Greedfall

The pairing of an Intel Core i7-14700KF with an AMD Radeon RX 570 presents a stark contrast in capabilities, and the measured frame rates in Greedfall reflect this imbalance. The data shows a processor that sits in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, paired with a graphics card that, while holding a 74th percentile ranking, is from the Polaris generation. The benchmark results reveal a system where the GPU is consistently the primary constraint, yet the CPU's overhead ensures that even at lower settings, the game remains highly playable.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K clearly illustrates where the bottleneck lies. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo averages 53.7 FPS, which drops by roughly 36% to 34.4 FPS at 2560x1440, and then falls further to 22.2 FPS at 3840x2160. This steep decline is the classic signature of a GPU-limited scenario; the RX 570's rendering workload is expanding faster than its processing capabilities can handle as pixel count increases.

The scaling pattern becomes even more telling when examining the Low preset. At 1080p Low, the average frame rate is 74.2 FPS, which is a substantial jump from the High preset. This indicates that when the GPU's workload is lightened, the system has significant headroom. However, this headroom is quickly consumed by resolution. The 1440p Low result of 52 FPS shows a 30% drop from 1080p, and the 4K Low result of 28.7 FPS is a 61% drop from the 1440p figure. The performance penalty per resolution step is larger at lower settings, which strongly suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor; otherwise, the frame rates would plateau regardless of resolution.

The data implies that this pairing is severely mismatched for high-resolution gaming. The i7-14700KF is waiting on the RX 570 to finish its work at every resolution tested. The 4K Ultra result of 15 FPS is practically unplayable, and even the 4K High result of 22.2 FPS is well below the threshold for a smooth experience. The benchmark results indicate that this combination is best suited for 1080p gaming, where the GPU can still provide acceptable performance, or for scenarios where the resolution is lowered to compensate for the GPU's age.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows suggest that the "Medium" preset at 1920x1080 offers the most balanced experience. With an average of 56.6 FPS, this setting provides a significant improvement over the High preset's 53.7 FPS while likely maintaining better visual fidelity than the Low preset. The jump from Low to Medium is relatively modest at 1080p (from 74.2 to 56.6 FPS), which suggests that the GPU is still capable of handling the increased workload without a catastrophic frame rate collapse.

For users willing to prioritize smoothness over visual quality, the Low preset at 1080p is the only tested configuration that consistently exceeds 60 FPS, with an average of 74.2 FPS. This is the only setting where the frame rate is high enough to fully utilize a 60Hz display without compromises. The High preset at 1440p, with its 34.4 FPS average, is a borderline playable experience that might be acceptable for slower-paced exploration, but the data does not support it as a recommendation for action-heavy sequences.

The Ultra preset is not recommended at any resolution. At 1080p it produces an average of 35.2 FPS, at 1440p it falls to 21.2 FPS, and at 4K it drops to 15 FPS. The performance cost of Ultra is disproportionate to its likely visual benefits, given that the Medium preset at 1080p delivers 21.4 FPS more than Ultra at the same resolution. The data points to a clear conclusion: for this specific hardware combination, 1080p Medium is the sweet spot, offering a playable frame rate without sacrificing all graphical features.

How This Combo Ranks

In the grand scheme of tested hardware combinations for Greedfall, this specific pairing ranks 1624 out of 1705 combos. This places it in the bottom 5% of all configurations tested, which is a surprisingly low position given the CPU's pedigree. The rank is a composite measure that reflects the overall gaming experience, and the RX 570's limitations drag the entire system down despite the powerful processor.

The disparity between the components is stark when considering their individual standings. The Core i7-14700KF scores 44,557 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, placing it in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70,104. In contrast, the RX 570's average benchmark score is 30,158, and its nearest rivals include modern cards like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, which has a deltaPct of 0.2. This suggests that the GPU is performing at a level comparable to contemporary mid-range cards in synthetic tests, but its real-world gaming performance in Greedfall is heavily constrained by its 4 GB of VRAM and older architecture.

