Allods Online

Allods Online, a 2010-era MMORPG, presents an interesting challenge for modern hardware. The benchmark data for the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 combination reveals a title that is surprisingly sensitive to both CPU and GPU load, depending on the graphics settings. The measured frames per second (FPS) show a wide performance envelope, from highly playable at high refresh rates to nearly unplayable at maximum settings in 4K. This analysis breaks down the measured data to understand how this specific combo handles the game and what settings provide the most balanced experience.

Settings Recommendations

The data clearly indicates that the "Ultra" preset is not a viable option for this combination in most scenarios. At 1080p, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 90 FPS, which is respectable, but the overhead is not justified when compared to the High preset. The High preset at 1080p achieves 143 FPS, a 58.8% improvement over Ultra. This gap widens dramatically at higher resolutions. At 1440p, High averages 90 FPS while Ultra drops to 57 FPS, a 36.7% reduction. At 4K, the situation becomes critical: High averages 47 FPS, while Ultra plummets to 30 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay.

Given these figures, the "High" preset offers the best balance between visual fidelity and performance across all tested resolutions. It is the only preset that maintains a playable average FPS at 4K (47 FPS) and provides excellent frame rates at 1440p (90 FPS) and 1080p (143 FPS). The "Medium" preset is a viable alternative for users with high refresh rate monitors at 1440p, as it pushes the average to 143 FPS, but it does so at the cost of visual quality. The "Low" preset is only recommended for competitive play at 1080p, where it delivers a massive 277 FPS average, but the visual downgrade is significant. The data suggests that the "Ultra" preset is poorly optimized for this game and this hardware, acting more as a stress test than a playable setting.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, is a key player in this analysis. Its memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s and boost clock of 1725 MHz are the primary specifications that influence the 4K results. The data shows a clear scaling pattern tied to the GPU's load. At 4K with the "Low" preset, the average FPS is 95. This suggests that even at low settings, the GPU is being utilized heavily, as the CPU is less of a bottleneck at this resolution. Moving to "Medium" at 4K drops the average to 75 FPS, and "High" drops it further to 47 FPS. The "Ultra" setting at 4K yields only 30 FPS.

This pattern indicates that at 4K, the RTX 3070's processing power and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors. The 8 GB VRAM buffer is likely being saturated at the "Ultra" setting at 4K, causing the significant frame rate collapse. The GPU's 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is not sufficient to maintain high frame rates with the most demanding settings at this resolution. The performance delta from "High" to "Ultra" at 4K is 36.2% (from 47 to 30 FPS), which is the largest drop between any two consecutive settings at any resolution. This strongly suggests that the "Ultra" preset introduces rendering features that are particularly taxing on the RTX 3070's architecture.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is a critical indicator of where the bottleneck lies. At the "High" preset, the average FPS scales from 143 at 1080p to 90 at 1440p, and then down to 47 at 4K. This represents a 37.1% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 47.8% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear, which indicates that the game becomes increasingly GPU-bound as the resolution increases. At 1080p and 1440p High, the frame rates are high enough to suggest that the CPU is still contributing to the overall performance, but the 4K result shows a classic GPU bottleneck.

This pattern is consistent across all settings. For the "Medium" preset, the FPS drops from 227 at 1080p to 143 at 1440p and 75 at 4K. The "Low" preset shows a similar trend: 277 FPS at 1080p, 183 FPS at 1440p, and 95 FPS at 4K. The fact that even the "Low" preset sees a 65.7% reduction in FPS from 1080p to 4K (from 277 to 95) confirms that the resolution is the dominant factor in determining performance. The Intel Core i7-12700K is a powerful processor, but at 4K, the RTX 3070 is unable to keep up with the pixel-pushing demands, making the GPU the clear limiting component.

How This Combo Ranks

In the grand scheme of tested hardware combinations for Allods Online, this pairing of the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 achieves a combo rank of 1348 out of 3670. This places it in the 63rd percentile of all tested combos, indicating that it is a solidly above-average performer for this specific game. While it is not a top-tier combination, it outperforms the majority of systems that have been benchmarked.

