Undisputed

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the Intel Arc B570 runs Undisputed comfortably at 1080p and 1440p, and holds a 60 FPS average at 4K provided settings stay at Medium. Measured results place this pairing in the upper tier of tested combinations for the game, with the CPU sitting in the 94th percentile of all tested processors and the GPU in the 65th percentile of all tested graphics cards. The short version: Undisputed is GPU-bound at every resolution here, and the Arc B570's 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus is the component that decides how high the presets can go.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the pairing is fast across the board. Low averages 195 FPS, Medium averages 141 FPS with a minimum of 120 and a maximum of 162, High averages 116 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 75 FPS average. That means every preset at 1080p clears the 60 FPS playability threshold — Ultra included, with a comfortable margin of fifteen frames.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates step down but remain strong. Low averages 141 FPS, Medium averages 102 FPS with a minimum of 86 and a maximum of 117, and High averages 84 FPS. Ultra drops to 54 FPS on average, which falls short of the 60 FPS threshold, so High is the ceiling at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the Arc B570 starts to feel the pixel load. Low averages 89 FPS, Medium averages 64 FPS with a minimum of 55 and a maximum of 74, while High falls to 53 FPS and Ultra to 34 FPS. Medium is the most demanding preset at 4K that still posts an average at or above 60 FPS, though its 55 FPS minimum sits just under that line — frame drops below 60 will occur at the heaviest moments.

The Medium dataset is the only preset with minimum and maximum figures recorded at all three resolutions, which gives a useful consistency check: the 1080p spread of 120 to 162 narrows to 86–117 at 1440p and 55–74 at 4K, showing frame-time variance scaling in step with resolution rather than spiking unpredictably.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the benchmark database, the i7-14700K plus Arc B570 combination ranks 2986th out of 3718 tested combos in Undisputed. That places it in the bottom quarter of pairings for this specific title — a reflection of the GPU's position, not the processor's. The i7-14700K itself sits in the 94th percentile of all tested CPUs with an average benchmark score of 69355, essentially tied with its nearest rivals: the AMD EPYC 9115 (avgScore 69288, within 0.1 percent), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, 0.2 percent ahead), AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875, 0.7 percent ahead), and AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (69996, 0.9 percent ahead).

The Arc B570, by contrast, sits in the 65th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 20556. Its nearest rivals cluster within half a percent: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 0.1 percent behind), Intel Arc A750 (20582, 0.1 percent ahead), NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 0.4 percent behind), and AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662, 0.5 percent ahead). In other words, the CPU in this combo outranks the overwhelming majority of processors in the database, while the GPU is mid-pack — and the combo rank of 2986 of 3718 in Undisputed reflects that asymmetry. Most combos ranked above this one pair similar or stronger GPUs with processors that are, at most, marginally faster.

CPU and GPU Roles

Undisputed is GPU-bound on this configuration at every resolution tested. The evidence is in the scaling pattern. From 1080p to 1440p, the Ultra average falls from 75 to 54 FPS — a 28 percent drop — and from 1440p to 4K it falls from 54 to 34 FPS, a further 37 percent drop. High shows the same shape: 116, 84, and 53 FPS across the three resolutions. Medium goes 141, 102, 64; Low goes 195, 141, 89. Every preset loses a large, consistent chunk of performance as pixel count rises, which is the signature of a graphics-limited game.

If the i7-14700K were the bottleneck, frame rates would flatten at higher resolutions instead of falling. They do not. The processor's credentials are not in question — 20 cores, 28 threads, a 5.60 GHz boost clock, a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 33440.5 and single-core score of 2160, plus a Geekbench single-core result of 2569 — but Undisputed simply does not need that much CPU horsepower to feed the Arc B570. Even at 1080p Low, where CPU limits would surface first, the 195 FPS average indicates the 14700K keeps pace without capping the frame rate.

Preset scaling reinforces the GPU-side conclusion. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra costs 120 FPS — from 195 down to 75, a 62 percent reduction — for what is purely a settings change at a fixed resolution. That is render load, not logic load. The practical takeaway: upgrading the GPU in this pairing would raise Undisputed frame rates directly, while a CPU upgrade would change almost nothing.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700K and Arc B570 run Undisputed at 4K?

A: Yes, with settings discipline. Low averages 89 FPS and Medium averages 64 FPS at 3840x2160, both at or above the 60 FPS playability threshold. High (53 FPS) and Ultra (34 FPS) do not clear it.

Q: What is the best-looking setting at 1080p?

A: Ultra, at 75 FPS average. It is the only resolution where every preset — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — is playable, so there is no reason to settle for less than the maximum preset.

Q: How smooth is Medium at 1440p?

A: Quite smooth. The average is 102 FPS, with a minimum of 86 and a maximum of 117, meaning even the worst recorded moments stay well above 60.

Q: Does the CPU or the GPU limit performance in this game?

A: The GPU. Frame rates drop sharply at every preset as resolution rises — for example Ultra goes 75, 54, 34 FPS from 1080p to 4K — which is characteristic of a graphics-bound game. The 14700K, in the 94th percentile of all tested CPUs, is not the constraint.

Q: Where does this combo rank among tested pairings for Undisputed?

A: Rank 2986 out of 3718 tested combinations. The CPU is elite; the GPU, in the 65th percentile, pulls the pairing down.

Q: What GPU compute performance does the Arc B570 bring?

A: A Geekbench Vulkan score of 96844, an OpenCL score of 83514, a PassMark G3D score of 14195, and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2649.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the database shows four parts with effectively identical aggregate performance to the i7-14700K. The AMD EPYC 9115 scores 69288 versus the Intel chip's 69355 — a 0.1 percent gap. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69515, 0.2 percent higher. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX is 0.7 percent ahead at 69875, and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is 0.9 percent ahead at 69996. Any of these processors would deliver indistinguishable Undisputed results in this GPU-bound title, since the Arc B570 caps frame rates long before CPU differences of under one percent become visible.

For GPUs, the nearest rivals are similarly close. The Intel Arc A750 averages 20582 against the B570's 20556 — 0.1 percent apart — making it the most direct stand-in, and notably an Intel-to-Intel swap within the Arc family. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile averages 20534, 0.1 percent behind. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 0.4 percent behind) and AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20662, 0.5 percent ahead) round out the group. Swapping the B570 for any of these cards should reproduce the measured Undisputed frame rates within a narrow margin, since a sub-one-percent aggregate difference rarely translates into a preset-tier change in a single game.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 75 FPS average. The maximum preset is playable at 1080p, with a fifteen-frame cushion over the 60 FPS threshold. Nothing needs to be sacrificed.
• 2560x1440 — High: 84 FPS average. Ultra falls to 54 FPS here, but High clears the threshold by 24 frames. Medium (102 FPS) and Low (141 FPS) are options for users who prefer headroom over visual fidelity.
• 3840x2160 — Medium: 64 FPS average. This is the edge of playable at 4K, with a 55 FPS minimum indicating dips below 60 during the heaviest scenes. Low (89 FPS) is the safer choice for a consistently smooth 4K experience.