Pc Building Simulator

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-12700K compare to its closest rivals in overall CPU benchmark scores?

A: The i7-12700K posts an average benchmark score of 35684, which places it 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35802) and 0.7% behind the Intel Core i5-14500HX (35940). It sits 0.6% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700T (35468) and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13800H (35416). These are marginal deltas, indicating near-identical performance tiers among these four processors.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all graphics cards, and what does that imply for this game?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT holds an 82nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 39647. In Pc Building Simulator, this translates to playable frame rates at 4K Ultra (55.8 FPS) and well above 60 FPS at 1440p and 1080p across all settings, confirming strong headroom for a simulation title.

Q: Which resolution and settings combination yields the highest average frame rate?

A: The highest measured average is 365.9 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The same resolution with Medium settings reaches 262.1 FPS, while High and Ultra deliver 182.5 FPS and 176.4 FPS, respectively.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its single-threaded performance in synthetic tests?

A: In Cinebench R23, the chip scores 29241 in multicore and 4128 in singlecore, a ratio of roughly 7.1x. The 3DMark max-threads score (9979) versus single-thread score (1043) shows a similar scaling pattern, indicating the 12-core, 20-thread configuration scales effectively under parallel workloads.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and how does it relate to 4K performance?

A: The RX 9070 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. At 3840x2160, the card produces 60.4 FPS on High and 55.8 FPS on Ultra, suggesting that the memory subsystem is sufficient for the simulation's demands at this resolution, with the frame rate drop primarily tied to shader workload rather than capacity limits.

Q: How does the system rank among all tested combinations in Pc Building Simulator?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks 432nd out of 1769 total combinations, placing it in the top 25% of tested configurations. The data is marked as measured, not estimated, which adds confidence to the FPS figures.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with a 4 nm process from TSMC, housing 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die. Its base clock is 1660 MHz, with a boost clock of 2970 MHz and a game clock of 2400 MHz. The memory runs at 2518 MHz, yielding 20.1 Gbps effective, which combines with the 256-bit bus to produce 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is directly relevant to Pc Building Simulator's performance scaling: the 16 GB frame buffer prevents capacity-related stutters even at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS is 55.8.

The GPU's compute resources include 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 128 render output units. The pixel rate is 380.2 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 760.3 GTexel/s, with FP32 throughput at 48.66 TFLOPS. These figures explain the frame rate progression across settings: at 4K, moving from Low (120.6 FPS) to Medium (84.5 FPS) to High (60.4 FPS) to Ultra (55.8 FPS) shows a steepening decline as the render output units and shading units become more heavily utilized. The 64 ray tracing cores are present but likely underutilized in this simulation, which is not a graphically intensive title compared to AAA shooters.

The GPU's benchmark scores corroborate its mid-to-high tier positioning. It achieves 26795 in Passmark G3D and 15864 in GPU compute, with a DirectX 12 score of 78 in Passmark. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 7260. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 575, scores 39703 on average, a delta of -0.1%, while the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile scores 39568, a delta of 0.2%. These rival comparisons are nearly identical in aggregate, though the RX 9070 XT's 16 GB GDDR6 and modern architecture give it a practical edge in high-resolution gaming scenarios.

In Pc Building Simulator, the GPU is the primary driver of frame rate differences between settings. At 1080p Low, the system delivers 365.9 FPS, which is more than six times the 4K Ultra figure. This wide spread indicates that the GPU is not bottlenecked by the CPU at lower resolutions—the i7-12700K's 3DMark 16-thread score of 9276 and max-threads score of 9979 provide ample processing power to feed the graphics card.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows that the High preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, High yields 182.5 FPS, which is 6.1 FPS higher than Ultra (176.4 FPS) but the visual difference between High and Ultra in a simulation like Pc Building Simulator is typically minimal—the extra settings often affect minor reflections or shadow details that are less noticeable in menu-driven or workbench scenes. At 2560x1440, High delivers 116.8 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, while Ultra drops to 108.2 FPS. At 3840x2160, High maintains 60.4 FPS, barely clearing the 60 FPS mark, whereas Ultra falls to 55.8 FPS, which could introduce perceptible stutter on a 60 Hz display.

