Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator, a simulation title focused on the assembly and maintenance of personal computers, presents a unique workload that is less demanding on graphics hardware than typical AAA shooters. The benchmark data for the Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER reveals a system with substantial headroom, particularly at lower resolutions where the CPU becomes a more significant factor. The measured frame rates across the three tested resolutions and four quality presets provide a clear picture of the system's capabilities and the scaling behavior of the game engine.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is steep, indicating a shift in the primary performance bottleneck. At the High preset, the system delivers 235.4 FPS at 1920x1080, which drops to 144.6 FPS at 2560x1440, and further to 79.4 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 38.6% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and a 66.3% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The pattern is consistent across presets, with the Ultra setting showing 221.4 FPS at 1080p, 139.4 FPS at 1440p, and 72.4 FPS at 4K. This scaling demonstrates that the RTX 4080 SUPER's rendering workload increases dramatically with resolution, as the number of pixels to process quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the system is not fully GPU-bound, as the frame rates are exceptionally high. For instance, the Low preset at 1080p reaches 404.9 FPS, while at 4K it is 152.8 FPS, a 62.3% decrease. This large delta indicates that the CPU, an Intel Core i7-12700K with 12 cores and 20 threads, is capable of feeding frames to the GPU at lower resolutions, but the GPU's fill rate and shading power become the limiting factor as resolution increases. The gap between the Low and Ultra presets at 1080p is 183.5 FPS, but at 4K, that gap narrows to 80.4 FPS, further confirming that the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions. For a simulation game where the camera often views scenes with many small UI elements and text, the 4K High result of 79.4 FPS is still playable, but the 1440p results, with a High preset average of 144.6 FPS, offer a much smoother experience.

Settings Recommendations

Analyzing the measured rows, the High preset provides the most balanced experience across all resolutions, offering a significant performance uplift over Ultra while maintaining visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, High yields 235.4 FPS, which is 14.0 FPS higher than Ultra's 221.4 FPS, a marginal difference that would be imperceptible on most displays. At 2560x1440, the gap widens to 5.2 FPS, with High at 144.6 FPS versus Ultra's 139.4 FPS. The most compelling argument for High comes at 3840x2160, where it achieves 79.4 FPS, a 9.7% improvement over Ultra's 72.4 FPS. This difference can be the deciding factor between a smooth and a slightly stuttering experience on a 60 Hz display.

The Medium preset offers a substantial frame rate boost, but the visual compromise may not be worth it for a game centered on visual detail. At 4K, Medium reaches 109.9 FPS, which is 37.5 FPS higher than High, but the reduction in texture quality and shadow detail would be noticeable in a game about building and viewing PCs. At 1440p, Medium's 211.5 FPS is far beyond the refresh rate of most monitors, making the extra performance superfluous. The Low preset, while achieving 404.9 FPS at 1080p, removes too much visual information for a game where seeing component details is core to the experience. For users with high refresh rate monitors at 1440p, the High preset is the clear choice, as it delivers 144.6 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz threshold. At 4K, the High preset is recommended to stay above 60 FPS, while at 1080p, users can safely select Ultra and still maintain a 221.4 FPS average.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, with its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, provides a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s. This memory configuration is more than sufficient for Pc Building Simulator, which does not feature the massive texture loads of modern open-world titles. The GPU's 10240 shading units and 80 RT cores are largely underutilized in this simulation, as the game's rendering is not heavily reliant on ray tracing or complex geometry. The benchmark scores for the GPU show a PassMark G3D score of 34245, which places it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, indicating its high-end positioning.

The GPU's clock speeds, with a base of 2295 MHz and a boost of 2550 MHz, are high, but the performance ceiling in this game is more likely tied to the fill rate and memory bandwidth. The pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s are the specifications that dictate how quickly the GPU can process the 2D and 3D elements on screen. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the system only manages 72.4 FPS, which is a low result for a GPU of this tier, suggesting that the game engine is not optimized for high-resolution rendering or that the CPU is providing a bottleneck. The RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB memory capacity is a key asset, as it prevents any potential stuttering from memory swapping, even at 4K resolutions. The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6600 is a strong indicator of its raw compute power, but the game's performance is more closely tied to the driver overhead and engine efficiency. The deltaPct versus its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, is 0.2%, meaning the RTX 4080 SUPER is essentially on par with that card in synthetic benchmarks, but the measured in-game results are what matter for this analysis.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1440p with the High preset?

A: The measured average frame rate for the Intel Core i7-12700K and RTX 4080 SUPER combination at 2560x1440 with the High preset is 144.6 FPS.

Q: Is the system capable of running the game at 4K with a stable frame rate?

A: Yes, the data shows an average FPS of 79.4 at 3840x2160 with the High preset. With the Ultra preset, the average drops to 72.4 FPS, which is still above the 60 FPS threshold for most displays.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 404.9 FPS, while the Ultra preset achieves 221.4 FPS, making the Low preset 183.5 FPS faster, which is an 82.9% increase.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 53610 is 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has an average score of 53489. It is also 0.4% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M.

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

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset delivers 79.4 FPS, while the Medium preset delivers 109.9 FPS. This represents a 30.5 FPS difference, or a 38.4% improvement in frame rate when using Medium settings.

Q: Does the system have enough video memory for this game?

A: The GPU is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory, which is more than adequate for Pc Building Simulator, as the game does not require large texture caches. The memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s also ensures that data is transferred quickly.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-12700K and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 96th out of 1769 tested combinations for Pc Building Simulator. This places the system in the top 5.4% of all tested combos, indicating a high level of performance. The CPU itself is in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35684. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845, has an average score of 35802, which is 0.3% higher, making the performance difference negligible. The GPU is in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 53610, and its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, is just 0.2% slower.

The high rank is a reflection of the balanced nature of the components, as neither the CPU nor the GPU is a weak link in this configuration. The CPU's 3DMark max threads score of 9979 and the GPU's PassMark G3D score of 34245 both contribute to the system's overall capability. In a game like Pc Building Simulator, where the simulation may rely on single-threaded performance for logic and multi-threaded performance for asset loading, the i7-12700K's strong single-thread score of 1043 in 3DMark and its 20 threads provide a solid foundation. The top 5.4% ranking shows that this combo is significantly more powerful than the average tested system, and the measured frame rates confirm that it is overkill for 1080p gaming but perfectly suited for high-refresh-rate 1440p or smooth 4K experiences, provided the settings are adjusted appropriately.