Evolve

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Evolve?

A: Benchmark data shows 1920x1080 is the strongest resolution, delivering a 159.7 FPS average at Low settings and 68 FPS at Ultra. At 2560x1440, performance ranges from 103.3 FPS (Low) to 45 FPS (Ultra), while 3840x2160 drops to 62.5 FPS (Low) and 25.8 FPS (Ultra).

Q: How does the Core i7-14700F compare to its closest rivals?

A: The i7-14700F sits 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 1.1% behind the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in average benchmark score. It is 1.2% ahead of the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 and 1.7% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P, with a percentile rank of 94 among all CPUs.

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to similar graphics cards?

A: The RX 5700 XT ranks in the 68th percentile among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score is 0.1% below the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile, 0.3% above the Intel Arc A350M, 0.6% above the RTX 5060 Mobile, and 0.9% above the Quadro RTX 5000.

Q: What settings preset gives the most balanced experience at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 delivers 124.5 FPS, which is 29.4 FPS higher than High (95.1 FPS) and 56.5 FPS higher than Ultra (68 FPS). Low reaches 159.7 FPS, but Medium offers a better visual-to-performance trade-off based on the measured data.

Q: How much does the CPU's single-thread performance matter for this game?

A: The i7-14700F scores 5003 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 4261 in PassMark single-thread, with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. These results place it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, indicating strong per-core performance that supports high frame rates in FPS titles.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and how does it affect Evolve?

A: The RX 5700 XT has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. This configuration is adequate for the game's demands, though the data shows performance drops significantly at 4K Ultra (25.8 FPS), suggesting VRAM capacity or bandwidth limits at extreme settings.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data points to Medium as the optimal preset for most use cases. At 1920x1080, Medium yields 124.5 FPS, which is more than double the 60 FPS threshold and only 35.2 FPS below Low's 159.7 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 29.4 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs another 27.1 FPS, making Ultra a poor trade for its visual gain.

At 2560x1440, Medium delivers 83 FPS, still comfortably above 60 FPS. High drops to 62.2 FPS, which is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. Ultra falls to 45 FPS, below the smooth-playability threshold. For 1440p, Medium is the clear recommendation.

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS. Low reaches 62.5 FPS, which is the only 4K option that stays above 60. Medium drops to 48.3 FPS, High to 38.7 FPS, and Ultra to 25.8 FPS. If 4K is required, Low is the only viable preset; otherwise, 1440p Medium or 1080p Medium provides the best balance.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F brings 20 cores and 28 threads from the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35443 and single-core score of 5003 place it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs. This combination of high core count and strong single-thread performance is well-suited to Evolve, which is an FPS title that benefits from both multi-threaded scene processing and fast per-core response.

The CPU's nearest rivals show it is tightly clustered: 0.6% behind the Ryzen 9 9900X and 1.1% behind the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, while 1.2% ahead of the Xeon Phi 7290 and 1.7% ahead of the EPYC 7313P. This indicates the i7-14700F is a top-tier processor whose performance is not the limiting factor in this game's frame rates.

The 65 W TDP and 33 MB shared L3 cache further support sustained gaming loads. The PassMark multi-thread score of 41765 and physics score of 2495 reinforce that the CPU can handle the game's simulation and AI workloads without bottlenecking the GPU.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Core i7-14700F and RX 5700 XT ranks 1268 out of 1695 tested combos in Evolve, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. This rank reflects the GPU's modest standing (68th percentile) rather than the CPU's strength (94th percentile). The pairing creates an imbalance where the CPU is capable of far higher frame rates than the GPU can deliver, particularly at higher resolutions.

The combo rank of 1268 means that 427 other combinations performed worse and 1267 performed better in this game. This is not a top-tier setup for Evolve, but it is not at the bottom either. The data suggests that the GPU is the primary constraint, as evidenced by the significant frame rate drops when resolution increases.

For context, the GPU's nearest rivals include the RTX A5000 Mobile (0.1% faster), Arc A350M (0.3% slower), RTX 5060 Mobile (0.6% slower), and Quadro RTX 5000 (0.9% slower). These are all close in raw compute, which explains why the combo lands where it does in the rankings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is the limiting component in this pairing. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, 2560 shading units, and 160 TMUs, with a boost clock of 1905 MHz and game clock of 1755 MHz. Its 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 9.754 TFLOPS FP32 performance place it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 24731 is nearly identical to its closest rivals, with deltas of only 0.1% to 0.9%. This tight clustering means the RX 5700 XT is a known quantity: adequate for 1080p gaming but stretched at higher resolutions. The measured FPS data confirms this, showing 159.7 FPS at 1080p Low but only 38.7 FPS at 4K High.

The 7 nm RDNA 1.0 architecture and 10,300 million transistors provide solid DirectX 12 support (12_1) and Vulkan 1.4, which are relevant for Evolve's engine. The 225 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for this performance class. However, the 8 GB VRAM may become a constraint at 4K Ultra, where the 25.8 FPS result indicates the GPU is overwhelmed.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 159.7 FPS on Low, 124.5 FPS on Medium, 95.1 FPS on High, and 68 FPS on Ultra. These results show a smooth degradation curve, with each preset step costing roughly 25-30 FPS. The 68 FPS at Ultra is still playable, but the drop from High to Ultra is 27.1 FPS, which is the largest single-step decline.

At 2560x1440, Low yields 103.3 FPS, Medium 83 FPS, High 62.2 FPS, and Ultra 45 FPS. The pattern is similar, but the absolute numbers are lower. The gap between Low and Ultra is 58.3 FPS, indicating that resolution scaling has a significant impact on the GPU's ability to maintain high settings.

At 3840x2160, Low drops to 62.5 FPS, Medium to 48.3 FPS, High to 38.7 FPS, and Ultra to 25.8 FPS. Only Low stays above 60 FPS. The Ultra result of 25.8 FPS is barely playable, and the gap between Low and Ultra is 36.7 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across settings. At Low, the drop is from 159.7 FPS (1080p) to 103.3 FPS (1440p) to 62.5 FPS (4K) — a reduction of 97.2 FPS from 1080p to 4K, or roughly 39% of the 1080p value. At Ultra, the drop is from 68 FPS to 45 FPS to 25.8 FPS, a reduction of 42.2 FPS.

This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting component. The CPU's strong performance (94th percentile) means it can easily feed frames at 1080p, but the RX 5700 XT's 68th percentile standing cannot sustain high frame rates as pixel count increases. The 4K results, particularly the 25.8 FPS at Ultra, show that the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for extreme resolutions.

The data also shows that resolution scaling is not linear. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is larger in absolute terms than the drop from 1440p to 4K at Low settings (56.4 FPS vs. 40.8 FPS), but at Ultra, the drops are more evenly distributed (23 FPS vs. 19.2 FPS). This suggests that at higher settings, the GPU is already saturated at 1440p, so further resolution increases have proportionally smaller effects.