For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, Low settings at 1080p provide 365.9 FPS, which is beneficial for competitive or high-refresh-rate scenarios, though this game does not require such extremes. Medium settings are a middle ground: 262.1 FPS at 1080p, 165.6 FPS at 1440p, and 84.5 FPS at 4K. The data suggests that Medium is the most efficient preset for 4K users who want to stay well above 60 FPS, as it yields 84.5 FPS—a 24.1 FPS improvement over High—while still offering better shadows and textures than Low.

Ultra settings are only recommended for 1080p or 1440p displays where the frame rate remains above 100 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the 55.8 FPS average is borderline, and the 16 GB memory and 48.66 TFLOPS compute are not enough to overcome the render load. Overall, High is the recommended default preset, with Medium as a fallback for 4K users seeking higher headroom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its full potential. Low settings yield the highest average of 365.9 FPS. Medium settings reduce this to 262.1 FPS, a drop of 103.8 FPS. High settings deliver 182.5 FPS, and Ultra produces 176.4 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is only 6.1 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns from the highest preset. The 1080p results show that the RX 9070 XT is not the limiting factor at this resolution—the CPU's single-thread score of 1043 in 3DMark and 4128 in Cinebench R23 singlecore provide enough throughput to sustain very high frame rates.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down but remain robust. Low settings achieve 227.8 FPS, Medium hits 165.6 FPS, High reaches 116.8 FPS, and Ultra settles at 108.2 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 62.2 FPS, while High to Ultra is only 8.6 FPS. The 1440p results indicate a smooth progression, with the GPU becoming more influential but still having headroom.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor. Low settings produce 120.6 FPS, Medium drops to 84.5 FPS, High falls to 60.4 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 55.8 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is 36.1 FPS, while High to Ultra is just 4.6 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure is the only sub-60 FPS result in the entire dataset, highlighting the resolution's demand on the 4096 shading units and 128 ROPs.

Across all resolutions, the pattern is consistent: Low settings roughly double the frame rate of Ultra. At 1080p, the ratio is 365.9 to 176.4 (2.07x); at 1440p, it is 227.8 to 108.2 (2.11x); at 4K, it is 120.6 to 55.8 (2.16x). This consistent scaling suggests that the game's rendering pipeline responds uniformly to the GPU's fixed-function units.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K reveals how the system's performance degrades as pixel count increases. At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 365.9. Moving to 1440p Low reduces this to 227.8 FPS, a drop of 138.1 FPS (37.7%). At 4K Low, the average falls to 120.6 FPS, which is 245.3 FPS lower than 1080p Low—a 67.0% reduction. This steep decline indicates that the GPU's raw fill rate and bandwidth are the primary constraints at higher resolutions, despite the CPU's strong multi-threaded scores.

For High settings, the scaling is similar but with lower absolute numbers. From 182.5 FPS at 1080p, it drops to 116.8 FPS at 1440p (a 65.7 FPS decrease) and then to 60.4 FPS at 4K (a 122.1 FPS decrease from 1080p). The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is 66.9%, nearly identical to the Low setting's 67.0%. This consistency suggests that the game's pixel shader workload scales linearly with resolution, independent of the preset level.

Ultra settings show the most pronounced scaling. At 1080p, the average is 176.4 FPS. This falls to 108.2 FPS at 1440p (a 38.6% drop) and to 55.8 FPS at 4K (a 68.4% drop from 1080p). The 4K Ultra figure is the only measurement below 60 FPS, and the 120.6 FPS gap between 1080p Ultra and 4K Ultra indicates that the RX 9070 XT's pixel rate of 380.2 GPixel/s is insufficient for smooth 4K Ultra performance in this title.

The limiting component at 4K is clearly the GPU. Evidence comes from the CPU's benchmark scores: the i7-12700K's 3DMark max-threads score is 9979, and its Passmark multithread score is 34404, both indicating ample headroom. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would not drop by roughly 67% from 1080p to 4K—that scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. The memory bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s also plays a role, as 4K textures and higher resolutions demand more data movement, but the 16 GB capacity prevents any spillover to system memory. Overall, the data shows that users targeting 4K should stick to High settings (60.4 FPS) or Medium (84.5 FPS) to maintain playability, while 1080p and 1440p users can freely select any preset without dipping below 100 FPS.