Evolve

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a compelling 1080p and 1440p experience in Evolve, but the data reveals a steep performance cliff at 4K Ultra settings. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 305 FPS average, showcasing the GPU’s raw horsepower when unconstrained by graphical complexity. Scaling to High at the same resolution drops the average to 188 FPS, a 38% reduction that indicates the game’s heavier shading and texture work begins to tax the graphics card. The pattern continues at 2560x1440, where Low yields 208 FPS and High settles at 126 FPS, demonstrating a consistent 40% performance hit from the lowest to highest preset. At 3840x2160, the strain becomes critical: High produces 72 FPS, while Low manages 118 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K, however, collapses to just 50 FPS average, which falls below the smoothness threshold expected for a competitive FPS title. This sharp drop from 4K High (72 FPS) to 4K Ultra (50 FPS) — a 30% decline — suggests that the Ultra preset introduces effects that disproportionately burden the GPU’s memory subsystem or shader throughput. The benchmark results indicate that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER’s 16 GB GDDR6X frame buffer is sufficient for 4K High, but the Ultra settings likely push beyond what the card’s 8448 shading units can sustain at that resolution. The limiting component at 1080p and 1440p is clearly the CPU, as evidenced by the massive FPS headroom at Low settings (305 FPS at 1080p, 208 FPS at 1440p), which the i5-12400F’s 6 cores and 12 threads can partially feed but cannot fully saturate. At 4K, the tables turn, and the GPU becomes the bottleneck, with all presets showing a dramatic reduction in FPS that scales almost linearly with resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS trajectory across resolutions paints a clear picture of where this combo excels and where it struggles. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 130 (Ultra) to 305 (Low), with Medium at 240 and High at 188. These figures indicate that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is never the limiting factor at this resolution; even at Ultra, the card has ample headroom, and the variance between presets is driven more by the game’s engine demands than by hardware saturation. Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 87 (Ultra), 126 (High), 161 (Medium), and 208 (Low). The 1440p Ultra score of 87 FPS, while lower than 1080p Ultra’s 130 FPS, remains playable, but it shows a 33% reduction that hints at the GPU starting to work harder. The real inflection point appears at 3840x2160, where High averages 72 FPS, Medium 92 FPS, Low 118 FPS, and Ultra only 50 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 68 FPS, compared to 175 FPS at 1080p and 121 FPS at 1440p, demonstrating that at 4K, the GPU’s compute resources become the dominant constraint. The 4K Medium score of 92 FPS, which includes a min FPS of 78 and max of 105, shows some stability, but the Ultra preset’s 50 FPS average is the only measured result that dips below the 60 FPS threshold. This data suggests that for consistent 60+ FPS gameplay, users should avoid 4K Ultra altogether and instead target 4K High or Medium, where the card still delivers 72 and 92 FPS respectively. The scaling from 1080p to 4K at High settings (188 to 72 FPS) represents a 62% drop, which is substantial but expected for a game released in 2015 with modern hardware pushing far beyond its original target specifications.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this specific pairing holds a combo rank of 445 out of 3700 total combos, placing it in the top 12% of all tested systems for Evolve. This rank reflects the aggregate performance across all measured resolutions and settings, and it underscores that the i5-12400F plus RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a high-tier configuration for this title. The combo’s percentile position is bolstered by its exceptional 1080p and 1440p numbers, where it competes with far more expensive CPUs and GPUs. However, the 4K Ultra result of 50 FPS drags the overall ranking down slightly, as many combos with similar GPU horsepower but stronger CPUs might achieve better low-resolution scores, while those with more powerful GPUs would handle 4K Ultra more gracefully. The rank of 445 suggests that in a field of 3700, the combo outperforms the vast majority, but it is not at the very top echelon. The data indicates that the i5-12400F’s 6-core, 12-thread configuration, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, provides sufficient single-thread performance for Evolve’s engine, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1680. This combination’s rank would likely improve if the game were more GPU-bound at lower resolutions, but the CPU still holds it back from the top 10% of combos. The nearest rivals for the CPU, such as the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS with a delta of 0% and the Intel Core 3 201E at -0.1%, show that the i5-12400F is well-matched against its peers in synthetic benchmarks, though those comparisons do not directly translate to Evolve’s specific workload.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the star of this combo, and its specifications directly explain the measured FPS figures. With 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, the card offers a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s, which is more than adequate for Evolve’s 2015-era textures, even at 4K. The GPU’s base clock of 2340 MHz and boost clock of 2610 MHz, combined with 8448 shading units, deliver a peak FP32 throughput of 44.10 TFLOPS, which drives the high frame rates seen at 1080p and 1440p. The card’s memory clock of 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) ensures that texture streaming at 4K High does not bottleneck, as evidenced by the 72 FPS average at that setting. However, the 4K Ultra result of 50 FPS suggests that the Ultra preset introduces effects that tax the GPU’s RT cores (66) and tensor cores (264), even though Evolve does not natively support ray tracing or DLSS. The card’s PassMark G3D score of 31811 places it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX at -1.9% delta, indicating that the 4070 Ti SUPER is a formidable performer. The 4K Medium result of 92 FPS, with a min of 78 and max of 105, shows that the card has headroom when settings are reduced, but the Ultra preset’s 50 FPS is a clear outlier, potentially due to excessive anti-aliasing or shadow quality that overwhelms the GPU’s texture units (264 TMUs) and ROPs (96). For a game like Evolve, which prioritizes fast-paced action, the GPU’s raw rasterization performance is what matters most, and the 4070 Ti SUPER delivers that in spades at all but the most demanding settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Evolve with this combo?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 at High settings produces 126 FPS average, offering a strong balance between visual fidelity and smoothness. For maximum frame rates, 1920x1080 at Low hits 305 FPS, but 1440p High is the sweet spot for competitive play.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Evolve?

