Minimum

The Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a performance profile in Minimum that is heavily dictated by resolution and graphics settings, with the data showing a clear transition from a CPU-limited scenario at 1080p to a GPU-bound one at 4K. This combination achieves an average frame rate of 211.5 FPS at 1080p High settings, which scales impressively to 326.8 FPS at Low settings, indicating that the processor has ample headroom to feed the graphics card. However, the frame rate curve flattens significantly as resolution increases, with the 4K Ultra result of 57.3 FPS revealing the limits of the graphics subsystem under maximum load.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for this combo demonstrates a predictable but steep drop-off as resolution increases, a pattern that classifies the RTX 4070 Ti as the primary scaling bottleneck in this title. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings reduces the average frame rate from 211.5 FPS to 136.6 FPS, a decrease of roughly 35%, which is a substantial hit that suggests the GPU is working progressively harder to fill the additional pixels. The transition from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 at High settings yields a further drop to 71.7 FPS, representing another 47% reduction, confirming that 4K resolution places a heavy load on the graphics card’s rendering pipeline.

At 4K, the scaling across settings is particularly telling, with the spread between Low and Ultra being 54.1 FPS—from 111.4 FPS down to 57.3 FPS—which highlights how much the visual fidelity options tax the GPU. The 1440p results show a similar pattern but with higher absolute numbers, as the Low setting achieves 212.1 FPS and Ultra still manages 102.3 FPS, indicating that this resolution is more balanced for the hardware. The 1080p results, by contrast, show less dramatic scaling between settings, with the gap from Low to Ultra being 164.1 FPS, which points to the CPU becoming the limiting factor at this lower resolution, as the GPU is not fully saturated.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF brings a 12-core, 20-thread configuration based on the Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, which proves more than sufficient for the demands of Minimum. The benchmark data shows this processor achieving a 3DMark single-thread score of 1043 and a multi-thread score of 9983, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 28979, indicating strong single-threaded and multi-threaded capabilities that ensure the game logic and physics calculations are not a bottleneck. At 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 326.8 FPS, a figure that is likely constrained by the CPU’s ability to issue draw calls and process game state, as the GPU has more than enough raw power for such a light load.

The processor’s 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide low-latency access to frequently used data, which is critical for maintaining high frame rates in a fast-paced third-person shooter. When compared to its nearest rivals, the i7-12700KF scores an average benchmark of 35355, placing it just 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i5-14400 and 0.2% behind the Intel Core i7-13800H, showing that it sits in a tight competitive band. This performance level means that in Minimum, the CPU is rarely the limiting factor at 1440p or 4K, but at 1080p, the data suggests that frame rates are capped by the processor’s throughput rather than the GPU’s capability.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process, is the dominant component in this pairing, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s, which is adequate for the texture and geometry loads of Minimum at 4K, though the data shows that Ultra settings still push it to its limits. The boost clock of 2610 MHz, combined with 7680 shading units and 80 ROPs, drives a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s, which explains the strong performance at 1440p where it maintains 102.3 FPS on Ultra.

The GPU’s FP32 compute throughput of 40.09 TFLOPS is a strong indicator of its rasterization power, yet the 4K Ultra result of 57.3 FPS shows that even this level of performance is challenged by the game’s highest settings. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s becomes a critical factor at 4K, as the 12 GB frame buffer is likely filled with high-resolution textures, and the data shows a clear performance cliff between Medium (85.5 FPS) and Ultra (57.3 FPS) at this resolution. The RTX 4070 Ti scores an average benchmark of 44900, placing it 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile and 1.5% behind the Intel Arc A730M, indicating that it is a top-tier GPU in the database, though its end-of-life production status suggests it is being superseded by newer models.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings, with Low achieving 326.8 FPS, Medium at 250.9 FPS, High at 211.5 FPS, and Ultra at 162.7 FPS, showing a smooth progression that indicates the GPU is not saturated until the highest settings are applied. The 1080p Low result of 326.8 FPS is particularly notable, as it suggests the CPU is the primary limiter at this point, with the GPU having significant idle capacity. At 2560x1440, the frame rates drop to 212.1 FPS for Low, 160.8 FPS for Medium, 136.6 FPS for High, and 102.3 FPS for Ultra, representing a more balanced workload where both components contribute to the final output.

At 3840x2160, the results show the GPU taking full control, with Low achieving 111.4 FPS, Medium at 85.5 FPS, High at 71.7 FPS, and Ultra falling to 57.3 FPS. The 4K Low result of 111.4 FPS is still playable, but the Ultra setting dips below 60 FPS, which is a critical threshold for smooth gameplay in a third-person shooter. The data shows a consistent pattern where each increase in settings at 4K costs roughly 14-15 FPS, whereas at 1080p, the cost is much higher, ranging from 39.4 FPS between High and Ultra to 75.9 FPS between Low and Medium, further confirming the CPU-bound nature of lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination ranks 207th out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the top 12% of all systems in the database. This rank reflects the strong overall performance of the pairing, though it is not at the very top, indicating that there are more powerful combinations available for this title. The CPU’s 89th percentile ranking among all processors and the GPU’s 85th percentile ranking among all GPUs suggest that this combo is well above average, but the 4K Ultra result of 57.3 FPS shows that it is not the ultimate solution for maximum fidelity.

The combo’s rank is likely influenced by the GPU’s performance at 4K, where it trails newer or more powerful cards, but the 1080p and 1440p results are strong enough to keep it in the upper echelon. The data shows that this pairing excels in scenarios where the CPU is the limiting factor, such as at 1080p Low, where it achieves 326.8 FPS, but it is less competitive at 4K Ultra where the GPU’s 12 GB memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth become constraints. Overall, the rank of 207 out of 1733 places this combo in a solid position, offering high frame rates at mainstream resolutions while being adequate for 4K at lower settings.