Pc Building Simulator

# Pc Building Simulator with Intel Core i7-13700K + AMD Radeon RX 9070

The benchmark data for this combination in Pc Building Simulator shows a system that handles the simulation genre with substantial headroom at lower resolutions, while 4K Ultra pushes it to the edge of playability. With measured average frame rates spanning from 346 FPS at 1080p Low down to 54 FPS at 4K Ultra, the Intel Core i7-13700K and AMD Radeon RX 9070 pairing demonstrates a clear performance curve that favors high-refresh gaming at 1440p and below, with 4K requiring settings compromises.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a clear picture of which preset delivers the optimal experience for this hardware combination. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves 165 FPS average, which is already far beyond what most displays can refresh. The High preset at 173 FPS and Medium at 245 FPS offer diminishing returns for visual quality, while Low reaches 346 FPS — a figure that only matters for competitive scenarios with extremely high refresh monitors. The data suggests that at 1080p, players should select Ultra without hesitation, as the 165 FPS average still leaves tremendous headroom above the 60 FPS threshold, and the visual fidelity increase from High to Ultra costs only 8 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Ultra preset delivers 104 FPS average, which remains comfortably above the 60 FPS playability floor. High settings produce 109 FPS, a marginal 5 FPS improvement that does not justify dropping from Ultra. Medium reaches 155 FPS, but the visual downgrade from Ultra to Medium is substantial in a simulation game where reading component details matters. The recommendation at 1440p is Ultra, as the 104 FPS average provides smooth gameplay while maintaining maximum visual quality. The gap between High and Ultra is remarkably small, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects are not heavily taxing this GPU at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes dramatically. Ultra drops to 54 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold many players consider the minimum for smooth simulation gameplay. High settings recover to 57 FPS, still marginally below 60. Medium achieves 81 FPS with minimum frame times of 69 FPS and maximum of 93 FPS, making it the only preset that comfortably clears the 60 FPS barrier at 4K. The data indicates that 4K users should select Medium settings, as it provides a 50% improvement over Ultra (81 vs 54 FPS) while retaining enough visual quality for a simulation title. Low at 114 FPS exists as an option for those prioritizing frame rate above all, but Medium represents the best balance of visual quality and performance at 4K.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K brings substantial processing resources to this simulation title, with 16 cores and 24 threads operating between a 3.40 GHz base clock and 5.40 GHz boost clock. The architecture is Raptor Lake-S on Intel's 10 nm process node, featuring a 30 MB shared L3 cache. Benchmark results for this CPU show a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 30745 and a single-core score of 2116, indicating strong performance across both heavily threaded and lightly threaded workloads. The 3DMark tests reveal scaling from 1136 single-thread to 12412 max-threads, demonstrating that the processor efficiently utilizes additional cores.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role appears significant given the simulation genre's typical reliance on physics calculations, component interaction logic, and system state tracking. The frame rate data shows that at 1080p Low settings, the system achieves 346 FPS, which suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with frames at very high rates. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 10717 and 8-thread score of 8193 indicate strong mid-range thread utilization, which aligns with simulation workloads that may use several cores but not necessarily all 24 threads simultaneously.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 46881 places it in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 at a 0.2% lower score, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 at 0.3% lower, and the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX at 0.5% higher. This competitive positioning suggests the i7-13700K provides ample processing headroom for Pc Building Simulator's demands. The 125 W TDP and Intel Socket 1700 compatibility indicate this is a mainstream desktop processor that pairs naturally with the RX 9070 in a gaming build. The Passmark multithread score of 45887 and single-thread score of 4333 further reinforce that neither lightly threaded nor heavily threaded workloads should bottleneck this GPU in normal gaming scenarios.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 features the Navi 48 chip on RDNA 4.0 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm process node with 53,900 million transistors. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1330 MHz, a game clock of 2070 MHz, and a boost clock of 2520 MHz. Memory configuration includes 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth with memory clocked at 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective). The 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 128 raster output pipelines provide the processing throughput, with FP32 performance rated at 36.13 TFLOPS.

The GPU's benchmark results show a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6290, Geekbench OpenCL score of 131539, and Vulkan score of 58705. The Passmark G3D score of 25381 and GPU compute score of 14737 place the RX 9070 in the 69th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z at 0.6% higher score, the AMD Radeon RX 6800S at 0.8% lower, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile at 1.1% higher, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER at 1.2% lower. This positioning indicates the RX 9070 sits in a competitive mid-to-high range segment.

In Pc Building Simulator, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. The frame rate progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K shows the GPU becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p Ultra, the 165 FPS average suggests the GPU is not fully stressed, while at 4K Ultra the 54 FPS average indicates the GPU is working near its limits. The 16 GB VRAM capacity provides ample memory for the simulation's textures and component models, and the 644.6 GB/s bandwidth supports high-resolution rendering without memory bandwidth constraints appearing in the data. The 220 W TDP and dual-slot design with 2x 8-pin power connectors position this as a power-hungry but manageable GPU for a desktop build.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-13700K and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination ranks 1082 out of 3723 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator. This places the pairing in the top 29% of all tested configurations, indicating above-average performance for this game. The rank reflects the combined capabilities of the CPU and GPU working together, and the data suggests this system outperforms the majority of tested hardware combinations.

