Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 delivers a high-refresh-rate experience in Evolve, with measured frame rates that comfortably exceed 60 FPS at 4K on High settings and push well beyond 330 FPS at 1080p on Low. The combination ranks in the top 6% of all tested combos for this game, indicating a strong overall pairing, though the performance scaling reveals distinct characteristics about where the bottleneck lies at different resolutions and settings. The measured data shows a system that is massively overqualified for 1080p, where frame rates outpace the visual demands of the title, but the scaling between resolutions and settings tells a more nuanced story about the balance between the CPU and GPU.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data for this combo suggests that the "High" preset provides the best overall experience, particularly for those prioritizing smoothness at higher resolutions. At 4K (3840x2160), the High preset yields an average of 78 FPS, which, while not a maximum refresh rate, is comfortably within the range of smooth gameplay for a fast-paced FPS like Evolve. This is a significant jump from the Ultra preset, which drops to 54 FPS at this resolution. The 24 FPS difference between High and Ultra at 4K is a substantial one, indicating that the Ultra settings carry a heavy performance cost for what is likely a marginal visual fidelity gain. Given that 54 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider the baseline for a smooth action game, the Ultra preset at 4K is not recommended unless a player prioritizes visual effects over frame rate consistency.

At 1440p (2560x1440), the High preset achieves an average of 137 FPS, which is an excellent score for a high-refresh-rate monitor. The Medium preset is even higher at 174 FPS, with a minimum of 148 FPS and a maximum of 200 FPS. This indicates that the Medium preset is capable of delivering a very consistent and smooth experience, with the minimum frame rate still well above the refresh rate of most standard monitors. The Low preset at 1440p is the highest at 225 FPS, but with the High and Medium presets already providing such high averages, the visual trade-offs of Low may not be worth the extra frames for most players. The Ultra preset at 1440p is still high at 95 FPS, a solid score, but again, the performance difference between High and Ultra suggests that High is the more balanced choice.

At 1080p (1920x1080), the situation is similar. The Medium preset yields a 260 FPS average, with a minimum of 221 FPS and a maximum of 299 FPS. The High preset is at 204 FPS, which is still an excellent score. The Low preset pushes to a very high 335 FPS, a number that would be wasted on any standard 240Hz monitor, let alone a 60Hz or 144Hz display. The Ultra preset at 1080p is 141 FPS, which is still very smooth but the difference between Medium and Ultra is a drop of 119 FPS, showing that the Ultra settings have a heavy performance impact. The data indicates that High or Medium is the best choice at 1080p, as the frame rates are so high that the visual improvements from High settings will be more noticeable than the extra frames from Low settings.

The most efficient choice across all resolutions is the Medium preset. It provides a very high frame rate at every resolution, and the minimum frame rates for this preset are high enough to ensure a consistent experience. At 4K, Medium's 99 FPS average is a strong performance, and its 84 FPS minimum is still well above the 60 FPS that is often considered the baseline for smooth gameplay. At 1440p, the 174 FPS average with a minimum of 148 FPS is excellent. At 1080p, the 260 FPS average with a minimum of 221 FPS is exceptional. The Medium preset clearly offers a good balance between visual quality and performance, and the data suggests it is the most reliable choice for this game with this hardware.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 has a combo rank of 222 out of 3700 tested combinations for this game. This places it in the top 6% of all tested combinations, which is a strong result. This rank indicates that the combo is capable of delivering a very high level of performance in Evolve, and it is a better pairing than the vast majority of other tested hardware combinations. The rank is a reflection of the overall capability of the two components working together, and the data shows that this is a high-end pairing.

Looking at the individual components, the CPU has a percentile of 94 compared to all CPUs, while the GPU has a percentile of 86 compared to all GPUs. The CPU is ranked slightly higher than the GPU, which suggests that the CPU is a more significant factor in this combo's performance. The 9700F's nearest rivals in terms of average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX, which it trails by 0.2%, and the Intel Core i7-14700KF, which it leads by 0.2%. The data shows that this CPU is well matched with other high-end processors, and its performance in this game is likely to be similar to those parts.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a major contributor to the high frame rates seen in this data. The GPU has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s. This is an important factor for a game like Evolve, which is a fast-paced FPS with high-resolution textures and effects. The 16 GB of VRAM is likely more than enough for this game, even at 4K resolution with high settings, as the game is from 2015 and does not have the memory demands of modern titles. This means the GPU will not be bottlenecked by memory capacity.

The GPU's clock speeds are a base of 2205 MHz and a boost of 2505 MHz. The memory clock is 1400 MHz, which is 22.4 Gbps effective. These are high clocks for the Ada Lovelace architecture, which allows the GPU to process the game's graphics quickly. The GPU has a pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s. These figures indicate that the GPU is very powerful at rasterization and texture filling, which are the basic operations of any game's 3D rendering. The GPU also has a high FP32 performance of 48.74 TFLOPS, which is the basis of shader performance.

