Archeage

# Archeage with Intel Core i5-12400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

This combination of a 6-core/12-thread Intel Core i5-12400F and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory produces a wide spread of frame rates across Archeage's resolution and quality tiers, ranging from a playable 40 FPS at 4K Ultra to a fluid 232 FPS at 1080p Low. The data set includes measured average FPS, with some Medium settings rows also reporting minimum and maximum values, allowing for a partial look at frame pacing consistency.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows how dramatically Archeage's demands scale with resolution, and the pattern suggests that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER becomes the primary limiting factor as pixel count rises. At 1080p High, the combo delivers 150 FPS, but moving to 1440p High drops that to 101 FPS, a 49 FPS reduction. The jump to 4K High further reduces performance to 58 FPS, which is less than half the 1080p result. This steep decline with resolution scaling indicates that the GPU is being pushed harder at higher pixel counts, while the CPU has enough headroom at 1080p to keep feeding frames.

The Low settings rows reveal an even more interesting story about the CPU's ceiling. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 232 FPS, while 1440p Low yields 167 FPS and 4K Low produces 96 FPS. The fact that 1080p Low exceeds 200 FPS suggests that at lower resolutions and minimal graphical load, the i5-12400F's 6 cores and 12 threads are still able to keep pace with the GPU, but the gap between 1080p Low and 1440p Low is 65 FPS, which is a larger absolute drop than the 49 FPS drop seen at High settings. This implies that even at Low settings, the GPU's rendering workload at 1440p becomes significant enough to reduce output substantially.

Looking at the Medium settings rows, which include min and max FPS data, the scaling trend continues. At 1080p Medium, the average is 221 FPS with a minimum of 188 FPS and maximum of 255 FPS. Dropping to 1440p Medium reduces the average to 149 FPS, with min and max of 127 and 171 FPS respectively. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 85 FPS, with min and max of 73 and 98 FPS. The consistency of the frame rate, as evidenced by the spread between min and max, remains relatively tight across resolutions — roughly 67 FPS spread at 1080p, 44 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K. This tightening spread at higher resolutions further supports the notion that the GPU's workload becomes more uniform and limiting as resolution increases.

The Ultra settings data shows the steepest scaling penalty. At 1080p Ultra, the combo achieves 103 FPS, which drops to 69 FPS at 1440p Ultra and then to 40 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 4K Ultra result, at just 40 FPS average, is below the threshold many players would consider smooth, and it represents only 39% of the 1080p Ultra performance. This pattern across all quality levels — where 4K performance is roughly 40% of 1080p performance — indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB memory buffer and 672.3 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed heavily at 4K, and the GPU's compute resources become the bottleneck rather than the CPU.

FAQ

Q: What frame rate can this combo achieve at 1080p with High settings in Archeage?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings is 150 FPS, with no minimum or maximum values recorded in the data.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution with the highest quality preset?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 40, which is the lowest measured value across all tested configurations. The 4K High setting yields 58 FPS, and 4K Medium produces 85 FPS with a minimum of 73 and maximum of 98 FPS.

Q: Is there a significant performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: Yes, the gap is substantial. At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 167 FPS average, while Ultra settings drop to 69 FPS. Medium settings sit in between at 149 FPS, and High achieves 101 FPS.

Q: What are the minimum and maximum FPS values recorded for Medium settings?

A: The data includes min and max FPS for Medium settings at all three resolutions. At 1080p, the range is 188 to 255 FPS with an average of 221 FPS. At 1440p, the range is 127 to 171 FPS with an average of 149 FPS. At 4K, the range is 73 to 98 FPS with an average of 85 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's benchmark performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400F has an average benchmark score of 19039, which places it at the 73rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, scores 19047, showing a 0% delta. The Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056 with a -0.1% delta, and the Intel Core i5-1335U scores 18982 with a 0.3% delta.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking and how does it compare to nearby competitors?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has an average benchmark score of 31087, placing it at the 76th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31206 (-0.4% delta), the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q at 31220 (-0.4% delta), and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell at 31532 (-1.4% delta).

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database's measured combinations for Archeage, this specific pairing of the Intel Core i5-12400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER holds the rank of 474 out of 3708 tested combos. This places it in the top 12.8% of all combinations tested in this game, which is a strong showing given the large pool of alternatives. The rank reflects the combined capability of both components, and given the game's 2014 release, the high ranking suggests that modern mid-range to high-end hardware can still dominate this MMORPG's engine.

The fact that this combo ranks at 474 out of 3708 means there are 473 other combinations that produce higher average frame rates in Archeage, likely featuring newer or more powerful CPUs and GPUs. However, the CPU's percentile of 73 and the GPU's percentile of 76 both indicate that each component individually sits above the majority of their respective peers. The combo's rank being slightly lower than either component's percentile might suggest that Archeage's engine does not scale perfectly with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's capabilities, or that the i5-12400F's 6-core/12-thread configuration creates a minor bottleneck in certain scenarios.

When comparing to the nearest rival components, the CPU is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, showing a 0% delta in average benchmark scores. The GPU is slightly behind the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 by 0.4%, but ahead of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell by 1.4%. These small deltas indicate that the components are well-matched to their immediate competitors, and the combo's rank in Archeage is likely influenced more by the game's specific engine characteristics than by any significant hardware deficiency.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data for this combo spans three resolutions and four quality settings, producing twelve distinct data points. At 1920x1080, the lowest tested resolution, the system delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings achieve 232 FPS average, Medium settings produce 221 FPS with a minimum of 188 and maximum of 255, High settings yield 150 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 103 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 129 FPS, showing that quality presets have a massive impact at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance decreases across the board. Low settings still manage 167 FPS, which is a 28% reduction from the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 149 FPS with a range of 127 to 171 FPS, representing a 32.6% drop from 1080p Medium. High settings produce 101 FPS, down 32.7% from the 1080p High score. Ultra settings fall to 69 FPS, a 33% reduction from 1080p Ultra. The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings — roughly one-third — suggests that the resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p imposes a uniform scaling penalty regardless of graphical complexity.