The ranking position is noteworthy given the individual component percentiles. The CPU sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 69th percentile of all GPUs. The combo's 1082nd place ranking out of 3723 (roughly 71st percentile of combos) falls between the two component percentiles, suggesting that the GPU's relatively lower percentile compared to the CPU influences the overall combo ranking more heavily. This makes sense for a simulation game where rendering performance depends significantly on GPU capabilities, especially at higher resolutions.

The deltaPct values from nearest rivals provide context for performance expectations. The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900, scores 0.2% lower on average, meaning the i7-13700K has a slight edge. The GPU's nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z, scores 0.6% higher on average, putting the RX 9070 at a slight disadvantage. These small deltas indicate that neither component has a significant performance advantage over its closest competitors, yet the combination still achieves a solid ranking in this game's benchmark database.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across resolutions reveal a consistent scaling pattern that identifies the limiting component at each setting level. At Ultra settings, the progression from 1080p (165 FPS) to 1440p (104 FPS) to 4K (54 FPS) shows a 37% drop from 1080p to 1440p, then a 48% drop from 1440p to 4K. This steep decline indicates the GPU becomes increasingly stressed as pixel count rises, with the 4K Ultra result falling below the 60 FPS threshold.

At Medium settings, the frame rates show 245 FPS at 1080p, 155 FPS at 1440p, and 81 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 37% from 1080p to 1440p and 48% from 1440p to 4K, matching the Ultra pattern almost exactly. This consistency suggests the GPU is the limiting factor across all settings, as the relative performance scaling remains constant regardless of visual quality level.

Low settings reveal a different pattern: 346 FPS at 1080p, 219 FPS at 1440p, and 114 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 37%, and from 1440p to 4K is 48%, again consistent. The fact that the scaling percentages remain nearly identical across Low, Medium, and Ultra settings strongly indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck in all scenarios. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect to see smaller frame rate differences between resolutions at low settings, where the GPU workload is lighter and the CPU has more influence.

The 4K to 1080p frame rate ratios further confirm this analysis: at Ultra, 4K achieves 33% of the 1080p frame rate (54 vs 165 FPS); at Medium, 33% (81 vs 245 FPS); at Low, 33% (114 vs 346 FPS). This consistent ratio is a classic signature of GPU-limited performance, where doubling pixel count roughly halves frame rates. The data indicates that users seeking higher 4K performance would benefit most from a GPU upgrade, while the CPU has ample headroom to support faster graphics cards.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 4K gaming with this combo?

A: Medium settings at 3840x2160 provide the best experience, achieving 81 FPS average with minimum frame times of 69 FPS and maximum of 93 FPS. Ultra and High both fall below 60 FPS (54 and 57 FPS respectively), while Low reaches 114 FPS but sacrifices significant visual quality.

Q: Can this system achieve 144 FPS at 1440p?

A: Yes, at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the combo delivers 155 FPS average, which exceeds the 144 FPS target. However, Ultra settings produce 104 FPS, which falls short of 144 FPS, so players must choose between maximum visual quality and high refresh rates.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i7-13700K has an average benchmark score of 46881, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (46971), 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (47022), 0.5% lower than the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (46654), and 0.5% lower than the Intel Xeon w3-2535 (46653). This places it in the 89th percentile of all CPUs.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the bottleneck in this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting component. Frame rate scaling from 1080p to 1440p to 4K shows consistent 37% and 48% drops across all settings presets, indicating that resolution increases affect performance uniformly regardless of quality level, which is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios.

Q: What is the highest frame rate measured for this combo?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 346 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At Medium settings, the maximum frame rate reaches 282 FPS, while at High settings the average is 173 FPS and at Ultra it is 165 FPS.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: This combination ranks 1082 out of 3723 total tested combos in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the top 29% of all configurations. The CPU ranks in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 69th percentile of all GPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080

At 1080p, the combo delivers exceptional performance across all settings. Low settings achieve 346 FPS average, providing maximum frame rates for high refresh displays. Medium settings produce 245 FPS average with minimum frame times of 209 FPS and maximum of 282 FPS, indicating consistent performance with no noticeable stuttering. High settings reach 173 FPS average, while Ultra settings achieve 165 FPS average. The narrow gap between High and Ultra (8 FPS) suggests that the Ultra preset's additional visual effects have minimal performance impact at this resolution.

2560x1440

At 1440p, performance remains strong but begins to show the GPU's workload increasing. Low settings deliver 219 FPS average, which is still exceptionally high. Medium settings produce 155 FPS average with minimum frame times of 132 FPS and maximum of 178 FPS, maintaining smooth gameplay even during complex simulation scenes. High settings reach 109 FPS average, and Ultra settings achieve 104 FPS average. The difference between High and Ultra narrows to just 5 FPS at this resolution, further indicating that the Ultra preset is a reasonable choice for 1440p gaming.

3840x2160

At 4K, the GPU's limits become apparent. Low settings deliver 114 FPS average, which remains playable for most users. Medium settings achieve 81 FPS average with minimum frame times of 69 FPS and maximum of 93 FPS, providing the best balance of visual quality and performance at this resolution. High settings drop to 57 FPS average, falling below the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra settings reach only 54 FPS average, making it the least suitable option for 4K gaming. The data shows a clear recommendation for Medium settings at 4K, as it provides a 50% performance improvement over Ultra while maintaining acceptable visual quality for a simulation title.