Ready Or Not

# Ready Or Not with Intel Core i7-12700K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers exceptional performance in Ready Or Not, ranking 454th out of 1,748 tested combos and placing it in the top 26% of all configurations. The data shows this combination is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions, with the RTX 4070 providing outstanding frame rates even at 4K Ultra settings. This combo is particularly well-suited for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming, where it maintains over 183 FPS at High settings, and it remains fully playable at 4K across all preset levels.

FAQ

*Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in Ready Or Not?*

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination ranks 454th out of 1,748 tested combos, placing it in the top 26% of all tested configurations for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 perform at 4K resolution in this game?

A: At 3840x2160, the RTX 4070 delivers 122 FPS on Low, 103.3 FPS on Medium, 98.1 FPS on High, and 69.3 FPS on Ultra settings, making all four presets playable at 4K.

Q: What is the best resolution for high-refresh-rate gaming with this combo?

A: At 2560x1440, the combo achieves 234.8 FPS on Low, 201.5 FPS on Medium, 183.9 FPS on High, and 126.6 FPS on Ultra, making 1440p the sweet spot for 144Hz or 240Hz monitors.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck at 1080p in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the i7-12700K is sufficiently strong at 1080p, with the combo reaching 367.6 FPS on Low and 292.4 FPS on High settings. The CPU's 12 cores and 20 threads provide ample headroom for this tactical shooter.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 compare to its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 Mobile?

A: The RTX 4070 trails the RTX 4080 Mobile by 2.2% in average benchmark score (37,283 vs 38,135), but in Ready Or Not, the RTX 4070's performance is more than sufficient to drive high frame rates at every resolution tested.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Ultra and Low settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, moving from Ultra (126.6 FPS) to Low (234.8 FPS) yields a 108.2 FPS gain, representing a 85.5% performance uplift, indicating the game is highly sensitive to graphics preset changes.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the primary driver of frame rates in this combo, and its memory configuration and clock speeds directly influence Ready Or Not results. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory capacity proves adequate for 4K gaming, as evidenced by the 4K Ultra result of 69.3 FPS, which suggests the game's texture and geometry demands are comfortably met without VRAM spillover.

The RTX 4070's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 1920 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. The 555 MHz boost delta allows the card to scale performance dynamically, which is visible in the measured FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K. The memory runs at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective), and the combination of these clocks with 5,888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units produces a texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s. This texture throughput is critical for Ready Or Not's environment-heavy scenes, where detailed interiors and lighting effects tax the GPU heavily.

The RTX 4070's 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores provide hardware acceleration for the game's lighting effects, though the measured data shows that Ultra settings (which likely enable more demanding ray-traced or high-fidelity effects) exact a steep cost: 69.3 FPS at 4K versus 98.1 FPS at High, a 29% reduction. The GPU's pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and FP32 performance of 29.15 TFLOPS position it as a high-end part, and the benchmark results confirm it is the limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the CPU has ample headroom.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal setting depends on the target refresh rate and resolution. For 4K displays, High settings (98.1 FPS) provide the best balance of visual fidelity and smoothness, outperforming Ultra by 28.8 FPS while still delivering near-100 FPS gameplay. At 4K, Low settings (122 FPS) are viable for competitive play, but the jump to Medium (103.3 FPS) offers marginal visual gains for a 15.3% frame rate drop.

For 1440p, High settings (183.9 FPS) are the standout choice, delivering nearly double the refresh rate of standard 60Hz displays and comfortably exceeding 144Hz. Ultra at 1440p (126.6 FPS) is also excellent, but the 57.3 FPS gap between High and Ultra suggests diminishing returns—players seeking maximum smoothness should prioritize High. Medium (201.5 FPS) is recommended for those who want extra headroom for 240Hz monitors, while Low (234.8 FPS) is only necessary for extreme competitive scenarios.

At 1080p, every setting exceeds 200 FPS, making the choice purely visual. Ultra (204.3 FPS) is fully playable and delivers the best image quality, while High (292.4 FPS) offers a 43% performance boost for high-refresh displays. Given that the difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is 88.1 FPS, players with 240Hz monitors should choose High, while those with 144Hz displays can comfortably run Ultra.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers outstanding results across all settings. Low settings produce 367.6 FPS, Medium achieves 317.7 FPS, High reaches 292.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 204.3 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 44.4% reduction in frame rate, indicating that Ultra settings impose significant rendering costs but still maintain highly playable performance.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results remain impressive. Low yields 234.8 FPS, Medium delivers 201.5 FPS, High sustains 183.9 FPS, and Ultra drops to 126.6 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p costs approximately 36% of frame rate at each setting, which is typical for a pixel-count increase of 77.8%.

