Ready Or Not

Measured in the tactical shooter Ready Or Not, the Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 6600 pairing ranks 1451 out of 1748 tested combos. The CPU is a strong component in this system, sitting in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 69th percentile of all GPUs. The measured frame rates show that this CPU/GPU imbalance surfaces most clearly at high resolutions, where the RX 6600 becomes the limiting factor.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS rows cover three resolutions and four presets. At 1920x1080, the High preset averages 161.7. Moving to 2560x1440 High drops that average to 101.6. Moving again to 3840x2160 High drops it to 53.3. The Low preset follows the same downward path: 205.9 at 1920x1080, 131 at 2560x1440, and 68.5 at 3840x2160. Medium goes from 178.1 to 111.3 to 57.5, and Ultra goes from 115 to 70.9 to 35.5.

The pattern is consistent: every step up in resolution produces a major reduction in average FPS. This points to the GPU as the limiting component in the higher-resolution rows. The CPU is fixed across all measurements, so the changing variable is GPU workload. At 3840x2160, the measured envelope is narrow — Low runs at 68.5 while Ultra runs at 35.5 — which indicates the Radeon RX 6600 has little headroom once the pixel count rises. The 1920x1080 results are all above 115, showing that the same GPU is capable of high frame rates when the resolution is lower.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1451 out of 1748 puts this pairing in the lower part of the tested field. That result is not caused by a weak CPU. The i7-12700KF has an aggregate average benchmark score of 35355, with nearest rivals Intel Core i5-14400 at 35336 and deltaPct 0.1, Intel Core i7-13800H at 35416 and deltaPct -0.2, Intel Core i9-12900HX at 35289 and deltaPct 0.2, and Intel Core i5-13600T at 35256 and deltaPct 0.3. All of those CPUs are effectively clustered with the i7-12700KF in aggregate performance.

The GPU tells a different story. The Radeon RX 6600 has an aggregate average benchmark score of 25235. Its nearest rivals are AMD Radeon 890M at 25246 with deltaPct 0, AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP at 25287 with deltaPct -0.2, AMD Radeon RX 6700M at 25180 with deltaPct 0.2, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at 25120 with deltaPct 0.5. This is a mid-pack GPU relative to the tested pool, and the Ready Or Not combo rank reflects that: the strong CPU is not enough to lift the pairing when the GPU is the performance boundary at higher settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is an RDNA 2.0 GPU with 1792 shading units, 112 texture units, and 64 ROPs. Its base clock is 1626 MHz, its game clock is 2044 MHz, and its boost clock is 2491 MHz. The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth. These are the GPU characteristics that the measured Ready Or Not rows reflect.

At 2560x1440, the GPU still delivers strong results: 131 on Low, 111.3 on Medium, 101.6 on High, and 70.9 on Ultra. At 3840x2160, those numbers fall to 68.5, 57.5, 53.3, and 35.5. The drop between 2560x1440 High and 3840x2160 High is from 101.6 to 53.3, which is a much larger reduction than the step from 1920x1080 High to 2560x1440 High. That pattern is consistent with a GPU that runs out of shading and memory throughput as the resolution climbs. The 8 GB frame buffer and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth do not change, and the measured results show the card's limits clearly at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured rows for this combo in Ready Or Not are as follows:

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS |

|------------|----------|-------------|

| 3840x2160 | High | 53.3 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 68.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 57.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 35.5 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 101.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 131 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 111.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 70.9 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 161.7 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 205.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 178.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 115 |

The 1920x1080 rows are all high, with Low reaching 205.9 and Ultra still at 115. The 2560x1440 rows remain playable across all presets, with High at 101.6 and Ultra at 70.9. The 3840x2160 rows are the weak point: Low is the only preset at that resolution with an average above the Medium preset's 57.5, and Ultra falls to 35.5. The data indicates that 2560x1440 is the highest resolution where this combo can maintain strong frame rates while still using High or Ultra settings.

FAQ

Q: What is this combo's exact rank in Ready Or Not?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 6600 combination ranks 1451 out of 1748 tested combos.

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

A: The i7-12700KF has an average benchmark score of 35355. Its nearest rivals are the Intel Core i5-14400 at 35336 with deltaPct 0.1, Intel Core i7-13800H at 35416 with deltaPct -0.2, Intel Core i9-12900HX at 35289 with deltaPct 0.2, and Intel Core i5-13600T at 35256 with deltaPct 0.3.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The Radeon RX 6600 has an average benchmark score of 25235. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon 890M at 25246 with deltaPct 0, AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP at 25287 with deltaPct -0.2, AMD Radeon RX 6700M at 25180 with deltaPct 0.2, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at 25120 with deltaPct 0.5.

Q: What is the highest measured average FPS at 3840x2160?

A: The highest 3840x2160 average is 68.5 on Low settings. Medium averages 57.5, High averages 53.3, and Ultra averages 35.5.

Q: Does the combo maintain high frame rates at 2560x1440?

A: Yes. The 2560x1440 rows show 131 on Low, 111.3 on Medium, 101.6 on High, and 70.9 on Ultra.

Q: What does the data say about the CPU/GPU balance in this combo?

A: The CPU sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 69th percentile of all GPUs. The combo rank is 1451 out of 1748, indicating that the GPU is the component holding the pairing back in Ready Or Not.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is an Alder Lake-S desktop CPU with 12 cores, 20 threads, a 3.60 base clock, and a 5.00 boost clock. It has 25 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory. In aggregate benchmarks, it scores 35355 on average and places in the 89th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are tightly grouped: the Intel Core i5-14400, Intel Core i7-13800H, Intel Core i9-12900HX, and Intel Core i5-13600T all sit within 0.3 deltaPct of the i7-12700KF in aggregate score.

Synthetic results show strong performance across both single-thread and multi-thread workloads. The CPU scores 28979 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 4091 in Cinebench R23 single core. It also scores 34092 in PassMark multithread and 3984 in PassMark single thread. These strong results are consistent with the measured Ready Or Not frame rates at 1920x1080, where Low settings reach 205.9 and High settings stay at 161.7. At 3840x2160, the same CPU is paired with the same GPU, and the frame rate drops sharply. Since the CPU is capable of producing very high frame rates at lower resolutions, the data points to the GPU rather than the CPU as the limiting component in this game.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows support 2560x1440 High as the strongest balance of resolution and preset. That combination averages 101.6, which is well above the 3840x2160 High result of 53.3 while still using a more demanding preset than Low or Medium. For users who prioritize maximum frame rate, 1920x1080 Low delivers 205.9, and 1920x1080 Medium delivers 178.1. At 2560x1440, Low reaches 131 and Medium reaches 111.3, both strong options if High does not hold.

At 3840x2160, the only measured preset that stays above the Medium row's 57.5 is Low at 68.5. The Medium and High presets are close to each other at 57.5 and 53.3, and Ultra falls to 35.5. The data suggests that 3840x2160 should be reserved for Low in this combo, while 2560x1440 High is the better overall choice for image quality and playability.