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FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this combo at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings?

A: The recorded data shows an average of 76 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings. This is the lowest average among the four settings presets at this resolution, with Low producing 155 FPS, Medium producing 119 FPS, and High producing 100 FPS.

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus compare to its closest rival in overall CPU benchmark scores?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus has an average benchmark score of 93785, while its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon 6520P, scores 93786, a delta of 0 percent. The AMD EPYC 4564P scores 95183, which is 1.5 percent higher, and the AMD EPYC 9175F scores 95615, which is 1.9 percent higher.

Q: What is the VRAM capacity of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and its memory type?

A: The GPU has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. Its memory clock is 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective.

Q: What is the rank of this CPU and GPU combination for this game among all tested combos?

A: The combination ranks 2929 out of 3712 tested combos in the database for this game. That places it in the lower half of all recorded system configurations.

Q: What is the boost clock of the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus?

A: The boost clock is 5.50 GHz, while the base clock is 3.70 GHz. The CPU has 24 cores and 24 threads, with 36 MB of shared L3 cache.

Q: Which resolution and settings produce the highest average FPS for this combo?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 155 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next highest is 119 FPS at the same resolution with Medium settings, followed by 100 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings and 100 FPS at 2560x1440 with Low settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the graphics processing unit in this configuration. It is built on the Turing architecture with the TU106 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. The GPU contains 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units. It also includes 30 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores, which are relevant for applications that leverage those specialized functions. The base clock is 1365 MHz and the boost clock is 1680 MHz. The memory subsystem uses 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, which yields a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s.

The GPU's performance metrics in the database show a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s. The FP32 compute throughput is 6.451 TFLOPS, while FP16 is 12.90 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio. The recorded 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1242. In the Passmark suite, the DirectX 11 score is 110, the DirectX 12 score is 53, and the DirectX 9 score is 190. The Passmark G3D score is 14111, with a G2D score of 745 and a GPU compute score of 5488. The Geekbench OpenCL score is 65014 and the Vulkan score is 65846.

The GPU's average benchmark score is 15290, placing it at the 58th percentile among all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 with an average score of 15283, a delta of 0 percent. The AMD Radeon 680M scores 15270, 0.1 percent lower, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM scores 15199, 0.6 percent lower. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 scores 15171, 0.8 percent lower. These close scores indicate that the RTX 2060 sits in a tight performance cluster where small differences in benchmark results separate it from its peers.

In the context of this game, the GPU's VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints. At 3840x2160, the highest recorded average FPS is 54 with Low settings, but that drops to 26 with Ultra settings. This pattern shows that the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions and settings, as the frame rate scales downward when the rendering load increases. The 6 GB VRAM is sufficient for the game at all tested settings, but the compute and memory bandwidth limits become apparent at 4K resolution.

The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support and Vulkan 1.4 API compatibility indicate that it can handle modern graphics features, but the measured frame rates in this game suggest that its raw throughput is better suited for 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 resolutions rather than 3840x2160.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is the central processing unit in this configuration. It is part of the Core Ultra Series 2, with the codename Arrow Lake Refresh, built on a 3 nm process at TSMC. The CPU has 24 cores and 24 threads, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The thermal design power is 125 W, and it supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus with a bandwidth of 115.2 GB/s. The L1 cache is 192 KB per core, L2 is 3 MB per core, and L3 is 36 MB shared. The CPU uses Intel Socket 1851 and supports PCIe Gen 5 with 20 lanes from the CPU. It also includes integrated Arc Xe-LPG Graphics with 64 execution units.

The CPU's benchmark results in the database are strong. The Cinebench R23 multicore score is 44253, with a single-core score of 2439. The Cinebench R20 multicore score is 24461, and the single-core score is 3453. The Cinebench R15 multicore score is 6656, with a single-core score of 354. The Passmark multithread score is 68574, the single-thread score is 5068, and the physics score is 4064. The Passmark integer math score is 175986, floating point math is 229491, and extended instructions score is 63506. Data compression scores 804322, data encryption scores 59097, random string sorting scores 96945, and find prime numbers scores 615.

The average benchmark score for the CPU is 93785, placing it at the 96th percentile among all CPUs in the database. Its nearest rival is the Intel Xeon 6520P with an average score of 93786, a delta of 0 percent. The AMD EPYC 4564P scores 95183, which is 1.5 percent higher, the AMD EPYC 9175F scores 95615, which is 1.9 percent higher, and the AMD EPYC 4565P scores 95764, which is 2.1 percent higher. These deltas are small, showing that the Ultra 7 270K Plus performs at a level comparable to those server-oriented processors in the database's aggregate benchmark.

For this game, the CPU's 24 cores and high boost clock provide ample processing headroom. The measured frame rates at 1920x1080 with Low settings reach 155 FPS average, which indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck at that resolution and preset. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average drops to 26 FPS, which is primarily due to the GPU's limits rather than the CPU. The CPU's single-thread performance, as shown by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2439, is sufficient for the game's logic and physics, and the multicore capability handles background tasks without affecting frame pacing.

The CPU's 96th percentile ranking among all CPUs reinforces that it is a high-end processor. However, in this specific game, the combination's rank of 2929 out of 3712 combos indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor, as the CPU's capabilities exceed what the game demands.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates in the database cover three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 155 with Low settings down to 76 with Ultra settings. The Medium preset produces 119 FPS average, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137. The High preset produces 100 FPS average. These numbers show a clear scaling pattern: each step from Low to Ultra reduces the average frame rate, with the largest drop occurring between Medium and Ultra, from 119 to 76 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS ranges from 100 with Low settings down to 49 with Ultra settings. The Medium preset produces 77 FPS average, with a minimum of 65 and a maximum of 88. The High preset produces 64 FPS average. The scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution shows a similar pattern to 1920x1080, but with lower absolute values. The drop from Medium to Ultra is 28 FPS, from 77 to 49.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 54 with Low settings down to 26 with Ultra settings. The Medium preset produces 41 FPS average, with a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 47. The High preset produces 35 FPS average. The scaling at this resolution is steeper in percentage terms: the difference between Low and Ultra is 28 FPS, which represents a 52 percent reduction from the Low value.

