Pc Building Simulator

The pairing of the Intel Core i5-12400 (6 cores, 12 threads, 2.50 GHz base, 4.40 GHz boost) with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal architecture, 8 GB GDDR5, base clock 1506 MHz, boost 1683 MHz) yields a broad set of measured frame rates in PC Building Simulator. Across the 12 tested resolution and preset combinations, the data shows consistent behavior for this mid-range desktop combination. The CPU launch MSRP is $199; the GPU launch MSRP is 379 USD. The measured results cover 1080p, 1440p and 4K at Low, Medium, High and Ultra presets, with only the Medium preset reporting both minimum and maximum frame timings for each resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep across every preset, and the pattern is unambiguous. At the Low preset, the average frame rate falls from 184 FPS at 1920x1080 to 116 FPS at 2560x1440, and then to 61 FPS at 3840x2160. That is a drop of more than two-thirds from 1080p to 4K, but we can only cite the raw numbers. Medium preset goes from 131 FPS at 1080p to 82 at 1440p, and then to 43 at 4K. High preset records 92, 58, and 30 respectively. Ultra preset sees 88, 55, and 29.

The scaling pattern is nearly uniform across all four presets: the gap between 1080p and 1440p is roughly half of the drop to 4K. For example, Low loses 68 FPS when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and another 55 FPS from 1440p to 4K. The GPU is clearly the limiting component; if the CPU were held fixed by the game’s wait, we would see a smaller absolute difference per pixel step. But the i5-12400, with its 12 threads and up to 4.40 GHz boost, has plenty of headroom, and the data shows the GTX 1070 being stressed.

At High vs. Ultra, the difference is small at same resolution: at 1080p High 92 vs Ultra 88, at 1440p 58 vs 55, at 4K 30 vs 29. The Ultra preset adds little beyond a modest FPS cost, which is typical of the game’s visual settings, but the average numbers are close enough that the visual bump is not the root cause of a performance issue.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows give a clear answer for each resolution. At 1920x1080, every preset is well above 60 FPS on average: Low 184, Medium 131, High 92, Ultra 88. There is no need to drop below High here, and the Ultra preset stays only 4 frames behind the High.

At 2560x1440, the only preset that stays above 80 FPS is Medium, averaging 82 FPS, with an observed minimum of 70 FPS and a maximum of 95 FPS. High drops to 58 FPS, and Ultra to 55. Low reaches 116 FPS. For a typical 1440p monitor, Medium and High are the reasonable picks; Ultra cannot maintain 55 average, which is still acceptable but it does not offer as much visual improvement as the 29 FPS at 4K.

At 4K, the situation reverses. Only the Low preset maintains a high frame rate with a 61 FPS average. Medium sits at 43 FPS, High at 30, and Ultra at 29. The recommendation by the data is clear: any resolution above 1440p should be paired with the Low preset to reach 60+ average. If the user insists on Ultra at 4K, the frame rate falls to 29 FPS, which is below what the test hardware comfortably delivers.

How This Combo Ranks

In the entire database of tested CPU+GPU combos for this game, the i5-12400 + GTX 1070 combination ranks in position 3083 out of 3723 total combos. That places it in the second half of all results, indicating that many other hardware pairings deliver better performance in PC Building simulator. The CPU alone sits in percentile 72 of all measured processors, mean well above the median of all CPUs at the benchmark list. The GPU percentile is 47, which puts it just below the median of all graphics cards.

The main dataset also shows the i5-12400’s closest rivals in raw CPU performance: the AMD EPYC 7643 scores within −0.1% of the i5‑12400; the Intel Core i7‑1355U within −0.3%; the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 within −0.7%; and the Intel Core i3‑14100F within +0.9%. None of these strong deviations. On the GPU side, the GTX 1070’s nearest counterparts include the AMD FirePro W5000 (−0.2%), NVIDIA Quadro M2000M (−0.5%), NVIDIA Tesla M10 (+0.6%), and NVIDIA Tesla C2070 (+0.7%). This competition of small delta percentages shows that the CPU is a mid ranged performer but the GPU is sitting in the middle of the pack, which explains the relatively low overall ranking of the combination.

