Overpower

The Intel Core i7-14700KF paired with the Intel Arc B570 delivers a playable but not exceptional experience in Overpower, landing near the bottom quartile of tested configurations. The combination ranks 2373 out of 2980 combos, placing it in the 20th percentile overall. This pairing shows a clear performance ceiling, with 4K Ultra averaging 40 FPS and 1080p Low reaching 110 FPS, indicating that the GPU is the primary constraint in most scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this CPU/GPU combo at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 110 FPS average, which is the highest measured result for this combo. Medium drops to 69 FPS, High to 64 FPS, and Ultra to 53 FPS, so Low is the only preset that approaches high-refresh territory.

*Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Overpower?*

A: Yes, but with compromises. At 3840x2160, the Medium preset averages 52 FPS with a minimum of 44 FPS, while High averages 49 FPS and Ultra drops to 40 FPS. The Low preset at 4K averages 84 FPS, but this suggests significant visual quality reduction.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i7-14700KF has an average benchmark score of 70163, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (69996) and 0.4% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875). It trails the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (70879) by 1%.

Q: What is the GPU's performance standing relative to other graphics cards?

A: The Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20556, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. It is 0.1% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534) and 0.1% slower than the Intel Arc A750 (20582).

Q: What are the minimum FPS figures for the Medium preset?

A: The Medium preset is the only setting with recorded minimum FPS values. At 1080p the minimum is 59 FPS, at 1440p it is 52 FPS, and at 4K it is 44 FPS. These minimums indicate the frame pacing consistency drops as resolution increases.

Q: Does the 10 GB VRAM capacity appear to limit performance in this game?

A: The GPU's 10 GB GDDR6 memory with a 160-bit bus and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth appears sufficient for the tested settings. The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a consistent pattern, showing no sudden collapse at higher resolutions that would indicate VRAM exhaustion.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. The GPU operates at a fixed base and boost clock of 2500 MHz, which is a notable design choice as there is no boost variance. Memory runs at 2375 MHz with 19 Gbps effective speed, delivering 380.0 GB/s across a 160-bit bus. The card offers 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs, with 18 ray tracing cores.

In Overpower, the GPU's role is clearly dominant. The data shows that reducing the settings preset from Ultra to Low at any given resolution produces a substantial FPS gain, while increasing resolution at the same preset produces a more moderate drop. At 1080p, Low yields 110 FPS versus Ultra's 53 FPS, a 107% improvement. At 4K, Low yields 84 FPS versus Ultra's 40 FPS, a 110% improvement. This pattern indicates that the Arc B570's raw compute and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors, not the CPU.

The compute throughput is rated at 11.52 TFLOPS for FP32 and 23.04 TFLOPS for FP16 (2:1 ratio), with pixel rate at 200.0 GPixel/s and texture rate at 360.0 GTexel/s. These figures align with the observed performance class. The GPU's PassMark G3D score is 14195, and it ranks in the 65th percentile overall, which is mid-range territory. The nearest rivals are the RTX 3070 Mobile (0.1% faster) and the Arc A750 (0.1% slower), showing that this card sits in a tightly contested performance band.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700KF is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on Raptor Lake-R architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process with a 257 mm² die size. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 2 MB L2 per core, and 33 MB shared L3. It supports dual-channel DDR4 and DDR5 memory and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 16 CPU lanes.

Benchmark results show this CPU is a strong performer: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 44167, single-core 6235, and Geekbench multi-core 21462. Its PassMark multi-thread score is 52425, with a single-thread score of 4480. The CPU places in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70163. Compared to rivals, it is essentially tied with the Ryzen 7 9700F (0.2% delta) and Ryzen 9 7940HX (0.4% delta), while trailing the Core Ultra 7 265K by 1%.

In Overpower, the CPU's role appears secondary given the FPS patterns. The i7-14700KF has enough single-thread performance (Cinebench R15 single-core 628, R20 2618) to avoid bottlenecking the Arc B570 at most settings. However, at 1080p Low, where the GPU workload is lightest and the CPU is more likely to be the constraint, the combo reaches 110 FPS. This is respectable but not exceptional, suggesting the CPU's 5.60 GHz boost clock and 28 threads provide adequate headroom for this game's action-oriented demands. The processor's 33 MB shared L3 cache likely helps with game logic and physics, but the measured FPS deltas across resolutions point to GPU limits rather than CPU limits.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the i7-14700KF and Arc B570 ranks 2373 out of 2980 tested combos in Overpower. This places it in the bottom 20% of configurations, which is a notable underperformance relative to the individual components' percentiles. The CPU sits in the 94th percentile while the GPU sits in the 65th percentile, yet the combo rank is much lower, suggesting that the pairing is imbalanced for this specific game.

