Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver with Intel Core i3-12100F + Intel Arc B580

The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with the Intel Arc B580 delivers a robust Dave The Diver experience, with benchmark results showing this combination ranks 2780th out of 3710 tested combos. The data reveals that this setup is capable of maintaining smooth frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings, with the GPU acting as the primary performance driver at higher resolutions while the CPU keeps pace effectively at 1080p. The Arc B580's 12 GB of VRAM and 2670 MHz boost clock provide ample headroom for this adventure title, resulting in playable frame rates even at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra settings?

A: The Intel Core i3-12100F + Intel Arc B580 combination achieves an average of 124 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, indicating a highly playable experience for Dave The Diver.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the setup delivers 63 FPS on Ultra, 71 FPS on High, 80 FPS on Medium, and 95 FPS on Low settings, showing that even the most demanding preset remains playable.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 1440p at High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 141 at 1920x1080 to 106 at 2560x1440 with High settings, representing a reduction of 35 FPS when moving to the higher resolution.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this game?

A: Benchmark data indicates the i3-12100F with 4 cores and 8 threads keeps pace adequately, as frame rates scale consistently with resolution changes, suggesting the Arc B580 is the limiting factor rather than the CPU.

Q: What is the highest FPS recorded in the measured data?

A: The maximum average FPS is 189, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings, demonstrating the combo's ability to push very high frame rates when visual demands are reduced.

Q: How does the Arc B580 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Arc B580's average benchmark score of 23021 places it within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (23061) and 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895), showing competitive raw performance.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 plays a central role in Dave The Diver's performance, with its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus providing 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration proves sufficient for the game's texture and asset streaming demands across all tested resolutions, as evidenced by the consistent frame rates even at 4K. The GPU's 2670 MHz base and boost clocks, paired with 2560 shading units, deliver the computational throughput needed to maintain 63 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is a demanding scenario for any graphics card.

The Arc B580's 20 ray tracing cores and 80 ROPs contribute to its rendering capabilities, though Dave The Diver's art style likely benefits more from the raw rasterization power. The GPU's 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 427.2 GTexel/s texture rate are directly relevant to the game's 2D-inspired 3D environments, which require heavy texture sampling. At 1080p, the GPU's capabilities are not fully taxed, as evidenced by the 189 FPS average at Low settings, but at 4K Ultra the card operates closer to its limits, producing 63 FPS.

The measured FPS data shows a clear GPU-bound pattern: increasing settings from Low to Ultra at any resolution produces a consistent performance penalty. At 1440p, the drop from Low (142 FPS) to Ultra (94 FPS) represents a 48 FPS reduction, while at 4K the same settings change reduces performance from 95 FPS to 63 FPS, a 32 FPS difference. This scaling behavior indicates the Arc B580's compute and memory resources are the primary determinants of frame rates, with the CPU providing sufficient support.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a performance pattern typical of a GPU-limited scenario. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 141 at 1920x1080 to 106 at 2560x1440, then to 71 at 3840x2160. This represents a 50% reduction in FPS when moving from 1080p to 4K, which aligns with the pixel count increasing by a factor of four, though the actual pixel fill rate demand is somewhat mitigated by the game's rendering complexity.

The scaling behavior is consistent across all settings presets. At Medium settings, the frame rates are 158, 119, and 80 for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K respectively, showing a similar proportional decline. The Low settings preset shows the steepest absolute drop, from 189 FPS at 1080p to 142 at 1440p and 95 at 4K, indicating that at lower graphical fidelity, the resolution becomes an even more dominant factor. This pattern strongly suggests the Arc B580's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth are the limiting components, as the CPU's workload does not increase proportionally with resolution.

