Pc Building Simulator

Pc Building Simulator, released in 2019, is a simulation title where the workload centers on assembling and managing PC components. The benchmark data for the Intel Core Ultra 7 265 paired with the Intel Arc B580 shows a combination that behaves differently across resolutions and settings, with the CPU’s strong multi-threaded performance and the GPU’s 12 GB VRAM shaping the experience. This analysis uses the measured FPS rows to determine the best configuration, the role of each component, and how this specific pairing ranks among the 3002 tested combos.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides four preset levels—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—at three resolutions. The goal is to identify which preset delivers the most balanced experience, prioritizing smooth frame rates while maintaining reasonable visual quality. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 217 FPS, which is far beyond what most displays can use. Medium at 1080p drops to 154 FPS, still exceptionally high, while High and Ultra yield 109 and 103 FPS respectively. The gap between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 6 FPS (109 vs 103), suggesting diminishing returns from the highest preset. At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts: Low produces 137 FPS, Medium 97 FPS, High 69 FPS, and Ultra 65 FPS. The drop from Medium to High at 1440p is substantial—28 FPS—making High feel like a steep cost for the visual upgrade. At 3840x2160, the numbers compress further: Low hits 72 FPS, Medium 51 FPS, High 36 FPS, and Ultra 34 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 34 FPS is below the generally accepted smoothness threshold, while 4K Medium at 51 FPS is playable but not fluid.

Based on these measured rows, the Medium preset appears to be the optimal choice across the board. At 1080p, Medium’s 154 FPS is 63 FPS higher than High’s 109, with no meaningful compromise for most users. At 1440p, Medium’s 97 FPS is 28 FPS above High’s 69, and it remains well above 60 FPS. At 4K, Medium’s 51 FPS is the only sub-60 result, but it is 15 FPS better than High’s 36. The Medium preset also has the only complete min/max data in the pack—at 1080p it ranges from 131 to 177 FPS, at 1440p from 83 to 112 FPS, and at 4K from 43 to 58 FPS—indicating consistent frame pacing without severe drops. Low presets offer higher averages but sacrifice visual fidelity, and the jump from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 63 FPS (217 to 154), which is a trade-off many would accept for better visuals. Ultra, on the other hand, provides marginal gains over High (2 FPS at 4K, 4 FPS at 1440p, 6 FPS at 1080p) while carrying the highest load, so it is not recommended for this combo.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture (Battlemage generation) and features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base and boost clock are both 2670 MHz, with memory clocked at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The GPU has 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, with 20 RT cores. In terms of raw compute, it offers 13.67 TFLOPS FP32 and 27.34 TFLOPS FP16. The 12 GB VRAM is a key factor for Pc Building Simulator, which involves rendering detailed component models and environments. The measured FPS shows that the GPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions—at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 217 FPS, which is far above what the game demands. However, as resolution increases to 4K, the GPU’s workload grows, and the average FPS drops to 72 at Low and 36 at High. This pattern indicates that the Arc B580’s compute and memory bandwidth are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming but become strained at 4K, especially at higher presets.

The GPU’s benchmark scores place it in the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23021. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (avg score 23061, delta -0.2%), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (avg score 22895, delta 0.6%), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (avg score 23172, delta -0.7%), and NVIDIA P106-100 (avg score 23249, delta -1%). These deltas are all within 1% of the Arc B580’s average score, meaning the B580’s raw performance is statistically similar to those older or differently positioned cards. In Pc Building Simulator, the 12 GB VRAM likely helps at 4K High/Ultra, where texture memory is more demanding, but the overall FPS still drops to 36 and 34 respectively, suggesting that memory capacity alone cannot overcome the GPU’s compute limits.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows how this combo scales from 1080p to 4K. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 217 at 1080p to 137 at 1440p (a drop of 80 FPS, or about 37%) and then to 72 at 4K (a further drop of 65 FPS, or about 47%). The scaling from 1440p to 4K is steeper in percentage terms than from 1080p to 1440p, indicating that the GPU is becoming more of a bottleneck as pixel count rises. At Medium settings, the averages are 154 FPS at 1080p, 97 FPS at 1440p (a 57 FPS drop), and 51 FPS at 4K (a 46 FPS drop). The absolute drop from 1080p to 1440p is larger than from 1440p to 4K at Medium, but the relative drop is similar. At High settings, the averages are 109 FPS at 1080p, 69 FPS at 1440p (a 40 FPS drop), and 36 FPS at 4K (a 33 FPS drop). At Ultra, the averages are 103 FPS at 1080p, 65 FPS at 1440p (a 38 FPS drop), and 34 FPS at 4K (a 31 FPS drop).

