Evolve

FAQ

Q: What is the comboRankInGame for this system in Evolve, and how should that be interpreted?

A: The combination of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 2151 out of 3700 tested combos in Evolve. That places it in the lower-middle portion of the tested pool, meaning a substantial number of hardware pairings deliver higher frame rates in this title.

Q: Which resolution and settings combination yields the highest average FPS?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves 177 FPS average. This is the peak measured performance across all twelve tested rows, with the next highest being 137 FPS at 1080p Medium.

Q: At which settings does the system fail to maintain a 60 FPS average at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset drops to 28 FPS average, and High settings only reach 41 FPS. Medium at 4K hits 52 FPS average with a min of 44 FPS, so all three of those presets fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-core performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The i7-14700F scores 35122 in Cinebench R23 multi-core. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, has an average benchmark score 0.6% higher, while the Intel Xeon 6505P is 0.2% lower and the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 is 0.3% higher in average score.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and why does it matter for Evolve?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. This capacity and bandwidth are relevant because Evolve is a 2015 FPS that can be demanding at higher resolutions, where the data shows significant frame rate drops when moving from 1080p to 4K.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking compared to all GPUs, and what does that imply?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282. This places it above the median but not in the high-end tier, which aligns with the measured results showing playable but not exceptional frame rates at 1440p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides four settings presets at three resolutions, covering twelve distinct configurations for this system in Evolve. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are consistently high: Low settings produce 177 FPS average, Medium reaches 137 FPS with a min of 116 and max of 157, High yields 107 FPS, and Ultra drops to 74 FPS. This progression shows a 103 FPS swing from Low to Ultra at 1080p, indicating that the GPU handles the lower presets with substantial headroom while Ultra still remains comfortably above 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales downward predictably. Low settings deliver 118 FPS average, Medium achieves 92 FPS with a floor of 78 and ceiling of 106, High reaches 72 FPS, and Ultra falls to 50 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 68 FPS, which is smaller in absolute terms than at 1080p but represents a larger percentage drop. Notably, the Ultra preset at 1440p is the first configuration in the dataset to fall below 60 FPS average.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates deteriorate sharply. Low settings still manage 67 FPS average, Medium posts 52 FPS with a min of 44 and max of 60, High drops to 41 FPS, and Ultra limps to 28 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 4K is 39 FPS, and every preset except Low falls below the 60 FPS playability threshold. The Medium preset at 4K shows a min of 44 FPS, which indicates noticeable stutter potential during intense scenes.

The data reveals a consistent pattern: Low settings at any resolution provide the highest average FPS, while Ultra always extracts the largest performance penalty. Medium and High sit between these extremes, with Medium offering a more balanced frame rate relative to the visual quality step from Low. The minimum FPS values recorded only for the Medium preset show that at 1080p the floor is 116 FPS, at 1440p it is 78 FPS, and at 4K it drops to 44 FPS—each representing a roughly 20-30 FPS reduction from the average.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting a smooth 60 FPS experience, the data suggests that 1080p Ultra at 74 FPS is the highest visual quality preset that maintains this threshold, though it leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. At 1440p, High settings at 72 FPS similarly clears 60 FPS, but Ultra at 50 FPS does not. The Medium preset at 1440p, with an average of 92 FPS and a minimum of 78 FPS, provides a more comfortable margin while still offering improved detail over Low.

At 4K, the situation is more constrained. Low settings at 67 FPS average is the only preset that achieves a playable frame rate, and even then, the margin above 60 FPS is slim. Medium at 4K falls to 52 FPS average with a 44 FPS minimum, which risks visible judder during combat. For the best balance between visual fidelity and performance, the Medium preset at 1440p appears to be the sweet spot in the measured data, offering nearly double the frame rate of 4K Ultra while still providing a substantial upgrade over Low settings.

If prioritizing higher resolution over settings, 4K Low at 67 FPS is viable, but the step to 1440p High at 72 FPS delivers both a higher frame rate and better image quality per the preset hierarchy. The Ultra preset, while visually superior, exacts a steep cost: at 1080p it cuts performance by 46% relative to High, and at 1440p it drops below 60 FPS. Given the data, the recommended path is 1080p Ultra for those who want maximum detail, 1440p Medium for balanced play, and 4K Low only for resolution enthusiasts who accept reduced fidelity.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how heavily this system is bound by the GPU in Evolve. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 177 at 1080p to 118 at 1440p—a 33% reduction—and then to 67 at 4K, which is a 43% further reduction from 1440p. This steep decline as pixel count increases indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's rendering throughput is the limiting factor, rather than the CPU.

