Pc Building Simulator

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for this Intel Core i7-12700K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 combination in Pc Building Simulator reveal a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the combo produces 135.1 FPS. Moving up to 2560x1440 at the same settings yields 87.6 FPS, a drop of roughly 35%. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average falls to 41.4 FPS, which is about 69% below the 1080p Ultra result. This steep decline indicates that the GPU becomes the dominant limiting factor as pixel count rises.

The scaling behavior across settings tells a more nuanced story. At 1080p Low, the system hits 284.6 FPS, which is more than double the Ultra result at the same resolution. This wide gap between Low and Ultra settings suggests that the game's visual effects and shading complexity are heavily taxing the graphics hardware. When resolution jumps to 1440p Low, the average drops to 176.7 FPS, and at 4K Low it settles at 92.6 FPS. The fact that Low settings at 4K still deliver nearly 93 FPS indicates that the RTX 5060 has substantial raw throughput, but the Ultra preset's demands push the GPU past its comfortable operating range.

The pattern strongly suggests that Pc Building Simulator is a GPU-bound title at higher resolutions and quality presets. At 1080p Low, the frame rate ceiling appears to be influenced by the CPU's ability to feed the GPU, but as resolution and settings increase, the graphics card's workload grows disproportionately. The 4K Ultra result of 41.4 FPS is particularly telling — it is only 30% of the 1080p Low figure, showing that the GPU's rendering pipeline saturates quickly under maximum load. For competitive frame rates above 60 FPS at 4K, users would need to dial back to Medium settings, which deliver 64.1 FPS. This resolution scaling profile is typical of a mid-range GPU paired with a high-end CPU, where the graphics card becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader database of tested CPU and GPU combinations, this pairing holds the 864th position out of 1769 combos for Pc Building Simulator. That places it in the middle of the pack — not a top-tier performer, but far from the bottom. The percentile ranking for the CPU alone is 89, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of processors in synthetic benchmarks. The GPU's percentile is lower at 73, which drags the overall combo ranking down relative to what the CPU alone might suggest.

The combination's mid-pack ranking makes sense when considering the GPU's position among its rivals. The RTX 5060's average benchmark score of 30109 is nearly identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT's 30097, a delta of 0%. It also sits close to the AMD Radeon RX 570 (30158, delta of -0.2%) and the NVIDIA Tesla M60 (29969, delta of 0.5%). The closest competitor is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile at 29928, which the 5060 edges out by 0.6%. These tight margins indicate that the RTX 5060 is competitively positioned within its performance tier, but it lacks the headroom to push this combo into the upper echelons of the rankings.

The CPU's rivals tell a similar story of tight competition. The Core i7-12700K's average score of 35684 is nearly matched by the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 at 35802 (delta of -0.3%) and the Intel Core i5-14500HX at 35940 (delta of -0.7%). The Intel Core i7-13700T trails slightly at 35468 (delta of 0.6%), and the Intel Core i7-13800H is close behind at 35416 (delta of 0.8%). This cluster of similar-performing CPUs confirms that the i7-12700K is a solid, mid-high-range processor, but it does not dominate its peers. The combo's rank of 864 out of 1769 reflects this equilibrium — it is a balanced pairing that delivers dependable, if not spectacular, performance in this simulation title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process, with a die size of 181 mm² and 21,900 million transistors. It operates with a base clock of 2280 MHz and a boost clock of 2497 MHz, providing the computational foundation for the measured frame rates. The GPU features 3840 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units, with a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s. Its FP32 performance is rated at 19.18 TFLOPS, which is adequate for a mid-range graphics card in 2025.

Memory configuration plays a critical role in this game's results. The RTX 5060 comes with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. While 8 GB is sufficient for many titles at 1080p and 1440p, the 4K Ultra results suggest that memory capacity or bandwidth constraints may be contributing to the sharp performance drop at that resolution. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, translating to 28 Gbps effective, which is a modern specification but not class-leading. The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 compatibility are relevant for a simulation game that may leverage modern graphics APIs.

