Fivem

Fivem is a multiplayer-focused title that stresses both CPU and GPU depending on the settings and resolution chosen. The measured data for the Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 shows a wide performance envelope, from 52.9 FPS at 4K Ultra to 283.3 FPS at 1080p Low. This analysis breaks down the measured rows to determine the optimal settings, the role of each component, and how this specific combination ranks against other tested hardware.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for this combo reveal a clear progression across the three settings presets at each resolution. At 1080p, the jump from Low to Medium costs 63.6 FPS (from 283.3 to 219.7), while the jump from Medium to High costs another 44.2 FPS (to 175.5). The step to Ultra is the most expensive, dropping to 135.6 FPS. At 1440p, the same pattern holds: Low delivers 187.6 FPS, Medium drops to 148.7, High to 118.5, and Ultra to 90.4. At 4K, the numbers compress significantly, with Low at 101.6 FPS, Medium at 80.5, High at 66.5, and Ultra at 52.9.

For the best experience per the measured data, the High preset at 1440p appears to be the sweet spot. It delivers 118.5 FPS, which is above the 90.4 FPS of Ultra while maintaining a substantial visual uplift over Medium. The 4K High preset also warrants attention at 66.5 FPS, which is playable but not high-refresh territory. The data suggests that Ultra settings are disproportionately costly at every resolution, with the 4K Ultra row at 52.9 FPS being the only measured result that falls below a 60 FPS threshold. For users prioritizing frame rate, the Medium preset at 1440p offers 148.7 FPS and represents a more balanced trade-off than High, which yields only 118.5 FPS. The 1080p High row at 175.5 FPS is the highest-quality preset that still clears the 144 Hz mark, making it ideal for high-refresh displays.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 brings 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2325 MHz with a boost clock of 2512 MHz, and its memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective transfer. The 12 GB frame buffer is a significant factor in Fivem, a game with large draw distances and dense multiplayer environments. The measured data shows that the GPU is the primary limiter at 4K, where the difference between Low and Ultra presets is 48.7 FPS (from 101.6 to 52.9). This spread indicates that the RTX 5070’s shading units (6144) and texture units (192) are heavily taxed by the higher preset demands.

The GPU’s 30.87 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 482.3 GTexel/s texture rate are reflected in the scaling from Medium to High at each resolution. At 1080p, the drop from Medium to High is 44.2 FPS, while at 1440p it is 30.2 FPS, and at 4K it is 14.0 FPS. This diminishing delta as resolution increases confirms that the GPU is progressively more saturated. The RTX 5070’s 80 ROPs and 48 RT cores are also relevant, though Fivem’s measured results show no ray tracing data, so the RT cores are not a factor in these specific rows. The GPU’s percentile rank of 83 among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41687, places it in the upper tier, and its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 with a deltaPct of 0.6, indicating near-parity in synthetic tests.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and reveals where the limiting component shifts. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 283.3 at 1080p to 187.6 at 1440p (a 33.8% reduction) and then to 101.6 at 4K (a 45.8% reduction from 1440p). At High settings, the same progression goes from 175.5 to 118.5 to 66.5, with the 4K row representing just 37.9% of the 1080p figure. This pattern indicates that the RTX 5070 is the dominant constraint at higher resolutions, as the CPU’s workload does not scale with pixel count.

The data shows that the gap between Low and Ultra narrows as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between these two presets is 147.7 FPS (283.3 versus 135.6). At 1440p, the gap is 97.2 FPS (187.6 versus 90.4). At 4K, the gap compresses to 48.7 FPS (101.6 versus 52.9). This compression is classic GPU-bound behavior: at 4K, even the Low preset saturates the GPU, so the additional work from Ultra settings has a smaller absolute impact. Conversely, at 1080p, the CPU has more headroom to feed the GPU, and the GPU is less stressed, so preset changes produce larger FPS swings. The 4K Low row at 101.6 FPS is notable because it shows the RTX 5070 can still deliver triple-digit FPS at 4K when settings are reduced, but the 4K Ultra row at 52.9 FPS demonstrates that this GPU cannot maintain high refresh rates at maximum quality.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured rows are as follows: Low delivers 283.3 FPS, Medium drops to 219.7, High to 175.5, and Ultra to 135.6. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 52.1% reduction in FPS, with each preset step costing roughly 40-50 FPS. The 1080p Low figure is the highest measured value for this combo, indicating that the CPU is not a bottleneck at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the rows show Low at 187.6 FPS, Medium at 148.7, High at 118.5, and Ultra at 90.4. The drop from Low to Ultra is 97.2 FPS, and the High preset at 118.5 FPS is the closest to a 120 Hz refresh rate target. The 1440p Ultra row at 90.4 FPS is still above 60 FPS, making it viable for standard displays.

