Ready Or Not

The Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 delivers exceptional performance in Ready Or Not, making it a top-tier combination for this tactical shooter. The measured frame rates show that this setup can handle the game at high refresh rates across all resolutions, with the data indicating that the RTX 5080 is the dominant component in most scenarios. For players seeking the best balance between visual fidelity and performance, the High preset offers the most compelling experience, but the headroom available at lower settings reveals a system capable of far more than standard 60 FPS gaming.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data shows a clear hierarchy across the four tested presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 496.4 FPS, while Medium reaches 432.5 FPS, High hits 395.8 FPS, and Ultra drops to 276.7 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is substantial—a fall of 119.1 FPS—which suggests that the Ultra preset imposes a heavy rendering load that yields diminishing returns for the visual upgrade. The High preset, with its 395.8 FPS at 1080p, represents the sweet spot for competitive play, offering a significant reduction in graphical overhead compared to Ultra while still maintaining a highly detailed image.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds: High produces 248.9 FPS, Medium 272.1 FPS, and Low 317.1 FPS, while Ultra trails at 175.9 FPS. The High preset here still provides well over 240 FPS, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate 1440p monitors. At 3840x2160, High manages 130.3 FPS, which is comfortably above 120 FPS, making it suitable for 4K displays with high refresh rates. Ultra at 4K drops to 89.3 FPS, which is still playable but falls below the 100 FPS threshold that many players prefer for fast-paced shooters.

Given these results, the High preset is the recommended starting point for most users. It delivers a 31.4% higher frame rate than Ultra at 1080p and a 41.5% higher frame rate at 4K, while the visual difference between High and Ultra is typically less pronounced in a tactical shooter where clarity and reaction time matter more than minor texture or shadow enhancements. For players with 144Hz or 165Hz monitors, the Medium preset at 1440p offers 272.1 FPS, which exceeds the display's capability and provides a buffer for demanding scenes.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with the High preset?

A: The measured average frame rate at 1920x1080 with the High preset is 395.8 FPS, which places this combo well above the refresh rates of virtually all gaming monitors available.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming at Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset, the average FPS is 89.3, which is playable but not ideal for competitive play. Dropping to High at 4K raises the average to 130.3 FPS, making it a better choice for smoother gameplay.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from High to Ultra?

A: The data shows a consistent performance penalty across all resolutions. At 1080p, the drop is from 395.8 FPS to 276.7 FPS, a decrease of 30.1%. At 1440p, it falls from 248.9 FPS to 175.9 FPS, a 29.3% reduction. At 4K, the drop is from 130.3 FPS to 89.3 FPS, a 31.5% loss.

Q: Is the RTX 5080 the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The frame rates at 1080p are exceptionally high, reaching 496.4 FPS on Low. The CPU's 3DMark max-thread score of 9983 and single-thread score of 1043 suggest it can feed the GPU adequately, but the sheer speed of the RTX 5080 at lower resolutions means the CPU may occasionally become the bottleneck in less GPU-intensive scenes.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The lowest average frame rate is 89.3 FPS, which occurs at 3840x2160 resolution with the Ultra preset. This is the only measured configuration that falls below 100 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank overall in this game?

A: The combination ranks 76th out of 1748 tested combos for Ready Or Not, placing it in the top 4.3% of all systems benchmarked with this game.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a predictable trend that highlights the GPU's capabilities. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 395.8 at 1920x1080 to 248.9 at 2560x1440, a 37.1% decrease, and then to 130.3 at 3840x2160, a further 47.6% decrease from 1440p. This scaling pattern is indicative of a system where the GPU is the primary limiting factor as resolution increases, with the RTX 5080's 960.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 56.28 TFLOPS FP32 compute being pushed harder at higher pixel counts.

The Low preset shows a similar scaling trend, with 496.4 FPS at 1080p, 317.1 FPS at 1440p, and 164.4 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36.1%, and from 1440p to 4K is 48.2%. This consistency suggests that the game's rendering load scales predictably with resolution, and the RTX 5080's performance headroom at 1080p is so vast that the CPU, with its 12 cores and 20 threads, can keep up without introducing a significant bottleneck.

