Pc Building Simulator

The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT produces a performance curve in Pc Building Simulator that is heavily dictated by resolution and graphics settings. The dataset shows a clear transition from a CPU-bound state at lower resolutions to a GPU-bound state at 4K, with the frame rate scaling revealing where the bottleneck shifts. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo reaches 271 FPS, while at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, it drops to 41.4 FPS, a reduction of approximately 85% from the peak. This wide spread indicates that the hardware is capable of extreme performance when the load is light, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count and visual fidelity increase.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent pattern of diminishing returns as resolution increases. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the average frame rate drops from 133.6 FPS to 82.8 FPS, a 38% reduction. The same settings jump from 1440p to 4K results in a further drop to 43.1 FPS, another 48% reduction. This scaling suggests that the RX 6700 XT’s 12 GB of GDDR6 memory and 384.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the workload, but the raw compute throughput becomes strained at higher pixel counts.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more pronounced. The 1080p result of 271 FPS drops to 168 FPS at 1440p (a 38% decrease) and then to 91.4 FPS at 4K (a 46% decrease from 1440p). The fact that Low settings at 4K still achieve nearly double the frame rate of High settings at 4K (91.4 vs 43.1) indicates that the GPU’s shader units and texture units are the primary constraint, rather than memory capacity. The gap between Medium and High settings at 4K (62.8 vs 43.1 FPS) further supports this, as the incremental cost of higher-quality textures and effects taxes the 2560 shading units and 160 TMUs.

The Ultra settings at 4K produce the lowest result in the entire dataset at 41.4 FPS. This is only 3.9% lower than High settings at the same resolution (43.1 FPS), suggesting that the game’s Ultra preset adds relatively little additional GPU load compared to High. The data indicates that the limiting component at 4K is clearly the GPU, as the CPU’s 4 cores and 8 threads are unlikely to be saturated at these frame rates.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT operates with a base clock of 2321 MHz and a boost clock of 2581 MHz, with a game clock of 2424 MHz. These clocks, combined with the 13.21 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, drive the performance seen in the measured results. The GPU’s 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is adequate for the texture and asset loads in Pc Building Simulator at all tested resolutions.

The GPU’s benchmark scores place it in the 77th percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 33721. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800, which scores 33493 (0.7% higher), and the NVIDIA RTX A5000, which scores 33294 (1.3% lower). These deltas are small, indicating that the RX 6700 XT sits in a tightly contested performance tier. The data shows that the GPU is not the bottleneck at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 130 FPS even at High settings, but becomes increasingly dominant as resolution climbs.

The memory configuration is notable: 12 GB at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed. This capacity is never fully utilized in the measured results, as evidenced by the fact that Low settings at 4K (91.4 FPS) outperform Medium settings at 1440p (118.3 FPS) by a smaller margin than expected if memory were the constraint. The 64 ROPs and 40 ray accelerators contribute to the pixel rate of 165.2 GPixel/s, which is sufficient for the game’s rendering demands.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo in Pc Building Simulator?

A: The highest average FPS is 271, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How much does the frame rate drop when moving from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: The frame rate drops from 129.9 FPS at 1080p Ultra to 41.4 FPS at 4K Ultra, a reduction of 68.5%.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 1440p High settings?

A: At 1440p High, the combo achieves 82.8 FPS. Given that the CPU’s single-thread score is 893 in 3DMark and the GPU is in the 77th percentile, the data suggests the GPU is the primary limiter, as the CPU can sustain higher frame rates at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the difference between Medium and High settings at 4K?

A: Medium settings at 4K produce 62.8 FPS, while High settings produce 43.1 FPS, a 31.4% difference favoring Medium.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations in this game?

A: It ranks 969th out of 1769 tested combos, placing it in the 45th percentile of all combinations.

Q: Does the GPU’s 12 GB memory capacity ever become a constraint?

A: The data does not indicate memory capacity as a limiting factor, as the frame rate scaling from Low to Ultra at any resolution is consistent with compute-bound behavior rather than memory exhaustion.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide range of performance depending on settings. Low settings yield 271 FPS, Medium produces 193.5 FPS, High achieves 133.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 129.9 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is just 3.7 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset adds minimal overhead at this resolution. The 1080p results demonstrate that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates, as the GPU is not fully utilized until higher resolutions.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down proportionally. Low settings produce 168 FPS, Medium delivers 118.3 FPS, High reaches 82.8 FPS, and Ultra falls to 82.2 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is negligible at 0.6 FPS, suggesting that the GPU’s compute resources are the binding constraint rather than memory bandwidth or capacity. The 1440p results show a 38% reduction from 1080p at Low settings, which is consistent with the increase in pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor. Low settings achieve 91.4 FPS, Medium produces 62.8 FPS, High drops to 43.1 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 41.4 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a 54.7% reduction, which is steeper than at lower resolutions, confirming that the GPU’s shading units and ROPs are saturated. The 4K results also show that the combo can still provide playable frame rates at Medium settings, but High and Ultra fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 969th out of 1769 tested combinations in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the field. This ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU, where the i3-12100F’s 4 cores and 8 threads limit performance in CPU-bound scenarios, while the RX 6700 XT’s 77th percentile GPU ranking provides solid graphics throughput. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 13516, placing it in the 72nd percentile versus all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX at 13534 (-0.1% delta) and the Intel Core i7-1250U at 13462 (0.4% delta).

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 33721 places it in the 77th percentile, with its nearest rival being the AMD Radeon HD 7950 at 34050 (-1% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 at 33493 (0.7% delta). The combination of a mid-tier CPU and upper-mid-tier GPU results in a ranking that is lower than the GPU’s percentile alone would suggest, indicating that the CPU holds back the system in this simulation game. The data shows that the combo is more competitive at higher resolutions where the GPU dominates, but at 1080p, the CPU’s 4-core design becomes a limiting factor.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F is a 4-core, 8-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on a 10 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.30 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, with a TDP of 58 W. The CPU’s cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode, though the measured FPS data does not distinguish between memory types.

The CPU’s benchmark results show a significant gap between single-thread and multi-thread performance. In Cinebench R23, it scores 1681 in single-core and 11912 in multi-core, while in 3DMark, it achieves 893 in single-thread and 4023 in max-threads. This indicates that the CPU has strong per-core performance but limited scaling across its 4 cores. In Pc Building Simulator, this translates to a situation where the CPU can handle the game’s logic and simulation tasks at lower resolutions, but the frame rate becomes GPU-bound as resolution increases.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in benchmark scores include the Intel Core i7-7700K at 13280 (1.8% delta) and the Intel Core i3-10105 at 13430 (0.6% delta). The fact that the i3-12100F outperforms the i7-7700K by 1.8% despite having half the cores and threads highlights the efficiency of the Alder Lake architecture. The CPU’s 72nd percentile ranking versus all CPUs indicates that it is a capable processor for its class, but in this game, the data shows that the GPU becomes the primary driver of performance at 1440p and above, with the CPU’s role diminishing as the resolution increases.