At 3840x2160, the rows are Low at 101.6 FPS, Medium at 80.5, High at 66.5, and Ultra at 52.9. The 4K Ultra figure is the only measured row below 60 FPS, and the 4K High row at 66.5 FPS is barely above that threshold. The 4K Medium row at 80.5 FPS offers a more comfortable margin, while 4K Low at 101.6 FPS is the only 4K preset that clears 100 FPS. Across all twelve measured rows, the data shows a consistent pattern: each resolution has a 2x to 2.5x spread between Low and Ultra, with the absolute spread shrinking as resolution increases.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank for this specific pairing of Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 in Fivem is 336 out of 1792 tested combinations. This places it in the top 18.8% of all combos, which is a strong showing given the hardware’s individual percentiles. The CPU’s percentile rank of 89 and the GPU’s percentile rank of 83 both support this positioning. The rank of 336 means that there are 335 combos that achieve higher FPS in Fivem, likely featuring newer or higher-end parts, but this pairing still outperforms the vast majority of tested systems.

In the context of the GPU’s nearest rivals, the RTX 5070’s average benchmark score of 41687 is 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (score of 41441) and 0.2% above the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (score of 41610). It trails the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (score of 41897) by 0.5% and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (score of 41991) by 0.7%. These deltaPct values are small, indicating that the RTX 5070 is in a tight performance cluster, but the Fivem measured FPS shows it is more than sufficient for the game’s demands. The CPU’s nearest rivals tell a similar story: the i7-12700KF’s average score of 35355 is 0.1% above the Intel Core i5-14400 (35336), 0.2% above the Intel Core i9-12900HX (35289), 0.3% above the Intel Core i5-13600T (35256), and 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-13800H (35416). These margins are negligible in real-world gaming, and the combo’s rank of 336 reflects the balanced nature of this CPU-GPU pairing.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 25 MB of shared L3 cache. This CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, and its PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 CPU lanes provides ample bandwidth for the RTX 5070’s PCIe 5.0 x16 bus.

In Fivem, the CPU’s role is most evident at lower resolutions and settings. The 1080p Low row at 283.3 FPS is likely CPU-limited, as the GPU is not being fully utilized at this low pixel count and minimal graphical workload. The CPU’s single-thread performance, as measured by a 3dmark_single_thread score of 1043 and a cinebench_r23_singlecore score of 4091, is strong enough to sustain high frame rates. The multi-threaded performance, with a cinebench_r23_multicore score of 28979 and a passmark_multithread score of 34092, indicates that the 20 threads are well-suited for Fivem’s multiplayer backend, which can spawn numerous NPCs and scripts.

The CPU’s boost clock of 5.00 GHz is critical for the 1080p results, where the delta between Low and Ultra is 147.7 FPS. This wide spread suggests that the CPU can push high FPS when the GPU is not a bottleneck, but the Ultra preset at 135.6 FPS still shows that even at 1080p, the GPU is starting to limit. At 4K, the CPU’s influence diminishes, as evidenced by the fact that the 4K Low row (101.6 FPS) is only slightly higher than the 1440p Ultra row (90.4 FPS), despite the lower resolution and settings. The data indicates that the i7-12700KF provides sufficient headroom for the RTX 5070 across all measured presets, with the GPU becoming the sole limiter at 4K and the CPU sharing the load at 1080p. The 20 threads and high boost clock make this CPU a capable partner for the RTX 5070 in Fivem, and the combo’s rank of 336 out of 1792 reflects this synergy.