Control

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers strong performance in Control, a 2019 Action Adventure title. The measured data shows that the system excels at high refresh rate 1080p and 1440p gaming while remaining fully playable at 4K, though with some caveats at the highest settings. This analysis walks through the benchmark results, settings recommendations, and component-specific insights based solely on the measured frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial, but the pattern of that drop is very telling. At Medium settings, the average frame rate goes from 152 FPS at 1920x1080 to 115 FPS at 2560x1440, and finally to 78 FPS at 3840x2160. That progression is a 24% loss from 1080p to 1440p and a further 32% loss from 1440p to 4K. In total, moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings costs 74 FPS, a 49% reduction. This is a typical GPU-bound scaling curve. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are the likely limiting factors as the pixel count quadruples.

Looking at Low settings, the scaling is even more extreme. The system produces 214 FPS at 1080p, 162 FPS at 1440p, and 110 FPS at 4K. That is a 24% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 32% drop from 1440p to 4K again, showing that the proportional loss is consistent regardless of the overall performance level. The absolute drop is larger here because the starting point is higher, but the relative scaling is nearly identical. This consistency suggests that the GPU is the primary bottleneck across all resolutions, with the CPU having enough headroom to keep up even at 1080p where the frame rates are highest.

At Ultra settings, the frame rates are 118 FPS at 1080p, 89 FPS at 1440p, and 60 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 25%, and from 1440p to 4K is 33%. This is almost the same proportional scaling as at Medium and Low settings. The fact that Ultra settings scale almost exactly like the lower presets means the game is not hitting a CPU ceiling at any resolution in this configuration. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would see a smaller percentage drop at higher resolutions as the GPU got slower, but that is not the case here.

The 4K numbers deserve special attention. At 4K Ultra, the system hits exactly 60 FPS on average. That is a playable level, but just barely, and the minimum frame rate is not recorded for the Ultra preset. At 4K Medium, the average is 78 FPS with a minimum of 66 FPS and a maximum of 90 FPS, which is a much more comfortable margin. The data indicates that 4K Ultra is right at the edge of playability, while 4K Medium offers a more consistent experience. The 4K Low setting provides 110 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold. The resolution scaling data points to the RTX 4070 SUPER being the controlling component, as the CPU is never the limiting factor in this test.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data suggests that the Ultra preset is not the best choice for this combo. At 1080p, Ultra gives 118 FPS, but Medium gives 152 FPS, a 34 FPS difference. At 1440p, Ultra gives 89 FPS, while Medium gives 115 FPS, a 26 FPS difference. At 4K, Ultra gives 60 FPS, while Medium gives 78 FPS, an 18 FPS difference. In every resolution, Medium provides a higher average frame rate than Ultra, and it also has recorded minimum frame rates. The Medium preset has a 130 FPS minimum at 1080p, a 98 FPS minimum at 1440p, and a 66 FPS minimum at 4K. These minimums are not recorded for Ultra, so we cannot compare the lows, but the average is already higher on Medium.

The High preset offers a middle ground. At 1080p, High gives 135 FPS, which is identical to Medium. At 1440p, High gives 102 FPS, which is 13 FPS lower than Medium. At 4K, High gives 69 FPS, which is 9 FPS lower than Medium. So High beats Ultra in all three resolutions, but it loses to Medium at 1440p and 4K. The only resolution where High matches Medium is 1080p. This is a strange pattern, but the data is clear.

The Low preset is the best for raw frame rate, giving 214 FPS at 1080p, 162 FPS at 1440p, and 110 FPS at 4K. But Low settings typically degrade visual quality, and the difference between Low and the Medium preset at 1080p is a massive 152 FPS versus 214 FPS. The question is whether that extra 62 FPS is worth the visual downgrade. For competitive play, Low might be the choice, but for a game like Control, which is a single-player action title, the visual quality of Medium is more important than the extra frame rate.

The best experience per the data is the Medium preset. It offers the highest average frame rates when compared to High and Ultra, it has solid minimum frame values, and the visual quality is likely better than Low. At 1080p, Medium delivers 152 FPS, which is high enough for any display. At 1440p, Medium gives 115 FPS, which is a great experience for high refresh rate monitors. At 4K, Medium gives 78 FPS with a 66 FPS minimum, which is a very solid 4K experience. The Ultra preset is not worth the performance hit, as the frame rate drops to 60 FPS at 4K and only 89 FPS at 1440p. The High preset is a decent alternative, but it does not beat Medium in any measurable way at 1440p or 4K. For the best balance of frame rate and visual settings, the data points to Medium.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with the High preset?

A: The average frame rate is 135 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings.

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

A: Yes, the average frame rate at 3840x2160 Ultra is exactly 60 FPS, but no minimum frame rate is recorded for that preset, so it may dip below that in some scenes.

Q: Which preset gives the highest frame rate at 1440p?

A: The Low preset gives the highest average frame rate at 1440p, reaching 162 FPS. Among the other presets, Medium is the highest at 115 FPS.

Q: What is the minimum frame rate recorded at 4K Medium?

A: The minimum frame rate recorded at 3840x2160 Medium is 66 FPS, with an average of 78 FPS and a maximum of 90 FPS.

Q: How much faster is 1080p Low compared to 1080p Ultra?