The pattern reveals that the resolution scaling is more pronounced at lower presets. At Low, the 4K result (72 FPS) is about one-third of the 1080p result (217 FPS). At Ultra, the 4K result (34 FPS) is also about one-third of the 1080p result (103 FPS), but the absolute values are much lower. This suggests that Pc Building Simulator’s rendering load scales roughly with pixel count, and neither the CPU nor the GPU dominates entirely—the frame rate drops are consistent with a mixed workload. The limiting component shifts with settings: at 1080p Low, the CPU’s high thread count (20 cores, 20 threads) likely keeps the GPU fed, allowing 217 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the GPU’s 13.67 TFLOPS and 456 GB/s bandwidth become the ceiling, capping FPS at 34. The data shows no sign of CPU limiting at any resolution—the FPS drops are proportional to resolution increases, not sudden plateaus.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset delivers the best balance, with an average of 97 FPS and a measured range of 83 to 112 FPS. High drops to 69 FPS, and Ultra to 65 FPS, so the extra visual fidelity is not worth the 28 FPS loss from Medium.

Q: How does the Arc B580’s 12 GB VRAM affect performance in this game?

A: The 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus (456.0 GB/s bandwidth) is likely sufficient for the game’s textures and models. At 4K High, the combo still averages 36 FPS, indicating that VRAM is not the primary bottleneck—the GPU’s compute throughput is.

Q: Is this combo capable of 4K gaming?

A: At 4K Low, the average is 72 FPS, which is playable. At 4K Medium, the average drops to 51 FPS, and at High/Ultra it falls to 36 and 34 FPS, respectively. So 4K is only viable at Low or Medium settings.

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 265 compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The CPU has an average benchmark score of 64640, which is 0.3% lower than the AMD EPYC 4464P (64823), 0.3% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 265F (64438), 0.7% higher than the AMD EPYC 7343 (64202), and 0.7% lower than the AMD EPYC 9124 (65104). All deltas are within 1%, so they are effectively tied.

Q: What does the combo rank of 2243 out of 3002 mean?

A: This combo ranks in the lower half of tested combinations for Pc Building Simulator. With a rank of 2243, it sits below the median of 1501, indicating that many other CPU/GPU pairings achieve higher average FPS in this game.

Q: Does the CPU’s 20-core configuration help in this simulation game?

