Allods Online

Allods Online, a 2010-era MMORPG, when paired with the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, presents a fascinating case of extreme hardware meeting aging game code. The measured data shows a system capable of staggering frame rates, but the scaling across resolutions and settings reveals where the bottlenecks truly lie. This combination ranks 48th out of 1715 tested combos, placing it in the top 3% of all configurations, yet the frame pacing and absolute numbers tell a story of a game that is far more demanding at its highest preset than its age might suggest.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is not linear, and the shape of that curve is highly diagnostic. At High settings, the system delivers 213.9 FPS at 1920x1080, which falls to 155.9 FPS at 2560x1440, and then significantly down to 84 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 61% performance retention from 1080p to 4K, indicating that while the GPU is being stressed more at higher resolutions, the processor is still able to feed it adequately at 1440p.

However, the Ultra preset tells a different story. The drop from 1080p to 4K is severe: 157 FPS at 1080p, 99 FPS at 1440p, and just 51.9 FPS at 4K. This is a 67% performance loss from 1080p to 4K, which is a much steeper cliff than the High preset. The data suggests that Ultra settings introduce rendering features that are disproportionately heavy on the RTX 4090's compute units, making it the primary limiting component at this preset. The gap between High and Ultra at 4K is a massive 32.1 FPS, while at 1080p that same gap is 56.9 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset’s overhead scales with pixel count.

The Low and Medium presets show the system is heavily CPU-bound at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system hits 277.7 FPS, and even at 4K Low it manages 165.7 FPS. This indicates that the i7-12700K is the bottleneck at 1080p Low, as the GPU is not being fully utilized. The scaling from 1080p to 4K on Low is only a 40% drop, which is far less than the High preset's drop, confirming that the game's engine is not scaling its CPU workload with resolution—it remains constant, and the GPU eventually catches up.

GPU Role

The RTX 4090 is the clear performance driver in this pairing, but its massive resources are only fully taxed at 4K Ultra. With 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus delivering 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth, the card has ample headroom for texture-heavy scenes. The GPU's boost clock of 2520 MHz and base clock of 2235 MHz are the raw elements behind its 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The data indicates that the card's raw throughput is what allows it to push 84 FPS at 4K High, a score that would be unattainable for lesser hardware.

The GPU's role becomes more nuanced when looking at the Ultra preset. The card's 16384 shading units and 128 RT cores are being hammered by the Ultra settings, resulting in a 4K score of 51.9 FPS—a playable but not silky-smooth number. This suggests that the Ultra preset in Allods Online uses techniques that are not efficiently implemented, likely relying on older draw-call patterns that don't leverage the Ada Lovelace architecture's strengths. The GPU's percentile ranking of 91st among all GPUs is expected, but its nearest rivals (NVIDIA Tesla T4, Tesla P40, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56, NVIDIA Quadro P6000) are all workstation-class cards that would not be relevant for gaming, highlighting that the RTX 4090's closest competition in this dataset is not even in the same product category.

The VRAM capacity is irrelevant in this game; the data shows no memory-related stutter or frame drops, and the 24 GB buffer is far beyond what any 2010 MMORPG could need. The GPU's role is purely computational, and the measured results show that at 1440p High, the system is well-balanced, with the 155.9 FPS figure indicating the CPU and GPU are sharing the load effectively.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo overkill for Allods Online?

A: At 1080p and 1440p with Low or Medium settings, yes—the system exceeds 219 FPS at 1440p Medium, which is far beyond any monitor's refresh rate. However, at 4K Ultra, the 51.9 FPS average shows that even this top-tier hardware struggles with the game's heaviest preset.

Q: What is the best resolution to play at with this hardware?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 High as the sweet spot, delivering 155.9 FPS while maintaining visual quality. It is 71.9 FPS faster than 4K High and still 58.9 FPS slower than 1080p High, but the visual sharpness improvement makes 1440p the most balanced choice.

Q: How does the CPU affect performance at 1080p?

A: The i7-12700K is the limiting factor at 1080p Low, where the system only reaches 277.7 FPS. The RTX 4090 is capable of much more, but the CPU's single-thread performance, evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 1043, constrains the frame rate.

Q: Why is the Ultra preset so much slower than High?

A: The measured data shows a 32.1 FPS drop at 4K when moving from High to Ultra (84 to 51.9 FPS). This indicates that Ultra likely enables heavy post-processing or shadow effects that are not well-optimized, causing a disproportionate performance penalty.

Q: Is the RTX 4090's 24 GB VRAM necessary?

A: For this specific game, no. The benchmark results show no indication of VRAM limitations at any resolution or preset. The memory bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s is more relevant to the high frame rates achieved, rather than the capacity.

Q: Should I cap the frame rate?

A: Given the system reaches 277.7 FPS at 1080p Low, capping to a monitor's refresh rate (e.g., 144 Hz or 165 Hz) would reduce unnecessary GPU load and power consumption without affecting the visible experience.

How This Combo Ranks

With a rank of 48 out of 1715 tested combinations, this setup is in the 97.2nd percentile of all tested combos. This places it firmly in the enthusiast tier of systems. The ranking suggests that only 47 other combinations in the database outperform it, likely those with newer flagship CPUs (such as the Intel Core i7-13700T or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845, which are within 0.8% of the i7-12700K's average benchmark score) paired with the same or better GPU. The i7-12700K sits at the 89th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it is outclassed by 11% of processors, but the RTX 4090's 91st percentile GPU ranking compensates for this. This pairing is not the absolute fastest possible, but it is within striking distance of the top tier, and the measured results confirm that the GPU is the dominant factor in this game's performance. The deltaPct values for the CPU's nearest rivals are all under 1%, indicating that swapping to a different CPU in that performance class would yield negligible frame rate changes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers a wide spread of performance based on settings:

• Low: 277.7 FPS average
• Medium: 254.5 FPS average
• High: 213.9 FPS average
• Ultra: 157 FPS average

At 2560x1440, the numbers tighten:

• Low: 238.3 FPS average
• Medium: 219.6 FPS average
• High: 155.9 FPS average
• Ultra: 99 FPS average

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the sole limiter:

• Low: 165.7 FPS average
• Medium: 130.2 FPS average
• High: 84 FPS average
• Ultra: 51.9 FPS average

The data shows that the gap between Medium and High is substantial at all resolutions, averaging a 24.8% performance loss when moving up one preset level. The jump from High to Ultra is even more severe, averaging a 39.1% loss, indicating that Ultra is a separate performance tier rather than a mere increment.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the High preset at 2560x1440 is the clear recommendation. The 155.9 FPS average is smooth on any high-refresh monitor, and the visual quality is significantly better than Medium (which runs at 219.6 FPS but likely has reduced textures and shadows). At 4K, High is the only viable preset, as it produces 84 FPS—acceptable for a slower-paced MMORPG, whereas Ultra's 51.9 FPS is borderline for comfortable play. For competitive play where frame rate is paramount, 1080p Low at 277.7 FPS is the maximum achievable, but the visual sacrifice is unnecessary given the game's genre. The Ultra preset should be avoided entirely at 4K, as the 51.9 FPS result indicates the engine is not optimized for modern GPU architectures, and the visual gain over High does not justify the 32.1 FPS penalty. If playing at 1080p, Medium at 254.5 FPS offers a 40.6 FPS advantage over High with likely minimal visual difference on most displays.