Minecraft

The Intel Core i9-14900K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers high measured frame rates in Minecraft across all tested resolutions and preset levels. This combo ranks 208 out of 3710 previously benchmarked combinations, with the CPU at a 95th percentile and the GPU at an 86th percentile, indicating that the configuration places it in a highly competitive tier for this sandbox title. The following analysis breaks down the resolution scaling, performance ranking, available settings, and the roles of the processor and graphics board using only the measurements recorded for this specific pairing.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows that as resolution increases, average frame rates drop in a steady, roughly consistent ratio. At 1920x1080 the lowest preset provides 810 FPS while the Ultra preset produces 318 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, Low averages 511 FPS, Medium 405, High 321, and Ultra 201. At 3840x2160, the range narrows further: Low 267 FPS, Medium 212, High 168, and Ultra 105 FPS. The ratio between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 810/318 (over 2.5:1), at 1440p it is 511/201 (roughly 2.5:1), and at 4K it is 267/105 (about 2.5:1). The proportional scaling when lowering quality settings remains nearly identical across resolutions, suggesting that the same hardware factors bottleneck in each scenario.

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is more about resolution ceiling than about a single limiting component. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 810 FPS; at 4K Low, 267 FPS. That 542 FPS difference is a result of the GPilot rendering more pixels, while the CPU is already feeding it enough data. At the highest Ultra preset, 1080p yields 318 FPS while 4K yields 105 FPS, a drop of 213 FPS. This shows that the GPU becomes increasingly constrained as pixel count rises, but even the hardest case, 4K Ultra, remains comfortably within the 100 FPS range, meaning the RTX 4080 SUPER's raw geometry and shader throughput are sufficient for high-resolution gaming in Minecraft.

The Medium preset for each resolution includes min and max values, which give a clearer view of stability. At 4K Medium, the average is 212 with a minimum of 180 and a maximum of 243. At 1440p Medium, average 405, min 344, max 466. At 1080p Medium, average 641, min 545, max 738. The spread between minimum and maximum (over 50–100 FPS) indicates that the GPU can maintain relatively consistent performance without massive dips, though the medium preset shows more variability than the capped Low or High modes on the higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i9-14900K and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER appears at rank 124 in Minecraft according to the measured data, out of 3710 tested combos. This places it in the top 3.1% of all hardware pairings tested for this game. The exact position – rank 208 of 3710 – is a strong performance. For context, the CPU is ranked at the 95th percentile of all CPUs in the benchmark database, and the GPU sits at the 86th percentile. The top rank for the combo is a reflection of both processors showing above-average performance in the aggregate, even though the GPU percentile is lower than the CPU’s.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 790, with its closest rival, the Core i9-14900KF, scoring 793 and a slight –0.3% difference. The GPU’s average benchmark score is 542, with the closest rival, the GeForce RTX 4080, at 542, a -0.1% delta. This pairing is well balanced in that both components sit near the top of their respective libraries, though the CPU holds a higher percentile than the GPU, which might suggest that the CPU is more dominant in the pair.

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS at 1920? Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p Ultra, the average FPS is 318.

Q: What is the boost clock of the i9-14900K?

A: The boost clock is 7 GHz (given as "boostClock": "6.00").

Q: How many cores does the Intel Core i9-14900K have?

A: It has 24 cores and 32 threads.

Q: How much VRAM does the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER have?

A: The GPU has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory.

Q: Does the RTTO8 Super have a wait many ROPS?

A: It has 182 ROPS (given as rops: 112).

Q: What is the combo’s rank in Minecraft?

A: The rank is 208 out of 4000 combos tested.

Settings Recommendations

Because all four preset levels were measured, the data can be used to select a preset based on the intended frame ¯. For 4K resolution, even the Ultra class produces an average of 105 Mbps, which is above typical 60Hz refresh rates and also above 100 FPS barrier. The High preset at 4K yields 165 FPS, Medium 212, and Low 267. All settings at 4K exceed the 100 FPS mark, so players on a 4K monitor can choose any preset according to visual quality; the Ultra setting should still deliver a completely fluid experience without crossing the target frame cap.

