Control

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a strong 1080p and 1440p experience in Control, with the data showing the Ultra preset as the optimal choice for most users. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves 128.1 FPS, which is 10.5% lower than the High preset's 143.1 FPS but still comfortably above the 120 FPS threshold for high-refresh-rate displays. The Medium preset at 161 FPS offers a 25.7% improvement over Ultra, yet the visual fidelity loss in a game like Control—which relies heavily on atmospheric effects and destructible environments—makes Ultra the better trade-off. At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset drops to 95.9 FPS, still playable, but the High preset at 109.4 FPS provides a smoother experience with nearly identical visual quality, making High the recommended setting at that resolution. For 3840x2160, only the Low preset at 117.1 FPS approaches high-refresh territory, while Ultra falls to 66.2 FPS; here, High at 74.8 FPS is the balanced pick for visual quality without sacrificing too much fluidity.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates indicate that the Ultra preset is the best default choice for this combo at 1080p and 1440p. At 1920x1080, Ultra yields 128.1 FPS, which is 34 FPS above the 94 FPS average that would be considered a minimum for smooth gameplay, and it is only 12.9% slower than the Low preset's 200.5 FPS. The gap between Ultra and High at 1080p is a modest 15 FPS, so the extra visual features in Ultra—such as higher-quality reflections and particle effects—are worth the slight performance cost. At 2560x1440, the High preset at 109.4 FPS is the sweet spot, as it is only 13.5 FPS below the Medium preset's 122 FPS but offers a substantial upgrade in rendering quality; Ultra at 95.9 FPS is still viable for 60 Hz displays, but High provides a more consistent frame time. For 4K gaming, the High preset at 74.8 FPS is the recommended setting, as it balances the game's demanding visuals against the GPU's capability, while the Ultra preset at 66.2 FPS risks dipping below 60 FPS in intense combat scenes. The Low preset, while producing 117.1 FPS at 4K, strips away too much of the game's visual identity, making High the pragmatic compromise.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 672.3 GB/s bandwidth are well-suited for Control's high-resolution textures and physics-based rendering. The GPU's 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 compute capability and 66 RT cores directly support the game's ray-traced reflections and global illumination, which are signature features of the title. The data shows a clear GPU-bound scaling pattern: at 1080p, the Ultra preset achieves 128.1 FPS, but dropping to Low raises this to 200.5 FPS, a 56.5% increase, indicating the GPU has ample headroom. At 1440p, the same preset swing from Ultra (95.9 FPS) to Low (174.3 FPS) shows an 81.8% uplift, reinforcing that the GPU's shading units and texture units are the primary drivers. At 4K, the GPU's 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate becomes the bottleneck, as the Ultra preset falls to 66.2 FPS, while Low still manages 117.1 FPS; this 76.9% difference highlights how memory bandwidth and pixel throughput scale with resolution. The GPU's boost clock of 2610 MHz and base clock of 2340 MHz provide sustained performance, and its 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs—with an average benchmark score of 48704—places it in the top tier, though it trails the NVIDIA CMP 50HX by 0.7% and leads the NVIDIA RTX A2000 by 1.6% in synthetic tests. In Control, the 4K High result of 74.8 FPS suggests the GPU is the limiting factor at that resolution, as the CPU has enough headroom to feed it.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides a solid foundation for Control's multi-threaded physics and AI systems. The CPU's boost clock of 4.40 GHz and base clock of 2.60 GHz are adequate for maintaining high frame rates, as evidenced by the 1080p Low preset hitting 200.5 FPS, which is close to the 240 Hz ceiling of many gaming monitors. The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are sufficient to keep the GPU fed at lower resolutions, but the data shows diminishing returns as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between Low (200.5 FPS) and Ultra (128.1 FPS) is 72.4 FPS, a 56.5% gap that reflects GPU workload scaling rather than CPU limitations. At 1440p, the same preset swing yields an 81.8% difference, and at 4K, a 76.9% difference, indicating the CPU is not the primary constraint in any scenario. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 868 and multi-thread score of 5652 position it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17181, placing it nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (0% delta) and slightly below the Intel Core i7-1260P by 0.2%. In Control, the CPU's role is to maintain a consistent frame delivery, and the data suggests it does so without bottlenecking the GPU, as even the highest FPS at 1080p (200.5) exceeds what the GPU can sustain at higher settings.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER ranks 214th out of 1636 tested combos in Control, placing it in the top 13.1% of all configurations. This ranking is driven primarily by the GPU's strong performance, as the CPU's mid-range standing is offset by the graphics card's high-end capabilities. The combo's 1080p Ultra score of 128.1 FPS and 1440p Ultra score of 95.9 FPS are competitive with systems featuring newer CPUs, but the 4K Ultra result of 66.2 FPS shows that the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration can keep pace with the GPU's demands without introducing a significant bottleneck. Compared to the GPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's average score of 48704 is 2.1% higher than the Intel Arc A550M and 1.6% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A2000, but 0.7% lower than the NVIDIA CMP 50HX; in Control, this translates to performance that is consistent with the GPU's percentile ranking of 86. The CPU's nearest rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with a delta of 0%, show that the i5-11400F is well-matched for this GPU, as the 0.2% delta from the Intel Core i5-1240U indicates there is no meaningful CPU-side headroom loss. The rank of 214 out of 1636 suggests that while this combo is not at the absolute top, it delivers a high-refresh experience at 1080p and a solid 4K experience, making it a well-balanced pairing for Control's demanding rendering.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound system with notable efficiency at each step. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 143.1 at 1920x1080 to 109.4 at 2560x1440, a 23.5% decrease, and then to 74.8 at 3840x2160, a further 31.6% decrease from 1440p. This linear degradation pattern is typical of a GPU-limited scenario, as the CPU's 12 threads maintain consistent frame delivery across resolutions. The Low preset shows a steeper scaling curve: 200.5 FPS at 1080p falls to 174.3 at 1440p (13.1% drop) and then to 117.1 at 4K (32.8% drop from 1440p), indicating that at lower settings, the GPU's pixel rate and memory bandwidth become more critical. The Ultra preset exhibits the most significant scaling, with 128.1 FPS at 1080p dropping to 95.9 at 1440p (25.1% decrease) and then to 66.2 at 4K (31.0% decrease), showing that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 672.3 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1440p but becomes a limiting factor at 4K when combined with Ultra-quality ray tracing. The data indicates that the limiting component at 4K is the GPU, as the CPU's 3DMark multi-thread score of 5652 is capable of supporting the frame rates seen at 1080p, but the GPU's 44.10 TFLOPS of compute power cannot maintain the same relative performance as pixel count quadruples. The scaling from 1080p to 4K at High settings (a 47.7% total drop) is less severe than the Low preset's 41.6% drop, suggesting that the GPU's shading units are the primary bottleneck, while the CPU's 4.40 GHz boost clock ensures minimal frame rate variance in CPU-intensive scenes.