Downfall

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a measured performance profile in Downfall that ranks 209th out of 1741 tested combos. The CPU, a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake part with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, and the GPU, an Ada Lovelace chip with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, produce average frame rates ranging from 366.2 FPS at 1080p Low to 66.9 FPS at 4K Ultra. The data indicates a system that is well-balanced for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K Ultra requiring compromises.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear resolution-dependent scaling pattern. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 366.2 on Low settings to 152.6 on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, the range narrows to 259.4 on Low and 113.0 on Ultra. At 3840x2160, the average FPS drops further to 164.4 on Low and 66.9 on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial at every setting: for High settings, the average FPS falls from 247.5 to 175.1 to 110.3 as resolution increases. This pattern indicates that the GPU's rendering workload scales with pixel count, and the CPU's contribution becomes less significant at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 366.2 suggests that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution and settings increase. The 4K Ultra result of 66.9 FPS, while playable, shows the GPU is heavily stressed. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is less severe than from 1440p to 4K, as seen in the High settings data, where the average FPS at 1440p is 175.1 and at 4K is 110.3, a larger relative drop than the 247.5 to 175.1 transition. At 4K Low, the average FPS of 164.4 indicates that the GPU can still deliver high frame rates when settings are reduced, but the gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is significant, with Ultra at 66.9 FPS. The data also shows that the impact of settings is not uniform across resolutions; at 1080p, the difference between Low and Medium is a drop from 366.2 to 299.2, while at 4K, the same step reduces FPS from 164.4 to 135.9. This suggests that the GPU's compute resources are more heavily taxed at higher resolutions, making settings adjustments less effective at recovering performance.

How This Combo Ranks

In the Downfall benchmark database, this combo ranks 209th out of 1741 tested configurations, placing it in the upper tier of systems. The CPU itself sits in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, which scores 54450 and is 0.6% higher, and the Intel Xeon Phi 7290, which scores 53469 and is 1.2% lower. The GPU, with an average score of 44900, is in the 85th percentile of all GPUs. It trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile by 0.6% (45152) and the Intel Arc A730M by 1.5% (45592), while leading the AMD Radeon Pro 580 by 1.6% (44195) and the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT by 1.6% (45642). These synthetic scores align with the in-game rank, indicating a balanced pairing that outperforms the majority of tested combos. The CPU's percentile of 94 and the GPU's percentile of 85 together suggest that the combo's 209th rank is driven by the GPU's slightly lower relative standing, as the CPU is more highly ranked among its peers. The deltaPct values for the CPU's rivals show a narrow spread, with the closest rival being the Ryzen 9 9900X at 0.6% higher, while the GPU's closest rival is the RTX 5090 Mobile at 0.6% lower, indicating that the GPU is competitive with top mobile parts but not with the highest-end desktop GPUs. The combo's rank of 209 out of 1741 places it ahead of the vast majority of tested systems, and the measured FPS data confirms that this position is earned through strong performance at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K Ultra being the only setting where the system falls below 70 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It features 33 MB of shared L3 cache, with 80 KB of L1 and 2 MB of L2 per core. The CPU's single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5003 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2711. Multi-threaded performance is also substantial, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35443 and a Passmark multithread score of 41765. In Downfall, the CPU's capabilities are most apparent at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 366.2 indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck, allowing the GPU to render at high frame rates. As resolution increases, the CPU's role diminishes, and the GPU becomes the primary constraint. The CPU's TDP is 65 W, and it supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration. The CPU's launch MSRP is $359. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4261 and its Passmark physics score of 2495 further illustrate its strong per-core performance, which is beneficial for games that rely on a few threads. The CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads provide ample parallelism for background tasks, but the game's performance scaling with resolution suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in Downfall. The CPU also supports ECC memory and uses Intel Socket 1700, with a PCIe Gen 5 interface providing 16 lanes. Its production status is active, and it was released on 2024-01-07. The CPU's architecture, Raptor Lake, is built on a 10 nm process with a die size of 257 mm², and it does not include integrated graphics. The CPU's average benchmark score of 54097 places it in the 94th percentile, and its nearest rival, the Ryzen 9 9900X, is only 0.6% higher, indicating that the i7-14700F is a highly competitive desktop processor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the average FPS is 366.2 on Low, 299.2 on Medium, 247.5 on High, and 152.6 on Ultra. At 2560x1440, the values are 259.4, 211.7, 175.1, and 113.0 respectively. At 3840x2160, the average FPS is 164.4 on Low, 135.9 on Medium, 110.3 on High, and 66.9 on Ultra. The data shows a consistent trend: each step up in settings reduces FPS, and each step up in resolution reduces FPS further. The largest single drop occurs between 1440p Ultra (113.0 FPS) and 4K Ultra (66.9 FPS), indicating that the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading capacity are heavily taxed at 4K with maximum settings. The absence of min and max FPS values means the analysis relies on averages, but the pattern is clear. At 1080p, even Ultra settings achieve 152.6 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 113.0 FPS, still playable. At 4K, only Low and Medium settings exceed 100 FPS, with High at 110.3 and Ultra at 66.9. The gap between Low and Ultra is substantial at every resolution, with the largest absolute difference at 1080p, where the average FPS ranges from 366.2 to 152.6. At 1440p, the range is 259.4 to 113.0, and at 4K, it is 164.4 to 66.9. This indicates that the GPU's performance scales with settings, and the impact of settings is more pronounced at lower resolutions, where the CPU can keep up with the GPU's output. The data also shows that the CPU's high single-thread performance allows the system to reach very high frame rates at 1080p Low, but the GPU's limitations become evident as resolution and settings increase.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The GPU has a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with 7680 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. It also includes 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4. In synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 5024 in 3DMark Steel Nomad, 205028 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 31624 in Passmark G3D. Its average benchmark score of 44900 places it in the 85th percentile of all GPUs. In Downfall, the GPU's performance is the primary driver of frame rates at higher resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 66.9 FPS, compared to 152.6 FPS at 1080p Ultra, highlights the GPU's scaling behavior. The GPU's TDP is 285 W, and it uses a 16-pin power connector. The GPU's launch MSRP is $799 USD. The GPU's memory clock is 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective, and its pixel rate is 208.8 GPixel/s, with a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s. These specifications support the high frame rates observed at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra result indicates that the GPU's compute resources are the limiting factor. The GPU's nearest rival, the RTX 5090 Mobile, is only 0.6% higher in average score, suggesting that the 4070 Ti is competitive with high-end mobile parts, but the 4K performance in Downfall shows that it is not sufficient for maximum settings at that resolution. The GPU contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, with a transistor density of 121.8M per mm². It uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface and offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The GPU is dual-slot, with a suggested PSU of 600 W. Its production status is end-of-life, and it was released on 2023-01-02, with a predecessor of GeForce 30 and a successor of GeForce 50. The GPU's FP32 performance is 40.09 TFLOPS, and its memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is sufficient for high-resolution textures, but the 4K Ultra result suggests that the GPU's shading and rasterization throughput are the primary constraints in Downfall.