Ready Or Not

# Ready Or Not with Intel Core i7-12700K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER: Benchmark Analysis

This combination of the Intel Core i7-12700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers extremely high frame rates in Ready Or Not across all tested configurations, with the data showing a system that is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions but capable of exceeding 460 FPS in the most favorable settings at 1080p. The measured results place this pairing at rank 114 out of 1748 tested combos, placing it in the top tier of systems for this tactical shooter.

FAQ

Q: What is the best performance this combo achieves in Ready Or Not?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 469.3 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At Ultra settings and the same resolution, the average drops to 261.9 FPS, still well above typical high-refresh-rate display capabilities.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K has an average benchmark score of 35684, which is 0.3% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 and 0.6% higher than the Intel Core i7-13700T. The data shows it sits 0.7% behind the Intel Core i5-14500HX and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13800H.

Q: What is the GPU's performance percentile?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER ranks in the 88th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610. Its closest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which scores 0.2% lower.

Q: How does the frame rate scale between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS goes from 293.5 on Low to 260.2 on Medium, then 234.2 on High, and finally 161.9 on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra represents a 44.8% reduction in average frame rate.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra setting produces 88.6 FPS average, while Low produces 152.7 FPS. The relatively modest scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution, compared to larger gaps at 1080p, indicates the GPU becomes the dominant constraint as resolution increases.

Q: What memory configuration does the CPU support?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with 20 PCIe Gen 4 lanes available from the CPU alone.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz with a boost clock of 2550 MHz, and its memory runs at 1438 MHz with 23 Gbps effective speed. The 16 GB of GDDR6X memory is accessed via a 256-bit bus, providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Ready Or Not, the GPU's role is central to visual fidelity. The card has 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 raster operation units. Ray tracing capabilities are handled by 80 dedicated RT cores, while 320 tensor cores support AI-accelerated features. The card achieves a pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 52.22 TFLOPS.

The measured FPS data reveals the GPU's headroom at lower resolutions. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system reaches 469.3 FPS, which is likely beyond what most displays can refresh. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is substantial — from 469.3 down to 261.9 FPS — showing that even at the highest settings, the GPU remains capable of high frame delivery. At 4K Ultra, the average of 88.6 FPS suggests the rendering load finally begins to challenge the GPU, though it still maintains playable performance.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6600 and Passmark G3D score of 34245 indicate strong synthetic performance. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 246994 and Vulkan score of 226163 further corroborate its compute and graphics capabilities.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-12700K and RTX 4080 SUPER achieves rank 114 out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places the pairing in the top 6.5% of all systems tested for this game, indicating excellent overall performance.

The CPU contributes to this ranking through its strong multi-threaded capabilities. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29241 and single-core score of 4128 demonstrate balanced performance. The 3DMark max threads score of 9979 and 16 threads score of 9276 show good scaling across cores. The CPU's Passmark multithread score of 34404 and single thread score of 4013 place it in the 89th percentile among all CPUs.

The GPU's ranking is similarly strong. Its Passmark G3D score of 34245 places it in the 88th percentile among all GPUs. The 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6600 and Passmark DirectX 12 score of 134 show consistent performance across different APIs. The average benchmark score of 53610 places it 0.2% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and 2.9% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.

In the context of Ready Or Not specifically, the rank of 114 out of 1748 suggests this system is better suited for high-refresh-rate gameplay than many other configurations. The measured FPS data shows the combination consistently delivers above 88 FPS even in the most demanding tested scenario (4K Ultra), which is a strong result for a tactical shooter where visual clarity and responsiveness matter.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160) and four settings levels (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), providing a comprehensive view of performance scaling.

At 1920x1080, the system delivers extraordinary frame rates across all settings. Low produces 469.3 FPS average, Medium yields 409.2 FPS, High achieves 372 FPS, and Ultra reaches 261.9 FPS. The spread between the lowest and highest settings is 207.4 FPS, showing that even at Ultra, the system maintains more than double the refresh rate of most standard monitors.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains very high but shows a noticeable difference between settings. Low averages 293.5 FPS, Medium 260.2 FPS, High 234.2 FPS, and Ultra 161.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 131.6 FPS, with the Ultra setting still comfortably exceeding 144 Hz displays.

At 3840x2160, the system begins to show more significant scaling. Low averages 152.7 FPS, Medium 133.6 FPS, High 119.8 FPS, and Ultra 88.6 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 64.1 FPS, and while the Ultra setting remains playable, it is the first configuration tested where the average frame rate drops below 100 FPS.

The data shows that the performance decline from Low to Ultra is most pronounced at 1080p, where the system loses 44.2% of its frame rate. At 1440p, the loss is 44.8%, and at 4K, it is 42.0%. This consistent pattern across resolutions suggests the settings scaling is relatively uniform, though the absolute impact is larger at lower resolutions because the starting frame rates are much higher.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important characteristics about where the bottleneck lies in this system. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 469.3 at 1080p to 293.5 at 1440p and then to 152.7 at 4K. This represents a 37.5% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and a 48.0% reduction from 1440p to 4K.

At Ultra settings, the scaling shows a similar pattern but with lower absolute numbers. The average FPS goes from 261.9 at 1080p to 161.9 at 1440p and 88.6 at 4K. This is a 38.2% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 45.3% drop from 1440p to 4K.

The fact that the percentage drops are relatively consistent across settings levels indicates that resolution scaling is the primary factor driving performance changes. The GPU's rendering workload increases with pixel count, and the RTX 4080 SUPER's 736.3 GB/s memory bandwidth and 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are the resources being taxed.

However, the data also suggests that at 1080p, the CPU may be starting to become a factor. The 469.3 FPS at Low settings approaches the kind of frame rates where CPU limitations typically appear, even for a processor with a 5.00 GHz boost clock and 20 threads. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1043 and Passmark single-thread score of 4013 indicate strong per-core performance, but the sheer frame counts at 1080p could still create CPU-side bottlenecks.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting component. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 64.1 FPS, which is smaller in absolute terms than the 207.4 FPS difference at 1080p. This compression of the settings gap at higher resolutions is a classic sign of GPU-bound operation, where the graphics card cannot fully render even the lower-detail scenes at high frame rates.

For gamers using this system, the practical implications are clear. At 1080p and 1440p, the system can drive very high refresh rates even at Ultra settings. At 4K, players seeking the highest visual quality will need to accept frame rates in the 88-120 FPS range, while those prioritizing frame rate can still achieve 152.7 FPS by lowering settings to Low.