Interestingly, the 1440p results sit roughly midway between 1080p and 4K in terms of performance, which is expected given the pixel count progression. However, the gap between 1440p and 4K is slightly larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p at High settings (35 FPS vs. 35 FPS), showing a near-linear scaling. This linearity indicates that the GPU is consistently the primary bottleneck, with no sudden architectural limits being hit at any resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Intel Core i3-12100F + Intel Arc B580 combination delivers excellent performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 189 FPS, Medium settings yield 158 FPS with a minimum of 134 FPS and maximum of 182 FPS, High settings achieve 141 FPS, and Ultra settings maintain 124 FPS. The tight range between Medium's minimum and maximum frames (134-182) indicates stable frame pacing at this resolution, with no significant stuttering or drops below playable levels.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows expected reductions. Low settings average 142 FPS, Medium settings produce 119 FPS with a range of 101-137 FPS, High settings deliver 106 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 94 FPS. The Medium settings data shows a minimum of 101 FPS, which is still well above the threshold for smooth gameplay, suggesting that even in demanding scenes, the combo maintains acceptable performance at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more moderate but remain playable. Low settings average 95 FPS, Medium settings produce 80 FPS with a range of 68-92 FPS, High settings deliver 71 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 63 FPS. The Medium settings minimum of 68 FPS indicates that the combo can handle 4K with some headroom, though the Ultra preset's 63 FPS average suggests players seeking the highest visual fidelity will be near the edge of ideal smoothness. The data shows no resolution or setting combination falls below 60 FPS average, making this a viable 4K setup for the game.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i3-12100F + Intel Arc B580 combination ranks 2780th out of 3710 tested combos in Dave The Diver, placing it in the 75th percentile of all tested configurations. This ranking reflects the combination's ability to deliver playable frame rates across all tested scenarios, though it does not place near the top of the leaderboard. The ranking is likely influenced by the fact that many higher-end combinations with more powerful CPUs and GPUs achieve higher frame rates, particularly at 4K Ultra settings where the Arc B580's 63 FPS average may be exceeded by more capable graphics cards.

In context, this rank of 2780 out of 3710 suggests that while the combo is not among the elite performers, it sits comfortably in the upper-middle range of tested systems. The benchmark data indicates that the Arc B580's synthetic performance (average score of 23021) is competitive with GPUs like the RTX 2080 (22895, 0.6% slower) and RX 580 2048SP (23061, 0.2% faster), but these comparisons do not directly translate to Dave The Diver's specific workload. The CPU's percentile ranking of 68th versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 13494, places it near the Intel Core 3 N355 (13492, 0% difference) and slightly ahead of the Intel Core i5-9500 (13452, 0.3% ahead), indicating balanced pairing with the GPU.

The ranking suggests that for this game, the combo provides a solid 1080p and 1440p experience, with 4K performance that is adequate but not exceptional. Players prioritizing maximum frame rates at 4K Ultra would likely need a more powerful GPU, while those targeting 1080p or 1440p gaming will find this combination well-suited to Dave The Diver's requirements.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F, with its 4 cores and 8 threads, plays a supporting role in Dave The Diver's performance. The CPU's 3.30 GHz base clock and 4.30 GHz boost clock provide sufficient single-thread performance for the game's logic and physics calculations, as evidenced by the benchmark data showing no resolution-based performance collapse that would indicate CPU bottlenecking. The 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel memory support contribute to the CPU's ability to feed the GPU with data efficiently.

Synthetic benchmarks for the i3-12100F show a single-thread score of 893 in 3dmark and 1674 in Cinebench R23, with multi-thread scores of 4023 in 3dmark max threads and 11860 in Cinebench R23. These scores indicate the CPU's capability to handle the game's single-threaded and lightly threaded workloads. The CPU's 68th percentile ranking versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 13494, places it competitive with processors like the Intel Core i5-9500 (13452, 0.3% slower) and Intel Core 5 120UL (13594, 0.7% faster), showing it is not a significant weak point in this configuration.

The measured FPS data reveals that the CPU does not bottleneck the Arc B580 at any resolution. At 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 189 FPS, which is a high frame rate that would expose CPU limitations if they existed. The consistent scaling of FPS with resolution changes indicates the GPU is the limiting factor, as a CPU bottleneck would result in similar frame rates regardless of resolution. The i3-12100F's 4 cores and 8 threads are sufficient for Dave The Diver's demands, which likely does not heavily utilize multi-threading given its adventure genre nature. The CPU's 58 W TDP and 10 nm process node indicate efficient operation that pairs well with the Arc B580's 190 W TDP, creating a balanced system for this game.