Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator is a simulation title that tasks the CPU and GPU with rendering a fully interactive PC assembly environment, and the measured data for the Intel Core i5-14600K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER shows a system that is exceptionally fast at 1080p but whose frame rate scaling reveals a shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution climbs. The combo ranks in the 90th percentile of all tested configurations in this game, placing it among the top tier of systems for this specific workload.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K shows a classic pattern where the GPU becomes progressively more dominant as pixel count increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 427.4 FPS, but this drops to 297.8 FPS at 1440p and further to 151.9 FPS at 4K. This represents a 64.5% drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that the CPU is capable of feeding frames extremely quickly at lower resolutions, but the GPU's rendering workload becomes the limiting factor at higher pixel densities.

The scaling is more pronounced when moving from 1080p to 1440p than from 1440p to 4K, which suggests the RTX 4080 SUPER has enough raw throughput to handle 1440p with relative ease. For instance, at High settings, the system delivers 231.6 FPS at 1080p, 147.4 FPS at 1440p, and 74.8 FPS at 4K. The 1440p result is 63.6% of the 1080p figure, while the 4K result is 50.7% of the 1440p figure. This progressive drop-off is typical for a GPU-bound scenario, where each doubling of pixel count roughly halves the achievable frame rate.

At Ultra settings, the trend continues but with lower absolute numbers: 224.7 FPS at 1080p, 138.7 FPS at 1440p, and 73 FPS at 4K. The gap between High and Ultra at 4K is minimal, only 1.8 FPS, which suggests that the Ultra preset introduces settings that are heavily GPU-intensive but yield diminishing returns at high resolutions. The data indicates that at 1080p, the i5-14600K's strong single-core performance keeps the system from being CPU-limited, but at 4K, the RTX 4080 SUPER's pixel throughput is the clear bottleneck.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K features 14 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This processor is built on the Raptor Lake architecture and is manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. For a simulation game like Pc Building Simulator, which relies heavily on physics calculations and AI logic for component interactions, the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are critical. The benchmark data shows a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32881 and a single-core score of 4642, indicating strong performance in both heavily threaded and lightly threaded workloads.

The CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low settings, where it delivers 427.4 FPS. This high frame rate is only achievable if the CPU can process game logic and issue draw calls faster than the GPU can render frames. The i5-14600K's 24 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache help reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for the rapid state changes typical of a building simulator. The processor's 125 W TDP and support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory allow for flexible system configurations, though the measured results do not specify which memory type was used.

Compared to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks, the i5-14600K scores an average of 49166 across all tests, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and 0.9% higher than the AMD EPYC 4345P. However, it trails the Intel Core i5-14600KF by 0.4%, showing that the KF variant's lack of integrated graphics provides a negligible performance edge in compute tasks. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates that it is a top-tier processor for gaming workloads, and the data confirms that it does not bottleneck the RTX 4080 SUPER in this game at any tested resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14600K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 90 out of 1769 tested configurations in Pc Building Simulator. This places it in the top 5.1% of all systems tested, which is an exceptional result. The high rank is driven by the GPU's strong performance, as the RTX 4080 SUPER has a Passmark G3D score of 34245 and an average benchmark score of 53610, ranking in the 88th percentile among all GPUs.

The GPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has an average score of 53489 and a delta of 0.2%, meaning the RTX 4080 SUPER is essentially tied with it in raw compute performance. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 0.4% behind, while the AMD Radeon RX 7700S is 2.1% behind. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is 2.9% behind the RTX 4080 SUPER in average score, which is notable given that the newer card is from a subsequent generation.

The combo's 90th percentile ranking is particularly impressive because Pc Building Simulator is not a typical AAA title with heavy graphics demands; it is a simulation where CPU logic and GPU rendering must work in tandem. The fact that this combo ranks this high suggests that the i5-14600K's 14 cores and 20 threads are well-suited to the game's simulation aspects, while the RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth handle the visual rendering without issue. The data shows that this combo is not just fast in synthetic benchmarks but also delivers top-tier real-world performance in this specific game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1080p, the system delivers 427.4 FPS on Low, 330.1 FPS on Medium, 231.6 FPS on High, and 224.7 FPS on Ultra. The gap between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 6.9 FPS, which indicates that the Ultra preset adds graphical effects that are not particularly taxing on the RTX 4080 SUPER at this resolution. The 1080p results are all well above 200 FPS, meaning any modern high-refresh-rate monitor would be fully utilized.

At 1440p, the performance drops but remains highly playable: 297.8 FPS on Low, 207.8 FPS on Medium, 147.4 FPS on High, and 138.7 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p Ultra result of 138.7 FPS is still above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on many gaming monitors, making this an excellent resolution for this combo. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1440p shows a 53.4% reduction in frame rate, which is consistent with the GPU becoming more stressed as settings increase.

At 4K, the system produces 151.9 FPS on Low, 108.6 FPS on Medium, 74.8 FPS on High, and 73 FPS on Ultra. The 4K High and Ultra results are nearly identical, differing by just 1.8 FPS, which suggests that the Ultra preset at 4K is limited by the GPU's pixel fill rate rather than any specific setting. The 4K Low result of 151.9 FPS is still very smooth, but the High and Ultra results fall below 75 FPS, which may be noticeable on displays with high refresh rates. The data shows a clear progression where the GPU becomes the limiting factor at 4K, while at 1080p the CPU's performance allows the GPU to operate at near-peak efficiency.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process, with a die size of 379 mm² and 45,900 million transistors. It features 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output pipelines, along with 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. The GPU has a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz, with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 34245 and average benchmark score of 53610 place it in the 88th percentile among all GPUs, with its nearest rival being the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT at a 0.2% delta. In Pc Building Simulator, the GPU's role becomes increasingly important as resolution rises. At 1080p, the GPU is not fully utilized, as evidenced by the 427.4 FPS Low result, which is likely limited by the CPU's ability to issue draw calls. However, at 4K, the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck, with the 4K Ultra result of 73 FPS being less than one-third of the 1080p Low result.

The RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for this game, as Pc Building Simulator does not require large texture sets. The GPU's FP32 performance of 52.22 TFLOPS and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s contribute to its ability to handle the game's rendering requirements, but the data shows that the GPU's raw rasterization power is what determines frame rates at higher resolutions. The 4K High result of 74.8 FPS and 4K Ultra result of 73 FPS are within 2.4% of each other, indicating that the GPU is saturated at these settings. The GPU's 320 W TDP and triple-slot design suggest it is a power-hungry component, but the measured performance justifies this for users targeting 1440p or 4K gaming.