Ready Or Not

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 10 nm process. Its base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.40 GHz place it among the faster desktop parts in the database, and its 30 MB of shared L3 cache, alongside 2 MB per core of L2 and 80 KB per core of L1, gives it substantial headroom for feeding a discrete GPU. The processor supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory through a dual-channel bus, and it carries 20 PCIe Gen 5 lanes from the CPU itself, which is relevant for modern GPU connectivity.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i7-13700K posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 39000 and a single-core score of 5505. Its Geekbench multi-core result is 17731, with a single-core score of 2850. The 3DMark suite shows a max-thread score of 12412, an 8-thread score of 8193, a 4-thread score of 4469, and a 2-thread score of 2262. The single-thread 3DMark score is 1136. These numbers indicate a processor that excels in both lightly threaded and heavily threaded workloads, which matters for a tactical shooter like Ready Or Not that relies on consistent frame pacing across multiple AI-driven characters and physics interactions.

The CPU’s percentile ranking versus all processors is 93, meaning it outperforms 93% of the CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the Intel Core i7-13700KF at 47334 (delta of -0.1%), the AMD EPYC 4364P at 47131 (delta of 0.3%), and the Intel Core i9-12900F at 47081 (delta of 0.4%). The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 scores 47527, which is 0.5% higher. These tight deltas show the i7-13700K is positioned squarely among high-end desktop and workstation parts, though none of these rivals are present in the measured FPS data for this game.

For Ready Or Not, the CPU’s high single-thread performance (evidenced by the 3DMark single-thread score of 1136 and Cinebench R23 single-core of 5505) is more relevant than its multi-core might. The game’s AI and game logic are often single-thread bound, so the boost clock of 5.40 GHz helps maintain minimum frame rates. However, the measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the average FPS is 109, which is far below what this CPU could theoretically push if the GPU were not the limiting factor. This suggests that even with a strong CPU, the GPU becomes the bottleneck at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the Intel Core i7-13700K and the AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks 1685 out of 1748 tested combos in Ready Or Not. This places it in the bottom 5% of all tested configurations, which is a striking result given the CPU’s high percentile ranking. The rank of 1685 out of 1748 means that only 63 combos perform worse than this pairing, indicating a significant mismatch between the processor’s capability and the GPU’s output in this specific game.

The data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this ranking. The i7-13700K’s average benchmark score of 47282 and its 93rd percentile ranking among all CPUs suggest it is a top-tier part. The RX 570, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 30158 and sits at the 74th percentile among all GPUs. The delta between the CPU and GPU performance is substantial, and the combo rank reflects that the GPU drags the overall result down.

When comparing to the GPU’s nearest rivals in average benchmark score, the RX 570 sits close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (30109, delta 0.2%), AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (30097, delta 0.2%), NVIDIA Tesla M60 (29969, delta 0.6%), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (29928, delta 0.8%). These deltas are all within 1%, meaning the RX 570 is statistically similar in raw compute to those parts, yet none of those rivals appear in the measured FPS data for this game. The ranking of 1685 suggests that in Ready Or Not, the RX 570’s actual gaming performance is much worse than its synthetic benchmark scores would imply, likely due to the game’s specific rendering demands.

Given the CPU’s strength, the combo rank is almost entirely determined by the GPU. The data indicates that swapping the RX 570 for a more capable GPU would dramatically improve the combo’s position, but the current pairing is heavily GPU-bound.

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

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At 1080p High, the average FPS is 84.8. Moving to 1440p High, it drops to 53.3, a reduction of 31.5 FPS or roughly 37% lower. At 4K High, the average FPS is 30.3, which is 54.5 FPS lower than 1080p High, a drop of approximately 64% from the 1080p baseline.

This scaling behavior is characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would remain relatively flat across resolutions because the CPU’s workload does not change with resolution. Instead, the FPS drops sharply as pixel count increases, which is the signature of the GPU struggling to fill more pixels. The RX 570’s 4 GB of GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth become increasingly inadequate at higher resolutions, and the data reflects this.

At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 109, which is a playable frame rate for a tactical shooter. At 1440p Low, it drops to 65.7, and at 4K Low it falls to 35.1. The drop from 1080p to 1440p Low is 43.3 FPS (about 40% lower), and from 1440p to 4K Low is another 30.6 FPS (about 47% lower). The scaling is not linear, which indicates that memory bandwidth and fill rate constraints become more pronounced as resolution increases.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU adequately, but the GPU is still the limiting factor because even at Low settings, the FPS of 109 is far below what the i7-13700K could deliver in a CPU-bound scenario. At 4K, the GPU is clearly overwhelmed, with the Ultra setting dropping to 18.9 FPS, which is borderline unplayable. The resolution scaling analysis points to the RX 570 as the primary constraint across all settings and resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values across settings are as follows: Low yields 109 FPS, Medium yields 91.6 FPS, High yields 84.8 FPS, and Ultra yields 61.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 47.6 FPS, with Ultra being 43.7% slower than Low. The progression from Low to Medium is a drop of 17.4 FPS, from Medium to High a drop of 6.8 FPS, and from High to Ultra a drop of 23.4 FPS. The largest single-step drop occurs between High and Ultra, suggesting that the Ultra preset introduces effects that heavily tax the RX 570’s 32 ROPs and 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

At 2560x1440, the measured averages are: Low at 65.7 FPS, Medium at 61.3 FPS, High at 53.3 FPS, and Ultra at 35.8 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 29.9 FPS, with Ultra being 45.5% slower than Low. The step from Medium to High is a drop of 8.0 FPS, and from High to Ultra a drop of 17.5 FPS, which is again the largest single-step decline. The 1440p data shows that even Medium settings (61.3 FPS) are barely playable, while High (53.3 FPS) dips below the 60 FPS threshold.