A: Yes, but only at Low, Medium, or High settings. The measured averages are 118 FPS (Low), 92 FPS (Medium), and 72 FPS (High) at 3840x2160. The Ultra preset at 4K drops to 50 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER’s memory affect performance?

A: The 16 GB GDDR6X memory with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth ensures that texture-heavy scenes at 4K High do not cause stuttering, as the measured 72 FPS average at that setting indicates. The memory is not a bottleneck for this game.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12400F sufficient for this GPU?

A: At 1080p and 1440p, the CPU is the limiting factor, as shown by the high FPS at Low settings (305 FPS at 1080p), which the 6-core, 12-thread processor cannot fully feed. However, the CPU’s boost clock of 4.40 GHz and single-thread performance are adequate for maintaining playable frame rates.

Q: What is the difference between Medium and High settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium averages 161 FPS with a min of 137 and max of 185, while High averages 126 FPS. The 35 FPS gap reflects the increased shading and texture demands of the High preset, which the GPU handles without issue.

Q: Why does the Ultra preset perform so poorly at 4K?

A: The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 averages 50 FPS, which is 22 FPS lower than 4K High’s 72 FPS. This suggests the Ultra settings introduce effects that disproportionately burden the GPU’s 8448 shading units, likely due to advanced lighting or post-processing that was not optimized for modern resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

For the best measured experience, the data points to 2560x1440 with the High preset as the optimal configuration for this combo. At this setting, the average FPS is 126, which provides a smooth, responsive feel for Evolve’s FPS gameplay, and it is well above the 60 FPS minimum that most players target. If the user prefers 1080p for competitive play, the High preset delivers 188 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate monitors. The Medium preset at 1440p (161 FPS) offers a slight boost over High but sacrifices visual quality for a marginal FPS gain, making it less desirable unless the user prioritizes raw frame rates. At 4K, the recommended setting is High (72 FPS), as it provides the best visual fidelity without dropping below the playable threshold. The Ultra preset at any resolution is not recommended: at 1080p it yields 130 FPS, which is still playable, but at 4K it drops to 50 FPS, making it unsuitable for smooth gameplay. The Low preset, while achieving the highest FPS (305 at 1080p), sacrifices too much visual detail for a game that benefits from seeing enemies clearly. Therefore, the data suggests that 1440p High is the sweet spot, offering a 126 FPS average that balances image quality and performance, with 1080p High as a strong alternative for those with 240Hz monitors.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F plays a supporting but crucial role in this combo’s performance. With 6 cores and 12 threads, the processor operates at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, which is sufficient for Evolve’s single-threaded engine. The CPU’s 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1680 indicate strong per-core performance, which is essential for maintaining high FPS in a game that relies on a primary game thread. The processor’s L3 cache of 18 MB shared and L2 cache of 1.25 MB per core help reduce memory latency, though the game’s 2015 release date means it does not take full advantage of modern cache hierarchies. In benchmark results, the i5-12400F shows a multithread score of 19433 in PassMark, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12380, demonstrating that it can handle background tasks while gaming. However, the measured FPS data reveals that the CPU becomes the bottleneck at lower resolutions: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 305 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s frame rate cap or the CPU’s maximum output, as the GPU is far from maxed out. At 1440p Low, the FPS drops to 208, and at 4K Low, it falls to 118, showing that the GPU takes over as the limiting factor as resolution increases. The CPU’s percentile rank of 73rd among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19039, places it in the upper tier, but its nearest rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (delta 0%) and Intel Core i5-1335U (delta 0.3%), show that it is not an outlier in performance. For Evolve specifically, the CPU’s 4.40 GHz boost clock ensures that the game’s main thread is not starved, but the data suggests that a stronger CPU with higher single-thread performance could push 1080p FPS even higher, as the GPU is clearly capable of exceeding 305 FPS in less demanding scenes.