Control

# Control with AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination delivers a measured performance profile in Control that places it at rank 203 out of 1636 tested combos, putting it in the top 12.4% of all configurations. The CPU, an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 Raphael part with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and boost of 5.00 GHz, sits at the 87th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU, an Ada Lovelace AD104 chip with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, sits at the 85th percentile among all GPUs. This pairing produces average frame rates that range from 60.7 FPS at 4K Ultra to 225.5 FPS at 1080p Low, demonstrating strong headroom across the resolution spectrum.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Ryzen 7 7800X3D brings 8 physical cores and 16 threads operating between 4.20 GHz base and 5.00 GHz boost clocks. Its 96 MB of shared L3 cache is substantial, and the CPU's benchmark results show a balanced profile: Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29149 and single-core score of 4115, with Geekbench scores of 15101 multi-core and 2725 single-core. The 3DMark results are particularly telling — the 16-thread score of 7980 versus the max-thread score of 7967 indicates that the CPU's performance scales nearly linearly up to its full thread count, with negligible difference between 16 threads and maximum threads. This suggests that Control, a game from 2019, is unlikely to fully saturate all 16 threads, but the CPU's strong single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread score of 959) ensures it won't become a bottleneck in most scenarios.

The PassMark physics score of 3522, while lower than the multi-thread score of 34293, reflects the CPU's capability in physics-heavy workloads typical of action-adventure games. In Control, which features destructible environments and physics-based combat, this translates to stable frame pacing. The CPU's 120 W TDP and 5 nm TSMC process node allow sustained boost clocks without thermal throttling, which is crucial for maintaining consistent frame rates during extended gameplay sessions. The 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth from dual-channel DDR5 support provides ample data throughput for the game's asset streaming, though Control's relatively modest system requirements mean the CPU is rarely the limiting factor — as the resolution scaling data will show.

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS at 1080p with Ultra settings in Control?

A: The combination produces 126.5 FPS average at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, which is the most demanding 1080p preset tested.

Q: How much faster is the Ryzen 7 7800X3D compared to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score of 31580 is only 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i7-12700F (31543), 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (31495), and 0.6% higher than both the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (31407) and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX (31402).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested GPUs?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti sits at the 85th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44900.

Q: What is the highest measured average FPS across all tested resolutions and settings?

A: The highest value is 225.5 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings, followed closely by 169.1 FPS at 2560x1440 with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo rank relative to other tested CPU-GPU pairings in Control?

A: The combo ranks 203rd out of 1636 total tested combinations, placing it in the upper tier of configurations for this game.

Q: What is the lowest measured average FPS across all tested settings?

A: The lowest value is 60.7 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which still remains above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. At Ultra settings, the progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K shows average FPS of 126.5, 96.3, and 60.7 respectively — a drop of 23.9% from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 36.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. This steep decline at 4K Ultra, where the frame rate falls below 61 FPS, indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti's rendering capabilities are the primary constraint at higher resolutions. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the game's textures, but the 40.09 TFLOPS FP32 throughput becomes the limiting factor when pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

At Low settings, the pattern shifts. The FPS values of 225.5 at 1080p, 169.1 at 1440p, and 115.4 at 4K show a 25.0% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 31.8% drop from 1440p to 4K. The 4K Low result of 115.4 FPS is notably higher than the 4K Ultra result of 60.7 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU has substantial headroom when graphical features are reduced. The fact that even at 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 225.5 FPS — well above typical 144 Hz display refresh rates — suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck at lower resolutions, as a CPU-limited scenario would show diminishing returns when lowering GPU load. The consistent scaling pattern across all settings points to the GPU as the dominant performance limiter throughout the resolution range.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves rank 203 out of 1636 tested combos in Control, placing it in the top 12.4% of all configurations. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the pairing — the CPU's 87th percentile standing and the GPU's 85th percentile standing combine to produce a system that outperforms the vast majority of tested setups. The rank 203 position indicates that while this is a high-performing combo, there are 202 other configurations that deliver higher average frame rates in Control, likely featuring more powerful GPUs such as the RTX 5090 Mobile, which sits 0.6% above the RTX 4070 Ti in average benchmark score (45152 vs 44900).