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are: Low at 35.1 FPS, Medium at 34.1 FPS, High at 30.3 FPS, and Ultra at 18.9 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is just 1.0 FPS, which is negligible, indicating that the GPU is so constrained at 4K that the difference between those two presets is minimal. The drop from Medium to High is 3.8 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 11.4 FPS. The Ultra setting at 4K produces a 18.9 FPS average, which is the worst measured result across the entire dataset.

Across all resolutions, the pattern is consistent: the RX 570 performs best at Low settings, and the Ultra preset is disproportionately punishing. At 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to allow the GPU to reach 109 FPS at Low, but at 4K, even Low settings struggle to stay above 35 FPS. The data shows that the RX 570 is a 1080p-oriented part for this game, with 1440p being marginal and 4K being largely unplayable except at very low settings.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is built on the Polaris 20 chip, using the GCN 4.0 architecture on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with a base clock of 1168 MHz and a boost clock of 1244 MHz. The memory subsystem consists of 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, running at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective), yielding a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. The GPU’s FP32 throughput is 5.095 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate is 39.81 GPixel/s with a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s.

The GPU’s 4 GB of VRAM is a critical constraint in Ready Or Not. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 18.9, which is the lowest measured value. This is likely due to the game exceeding the 4 GB VRAM capacity at that resolution and preset, causing the GPU to rely on slower memory spillover. The 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is also insufficient for 4K textures, as evidenced by the steep drop from High (30.3 FPS) to Ultra (18.9 FPS) at 3840x2160, a difference of 11.4 FPS that cannot be explained by compute alone.

The RX 570’s percentile ranking among all GPUs is 74, and its average benchmark score is 30158. Its nearest rivals in score are the RTX 5060 (30109, delta 0.2%), RX 7700 XT (30097, delta 0.2%), Tesla M60 (29969, delta 0.6%), and RTX 5070 Mobile (29928, delta 0.8%). These deltas are all under 1%, but none of these rivals have measured FPS data in this game, so direct comparison is not possible. The synthetic scores suggest the RX 570 is a mid-range GPU, but its gaming performance in Ready Or Not is clearly below what those scores might imply, likely due to the game’s specific draw call and texture handling.

The GPU’s FP16 performance is 5.095 TFLOPS (1:1 with FP32), which is unusual for a GCN part and suggests it can handle some compute workloads efficiently. However, the game’s use of FP32 rendering and the GPU’s limited ROP count (32) at high resolutions is a bottleneck. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the GPU can reach 109 FPS, but at 4K Low it only manages 35.1 FPS, a 67.8% reduction. This scaling is consistent with a GPU that is constrained by memory bandwidth and fill rate rather than compute.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this combo depend heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 109 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. Medium at 91.6 FPS and High at 84.8 FPS are also playable, with High offering a better visual experience while still maintaining over 80 FPS. The Ultra preset at 61.4 FPS is just above 60 FPS, but the step from High to Ultra is a 23.4 FPS drop, which is the largest penalty at this resolution. For a tactical shooter where visual clarity matters, High at 1080p provides the best balance of image quality and frame rate, with 84.8 FPS leaving headroom for scene complexity.

At 2560x1440, the data shows that only the Low preset (65.7 FPS) and Medium (61.3 FPS) are above 60 FPS. High drops to 53.3 FPS, which is below the ideal threshold, and Ultra falls to 35.8 FPS, which is not recommended for competitive play. The Medium preset at 61.3 FPS is the best choice for 1440p, as it stays above 60 FPS while offering better visuals than Low. The drop from Medium to High is 8.0 FPS, which is modest but pushes the frame rate below 60 FPS. For users who prioritize frame rate, Low at 65.7 FPS is the safer option, but Medium provides a better visual experience without sacrificing playability.

At 3840x2160, the measured results are all below 36 FPS. Low at 35.1 FPS and Medium at 34.1 FPS are nearly identical, with a difference of just 1.0 FPS. High at 30.3 FPS is slightly worse, and Ultra at 18.9 FPS is effectively unplayable. The data suggests that 4K is not a viable resolution for this combo in Ready Or Not. Even at Low settings, the average FPS of 35.1 is below the 40 FPS threshold that many players consider minimum for a tactical shooter. The recommendation for 4K is to avoid it entirely, or if forced, use Low settings and accept the low frame rate.

Across all resolutions, the Ultra preset is consistently the worst performer relative to its visual benefit. The largest FPS drops occur when moving from High to Ultra at every resolution: 23.4 FPS at 1080p, 17.5 FPS at 1440p, and 11.4 FPS at 4K. The data indicates that the RX 570’s 4 GB VRAM and 32 ROPs cannot handle the Ultra preset’s additional texture and shading demands. The best experience per the measured rows is achieved at 1080p High (84.8 FPS) or 1440p Medium (61.3 FPS), depending on whether the user prioritizes resolution or frame rate. For a balanced experience, 1080p High is the recommended preset, as it provides smooth gameplay with sufficient visual fidelity for a tactical shooter where enemy identification is critical.