At Medium settings, the scaling shows a similar pattern: 137 FPS at 1080p falls to 92 FPS at 1440p (a 33% drop) and then to 52 FPS at 4K (a 43% drop from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage reductions across presets suggests that resolution stress scales uniformly regardless of the visual workload. At High settings, 107 FPS at 1080p becomes 72 FPS at 1440p (33% lower) and 41 FPS at 4K (43% lower from 1440p), again maintaining the same proportional decline.

The Ultra preset follows suit: 74 FPS at 1080p, 50 FPS at 1440p (32% lower), and 28 FPS at 4K (44% lower). This uniform scaling—roughly one-third reduction from 1080p to 1440p and another 40%+ reduction from 1440p to 4K—strongly implicates pixel throughput as the bottleneck. The CPU's high multi-core score of 35122 in Cinebench R23, with 20 cores and 28 threads, is far more than sufficient for a game from 2015, so the data points to the GPU's pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s as the constraining factors at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of 3700 tested combos for Evolve, this system ranks 2151st, placing it in the 42nd percentile of all tested pairings. That means roughly 58% of tested combos achieve higher average frame rates in this game. The rank reflects a mid-tier standing, consistent with the RTX 2070 SUPER's 65th percentile among all GPUs and the CPU's 91st percentile among all CPUs—the GPU is the weaker link in this pairing.

When compared to the GPU's nearest rivals by average benchmark score, the RTX 2070 SUPER sits close to several alternatives: the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is 1% lower, the GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is 1.2% higher, the Intel Arc B570 is 1.3% higher, and the Intel Arc A750 is 1.5% higher. These small deltas suggest that swapping the GPU for any of these near-peers would produce minimal changes in Evolve's frame rates, keeping the combo rank approximately stable.

The CPU's position among rivals shows a similar clustering: the Intel Xeon 6505P is 0.2% lower in average score, the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 is 0.3% higher, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is 0.6% higher, and the AMD EPYC 7313P is 0.8% higher. Since the CPU is not the bottleneck at 1080p or even 1440p for most presets, these small CPU differences likely have negligible impact on the game's measured FPS, reinforcing that the rank is primarily driven by GPU performance. The data implies that upgrading the GPU alone would move this combo substantially higher in the rankings, while CPU upgrades would yield little benefit in Evolve.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F brings 20 cores and 28 threads, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and boost clock of 5.40 GHz. This is a high-end desktop processor that ranks in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53620. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and single-core score of 4958 indicate strong performance across both threaded and lightly-threaded workloads, which matters for a 2015 FPS like Evolve that likely cannot utilize all 20 cores.

Given the game's release date, Evolve's engine was designed for far less capable hardware, so the i7-14700F's resources are largely underutilized. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the system reaches 177 FPS, which is likely near the game's engine limits or the GPU's rendering ceiling rather than a CPU constraint. The fact that frame rates scale almost exactly with resolution changes—33% drops from 1080p to 1440p across all presets—confirms that the CPU is not introducing a bottleneck at any resolution.

The CPU's 33 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 memory support provide ample bandwidth for game data, but Evolve's asset streaming demands are modest by modern standards. The Passmark multi-thread score of 41317 and data compression score of 505885 further illustrate the CPU's capability, yet these metrics do not translate into higher FPS in this title because the GPU saturates first. The data suggests that a weaker CPU could deliver nearly identical frame rates in Evolve, making the i7-14700F overkill for this specific game's requirements.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the primary determinant of Evolve's performance in this combo. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, and its architecture is Turing on a 12 nm process with 13,600 million transistors. The GPU ranks in the 65th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282, placing it just above the midpoint of tested graphics cards.

The measured FPS data shows that the GPU's limits are reached at 4K Ultra, where the average drops to 28 FPS. With a base clock of 1605 MHz and boost clock of 1770 MHz, and a pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s, the card is simply not equipped to handle the pixel workload at 3840x2160 with maxed settings. The texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s and FP32 performance of 9.062 TFLOPS are respectable for 1080p and 1440p gaming, as evidenced by the 74 FPS at 1080p Ultra and 50 FPS at 1440p Ultra.

The GPU's 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for Evolve, which is a 2015 title that does not require large texture pools by modern standards. The 256-bit memory bus and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth provide sufficient throughput for the frame rates observed, and the fact that 4K Low achieves 67 FPS suggests that memory bandwidth is not a hard constraint—the shading and rasterization throughput is what limits higher presets. The RTX 2070 SUPER's nearest rivals in average score all sit within 1.5% of it, confirming that this GPU's performance tier in Evolve is firmly mid-range, with the data showing a clear ceiling around 4K Medium before frame rates become unplayable.