Palworld

Palworld’s measured performance with the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination reveals a system that scales predictably with resolution, but with notable shifts in the balance of load between CPU and GPU. The data set provides a clean gradient from 1080p to 4K across four quality presets, allowing for a precise analysis of where this pairing excels.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but consistent with expectations for a modern title. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 277.6 FPS at 1920x1080 to 101.3 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of approximately 63%. This indicates that at 1080p, the system is heavily CPU-limited, as the Ryzen 7 7700X’s performance ceiling is reached before the RTX 4070 SUPER can be fully utilized. The delta between 1080p and 1440p at Low is also substantial (from 277.6 to 183.8 FPS), reinforcing that the CPU is the primary constraint at lower resolutions.

Conversely, the scaling at Ultra settings shows a different character. Here, the average FPS drops from 131.3 at 1080p to 83.9 at 1440p, and further to 48.1 at 4K. The percentage drop from 1440p to 4K (approximately 43%) is more pronounced than the drop from 1080p to 1440p (approximately 36%), suggesting that at Ultra, the GPU begins to take on a more dominant role. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 53.2 FPS (101.3 vs. 48.1), which highlights the massive impact of quality settings on the GPU’s workload at high pixel counts.

The data shows that the system transitions from a CPU-bound state at 1080p to a more balanced or GPU-bound state at 4K, particularly with higher quality presets. This is a classic pattern for high-refresh-rate gaming, where the 1440p High result of 113.2 FPS represents the sweet spot for balancing visual fidelity and frame rate without hitting the CPU’s hard limit.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER’s role in this pairing is defined by its memory subsystem and clock behavior. With 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, the card delivers a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. This is sufficient for Palworld’s asset streaming at 1440p and even 4K, as evidenced by the playable 63.1 FPS average at 4K High. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz, translating to 21 Gbps effective, which supports the card’s throughput needs without becoming a bottleneck in the measured scenarios.

The GPU’s boost clock of 2475 MHz is a key factor in the high frame rates observed at lower resolutions. The 1980 MHz base clock provides a stable floor, but the boost behavior allows the card to push well beyond that when the CPU can feed it enough data. At 1080p Low, the 277.6 FPS result is likely capped by the CPU’s single-thread performance rather than the GPU’s rasterization limits. The FP32 performance of 35.48 TFLOPS and the texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s are more than adequate for the game’s geometry and shading loads at 1440p, where the 183.8 FPS Low result is still exceptionally high.

The RTX 4070 SUPER’s architecture, Ada Lovelace, with 7168 shading units and 224 texture mapping units, proves capable of handling the 4K Ultra preset’s demands, though the 48.1 FPS average shows that this setting is the most punishing. The card’s 80 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s, which directly influences fill-rate-bound scenes at higher resolutions. Overall, the GPU is the clear limiting factor at 4K Ultra, while the CPU takes precedence at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global database of tested combinations for Palworld, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 296th out of 1718 tested combos. This places it comfortably in the top 17% of all tested systems, indicating a high-performing configuration. The rank reflects the aggregate performance across all resolutions and settings, and it is a strong showing for a mid-to-high-range desktop setup.

The CPU’s own percentile ranking is 89th among all tested processors, which is higher than the combo’s overall rank, suggesting that the GPU is the more limiting component in the vast majority of test scenarios. The GPU’s percentile is 84th among all tested GPUs, which is slightly lower than the CPU’s, reinforcing this observation. The combo’s rank is a product of the balance between these two components, and the data shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has more headroom than the RTX 4070 SUPER in this game’s typical workload.

Relative to other combos, the CPU’s nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-13500, which scores 0.4% higher in average benchmarks, and the Intel Core i7-12800HX, which is 0.5% higher. On the GPU side, the RTX 4070 SUPER is nearly identical to the NVIDIA RTX A6000, which is 0.2% lower, and the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE, which is 0.3% lower. These small deltas indicate that the combo’s rank is not due to a single component being an outlier, but rather their combined efficiency.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across three resolutions and four settings. At 1920x1080, the system delivers high frame rates across the board: Low averages 277.6 FPS, Medium averages 224.3 FPS, High averages 174.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 131.3 FPS. These numbers show that even at Ultra, the system is well above the 60 FPS threshold, making 1080p a non-issue for this hardware.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results remain strong but begin to show the GPU’s workload. Low averages 183.8 FPS, Medium averages 147 FPS, High averages 113.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 83.9 FPS. The 1440p High result is particularly notable as it sits just above the 100 FPS mark, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors. The drop from High to Ultra at 1440p is 29.3 FPS, a significant penalty for the increased visual quality.

At 3840x2160, the system starts to struggle with the highest settings. Low averages 101.3 FPS, which is still very playable. Medium averages 83.3 FPS, and High averages 63.1 FPS, which is just above the 60 FPS standard. Ultra averages 48.1 FPS, dipping below the playable threshold for many users. The scaling from High to Ultra at 4K is a 15 FPS drop, and the gap between Low and Ultra is 53.2 FPS, showing the extreme cost of the Ultra preset at this resolution.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average FPS is 277.6, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Is this system capable of 4K gaming?

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 4K High, the average FPS is 63.1, which is playable. At 4K Ultra, the average drops to 48.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS standard.

Q: At which resolution does the CPU become the limiting factor?

A: At 1920x1080, the data indicates the CPU is the primary constraint, particularly at Low settings where the FPS is 277.6, likely hitting the Ryzen 7 7700X’s limit.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its closest GPU rival?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 42576, which is 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A6000 and 0.3% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS at Low is 183.8, while at Ultra it is 83.9, representing a difference of 99.9 FPS.

Q: What is the combo’s global rank in Palworld testing?

A: This combo ranks 296th out of 1718 tested combinations, placing it in the top 17% of all systems tested.