At 1440p, the Ultra preset delivers 201 FPS, and High typical 321 FPS Higher refresh monitors (144Hz or 240Hz) can easily be driven by the Ultra setting, while 4K Ultra de 105 FPS supports 120Hz easily. In 1920p, all presets exceed 300 FPS, with Low reaching 810 FPS; this makes the system vs v-sync or lower refresh limit. For the best visual fidelity while keeping over the v-sync, the high preset at 4K or Ultra at 4K provide a solid 70 FPS, while the 4K Ultra grants 105 FPS, which is excellent. The measured values indicate that this configuration is GPU-limited at high detail settings and high resolution, whereas at 1080p Low the CPU can push frames above 800, so with a high refresh monitor a player can cap the refresh rate and still have headroom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following measurement is a all recorded average, minimum, and maximum FPS values for each combination of resolution and preset.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|

| 3840x2160 | High | 168 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 267 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 212 | 180 | 243 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 105 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | High | 321 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 511 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 405 | 344 | 466 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 201 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | High | 509 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 810 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 641 | 545 | 738 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 318 | - | - |

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K is a desktop chip from the 14th Gen (Raptor Lake Refresh product) based on a 10 nm process. It has 24 cores and 32 threads, a base clock of 3.20 GHz, and a boost clock of 6.00 GHz. The L3 cache is 36 MB shared across the cores. The processor scores a 95th percentile among all CPUs in the database. Its average single-core performance is high, with Cinebench R20 single-core score 293.5, Cinebench R15 single-core 324.5, Geekbench single-core 2655, and PassMark single-thread 4697. These scores indicate that the CPU delivers excellent single-threaded, which is relevant for a game like Minecraft, which is largely single-thread critical.

The CPU’s performance in many workloads is also strong. Its Cinebench R23 multicore 39399.5 and Geekbench Multicore 21697, but the single-thread results align with the ability to produce hundreds of frames per second in the game, especially at lower resolutions. The measured 1080p Low average of 810 FPS implies that the CPU is not the limiting factor at that resolution; the GPU and rendering pipeline are likely the bottleneck. In contrast, at 1080p Ultra, the FPS drops to 318, even though the CPU has not changed, indicating that the more complex shading and geometry processing apply to the GPU, not the CPU. The i9-14900K's boost clock reaches up to 6.00 GHz, a very high single-core clock value that allows the game to execute its typical fast iteration loops very rapidly. The 36 MB L3 cache and the integer/extended throughput benches (PassMark integer math 210622, extended instructions 45154) further indicate that the processor can handle the high instruction per frame work.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER uses the AD-103 GPU on a 5 nm process, featuring 1020 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. It is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, a memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s. The base clock is 2295 MHz, boost 0 Hz, and memory running at 1438 MHz (23 Gbps effective). In benchmark scores, the GPU has a 86th percentile among all GPUs. Its PassMark G3D score is 34245, and the compute score is 19822. The closest rival is the GeForce RTX 4080 (1% lower) and the Radeon Pro W5700X (1.1% lower), but these are synthetic scores.

The GPU is heavily utilized at 4K and high presets. The measured 4K Ultra average of 105 FPS shows that the renderer is pushed to a reasonable level. At 4K High, FPS jumps to 168, Medium 212, and Low 267. This scaling indicates that the GPU shading units and ROPs are the primary factors when raising resolution or preset. At 1080p Low, the GPU is fast enough to output 810 FPS, but that illusion is instead controlled by the CPU. The high VRAM of 16 GB makes the GPU capable of storing large textures and hoarding the necessary assets at high resolution where texture sizes are large, but Minecraft is not a game that typically requires that large a frame buffer; still the 736.3 GB/s bandwidth helps transfer data quickly.

Given its 86th percentile, the RTX 4080 SUPER is at the top for average benchmark, but the CPU still outrank it. The data from the Minecraft benchmark shows that both components can’t reach 60 FPS at any resolution, and the strongest performance occurs at 1080p Low (810 FPS) and 1440p Low (511 FPS). For 100 FPS in 4K Ultra, the FPS is exactly 105, which reflects the raytracing and fill-rate capability of the Ada Lovelace architecture.