The GPU's benchmark scores indicate its general capability. In Passmark's G3D test, it scores 20891, while its compute score is 10899. Geekbench results show 120785 in OpenCL and 116626 in Vulkan. These figures place the RTX 5060 in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, which aligns with its mid-range positioning. The measured frame rates in Pc Building Simulator reflect this — the GPU can handle 1080p Ultra at 135.1 FPS and 1440p Ultra at 87.6 FPS, but 4K Ultra drops to 41.4 FPS. The 4K Low result of 92.6 FPS shows that when graphical load is reduced, the GPU has enough headroom for playable frame rates, but the Ultra preset's demands exceed its comfort zone.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep shows a wide performance envelope. Low settings produce 284.6 FPS, Medium drops to 200.2 FPS, High settles at 143.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 135.1 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is substantial at about 84 FPS, while the difference between High and Ultra is a mere 8.5 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset adds significant visual fidelity without a proportional frame rate cost over High, making High the more efficient choice for high-refresh monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results scale predictably. Low delivers 176.7 FPS, Medium 126.7 FPS, High 87.4 FPS, and Ultra 87.6 FPS. Notably, High and Ultra are nearly identical at this resolution, with Ultra actually edging out High by 0.2 FPS. This anomaly indicates that the game's Ultra preset at 1440p does not add enough additional GPU load to meaningfully impact performance compared to High, or that the CPU is beginning to introduce a slight bottleneck at these frame rates. The 1440p Medium result of 126.7 FPS remains well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become apparent. Low settings yield 92.6 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for high refresh rate displays. Medium drops to 64.1 FPS, still above 60 FPS. High falls to 45.1 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 41.4 FPS. The scaling from Medium to High at 4K represents a 19 FPS loss, and the High to Ultra step costs another 3.7 FPS. For 4K gaming, Medium is the highest playable setting, while High and Ultra require a more powerful GPU. The 4K Low result of 92.6 FPS demonstrates that the RTX 5060 has enough raw power for high frame rates at 4K when visual effects are minimized.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosts up to 5.00 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 25 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration provides ample headroom for simulation games, which often rely on single-thread performance for game logic and physics calculations.

Benchmark data shows the i7-12700K's strengths. In Cinebench R23, it scores 29241 in multicore and 4128 in single-core. Geekbench results show 13892 in multicore and 2561 in single-core. Passmark's multithread score is 34404, with a single-thread score of 4013. The CPU's 3DMark results scale from 1043 in single-thread to 9979 in max threads, indicating strong scalability across core counts. Its percentile ranking of 89 among all CPUs confirms that this processor is well above average for its generation.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role is most evident at lower resolutions where the GPU is less burdened. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 284.6 FPS, which approaches the practical limit for many display setups. At 1440p Low, the result is 176.7 FPS, and even at 4K Low it maintains 92.6 FPS. These figures suggest that the i7-12700K's 12 cores and 20 threads are sufficient to keep the RTX 5060 fed with data, even at high frame rates. The CPU's nearest rivals show similar performance: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 scores 35802 (delta of -0.3%), the Intel Core i5-14500HX scores 35940 (delta of -0.7%), and the Intel Core i7-13700T and i7-13800H score 35468 and 35416 respectively. This tight cluster indicates that the i7-12700K is competitively matched with its peers, and none of these processors would dramatically alter the frame rates in this title.

The 3DMark scores further illustrate the CPU's capability. With 9276 in the 16-thread test and 9979 in max threads, the processor demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance. The 2-thread score of 2065 and 4-thread score of 4011 show that even lightly threaded workloads are handled efficiently. For a simulation game like Pc Building Simulator, which may not fully utilize all 20 threads, the i7-12700K's strong single and dual-thread performance ensures that CPU bottlenecks are unlikely at standard resolutions and settings.