Doom

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Doom with the Intel Core i7-14700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER shows a clear progression as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the combo delivers 225.6 FPS, which drops to 145.4 FPS at 2560x1440, and further to 75.5 FPS at 3840x2160. That is a 66.5% reduction in frame rate from 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra, indicating that the GPU becomes the dominant limiting factor as pixel count rises.

The pattern across all settings presets is consistent. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 372.2 FPS at 1080p to 130.5 FPS at 4K — a 65% drop. At Medium settings, the decline goes from 321.9 FPS down to 113.9 FPS, roughly a 65% reduction as well. High settings show 274.9 FPS at 1080p versus 96.2 FPS at 4K, a 65% decrease. The uniformity of these drops across presets is telling: the scaling behavior is governed primarily by resolution, not by the complexity of the visual settings.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is doing more of the heavy lifting. The 372.2 FPS result at Low settings is extraordinarily high, and the gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 146.6 FPS. At 4K, that same Low-to-Ultra gap narrows to 55 FPS. When the GPU is under heavy load at 4K, the frame rate differences between presets shrink because the graphics card becomes the bottleneck. Conversely, at 1080p, the CPU can feed frames fast enough that the GPU has headroom, making the preset choice matter more.

For someone targeting high refresh rates, the 1440p results are the sweet spot. At 2560x1440, even Ultra settings maintain 145.4 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz threshold. The 4K Ultra result of 75.5 FPS is playable but not ideal for competitive play, while 4K High at 96.2 FPS offers a better balance. The scaling data indicates that this combo is capable of 4K gaming, but the GPU is clearly the constraining component at that resolution.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700K is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. It sits in the 96th percentile against all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 70074. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-14700KF, scores 70104 with a 0% delta, meaning these two chips are effectively identical in performance. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X scores 70420, which puts the 14700K just 0.5% behind, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 is 1.4% ahead.

In Doom, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p. The measured 372.2 FPS at Low settings demonstrates that the 14700K can drive the game engine to extremely high frame rates when the GPU is not the limiting factor. The 5.60 GHz boost clock is critical here; Doom benefits from high single-thread performance, and the 14700K's single-core Cinebench R23 score of 6287 reflects that strength. The 20 cores and 28 threads are more than sufficient for this title, which was released in 2016 and does not scale heavily across many cores.

The data shows that at 1080p, the CPU is keeping pace with the GPU's output. The gap between High and Ultra at 1080p is 49.3 FPS, which is substantial and indicates the GPU is still the main driver of frame rate differences. However, the fact that Low settings reach 372.2 FPS suggests the CPU is not holding the system back at any point in this test. The 14700K's performance percentile of 96 places it among the top processors, and benchmark results confirm it is a strong match for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in this game.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows provide a clear picture of how settings affect performance. At 1920x1080, all presets are playable, with Low at 372.2 FPS, Medium at 321.9 FPS, High at 274.9 FPS, and Ultra at 225.6 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra at 1080p costs 49.3 FPS, which is a meaningful trade-off for marginal visual gains. For competitive play at 1080p, High settings are the practical choice because they still deliver 274.9 FPS while freeing up GPU resources.

At 2560x1440, the recommendation shifts. Low settings produce 241.1 FPS, Medium 209.2 FPS, High 177.3 FPS, and Ultra 145.4 FPS. All of these are above 144 FPS, so any preset works for high-refresh monitors. Ultra at 1440p is a solid choice here because the 145.4 FPS result remains fluid, and the visual upgrade from High to Ultra is worth the 31.9 FPS loss for most players. The data indicates that 1440p Ultra is the best experience-to-performance balance for this combo.

At 3840x2160, the situation is different. Low settings hit 130.5 FPS, Medium 113.9 FPS, High 96.2 FPS, and Ultra 75.5 FPS. For 4K gaming, High is the recommended preset because it stays above 90 FPS, which is a reasonable threshold for smooth play. Dropping to Medium gains 17.7 FPS over High, but the visual downgrade is noticeable. Ultra at 4K is only for those who prioritize image quality over frame rate, as the 75.5 FPS result is below the 90 FPS mark that many consider the floor for modern displays.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER ranks 170th out of 1681 tested combos in Doom. This places the combo in the top 10.1% of all configurations in the database. The rank reflects the strong synergy between the 14700K, which sits in the 96th CPU percentile, and the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, which ranks in the 86th GPU percentile.

The combo's position is notable given that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is marked as end-of-life in production status, yet it still delivers top-tier performance in this game. The 170th rank out of 1681 means that only 169 other combos perform better, many of which likely feature higher-end GPUs from the GeForce 50 series or flagship workstation cards. The data confirms that this pairing is well above average, and the 14700K's high single-thread performance helps push the combo up the rankings in a game that is not heavily multi-threaded.

The ranking also suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combo. If the 14700K were holding back the GPU, the rank would be lower relative to combos with similar GPUs but faster processors. Instead, the 170th position indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the component that defines this combo's performance ceiling, and the 14700K supports it adequately across all resolutions and settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It features 8448 shading units, 264 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output pipelines. The GPU has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock is 2610 MHz, and it achieves 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

In Doom, the GPU's role is most pronounced at higher resolutions. The 4K results show the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER being pushed hard: Ultra settings produce 75.5 FPS, which is a 66.5% drop from the 1080p Ultra result of 225.6 FPS. The 16 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for this game, as Doom from 2016 does not require large memory pools, but the bandwidth and compute power of the GPU are what drive the frame rates.

The GPU's 86th percentile ranking against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 48704, places it in the upper tier. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, scores 49071, which is 0.7% higher, while the RTX A2000 is 1.6% behind. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a capable 4K GPU for this title, but the 75.5 FPS Ultra result at 4K indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck at that resolution, not the CPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 372.2 FPS on Low, 321.9 FPS on Medium, 274.9 FPS on High, and 225.6 FPS on Ultra. All results are well above the 200 FPS mark, making this resolution ideal for high-refresh monitors up to 360 Hz. The delta between Low and Ultra is 146.6 FPS, showing that settings have a significant impact at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the measured results are 241.1 FPS on Low, 209.2 FPS on Medium, 177.3 FPS on High, and 145.4 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is substantial but expected, with the Ultra preset losing 80.2 FPS across the resolution change. The 145.4 FPS Ultra result is still above the 144 Hz refresh rate, confirming that 1440p Ultra is a viable option.

At 3840x2160, the results are 130.5 FPS on Low, 113.9 FPS on Medium, 96.2 FPS on High, and 75.5 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is the only measurement below 90 FPS in the entire dataset. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 55 FPS, which is the smallest of the three resolutions, reinforcing that the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution. High settings at 4K provide a 20.7 FPS improvement over Ultra, making it the best choice for maintaining high frame rates at 4K.