The low combo rank indicates that while the CPU is top-tier, the GPU is a legacy part that is holding the system back in this specific game. The data suggests that this configuration is a bottlenecked system, where the potential of the i7-14700KF is largely unrealized. For a user with this CPU, the RX 570 is the clear weak link, and the measured performance is a direct reflection of that imbalance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are as follows: Low settings yield an average of 74.2 FPS, Medium produces 56.6 FPS, High gives 53.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 35.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 17.6 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is only 2.9 FPS. This suggests that the Medium preset offers most of the visual quality of High without a significant performance penalty, while Low provides a substantial speed boost.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 52 FPS, Medium at 39.9 FPS, High at 34.4 FPS, and Ultra at 21.2 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at High settings results in a 19.3 FPS loss, which is a 36% reduction. At Low settings, the loss is 22.2 FPS, which is a 30% reduction. The performance deltas between settings remain consistent, but the overall frame rates are lower across the board.

At 3840x2160, the results become quite low: Low averages 28.7 FPS, Medium averages 26.7 FPS, High averages 22.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 15 FPS. The difference between Low and High at 4K is only 6.5 FPS, which indicates that the GPU is so saturated that even reducing settings has diminishing returns. The 4K results are universally below playable thresholds, with the highest average being 28.7 FPS on Low.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. The card has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. Its base clock is 1168 MHz with a boost clock of 1244 MHz, and it delivers a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance is 5.095 TFLOPS.

In Greedfall, the 4 GB VRAM is likely a critical limitation, especially at higher resolutions and settings. The data shows that at 4K, even Low settings only achieve 28.7 FPS, which suggests the card is not just fill-rate limited but also potentially memory-bandwidth or capacity limited. The 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is modest by modern standards, and the game's texture data at 4K could be exceeding the 4 GB buffer, causing the GPU to stutter or drop to lower-performance memory management paths.

The GPU's 74th percentile ranking among all GPUs is surprisingly high, but its nearest rivals are contemporary cards like the RTX 5060, which indicates that its synthetic benchmark scores are competitive. However, the measured FPS in Greedfall tells a different story. The 1080p High result of 53.7 FPS is playable, but the card's age is evident in how quickly performance degrades as resolution increases. The boost clock of 1244 MHz is not particularly high, and the GCN 4.0 architecture lacks the modern feature set that would help in newer titles.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700KF is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 33 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration.

For Greedfall, the CPU is almost certainly not a bottleneck at any resolution tested. The frame rates are consistently low enough that the GPU is the limiting factor. The i7-14700KF's single-core performance is exceptional, as shown by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6290, which is more than sufficient for the game's logic and AI. The multi-core score of 44,557 is also far beyond what Greedfall would require, as it is not a heavily threaded title.

The CPU's high percentile ranking (96th) and average benchmark score of 70,104 indicate that it is a top-tier processor. The fact that it is paired with a GPU that has a 74th percentile ranking creates a significant performance gap. The data shows that the CPU is not being utilized to its full potential; it is likely idling or running at low utilization while waiting for the GPU to render frames. This is a classic case of a CPU being far more powerful than the GPU, resulting in a system that is GPU-bound in almost every scenario.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU-GPU combo in Greedfall?

A: Based on the measured data, 1920x1080 is the only resolution that provides consistently playable frame rates. At 1080p, the average FPS ranges from 35.2 on Ultra to 74.2 on Low, while 1440p and 4K results are all below 52 FPS.

Q: Why is the 4K performance so poor even on Low settings?

A: The 4K Low result is 28.7 FPS, which is only 6.5 FPS higher than the 4K High result of 22.2 FPS. This indicates that the GPU's rendering pipeline is completely saturated at this resolution, and reducing settings has a minimal impact on performance.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its synthetic benchmark rivals in this game?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 30,158, with its nearest rival being the RTX 5060 at a deltaPct of 0.2. However, in Greedfall, the RX 570's real-world performance is limited to 53.7 FPS at 1080p High, which is below what a modern card would likely achieve.

Q: Is the Core i7-14700KF the bottleneck in this system?

A: No. The CPU's high benchmark scores (e.g., 44,557 in Cinebench R23 multi-core) and 96th percentile ranking show it is not the limiting factor. The frame rates are low across all resolutions, indicating the GPU is the primary constraint.

Q: What settings preset provides the best frame rate at 1080p?

A: The Low preset at 1080p provides the highest average frame rate of 74.2 FPS. However, the Medium preset at 56.6 FPS might offer a better balance of visual quality and performance, as the jump from Medium to High is only 2.9 FPS.

Q: How does this combo's overall rank compare to other tested systems?

A: This pairing ranks 1624 out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 5% of systems. This low rank is due to the GPU's age, despite the CPU being in the top tier of processors.