A: The Core Ultra 7 265 has 20 cores and 20 threads, with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. The measured FPS at 1080p Low reaches 217, which suggests the CPU can handle the game’s logic and physics without bottlenecking the GPU, but the game’s demands are not extreme enough to fully utilize all 20 cores.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of Intel Core Ultra 7 265 and Intel Arc B580 ranks 2243 out of 3002 tested combinations in Pc Building Simulator. This places it in the 25th percentile of combos (since 2243/3002 is roughly 0.747, meaning 74.7% of combos rank higher). This is a low ranking for a modern CPU and a GPU that sits in the 68th percentile among all GPUs. The reason becomes clear when examining the measured FPS: the game appears to be more dependent on GPU performance than CPU, and the Arc B580’s average benchmark score of 23021 is only slightly above the RTX 2080 (22895) and below the RTX 3080 (23172), yet those GPUs are often paired with stronger CPUs in other combos. The CPU’s own ranking is strong—93rd percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 64640—but that does not translate to a high combo rank in this specific game. The data suggests that Pc Building Simulator’s frame rates are primarily bound by the GPU at higher resolutions, and the B580’s relative weakness at 4K (36 FPS at High) drags the combo down. At 1080p, the combo’s FPS (217 at Low, 154 at Medium, 109 at High) is respectable, but many other combos with more powerful GPUs likely achieve higher numbers, pushing this pairing down the rankings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265 is an Arrow Lake-S desktop processor with 20 cores and 20 threads, a base clock of 2.40 GHz, and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. It has a 30 MB shared L3 cache, 3 MB L2 per core, and 192 KB L1 per core. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s. In terms of synthetic benchmarks, it scores 42216 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 5960 in single-core, with a PassMark multi-thread score of 49682 and single-thread of 4689. These scores place it in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 64640. Its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 4464P (64823, -0.3%), Intel Core Ultra 7 265F (64438, +0.3%), AMD EPYC 7343 (64202, +0.7%), and AMD EPYC 9124 (65104, -0.7%). The delta margins are tiny, indicating that all four CPUs perform nearly identically in general benchmarks.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU’s role is to manage the simulation logic, including component interactions and system metrics. The measured FPS shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 217 FPS, which is likely near the game’s engine limit or the GPU’s capability—the CPU does not appear to be a bottleneck. However, the CPU’s 20-core configuration is not fully utilized by this game, as simulation titles often rely more on single-thread performance. The single-core Cinebench R23 score of 5960 is strong, and the boost clock of 5.30 GHz helps maintain high frame rates in less demanding scenes. The 65 W TDP and 3 nm process node (TSMC) indicate efficiency, but that does not directly impact FPS. Comparing to the GPU’s role, the CPU’s high benchmark scores do not translate to a high combo rank, because the game’s performance ceiling at 4K is set by the GPU. The data shows that the CPU is more than capable of feeding the Arc B580 at 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the GPU’s 13.67 TFLOPS compute and 456 GB/s bandwidth become the limiting factor, as evidenced by the FPS dropping to 36 at High and 34 at Ultra.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides 12 data points across three resolutions and four settings. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 217 FPS, Medium averages 154 FPS (with a range of 131 to 177), High averages 109 FPS, and Ultra averages 103 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 63 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 6 FPS. At 2560x1440, Low averages 137 FPS, Medium averages 97 FPS (range 83 to 112), High averages 69 FPS, and Ultra averages 65 FPS. The drop from Medium to High is 28 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 4 FPS. At 3840x2160, Low averages 72 FPS, Medium averages 51 FPS (range 43 to 58), High averages 36 FPS, and Ultra averages 34 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 21 FPS, from Medium to High is 15 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 2 FPS.

The min/max data is only available for the Medium preset. At 1080p, the range is 131 to 177 FPS, a spread of 46 FPS. At 1440p, the range narrows to 83 to 112 FPS, a spread of 29 FPS. At 4K, the range is 43 to 58 FPS, a spread of 15 FPS. This tightening range at higher resolutions indicates more consistent frame times, likely because the GPU is fully saturated and the CPU has less variance. The average FPS at each resolution follows a predictable scaling pattern: 1080p Medium (154) > 1440p Medium (97) > 4K Medium (51). The ratio between consecutive resolutions is roughly 1.59 (154/97) and 1.90 (97/51), suggesting that the transition from 1440p to 4K is more demanding per pixel than 1080p to 1440p. For the High preset, the averages are 109, 69, and 36, with ratios of 1.58 and 1.92. For Ultra, the averages are 103, 65, and 34, with ratios of 1.58 and 1.91. These consistent ratios across presets confirm that the resolution scaling is uniform, independent of the settings level. The data shows that at 1080p, all presets exceed 100 FPS, making the game highly playable. At 1440p, only Low and Medium exceed 60 FPS (137 and 97), while High and Ultra fall slightly below (69 and 65). At 4K, only Low exceeds 60 FPS (72), with Medium at 51 and High/Ultra below 40. This breakdown reinforces that the Medium preset is the sweet spot for this combo, as it provides 154 FPS at 1080p, 97 FPS at 1440p, and 51 FPS at 4K, all within acceptable ranges for their respective resolutions.