Control

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a broad spread of frame rates across Control’s resolution and settings matrix, with the data showing a clear transition from CPU-bound territory at lower resolutions to GPU-bound behavior at 4K. This combination ranks 167th out of 1636 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top tenth of the database, and the measured results indicate a setup that can push well past 60 fps at every tested configuration except for one specific 4K setting.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but consistent with what the benchmark data shows for a high-end GPU paired with a mid-range six-core processor. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 143.8 at 1920x1080 to 111.9 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 31.9 fps, and then to 72.5 at 3840x2160, another 39.4 fps lower. That 4K figure represents roughly half the 1080p performance, which indicates the GPU is the primary limiting component at the highest resolution, as the render load scales with pixel count.

At Low settings, the scaling pattern shifts. The 1080p result of 228.6 fps drops to 175.0 at 1440p and then to 113.9 at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is about 23%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is about 35%. This larger relative decline at higher resolutions suggests that even with the graphics load minimized, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER’s raw throughput becomes the bottleneck as pixel count rises, though the i5-12400 still has headroom at 1080p given the massive frame rates.

Medium settings show a similar trajectory: 162.0 fps at 1080p, 123.5 fps at 1440p, and 81.6 fps at 4K. The delta between 1440p and 4K is 41.9 fps, which is the largest absolute drop across all settings in that resolution step. Ultra settings, meanwhile, produce the lowest overall numbers: 128.0 fps at 1080p, 97.3 fps at 1440p, and 63.7 fps at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 fps figure in the entire measured set, and it sits just above the 60 fps threshold. This scaling behavior points to a combo where the CPU can sustain high frame rates at lower resolutions, but the GPU’s workload at 4K, especially with higher-quality presets, dictates the final output.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER carries 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s. In Control, a game that features heavy particle effects and destructible environments, this memory configuration provides ample capacity and throughput for the texture and buffer demands at all tested resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 63.7 fps, despite being the lowest in the set, still demonstrates that the GPU can handle the most demanding preset without falling below playable levels.

Clock speeds for this GPU are listed at a base of 2340 MHz and a boost of 2610 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). These clocks, combined with 8448 shading units and 264 texture mapping units, produce a texture rate of 689.0 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 250.6 GPixel/s. In practical terms for this game, the data shows that increasing settings from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 66.6 fps (from 228.6 to 162.0), while the jump from Medium to High costs another 18.2 fps, and High to Ultra costs 15.8 fps. The diminishing returns at higher presets indicate that the GPU’s shading and rasterization resources are being progressively taxed, but the card’s 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance keeps the frame rate well above 120 fps at 1080p even at Ultra.

The GPU’s benchmark profile reinforces its position. It scores 31811 in Passmark G3D and 5569 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, with a percentile ranking of 86 against all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, sits just 0.7% higher in average score, while the RTX A2000 trails by 1.6%. This suggests the 4070 Ti SUPER is a strong performer in synthetic tests, and the Control results align with that, as the 4K High figure of 72.5 fps indicates the card is not being overwhelmed by this title’s rendering requirements.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 167 out of 1636 tested combinations places it in the 89.8th percentile of all CPU-GPU pairings in the database for Control. This is a strong showing, given that the i5-12400 is not a flagship processor, and it reflects the GPU’s dominance in this pairing. The CPU itself holds a percentile rank of 77 against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19850, while the GPU’s percentile is 86 with an average score of 48704. The discrepancy in these percentiles suggests that the GPU is the stronger component, and the game’s results bear this out, as the frame rates scale more dramatically with resolution changes than with settings changes at a fixed resolution.

Relative to other combos, this rank implies that many higher-end CPU-GPU pairings, likely featuring top-tier processors, achieve better results in Control. However, the fact that this mid-range CPU can still land in the top 11% of all tested combos indicates that the game is not heavily dependent on CPU performance beyond a certain threshold. The i5-12400’s nearest CPU rivals in aggregate benchmarks are the Intel Core i7-9700 (0.1% higher average score) and the Intel Core i7-8700 (0.2% lower), which places it in a tight performance band with older eight-core parts. In this game, the combo’s rank suggests that the GPU is doing most of the heavy lifting, and the CPU is sufficient to avoid becoming a primary constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset yields 228.6 fps, which is the highest average in the entire dataset. Medium drops to 162.0 fps, High to 143.8 fps, and Ultra to 128.0 fps. The gap between Low and Ultra is 100.6 fps, which shows that even at 1080p, settings have a substantial impact on performance. The 1080p Ultra result of 128.0 fps is still well above any refresh rate target below 120 Hz, making this resolution ideal for high-refresh displays.

Moving to 2560x1440, Low produces 175.0 fps, Medium 123.5 fps, High 111.9 fps, and Ultra 97.3 fps. The drop from Low to Medium is 51.5 fps, which is the largest single-step decline at this resolution, indicating that the Medium preset introduces significant additional GPU work. The Ultra result here remains above 90 fps, so 1440p owners have headroom for high-refresh gaming, though not as much as at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the results compress further. Low averages 113.9 fps, Medium 81.6 fps, High 72.5 fps, and Ultra 63.7 fps. The spread between Low and Ultra is 50.2 fps, which is narrower than at 1080p (100.6 fps) but still substantial. The 4K High result of 72.5 fps is comfortably above 60 fps, and even 4K Ultra exceeds 60 fps, making this combo viable for 4K gaming at any preset, though the Ultra figure leaves little margin for dips. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER can handle Control at 4K with all settings maxed, but the i5-12400’s role becomes more passive as resolution increases.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It has 18 MB of shared L3 cache, with 1.25 MB of L2 per core and 80 KB of L1 per core. Its architecture is Alder Lake, built on a 10 nm process. In Control, the CPU’s influence is most evident at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 200 fps at Low settings. At 228.6 fps, the game is generating frames at a rate that requires the CPU to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic updates, and the i5-12400’s 12 threads provide enough parallelism for this task.

The CPU’s benchmark scores show a strong multithreaded capability: it achieves 15935 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 6692 in Cinebench R20 multicore, with a single-thread score of 2249 in R23. Its 3DMark scores scale from 910 in single-thread to 5890 in max-threads, indicating a 6.5x scaling across thread counts. In Control, which is not known for extreme CPU demands, this processor’s performance is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at lower resolutions. The data supports this: at 1080p Low, the frame rate of 228.6 fps is likely near the CPU’s practical limit for this game, while at 4K Ultra, the GPU’s load dominates, and the CPU’s utilization is less of a factor.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks are the i7-9700 and i7-8700, both of which have similar average scores. In this game, the i5-12400’s 12 threads likely provide an advantage over the 8-thread i7-9700 in scenarios where the game can use extra threads, but the overall combo rank suggests that the GPU is the primary determinant of performance. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and 10 nm process are efficiency-oriented, but that does not detract from its ability to drive high frame rates in Control, as evidenced by the 1080p results. The 4.40 GHz boost clock is the key specification for gaming, and it delivers sufficient single-thread performance to keep up with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER’s output at all tested settings.