Ready Or Not

Resolution Scaling

Ready Or Not shows a steep resolution curve for this Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 pairing. At 1080p Ultra, the combo averages 222.7 FPS. Climbing to 1440p Ultra drops performance to 137.7 FPS, a 38% reduction. Moving to 4K Ultra further collapses the frame rate to 71.8 FPS, which is 48% below the 1440p result and 68% below the 1080p figure.

The scaling pattern across settings tells a clear story about where the bottleneck lives. At 1080p Low, the system pushes 395.3 FPS, while 4K Low delivers 128.7 FPS. That is a 67% loss from the lowest resolution to the highest. The gap between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings is 146.2 FPS, while the gap between 1440p and 4K at Low is 120.4 FPS. These are large absolute drops, indicating that pixel throughput dominates at higher resolutions.

What stands out is the Ultra preset behavior. At 1080p Ultra, the frame rate drops to 222.7 FPS from 346.3 FPS at Medium — a 36% penalty. At 4K, the Ultra preset yields 71.8 FPS versus 116.3 FPS at Medium, a 38% penalty. The consistency of that penalty across resolutions suggests that the Ultra preset introduces a heavy rendering cost that scales uniformly, likely tied to shadow quality, reflections, or post-processing effects that tax the GPU regardless of pixel count.

The 4K results are the most revealing. Even at Low settings, the system only reaches 128.7 FPS, which is below the 1440p Medium result of 216.9 FPS. This indicates that at 4K, the RTX 5070 becomes the limiting component. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR7 memory and 192-bit bus width are adequate for 1440p, but the 672.0 GB/s bandwidth is strained by 4K workloads. At 1080p, the CPU's headroom is the dominant factor, with frame rates exceeding 300 FPS at Low and Medium presets.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture using a 5 nm process from TSMC. The chip, designated GB205, contains 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz effectively reaching 28 Gbps. The 12 GB GDDR7 frame buffer is paired with a 192-bit bus, yielding 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU's role becomes increasingly pronounced as resolution rises. The 4K Ultra result of 71.8 FPS is the lowest measured figure in the entire dataset, and it sits far below the 1440p Ultra result of 137.7 FPS. The GPU's 80 ROPs and 6144 shading units are tasked with heavy pixel work at 4K, and the data shows the RTX 5070 cannot maintain high frame rates under the Ultra preset at that resolution. The 4K High result of 104.2 FPS is more respectable, but still 45% below the 1440p High result of 199.4 FPS.

The GPU's benchmark profile places it in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41687. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 5300, scores 41610, putting the RTX 5070 just 0.2% ahead. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 trails by 0.6%, scoring 41441. These are close margins, suggesting that the RTX 5070's raw compute is competitive with older high-end cards, but the memory subsystem differences — 12 GB versus the RTX 3090's larger frame buffer — could matter in texture-heavy scenes.

The GPU's tensor cores and RT cores, numbered at 192 and 48 respectively, are not directly exercised in standard rasterization benchmarks, but they do contribute to the card's overall capability in modern titles. The FP32 throughput of 30.87 TFLOPS is substantial, yet the 4K Ultra results indicate that Ready Or Not's rendering demands exceed what this card can deliver at maximum settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus.

The processor's benchmark results show a balanced profile. The 3DMark single-thread score is 1016, while the 16-thread score reaches 7956. Cinebench R23 results are 3309 for single-core and 23444 for multi-core. Geekbench scores are 2529 single-core and 12373 multi-core. The PassMark single-thread score of 3925 and multithread score of 27575 place the CPU in the 84th percentile of all processors.

In Ready Or Not, the CPU's influence is most visible at 1080p. The jump from 1080p Low at 395.3 FPS to 1080p Medium at 346.3 FPS shows the CPU can feed the GPU at very high rates. The 1080p Ultra result of 222.7 FPS is still well above 1440p High's 199.4 FPS, indicating that at 1080p, the CPU is not the limiting factor — the GPU's rendering load at Ultra settings is what pulls the frame rate down.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-10900K with an average score of 27829, which is virtually identical to the i5-12600KF's 27827. The i5-12600K scores 27851, just 0.1% higher, and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125H scores 27872, 0.2% higher. The Intel Core i7-13700H trails at 27716, 0.4% lower. These margins are negligible, meaning the i5-12600KF's gaming performance is on par with these alternatives, and the measured frame rates in Ready Or Not should be representative of that class of CPU.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ranks 396th out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. That places the pairing in the top 23% of all configurations in the database. The rank reflects the system's ability to handle the game's demands across all tested resolutions and settings.

The ranking is notable because the CPU and GPU both sit in the low-80s percentile of their respective categories. The CPU's 84th percentile and GPU's 83rd percentile suggest a well-matched pairing, where neither component dramatically outclasses the other. The result is a system that performs consistently across the board, with no single resolution or setting exposing a severe weakness.

The 4K Ultra result of 71.8 FPS is the weakest showing, and it likely drags the overall ranking down. Many competing combos with higher-end GPUs would post stronger 4K numbers, pushing this pairing down the list. However, the 1080p results — particularly the 312.4 FPS at High and 395.3 FPS at Low — are strong enough to keep the overall rank respectable. The 1440p results are also solid, with 199.4 FPS at High and 216.9 FPS at Medium, indicating that this combo is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at that resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its fastest results. Low settings produce 395.3 FPS, Medium reaches 346.3 FPS, High hits 312.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 222.7 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 172.6 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset imposes a significant cost even at the lowest resolution.

At 2560x1440, performance remains strong but scales down noticeably. Low settings yield 249.1 FPS, Medium reaches 216.9 FPS, High delivers 199.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 137.7 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at the same settings is consistent: Low loses 146.2 FPS, Medium loses 129.4 FPS, High loses 113.0 FPS, and Ultra loses 85.0 FPS. The absolute loss shrinks as settings increase, which indicates the GPU is becoming the limiting factor at higher presets.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck. Low settings produce 128.7 FPS, Medium reaches 116.3 FPS, High delivers 104.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 71.8 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 4K is 56.9 FPS, which is smaller in absolute terms than at lower resolutions but represents a 44% performance penalty. The step from High to Ultra at 4K is the largest single-setting drop in the dataset, falling 32.4 FPS from 104.2 to 71.8.

The data reveals a system that excels at 1080p and 1440p, with frame rates well above 200 FPS at most settings. The 4K Ultra experience is the only configuration that falls below 100 FPS, and even the 4K High result of 104.2 FPS is playable for most titles. Ready Or Not's tactical gameplay does not require extreme frame rates, so the 4K High preset at 104.2 FPS would likely be the recommended balance of visual quality and performance for this combo.