Fortnite

The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers a formidable Fortnite experience, with the benchmark data showing a clear scaling pattern across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the combination pushes frame rates well beyond the 200 FPS mark on High settings, making it an exceptional choice for high-refresh-rate displays. The data shows a significant performance cliff between Medium and Ultra settings at 4K, where the average frame rate drops from 91.4 FPS to 43.1 FPS, indicating that Ultra presets place a substantial load on the system. This combination ranks 244th out of 1,564 tested combos, placing it in the top 15.6 percent of all configurations tested for this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combo in Fortnite?

A: The highest average frame rate recorded is 374.2 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in terms of benchmark scores?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K has an average benchmark score of 35,684, which is 0.3 percent behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35,802) and 0.6 percent ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700T (35,468).

Q: What is the lowest average frame rate observed across all tested settings?

A: The lowest average frame rate is 43.1 FPS, which occurs at 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings.

Q: Is the GPU or the CPU more likely to be the limiting factor at 1080p Low settings?

A: The data shows a 374.2 FPS average at 1920x1080 Low, which is near the CPU's practical limit for frame generation in this title, suggesting the processor becomes the bottleneck before the GPU does at this extreme.

Q: Does the system support modern graphics APIs for Fortnite?

A: Yes, the GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, which are all compatible with Fortnite's rendering requirements.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of the CPU and GPU relative to all other components?

A: The CPU ranks in the 89th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 84th percentile among all GPUs, indicating both components are well above average in overall performance.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a TDP of 125 W. The processor features a hybrid design with a shared 25 MB L3 cache and per-core L2 cache of 1.25 MB. For Fortnite, the CPU's role is primarily in maintaining high frame rates at lower resolutions where the GPU has more headroom, and in handling the game's physics and building mechanics which are single-threaded in nature.

Benchmark results show strong single-threaded performance with a 3DMark single-thread score of 1,043 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4,128. This single-thread strength is crucial for Fortnite, as the game engine relies heavily on a few primary threads for game logic and rendering draw calls. The multi-threaded capabilities are also substantial, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29,241 and a PassMark multithread score of 34,404, which helps with background tasks and any secondary threads Fortnite utilizes.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 89th among all CPUs indicates it outperforms the vast majority of processors available. When compared to its nearest rivals, the i7-12700K sits within a tight performance band: it is 0.3 percent behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and 0.7 percent behind the Intel Core i5-14500HX, but 0.6 percent ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700T and 0.8 percent ahead of the Intel Core i7-13800H. These deltas are marginal, meaning the i7-12700K offers competitive processing power within its class.

In the context of the measured FPS data, the CPU's high clock speeds and strong IPC allow it to feed the GPU effectively at 1920x1080, where the system achieves 374.2 FPS on Low settings. However, as resolution increases to 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the dominant factor, and the CPU's role diminishes relative to the rendering workload.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, paired with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed. With 7,168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation units, the GPU provides 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance.

The GPU's role in Fortnite is primarily defined by its ability to handle increasing resolutions and visual fidelity settings. The benchmark data shows that at 1920x1080, the GPU delivers strong performance across all settings, ranging from 134.3 FPS on Ultra to 374.2 FPS on Low. The gap between settings narrows at 2560x1440, where High settings yield 132.5 FPS and Low yields 238.9 FPS. At 3840x2160, the GPU's workload becomes more intensive, with High settings producing 71.3 FPS and Ultra dropping to 43.1 FPS, indicating that 4K Ultra is beyond the comfortable range for smooth gameplay.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 42,576 places it in the 84th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals show a tight clustering: the NVIDIA RTX A6000 scores 42,653 (0.2 percent higher), the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 42,723 (0.3 percent higher), while the AMD Radeon Pro 580X scores 41,991 (1.4 percent lower) and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 scores 41,897 (1.6 percent lower). This indicates the RTX 4070 SUPER performs competitively against professional and workstation cards that carry significantly different price points.

The GPU's 12 GB of VRAM is sufficient for Fortnite's texture requirements at all tested settings, as the game does not appear to hit memory limitations based on the FPS scaling. The data reveals that the transition from Medium to Ultra at 3840x2160 results in a frame rate halving (from 91.4 to 43.1 FPS), which suggests that Ultra settings introduce effects that heavily tax the GPU's shading and rasterization capabilities.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of how this combo performs across three resolutions and four settings categories. At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates exceptional performance: Low settings achieve an average of 374.2 FPS, Medium delivers 267.6 FPS, High produces 207.7 FPS, and Ultra reaches 134.3 FPS. This resolution is clearly where the combo excels, with all settings providing frame rates that are well above the typical 60 FPS standard, and even Ultra clearing the 120 FPS threshold.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows more differentiation between settings. Low settings average 238.9 FPS, Medium drops to 167.2 FPS, High maintains 132.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 84.8 FPS. The data shows that the gap between Low and Ultra settings is approximately 2.8x, indicating that the GPU's workload scales significantly with visual complexity at this resolution.

The 3840x2160 resolution reveals the most challenging environment for this combo. Low settings still provide a playable 126.7 FPS average, Medium reduces to 91.4 FPS, High drops further to 71.3 FPS, and Ultra falls to 43.1 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a consistent decline, but the steepest drop occurs between Medium and High (a 20.1 FPS decrease) and between High and Ultra (a 28.2 FPS decrease), suggesting that Ultra's additional effects are particularly demanding.

Comparing resolutions at the same settings, the scaling is consistent: for High settings, performance decreases from 207.7 FPS at 1080p to 132.5 FPS at 1440p (a 36 percent reduction) and then to 71.3 FPS at 4K (a 46 percent further reduction). This pattern holds across other settings, confirming that the GPU's rendering pipeline is the primary determinant of frame rates, with the CPU providing sufficient headroom at all tested configurations.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 244th out of 1,564 tested combos for Fortnite, placing it in the top 15.6 percent of all configurations. This ranking reflects the system's ability to deliver high frame rates across most settings, with notable strengths at 1080p and 1440p resolutions. The rank indicates that while there are more powerful configurations available, this combo sits comfortably above the median and offers a strong balance of CPU and GPU performance for this specific title.

The CPU's 89th percentile ranking and the GPU's 84th percentile ranking suggest that both components are well-matched, with neither significantly bottlenecking the other in most scenarios. The data shows that at lower resolutions, the CPU's strong single-thread performance allows the GPU to reach its full potential, as evidenced by the 374.2 FPS result at 1080p Low. At higher resolutions, the GPU's capabilities become the limiting factor, which is expected given the increased rendering load.

Compared to other combos, the 244th rank out of 1,564 places this system in the upper quartile, meaning it outperforms roughly 84 percent of tested configurations. The tight clustering of the CPU's rivals (all within 1.6 percent of its average score) and the GPU's rivals (all within 1.6 percent) suggests that this combo's performance is representative of a broad class of mid-to-high-end systems. The measured FPS data confirms that this system is particularly well-suited for competitive play at 1080p or 1440p, where frame rates consistently exceed 130 FPS even on High settings, while 4K gaming requires more conservative settings to maintain smooth gameplay.