This ranking is consistent with the individual component performance. The RTX 3070 has a percentile rank of 61 among all GPUs, and the i7-12700K has a percentile rank of 84 among all CPUs. The combo's rank is slightly lower than the CPU's percentile, which suggests that the GPU is the more limiting factor in this pairing for Allods Online. The data shows that the system is capable of delivering high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but it falls behind more powerful GPU configurations at 4K with high settings. The rank of 1348 out of 3670 suggests that a large number of tested combos offer similar or slightly better performance, likely those with faster GPUs.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, along with 25 MB of shared L3 cache. In a game like Allods Online, which is an MMORPG from 2010, the CPU's single-thread performance is often critical for handling game logic, NPC AI, and player interactions. The CPU's strong single-thread performance is evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1850.5 and Geekbench single-core score of 2308.

The benchmark data suggests that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 4K, the FPS is significantly lower across all settings compared to 1080p, which points to the GPU being the limiting factor. However, the CPU's role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions. The jump from 143 FPS at 1080p High to 277 FPS at 1080p Low (a 93.7% increase) shows that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to achieve very high frame rates when the graphical load is reduced. The 12 cores and 20 threads are likely sufficient to handle the game's multi-threaded workload, preventing a CPU bottleneck even in busy areas. The data indicates that the i7-12700K provides a strong foundation that allows the RTX 3070 to perform to its potential, but it is the GPU that ultimately caps the performance at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The detailed FPS measurements for this combo are as follows:

• 1920x1080 (1080p):
• Low: Average FPS of 277. This is the highest measured FPS in the entire dataset, indicating excellent CPU performance and low GPU load.
• Medium: Average FPS of 227, with a minimum of 193 and a maximum of 261. This range shows a smooth experience with minor fluctuation.
• High: Average FPS of 143. This is a significant drop from Medium, but still very playable.
• Ultra: Average FPS of 90. This is the lowest FPS at 1080p, showing a 36.6% drop from High.

• 2560x1440 (1440p):
• Low: Average FPS of 183. This is a 33.9% drop from the 1080p Low setting, showing the impact of increased resolution.
• Medium: Average FPS of 143, with a minimum of 122 and a maximum of 164. This is a stable and playable experience.
• High: Average FPS of 90. This is a 37.1% drop from the 1080p High setting.
• Ultra: Average FPS of 57. This is a 36.7% drop from the 1440p High setting, and it is the first setting where the frame rate dips below 60 FPS.

• 3840x2160 (4K):
• Low: Average FPS of 95. This shows that even on Low, the GPU is heavily taxed at 4K.
• Medium: Average FPS of 75, with a minimum of 64 and a maximum of 86. The minimum FPS is still above 60, but the headroom is shrinking.
• High: Average FPS of 47. This is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay.
• Ultra: Average FPS of 30. This is the lowest result, rendering the game effectively unplayable at this setting.

The data clearly shows a consistent pattern: performance scales almost linearly with resolution for each setting, and the "Ultra" preset has a disproportionate performance cost at every resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for a smooth 60 FPS experience at 4K?

A: At 4K, the "Medium" preset is the only option that maintains an average FPS above 60, with an average of 75 FPS. The "High" preset drops to 47 FPS average, which is below the 60 FPS target.

Q: How much faster is the "Low" preset compared to "Ultra" at 1080p?

A: The "Low" preset at 1080p delivers an average of 277 FPS, which is 207.8% faster than the "Ultra" preset's average of 90 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the main bottleneck at 1440p with "High" settings?

A: The data indicates a GPU bottleneck. The "High" preset at 1440p yields 90 FPS, while the "Low" preset yields 183 FPS. This 51.1% increase in performance from lowering settings is indicative of a GPU limitation, as the CPU can handle the lower settings without a frame rate cap.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM of the RTX 3070 cause issues in Allods Online?

A: While not directly measured, the dramatic performance drop at 4K "Ultra" (30 FPS) compared to 4K "High" (47 FPS) is likely related to the high memory demands of the "Ultra" preset, potentially saturating the 8 GB VRAM buffer.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested systems?

A: This Intel Core i7-12700K and RTX 3070 combo is ranked 1348 out of 3670 tested combinations, placing it in the top 63.3% of all systems benchmarked for Allods Online.

Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this hardware?

A: The highest average FPS measured is 277, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the "Low" settings preset.