Doom

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti places at rank 193 out of 1681 tested combos in Doom. This places the combination in the top 11.5% of all tested configurations, a strong showing for a 2016 title that remains demanding at high refresh rates. The CPU's percentile standing versus all processors is 89, while the GPU sits at the 85th percentile versus all graphics cards, indicating both components are positioned well above average in their respective categories.

Benchmark results show the CPU achieves an average benchmark score of 34313 across all tested workloads. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-13500, posts an average score of 34175, a delta of just 0.4% — essentially a statistical tie. The Intel Core i7-12800HX trails by a similar margin at 0.5%, while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and AMD EPYC 4244P both outperform the 7700X by 0.8%. These margins are negligible in real-world gaming scenarios, meaning the 7700X's position among peers is one of parity rather than dominance.

The GPU side tells a similar story. The RTX 4070 Ti records an average benchmark score of 44900, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile ahead by just 0.6% and the Intel Arc A730M ahead by 1.5%. On the flip side, the AMD Radeon Pro 580 trails by 1.6%, and the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT is behind by 1.6%. These tight deltas suggest the 4070 Ti occupies a well-populated performance band where small architectural differences, not raw specs, determine ranking order.

In Doom specifically, the combo's rank of 193 out of 1681 suggests the pairing is well-balanced for this engine. The game's id Tech 6 engine scales effectively across both CPU and GPU resources, and this configuration avoids becoming bottlenecked at most settings. The data indicates the combo delivers consistently high frame rates across all tested resolutions, with the CPU's 8-core, 16-thread configuration providing ample headroom for the game's threading model.

FAQ

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 7700X compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The 7700X scores 34313 on average, which is 0.4% ahead of the Intel Core i5-13500 (34175) and 0.5% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12800HX (34136). It trails the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and AMD EPYC 4244P by 0.8%, with those chips scoring 34584 and 34599 respectively.

Q: What is the RTX 4070 Ti's standing among similar GPUs?

A: The GPU averages 44900 across benchmark tests, placing it 0.6% behind the RTX 5090 Mobile (45152) and 1.5% behind the Intel Arc A730M (45592). It leads the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (44195) and Radeon Pro 5500 XT (45642) by 1.6% and trails the latter by 1.6%.

Q: Does the combo maintain high frame rates at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the combo averages 92.8 FPS on High settings and 79.9 FPS on Ultra. The Low preset reaches 126.8 FPS, while Medium sits at 115 FPS. These numbers show playable performance at 4K even on the most demanding preset.

Q: How does performance scale from 1080p to 1440p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 221.7 (Ultra) to 369.1 (Low). Moving to 2560x1440, the range drops to 144.4 (Ultra) through 237.6 (Low). The scaling is roughly linear, with the 1440p Ultra preset delivering 65% of the 1080p Ultra frame rate.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded capability in this configuration?

A: The 7700X scores 30325 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 12736 in Cinebench R20 multi-core. In 3DMark's 16-thread test, it achieves 8859 points, while the max-thread score is 8852, indicating near-perfect scaling across its 16 threads.

Q: Is the GPU's memory bandwidth sufficient for Doom's requirements?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth across a 192-bit bus with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory. Given the measured frame rates — exceeding 220 FPS at 1080p Ultra — the bandwidth proves adequate for this title's texture streaming demands.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the combo's performance envelope shifts across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 369.1 FPS, while Ultra drops to 221.7 FPS — a 40% reduction. Moving to 2560x1440, Low hits 237.6 FPS and Ultra falls to 144.4 FPS, representing a 39% decrease from Low. At 3840x2160, Low manages 126.8 FPS and Ultra drops to 79.9 FPS, a 37% reduction.

The scaling from 1080p to 4K is substantial. At High settings, the frame rate falls from 272.1 FPS at 1080p to 177.2 FPS at 1440p (a 35% drop) and then to 92.8 FPS at 4K (a 48% drop from 1440p). This pattern indicates the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. At 1080p, the CPU's 8-core/16-thread design can feed the GPU efficiently, but the RTX 4070 Ti's rendering load grows faster than the CPU's frame production at higher pixel counts.

The Low preset shows the most dramatic resolution scaling: 369.1 FPS at 1080p drops to 237.6 FPS at 1440p and then to 126.8 FPS at 4K. This represents a 66% reduction from 1080p to 4K, confirming that even at minimal settings, the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor at 4K. Conversely, the Ultra preset's scaling from 221.7 to 144.4 to 79.9 FPS shows a 64% reduction, suggesting the GPU's compute and memory resources are the primary constraint regardless of settings.

These results indicate a balanced pairing. At 1080p and 1440p, the CPU's strong single-thread performance — evidenced by its 4281 Cinebench R23 single-core score — keeps frame rates high enough that the GPU is rarely starved. At 4K, the GPU's 40.09 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 208.8 GPixel/s pixel rate become the definitive limits, with the CPU's role diminishing as expected.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. The Low preset averages 369.1 FPS, followed by Medium at 321.6 FPS, High at 272.1 FPS, and Ultra at 221.7 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 147.4 FPS, or 40%, showing that Doom's settings have a moderate impact on performance at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 237.6 FPS (Low), 208.4 FPS (Medium), 177.2 FPS (High), and 144.4 FPS (Ultra). The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 93.2 FPS, a 39% difference. These numbers indicate the GPU handles 1440p comfortably, with even the Ultra preset maintaining well above 144 Hz for high-refresh displays.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates drop significantly: 126.8 FPS (Low), 115 FPS (Medium), 92.8 FPS (High), and 79.9 FPS (Ultra). The Low-to-Ultra spread is 46.9 FPS, or 37%. The 4K Ultra result of 79.9 FPS remains playable on standard 60 Hz monitors, while the Low preset's 126.8 FPS allows for smoother motion on higher refresh displays.

The settings scaling is consistent across resolutions. From Low to Ultra, the performance penalty is approximately 40% at 1080p, 39% at 1440p, and 37% at 4K. This diminishing penalty at higher resolutions suggests the GPU's memory bandwidth (504.2 GB/s) and texture units (240 TMUs) become more critical than raw shader throughput as pixel counts rise.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti's specifications directly inform its Doom performance. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. In Doom, which employs large texture sets and frequent streaming, this bandwidth proves sufficient — the 4K High preset achieves 92.8 FPS without apparent memory-related stutters (min FPS data is not measured, but the averages suggest consistent delivery).

The GPU's clock behavior — 2310 MHz base and 2610 MHz boost — allows for adaptive frequency scaling under load. The Ada Lovelace architecture's 7680 shading units and 240 TMUs handle the game's fill-rate demands efficiently, as evidenced by the 208.8 GPixel/s pixel rate and 626.4 GTexel/s texture rate. These figures support the measured 1440p Ultra result of 144.4 FPS, which aligns with the GPU's mid-range positioning.

The GPU's 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are largely irrelevant for Doom, a title that predates widespread ray tracing adoption. However, the card's DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4 support ensure compatibility with the game's modern API paths. The measured Vulkan score of 186784 in Geekbench indicates strong API-level performance, which translates to the game's efficient draw call handling.

At 4K, the GPU's FP32 throughput of 40.09 TFLOPS becomes the primary limiter. The 79.9 FPS Ultra result represents a 64% reduction from the 1080p Ultra score, consistent with the 4x increase in pixel count. The GPU's 80 ROPs handle final pixel output, and the 12 GB frame buffer accommodates 4K textures without exceeding capacity. The card's 285 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest thermal headroom for sustained boost clocks during extended sessions, though the data does not include sustained-clock measurements.