The Ultra preset exhibits the steepest scaling curve, with 276.7 FPS at 1080p, 175.9 FPS at 1440p, and 89.3 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36.4%, and from 1440p to 4K is 49.2%. The fact that the percentage drops are similar across all presets indicates that the resolution scaling is consistent regardless of settings, and the limiting component at higher resolutions is clearly the GPU. At 1080p, however, the CPU's role becomes more prominent, as the frame rates are high enough that the i7-12700KF's single-thread performance, measured at 4091 in Cinebench R23, may start to cap the GPU in certain scenes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates provide a complete picture of this combo's performance across twelve distinct configurations. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves the highest average at 496.4 FPS, followed by Medium at 432.5 FPS, High at 395.8 FPS, and Ultra at 276.7 FPS. The differences between each preset step are notable: Low to Medium is a 63.9 FPS drop, Medium to High is a 36.7 FPS drop, and High to Ultra is a 119.1 FPS drop. This last step is the most significant, indicating that Ultra introduces effects that are disproportionately expensive.

At 2560x1440, the results are 317.1 FPS on Low, 272.1 FPS on Medium, 248.9 FPS on High, and 175.9 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra is 141.2 FPS, and the step from High to Ultra remains the largest at 73.0 FPS. At 3840x2160, the averages are 164.4 FPS on Low, 145.6 FPS on Medium, 130.3 FPS on High, and 89.3 FPS on Ultra. The drop from High to Ultra at 4K is 41.0 FPS, which is a 31.5% reduction, highlighting the cost of enabling the highest-quality shadows and reflections at this resolution.

Across all resolutions, the data shows that the Medium preset provides a good balance, with frame rates that are 12.9% lower than Low at 1080p, 14.2% lower at 1440p, and 11.4% lower at 4K. The High preset, however, is only 20.3% lower than Low at 1080p, 21.5% lower at 1440p, and 20.7% lower at 4K, making it a more efficient choice for visual quality.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 combination ranks 76th out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not, placing it in the top 4.3% of all systems benchmarked. This ranking is a direct reflection of the measured FPS results, which show that this setup can achieve frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of most gaming displays at all resolutions tested. The GPU's percentile ranking of 89 confirms that the RTX 5080 outperforms 89% of all GPUs in the database, while the CPU's percentile of 89 places it similarly high among processors.

The nearest rivals for the GPU, based on average benchmark scores, include the Intel Arc A570M with a deltaPct of 1.6, the Intel Arc Pro A60 at -1.9, the Intel Arc A580 at 2.5, and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X at 2.6. These deltas indicate that the RTX 5080 is closely matched with the Arc A570M and Arc A580, but the measured FPS in Ready Or Not shows that this GPU's real-world performance in this specific title is exceptional. The CPU's nearest rivals, including the Intel Core i5-14400 with a deltaPct of 0.1, the Intel Core i7-13800H at -0.2, the Intel Core i9-12900HX at 0.2, and the Intel Core i5-13600T at 0.3, all have average benchmark scores within 0.3% of the i7-12700KF, indicating that the CPU's compute performance is well-balanced.

The combination's high rank is particularly meaningful given that it sits above many systems with more expensive or newer components, demonstrating that the i7-12700KF's 12 cores and 20 threads, combined with the RTX 5080's 10752 shading units and 84 RT cores, provide an excellent match for the demands of Ready Or Not.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. Its 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample bandwidth for feeding the RTX 5080. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 28979 and a single-core score of 4091, which are strong results that reflect its hybrid architecture of performance and efficiency cores.

In Ready Or Not, the CPU's role is most apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is not fully saturated. At 1080p with the Low preset, the average FPS of 496.4 suggests that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates, but the game's engine may still present occasional CPU-bound scenarios during intense firefights or when many AI characters are active. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 9282 and max-thread score of 9983 indicate that the CPU's multi-threaded performance is robust, which helps in a game that can utilize multiple cores for AI and physics calculations.

The boost clock of 5.00 GHz is critical for maintaining high single-thread performance, which is often the limiting factor in older or less optimized game engines. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 1043 and Geekbench single-core score of 2526 confirm that it delivers strong per-core performance, ensuring that the RTX 5080 is not starved of data at high frame rates. At 4K, however, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, as the frame rates at Ultra drop to 89.3 FPS, which is a 68% reduction from 1080p Ultra, and the CPU's workload becomes less significant in determining overall performance.