Pc Building Simulator

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The measured data for Pc Building Simulator with the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 shows a clear hierarchy across the four available presets. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers an average of 470 FPS, which drops to 333 FPS at Medium)Skip — but the jump from Low to Medium costs 137 FPS, while Medium to High only costs 98 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p produces 224 FPS, which is still exceptionally high but represents a 46% reduction from Low.

The most balanced experience appears at Medium settings across all resolutions. At 1440p, Medium yields 210 FPS with a minimum of 179 FPS and maximum of 242 FPS, providing a consistent frame delivery. High at 1440p gives 148 FPS, while Ultra gives 141 FPS — a surprisingly small delta of only 7 FPS between High and Ultra at this resolution. The data suggests that High and Ultra are nearly indistinguishable in performance at 1440p, making High the more sensible choice if maximizing frame rate matters.

At 4K, the Medium preset produces 110 FPS with a minimum of 93 FPS and maximum of 126 FPS. This is the only 4K preset with min/max data, indicating it maintains a stable frame pacing. High at 4K drops to 78 FPS, and Ultra falls to 74 FPS. Low at 4K reaches 155 FPS, but the visual quality trade-off is substantial.

For the best experience, Medium at 1440p or 4K offers the optimal balance of smoothness and visual fidelity. The 93 FPS minimum at 4K Medium ensures the frame rate never dips below refresh-rate territory for 90Hz displays, while the 179 FPS minimum at 1440p Medium provides headroom for high-refresh monitors. The data indicates that Medium is the sweet spot, as it preserves enough GPU headroom to avoid the steep performance cliff seen when moving to High and Ultra at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 brings 16 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 256-bit bus, yielding 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth. The card's 2205 MHz base clock and 2505 MHz boost clock, combined with 9728 shading units, drive the frame rates observed in this simulation title. The GPU's 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 761.5 GTexel/s texture rate are more than sufficient for a game focused on menu navigation and component assembly rather than complex 3D rendering.

The RTX 4080's 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs places it in the upper echelon of graphics hardware. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores just 0.1% higher in average benchmark performance, confirming that this card is operating at the top of its class. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X trails by 1.1%, while the RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and Radeon 8060S are 2.6% and 2.7% behind, respectively.

In Pc Building Simulator, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the card produces 470 FPS on Low settings, suggesting the CPU is the primary limiter at this resolution. The RTX 4080's 16 GB VRAM is never a constraint in this game, as the simulation's asset sizes are modest. The card's 280.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 304 TMUs handle the 2D-heavy UI elements and occasional 3D previews with ease.

The GPU's 320 W TDP and triple-slot design indicate a high-power component, but the measured frame rates justify this overhead. At 4K Ultra, the card still manages 74 FPS, which is playable, though not ideal for a simulation that benefits from smooth camera panning. The data shows that the RTX 4080 is overkill for 1080p gaming in this title but becomes appropriately matched at 1440p and 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload scales with resolution. At High settings, 1080p produces 235 FPS, 1440p drops to 148 FPS, and 4K falls to 78 FPS. This represents a 37% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a 47% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear, indicating that pixel count becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises.

Low settings tell a similar story: 470 FPS at 1080p, 297 FPS at 1440p, and 155 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 37%, while the 1440p-to-4K drop is 48%. Medium settings show 333 FPS at 1080p, 210 FPS at 1440p, and 110 FPS at 4K — a 37% and 48% reduction respectively. Ultra settings produce 224 FPS at 1080p, 141 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K, with a 37% and 48% drop.

The consistent 37% and 48% reductions across all settings suggest that the GPU is the primary scaling factor. At 1080p, the CPU becomes the bottleneck, as evidenced by the 470 FPS ceiling on Low settings. The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, with its 20 cores and 20 threads, should theoretically handle this game's modest CPU demands, but the 1080p frame rates indicate a software or driver-level limitation.

At 4K, the RTX 4080's rendering pipeline becomes the limiting component. The 4K Ultra result of 74 FPS, compared to 224 FPS at 1080p Ultra, shows that pixel throughput is the constraint. The 2560x1440 results offer the best balance, with the GPU providing enough headroom to maintain high frame rates without hitting the CPU ceiling observed at 1080p.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this combo?