Comparing resolutions at the same settings, the effect of resolution is consistent. At Low settings, the average goes from 155 FPS at 1920x1080 to 100 FPS at 2560x1440 to 54 FPS at 3840x2160. At Medium settings, the average goes from 119 to 77 to 41. At High settings, the average goes from 100 to 64 to 35. At Ultra settings, the average goes from 76 to 49 to 26. This shows that each resolution step roughly halves the frame rate, which is expected given the pixel count increase.

The minimum and maximum FPS are only recorded for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the range is 101 to 137, which is a spread of 36 FPS. At 2560x1440, the range is 65 to 88, a spread of 23 FPS. At 3840x2160, the range is 35 to 47, a spread of 12 FPS. The narrower spread at higher resolutions indicates that the frame time variability is smaller when the GPU is under heavier load, possibly due to the game being more consistently GPU-bound.

The data shows that 1920x1080 is the only resolution where all settings presets maintain an average above 60 FPS. At 2560x1440, only Low and Medium settings stay above 60 FPS, while High and Ultra fall below. At 3840x2160, no settings preset reaches 60 FPS average, with the highest being 54 FPS at Low settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 2929 out of 3712 tested combos for this game. This places the combo in the lower portion of the distribution, specifically at approximately the 79th percentile from the bottom, meaning about 21 percent of tested combos perform worse. The rank reflects the overall system capability when running this specific game, accounting for both CPU and GPU performance.

The CPU itself is a high performer, ranking at the 96th percentile among all CPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score of 93785 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon 6520P, which scores 93786. The GPU, however, ranks at the 58th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 15290. The GPU's nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, scores 15283, which is a 0 percent delta. This indicates that the GPU is a mid-range part, and its performance ceiling limits the overall combo rank.

The discrepancy between the CPU's high percentile and the combo's lower rank highlights that the GPU is the constraining component. In a game like this, which is a Third-Person Shooter, the frame rate is primarily dependent on the GPU's ability to render scenes. The CPU's 24 cores and 5.50 GHz boost clock are more than sufficient for the game's processing demands, as evidenced by the high single-thread and multithread benchmark scores. However, the GPU's 6 GB VRAM and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors at higher resolutions and settings.

The combo's rank of 2929 out of 3712 means that there are 783 combos that perform worse, and 2928 combos that perform better. This places the combo in the lower third of the distribution. The CPU's performance is not the reason for this rank; rather, the GPU's mid-range position drags the overall combination down. In the database's aggregate GPU benchmarks, the RTX 2060 is closely matched with the GTX 580, the Radeon 680M, and the RTX 3050 OEM, all within a 0.8 percent delta. This tight cluster suggests that the GPU's performance is well understood and that its capabilities are fixed for this generation.

The measured FPS data supports this interpretation. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 155 FPS average, which is a respectable result for a mid-range GPU. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average drops to 26 FPS, which is below playable thresholds. The CPU is not the bottleneck in either case, as its performance is in the top percentile. Therefore, the combo's rank is a direct consequence of the GPU's limits.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear basis for recommending settings presets based on resolution. The database records average FPS for four presets at three resolutions, and the interpretation of these values depends on the target frame rate.

At 1920x1080, all settings presets produce an average above 60 FPS. The Low preset achieves 155 FPS, which is the highest recorded value for this combo. The Medium preset achieves 119 FPS, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137. The High preset achieves 100 FPS, and the Ultra preset achieves 76 FPS. For a smooth experience at this resolution, the Medium preset offers a good balance, as it stays above 100 FPS average and the minimum of 101 FPS keeps frame drops above the typical 60 FPS threshold. The High preset also remains above 60 FPS, but the Ultra preset, while still above 60 FPS average, is closer to the boundary.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 100 FPS average, which is the only preset at this resolution that comfortably exceeds 60 FPS. The Medium preset achieves 77 FPS average, with a minimum of 65 FPS, which is still above 60 FPS. The High preset achieves 64 FPS average, which is barely above the 60 FPS mark, and the Ultra preset drops to 49 FPS average. For this resolution, the Medium preset is the recommended choice, as it maintains an average of 77 FPS and a minimum of 65 FPS, providing a consistent experience above the 60 FPS threshold. The Low preset offers higher frame rates if the user prioritizes maximum FPS over visual quality.

At 3840x2160, no settings preset achieves an average above 60 FPS. The Low preset achieves 54 FPS, the Medium preset achieves 41 FPS, the High preset achieves 35 FPS, and the Ultra preset achieves 26 FPS. The Medium preset has a minimum of 35 FPS and a maximum of 47 FPS, which indicates significant frame time variation. The Low preset is the only option that approaches playable frame rates, but it still falls below 60 FPS. For this resolution, the Low preset is the only viable choice if the user accepts a frame rate below 60 FPS. The data does not support recommending any preset above Low at 3840x2160.

The overall recommendation based on the measured data is to use the Medium preset at 1920x1080 or 2560x1440, as it provides frame rates that stay above 60 FPS average with recorded minimums that also exceed 60 FPS. The Low preset is the fallback for higher resolutions or for users who want the highest possible frame rates. The Ultra preset is only suitable at 1920x1080, where it averages 76 FPS, but the Medium preset offers a significant frame rate advantage with only a moderate visual trade-off.