Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator is a simulation title where the CPU and GPU interact in unusual ways, and the measured frame rates for the Intel Core i7-14700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 reveal a system that is overwhelmingly capable but also heavily dependent on settings. The data shows a configuration that delivers playable performance at every tested resolution, but the scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 4090 is the primary driver of frame rates at higher resolutions, while the Core i7-14700KF becomes a more significant factor only when settings are lowered.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K is telling. At 1080p with Low settings, this combo produces 447.7 FPS, which is a staggering figure that highlights the raw power of both components. However, as resolution increases, the frame rate drops dramatically: at 1440p Low it falls to 329.5 FPS, and at 4K Low it settles at 173.8 FPS. This represents a 61% reduction in performance from 1080p Low to 4K Low, which is a classic sign of the GPU becoming the limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The pattern holds across all settings tiers. At High settings, the system delivers 262.8 FPS at 1080p, 162.9 FPS at 1440p, and 86.4 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 38%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 47%. This indicates that the RTX 4090’s 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and its 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are being taxed heavily at 4K, even in a simulation game that is not typically considered graphically intensive.

Ultra settings show the same trend but with lower absolute numbers: 250.9 FPS at 1080p, 154 FPS at 1440p, and 79.4 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is notably the lowest measured in the entire dataset, and it suggests that the game’s Ultra preset introduces effects that are disproportionately heavy on the GPU. Interestingly, the difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 12 FPS (262.8 vs 250.9), but at 4K the gap widens to 7 FPS (86.4 vs 79.4). This implies that the Ultra preset adds a consistent overhead that becomes more impactful as resolution scales.

What the data also shows is that the CPU is not the bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 4K, the difference between Low and Ultra settings is 94.4 FPS (173.8 vs 79.4), which is a 54% swing. This wide gap is driven entirely by GPU load. At 1080p, the same settings swing produces a 196.8 FPS difference (447.7 vs 250.9), which is a 44% change. The fact that the percentage gap narrows at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU is doing more work per frame as pixel count rises, while the CPU’s workload remains relatively constant.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average frame rate is 447.7 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does performance at 4K Ultra compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the system averages 79.4 FPS, which is 171.5 FPS lower than the 250.9 FPS seen at 1080p Ultra. This represents a 68% performance drop.

Q: Does the RTX 4090’s 24 GB VRAM become a limiting factor at any tested resolution?

A: The data does not indicate VRAM limitations. The 24 GB frame buffer is sufficient, as frame rates scale consistently with resolution, suggesting the GPU’s compute and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints, not capacity.

Q: Is the Core i7-14700KF holding back the RTX 4090 in this game?

A: At higher resolutions, no. The consistent frame rate drops from 1440p to 4K indicate the GPU is the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the 447.7 FPS result suggests the CPU is still keeping up, but the scaling curve implies the GPU is the dominant factor in all tested scenarios.

Q: What is the difference between Medium and High settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium settings produce 234.4 FPS while High settings produce 162.9 FPS. This is a 71.5 FPS difference, showing that the High preset is significantly more demanding.

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

A: This Intel Core i7-14700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination ranks 17th out of 1769 tested combos in Pc Building Simulator.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the undisputed star of this configuration. With a boost clock of 2520 MHz and a base clock of 2235 MHz, the GPU is running at high frequencies, and the data shows that this clock speed translates directly to frame rate headroom. The RTX 4090’s 16384 shading units and 512 TMUs provide massive parallel processing capability, which is essential for the simulation’s physics and rendering calculations.

The memory subsystem is equally impressive. The 24 GB of GDDR6X memory operates on a 384-bit bus, delivering 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. This bandwidth is crucial at 4K, where the pixel fill rate of 443.5 GPixel/s is heavily utilized. The GPU’s texture rate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s also ensures that texture-heavy scenes in Pc Building Simulator are processed without stutter.

The RTX 4090’s performance percentile of 91 places it in the top tier of all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 66473 confirms its dominance. However, the nearest rivals listed are not gaming cards but professional and datacenter parts: the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (deltaPct -0.4), Tesla P40 (deltaPct 0.5), and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (deltaPct -0.9). This is unusual, but it reflects the fact that the RTX 4090’s compute capabilities are so high that it competes with workstation cards in synthetic benchmarks.

In Pc Building Simulator specifically, the GPU’s role is evident from the resolution scaling. The 4K performance numbers, ranging from 79.4 FPS at Ultra to 173.8 FPS at Low, show that the GPU is the limiting component at this resolution. The 4K Low result of 173.8 FPS is still exceptionally high, indicating that the RTX 4090 has more than enough power for this title, and that the game is not particularly demanding on graphics hardware compared to AAA shooters.

How This Combo Ranks

In Pc Building Simulator, this specific combination of Intel Core i7-14700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves a combo rank of 17 out of 1769 tested configurations. This places it in the top 1% of all tested combos, which is expected given the caliber of the components involved. The rank is determined by the overall performance across all tested resolutions and settings, and the data shows that this combo is consistently strong.

The rank of 17 is notable because it is not #1, despite using one of the most powerful consumer CPUs and the most powerful consumer GPU. The fact that 16 other combos score higher suggests that other configurations, likely with higher-clocked CPUs or different memory configurations, are better optimized for this specific game. However, the delta between this combo and the top spot is likely small, given the already high frame rates measured.

What the rank also reveals is that Pc Building Simulator is not a game that scales infinitely with hardware. The simulation logic and rendering engine have limits, and the 447.7 FPS at 1080p Low suggests that the game’s engine has a ceiling around 450 FPS, beyond which additional hardware power does not translate into higher frame rates. This is why the combo ranks 17th rather than 1st, as the game cannot fully utilize the extreme performance of both the i7-14700KF and RTX 4090.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the Intel Core i7-14700K (deltaPct 0), AMD EPYC 9115 (deltaPct 0.3), and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (deltaPct -0.4). These are all within 0.4% of the i7-14700KF’s average benchmark score of 70104, indicating that the CPU is not uniquely positioned for this game. Similarly, the GPU’s nearest rivals are all within 1.3% of the RTX 4090’s average score, suggesting that the performance difference between top-tier GPUs is minimal in synthetic tests.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700KF is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture. Its base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz provide substantial single-thread performance, which is critical for Pc Building Simulator’s simulation logic. The CPU’s 33 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache help reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for the game’s component interaction simulations.

The CPU’s benchmark results are strong: it scores 44557 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 6290 in single-core, with a Passmark multithread score of 52425 and a single-thread score of 4480. These numbers place the i7-14700KF in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70104. This is a high-end processor, but the data shows that in Pc Building Simulator, its role is secondary to the GPU.

At 4K, the CPU is clearly not the bottleneck. The frame rate scales almost entirely with GPU settings, and the difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 94.4 FPS, which is driven by GPU workload. At 1080p, the CPU has more influence, but the 447.7 FPS at Low settings suggests that the CPU is still able to feed the GPU efficiently. The boost clock of 5.60 GHz is likely the key factor here, as it ensures that the game’s single-threaded simulation components are processed quickly.

The CPU’s memory support for both DDR4 and DDR5, with a dual-channel bus, means that memory bandwidth is not a limiting factor in this configuration. The 125W TDP is modest for a 20-core part, and the unlocked multiplier allows for overclocking, though the data does not show any overclocking results. The CPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are all within 0.4% of its score, indicating that the i7-14700KF is well-matched with other top-tier processors, but its performance in this game is more dependent on the GPU than the CPU.