The deltaPct values for the GPU's nearest rivals show how tightly clustered the RTX 4070 Ti's performance is: it trails the RTX 5090 Mobile by 0.6% (45152 vs 44900), trails the Intel Arc A730M by 1.5% (45592), and trails the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT by 1.6% (45642), while leading the AMD Radeon Pro 580 by 1.6% (44195). This narrow performance band means that the combo's rank 203 could shift with relatively small performance changes. The CPU's nearest rivals are equally close — the Ryzen 7 7800X3D leads the Intel Core i7-12700F by just 0.1% (31580 vs 31543), and the margin over the other three rivals is only 0.3% to 0.6%. These tight margins suggest that the combo's rank is driven primarily by the GPU's rendering output rather than CPU compute, given the minimal differences between top CPUs.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, built on the AD104 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, provides 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU's base clock of 2310 MHz and boost clock of 2610 MHz, combined with 7680 shading units and 240 texture mapping units, produce a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s. These specifications translate to the measured frame rates in Control, where the GPU's 80 ROPs handle the game's post-processing effects. The 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores support ray tracing and DLSS features, though the measured FPS data in this dataset does not include ray tracing results.

The GPU's 85th percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 44900 place it in the upper echelon of graphics cards. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5024 provides a synthetic baseline, while the PassMark G3D score of 31624 and PassMark GPU Compute score of 18396 indicate strong rasterization and compute performance. In Control, the GPU demonstrates its capability by maintaining above-60 FPS even at the most demanding tested configuration (4K Ultra at 60.7 FPS), while at 1080p Low it achieves 225.5 FPS. The 12 GB VRAM capacity proves sufficient for Control's texture requirements at all tested settings, as there are no anomalous frame rate drops that would indicate memory capacity issues. The GPU's 285 W TDP and 600 W suggested PSU requirement indicate a power-hungry component, but the measured performance justifies the power draw.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4070 Ti and Ryzen 7 7800X3D deliver the following average FPS: Low settings produce 225.5 FPS, Medium settings produce 162.6 FPS, High settings produce 145.7 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 126.5 FPS. The step from Low to Medium represents a 27.9% performance drop, while the step from Medium to High is a 10.4% drop, and from High to Ultra is a 13.2% drop. These diminishing returns indicate that the High and Ultra presets add significant visual features that cost performance without proportionally increasing frame rates.

At 2560x1440, the measured values are 169.1 FPS at Low, 121 FPS at Medium, 107.9 FPS at High, and 96.3 FPS at Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is 25.0% at Low, 25.6% at Medium, 25.9% at High, and 23.9% at Ultra — a consistent 24-26% reduction across all presets, reinforcing the GPU-bound nature of the workload. At 1440p, even the Ultra preset maintains 96.3 FPS, well above the 60 FPS threshold and suitable for high-refresh-rate displays.

At 3840x2160, the results are 115.4 FPS at Low, 80.9 FPS at Medium, 72.3 FPS at High, and 60.7 FPS at Ultra. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 31.8% at Low, 33.1% at Medium, 33.0% at High, and 36.9% at Ultra. The 4K Ultra result of 60.7 FPS is the only tested configuration that falls near the 60 FPS baseline, indicating that this is the threshold where the GPU's capabilities are fully taxed. The scaling from 1080p to 4K across all settings shows a total reduction of 48.8% at Low (225.5 to 115.4 FPS), 50.2% at Medium (162.6 to 80.9 FPS), 50.4% at High (145.7 to 72.3 FPS), and 52.0% at Ultra (126.5 to 60.7 FPS). This consistent ~50% reduction from 1080p to 4K across all presets confirms that the GPU is the limiting component, as a CPU-limited system would show smaller percentage drops at higher resolutions where the GPU takes on proportionally more work.