Control

# Control with AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 delivers a robust Control experience across all tested resolutions and settings, with the data showing a system that scales predictably from 1080p to 4K. The combination ranks 1071st out of 3720 tested combos for this title, placing it comfortably in the upper third of all configurations evaluated. The measured frame rates indicate that this pairing is capable of smooth gameplay at high settings even at 4K, though the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens considerably as resolution increases.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings is 101 frames per second, with no min or max values recorded for this specific configuration.

Q: How does the RTX 3080's 10 GB VRAM hold up at 4K in Control?

A: At 3840x2160, the highest measured average is 94 FPS on Low settings and 52 FPS on Ultra settings, indicating the 10 GB GDDR6X memory with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for all tested presets, though the Ultra preset at 4K dips to 52 FPS average.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded performance potential?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 scores 18,760 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 15,371 in Geekbench multi-core, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 Raphael architecture.

Q: Which resolution shows the smallest performance gap between Low and Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080, the difference is 84 FPS (185 Low vs 101 Ultra), while at 3840x2160 the difference is 42 FPS (94 Low vs 52 Ultra), making 4K the smaller absolute gap.

Q: Does this combo rank higher than average for Control?

A: The combo ranks 1071 out of 3720 tested configurations, placing it in the top 29% of all combos tested for this game, which is above the median position.

Q: What is the GPU's overall benchmark percentile?

A: The RTX 3080 sits at the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23,172 across all tested workloads.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 serves as the primary rendering engine in this configuration, and its specifications directly shape Control's performance envelope. The GPU is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA102 chip fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process, containing 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die. The memory subsystem features 10 GB of GDDR6X across a 320-bit bus, delivering 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth — a critical factor for Control's high-resolution textures and particle effects.

Clock speeds play a measurable role in the observed frame rates. The base clock is 1440 MHz, boosting to 1710 MHz under load, with memory running at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective). This translates to 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, 465.1 GTexel/s texture fill rate, and 164.2 GPixel/s pixel rate. The 8704 shading units, 272 TMUs, and 96 ROPs provide the raw throughput needed to maintain the frame rates seen in the measured data.

The GPU's ray tracing capabilities, with 68 RT cores and 272 tensor cores, are present but the measured FPS rows do not isolate ray tracing effects, so the data reflects standard rasterization performance. The 68th percentile ranking among all GPUs places this card above the median but not at the top tier, which is consistent with the frame rates observed — the card handles 1440p High at 88 FPS and 4K High at 60 FPS, suggesting a strong balance between memory bandwidth and compute.

The nearest GPU rivals in the benchmark database show a tight cluster: the NVIDIA P106-100 scores 23,249 (0.3% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 scores 23,250 (0.3% higher), and the AMD Radeon RX 6600M scores 23,273 (0.4% higher). This grouping indicates the RTX 3080's average benchmark score of 23,172 is within a fraction of a percent of these competing parts, though in actual game performance, the memory bandwidth and driver optimizations for Control likely yield different results than synthetic averages.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data reveals a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases, with the scaling behavior indicating a strong GPU dependency. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 185 FPS at 1080p to 140 FPS at 1440p (a 24.3% reduction) and then to 94 FPS at 4K (a 32.9% reduction from 1440p). This progressive decline suggests the GPU is the limiting factor, as the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads are unlikely to bottleneck at 1080p given the high frame rates achieved.

For High settings, the scaling shows 117 FPS at 1080p, 88 FPS at 1440p (a 24.8% drop), and 60 FPS at 4K (a 31.8% drop from 1440p). The consistent percentage decreases across settings indicate that the rendering workload scales roughly linearly with pixel count, which is typical for a GPU-bound title like Control. The 4K High result of 60 FPS is exactly at the common display refresh rate, suggesting the engine is not being artificially capped but rather hitting a natural performance limit.

Ultra settings amplify the resolution sensitivity: 101 FPS at 1080p falls to 77 FPS at 1440p (a 23.8% drop) and then to 52 FPS at 4K (a 32.5% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result of 52 FPS is the lowest measured value across all configurations, showing that the most demanding preset at the highest resolution pushes the RTX 3080 to its limits. Medium settings follow the same trajectory with 131 FPS at 1080p, 99 FPS at 1440p, and 67 FPS at 4K.

The scaling pattern — roughly 25% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and another 32% reduction from 1440p to 4K — is consistent across all four presets. This uniformity strongly suggests that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are the dominant constraints, as the CPU's performance headroom remains constant regardless of resolution. The 760.3 GB/s memory bandwidth becomes increasingly stressed at 4K, where the 10 GB VRAM capacity is also more likely to be exercised by Control's high-resolution assets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the configuration delivers its strongest performance. Low settings produce an average of 185 FPS, Medium settings achieve 131 FPS with a minimum of 111 and maximum of 151 FPS, High settings reach 117 FPS, and Ultra settings maintain 101 FPS. The Medium preset's recorded variance of 40 FPS between min and max indicates some scene-dependent fluctuation, but even the minimum of 111 FPS exceeds the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain highly playable. Low settings average 140 FPS, Medium settings hit 99 FPS with a min of 84 and max of 114 FPS, High settings deliver 88 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 77 FPS. The 1440p Medium result shows a spread of 30 FPS, which is narrower than the 1080p Medium spread, suggesting that the GPU is becoming more consistently saturated at higher resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops to the lowest measured values but remains usable for many players. Low settings average 94 FPS, Medium settings achieve 67 FPS with a min of 57 and max of 77 FPS, High settings hit exactly 60 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 52 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 57 FPS is the only measured value below the 60 FPS target, indicating that the system can struggle in demanding scenes at this resolution.

