Evolve

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a compelling experience in Evolve, a 2015 FPS title. The benchmark data reveals a system capable of high refresh rates at mainstream resolutions while maintaining playability at 4K, with the GPU acting as the primary scaling factor across the tested settings.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for this combination show a clear hierarchy across the four presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers an average of 237 FPS with a minimum of 202 FPS and a maximum of 273 FPS. This is the most balanced option, offering a substantial jump from the High preset’s 188 FPS average while avoiding the diminishing returns seen when pushing to Ultra, which drops to 130 FPS. The data indicates that Medium provides a smooth, high-refresh experience with headroom for demanding scenes, making it the best experience per the measured rows at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the High preset stands out as the optimal choice. It achieves an average of 126 FPS, which is more than sufficient for a responsive competitive shooter. The Medium preset at this resolution produces 161 FPS average, but the difference between Medium and High is only 35 FPS, whereas the jump from High to Ultra is a steep 39 FPS drop to 87 FPS. High offers a superior visual fidelity-to-performance ratio, keeping the frame rate well above the 60 FPS threshold while providing a richer image than Medium.

At 3840x2160, the Medium preset is the only viable option for a consistently smooth experience. It delivers an average of 92 FPS with a minimum of 78 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS. The High preset drops to 72 FPS average, which is playable but leaves less margin for dips. Ultra at 4K falls to 50 FPS average, which is below the standard for a smooth first-person shooter. Low at 4K produces 118 FPS but sacrifices too much visual quality relative to Medium’s gains. Therefore, Medium at 4K is the sweet spot, balancing frame rate and fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing for Evolve. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for this title’s textures and geometry at all tested resolutions. The GPU’s 8448 shading units and 96 ROPs are the key drivers of the frame rates observed, especially as resolution increases. The card’s boost clock of 2610 MHz and base clock of 2340 MHz, built on the 5 nm Ada Lovelace architecture, supply the raw compute power necessary to push pixels efficiently.

The benchmark results show a clear GPU-bound scenario. At 1080p, the GPU is so powerful that even the Ultra preset, which likely stresses pixel shading and fill rate, still manages 130 FPS. However, the scaling from Medium to High to Ultra at each resolution reveals the GPU’s performance envelope. At 1440p, the High preset’s 126 FPS average shows the card is still comfortably ahead, but the 4K results demonstrate where the GPU begins to be challenged. The difference between 4K Medium (92 FPS) and 4K High (72 FPS) is a 20 FPS penalty, indicating that the additional visual effects and texture detail in High place a significant load on the GPU’s compute and memory subsystems.

The GPU’s 76th percentile ranking among all GPUs, based on an average benchmark score of 31087, confirms its high-end standing. Its nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA TITAN RTX with a score of 31676 (1.9% higher), show that the 4070 Ti SUPER is positioned just below the top tier of previous-generation flagship cards. This is consistent with its performance in Evolve, where it handles 1440p High with ease but requires settings reduction at 4K to maintain high frame rates.

FAQ

*Q: Can this system run Evolve at 4K with high settings?*

A: Yes, it runs 4K High at an average of 72 FPS. However, the Medium preset provides a more comfortable margin at 92 FPS average with a minimum of 78 FPS, making it the recommended choice for 4K to avoid frame rate drops.

Q: What is the best resolution for competitive play with this combo?

A: The 1080p Medium preset is the best for competitive play, delivering a 237 FPS average. This is significantly higher than the 1440p Medium preset’s 161 FPS average, offering a smoother and more responsive experience for fast-paced action.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 1440p?

A: The Ultra preset at 1440p produces an 87 FPS average, which is 39 FPS lower than the High preset’s 126 FPS. The performance cost is substantial, and the visual uplift may not justify the drop for most players.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the GPU is still the primary limiter, as frame rates vary significantly with settings (260 FPS on Low vs 130 FPS on Ultra). The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, appears sufficient to keep up, given the high frame rates achieved.

Q: What is the frame time consistency like on Medium settings at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset at 1440p records a minimum of 137 FPS and a maximum of 185 FPS, with an average of 161 FPS. The spread of 48 FPS suggests some variance, but the minimum remains well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the 4K Low preset compare to 4K Medium?

