Ready Or Not

The Intel Core i9-14900K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a highly playable experience in Ready Or Not, though the data reveals a clear bottleneck dynamic depending on resolution. This combination ranks 1062nd out of 1748 tested combos in this specific title, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. The CPU is a 24-core, 32-thread Raptor Lake part with a base clock of 3.20 GHz and a boost clock of 6.00 GHz, while the GPU is a Turing-era card with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. The benchmark results show that at 1080p and 1440p, the system produces very high frame rates, but at 4K Ultra, performance drops significantly, indicating that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the limiting factor in the most demanding scenarios.

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

The Intel Core i9-14900K is a 24-core, 32-thread processor from the Raptor Lake Refresh generation, built on Intel's 10 nm process. Its high boost clock of 6.00 GHz provides exceptional single-thread performance, which is critical for the AI-driven enemy behavior and physics calculations that dominate Ready Or Not's CPU load. In synthetic benchmarks, the i9-14900K scores 7040 points in Cinebench R23 single-core and 49872 points in multi-core, with a PassMark single-thread score of 4697 and a multithread score of 58674. These results place the CPU in the 97th percentile of all processors, showing that it is not a bottleneck in this pairing.

However, the data suggests that the game's engine does not heavily scale with the CPU's massive thread count. The i9-14900K's nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7413 (which scores 80041, a -0.3% delta), the Intel Core i9-14900KF (79245, +0.7%), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF (79240, +0.7%). These tiny percentage differences indicate that beyond a certain point, additional CPU headroom does not translate into higher frame rates in Ready Or Not. The game appears to be GPU-bound in most tested configurations, as evidenced by the dramatic FPS drop when moving from 1440p to 4K at Ultra settings (86.9 to 45.9 FPS). The CPU's 36 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache help maintain consistent frame pacing, but the real performance ceiling is set by the graphics card.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

*Q: What is the overall ranking of this CPU-GPU combo in Ready Or Not?*

A: The combination of the Intel Core i9-14900K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1062nd out of 1748 tested combos in this game, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database.

Q: How does the i9-14900K compare to its closest rival in raw CPU performance?

A: The i9-14900K has an average benchmark score of 79824, which is nearly identical to the AMD EPYC 7413's 80041 (a -0.3% delta) and slightly ahead of the Intel Core i9-14900KF at 79245 (a +0.7% delta).

Q: What is the best frame rate achieved at 1080p with this combo?

A: The highest average FPS at 1920x1080 is 247.8 FPS on Low settings, followed by 217.2 FPS on Medium, 197.1 FPS on High, and 137.7 FPS on Ultra.

Q: At what resolution and settings does the combo fail to maintain 60 FPS?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 45.9, which is below the 60 FPS threshold. All other tested settings at 4K stay above 60 FPS, with Low at 79.5, Medium at 73.9, and High at 66.5.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest rival in GPU benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 22206, which is 0.5% lower than the NVIDIA RTX A400 (22307) but 2.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (21670).

Q: Does the CPU's high thread count provide a proportional FPS benefit in this game?

A: No, the data shows that the i9-14900K's nearest rivals, which have different core configurations, achieve within 0.9% of its average score, indicating that Ready Or Not does not scale significantly with additional CPU cores beyond a certain point.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combo rank of 1062 out of 1748 places this system in the 60th percentile of all tested configurations in Ready Or Not. This is a modest position, reflecting the fact that the RTX 2070 SUPER, while capable, is not a high-end GPU by current standards. The CPU's strength is evident in the fact that this combo outperforms many systems with newer mid-range graphics cards, but it falls short of combos featuring top-tier GPUs.

The ranking indicates that the system is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it delivers frame rates that far exceed the 60 FPS target. At 4K, however, the combo drops to the lower half of the ranking, as the GPU struggles to maintain high frame rates at Ultra settings. The 45.9 FPS result at 4K Ultra is a significant outlier compared to the 86.9 FPS at 1440p Ultra, showing a 47% performance loss when scaling up resolution. This suggests that the combo's ranking is heavily influenced by the GPU's memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s and its 256-bit bus, which are adequate for lower resolutions but become a limitation at 4K.

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

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers excellent performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 247.8 FPS, Medium yields 217.2 FPS, High achieves 197.1 FPS, and Ultra maintains 137.7 FPS. These numbers indicate that the CPU is more than capable of feeding the GPU, with even the most demanding settings remaining well above the refresh rate of typical high-end monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows a clear scaling trend. Low settings average 154.6 FPS, Medium drops to 135.9 FPS, High achieves 125.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 86.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 67.7 FPS, a 44% reduction, which is typical for a GPU with 8 GB of VRAM. The 8 GB frame buffer is sufficient for 1440p, but the game's texture-heavy environments start to stress the memory subsystem.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck. Low settings manage 79.5 FPS, Medium drops to 73.9 FPS, High achieves 66.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 45.9 FPS. The step from High to Ultra at 4K represents a 31% performance hit, which is more severe than at lower resolutions. This indicates that Ultra settings at 4K require more than the RTX 2070 SUPER can provide, likely due to the combination of increased pixel count and higher texture quality exceeding the GPU's 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB memory capacity.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is a Turing-architecture GPU with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1605 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz, and it features 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The GPU's performance in Ready Or Not is directly tied to its memory subsystem and compute capabilities. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p and 1440p at all settings, but at 4K Ultra, the game's high-resolution textures likely exceed this capacity, causing the dramatic FPS drop to 45.9.

The GPU's compute performance, measured at 9.062 TFLOPS FP32, is sufficient for the game's lighting and shadow effects at lower settings but becomes strained at Ultra. The 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present but are not heavily utilized in this title, as Ready Or Not does not require real-time ray tracing for its core gameplay. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 18169 places it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals show tight competition: the NVIDIA RTX A400 scores 22307 (a -0.5% delta), the GTX TITAN Z scores 22006 (+0.9%), and the RTX 4060 Mobile scores 22729 (-2.3%).

The data shows that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the limiting factor in this combo at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the CPU can push the GPU to 247.8 FPS on Low, but at 4K Ultra, the GPU's throughput falls to 45.9 FPS. This 81% reduction in frame rate from 1080p Low to 4K Ultra highlights the GPU's inability to scale with resolution, a common trait of mid-range cards with 8 GB of memory. The 14 Gbps effective memory speed and 1750 MHz memory clock are respectable for the Turing generation, but they are not enough to sustain high frame rates at 4K with maximum settings.