the combo rank mean among all tested combinations?

A: This combo ranks 3,553 out of 3,723 tested combinations. That places it in the lower portion of the database, roughly in the 5th percentile of all tested CPU-GPU pairings for Rust.

Best Settings per Resolution

1920x1080: Low settings is the only preset that clears the 60 FPS threshold. The recorded average is 66 FPS. Medium settings run at 44 FPS, High at 38 FPS, and Ultra at 29 FPS, all below the playable threshold.

2560x1440: No preset reaches 60 FPS. The best result is Low settings at 46 FPS. Medium runs at 31 FPS, High at 26 FPS, and Ultra at 20 FPS. Even the lowest preset falls 14 FPS short of the playable threshold.

3840x2160: No preset is playable. Low settings deliver 27 FPS, Medium 18 FPS, High 15 FPS, and Ultra 12 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 15 FPS, which shows how heavily Rust scales with resolution on this GPU.

The data shows a consistent pattern: the RX 570 can handle Rust at 1080p only when visual quality is reduced to the minimum. Any increase in preset quality or resolution pushes the frame rate below the 60 FPS target.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results indicate that the GPU dominates performance in Rust for this combo. The i7-13700K is a high-end 16-core, 24-thread processor with a 3DMark max-thread score of 12,412 and a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 30,745. It ranks in the 89th percentile of all CPUs. In contrast, the RX 570 is a 2017-era GPU with a 74th percentile ranking, and its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

The resolution scaling confirms the GPU bottleneck. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at Low settings reduces the average FPS from 66 to 46, a 30% drop. Moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 at Low settings reduces the average from 46 to 27, a 41% drop. These large reductions with increasing pixel count are characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario. A CPU-limited game would show smaller FPS differences across resolutions because the CPU workload does not scale as strongly with resolution.

Preset scaling also points to the GPU as the limiting factor. At 1080p, Low settings run at 66 FPS while Ultra runs at 29 FPS, a 56% reduction. At 1440p, the same preset change drops from 46 FPS to 20 FPS, a 57% reduction. At 4K, Low runs at 27 FPS and Ultra at 12 FPS, a 56% reduction. The consistency of this percentage drop across resolutions indicates that the GPU's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth are the constraints.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent in the minimum frame rates recorded. At Medium settings, the 1080p result shows a minimum of 38 FPS against a 44 FPS average, while the 1440p result shows a minimum of 26 FPS against a 31 FPS average, and the 4K result shows a minimum of 15 FPS against an 18 FPS average. These minimums are roughly 86% of the averages in all three cases, which suggests that frame pacing is consistent and that the CPU is delivering frames to the GPU without creating stutter or dips beyond what the GPU can process.

For a builder considering this combo, the practical takeaway is that upgrading the GPU would yield the largest performance gain in Rust. The i7-13700K has substantial headroom; it is not the component holding this pairing back.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Rust? The answer depends on the resolution and settings you target.

At 1920x1080, the system clears the 60 FPS threshold, but only on Low settings. The recorded 66 FPS average provides a playable experience, though the margin above the threshold is slim. If you want Medium settings at 1080p, the data shows 44 FPS, which is below the playable threshold. High and Ultra are further behind at 38 FPS and 29 FPS respectively.

At 2560x1440, the system cannot reach 60 FPS on any preset. The best result is Low at 46 FPS, which is playable in a loose sense but does not meet the database's 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium runs at 31 FPS, High at 26 FPS, and Ultra at 20 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the system falls far short of playable performance. Low settings average 27 FPS, Medium 18 FPS, High 15 FPS, and Ultra 12 FPS. None of these results approach the 60 FPS target.

The verdict from the database is clear: this combo is playable only at 1080p with Low settings. The playable settings list for 1920x1080 includes exactly one entry, Low, with an average FPS of 66. For 1440p and 4K, the playable settings list is empty.

For a builder who already owns these components, the practical advice is to play Rust at 1080p with reduced settings. The experience will be smooth enough to be competitive, but visual quality will be minimal. If you want higher settings or higher resolutions, the GPU needs to be replaced.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i7-13700K provide a sense of how this CPU compares to similar processors. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 has an average benchmark score of 46,971, which is 0.2% lower than the i7-13700K's 46,881. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 scores 47,022, which is 0.3% lower. The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX scores 46,654, which is 0.5% higher. The Intel Xeon w3-2535 scores 46,653, which is 0.5% higher. All four rivals are within 1% of the i7-13700K's average score, meaning that swapping the CPU for any of these would produce nearly identical performance in Rust.

The nearest rivals for the AMD Radeon RX 570 tell a similar story. The AMD Radeon RX 6800M scores 28,874, which is 0.4% higher than the RX 570's 28,766. The AMD Radeon R9 M295X scores 28,580, which is 0.7% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 470 scores 28,996, which is 0.8% higher. The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 scores 28,421, which is 1.2% lower. These deltas are small enough that in Rust, the frame rates would be nearly indistinguishable from the RX 570's results.

A notable observation is that the RX 570's nearest rivals include both mobile and older desktop parts. The RX 6800M is a laptop GPU, while the R9 M295X is an older mobile part. The RX 470 is essentially the same GPU with slightly different clock speeds. The Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation card. None of these would meaningfully change the playable settings for Rust at 1080p; they would all be limited to Low settings at that resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-13700K and the AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 3,553 out of 3,723 tested combos in the database for Rust. That places this pairing in the bottom 5% of all tested CPU-GPU combinations for this game.

This low rank is driven entirely by the GPU. The i7-13700K is a strong processor, but the RX 570's 4 GB of VRAM and GCN 4.0 architecture are not sufficient for a modern survival game like Rust, which is known for heavy memory and shading demands. The GPU's percentile ranking of 74th among all GPUs might sound decent, but in the context of Rust specifically, it falls short because the game's requirements scale aggressively with resolution and settings.

The data shows that the combo is playable at 1080p Low with 66 FPS, but this is the ceiling. Out of the 3,723 tested combos, 170 performed worse than this pairing, which means the remaining 3,553 performed better. For a builder with a high-end CPU like the i7-13700K, pairing it with an RX 570 creates a severe imbalance in Rust.

The practical takeaway from the ranking is that this combo underperforms relative to what the CPU alone would suggest. The i7-13700K has the processing power to feed a much faster GPU, and the RX 570 is the component that drags the overall rank down. If you own this CPU and are playing Rust, the upgrade path is clear: replace the GPU first. The ranking data confirms that the CPU is not the bottleneck, and a GPU upgrade would move this combo up significantly in the database rankings.