Hitman 2

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance ranking of the Intel Core i7-12700K with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 in Hitman 2?

A: This combination ranks 1669th out of 3711 tested combos in the database, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all tested systems for this title.

Q: How does the RTX 5060 compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT?

A: The RTX 5060's average benchmark score is 26331, while the RX 6750 XT scores 26011, giving the RTX 5060 a 1.2% advantage in the aggregate benchmark data.

Q: What is the best playable frame rate at 4K resolution for this combo?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 62 FPS average, which is the only 4K setting that reaches beyond the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset reaches 47 FPS average, while High and Ultra drop to 35 FPS and 26 FPS respectively.

Q: What is the single-thread performance of the i7-12700K in Cinebench R23?

A: The i7-12700K scores 1850.5 points in Cinebench R23 single-core, and 19784 points in multi-core, showing strong scaling across its 12 cores and 20 threads.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM of the RTX 5060 appear to limit performance at higher settings?

A: The data shows a steep drop from Medium to High at 4K (47 FPS to 35 FPS) and from Medium to Ultra at 1440p (88 FPS to 49 FPS), suggesting that memory capacity or bandwidth pressure intensifies beyond Medium settings on this 8 GB card.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 5060 sits at the 72nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26331, indicating it outperforms roughly 72% of the GPU landscape in aggregate tests.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 brings 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a compact memory configuration — the bus width and capacity suggest a card designed for 1080p and 1440p gaming rather than 4K workloads. The 2280 MHz base clock and 2497 MHz boost clock drive 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, producing a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s. The fp32 throughput of 19.18 TFLOPS places this card in the mid-range tier of NVIDIA's Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die.

In Hitman 2, the GPU's role becomes evident when comparing settings at each resolution. At 1080p, the card moves from 76 FPS on Ultra to 183 FPS on Low, a scale that shows headroom for high refresh rates at lower presets. At 1440p, the Ultra preset drops to 49 FPS, while Medium holds at 88 FPS. The 4K results are telling: even the Low preset only reaches 62 FPS, and the gap between Medium (47 FPS) and High (35 FPS) is a 12 FPS drop that suggests the 8 GB frame buffer is being saturated as texture quality rises. The GDDR7 memory clock of 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) provides the bandwidth, but the 128-bit interface constrains how much data can flow for 4K rendering.

The GPU's percentile rank of 72 among all GPUs indicates solid mid-pack performance, but the nearest rival data shows how close this card is to last-generation parts. The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT trails by just 1.2% in average score, while the RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 0.8% behind, and the integrated AMD Radeon 860M is only 0.3% behind — the latter being an integrated solution that rivals this discrete card in aggregate benchmarks. This suggests the RTX 5060's raw compute is not dramatically ahead of older or integrated alternatives, even though its feature set (DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4) is current.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread Alder Lake processor with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. Its hybrid architecture combines performance and efficiency cores, though the fact pack does not specify the core type split. The L3 cache is 25 MB shared, with 1.25 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode, and its PCIe Gen 4 interface provides 20 lanes. The 125 W TDP and unlocked multiplier make it a flexible part for overclocking, and its 10 nm Intel process node packs 215 mm² of silicon.

In Hitman 2, the CPU's contribution is visible through the scaling from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 183 FPS, which suggests the CPU can feed frames well above 180 FPS in less demanding scenes. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1043 and multi-thread score of 9979 indicate balanced performance, while Cinebench R23 results of 1850.5 single-core and 19784 multi-core show strong per-thread efficiency. The passmark single-thread score of 4013 reinforces this, and the geekbench single-core score of 2308 confirms the architecture's strength in lightly threaded workloads.

The CPU's percentile rank of 84 among all CPUs places it well above the GPU's 72nd percentile, meaning the processor is relatively stronger than the graphics card in this pairing. This asymmetry becomes apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is less stressed: at 1080p, the CPU can maintain high frame rates, but the GPU becomes the bottleneck as resolution increases. The nearest CPU rivals — the i5-13600T, i7-12700KF, and i7-13700T — all score within 0.4% of the i7-12700K, showing that this chip is positioned in a tightly contested performance band. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 9276 versus the 2-thread score of 2065 indicates that scaling from 2 to 16 threads is roughly 4.5x, which is reasonable for a 12-core part but not linear, suggesting some efficiency losses at higher thread counts.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for optimal settings at each resolution. At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers 137 FPS average with a minimum of 117 FPS and maximum of 158 FPS — this is the sweet spot for high-refresh-rate monitors, as the Ultra preset drops to 76 FPS while High sits at 104 FPS. The Low preset reaches 183 FPS, but the visual quality loss likely outweighs the benefit unless targeting extremely high refresh rates.

At 1440p, Medium is again the recommended preset, producing 88 FPS average with a 75 FPS minimum and 101 FPS maximum. This maintains smooth gameplay above 75 FPS even in demanding scenes. High drops to 66 FPS, which is still playable but leaves less headroom for dips, while Ultra falls to 49 FPS — below the 60 FPS threshold that most players consider smooth. Low reaches 117 FPS but sacrifices too much visual fidelity for a marginal gain over Medium.

