Doom

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT delivers a robust 1080p experience in Doom, with average frame rates ranging from 121.9 FPS at Ultra settings to 199.4 FPS at Low. The combination ranks 1091st out of 1681 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database, though the data shows it remains highly playable across most resolutions and settings. At 1440p, the combo maintains smooth performance, dropping to 76.7 FPS at Ultra, while 4K proves demanding, with only the Low preset exceeding 70 FPS. The benchmark results indicate a system that is well-balanced for high-refresh 1080p gaming but becomes increasingly GPU-limited as resolution climbs.

FAQ

Q: What is the best performance this combo achieves in Doom?

A: The highest average frame rate recorded is 199.4 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This drops to 121.9 FPS at the same resolution with Ultra settings, showing a substantial 77.5 FPS gap between the lowest and highest quality presets.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Core i7-14700F has an average benchmark score of 54097, which is 0.6% lower than the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (54450) and 1.1% lower than the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54681). It is 1.2% faster than the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469) and 1.7% faster than the AMD EPYC 7313P (53206).

Q: How does the GPU's synthetic score position it against similar cards?

A: The Radeon RX 7600 XT scores 20146 on average, which is 0.3% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 460 (20088) and 1.9% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (19774). It trails the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (20258) by 0.6% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534) by 1.9%.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 4K?

A: The data indicates GPU limitation. At 3840x2160, the average frame rate drops from 71.1 FPS at Low to 41.1 FPS at Ultra, a 30 FPS swing. This large performance penalty from settings changes is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, as the CPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions.

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

A: At High settings, the average frame rate is 148 FPS at 1920x1080 and 96.3 FPS at 2560x1440. This represents a 51.7 FPS decrease, or approximately 35% lower performance, when moving up one resolution step.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: No, not at all settings. At 3840x2160, the combo achieves 71.1 FPS at Low, 58.3 FPS at Medium, 52.2 FPS at High, and 41.1 FPS at Ultra. Only the Low preset clears the 60 FPS threshold.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is the primary driver of frame rate variance across settings in Doom. It features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for this title's texture streaming at 1080p and 1440p. The GPU's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 1980 MHz, a game clock of 2470 MHz, and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. The gap between base and boost clocks suggests aggressive power management, but the benchmark results show that sustained performance is high enough to push 148 FPS at 1080p High.

The GPU's compute resources—2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs—deliver a pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s. These figures correlate with the measured FPS scaling: at 1080p, increasing from Low to Ultra reduces average FPS from 199.4 to 121.9, a 38.9% drop. At 4K, the same settings change cuts FPS from 71.1 to 41.1, a 42.2% drop, indicating that the GPU's fillrate and shading capacity are stretched thin at higher pixel counts. The 32 ray accelerators are present but Doom's benchmark results do not isolate ray tracing workloads, so their impact is not directly quantified here.

The Radeon RX 7600 XT's synthetic scores support its mid-range positioning: it holds a percentile of 63 versus all GPUs and an average benchmark score of 20146. Its nearest rival, the RX 7600, scores 20258, a 0.6% difference, meaning the XT variant offers nearly identical raw compute performance despite its larger memory pool. In game, this translates to playable 4K only at Low settings, suggesting that the 16 GB buffer is less critical than the underlying chip's throughput.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, average FPS drops from 148 to 96.3, a 51.7 FPS decrease. The subsequent step to 3840x2160 at High further reduces FPS to 52.2, another 44.1 FPS drop. This linear degradation—roughly 35% and then 46%—indicates that the GPU's fillrate and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors, not the CPU.

At Low settings, the scaling is steeper in absolute terms: 199.4 FPS at 1080p falls to 132 FPS at 1440p and then to 71.1 FPS at 4K. The 1440p-to-4K drop of 60.9 FPS is the largest single-step penalty in the dataset, underscoring that the RX 7600 XT cannot sustain high frame rates at 4K even when graphical load is minimal. Conversely, the CPU's role is evident in the 1080p results: the Core i7-14700F, with 20 cores and 28 threads boosting to 5.40 GHz, keeps frame rates above 120 FPS even at Ultra, meaning it is not a bottleneck at lower resolutions.

The resolution scaling also shows diminishing returns from settings reductions at higher pixel counts. At 1080p, switching from Ultra to Low yields a 77.5 FPS improvement, but at 4K the same switch yields only a 30 FPS improvement. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is already near its limits regardless of preset, while at 1080p, the settings have a larger relative impact on the GPU's workload.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 199.4 FPS, Medium 172.1 FPS, High 148 FPS, and Ultra 121.9 FPS. The spread of 77.5 FPS between Low and Ultra shows that the GPU has significant headroom at this resolution, with even the most demanding preset comfortably exceeding 120 FPS for high-refresh displays.

At 2560x1440, performance remains solid but the gap narrows. Low averages 132 FPS, Medium 112.6 FPS, High 96.3 FPS, and Ultra 76.7 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is most pronounced at Ultra, where the 121.9 FPS falls to 76.7 FPS, a 45.2 FPS reduction. This indicates that 1440p Ultra is the threshold where the GPU starts to struggle to maintain high refresh rates.

At 3840x2160, the results are mixed. Low averages 71.1 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 58.3 FPS, High to 52.2 FPS, and Ultra to 41.1 FPS. None of the presets except Low achieve a 60 FPS average, and Ultra falls below 45 FPS, making 4K gaming viable only for less demanding visual settings. The data shows a consistent pattern: each settings tier at 4K costs roughly 10-13 FPS, with Ultra being the most punishing.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1091st out of 1681 tested combinations in Doom, placing it in the 35th percentile of the database. This is a modest position, reflecting that while the hardware is competent, many other CPU-GPU pairings deliver higher frame rates in this title. The rank is likely influenced by the GPU's mid-range standing—its 63rd percentile versus all GPUs—rather than the CPU, which sits in the 94th percentile versus all CPUs.

Relative to its nearest rivals, the CPU's synthetic scores are nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (0.6% faster) and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D (1.1% faster), meaning the 14700F is not a performance outlier. The GPU's 0.6% deficit to the RX 7600 and 1.9% deficit to the RTX 2060 SUPER further explain the combo's mid-pack ranking. In practice, the measured FPS at 1080p Ultra (121.9) and 1440p Ultra (76.7) are strong, but the 4K results pull the overall ranking down, as many higher-ranked combos likely sustain 60 FPS at 4K.

The ranking suggests that this pairing is optimized for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it consistently outperforms the 60 FPS baseline. For users targeting 4K, the data shows the GPU becomes a bottleneck, and the combo's position in the database reflects that limitation. The 94th percentile CPU ranking versus the 63rd percentile GPU ranking indicates a CPU-heavy balance, which is fine for Doom's engine but may not translate to other titles. Overall, the 1091st rank out of 1681 is a fair assessment of a mid-tier system that excels at lower resolutions but cedes ground at 4K.