The rank indicates that a majority of tested systems outperform this combo in Overpower. Given the CPU's high standing, the bottleneck is almost certainly the GPU. The Arc B570's 65th percentile score translates to mid-range performance, and in a game like Overpower that appears to scale heavily with GPU throughput, the combo falls behind. The 20th percentile combo rank means roughly 4 out of 5 tested configurations deliver higher FPS.

This imbalance is worth noting for practical purposes. Users with a CPU of this caliber typically pair it with a higher-tier GPU to avoid leaving performance on the table. The data shows that the i7-14700KF has substantial headroom for a more powerful graphics card, as the CPU's synthetic scores (Cinebench R23 44167 multi-core) are far above what the Arc B570 can utilize in this game. The combo rank reflects this mismatch.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K. At the Medium preset, the average FPS drops from 69 at 1080p to 62 at 1440p and then to 52 at 4K. This represents a 24.6% drop from 1080p to 4K. The Low preset shows a similar trend: 110 FPS at 1080p, 98 FPS at 1440p, and 84 FPS at 4K, a 23.6% drop. The High preset drops from 64 at 1080p to 57 at 1440p and 49 at 4K, a 23.4% decrease. Ultra follows with 53 at 1080p, 47 at 1440p, and 40 at 4K, dropping 24.5%.

These consistent percentage drops across all settings presets indicate that the scaling is primarily resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. The FPS loss from 1080p to 4K is roughly a quarter of the 1080p value in every case. This pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario: as pixel count increases by 4x from 1080p to 4K, the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors.

The Arc B570's 380.0 GB/s bandwidth and 200.0 GPixel/s pixel rate appear to be the walls that cap performance. The fact that the percentage drop is consistent regardless of settings preset suggests that the CPU is not the constraint at any resolution. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see a smaller FPS drop at higher resolutions (because the GPU would be more loaded and the CPU would have more time to feed it). Instead, the uniform scaling confirms the GPU is the limiting component across the board.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 110 FPS average
• Medium: 69 FPS average, 59 FPS minimum, 79 FPS maximum
• High: 64 FPS average
• Ultra: 53 FPS average

At 1080p, the Low preset is the only setting that breaks the 100 FPS barrier. The Medium preset shows a 59 FPS minimum, which is close to the 60 FPS target, but the average of 69 FPS leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. High and Ultra drop further, with Ultra at 53 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is significant at 41 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is only 5 FPS. This suggests that the Medium preset includes many of the visual features that impact performance, and the step to High adds relatively little cost.

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 98 FPS average
• Medium: 62 FPS average, 52 FPS minimum, 71 FPS maximum
• High: 57 FPS average
• Ultra: 47 FPS average

At 1440p, the Low preset average of 98 FPS is still playable on high-refresh displays, but it is 12 FPS lower than 1080p. The Medium preset drops to 62 FPS average with a 52 FPS minimum, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. High and Ultra provide 57 and 47 FPS respectively, which are workable for slower-paced action but may feel stuttery in fast scenes. The medium preset's maximum of 71 FPS shows there is some headroom, but the minimum of 52 FPS indicates frame dips are present.

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 84 FPS average
• Medium: 52 FPS average, 44 FPS minimum, 60 FPS maximum
• High: 49 FPS average
• Ultra: 40 FPS average

At 4K, the results are marginal. The Low preset averages 84 FPS, which is surprising for a mid-range GPU, but this likely comes at a substantial visual quality cost. The Medium preset averages 52 FPS with a 44 FPS minimum, which is below ideal smoothness. High averages 49 FPS, and Ultra averages 40 FPS, both of which are below the 60 FPS target. The minimum FPS of 44 at Medium means the game will dip into the 40s during heavy action, which is noticeable. For a consistent 60 FPS experience at 4K, the Low preset is the only viable option, and even then the average is 84 FPS with no recorded minimum to confirm consistency.