Barony

How This Combo Ranks

In the Barony benchmark hierarchy, the Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT lands at rank 1094 out of 1702 tested combos. That places this configuration in the lower-middle tier of the database, meaning it outperforms roughly 36% of all recorded system pairings for this roguelike title. The ranking reflects a fundamental imbalance: the CPU is a high-end desktop part, while the GPU sits in the mid-range segment, and Barony's frame pacing ultimately depends more on the graphics card than on processor throughput.

The combo's position becomes clearer when examining the individual component percentiles. The Core i7-12700KF holds an 89th percentile ranking against all CPUs, a strong showing that puts it near the top of the desktop processor pool. In contrast, the RX 7600 XT manages only a 63rd percentile against all GPUs, a modest standing that drags the overall combo down. This 26-point gap between component percentiles is the defining characteristic of this pairing: a processor capable of feeding far more powerful graphics hardware, held back by a mid-range GPU that becomes the bottleneck in most scenarios.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. It packs 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 1980 MHz, a game clock of 2470 MHz, and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. These clocks are relatively aggressive for the segment, and the 16 GB frame buffer is generous, but the 128-bit memory interface limits how effectively that capacity can be fed.

In Barony, the GPU's memory size plays a secondary role to its raw compute throughput. The card offers 22.57 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 176.3 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 352.6 GTexel/s texture rate. These figures determine how quickly the card can resolve the game's procedural dungeon environments, particle effects, and lighting. The 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs are adequate for the title's visual complexity, but the 128-bit bus becomes a constraint at higher resolutions, as the measured FPS data demonstrates.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its mid-range positioning. It scores 17132 in Passmark G3D and 20146 average across all benchmarks, placing it at the 63rd percentile. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (0.6% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (1.9% ahead), and the RTX 2060 SUPER (1.9% behind). These tight margins indicate the RX 7600 XT is competitive within its immediate peer group, but none of these rivals represent a significant step up in performance.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the system's limiting component shifts as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 297.6 FPS, a figure that far exceeds the refresh rate of typical monitors and indicates the GPU is not the constraint at this setting. The CPU, with its 12 cores and 20 threads boosting to 5.00 GHz, is capable of driving frame rates well past 300 FPS in this roguelike, which is not typically a demanding title for processor resources.

Scaling to 1440p Low drops the average to 190 FPS, a 36% reduction. Moving to 4K Low yields 101.7 FPS, another 46% drop. This scaling pattern shows the GPU beginning to assert itself as the primary limiter, though even at 4K Low the frame rate remains playable. The trend accelerates with higher settings: at Ultra, the drop from 1080p (135.7 FPS) to 1440p (84.9 FPS) is 37%, and from 1440p to 4K (47.9 FPS) is 44%. The consistent ~35-45% reduction per resolution step at every setting level indicates a system where the GPU is the bottleneck across the board, with the CPU maintaining enough headroom to avoid becoming a limiting factor even at the lowest resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the RX 7600 XT delivers strong results across all settings. Low settings produce 297.6 FPS, Medium drops to 224.3 FPS, High yields 188.3 FPS, and Ultra settles at 135.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 54% performance reduction, a wide spread that gives players substantial flexibility to prioritize frame rate or visual fidelity. Even at Ultra, the frame rate exceeds 120 FPS, making this resolution entirely GPU-bound with no CPU-related concerns.

Moving to 1440p, the figures remain respectable but begin to show the GPU's limits. Low settings hit 190 FPS, Medium delivers 139.3 FPS, High manages 120.8 FPS, and Ultra drops to 84.9 FPS. The transition from High to Ultra at this resolution costs 36 FPS, a significant penalty for the extra visual effects. The 84.9 FPS Ultra result is still above 60 FPS, so the card maintains playability at the highest settings, but the margin is thinner than at 1080p.

At 4K, the picture changes markedly. Low settings produce 101.7 FPS, Medium yields 73.1 FPS, High drops to 63.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 47.9 FPS. The Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire dataset, indicating that 4K Ultra is beyond the comfortable range for this GPU in Barony. The 4K Low result of 101.7 FPS is notable, as it shows the card can still deliver high frame rates at 4K when settings are reduced. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 53.8 FPS, a 53% reduction that mirrors the 1080p scaling pattern.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread Alder Lake-S processor with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. It features 25 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus. The CPU's benchmark results are consistently strong: it scores 28979 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4091 in single-core, 13596 in Geekbench multi-core and 2526 in single-core, and 34092 in Passmark multithread. These figures place it at the 89th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35355.

In Barony, the CPU's role is primarily to maintain high frame rates without becoming a bottleneck. The measured data shows the combo achieving 297.6 FPS at 1080p Low, which suggests the processor is not limiting performance even at the lowest GPU workload. The single-thread performance, measured at 1043 in 3DMark single-thread and 3984 in Passmark single-thread, is sufficient for the game's logic and procedural generation tasks. The multi-thread performance, while not heavily utilized by this roguelike, provides headroom for background tasks and streaming.

The CPU's nearest rivals reinforce its strong positioning. The Intel Core i5-14400 is 0.1% ahead, the Core i7-13800H is 0.2% behind, the Core i9-12900HX is 0.2% ahead, and the Core i5-13600T is 0.3% ahead. These margins are negligible, indicating the i7-12700KF sits at a performance plateau shared by several modern processors. The 12-core configuration with 20 threads is more than adequate for Barony, and the CPU's 89th percentile ranking means it will not be the limiting factor in this pairing. The bottleneck resides firmly with the RX 7600 XT, particularly at 4K Ultra where the GPU's 63rd percentile standing becomes apparent in the 47.9 FPS result.