The pattern across all resolutions is a smooth degradation from Low to Ultra, with the gap between presets remaining relatively consistent. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 84 FPS; at 1440p it is 63 FPS; at 4K it is 42 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher resolutions further confirms that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the relative cost of enabling higher settings diminishes when pixel count dominates the workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination ranks 1071st out of 3720 tested configurations for Control, placing it approximately in the 71st percentile of all combos (since a lower rank number indicates better performance). This is a strong showing, though not at the absolute top tier, which aligns with the RTX 3080's 68th percentile GPU ranking and the CPU's 87th percentile among all processors.

The ranking suggests that this combo outperforms roughly 71% of all tested configurations for this specific game, while trailing the top 29% that likely feature more recent GPUs or higher-end cards. Given that the RTX 3080 is marked as end-of-life production and was succeeded by the GeForce 40 series, its position in the upper third of Control configurations confirms its continued capability in this title.

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for its contribution to this ranking. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 scores 40,048 (0.1% higher), the Intel Core 5 221E scores 40,144 (0.2% higher), the AMD Ryzen 9 270 scores 40,246 (0.4% higher), and the Intel Core i9-13905H scores 40,313 (0.6% higher). The Ryzen 7 7700's average benchmark score of 40,081 places it within 0.6% of these competitors, indicating that CPU performance is not a differentiator in this ranking — the GPU is the dominant factor for Control's frame rates.

The GPU's nearest rivals are worth noting for comparison: the NVIDIA P106-100, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16, and AMD Radeon RX 6600M all score within 0.4% of the RTX 3080's 23,172 average. However, these synthetic benchmark similarities do not translate to equal game performance, as the RTX 3080's dedicated ray tracing hardware and higher memory bandwidth give it a real-world advantage in Control that the average scores do not fully capture.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 provides substantial processing headroom for Control, though the game's frame rates suggest it is not the limiting component in this pairing. The CPU features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 Raphael architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This clock speed range, combined with 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core, ensures that even the most demanding physics and AI calculations in Control have sufficient compute resources.

Synthetic benchmarks confirm the CPU's strong multi-threaded capabilities. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18,760 and Geekbench multi-core score of 15,371 indicate high sustained throughput, while the single-core scores of 1,930 (Cinebench R23) and 2,525 (Geekbench) show excellent per-thread performance. The 3DMark results further reinforce this: 8,484 for 16 threads and 1,049 for single thread, demonstrating that both multi-threaded and lightly-threaded workloads are handled efficiently.

The CPU's 87th percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 40,081, places it well above the median for this game's requirements. The nearest rivals — all within 0.6% of its score — are a mix of mobile and desktop parts, indicating that the 7700's performance is well-balanced for its class. The 65 W TDP and 5 nm process node from TSMC suggest efficient power delivery, though the measured FPS data does not include power consumption figures.

In the context of Control, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and handle game logic. The fact that 1080p Low produces 185 FPS without signs of CPU limitation — and that this scales down consistently with resolution — indicates the 7700 is never the bottleneck. The 8 cores are more than adequate for Control's threading model, and the high single-thread performance ensures that any lightly-threaded engine tasks do not create stalls.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 60 FPS as a baseline, the data shows that High settings at 4K deliver exactly 60 FPS average, making this the most demanding configuration that still meets that threshold. However, the Medium preset at 4K provides a safer margin with 67 FPS average and a minimum of 57 FPS, which may dip below 60 in heavy scenes. For those who prioritize visual fidelity over frame rate, Ultra at 1440p (77 FPS) offers a better balance than High at 4K, as the resolution difference is less impactful than the setting jump.

At 1440p, all four presets exceed 77 FPS, with High settings hitting 88 FPS and Medium at 99 FPS. This resolution appears to be the sweet spot for this combo, as it allows Ultra settings at 77 FPS while still maintaining a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. The 1440p Medium preset's minimum of 84 FPS ensures consistent smoothness even in the most demanding scenes captured in the data.

For 1080p users, the recommendation is clear: Ultra settings at 101 FPS provide the best visual experience without sacrificing frame rate, as even the minimum recorded value for Medium (111 FPS) suggests the system maintains high performance across all presets. The 185 FPS Low setting is only useful for competitive play where maximum frame rate matters more than image quality, which is rarely the case in a single-player action adventure like Control.

The most balanced choice across all resolutions is the High preset. At 4K it hits exactly 60 FPS, at 1440p it delivers 88 FPS, and at 1080p it achieves 117 FPS — all playable and consistent. The Medium preset offers a 11-13% performance boost over High at each resolution, but the visual tradeoff in Control's atmospheric environments is generally not worth the modest frame rate gain. Ultra settings provide diminishing returns beyond High, with only a 12-13% performance penalty for what is often subtle visual enhancement in this title.