Doom

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Doom, with performance scaling that reveals a system largely unburdened by CPU limitations until the lowest resolutions. The data indicates a combination that is heavily GPU-bound at 4K, transitioning to a more balanced workload as pixel count drops.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across resolutions show a classic GPU-bound curve, with the most significant performance drop occurring between 1440p and 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 270.4 FPS at 1080p to 178.2 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 92.2 FPS. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the average drops further to 94.5 FPS, representing a loss of 83.7 FPS. This steep decline at 4K, where the frame rate nearly halves relative to 1440p, strongly indicates that the render pipeline is saturated by the GPU's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth at that resolution.

The scaling pattern under Low settings reinforces this analysis. The 1080p Low result of 368.7 FPS drops to 240.2 FPS at 1440p, and then significantly to 129.6 FPS at 4K. The fact that the 4K Low result is still 35.1 FPS higher than the 4K High result suggests that even at 4K, there is some headroom available by lowering graphical fidelity, but the GPU remains the primary constraint. The delta between 1080p Low and 1440p Low is 128.5 FPS, while the delta between 1440p Low and 4K Low is 110.6 FPS, showing a fairly linear scaling with pixel count, which is typical for a well-optimized engine where the GPU is the bottleneck.

The transition from Medium to High settings at each resolution yields a smaller performance penalty than the jump from High to Ultra. For instance, at 1440p, the Medium setting averages 209.7 FPS, dropping to 178.2 FPS on High, a difference of 31.5 FPS. However, moving from High to Ultra at 1440p costs 36.6 FPS, bringing the average down to 141.6 FPS. This indicates that the Ultra preset introduces effects that are disproportionately expensive relative to the visual improvement, further taxing the GPU.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the clear performance driver in this configuration. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient to feed the AD103 chip's 8448 shading units. The benchmark results show that the GPU's compute capabilities, measured by a Passmark G3D score of 31811, are substantial, yet the frame rates at 4K Ultra (75.5 FPS) suggest that the card is operating near its limits with the most demanding settings. The 4K Ultra result is the only average below 90 FPS in the entire dataset, highlighting the heavy load of that preset.

The card's clock behavior, with a base of 2340 MHz and a boost of 2610 MHz, allows it to maintain high throughput under sustained load. The texture rate of 689.0 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 250.6 GPixel/s are theoretical limits that the measured FPS approaches only at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 368.7 FPS, which is a very high number but still well below the pixel rate limit, indicating that other stages of the pipeline, such as geometry processing or driver overhead, are becoming relevant. The GPU's FP32 performance of 44.10 TFLOPS is a strong indicator of its raw compute power, which is leveraged heavily in Doom's particle and lighting effects.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 86 against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 48704, places it in the upper tier of hardware. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, scores 49071, a delta of -0.7%, showing that the 4070 Ti SUPER is essentially performance-equivalent to that card in synthetic benchmarks. However, in this specific game, the combination with the 7700X yields a 4K High result of 94.5 FPS, which is a playable and smooth experience. The 1.6% delta against the RTX A2000 (score 47915) and 2.0% against the RTX A1000 Mobile (score 47743) confirms that the 4070 Ti SUPER holds a clear, albeit modest, advantage over those workstation-oriented parts in raw compute.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, provides ample processing power to avoid becoming a bottleneck in most scenarios. Its Zen 4 architecture, running on a 5 nm process, achieves a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, which is critical for maintaining high frame rates in a game like Doom that relies on fast single-threaded performance for game logic and draw calls. The CPU's Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4281 and multi-core score of 30325 demonstrate a balanced profile that can handle both the primary game thread and background tasks without contention.

The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 per core help minimize memory latency, which is beneficial for the engine's data access patterns. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4190 is notably high, and its multi-thread score of 35686 shows strong scaling. However, the data suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor until very high frame rates. At 1080p Low, where the GPU load is reduced, the system hits 368.7 FPS. This is likely approaching the CPU's limit for generating draw calls, but the 7700X's high single-thread performance keeps the system from dropping below 300 FPS at 1080p across all settings except Ultra.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 89 against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 34313, places it in a strong position. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-13500, scores 34175, a delta of only 0.4%, indicating near-parity in average performance. The 0.5% delta against the Intel Core i7-12800HX (score 34136) is similarly negligible. This means that while the 7700X is not the absolute fastest CPU, it is more than sufficient to feed the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in Doom, as evidenced by the 4K High result of 94.5 FPS, which is firmly in GPU-bound territory.

FAQ

Q: Is the frame rate at 4K High playable with this combo?

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with High settings is 94.5 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold typically considered smooth for a first-person shooter.

Q: What is the main bottleneck at 1080p Low settings?

A: At 1080p Low, the system achieves 368.7 FPS, which is a very high frame rate. While the GPU is still rendering the scene, the CPU's ability to process draw calls and game logic becomes a more significant factor, as the GPU load is relatively low.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has an average benchmark score of 48704. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, scores 49071, which is a delta of -0.7%, meaning the rival is slightly faster in that specific metric.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 7700X bottleneck the GPU at 1440p Ultra?

A: No. At 2560x1440 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 141.6. This is a high frame rate that still leaves the GPU as the primary constraint, as the CPU's single-thread performance is sufficient to keep up.

Q: What is the performance difference between Medium and Ultra at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Medium setting averages 111.9 FPS, while Ultra averages 75.5 FPS. This represents a significant 36.4 FPS drop, indicating that the Ultra preset has a heavy impact on GPU load.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations in Doom?

A: The combination ranks 191 out of 1681 tested combos in this game, placing it in the top 12% of all configurations.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame places this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at position 191 out of 1681 tested combinations. This ranking in the top 11.4% of all combos underscores the high level of performance this system delivers. The rank is a holistic metric that accounts for performance across all resolutions and settings, and a position this high indicates that the pairing is well-balanced for Doom, avoiding severe bottlenecks in either direction.

Given that the GPU's percentile rank is 86 and the CPU's is 89, the combo ranking of 191 is consistent with two high-performing components working together effectively. The fact that 1490 other combinations rank lower suggests that many other pairings suffer from either a weaker GPU that cannot handle the game's demands at high resolutions or a slower CPU that limits frame rates at lower resolutions. The 4070 Ti SUPER's solid lead over its nearest rivals in synthetic tests, combined with the 7700X's near-parity with its competitors, creates a system that is greater than the sum of its parts in this title, as evidenced by the consistently high frame rates across the entire resolution and settings matrix. The 4K Ultra result of 75.5 FPS, while the lowest in the dataset, is still respectable for a demanding preset, and it pushes the combo firmly into the high-performance tier for modern gaming.