Control

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with Ultra settings for this combo?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 delivers an average of 135 FPS. The minimum and maximum FPS are not recorded for this specific configuration.

Q: How does the average FPS at 4K Ultra compare to 4K Low?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset yields an average of 69 FPS, while the Low preset produces an average of 126 FPS. This represents a significant performance gap, with the Low preset delivering roughly 83% higher frame rates than Ultra at this resolution.

Q: Which resolution and settings combination achieves the highest average FPS?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 246, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is followed by 186 FPS at 2560x1440 Low and 175 FPS at 1920x1080 Medium.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded in the measured data?

A: The lowest average FPS is 69, observed at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is the only measured configuration that falls below the 70 FPS mark.

Q: Are there any configurations with recorded minimum and maximum FPS values?

A: Yes, only the Medium settings presets across all three resolutions have complete min/max data. At 1080p Medium, the range is 149-201 FPS; at 1440p Medium, it is 113-152 FPS; and at 4K Medium, it is 76-103 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank in this specific game?

A: The combination ranks 241st out of 3,720 tested combos for Control, placing it in the top ~6.5% of all tested configurations. This indicates a very strong overall performance tier for this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the primary driver of frame rates in Control, particularly at higher resolutions. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides a substantial 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for feeding the game's texture and geometry data at 4K resolutions. The GPU's boost clock of 2505 MHz, combined with its 9,728 shading units, allows it to process the game's effects-heavy scenes efficiently.

The data reveals a clear GPU-bound pattern as resolution increases. At 1080p, the RTX 4080 is not the bottleneck — frame rates scale dramatically with settings, from 246 FPS at Low to 135 FPS at Ultra. However, at 4K, the GPU's workload becomes the dominant factor. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 57 FPS (126 vs 69), which is proportionally smaller than the 111 FPS gap at 1080p. This suggests that at 4K, the RTX 4080 is approaching its limits, and the CPU has more headroom to spare.

The GPU's 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores are relevant for Control's use of ray tracing and DLSS, though the measured data does not specifically isolate these features. The raw rasterization performance, indicated by the passmark G3D score of 34,457, places this GPU in the 86th percentile against all GPUs. The nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, is virtually tied with a deltaPct of 0.1%, meaning the performance difference between these two cards is negligible in synthetic benchmarks.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 156 at 1080p to 118 at 1440p, and then to 79 at 4K. This represents a 24% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 33% drop from 1440p to 4K. The cumulative effect is a 49% reduction in average FPS from 1080p High to 4K High.

The scaling pattern tells an interesting story about the limiting component. At Low settings, the drop is steeper in percentage terms: 246 FPS at 1080p falls to 186 FPS at 1440p (a 24% drop), and then to 126 FPS at 4K (a 32% drop from 1440p). The fact that even at Low settings the 4K frame rate (126 FPS) is still far above 60 FPS indicates that the RTX 4080 has substantial headroom for this game at lower quality presets.

However, the Ultra preset tells a different story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo achieves 135 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it drops to 69 FPS. This 49% reduction from 1080p to 4K is nearly identical to the High preset's reduction, suggesting that the game's Ultra settings impose a consistent additional load regardless of resolution. The 4K Ultra result of 69 FPS is just above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that the RTX 4080 is the limiting factor at this extreme configuration, while the CPU's 24 cores and 5.50 GHz boost clock are not being fully utilized.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 175 FPS average with a minimum of 149 FPS — this provides a smooth, high-refresh-rate experience with no risk of dropping below 144 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average is 132 FPS with a minimum of 113 FPS, which comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS target and remains playable on high-refresh displays.

For 4K gaming, Medium is the recommended preset. The 4K Medium result shows an average of 89 FPS with a minimum of 76 FPS and a maximum of 103 FPS. This is the only 4K configuration that maintains a minimum FPS above 60, ensuring no noticeable hitches during intense gameplay scenes. The High preset at 4K averages 79 FPS but lacks recorded min/max data, so it is unclear whether it maintains a consistent 60 FPS floor.

