Pc Building Simulator

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-14700F compare to its closest rival in raw CPU benchmarks?

A: The i7-14700F has an average benchmark score of 54,097, which places it just -0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (54,450). It also trails the Ryzen 9 9900X3D by -1.1% (54,681), while leading the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 by 1.2% and the AMD EPYC 7313P by 1.7%.

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The GTX 1070's average benchmark score is 12,331, putting it 0.7% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro K4200 (12,241) and -1.3% behind the GeForce GTX 880M (12,490). It also sits -1.4% below the GTX 1650 SUPER and -1.7% below the Tesla K20Xm.

Q: What are the key specifications of the i7-14700F?

A: The CPU features 20 cores and 28 threads with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It has 33 MB of shared L3 cache, supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory, and comes with a launch MSRP of $359.

Q: What memory configuration does the GTX 1070 use?

A: The GPU packs 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock runs at 2002 MHz with 8 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations for this game?

A: This specific pairing of the i7-14700F and GTX 1070 ranks 1487th out of 1769 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator, placing it in the lower portion of the database.

Q: Which resolution delivers the highest average frame rate?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 185.7 FPS, which is the highest measured result. The same resolution with Ultra settings still reaches 86 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The data places this combination at rank 1487 out of 1769 tested combos, which means roughly 84% of tested configurations outperform it in Pc Building Simulator. This is a telling statistic given the individual components' benchmark standings. The CPU sits in the 94th percentile among all processors, while the GPU only reaches the 51st percentile among all graphics cards. This massive disparity between component classes suggests the pairing is heavily bottlenecked by the graphics side.

The rank becomes more meaningful when examining the nearest rivals. The GTX 1070's average score of 12,331 places it within 1.7% of four other GPUs, all of which are older or lower-tier cards. Yet even with this modest GPU performance, the CPU's strength can't boost the combo higher. The i7-14700F's multi-core might, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 score of 35,443, is essentially wasted in this context because Pc Building Simulator's rendering demands fall primarily on the GPU.

What stands out is how the combo rank doesn't align with the CPU's impressive individual standing. A 94th percentile CPU paired with a 51st percentile GPU yields a bottom-quartile combo result. This suggests the game's engine and workload characteristics are far more dependent on GPU throughput than CPU compute. The measured FPS data reinforces this interpretation, showing that settings changes affect performance dramatically while the CPU remains largely underutilized.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals clear GPU-bound behavior. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 93.6 at 1920x1080 to 55.7 at 2560x1440, then to 32.6 at 3840x2160. That's a 40.5% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and another 41.5% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is nearly linear, which is characteristic of a GPU that's working at full capacity.

Low settings tell an even more revealing story. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 185.7 FPS, which drops to 113.6 at 1440p (a 38.8% decrease) and 64 at 4K (a 43.7% decrease from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across different settings strongly indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at every resolution. If the CPU were the constraint, we'd expect to see diminishing frame rate penalties as resolution increases, because the GPU would become the bottleneck at higher pixel counts.

The data also shows that resolution scaling has a bigger impact than settings scaling at higher resolutions. Moving from 1440p High (55.7 FPS) to 4K Low (64 FPS) actually improves performance, which means the resolution jump costs less than the settings jump. This is a classic sign of a GPU that's memory-bandwidth or shader-limited rather than fill-rate limited. The 256.3 GB/s bandwidth and 6.463 TFLOPS FP32 throughput of the GTX 1070 are the likely constraints.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers playable frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce 185.7 FPS, Medium hits 131.3 FPS, High reaches 93.6 FPS, and Ultra still manages 86 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is just 7.6 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns from the highest preset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the numbers compress. Low settings still achieve 113.6 FPS, Medium drops to 83.9 FPS, High falls to 55.7 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 53.5 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra narrows to just 2.2 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset's extra graphical features provide minimal benefit at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes marginal. Low settings deliver 64 FPS, which is acceptable, but Medium drops to 45.9 FPS, High falls to 32.6 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 27.7 FPS. The scaling from Medium to High at 4K is a 13.3 FPS loss, while High to Ultra costs only 4.9 FPS. This pattern suggests that the Ultra preset includes effects that are particularly demanding on memory bandwidth, which the GTX 1070's 256-bit bus struggles to feed at 4K.