A: The 1080p Low preset averages 214 FPS, while the 1080p Ultra preset averages 118 FPS. That is a difference of 96 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor. The proportional frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is consistent across all presets, and the CPU, an 8-core 16-thread part, does not show signs of bottlenecking.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces an average of 214 FPS. The Medium preset produces an average of 152 FPS, with a minimum of 130 FPS and a maximum of 175 FPS. The High preset produces an average of 135 FPS. The Ultra preset produces an average of 118 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is therefore 96 FPS, with Low being the fastest and Ultra being the slowest.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 162 FPS. The Medium preset averages 115 FPS, with a minimum of 98 FPS and a maximum of 133 FPS. The High preset averages 102 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 89 FPS. At this resolution, the difference between Low and Ultra is 73 FPS, which is a smaller gap than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 110 FPS. The Medium preset averages 78 FPS, with a minimum of 66 FPS and a maximum of 90 FPS. The High preset averages 69 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 60 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 50 FPS, which is the smallest proportional gap of the three resolutions.

Comparing the presets across resolutions, the Medium setting is the only one with recorded minimum and maximum frame data. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 130 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 98 FPS. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 66 FPS. This data shows that the frame time consistency scales with resolution, which is expected as the GPU has more work at higher resolutions. The High and Ultra presets do not have recorded minimum values, so it is not possible to judge their frame pacing from the data.

The frame rate data follows a clear pattern. The Low preset is the fastest at every resolution, the Medium is the second fastest, High is third, and Ultra is the slowest. This is a linear progression, but the gaps between presets shrink as resolution increases. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 96 FPS. At 1440p, it is 73 FPS. At 4K, it is 51 FPS. This shrinking gap indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU is more heavily loaded, and the difference in settings has less of a proportional impact on the average frame rate.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 639th out of 3720 tested combinations in Control. That puts it in the top 17% of all tested systems. This is a strong ranking, but it is not at the very top of the chart. The CPU and GPU individually are also ranked at the 78th and 83rd percentiles respectively, which suggests that the performance of this combo is roughly in line with the performance of its components.

The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 43223, and its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB with a score of 43262, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile with a score of 43268, and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 with a score of 43301. The 4070 SUPER is within 1% of all of these, with the RTX 4090 Mobile being 1% faster. This means the GPU is comparable to a mix of workstation and mobile parts in general benchmarks. The CPU, the Ryzen 7 5700, has an average benchmark score of 25517, and its nearest rivals are within half a percent of its score, with the fastest rival, the Ryzen 7 5825U, being only 0.3% faster.

The 639th rank out of 3720 is a strong result. It shows that the Ryzen 7 5700 and RTX 4070 SUPER is a well-balanced system for this game. The data does not include frame rate data for other combos, so it is not possible to compare directly to specific rivals in Control. However, the rank of 639 out of 3720 means that the combo is in the 82.8th percentile of all tested combinations. This is a good result for a mid-range to upper-midrange setup. The rank is likely influenced by the GPU's strong performance, as the CPU is not the bottleneck according to the resolution scaling data.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. It has a 65 W TDP and is built on a 7 nm process. The 16 MB of L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 20655 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2916 points in single-core. It has a multi-thread score of 24303 in PassMark and a single-thread score of 3296. The CPU is in the 78th percentile of all CPUs.

In the context of Control, the CPU does not appear to be the limiting factor. The resolution scaling data shows that the frame rate drops at a consistent rate from 1080p to 4K, regardless of the settings preset. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would likely be more consistent across resolutions, because the CPU load would be the same, and the GPU would have more headroom. The data shows the opposite. At 1080p Low, the system hits 214 FPS, which is high enough to stress the CPU, but the frame rate still scales down at 1440p and 4K, which is the sign of a GPU bottleneck.

The CPU's 16 threads are more than enough for Control, which is an older game from 2019. The game is unlikely to utilize all 16 threads effectively, but the 8 cores and 16 threads provide plenty of headroom. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 6628 is only slightly higher than the 8-thread score of 5585, indicating that the CPU does not scale perfectly with more threads, but this is not an issue for gaming. The single-thread performance, as measured by 3DMark single-thread score of 901, is sufficient to drive the high frame rates seen in the data. Even at 1080p Low, with 214 FPS, the CPU is keeping up. The CPU is not the bottleneck.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a high-performance GPU based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. It has 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs. The GPU also includes 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores, which are not directly measured in the frame data but are part of the architecture.

In general benchmarks, the RTX 4070 SUPER has an average score of 43223 and is in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. Its PassMark G3D score is 29995, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad score is 4627. These scores are relevant because they show the GPU is a solid performer. The frame data shows that the GPU is the primary driver of performance in Control.

At 1080p Low, the GPU is able to render 214 FPS, which is a high frame rate that is likely at the upper limit of what the 12 GB memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth can deliver. The 4K Medium data shows a minimum of 66 FPS and an average of 78 FPS, which is a good result for a 4K resolution. The GPU's 12 GB VRAM is likely sufficient for Control at any settings, as the game is from 2019.

The GPU's clock speed boost of 2475 MHz is relevant, but the memory bandwidth is the key factor. The 504.2 GB/s bandwidth is high, and it is the reason why the GPU does not choke at 4K. The 4K Ultra preset averages 60 FPS, which is lower than 4K Medium by 18 FPS, but still playable. The data does not show any signs of VRAM limitations, as the frame rates do not drop to unplayable levels even at 4K Ultra. The GPU is clearly the main component in this system, and its performance is the reason why the combo ranks at 639 out of the 3720 tested.