Doom

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-14700K compare to its closest rival in raw CPU benchmarks?

A: The i7-14700K posts an average benchmark score of 70074, placing it just 0.3% behind the AMD EPYC 9115 and 0.5% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Its nearest rival is the Intel Core i7-14700KF, which scores 70104, a difference of 0%.

Q: What is the RX 7600's position relative to other GPUs in the database?

A: The Radeon RX 7600 holds a 63rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20258. It trails the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT by 0.6% and sits 1.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, while leading the Intel Arc B570 by 1.5%.

Q: What is the best 1080p setting for Doom based on measured data?

A: Low settings deliver the highest average frame rate at 196.5 FPS. Medium follows at 171.3 FPS, High at 141 FPS, and Ultra drops to 118.6 FPS. The data indicates Low provides the most headroom for high-refresh displays.

Q: How does the CPU's core configuration affect Doom's performance?

A: The i7-14700K features 20 cores and 28 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 44534 and single-core score of 6287 suggest strong per-thread performance, which is relevant for a game like Doom that relies heavily on single-thread execution.

Q: At which resolution does the RX 7600 struggle to maintain playable frame rates?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 41.5. Even High settings at 4K yield only 50.8 FPS, indicating that 4K gaming with this GPU requires lowering settings to Low (70.2 FPS) to stay comfortably above 60 FPS.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking for Doom in the database?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 ranks 1126 out of 1681 tested combinations, placing it in the lower-middle tier of all tested hardware pairings for this title.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip, fabricated on a 6 nm process by TSMC. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding a memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. The GPU's base clock runs at 1720 MHz, with a boost clock of 2655 MHz and a game clock of 2250 MHz. Memory operates at 2250 MHz, or 18 Gbps effective.

These specifications translate into measured performance that varies significantly by settings and resolution. The GPU's 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s. Floating-point performance reaches 21.75 TFLOPS (FP32), which is adequate for running Doom at high settings in 1080p, as evidenced by the 141 FPS average at High settings in 1920x1080.

However, the 8 GB VRAM capacity becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset drops to 41.5 FPS, while even High settings only reach 50.8 FPS. The data suggests that while the GPU has sufficient compute throughput for 1440p gaming, the memory subsystem and raw fill rate constrain performance at 4K. The RX 7600's benchmark percentile of 63% places it in the mid-range segment, and its nearest rivals show a tight cluster—the RX 7600 XT is only 0.6% faster, and the RX 460 is 0.8% slower in average benchmark scores.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of the optimal settings for each resolution. At 1920x1080, Low settings deliver 196.5 FPS, which is ideal for competitive play, but Medium at 171.3 FPS and High at 141 FPS both remain well above 120 FPS for smooth gameplay. Ultra at 118.6 FPS is still playable but sacrifices the high-refresh advantage.

For 2560x1440, the situation tightens. High settings yield 91.6 FPS, while Medium achieves 111.1 FPS. Low reaches 124 FPS. Ultra drops to 75.1 FPS, which is borderline for fast-paced FPS action. The sweet spot appears to be Medium at 1440p, balancing visual fidelity with a comfortable frame-rate margin.

At 3840x2160, none of the presets achieve 60 FPS except Low, which hits 70.2 FPS. Medium manages 57.9 FPS, High 50.8 FPS, and Ultra falls to 41.5 FPS. For 4K gaming, Low is the only recommended preset, as it provides the only average above 60 FPS. The data indicates that the RX 7600 is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K requiring significant graphical compromises.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data across all resolutions and settings shows a consistent pattern of diminishing returns as settings increase. At 1920x1080, Low averages 196.5 FPS, Medium 171.3 FPS, High 141 FPS, and Ultra 118.6 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 25.2 FPS, while Medium to High costs 30.3 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 22.4 FPS.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 124 FPS, Medium 111.1 FPS, High 91.6 FPS, and Ultra 75.1 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 12.9 FPS, Medium to High is 19.5 FPS, and High to Ultra is 16.5 FPS. The relative cost of each settings tier remains consistent, but the absolute frame rates are lower due to the increased pixel count.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 70.2 FPS, Medium 57.9 FPS, High 50.8 FPS, and Ultra 41.5 FPS. The gaps between settings are 12.3 FPS (Low to Medium), 7.1 FPS (Medium to High), and 9.3 FPS (High to Ultra). Notably, the gap between Low and Medium widens at 4K, suggesting that the GPU's memory bandwidth becomes a bottleneck earlier in the settings ladder.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the RX 7600 responds to increasing pixel loads. At Low settings, 1080p averages 196.5 FPS, dropping to 124 FPS at 1440p (a 36.9% reduction) and 70.2 FPS at 4K (a 64.3% reduction from 1080p). At High settings, the progression is 141 FPS at 1080p, 91.6 FPS at 1440p (35.0% lower), and 50.8 FPS at 4K (64.0% lower).

The consistency of these percentage drops across settings indicates that resolution scaling is dominated by the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth, not by CPU limitations. The RX 7600's 288.0 GB/s bandwidth and 169.9 GPixel/s pixel rate are the primary constraints at higher resolutions. The fact that the 4K-to-1080p ratio holds steady around 64% across all settings suggests the GPU is the sole limiting factor, with the i7-14700K providing ample headroom.

At Ultra settings, the 4K average of 41.5 FPS represents a 65.0% drop from the 1080p average of 118.6 FPS. This consistent scaling pattern reinforces that the RX 7600's compute resources scale predictably with resolution, and that the CPU is not introducing any frame-time variability that would distort the scaling curve.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700K plays a supporting role in Doom's performance, as the measured FPS scaling indicates a GPU-bound scenario. The CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz, provide substantial multi-threaded capability. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 44534 and single-core score of 6287 place it in the 96th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70074.

The nearest rivals show how tightly clustered this CPU is with other high-end parts. The i7-14700KF scores 70104 (0% delta), the AMD EPYC 9115 scores 69887 (0.3% slower), and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X scores 70420 (0.5% faster). This clustering suggests that any of these CPUs would deliver nearly identical frame rates in Doom, as the game's engine does not require the full multi-threaded throughput.

The CPU's L3 cache of 33 MB shared and L2 cache of 2 MB per core provide low-latency access to frequently used data, which is beneficial for the single-threaded rendering loop typical of id Tech engines. The 125 W TDP and Raptor Lake architecture with a 10 nm process node from Intel position this CPU as a high-performance desktop part, but the benchmark results show that in Doom, the GPU is the limiting component at all tested resolutions.

The Passmark multi-thread score of 52392 and single-thread score of 4472 further confirm the CPU's capability, but the measured FPS data shows no evidence of CPU bottlenecking. Even at 1080p Low settings with 196.5 FPS, the frame rate appears to be GPU-limited, as the CPU's single-core performance would theoretically support higher frame rates. The data indicates that this combination is well-balanced for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with the CPU providing more than enough headroom for the RX 7600's output.