At 4K, the situation changes dramatically. Only Low achieves 62 FPS average, which is just above the 60 FPS line. Medium drops to 47 FPS with a 40 FPS minimum, which is borderline playable but risky for action sequences. High falls to 35 FPS, and Ultra to 26 FPS — neither is recommended for serious gameplay. The data suggests that 4K players should either use Low settings or consider a more powerful GPU, as the 8 GB frame buffer appears insufficient for higher presets at this resolution.

The general pattern across all resolutions is that Medium provides the best balance of visual quality and performance, with the minimum FPS staying above 75 at 1080p and 1440p. The step from Medium to High costs roughly 33% of the frame rate at each resolution (137 to 104 at 1080p, 88 to 66 at 1440p, 47 to 35 at 4K), making High a poor trade for the visual uplift. Ultra costs even more, halving the Medium frame rate at 1440p and 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1669 out of 3711 tested combinations places this system in the 45th percentile of all tested combos for Hitman 2. This is notably lower than the GPU's 72nd percentile and the CPU's 84th percentile, indicating that the combination underperforms relative to what each component achieves individually in other systems. The gap suggests that Hitman 2's specific workload does not favor this pairing, or that the game is particularly sensitive to the GPU's memory configuration.

The rank implies that roughly 2042 other combos deliver better Hitman 2 performance, and only 1669 are worse. This places the system in the middle of the pack, which is surprising given the CPU's strong 84th percentile ranking. The bottleneck appears to be the GPU, which ranks lower and has limited VRAM for this game's settings. The fact that the CPU's nearest rivals all score within 0.4% of the i7-12700K in aggregate benchmarks suggests that CPU choice is not the differentiator here — the GPU's 8 GB memory and 128-bit bus are the limiting factors.

The ranking also reveals that this combo is better suited to lower resolutions. The 1080p results (76-183 FPS) are competitive with mid-range systems, while the 4K results (26-62 FPS) are clearly below what high-end combos achieve. This aligns with the GPU's mid-range positioning in the benchmark hierarchy.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS values are: Low at 183 FPS average, Medium at 137 FPS average with a minimum of 117 FPS and maximum of 158 FPS, High at 104 FPS average, and Ultra at 76 FPS average. The gap from Low to Ultra is 107 FPS, showing a wide range of performance depending on settings.

At 2560x1440, the results scale down proportionally: Low at 117 FPS, Medium at 88 FPS average with 75 FPS minimum and 101 FPS maximum, High at 66 FPS, and Ultra at 49 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 75 FPS is notable because it stays above the 60 FPS threshold even in demanding moments.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops significantly: Low at 62 FPS, Medium at 47 FPS average with 40 FPS minimum and 54 FPS maximum, High at 35 FPS, and Ultra at 26 FPS. The Medium preset's maximum of 54 FPS never reaches 60 FPS, and the minimum of 40 FPS indicates noticeable stuttering potential.

The data shows that the Medium preset is the only setting that provides consistent frame times across resolutions, with the minimum FPS values being closest to the averages. The High and Ultra presets show no min/max data, suggesting either that they were not measured with the same granularity or that the variance was too wide to report.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the bottleneck structure of this combo. At Low settings, the FPS goes from 183 at 1080p to 117 at 1440p to 62 at 4K — a reduction of 36% from 1080p to 1440p and another 47% from 1440p to 4K. This scaling is not linear; the 4K drop is proportionally larger, indicating that the GPU's memory bandwidth and capacity are being overwhelmed at 4K.

At Medium settings, the drop is 137 to 88 to 47 FPS — a 36% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 47% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The consistency of these percentages across Low and Medium suggests that the GPU is the primary limiter, as the CPU can maintain high frame rates at 1080p but the GPU cannot scale to 4K without significant losses.

At High settings, the drop is 104 to 66 to 35 FPS — a 37% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 47% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The pattern holds, with the 4K penalty being the most severe. At Ultra, the drop is 76 to 49 to 26 FPS — a 36% reduction and then a 47% reduction.

The consistent ~36% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~47% drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings indicates that the resolution scaling is driven by the GPU's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth. The RTX 5060's 119.9 GPixel/s pixel rate and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are simply insufficient for 4K at this game's quality levels. The CPU's strong single-thread performance (1850.5 in Cinebench R23 single-core) is not the limiting factor — the data shows that even at 1080p Low, the system reaches 183 FPS, which is below what the CPU could theoretically deliver based on its benchmark scores.

The implication is that players targeting 4K should either drop to Low settings (62 FPS) or accept that this combo is not suited for 4K gaming. The 1440p results are more favorable, with Medium hitting 88 FPS and Low reaching 117 FPS, making 1440p the practical ceiling for this pairing. At 1080p, the combo excels, with Medium at 137 FPS providing a smooth experience on high-refresh-rate displays.