A: The maximum measured average FPS is 470 at 1080p with Low settings. This drops to 297 FPS at 1440p Low and 155 FPS at 4K Low.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this CPU-GPU pairing?

A: Yes, 4K Medium delivers 110 FPS average with a 93 FPS minimum, while 4K High produces 78 FPS and 4K Ultra produces 74 FPS. The Medium preset is the most playable at 4K.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 171st out of 3,723 tested combinations, placing it in the top 4.6% of all configurations tested for Pc Building Simulator.

Q: What is the performance difference between High and Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, High produces 235 FPS while Ultra produces 224 FPS, a difference of 11 FPS. At 1440p, the gap narrows to 7 FPS (148 vs 141). At 4K, the difference is only 4 FPS (78 vs 74).

Q: Does the RTX 4080 outperform its immediate successor?

A: The RTX 4080 scores 54,247 in average benchmarks, while the RTX 4080 SUPER scores 54,209, meaning the standard 4080 is 0.1% ahead of the SUPER in average benchmark performance.

Q: What minimum FPS can be expected at Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 283. At 1440p Medium, it is 179 FPS. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 93 FPS. These are the only presets with recorded minimum frame data.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K combined with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 achieves a rank of 171 out of 3,723 tested combinations in Pc Building Simulator. This places the pairing in the top 4.6% of all configurations, which is a strong showing for a simulation title that is not traditionally demanding on hardware.

The rank reflects the balanced nature of this pairing. While the RTX 4080 is a high-end GPU with an 86th percentile ranking, the Core Ultra 7 265K also performs well, sitting in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. The combination of two top-tier components results in a system that can handle the game's maximum settings at 4K with playable frame rates, something that many lower-ranked combinations cannot achieve.

The 171st rank out of 3,723 suggests that 170 other combinations deliver higher frame rates in this specific game. Given that the Ultra preset at 1080p produces 224 FPS and 4K Ultra produces 74 FPS, those higher-ranked combinations likely feature even more powerful GPUs or CPUs that push the frame rate higher at lower resolutions. However, the data shows that this combo is already delivering 4K Ultra performance above 60 FPS, which is a meaningful threshold for playability.

In the context of the RTX 4080's rivals, the nearest GPU competitor — the RTX 4080 SUPER — scores only 0.1% higher in average benchmarks. This suggests that swapping to the SUPER variant would not meaningfully change the combo's rank in this game. The AMD alternatives, which trail by 1.1% to 2.7%, would likely produce lower frame rates in Pc Building Simulator, potentially dropping the combo's rank further down the list.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K brings 20 cores and 20 threads to the pairing, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. This Arrow Lake-S architecture, built on TSMC's 3 nm process, delivers strong single-threaded and multi-threaded performance that matters for a simulation game managing multiple system components.

The CPU's 30 MB of shared L3 cache and 3 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample bandwidth for the game's data structures. Its 102.4 GB/s memory bandwidth over dual-channel DDR5 ensures that memory access is not a bottleneck. The 94th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70,879, places it just 0.2% behind the Intel Xeon 6511P and 1% ahead of the Core i7-14700KF.

In Pc Building Simulator, the CPU's role becomes evident at 1080p, where the frame rates across all settings (470 FPS at Low to 224 FPS at Ultra) suggest that the CPU is the limiting factor. The 470 FPS ceiling on Low settings indicates that the game's simulation logic, which tracks components and system states, is not fully parallelized across the 20 cores. The single-threaded performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2,713 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,020, is likely what governs the simulation tick rate.

The CPU's 20 threads provide headroom for background tasks and the game's asset loading. The 17,800 million transistors across a 243 mm² die, with a 125 W TDP, indicate a power-efficient design that can sustain high boost clocks without thermal throttling. The integrated Arc Xe-LPG Graphics with 64 EU provides a fallback display output, though the RTX 4080 handles all rendering in this configuration.

The 5.50 GHz boost clock is critical for the game's frame pacing at 1080p. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, and the CPU's contribution diminishes. At 4K, the 470 FPS ceiling is no longer relevant, as the GPU's pixel throughput limits the frame rate to a maximum of 155 FPS on Low settings. The data confirms that this CPU is more than capable of feeding the RTX 4080 at any resolution, with the GPU being the primary constraint at 1440p and above.