At 3840x2160, the performance penalties become more severe. Low settings average 96 FPS, which is 42.5% lower than the 1440p Low result. Medium settings average 85 FPS with a minimum of 73 and maximum of 98, a 43% drop from 1440p Medium. High settings produce 58 FPS, down 42.6% from 1440p High. Ultra settings yield 40 FPS, a 42% reduction from the 1440p Ultra score. The jump from 1440p to 4K imposes a larger relative penalty than the jump from 1080p to 1440p, which aligns with the 4K resolution having 2.25 times the pixel count of 1440p. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's performance scales predictably with pixel count, but the 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS falls below playable thresholds for smooth gameplay.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the clear performance driver in this combo, particularly at higher resolutions and quality settings. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is likely sufficient for Archeage's textures and assets even at 4K resolution. The GPU's 8448 shading units and 264 texture mapping units give it substantial raw compute power, evidenced by its FP32 performance of 44.10 TFLOPS. The boost clock of 2610 MHz ensures that this compute capability is sustained under load, and the base clock of 2340 MHz provides a solid foundation for consistent operation.

The measured FPS data reveals the GPU's role clearly when examining the scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low (232 FPS) and Ultra (103 FPS) is substantial, but even at Ultra the frame rate remains above 100 FPS. This suggests that at 1080p, the GPU is not fully saturated, and the CPU can keep up with the rendering demands. However, at 4K, the Ultra setting drops to 40 FPS, indicating that the GPU's resources are being pushed to their limits. The 16 GB memory buffer becomes more important at 4K, as larger textures and higher resolution rendering require more VRAM, and the 672.3 GB/s bandwidth must handle the increased data flow.

The GPU's benchmark scores support its positioning in this combo. Its Passmark G3D score of 31811 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5569 place it at the 76th percentile of all GPUs. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 199267 and Vulkan score of 53683 demonstrate strong compute and graphics API performance. In Archeage, a game that launched in 2014, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's modern architecture with DirectX 12 Ultimate support and Vulkan 1.4 compatibility likely provides advantages in rendering efficiency, though the game's engine may not fully utilize these newer features. The GPU's 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores are present but likely underutilized in this MMORPG, which was designed before ray tracing became mainstream.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F serves as the supporting component in this combo, and its role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions and settings where the GPU has less work to do. With 6 cores and 12 threads, this Alder Lake-S processor has a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide adequate data storage for game logic and physics calculations. The CPU's benchmark results show strong single-thread performance with a 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1680, which are important for Archeage's likely single-threaded game logic.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are also robust, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12380 and a Passmark multithread score of 19433. The 3DMark results show scaling from 1699 in the 2-thread test to 5912 in the max-thread test, indicating that the processor can effectively utilize its 12 threads when the workload demands it. In Archeage, the 1080p Low result of 232 FPS suggests that the CPU is capable of driving high frame rates, but the 65 FPS drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting factor even at low quality settings when resolution increases.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 73 places it above the majority of processors, and its average benchmark score of 19039 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals. The AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS shows a 0% delta, while the Intel Core i5-1335U is 0.3% behind. This near-tie with the mobile-oriented Ryzen 5 7535HS is notable, as the i5-12400F is a desktop processor with a 65 W TDP, while the Ryzen 5 7535HS is designed for laptops. In Archeage, the CPU's role is to maintain a consistent frame delivery, and the measured data shows that at 1080p, the CPU can support frame rates above 200 FPS on Low settings, but the 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS is clearly GPU-limited rather than CPU-limited.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this combo depend heavily on the target resolution and desired frame rate. At 1920x1080, all settings provide playable frame rates, but the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance. The 221 FPS average with a minimum of 188 FPS ensures smooth gameplay even in crowded MMORPG scenarios, and the 188 FPS minimum is well above typical display refresh rates. For players with high-refresh-rate monitors, the Low preset at 232 FPS provides a marginal 11 FPS improvement over Medium, but the visual quality trade-off is likely not worthwhile given that Medium already exceeds 200 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the High preset at 101 FPS is a solid choice for most players, providing good visual fidelity while maintaining a three-digit frame rate. However, the Medium preset at 149 FPS offers a more substantial performance buffer, and with a minimum of 127 FPS, it ensures that frame drops from in-game events or crowded areas will not push the experience below 60 FPS. The Ultra preset at 69 FPS is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding situations, and the Low preset at 167 FPS sacrifices too much visual quality for the performance gain over Medium.

For 3840x2160, the options are more constrained. The Medium preset at 85 FPS is the recommended choice, as it provides a smooth experience with a minimum of 73 FPS and maximum of 98 FPS. The High preset at 58 FPS is borderline playable but may feel less smooth during intense combat, while the Ultra preset at 40 FPS is not recommended for gameplay that requires responsive controls. The Low preset at 96 FPS is viable for players who prioritize frame rate over visual quality, but the Medium preset offers a better balance with only an 11 FPS reduction from Low. The data suggests that for 4K gaming with this combo, Medium settings are the sweet spot, allowing the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB of VRAM to handle the resolution while maintaining acceptable frame rates.