At 3840x2160, performance stays respectable. Low achieves 122 FPS, Medium reaches 103.3 FPS, High maintains 98.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 69.3 FPS. Even at 4K Ultra, the frame rate remains above 60 FPS, making this combo viable for 4K gaming, though players seeking higher refresh rates at 4K should opt for High settings. The 4K results show a 43.2% performance drop from 1440p at the same settings, which aligns with the 2.25x pixel count increase from 1440p to 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU's role as the primary bottleneck in this combo. At Low settings, performance falls from 367.6 FPS at 1080p to 234.8 FPS at 1440p (a 36.1% drop) and further to 122 FPS at 4K (a 66.8% drop from 1080p). At High settings, the decline is from 292.4 FPS at 1080p to 183.9 FPS at 1440p (37.1% drop) and 98.1 FPS at 4K (66.4% drop). This consistent scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 4070's rendering throughput is the limiting factor, as the CPU's workload does not increase proportionally with resolution.

The 4K-to-1080p ratio across settings is remarkably consistent: Low shows a 3.01x difference, Medium 3.07x, High 2.98x, and Ultra 2.95x. This near-uniform scaling suggests that the GPU is operating at near-maximum utilization at all resolutions, with no CPU bottleneck emerging even at 1080p Low where the CPU would theoretically be most stressed. The i7-12700K's ability to feed the GPU at 367.6 FPS demonstrates that its 12 cores and 20 threads provide sufficient single-thread and multi-thread performance for this game's engine.

Interestingly, the Ultra preset shows the smallest absolute drop from 1080p to 4K (135 FPS), while Low shows the largest (245.6 FPS). This indicates that Ultra settings are more heavily GPU-limited at all resolutions, whereas lower settings reveal more of the CPU's capability, though even at Low the GPU remains the dominant constraint.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K contributes to this combo's performance through its 12 cores (8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores) and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. In Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter that relies on physics, AI, and destructible environments, the CPU's multi-threaded performance is critical. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29,241 and single-core score of 4,128 indicate strong headroom for both heavily threaded and latency-sensitive workloads.

The CPU's 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide fast access to frequently used game data, reducing memory latency that could otherwise impact frame pacing. The i7-12700K supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, though the measured FPS data does not specify which memory type was used. The CPU's 89th percentile ranking among all CPUs and its average benchmark score of 35,684 place it slightly below the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35,802, -0.3%) and Intel Core i5-14500HX (35,940, -0.7%), but above the Intel Core i7-13700T (35,468, +0.6%) and Intel Core i7-13800H (35,416, +0.8%).

Despite these modest benchmark differences, the measured FPS data shows no evidence of CPU bottlenecking. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 367.6 FPS, which would stress most CPUs, yet the frame rate remains GPU-bound. This suggests that Ready Or Not's engine scales well with the i7-12700K's hybrid architecture, and the CPU's 20 threads provide ample parallelism for the game's AI and simulation systems.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 454 out of 1,748 tested configurations places it in the 74th percentile of all tested combos, a strong result that reflects the RTX 4070's high-end performance and the i7-12700K's capable processing power. This ranking is particularly impressive given that the RTX 4070's average benchmark score of 37,283 places it in the 81st percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU sits in the 89th percentile among all CPUs—both components are well above average.

In the context of Ready Or Not, this ranking means the combo outperforms roughly three-quarters of all tested configurations. The RTX 4070's nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37,507, -0.6%), NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A (38,008, -1.9%), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38,135, -2.2%), though the RTX 4070's desktop-class performance in this game is evident from the measured FPS data. The CPU's rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (-0.3%) and Intel Core i5-14500HX (-0.7%), show negligible benchmark differences, confirming that the i7-12700K is a highly competitive mid-high range processor for this workload.

The combination's 4K Ultra result of 69.3 FPS is particularly noteworthy, as it demonstrates that this combo can handle the most demanding settings at 4K, a feat that only the top 26% of tested combos can achieve. The data indicates that for players seeking a high-refresh-rate 1440p experience or a solid 4K experience, this combo delivers excellent results without requiring compromises in visual quality.