The overall trend across all resolutions shows that the gap between Low and Medium is consistently larger than the gap between High and Ultra. At 1080p, Low to Medium is a 54.4 FPS jump, while High to Ultra is only 7.6 FPS. This indicates that the Medium preset is where the GPU's compute resources are most efficiently utilized relative to visual output.

GPU Role

The GTX 1070's specifications directly explain the measured performance patterns. With 8 GB of GDDR5 memory and a 256.3 GB/s bandwidth, the card has sufficient capacity for 4K textures but insufficient throughput for high settings at that resolution. The 64 ROPs and 120 TMUs provide a pixel rate of 107.7 GPixel/s and texture rate of 202.0 GTexel/s, which are modest by modern standards.

The GPU's base clock of 1506 MHz and boost clock of 1683 MHz are the same across all tests, meaning the card is running at its designed limits. The 6.463 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is the key compute figure, and the data shows this becomes the bottleneck at 4K High and Ultra settings. The 45.9 FPS at 4K Medium versus 32.6 FPS at 4K High represents a 29% performance loss, which aligns with the shader load increase.

The GPU's 51st percentile standing among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 12,331, places it in the middle of the pack. Its nearest rival, the GTX 880M, is only 1.3% faster on average, yet the GTX 1070's desktop-class power envelope of 150 W TDP doesn't translate into a significant advantage in this game. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is never fully utilized at these settings, as the frame rates suggest the card is compute-bound rather than capacity-bound.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points to Medium settings as the optimal balance for most users. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 131.3 FPS, which is 41.7% higher than High settings and only 54.4 FPS below Low. The jump from Medium to High costs 37.7 FPS at 1080p, while the jump from High to Ultra costs just 7.6 FPS. This suggests Medium captures most of the visual fidelity without the performance penalty of higher presets.

At 1440p, Medium settings at 83.9 FPS is the only preset that stays above 60 FPS aside from Low. High drops to 55.7 FPS, which may introduce noticeable stutter on 60 Hz displays. Ultra at 53.5 FPS is marginally worse. For 4K, Low settings at 64 FPS is the only playable option; Medium at 45.9 FPS and above falls below acceptable thresholds.

The data shows that the Ultra preset offers minimal gains over High across all resolutions. At 1080p, the difference is 7.6 FPS; at 1440p, it's 2.2 FPS; at 4K, it's 4.9 FPS. Given these tiny margins, Ultra is not worth the performance cost. Medium represents the best compromise, delivering 131.3 FPS at 1080p and 83.9 FPS at 1440p, both well above playability thresholds.

CPU Role

The i7-14700F's specifications suggest it should excel in this game, but the measured FPS data tells a different story. With 20 cores, 28 threads, and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, the CPU has abundant compute resources. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35,443 and single-core score of 5,003 place it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs.

However, the performance scaling across resolutions and settings indicates the game doesn't stress the CPU heavily. The fact that FPS drops nearly linearly with resolution increases — from 185.7 at 1080p Low to 64 at 4K Low — points to GPU limitation, not CPU limitation. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we'd expect similar FPS across resolutions because the CPU's workload doesn't change with pixel count.

The CPU's 33 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel memory support (DDR4 and DDR5) provide ample bandwidth for game logic and simulation tasks. The PassMark multi-thread score of 41,765 and single-thread score of 4,261 confirm strong processing capability. Yet in this combo, the CPU never becomes the limiting factor, as evidenced by the consistent frame rate drops that track GPU load rather than CPU load. The 65 W TDP and 2.10 GHz base clock suggest the CPU can sustain high boost clocks without thermal throttling, but the game simply doesn't demand it.