Overpower

The Overpower benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 reveal a configuration where a potent 12th Gen desktop processor is severely constrained by an entry-level, end-of-life graphics card. The data shows a system that can handle the game at 1080p Low settings but struggles to maintain fluid frame rates at higher resolutions and quality presets, firmly placing this combo in the lower percentile of tested configurations.

FAQ

Q: What is the overall rank of this CPU and GPU combo in Overpower?

A: This combo ranks 1653 out of 1744 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 5% of all systems tested for this game.

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-12700KF compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i7-12700KF has an average benchmark score of 35355. It is effectively tied with the Intel Core i5-14400, which scores 35336, a delta of 0.1%. It is also within 0.3% of the Intel Core i5-13600T and 0.2% of the Intel Core i9-12900HX, showing performance parity with these other CPUs.

Q: What is the best performance result for this combo in Overpower?

A: The highest average frame rate achieved is 60.1 FPS, which occurs at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This is the only tested configuration that reaches the 60 FPS mark.

Q: How does the GTX 1650's average benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GTX 1650 has an average benchmark score of 8713. This is nearly identical to the NVIDIA Quadro P2200, which scores 8671 (a 0.5% delta), and the AMD Radeon 550X, which scores 8749 (a -0.4% delta).

Q: Is this system more limited by the CPU or the GPU?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor. While the i7-12700KF is a high-performing desktop processor with a 89th percentile ranking, the GTX 1650 sits in the 43rd percentile. The minimal FPS difference between 1080p and 1440p suggests the graphics card is saturated long before the CPU can become a bottleneck.

Q: What is the performance delta between the lowest and highest quality settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average frame rate drops from 60.1 FPS on Low settings to 32.9 FPS on Ultra settings. This represents a performance decrease of 27.2 FPS, or roughly 45%, when moving from the lowest to the highest quality preset.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the decisive component in this configuration's Overpower performance. The card is built on the Turing architecture and features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 128.1 GB/s. Its boost clock is rated at 1665 MHz. These specifications place the card in the 43rd percentile of all GPUs, a stark contrast to the CPU's 89th percentile ranking.

The benchmark results clearly demonstrate this GPU bottleneck. The GTX 1650's nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and the NVIDIA Quadro P2200, all trading places within a 0.5% performance delta. This indicates the card is operating at a performance tier where even minor architectural differences define its position. The 4 GB VRAM capacity is a significant constraint for a 2023 action game, likely forcing texture and geometry data to be swapped frequently at higher settings.

The GPU's influence is most apparent in the scaling of frame rates with resolution. The performance drop from 1080p to 1440p is relatively small, a sign that the card's compute and memory subsystems are already overwhelmed. The i7-12700KF, with its 20 threads and boost clock of 5.00 GHz, is more than capable of feeding frames to the GPU; it is the GTX 1650's 2.984 TFLOPS of FP32 compute that limits the final output.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a predictable yet telling pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. At Low settings, the system achieves 60.1 FPS at 1920x1080, 53.2 FPS at 2560x1440, and 50.1 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a total drop of 10 FPS from 1080p to 4K, indicating that at the lowest quality preset, the workload scales somewhat gracefully but still loses performance.

However, at higher quality settings, the resolution scaling becomes more erratic. For High settings, the frame rates are 37.1 FPS at 1080p, 34.2 FPS at 1440p, and 28.9 FPS at 4K. The drop between 1080p and 1440p is only 2.9 FPS, but the drop to 4K is another 5.3 FPS. This suggests that at 1440p High, the system is not purely pixel-bound; other factors, such as memory bandwidth, are coming into play.

The 4K Ultra result of 25.9 FPS highlights the futility of running this game at maximum settings with this GPU. The data shows that the GTX 1650 is the limiting component across all resolutions. The CPU's performance headroom is never fully utilized because the GPU cannot render frames fast enough to create a CPU bottleneck. The scaling pattern indicates that reducing resolution does not proportionally increase frame rates, confirming that the graphics card is the primary constraint.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Overpower, this specific pairing of components ranks 1653 out of 1744 total combos. This places the system in the bottom 5% of all tested configurations, a position that reflects the severe imbalance between the high-end CPU and the low-end GPU.

The rank is a direct consequence of the GPU's low relative performance. While the i7-12700KF's synthetic scores place it alongside CPUs like the Intel Core i5-14400 and Intel Core i9-12900HX, with deltas of just 0.1% and 0.2% respectively, this computational strength does not translate into gaming performance. The combo's rank is dictated almost entirely by the GTX 1650, which sits in the 43rd percentile of all GPUs.

This pairing is a classic example of a bottleneck scenario. The data shows that the system's 60.1 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low is far below what the CPU is capable of supporting. The 1653rd rank out of 1744 is not a reflection of the CPU's capability, but rather a measure of how the GPU drags the entire system down. Users with this combo are effectively paying for CPU performance they cannot access in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combo in Overpower is as follows:

3840x2160 (4K)

• Ultra: 25.9 FPS
• High: 28.9 FPS
• Medium: 29 FPS
• Low: 50.1 FPS

2560x1440 (1440p)

• Ultra: 23.5 FPS
• High: 34.2 FPS
• Medium: 32.8 FPS
• Low: 53.2 FPS

1920x1080 (1080p)

• Ultra: 32.9 FPS
• High: 37.1 FPS
• Medium: 41 FPS
• Low: 60.1 FPS

The data reveals a few key points. First, the difference between Ultra and High settings is minimal at 4K, with only a 3 FPS gap. This suggests that the GPU is already at its limits and the extra visual features of Ultra cannot be processed. Second, the Medium setting at 1440p (32.8 FPS) actually performs slightly worse than High (34.2 FPS), which could indicate a driver or game optimization quirk rather than a pure workload difference.

The only playable experience is at 1080p Low, where the system hits 60.1 FPS. Dropping from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 19.1 FPS, a significant penalty. At 4K, the system cannot maintain a consistent 30 FPS on any setting except Low, where it achieves 50.1 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result of 23.5 FPS is the lowest recorded score, showing that high resolution and high quality are an impossible combination for this hardware.