The Low preset, while delivering the highest frame rates (246 FPS at 1080p, 186 FPS at 1440p, 126 FPS at 4K), sacrifices visual quality that is likely significant for a game like Control, which relies heavily on atmospheric effects and detailed environments. The Ultra preset, conversely, only achieves 69 FPS at 4K, which is marginal for a smooth experience and provides no min/max data to guarantee consistency. For most users, the Medium preset represents the sweet spot: it delivers frame rates that are 28% higher than Ultra at 4K (89 vs 69 FPS) while maintaining all measured minimums above 60 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the performance envelope is wide. The Low preset achieves an average of 246 FPS, the highest in the entire dataset. Medium averages 175 FPS with a range of 149-201 FPS. High averages 156 FPS, and Ultra averages 135 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 45% reduction in frame rate (246 to 135 FPS), indicating that the game's higher settings impose a substantial load on the GPU even at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern persists but with reduced absolute numbers. Low averages 186 FPS, Medium averages 132 FPS (range: 113-152 FPS), High averages 118 FPS, and Ultra averages 102 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 45% again (186 to 102 FPS), confirming that the relative cost of Ultra settings is consistent across resolutions. The 1440p Medium minimum of 113 FPS is notable — it is higher than the 1080p Ultra average of 135 FPS, suggesting that Medium at 1440p may be a better experience than Ultra at 1080p for users prioritizing smoothness over resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress further. Low averages 126 FPS, Medium averages 89 FPS (range: 76-103 FPS), High averages 79 FPS, and Ultra averages 69 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra shrinks to 45% (126 to 69 FPS), matching the pattern seen at lower resolutions. The 4K Medium configuration is particularly well-measured, with a complete min/max range of 76-103 FPS, showing a 35% variance between minimum and maximum — this is the widest relative range in the dataset, indicating some scene-to-scene variability at this setting.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus brings substantial processing power to this combo, with 24 cores and 24 threads. Its boost clock of 5.50 GHz and base clock of 3.70 GHz, combined with 36 MB of shared L3 cache, make it a formidable partner for the RTX 4080. The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 44,253 and a single-core score of 2,439, placing it in the 96th percentile against all CPUs.

In Control, the CPU's role appears to be secondary at higher resolutions but potentially more significant at 1080p. The fact that 1080p Low achieves 246 FPS suggests the CPU can feed the GPU at very high frame rates. However, the drop from Low to Ultra at 1080p (246 to 135 FPS) is entirely attributable to GPU load, not CPU limitations, as the CPU has ample headroom given its high single-thread performance.

The CPU's nearest rival, the Intel Xeon 6520P, shows a deltaPct of 0, meaning these processors perform identically in average benchmark scores. The AMD EPYC 4564P is 1.5% behind, and the AMD EPYC 9175F is 1.9% behind. These are server-class processors, indicating that the Ultra 7 270K Plus competes with enterprise silicon in raw compute. For Control, this means the CPU is unlikely to be a bottleneck in any measured configuration — the data consistently shows the GPU as the limiting factor, especially at 4K where the CPU has significant idle capacity.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ranks 241st out of 3,720 tested combinations for Control. This places the configuration in the top 6.5% of all tested systems, which is an impressive result for a game that pushes both CPU and GPU. The rank reflects not just the raw power of the components but how well they work together in this specific title.

Breaking down the rank, the GPU is the more significant contributor. The RTX 4080 sits in the 86th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54,247. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, is only 0.1% ahead — a negligible difference that confirms the 4080's position as a top-tier card. The CPU, in the 96th percentile, is even more highly ranked relative to its peers, but in Control, the game's frame rates are more sensitive to GPU performance.

The fact that this combo ranks 241st rather than higher (e.g., top 100) suggests that there are a significant number of configurations with even more powerful GPUs (such as the RTX 4090 or newer releases) that outperform it in this game. However, the measured FPS data shows that this combo still delivers excellent playability: even at the most demanding setting (4K Ultra), it maintains 69 FPS average. The combination of a top-10% CPU and a top-15% GPU results in a system that excels across all resolutions, with the data clearly showing that the RTX 4080 is the determining factor for the 4K Ultra experience, while the CPU ensures that lower resolutions and settings never become CPU-bound.