Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a consistently playable experience in Control, but the benchmark data reveals a clear trend: performance is heavily dictated by resolution and settings, with the GPU acting as the primary performance limiter at higher workloads. This combination ranks in the 83rd percentile for CPUs and 84th percentile for GPUs individually, yet its in-game ranking shows it outperforming the vast majority of tested combos.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a predictable and steep performance curve as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves an average of 215.3 FPS, which serves as the ceiling for this pairing. Moving to 1440p Low drops that figure to 159.6 FPS, a reduction of 55.7 FPS. At 4K Low, the average falls further to 106.5 FPS, meaning the step from 1080p to 4K at Low settings costs roughly 108.8 FPS, or about half the total frame rate. This scaling pattern strongly indicates that at lower resolutions and graphical presets, the system is not fully GPU-bound; the CPU’s 6-core, 12-thread design with a 5.30 GHz boost clock is capable of feeding frames faster than the GPU can render them.

However, the situation changes dramatically when settings are raised. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS collapses to 59.8, which is only 27.8% of the 1080p Low result. The gap between 1080p Ultra (117.9 FPS) and 4K Ultra (59.8 FPS) is a 58.1 FPS difference. This steep decline at higher resolutions and presets points directly to the GPU as the limiting component. The RTX 4070 SUPER’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are being saturated by the 4K workload, whereas the CPU’s performance headroom is left unused. The data shows that at 1440p High, the average sits at 102.9 FPS, which is close to the 4K Low result of 106.5 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s rendering capabilities, not the CPU, are the bottleneck once pixel count and effects increase.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 1980 MHz base clock and a 2475 MHz boost clock. Its 7168 shading units and 56 RT cores are directly relevant to Control, a game known for its physics-heavy environments and ray-traced reflections. The benchmark results show that the GPU’s performance scales predictably with settings changes. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra increases the average FPS from 215.3 to 117.9, a drop of 97.4 FPS. This 45% reduction in frame rate at the same resolution highlights how demanding the Ultra preset is on the GPU’s texture and pixel processing capabilities.

The 12 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for Control at all tested settings, as no memory-related stutters or min FPS anomalies are recorded in the data. The GDDR6X memory runs at 1313 MHz with a 21 Gbps effective speed, providing a 192-bit bus and 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. At 4K Ultra, the average of 59.8 FPS suggests the GPU is nearing its limits, but the fact that it maintains above 60 FPS at 4K High (67.4 FPS) indicates the VRAM buffer is not the primary constraint. Instead, the FP32 performance of 35.48 TFLOPS is the likely ceiling, as the game’s complex shader work scales with both resolution and preset quality.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 1636 tested combos in Control, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 7600X and RTX 4070 SUPER achieves a rank of 276. This places it in the top 17% of all configurations tested, which is a strong showing given the hardware’s individual percentiles. The CPU’s 83rd percentile ranking against all CPUs is consistent with its position, as is the GPU’s 84th percentile. The in-game rank of 276 is slightly lower than the individual component percentiles might suggest, indicating that Control’s engine does not perfectly scale with this hardware pairing at every setting.

The nearest rivals for the CPU are the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and AMD Ryzen 7 7735U, both with average scores within 0.1% of the 7600X. This indicates that the 7600X’s synthetic benchmark performance is on par with those mobile-oriented chips, but in Control the desktop CPU’s higher boost clock likely provides a real advantage. For the GPU, the closest rival is the NVIDIA RTX A6000, which is only 0.2% behind in average score, followed by the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE at 0.3% behind. These deltaPct values are minimal, suggesting that in raw compute terms the RTX 4070 SUPER is competitive with workstation-class cards, but its gaming-focused feature set provides the better in-game experience here.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Control?*

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 215.3, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: No, the average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 59.8, which is just below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 136.6 at 1080p High to 67.4 at 4K High, a reduction of 69.2 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p Medium?

A: At 2560x1440 Medium, the average FPS is 116.2, which is high enough to suggest the GPU is still managing the workload well, but the scaling from 1080p Medium (154.6 FPS) indicates the GPU is beginning to be the primary constraint.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 276 out of 1636 tested combos in Control, placing it in the top 17% of all results.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 42576, which is 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A6000 and 0.3% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full set of measured results provides a clear picture of performance scaling across resolutions and settings.

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers:

• Low: 215.3 FPS
• Medium: 154.6 FPS
• High: 136.6 FPS
• Ultra: 117.9 FPS

At 2560x1440, the results are:

• Low: 159.6 FPS
• Medium: 116.2 FPS
• High: 102.9 FPS
• Ultra: 88.0 FPS

At 3840x2160, the results are:

• Low: 106.5 FPS
• Medium: 80.7 FPS
• High: 67.4 FPS
• Ultra: 59.8 FPS

The data shows that the gap between Low and Ultra settings narrows as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 97.4 FPS, while at 4K it is only 46.7 FPS. This compression of frame rates at higher resolutions reinforces the GPU-bound nature of the workload. The 1440p results are particularly notable: even at Ultra settings, the combo maintains an 88.0 FPS average, which is well above the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay. The 4K Ultra result of 59.8 FPS is the only configuration that falls below 60 FPS, making it the edge case for this hardware pairing in Control.