Barony

# FAQ

Q: What is the measured performance of Barony with the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070?

A: The combo achieves 300.4 FPS at 1920x1080 High settings, 188.7 FPS at 2560x1440 High, and 98.2 FPS at 3840x2160 High. At Ultra settings, the same resolutions deliver 212.6 FPS, 134.3 FPS, and 74.0 FPS respectively.

Q: What is the combo rank for this CPU-GPU pairing in Barony?

A: The combination ranks 429th out of 1,702 tested combos, placing it in the top 25 percent of all configurations for this title.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K has an average benchmark score of 35,684, which is 0.3 percent behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35,802) and 0.7 percent behind the Intel Core i5-14500HX (35,940). It sits 0.6 percent ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700T (35,468) and 0.8 percent ahead of the Intel Core i7-13800H (35,416).

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest competitors?

A: The RTX 4070 scores 37,283 on average, which is 0.6 percent behind the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37,507) and 1.9 percent behind the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A (38,008). It is 2.5 percent ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 5300M (36,371).

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS falls from 300.4 at 1920x1080 to 188.7 at 2560x1440, then to 98.2 at 3840x2160. This represents a 67.3 percent reduction from 1080p to 4K.

Q: What memory specifications does the GPU have?

A: The RTX 4070 features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows that the Medium preset provides the best balance between visual fidelity and performance for this configuration. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 351.4 FPS, which is 51.4 FPS higher than High (300.4) and 138.8 FPS higher than Ultra (212.6). The gap between Medium and Low at 1080p is 116.4 FPS, suggesting that Medium captures most of the performance headroom while improving quality substantially.

At 2560x1440, Medium produces 221.7 FPS, which remains comfortably above the 144Hz refresh rate that many monitors support. High at this resolution delivers 188.7 FPS, still exceeding 144Hz, while Ultra drops to 134.3 FPS. For 1440p gaming, High is the recommended preset because it maintains high frame rates while offering better graphical quality than Medium.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes significantly. Medium delivers 112.6 FPS, while High produces 98.2 FPS and Ultra falls to 74.0 FPS. For 4K displays, Medium is the optimal choice because it stays above 100 FPS, whereas High and Ultra dip below that threshold. Low at 4K reaches 155 FPS, but the visual compromise is substantial relative to Medium's 112.6 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor from the Core 12th Gen series, based on Alder Lake architecture. It operates with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosts up to 5.00 GHz. The processor's single-thread performance is notable: 3DMark single-thread scores 1,043, while Cinebench R23 single-core reaches 4,128. These single-thread capabilities matter in Barony, a roguelike where game logic and entity updates often rely on fewer threads.

Benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 29,241, and 3DMark max threads reaches 9,979. The CPU's 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 per core help maintain consistent performance during complex scenes. Geekbench multicore results (13,892) and Passmark multithread scores (34,404) confirm that the processor handles parallel workloads well.

The CPU's 89th percentile ranking among all processors indicates it sits above the vast majority of alternatives. In Barony, the data suggests the CPU is rarely the limiting factor at lower resolutions: at 1080p Low, the system produces 467.8 FPS, which indicates the processor can feed the GPU effectively even at very high frame rates. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 9,276 further demonstrates that the CPU maintains robust performance under sustained multi-threaded load.

How This Combo Ranks

With a rank of 429 out of 1,702 tested combinations, this pairing sits in the 74.8th percentile of all configurations tested for Barony. This places it ahead of approximately three-quarters of all CPU-GPU combos, indicating strong overall capability for this title.

The ranking reflects the balance between the i7-12700K's strong single-thread and multi-thread performance and the RTX 4070's substantial GPU throughput. The CPU's 89th percentile standing and the GPU's 81st percentile standing combine to produce a system that handles Barony's demands without obvious bottlenecks at most settings.

In the context of the full test pool, the 429th rank means there are 428 combinations that perform better, but these likely include higher-end CPUs and GPUs. The top 25 percent placement suggests this combo is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming in Barony, particularly at 1440p and below. At 4K, the ranking still holds up well, with the combo delivering playable frame rates at all tested settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It features 5,888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. The GPU contains 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores, with a boost clock of 2475 MHz and a base clock of 1920 MHz.

The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for Barony's texture and geometry demands. The GPU's pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s indicate strong fill-rate capabilities. FP32 performance reaches 29.15 TFLOPS, and FP16 matches at 29.15 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio).

The GPU's 81st percentile ranking among all graphics cards shows it outperforms most alternatives. Passmark G3D scores 26,927, while Geekbench OpenCL reaches 168,006 and Vulkan scores 157,352. These results indicate strong compute and graphics performance. In Barony, the GPU becomes the dominant factor at higher resolutions: at 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 74.0 FPS, which is 65.2 percent lower than the 1080p Ultra result of 212.6 FPS, showing that resolution scaling places increasing stress on the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the configuration delivers exceptional performance across all settings. Low produces 467.8 FPS, Medium reaches 351.4 FPS, High achieves 300.4 FPS, and Ultra yields 212.6 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 255.2 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU has ample headroom even at maximum quality.

Moving to 2560x1440, frame rates remain high but show the expected reduction. Low delivers 298.7 FPS, Medium produces 221.7 FPS, High reaches 188.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 134.3 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is consistent: Low falls by 169.1 FPS, Medium by 129.7 FPS, High by 111.7 FPS, and Ultra by 78.3 FPS.

At 3840x2160, performance scales down further. Low achieves 155 FPS, Medium produces 112.6 FPS, High reaches 98.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 74 FPS. The 4K results show that even at Ultra settings, the combo maintains playable frame rates above 60 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 81 FPS, a narrower gap than at lower resolutions, indicating that the GPU is becoming the primary constraint.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals important information about the limiting component. At High settings, the system delivers 300.4 FPS at 1080p, 188.7 FPS at 1440p, and 98.2 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37.2 percent, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 48.0 percent.

At Low settings, the scaling is more aggressive: 467.8 FPS at 1080p drops to 298.7 FPS at 1440p (a 36.2 percent reduction) and then to 155 FPS at 4K (a 48.1 percent reduction from 1440p). This pattern indicates that at lower settings, the GPU is still the limiting factor, as the CPU is able to maintain very high frame rates.

The transition from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings shows a 67.9 percent reduction (351.4 to 112.6 FPS), while High settings see a 67.3 percent reduction (300.4 to 98.2 FPS) and Ultra sees a 65.2 percent reduction (212.6 to 74 FPS). These consistent scaling patterns suggest that the RTX 4070's memory bandwidth and compute resources are the primary determinants of performance as resolution increases. The CPU's strong single-thread score of 4,128 in Cinebench R23 ensures that it does not become a bottleneck even at 1080p Low, where the system approaches 500 FPS.