Minimum

The Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the Intel Arc B580 delivers a performance profile that is far from spectacular in Minimum, a third-person shooter released in 2014. The measured frame rates show that this combination sits near the bottom of the database's tested pool, ranking 2790th out of 3712 measured combos. While the CPU is a solid mid‑high-end part and the GPU holds reasonable 1080p performance, the overall result in this title is constrained by resolution and graphics settings more than by raw CPU speed. This analysis breaks down the numbers from the entire measured set, focusing on how each component contributes to the observed frame rates.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread Alder Lake desktop processor with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. It uses a 10 nm process, has a shared 25 MB L3 cache, and fits the LGA 1700 socket. In synthetic benchmarks it shows strong performance across both single-thread and multi-thread workloads. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 28838, while the single-core score is 4071. Geekbench results reach 14367 multi‑core and 2255 single‑core. PassMark multi‑thread score is 34092 and single‑thread 3984. These numbers place the i7‑12700KF in the 85th percentile of all CPUs tested by the site, meaning it beats out the vast majority of competing processors on average.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the i7‑12700KF essentially trades blows with a pack of equally capable chips. Its average benchmark score is 35365, and the closest competitor, the Intel Core i7‑13700T, scores 35403 (a delta of -0.1%). The i5‑13600T scores 35305 (+0.2%), the Core 5 213PE scores 35428 (-0.2%), and the i7‑12700K scores 35287 (+0.2%). None of these deltas exceed 0.2 percentage points, so within typical measurement noise the i7‑12700KF is indistinguishable from its nearest neighbours in raw CPU performance. The CPU had an 85th percentile rank, confirming that it is a strong processor.

How does this CPU relate to the Minimum frame rates? At the lightest settings (1920×1080 Low) the combo produces an average of 165 FPS, the fastest frame rate observed across any resolution or settings combination in the pack. That suggests the CPU can push a very high frame count, but the GPU becomes an increasingly significant limiting factor as resolution and graphical loads scale. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS falls to 28, a fraction of the low‑setting result. The CPU is not the guinea pig here; it has abundant headroom to feed a mid‑range GPU even at 1080p, but at higher resolutions the GPU's load dominates the scaling curve. Because the CPU is well above the 50th percentile, any frame deficit at high settings is not attributable to the i7‑12700KF's processing power.

GPU in

The memory subsystem and compute features are what drive the Arc B580's base performance. Its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory is seated on a 192‑bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The core runs at a constant 2670 MHz for both base and boost, and the memory clock is 2375 MHz with an effective 19 Gbps transfer rate. The GPU has 2560 shading units, 160 texture memory units, 80 ROPs, and 20 ray-tracing cores. Its FP32 throughput is 13.67 TFLOPS, and it supports DirectX Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4. In 3DMark Steel Nomad, the Arc B580 logs a score of 3068. In Geekbench OpenCL it reaches 92821, and in Vulkan 107672, while in PassMark G3D it delivers 15748. These scores place the GPU in the 68th percentile of all tested GPUs, noticeably lower than the CPU's percentile.

The B580 is roughly equivalent to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 in the benchmark environment. Its nearest rivals are a set that includes the AMD Radeon RX 5800 XT, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, the RTX 3080, and the NVIDIA P106‑100. The deltaPct values are all within ±1%: the RX 5800 XT is -0.2% below the B580, the RTX 2080 is +0.6% above, the RTX 3080 is -0.7% below, and the P106‑100 is -1%. These differences are tiny and indicate that the B580 sits in the same performance class as the RX 5800 XT, RTX 2080, and RTX 3080 in the synthetic benchmarks. However, the B580's 68th percentile shows that there are many GPUs that outperform it overall.

