Pc Building Simulator

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a performance envelope in Pc Building Simulator that is defined by resolution choice. At 1080p, the combination is exceptionally fast, but the data reveals a distinct shift in system behavior as resolution climbs. Benchmark results show that at 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average frame rate reaches 302.2 FPS, while at 3840x2160 with the same settings, it drops to 141.3 FPS. This scaling pattern indicates that the CPU is a limiting factor at lower resolutions, while the GPU becomes increasingly dominant at 4K. The measured FPS across all settings and resolutions provides a clear picture of how this hardware handles the simulation workload.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K produces a predictable but steep decline in frame rates, with the magnitude of the drop varying by settings level. At Low settings, moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 reduces the average FPS from 302.2 to 260.3, a decrease of roughly 14%. Continuing to 3840x2160 at Low settings brings the figure down to 141.3, which represents a 53% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This pattern suggests that at Low settings, the GPU is being tasked more heavily at higher resolutions, but the CPU still has enough headroom to maintain relatively high frame rates.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is less dramatic in absolute terms but still significant. The 1080p Ultra average is 205.1 FPS, which falls to 129.2 FPS at 1440p and then to 70.8 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings is 65%, indicating that the GPU workload scales nearly linearly with pixel count when visual quality is maximized. The High settings follow a similar trajectory: 214.8 FPS at 1080p, 135.2 FPS at 1440p, and 70 FPS at 4K. Medium settings show 266.3 FPS at 1080p, 190.6 FPS at 1440p, and 99.7 FPS at 4K.

The data indicates that at 4K, the RTX 4070 Ti becomes the primary bottleneck, as the frame rates at High and Ultra settings converge to nearly the same value (70 FPS vs 70.8 FPS). This convergence suggests that the GPU is saturated and that further CPU performance would not yield meaningful gains at this resolution. Conversely, at 1080p, the spread between Low and Ultra settings is 97.1 FPS (302.2 vs 205.1), which implies that the CPU is more actively engaged, and the GPU is not fully utilized at lower quality presets.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved by this combo in Pc Building Simulator?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 302.2, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 70.8, which is the lowest frame rate recorded for this combination across all tested configurations.

Q: Is there a significant difference between High and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: Yes, the difference is 6 FPS. High settings produce an average of 135.2 FPS, while Ultra settings produce 129.2 FPS at 2560x1440 resolution.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 4K at Medium settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 266.3 at 1920x1080 to 99.7 at 3840x2160, representing a reduction of 166.6 FPS when moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance more at 1080p Low settings?

A: At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 302.2 FPS suggests the CPU is the primary limiter, since the GPU is capable of higher output but the processor cannot feed it fast enough.

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

A: The combo ranks 324 out of 1769 tested combinations, placing it in the top 18% of all hardware pairings evaluated for Pc Building Simulator.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested hardware combinations for Pc Building Simulator, this specific pairing of the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti holds a rank of 324 out of 1769 total combos. This placement indicates that the system performs above the median, but it is not among the elite configurations. The percentile position suggests that roughly 82% of tested combos deliver lower frame rates in this game, which is a strong result given the simulation genre's typical CPU demands.

The ranking reflects the balanced nature of this pairing. The RTX 4070 Ti is a high-end GPU, as evidenced by its percentile of 85 among all GPUs, while the i5-11400F sits at the 75th percentile among all CPUs. The combination of these two components yields a result that is better than the majority of alternatives, but the CPU's mid-range positioning prevents the combo from reaching the top tiers. The data shows that combos with more powerful processors achieve higher rankings, which aligns with the observed CPU bottleneck at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080 resolution, the average frame rates range from 205.1 FPS at Ultra settings to 302.2 FPS at Low settings. The Medium preset delivers 266.3 FPS, while High settings produce 214.8 FPS. The spread of 97.1 FPS between Low and Ultra indicates that the CPU has significant headroom, as even the most demanding settings do not push the frame rate below the 200 FPS threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440 resolution, the average frame rates decrease across all settings. Low settings yield 260.3 FPS, Medium settings produce 190.6 FPS, High settings reach 135.2 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 129.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 131.1 FPS, which is wider than at 1080p, suggesting that the GPU is beginning to take on more of the workload.

At 3840x2160 resolution, the frame rates compress significantly. Low settings achieve 141.3 FPS, Medium settings reach 99.7 FPS, High settings hit 70 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 70.8 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 70.5 FPS, and notably, High and Ultra settings produce nearly identical results, differing by only 0.8 FPS. This convergence strongly indicates that the GPU is fully saturated at 4K, and additional CPU performance would have minimal impact on the frame rate.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process node. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The card's compute capabilities include 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation units, along with 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores.

In the context of Pc Building Simulator, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions and settings. The 4K results show that the RTX 4070 Ti is the limiting factor when visual quality is maximized, as the frame rates at High and Ultra settings are nearly identical. The GPU's 12 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for this simulation, as no memory-related performance degradation is observed in the measured data. The card's FP32 performance of 40.09 TFLOPS and texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s provide ample raw power for the game's rendering demands, though the simulation's lighter graphical load means the GPU is not always fully utilized at lower resolutions.

The GPU's benchmark scores further contextualize its performance. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 5024, and the Passmark G3D score is 31624. In comparison to its nearest rivals, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 0.6% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile and 1.5% lower than the Intel Arc A730M, while scoring 1.6% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 580. These margins are small, indicating that the GPU is competitive with other high-end options.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Rocket Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The processor features 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s and connects via PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's performance is most evident at lower resolutions and settings. The 1080p Low result of 302.2 FPS demonstrates that the processor can drive very high frame rates when the GPU is not the bottleneck. However, the data also shows that the CPU's capabilities are finite, as the frame rate does not scale linearly with settings reductions at 4K. The CPU's benchmark scores provide additional context: its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 14372, and its single-core score is 2029. In Geekbench, it scores 7579 multicore and 1979 single-core.

The i5-11400F's position relative to its rivals is tight. Its average benchmark score of 17181 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, a 0% delta), the Intel Core i7-1260P (17212, -0.2% delta), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17215, -0.2% delta). The only rival with a positive delta is the Intel Core i5-1240U, which scores 17141 (0.2% higher). This clustering indicates that the CPU's performance is typical for its class, and its 75th percentile ranking among all CPUs reflects a solid but not exceptional standing. The CPU's single-thread performance, as measured by 3DMark single-thread score of 868 and Passmark single-thread score of 2981, is adequate for the simulation's logic and physics calculations, but it is not the primary strength of this combo.