Evolve

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 has an average benchmark score of 40468. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, scores 40431, a deltaPct of only 0.1%—essentially a statistical tie. The Intel Core i9-13905H is slightly ahead at 40712, a -0.6% deltaPct relative to the 7700.

Q: What is the RTX 3060 Ti's standing among all GPUs based on its percentile?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti sits at the 69th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25120. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6700M, scores 25180, a deltaPct of -0.2%, meaning the 3060 Ti trails by a negligible margin.

Q: At which resolution and settings does this combo achieve its highest and lowest measured average FPS in Evolve?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 163.1 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest is 26.5 at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This represents a wide operational envelope, from highly playable at 1080p Low to nearly unplayable at 4K Ultra.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested combinations in Evolve?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combo ranks 1156 out of 1695 tested combinations, placing it in the lower third of all tested systems for this specific game.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance as measured by Cinebench R23?

A: In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 7 7700 scores 4136 in single-core and 29302 in multi-core. The single-core result is particularly strong, which supports responsiveness in games that rely on one primary thread.

Q: What memory bandwidth does the RTX 3060 Ti provide, and how does that relate to its 8 GB VRAM?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is substantial for a card of its class, aiding texture streaming and high-resolution rendering.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA104 chip fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. It contains 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die, with 4864 shading units, 152 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation units. The card operates with a base clock of 1410 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz, while its memory runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed. The 8 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is paired with a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth—a figure that becomes critical when moving from 1080p to 1440p and 4K resolutions in Evolve.

The GPU's compute capabilities include 16.20 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1 ratio), alongside 38 RT cores and 152 tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 133.2 GPixel/s and texture rate is 253.1 GTexel/s. These specifications suggest a card that can handle the rendering demands of a 2015-era FPS like Evolve with headroom at lower resolutions, but the measured data shows diminishing returns as resolution increases. The card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, ensuring broad API compatibility with modern and legacy titles alike.

In Evolve, the GPU's role is most pronounced at higher settings and resolutions. The transition from 1080p Low at 163.1 FPS to 1080p Ultra at 67.4 FPS—a drop of 95.7 FPS—illustrates how dramatically the rendering load scales with visual quality. Similarly, at 4K, the average FPS ranges from 61.5 at Low to 26.5 at Ultra, indicating that the 3060 Ti's 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for low-to-mid settings at 4K but become a bottleneck at Ultra. The GPU's 69th percentile standing among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25120, places it in the mid-to-upper tier, yet the measured results in Evolve show that it cannot sustain high frame rates at maximum settings in 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combination ranks 1156 out of 1695 tested combos in Evolve, placing it in roughly the 68th percentile of all tested systems. This rank is lower than the individual component percentiles might suggest, since the CPU sits at the 91st percentile among all CPUs and the GPU at the 69th percentile among all GPUs. The discrepancy indicates that Evolve's performance ceiling for this combo is constrained by factors beyond raw component strength—likely the game's optimization for specific hardware configurations or the balance between CPU and GPU capabilities.

The combo rank of 1156 out of 1695 means that out of 1695 tested combinations, approximately 539 perform better in this game. This places the system in the lower third overall, which is notable because the individual components are not low-end. The Ryzen 7 7700's high percentile rank suggests it is not the limiting factor in most scenarios; rather, the RTX 3060 Ti's mid-tier GPU standing likely caps performance in graphically intensive situations. The nearest GPU rivals—the AMD Radeon RX 6700M at -0.2% deltaPct, Radeon RX 6600 at -0.5%, Radeon 890M at -0.5%, and Radeon RX 580 2048SP at -0.7%—all have similar average scores, confirming that the 3060 Ti is competitively positioned within its class but not a top-tier performer.

The data indicates that this combo is best suited for 1080p gaming at high settings or 1440p at medium settings, where it achieves playable frame rates. At 4K, even Low settings yield only 61.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 26.5 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay. This rank reflects a system that is capable but not exceptional for Evolve, with its performance profile heavily influenced by the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of the combo's performance across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the system delivers 163.1 FPS at Low, 123.3 FPS at Medium, 95.0 FPS at High, and 67.4 FPS at Ultra. These numbers show a consistent downward trend as settings increase, with the gap between Low and Ultra being 95.7 FPS—a 58.7% reduction from the Low baseline. The 1080p results are uniformly playable, with even Ultra settings maintaining above 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average FPS figures are 107.3 at Low, 84.8 at Medium, 67.8 at High, and 47.7 at Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at the same settings is substantial: Low falls by 55.8 FPS, Medium by 38.5 FPS, High by 27.2 FPS, and Ultra by 19.7 FPS. At 1440p, Ultra settings drop below 60 FPS, indicating that the GPU's rendering capacity is being taxed. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1440p represents a 55.6% reduction in frame rate, slightly smaller than the 1080p reduction but still significant.