In Minimum, the GPU's role is clearly the dominant force across the measured FPS. The same CPU is paired with the B580, and the frame rate drops consistently whenever the render load increases—either by raising settings or going to a higher resolution. For instance, at 1920×1080, moving from Low (165 FPS) to High (106 FPS) cuts frames by almost a third. At 4K, Low gives 57 FPS, High 21 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 28 FPS. These large swings point to the GPU's shader and bandwidth capacity as the limiting resource. With only 13.67 TFLOPS FP32, the B580 cannot keep up with the demand of higher detail and resolutions in Minimum, so the CPU's strength cannot be fully expressed after 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database's overall comparison of 3712 tested CPU+GPU combinations in Minimum, this pairing landed at position 2790. That means it outperforms only about 922 of the tested systems, which places it in the lower quarter of the entire pool. While the individual components are not the weakest they could be, their combination produces a moderate result for this game. The CPU sits at a high percentile, but the GPU's percentile lags, pulling the rank down. The data suggests that the i7‑12700KF plus B580 is not a optimal match for cranking up all settings in this title if you want high frame rates at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The raw measurements provide a full picture of how the combo scales with settings and resolution.

1920×1080 – The least load produces the highest numbers. Low: 165 FPS average. Medium: 126 FPS with a minimum of 107 and maximum of 145. High: 106 FPS. Ultra: 81 FPS.

2560×1440 – Moving to 1440p reduces frames across the board. Low: 106 FPS. Medium: 81 FPS (min 69, max 93). High: 68 FPS. Ultra: 52 FPS.

3840×2160 – At 4K the numbers, while still playable in Low and Medium, clearly show GPU stress. Low: 57 FPS. Medium: 44 FPS (min 37, max 50). High: 37 FPS. Ultra: 28 FPS.

Notably, the only entries with min/max data are the Medium settings. At 1080p Medium the range is 97–145, at 1440p it's 69–93, and at 4K it's 37–50. These ranges indicate that even within a single setting, the frame rate fluctuates by as much as 48–60 FPS in the lighter cases, which may be due to more demanding moments in the game.

Resolution Scaling

Looking at the same settings across resolutions gives a clean look at the GPU's headroom. For Low settings, the averages are 165 at 1080p, 106 at 1440p, and 57 at 4K. That is a drop of 108 frames from 1080p to 4K. For High, the values are 81 at 1080p, 68 at 1440p, and 37 at 4K, a drop of 44 frames across the three. Ultra goes from 81 at 1080p to 52 at 1440p to 21 at 4K. In each case, moving from 1440p to 4K has a larger absolute impact (except for Medium where it's 81 to 44) than moving from 1080p to 1440p, which indicates that 4K is a struggle for the B580, while 1440p remains a reasonable compromise.

The 1080p Low result of 165 FPS shows that the combo can easily drive a high‑refresh monitor when the GPU is not the bottleneck. Once the render resolution or quality increases, the limitation becomes the GPU's compute and memory 456 GB/s bandwidth that cannot fill the larger 4K framebuffer fast enough. The CPU, at 12.0 GHz boost, remains in a position that it could handle a stronger GPU, but with this pairing the i7‑12700KF still has headroom left unused in the darker 4K settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average frame rate is 165 FPS at 1920×1080 with Low settings.

Q: At 4K Resolution, which setting yields the lowest average FPS?

A: Ultra yields the lowest average of 28 FPS at 3840×2160.

Q: What is the bus width of the GPU's memory interface?

A: The B580's memory uses a 192-bit bus.

Q: How does the i7‑12700KF's single‑core performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: Its single-core benchmark results are 1043 in 3DMark single-thread, 410± in Cinebench R15, 1709 in Cinebench R20, and 4071 in Cinebench R23.

Q: What is the base clock of the CPU and the boost clock?

A: The base clock is 3.60 GHz, and the boost clock is 5.00 GHz.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking overall compared to other GPUs?

A: The Arc B580 is in the 73rd percentile of all tested GPUs, according to the pack.

Q: What is the maximum boost clock of the Arc 580?

A: The GPU's base and boost are both 2670 MHz.