Evolve

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-14600KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 1,627 out of 1,695 tested combinations in Evolve. This places the combo in the bottom 4% of all tested configurations, a stark result given the CPU's strong general-purpose standing. The i5-14600KF sits at the 93rd percentile among all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 49,367, placing it just 0.4% above the Intel Core i5-14600K and 0.6% above the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. The GPU, however, is the limiting factor here — the RX 570 sits at the 74th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 30,158, yet its nearest rivals in the database are surprising: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (0.2% ahead), AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0.2% ahead), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (0.8% ahead). These comparisons reflect synthetic averages, not Evolve-specific performance, but they illustrate that the GPU's aggregate standing is far weaker than the CPU's.

The rank disparity between the CPU's high percentile and the combo's low game rank indicates a severe bottleneck. With a 14-core, 20-thread Raptor Lake processor capable of boosting to 5.30 GHz paired with a 4 GB Polaris GPU from 2017, the system is imbalanced for this 2015 FPS title. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 74.3 FPS, which is playable, but the CPU's potential is nowhere near tapped. The rank of 1,627 suggests that most other tested combos deliver higher frame rates in Evolve, likely because they pair more modern or more powerful GPUs with capable CPUs. The i5-14600KF's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32,889 and single-core score of 4,643 demonstrate raw processing power that cannot be utilized when the GPU is the constraint.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 48.1 at 1920x1080 with High settings. This is a playable frame rate for a 2015 FPS title, though it falls short of the 74.3 FPS achieved at Low settings, indicating that graphical settings significantly impact performance.

Q: What is the best-performing settings/resolution combination in the data?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 74.3, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only configuration in the dataset that exceeds 70 FPS, and it is more than double the 32.2 FPS seen at 1080p Ultra.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600KF has an average benchmark score of 49,367. It is 0.4% ahead of the Intel Core i5-14600K (49,166) and 0.6% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (49,062), but 0.5% behind the AMD EPYC 4345P (49,595). These are negligible differences, confirming the CPU is not the performance bottleneck.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 30,158. It trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 by 0.2%, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT by 0.2%, and the NVIDIA Tesla M60 by 0.6%, while sitting 0.8% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile. These tiny deltas mask the GPU's age; its 4 GB VRAM and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are modest by modern standards.

Q: Is this combo better suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming in Evolve?

A: The data shows a clear preference for 1080p. At 2560x1440 with High settings, the average FPS drops to 30, while at 1920x1080 High it is 48.1. Even at 1440p Low, the frame rate of 54.7 is lower than 1080p Low's 74.3, suggesting 1080p is the intended resolution for acceptable performance.

Q: What does the combo rank tell us about overall competitiveness?

A: With a rank of 1,627 out of 1,695 combos, this pairing is in the bottom 4% of tested configurations for Evolve. This indicates that the vast majority of other CPU-GPU combinations deliver higher frame rates, likely because the RX 570's 4 GB VRAM and 5.095 TFLOPS FP32 throughput are insufficient for this title at higher settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep performance cliff as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 74.3 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops the frame rate to 54.7 FPS, a reduction of 19.6 FPS (26.4%). At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls to 27.9 FPS, which is less than half of the 1080p Low result. This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 256-bit bus become increasingly strained at higher pixel counts.

The High settings curve tells a similar story but with lower absolute numbers. At 1080p High, the average is 48.1 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 30.0 FPS; and at 4K High, it collapses to 19.0 FPS. The gap between Low and High settings widens at higher resolutions: at 1080p, the difference is 26.2 FPS (74.3 vs 48.1), but at 4K, the difference narrows to 8.9 FPS (27.9 vs 19.0). This narrowing suggests that at 4K, the GPU's raw compute limits dominate regardless of settings, whereas at 1080p, settings have more headroom to affect performance.

The data indicates that the limiting component is unequivocally the GPU. The i5-14600KF, with a PassMark single-thread score of 4,273 and multi-thread score of 38,697, has ample processing power to drive frame rates far beyond what the RX 570 can deliver. The 1080p Low result of 74.3 FPS is likely near the GPU's ceiling for this title, as the CPU could easily sustain higher frame rates in a less GPU-constrained environment. The transition from 1440p to 4K is particularly punishing: at Medium settings, 1440p yields 41.4 FPS while 4K yields 24.4 FPS, a 41% drop. This is consistent with the GPU's memory bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s becoming a hard bottleneck at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide spread of frame rates depending on settings. Low settings produce the highest average at 74.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 61.2 FPS, High at 48.1 FPS, and Ultra at 32.2 FPS. The step from High to Ultra is particularly steep, representing a 33% drop (15.9 FPS), which suggests that Ultra settings enable effects that heavily tax the RX 570's 32 ROPs and 128 TMUs.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates compress significantly. Low settings average 54.7 FPS, Medium drops to 41.4 FPS, High to 30.0 FPS, and Ultra to 19.3 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 35.4 FPS, compared to 42.1 FPS at 1080p. This compression indicates that at 1440p, the GPU's pixel fill rate of 39.81 GPixel/s becomes a limiting factor, reducing the impact of settings adjustments.

At 3840x2160, all settings yield sub-30 FPS averages. Low is the highest at 27.9 FPS, followed by Medium at 24.4 FPS, High at 19.0 FPS, and Ultra at 13.4 FPS. The Ultra result at 4K is the lowest in the entire dataset, representing just 18% of the 1080p Low performance. The progression from 1080p Low (74.3 FPS) to 4K Ultra (13.4 FPS) represents a total drop of 60.9 FPS, or 82%. These numbers confirm that this combo is only viable at 1080p with lower settings, and that 4K gaming is entirely impractical for Evolve with this hardware.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is built on the Polaris 20 chip with a GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process by GlobalFoundries. It contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, with a transistor density of 24.6M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1168 MHz and a boost clock of 1244 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). Its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory is accessed via a 256-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Evolve, the GPU's role is clearly the dominant factor in frame rate determination. The 4 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p but likely insufficient for 4K Ultra, where the 13.4 FPS average suggests texture streaming and memory pressure severely hamper performance. The GPU's 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is modest, and its pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s are the hardware limits that the measured FPS data reflects.

The RX 570's nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, both of which are within 0.2% of its average benchmark score. This is notable because those GPUs are significantly more modern, yet the synthetic averages place them nearly equal. However, in Evolve specifically, the RX 570's age shows: the combo rank of 1,627 out of 1,695 indicates that this GPU, when paired with a top-tier CPU, still cannot overcome its hardware limitations in a 2015 title. The GPU's 150 W TDP and dual-slot design are modest, but its end-of-life production status and 2017 release date highlight its age relative to the 2023 CPU. The data supports the conclusion that the RX 570 is the bottleneck in this pairing, and any improvement in frame rates would require a GPU upgrade rather than CPU changes.