Control

Settings Recommendations

For Control, the measured data shows a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and frame rate across the four preset levels. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 238.9 FPS, while High drops to 147.8 FPS and Ultra falls to 128.3 FPS. The Medium preset sits at 169.6 FPS, representing a 21.3% reduction from Low but a 14.7% improvement over High. Given that Control is an Action Adventure title where fast camera movement and particle effects dominate, the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience at 1080p: it stays well above 144 Hz refresh rates while preserving substantially more visual detail than Low.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds. Low produces 175.4 FPS, Medium 126.9 FPS, High 113.5 FPS, and Ultra 100.2 FPS. Here, High becomes the more compelling choice for users with 144 Hz displays, as the 113.5 FPS average remains playable while providing a noticeable visual upgrade over Medium. The gap between Medium and High at this resolution is only 13.4 FPS, making the visual upgrade relatively inexpensive in performance terms. Ultra, at 100.2 FPS, still clears 60 FPS comfortably but offers diminishing returns for the 13.3 FPS cost over High.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes dramatically. Ultra delivers 68.4 FPS, High 74.3 FPS, Medium 86.3 FPS, and Low 118 FPS. The High preset is the recommended choice for 4K gaming: it maintains a 74.3 FPS average, which is above the 60 FPS baseline for smooth gameplay, while keeping the visual features that define Control's atmospheric environments. Medium pushes to 86.3 FPS and is a strong alternative for those prioritizing frame rate over ray-traced reflections and higher-resolution textures. Low at 4K produces 118 FPS but strips away the graphical identity of the game. Ultra, at 68.4 FPS, is only for users who accept the lowest frame rate headroom in exchange for maximum fidelity. The data indicates High is the sweet spot across all resolutions, but especially at 4K where the 5.9 FPS difference between High and Ultra is not worth the settings jump.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 139th out of 1,636 tested combinations in Control. This places the combo in the top 8.5% of all tested systems, which is a strong result for a game that leans heavily on GPU throughput. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU's 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 architecture and the GPU's Blackwell 2.0 silicon.

The CPU itself sits at the 89th percentile against all processors, with an average benchmark score of 34,313. Its nearest rivals in CPU performance are the Intel Core i5-13500 (34,175 average, 0.4% behind) and Intel Core i7-12800HX (34,136, 0.5% behind). The AMD EPYC 4244P (34,599) and Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (34,584) are just ahead at 0.8% higher scores. This clustering means the 7700X is not a bottleneck in Control; its multi-threaded capabilities are more than sufficient for the game's physics and AI workloads.

The GPU ranks at the 87th percentile among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 52,086. Its nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, which scores 52,085 — a 0% delta, meaning the RTX 5070 Ti is effectively tied with the previous generation's flagship-tier card. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S scores 52,505 (0.8% higher), while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 trails at 50,826 (2.5% lower). This near-parity with the RTX 4080 explains why the combo performs so well in a GPU-bound title like Control.

The combination of an 89th-percentile CPU and an 87th-percentile GPU yields a 91.5th-percentile overall ranking in Control, which suggests the two components complement each other without either becoming a limiting factor at typical gaming resolutions. The ranking also benefits from the game's 2019 release date, meaning it does not push the CPU's memory bandwidth (83.2 GB/s) or the GPU's 16 GB GDDR7 frame buffer to their limits.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing for Control. Its 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for the game's texture streaming and particle effects. The GPU's 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores provide the raw throughput needed for Control's physics-heavy combat sequences and its signature destructible environments.

Clock speeds are modest but effective: the base clock of 2295 MHz boosts to 2452 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). These clocks, combined with the 8,960 shading units and 280 TMUs, produce a pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s. The 96 ROPs ensure that fill-rate-bound scenes at 4K do not become a bottleneck, which is evident in the measured FPS data.