At 3840x2160, the results are 61.5 FPS at Low, 49.9 FPS at Medium, 40.1 FPS at High, and 26.5 FPS at Ultra. The 4K Low setting is marginally playable, but Medium and above fall below the 60 FPS threshold. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 35.0 FPS, a 56.9% reduction. Compared to 1080p, the 4K Low setting shows a 101.6 FPS decrease, and 4K Ultra shows a 40.9 FPS decrease. These measurements reveal that the combo's playable envelope is primarily at 1080p across all settings, with 1440p viable only at Low through High, and 4K viable only at Low.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K follows a pattern that indicates the GPU is the primary limiting component. At Low settings, the average FPS decreases from 163.1 at 1080p to 107.3 at 1440p (a 34.2% reduction) and then to 61.5 at 4K (a 42.7% reduction from 1440p). At Ultra settings, the progression is 67.4 at 1080p to 47.7 at 1440p (a 29.2% reduction) and then to 26.5 at 4K (a 44.4% reduction from 1440p). The percentage drops are relatively consistent across settings, suggesting that resolution scaling impacts all quality levels similarly.

The absolute FPS loss from 1080p to 4K is 101.6 FPS at Low, 73.4 FPS at Medium, 54.9 FPS at High, and 40.9 FPS at Ultra. Interestingly, the absolute loss decreases as settings increase, which means that at higher settings, the resolution change has a smaller absolute impact. This is because the system is already partially limited by the GPU at high settings, so adding more pixel load has a proportionally smaller effect. Conversely, at Low settings where the GPU has more headroom, the resolution increase exposes the GPU's pixel throughput limits more severely.

The scaling behavior suggests that the CPU is not the bottleneck in this game, at least not at higher resolutions. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect the FPS to remain relatively flat across resolutions, as the CPU's workload is largely independent of resolution. Instead, the significant FPS drops indicate that the RTX 3060 Ti's rendering resources—its 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 16.20 TFLOPS compute—are being saturated as pixel count increases. The Ryzen 7 7700, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 4 architecture, is likely capable of feeding frames faster than the GPU can render them at 1440p and 4K. At 1080p Low, the 163.1 FPS result may approach the CPU's practical limit for this game, but the smooth scaling across resolutions points to GPU dominance.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is a Zen 4 architecture processor codenamed Raphael, fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process with 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration yields strong benchmark scores: Cinebench R23 shows 4136 single-core and 29302 multi-core, while 3DMark single-thread scores 1049 and max-threads scores 8479. The CPU's 91st percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 40468, confirms its high-end positioning.

In Evolve, the CPU's role is primarily to maintain frame pacing and handle game logic, AI, and physics calculations. The game, released on 2015-02-09, was designed for the hardware of that era, so the Ryzen 7 7700's modern architecture provides substantial headroom. The 5.30 GHz boost clock and 32 MB L3 cache are particularly beneficial for gaming workloads that often rely on single-thread performance. The PassMark single-thread score of 4063 and 3DMark single-thread score of 1049 indicate strong per-core capabilities, which is critical for older games that may not scale well across many cores.

However, the measured FPS data suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combo. The consistent scaling of FPS with resolution changes points to GPU-bound scenarios at all resolutions except possibly 1080p Low. At 1080p Low, the 163.1 FPS result might approach the CPU's practical frame delivery limit, but it is still well above playable thresholds. The CPU's multi-threaded performance, with Cinebench R23 multi-core at 29302, would be more relevant in modern titles that utilize many threads, but Evolve's age means it likely does not fully exploit all 16 threads. The CPU's 65 W TDP and DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth further support sustained gaming performance without thermal throttling, though these are qualitative observations based on the specification data. The nearest CPU rivals—the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H at 0.1% deltaPct and Intel Core i9-13905H at -0.6% deltaPct—have nearly identical average scores, reinforcing that the 7700 is a well-balanced processor for this game, with the GPU being the decisive factor in overall performance.