The combined rank of 3083 of 3723 indicates that for this simulation-heavy title, the GPU is the major limiting factor. The CPU’s high percentile (72) does not translate to a high rank because the game’s performance is driven by the graphics card, and this GPU sits near the 50th percentile.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below lists all twelve from the measured data.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | High | 30 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 61 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 43 | 37 | 50 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 29 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 58 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 116 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 82 | 70 | 95 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 55 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | High | 92 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 184 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 131 | 111 | 150 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 88 | – | – |

The average at 1080p Low (184) is the highest rated, and the absolute minimum reported is 29 FPS at 4K Ultra. Medium preset also mentions min/max values for all three resolutions, which confirms the frame times are most stable at that setting; at 1080p Medium the range is 111–150, at 1440p it is 70–95, and at 4K it is 37–50. The absence of min/max in the other presets suggests they were not recorded, so medium is the only row where we have data on variance.

The FPS breakdown demonstrates a clear pattern for this system: the CPU is never the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 184 average; at 1080p Ultra, it is 88. The CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, are sufficient to push the GPU to high frame rates even at Low preset. The GPU’s foundational capability is shown in the 4K data, where even at Low the 61 FPS is less than one-half of the 1080p Low number.

GPU Role

The GeForce GTX 1070 uses the GP104 chip with 1920 shading units, 120 texture units, and 64 ROPs. It runs at a base clock of 1506 MHz and a boost clock of 1683 MHz, with memory clock at 2002 MHz on an 8 GB GDDR5 bus width 256-bit, giving a bandwidth of 256.3 GB/s. The pixel rate is 107.7 GPixel/s, the texture rate is 202.0 GTexel/s, and the FP32 throughput is 6.463 TFLOPS. The 96.6 MB L3 cache and the 6.5 GHz CPU are irrelevant to the GPU, but the GPU memory capacity and bandwidth decide how the game uses its textures. Even though a reading like 8 GB is enough for these resolution tests, the GPU at 4K falls from 184 to 29 as the heavier presets operate within the same 256-bit memory bus, so it is the rendering of pixels that holds things back.

The GPU’s performance is consistent with a Pascal card from 2016. While it handles 1080p High at 92 FPS, it can only get 30 at 4K High. The 4K Ultra that falls to 29 FPS underlines the polygon and fill-rate cost of high detail. With a nominal 150 W power draw and a 8-pin power connector, this GPU is not large by modern standards, but it does “Fit the test bed’s requirements without thermal complications.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread Alder Lake chip with base and boost clocks of 2.50 GHz and 4.40 GHz respectively. It has a 65W TDP, 18 MB of shared L3 cache, and per‑core L1 (80 KB) and L2 (1.25 MB). In the synthetic benchmark data, this processor scores a Cinebench R23 multi‑core mark of 15989 and single‑core 2257, and a Geekbench multi‑core score of 8564. The DelTIC perchi‑t vs all CPUs percentile is 72.

The measured FPSs in Pc Building Simulator demonstrate that the CPU is not the limiting factor in any of the tested packages. Even at 1080p Low, with an average of 184 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra with 88 FPS, the difference of 96 FPS between the two is a function of GPU load, not CPU bottlenecking. The CPU’s 12 threads and IPC/latency are well suited to handle the simulation logic of the game while the GPU processes the graphics. The minimum FPS values at Medium preset, like the 111 FPS at 1080p, provide further evidence that even in scenes where the CPU initially might produce a difficult frame, the i5‑12400 keeps everything flowing.

In the Pc Build Simulator data, the CPU bandwidth is relatively light compared to the GPU. In fact, the CPU is ranked in the 72nd percentile of all CPUs, whereas the GPU ranks in the 47th percentile. That asymmetry explains why the full combination lands at 3083 of 3723 rather than moving forward; the CPU offers reserves the average frame rate at high resolution, but with a GPU sitting below median, the overall response is still a mid‑pack result.