The GPU's role becomes clear when comparing frame rates across settings at 4K. Low preset achieves 118 FPS, but this drops to 86.3 FPS at Medium and 74.3 FPS at High. The performance scaling from Low to Ultra (68.4 FPS) shows a 49.6 FPS range, which indicates the GPU is handling increasing shader complexity and memory pressure without hitting a hard ceiling. The 16 GB frame buffer means VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor even at Ultra settings, where texture sizes are largest.

At 1080p, the GPU is less stressed, as evidenced by the 238.9 FPS Low result. This frame rate is likely constrained by the CPU's single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread score of 1,090) rather than GPU limits. The RTX 5070 Ti's average benchmark score of 52,086 places it just 0.8% behind the RX 7700S and 2.5% ahead of the RTX A1000, confirming its position as a high-end card that excels in GPU-bound scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset to use with this CPU and GPU combo at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset at 169.6 FPS offers the best balance. It is 69.3 FPS lower than Low (238.9 FPS) but 21.8 FPS higher than High (147.8 FPS), and it preserves more visual detail than Low while maintaining frame rates well above 144 Hz.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti compare to the RTX 4080 in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti scores 52,086 in average benchmark performance, while the RTX 4080 scores 52,085. The delta is 0%, meaning the two cards are statistically identical in raw compute performance.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 7700X a bottleneck for the RTX 5070 Ti in Control?

A: The data suggests no. The CPU ranks at the 89th percentile with an average score of 34,313, and its nearest rival (Intel Core i5-13500) is only 0.4% behind. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides sufficient throughput for the game's workload.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: The measured average is 68.4 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is below the 74.3 FPS High preset but still above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

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

A: The frame rate drops from 147.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 113.5 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 34.3 FPS reduction) and further to 74.3 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 73.5 FPS total reduction). This represents a 49.7% decrease from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Does the GPU's 16 GB VRAM ever become a limiting factor in Control?

A: No. The 16 GB GDDR7 frame buffer with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for all tested presets, as evidenced by the steady FPS scaling from Low to Ultra without sudden drops that would indicate memory capacity issues.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the RTX 5070 Ti handles resolution scaling in Control. At High settings, the frame rate drops from 147.8 FPS at 1080p to 113.5 FPS at 1440p (a 23.2% reduction) and then to 74.3 FPS at 4K (a 34.5% reduction from 1440p). The total decrease from 1080p to 4K is 73.5 FPS, or 49.7%. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound title where pixel count drives performance.

The Low preset shows similar scaling but with higher absolute numbers: 238.9 FPS at 1080p, 175.4 FPS at 1440p, and 118 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 26.6% (1080p to 1440p) and 32.7% (1440p to 4K). Notably, the 4K Low result of 118 FPS is higher than the 1080p Ultra result of 128.3 FPS only by 10.3 FPS, indicating that resolution has a larger impact on performance than settings at the extreme ends.

The Medium preset follows the same trend: 169.6 FPS at 1080p, 126.9 FPS at 1440p (25.2% drop), and 86.3 FPS at 4K (32% drop). Ultra settings produce 128.3 FPS at 1080p, 100.2 FPS at 1440p, and 68.4 FPS at 4K, with drops of 21.9% and 31.7% respectively.

The consistent 20-35% performance reduction per resolution step suggests the limiting component at 1080p is the CPU, particularly its single-thread performance. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1,090 and passmark single-thread score of 4,190 indicate that at 1080p Low (238.9 FPS), the CPU is likely preventing higher frame rates. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, which is why the percentage drops between 1440p and 4K are larger than between 1080p and 1440p for most presets.

The exception is Low settings, where the 1440p to 4K drop (32.7%) is nearly identical to the 1080p to 1440p drop (26.6%), suggesting the GPU is saturated even at 1440p Low. This indicates that the RTX 5070 Ti's 43.94 TFLOPS compute and 896.0 GB/s bandwidth are fully utilized at 4K, while at 1080p, the CPU's 8-core configuration with a 5.40 GHz boost clock cannot feed frames fast enough. Users targeting maximum frame rates should play at 1080p with Medium or High settings; users with 4K displays should accept the High preset as the optimal compromise between the 86.3 FPS Medium and 68.4 FPS Ultra.