Dave The Diver

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers a commanding performance in Dave The Diver, securing a rank of 304 out of 1,626 tested combinations. This placement in the 81st percentile of all combos indicates a system that is exceptionally well-suited to the game's demands, providing a vast surplus of processing power for the adventure title. The data shows a configuration that not only meets but vastly exceeds the requirements for smooth gameplay, ensuring that the experience is dictated by the display's refresh rate rather than any hardware bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the extensive database of tested hardware pairings for Dave The Diver, this specific combination of the Core i7-14700F and RTX 5070 sits at rank 304 out of 1,626. This top-tier placement signifies that the system is in the top 20% of all tested configurations, placing it firmly in the high-performance tier for this game. The performance headroom is substantial; the average frame rates achieved at 4K Ultra, the most demanding preset, are still high enough to be considered excellent for most users. This ranking confirms the synergy between the CPU's high core count and the GPU's modern architecture, resulting in a pairing that trivializes the graphical and computational load of the game. The combination's rank suggests it is overkill for standard 1080p or 1440p monitors, as it is capable of driving high refresh rates even at maximum settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 serves as the primary engine for rendering Dave The Diver's charming pixel-art world. Built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture and fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, the GPU houses 6,144 shading units alongside 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores. Its memory subsystem is a significant strength, featuring 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, which provides a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s. This substantial memory bandwidth is critical for handling the high-resolution textures and effects that the game can present, especially at 4K. The GPU's clock speeds, with a base of 2325 MHz and a boost of 2512 MHz, are relatively high, allowing it to sustain strong performance across various loads. In this game, the RTX 5070 proves to be the dominant component; the frame rates scale directly with its capabilities, showing that it is not being held back by the processor.

Resolution Scaling

The benchmark results reveal a predictable yet significant scaling of performance as resolution increases, which clearly identifies the GPU as the limiting factor at higher settings. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops from 228 FPS to 169.9 FPS, a reduction of 25.5%. This trend continues and steepens when moving to 3840x2160, where the Ultra preset yields an average of 118 FPS, another 30.5% drop from the 1440p result. This pattern is a classic indicator of a GPU-bound scenario; as the pixel count increases, the rendering workload on the RTX 5070 grows, causing the frame rate to fall. The CPU's role remains constant, and its performance is sufficient to keep up with the GPU's output at every resolution, confirming that the graphics card is the primary driver of performance changes across these settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive look at the system's performance across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the system is overwhelmingly powerful, delivering an average of 342.3 FPS on Low, 286.9 FPS on Medium, 258.4 FPS on High, and 228 FPS on Ultra. These numbers are exceptionally high, indicating that the system is never stressed at this resolution. Stepping up to 2560x1440, the performance remains stellar, with averages of 258.8 FPS on Low, 217.8 FPS on Medium, 192.5 FPS on High, and 169.9 FPS on Ultra. The frame rates are still far beyond the bounds of standard 60 Hz displays, making this resolution a perfect match for high-refresh-rate gaming. At the demanding 3840x2160 resolution, the system still delivers remarkably smooth gameplay. The average FPS is 175.7 on Low, 144.4 on Medium, 131.3 on High, and 118 on Ultra. Even at the most demanding 4K Ultra setting, the system maintains an average above 100 FPS, showcasing the RTX 5070's strength and making 4K high-refresh-rate gaming a very real possibility for this title.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F provides the computational foundation for this system, and its performance characteristics ensure it never becomes a bottleneck in Dave The Diver. This processor, part of the Raptor Lake Refresh generation, features a hybrid architecture with 20 cores and 28 threads, capable of boosting up to 5.40 GHz from a base clock of 2.10 GHz. This high core count and impressive boost clock are reflected in its strong benchmark scores, such as a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 35,443 and a single-core score of 5,003. In gaming, the single-core performance is often most critical, and the i7-14700F's score places it in the 94th percentile against all CPUs, indicating excellent responsiveness. The data shows that even at 1080p with the lowest settings, where the CPU load is proportionally higher, the frame rates are the highest of all tests, proving the processor can feed the GPU without issue. The CPU's massive multithreading capability, evidenced by a Passmark multithread score of 41,765, ensures that any background tasks or game logic are handled with ease, leaving the RTX 5070 to focus entirely on rendering.