The GPU is the main component that determines the performance at higher resolutions. As the resolution increases, the number of pixels that need to be processed increases, and this is a task that falls heavily on the GPU. The RTX 4080 is a very capable GPU for this task, as evidenced by the frame rates at 4K. The data shows that the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K, as the frame rates are significantly lower than at 1440p and 1080p. At 4K, the High preset is 78 FPS, while at 1440p it is 137 FPS, and at 1080p it is 204 FPS. The frame rate drops as the resolution increases, which is expected, but the rate of the drop is what tells us about the GPU's role.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p (1920x1080), the measured frame rates are very high. The Low preset yields an average of 335 FPS, the Medium preset yields 260 FPS with a minimum of 221 FPS and maximum of 299 FPS, the High preset yields 204 FPS, and the Ultra preset yields 141 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 194 FPS, which shows that the Ultra preset has a heavy cost on the GPU. The Medium preset's 260 FPS is a good score, and the High preset's 204 FPS is also very smooth. The frame rates at 1080p are so high that they are likely to be limited by the CPU in some cases, as the GPU is more than capable of producing these frame rates.

At 1440p (2560x1440), the frame rates are still very high. The Low preset is 225 FPS, the Medium is 174 FPS with a minimum of 148 FPS and 200 FPS, High is 137 FPS, and Ultra is 95 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 130 FPS. The Medium preset still offers a high frame rate and a high minimum, making it a good choice for a high-resolution monitor. The 1440p High preset is 137 FPS, which is also very high and will be a smooth experience on most displays.

At 4K (3840x2160), the frame rates are lower but still playable. The Low preset is 128 FPS, Medium is 99 FPS with a minimum of 84 FPS and a maximum of 114 FPS, High is 78 FPS, and Ultra is 54 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 74 FPS. The Medium preset is the only one that has a minimum frame rate above 60 FPS (84 FPS), which is a key number. The High preset is at 78 FPS, which is still a good score, but the Ultra preset at 54 FPS may not be ideal for a fast-paced FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling from 1080p to 4K is a clear indicator of the GPU being the main limiting factor at higher resolutions. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 204 at 1080p, to 137 at 1440p, and finally to 78 at 4K. This is a drop of 67 FPS from 1080p to 1440p, and a drop of 59 FPS from 1440p to 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is 62% (from 204 to 78). This is a large drop that is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the GPU is the component that is determining the frame rate.

At the Medium preset, the average FPS drops from 260 at 1080p, to 174 at 1440p, and 99 at 4K. The drop is 86 FPS from 1080p to 1440p, and 75 FPS from 1440p to 4K, for a total of 161 FPS from 1080p to 4K. The percentage drop is 62% as well. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 335 at 1080p to 225 at 1440p and 128 at 4K. This is a linear scaling, which is typical of a GPU-bound scenario.

The fact that the drop from 1080p to 1440p is similar to the drop from 1440p to 4K suggests that the GPU is the limiting component. The CPU is not showing a significant effect at these resolutions. The CPU's performance appears to be sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p, as the frame rates are very high, but it is not the main factor in the scaling. The data shows that as the resolution increases, the GPU's workload increases, and the frame rates drop accordingly. This is a standard trend for a high-resolution game with a powerful GPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F plays a crucial role in this combo by providing the necessary data to the GPU. The CPU has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. This is a high-performance desktop processor, from the Zen 5 architecture, built on a 4 nm process. The CPU has a large L3 cache of 32 MB shared and a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The CPU's performance in the PassMark benchmarks are strong, with a single-thread score of 4691 and a multi-thread score of 36470.

The CPU's role is most likely to be the primary factor in the game's minimum frame rates at the lower resolutions. At 1080p, the frame rates are very high, and the GPU is not the limiting factor. The game's frame rate could be limited by the CPU's ability to handle the game's simulation, physics, and AI. The 9700F's high single-thread performance is likely to provide a very good experience in Evolve, as the game is from 2015 and is not likely to be heavily multithreaded. The game's core engine is likely to need a high single-thread performance, and the 9700F delivers this.

The data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck at 4K, as the frame rates are lower than at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor. However, the CPU can still affect the minimum frame rates and the frame pacing, and the high single-thread performance of the 9700F should keep these stable. The CPU's performance is also higher than the GPU's percentile, which means that the CPU is a stronger component in this combo. The CPU also has a high benchmark average score (69996) and a percentile of 94, which shows that it is a very high-end CPU. The nearest rivals are very close in performance, which confirms the 9700F is a solid performer. The CPU's high core count and boost clock give it plenty of capability to handle the game's demands, even when the GPU is not the limiting factor.