A: The 4K Low preset achieves a 118 FPS average, which is 26 FPS higher than Medium’s 92 FPS. However, Low likely reduces texture quality and effects, making Medium the better trade-off for visual fidelity while staying above 60 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system starts at a 260 FPS average on Low settings. The Medium preset drops to 237 FPS, with a minimum of 202 FPS and a maximum of 273 FPS. High settings yield a 188 FPS average, while Ultra delivers 130 FPS. This shows a degradation of 130 FPS from Low to Ultra, with the most significant single-step drop being from High to Ultra at 58 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset produces a 208 FPS average. Medium follows with 161 FPS, maintaining a minimum of 137 FPS and a maximum of 185 FPS. High settings achieve 126 FPS, and Ultra falls to 87 FPS. The scaling from Medium to High is a 35 FPS reduction, and from High to Ultra is a 39 FPS reduction, indicating a consistent performance cost for each tier.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 118 FPS. Medium provides a 92 FPS average with a 78 FPS minimum and 105 FPS maximum. High settings are playable at 72 FPS, while Ultra drops to 50 FPS. The transition from Low to Medium is a 26 FPS loss, from Medium to High is a 20 FPS loss, and from High to Ultra is a 22 FPS loss, showing a more uniform scaling pattern at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial and reveals the GPU’s workload scaling. At Medium settings, the frame rate declines from 237 FPS at 1080p to 161 FPS at 1440p, a 32% reduction, and then to 92 FPS at 4K, a further 43% reduction from 1440p. This exponential decrease in frame rate with increasing pixel count indicates a purely GPU-bound scenario, as the resolution increase directly multiplies the pixel shading and fill rate demands.

On High settings, the scaling is similar: 188 FPS at 1080p, 126 FPS at 1440p (a 33% drop), and 72 FPS at 4K (a 43% drop from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is being saturated by the resolution increase, and the CPU is not a bottleneck. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect the frame rate to plateau or show smaller differences at lower resolutions, but the data shows a continuous, steep decline.

The 4K Ultra result of 50 FPS is particularly telling. It demonstrates that even a high-end GPU like the 4070 Ti SUPER cannot brute-force the most demanding settings at 4K in Evolve. This points to the game’s effects and post-processing being heavy on GPU resources. The scaling indicates that for 4K gaming, users must accept Medium settings to stay above 60 FPS, while 1440p allows for High settings and 1080p can handle any preset with ease.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Rocket Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth are adequate for feeding the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in this game. The CPU’s benchmark scores, such as a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14340 and a single-core score of 2024, place it in the 71st percentile among all CPUs, indicating solid mainstream performance.

In Evolve, the CPU’s role appears secondary, as the frame rates scale primarily with GPU settings and resolution. The fact that 1080p Low achieves 260 FPS and 1080p Medium achieves 237 FPS shows the CPU can support high draw call rates and physics calculations without capping the GPU. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1691 and 8-thread score of 4691 suggest that the CPU’s 12 threads are sufficient for this game’s multi-threaded workload, which likely does not scale beyond 8 cores.

The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i5-12450H with an average score of 17239 (0.4% higher), show that the 11400F is competitive with newer mobile parts. The data implies that for Evolve, the CPU is not a bottleneck at any resolution, as the performance differences between settings are almost entirely attributable to the GPU. However, at 1080p Low with 260 FPS, the CPU is likely near its limit, as the GPU is so fast that it requires the CPU to process frames at a very high rate, but the results show it holds up adequately.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-11400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER combination ranks 574th out of 3700 tested combos in Evolve, placing it in the top 15.5% of all systems. This high ranking is primarily driven by the GPU’s exceptional performance, as the CPU is competent but not top-tier. The combo’s position indicates that it outperforms the vast majority of other systems tested for this game, which is notable given the game’s age and the high-end nature of the GPU.

The ranking suggests that this pairing is well-suited for Evolve, providing a high-performance experience that is only bested by systems with even more powerful GPUs or newer CPUs with higher single-thread performance. The GPU’s 76th percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with the CPU’s 71st percentile, creates a synergistic match where the GPU’s strength compensates for the CPU’s mid-range position. The result is a system that can comfortably handle 1440p High settings and 4K Medium settings, which is a strong outcome for a 2015 title. The rank of 574 out of 3700 underscores that while there are faster combos, this one delivers a top-tier experience that would be more than satisfactory for most players, especially those targeting high refresh rates at 1080p or 1440p.