Revolution Idle

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Revolution Idle?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 produces the highest frame rates across all settings, with Low reaching 151 FPS, High at 109 FPS, Medium at 114 FPS, and Ultra at 70 FPS. This makes 1080p the only resolution where Ultra exceeds the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the Core i5-12600KF compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The processor's average benchmark score of 27799 places it nearly even with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896, -0.3% delta) and the Intel Core i9-10900K (27872, -0.3% delta). It edges out the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27712, +0.3% delta) by a similar margin, indicating these CPUs are effectively interchangeable in synthetic workloads.

Q: What GPU memory configuration does the RTX 3070 use?

A: The card features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed, which is a key factor for texture-heavy scenes in this idle game.

Q: Is the RTX 3070 competitive with its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 17208 is within 1.5% of all four nearest rivals. It trails the NVIDIA Tesla K40c (17468, -1.5% delta) and leads the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (17083, +0.7% delta), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 (17037, +1% delta), and AMD Radeon HD 7970M (17019, +1.1% delta) by small margins.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in this game?

A: The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the RTX 3070 ranks 1569 out of 3712 tested combos in Revolution Idle, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the database. This rank reflects the game's modest hardware demands relative to other titles.

Q: How does the CPU's thread performance scale across 3DMark tests?

A: The 3DMark scores show strong scaling: 2 threads yield 1995, 4 threads reach 3806, 8 threads hit 6128, and both 16-thread and max-thread tests land near 7956 and 7952 respectively. This indicates the 10-core, 16-thread design saturates well before hitting its ceiling.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear sweet spot for Revolution Idle at each resolution. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 114 FPS with a narrow 97-131 FPS range, making it the most consistent high-performance option. High settings produce 109 FPS, which is nearly identical but lacks the frame pacing data provided by the Medium min/max figures. Ultra at 70 FPS remains playable but sacrifices 44 FPS compared to Medium, a significant drop for marginal visual gains.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Medium holds 72 FPS with a 61-83 FPS range, while High reaches 69 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to 44 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth motion. At this resolution, Medium is the recommended preset because it maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS while offering the documented frame stability.

At 3840x2160, all settings struggle to maintain fluid gameplay. Low achieves 50 FPS, Medium drops to 38 FPS, High reaches 36 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 23 FPS. Even the lowest preset fails to hit 60 FPS, so users prioritizing frame rate should avoid 4K entirely. For those who insist on 4K, Low provides the least objectionable experience, though the data suggests this resolution is better suited for static viewing rather than active play.

The optimal experience across all resolutions is 1080p Medium, which balances the highest average FPS (114) with documented frame consistency (97-131 range). This configuration extracts the most from the RTX 3070 without overburdening the CPU, as evidenced by the minimal performance gap between Medium and High at this resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how this combo scales under increasing resolution load. At Medium settings, the average frame rate drops from 114 FPS at 1920x1080 to 72 FPS at 2560x1440, a 36.8% reduction, then further to 38 FPS at 3840x2160, another 47.2% drop from 1440p. This steep decline indicates the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck as pixel count rises.

Low settings show a similar trajectory: 151 FPS at 1080p falls to 95 FPS at 1440p (37.1% drop) and then to 50 FPS at 4K (47.4% drop from 1440p). High settings follow suit with 109 to 69 to 36 FPS across the three resolutions. Ultra displays the most dramatic scaling loss, dropping from 70 to 44 to 23 FPS.

The consistent percentage drops between resolutions suggest the RTX 3070's 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors rather than the CPU. The Core i5-12600KF's 10 cores and 16 threads provide ample processing headroom, as evidenced by the game's idle genre demanding minimal per-frame computation. The 3DMark scores, particularly the 7956 result for 16 threads, confirm the CPU can feed the GPU without stalling.

The scaling pattern also highlights a diminishing returns curve: the jump from 1440p to 4K costs roughly half the performance regardless of settings preset. This indicates the GPU's 20.31 TFLOPS compute capacity is exhausted well before the CPU's capabilities, making this combo resolution-limited rather than CPU-limited in Revolution Idle.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 1569 out of 3712 tested combinations places it in the 57th percentile of all pairings in the database. This mid-tier ranking is surprising given the hardware's specifications: the CPU sits in the 79th percentile among all processors (27799 average score), while the GPU ranks in the 61st percentile (17208 average score). The discrepancy between component percentiles and the combo's game-specific rank suggests Revolution Idle's performance profile favors different hardware characteristics.

Examining the CPU's nearest rivals helps contextualize this ranking. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 27896, just 0.3% higher, yet its 3D V-Cache design might interact differently with this game's workload. Similarly, the Intel Core i9-10900K at 27872 shows near-identical synthetic performance, implying the specific core architecture matters less than raw throughput for this title.

The GPU's nearest rivals paint a similar picture. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT scores 17083, which is 0.7% lower than the RTX 3070's 17208, yet the combo rank remains fixed. This indicates the ranking captures the entire system's behavior rather than individual component strengths.

Given that Revolution Idle is an idle game, the 1569th position likely reflects the fact that many lower-end combos can achieve high frame rates due to the game's minimal real-time rendering demands. The data shows 1080p Ultra reaching 70 FPS, which many older or cheaper configurations could match, pulling the combo's relative standing down despite its capable hardware.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070's specifications directly influence the measured performance in Revolution Idle. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes increasingly critical as resolution climbs. The 4K results—ranging from 23 FPS at Ultra to 50 FPS at Low—demonstrate that memory bandwidth saturates quickly at higher pixel counts.

The GPU's 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units process the game's visuals, while its 96 ROPs handle final pixel output. The pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s provide theoretical ceilings that align with the observed scaling. At 1080p, the GPU easily pushes 151 FPS at Low, but the 4K Ultra result of 23 FPS shows the render output units becoming the constraint.

Clock speeds play a role in the scaling behavior: the 1500 MHz base and 1725 MHz boost clocks provide the raw processing frequency, while the 1750 MHz memory clock (14 Gbps effective) determines how fast texture data moves. The 20.31 TFLOPS FP32 compute capacity is more than sufficient for this idle title, as evidenced by the high 1080p frame rates.

The GPU's 220 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate it operates within standard power envelopes, but the 12-pin power connector and 550 W suggested PSU suggest it draws substantial current under load. The 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 3162 and Passmark G3D score of 22214 provide synthetic benchmarks that corroborate the real-world FPS measurements.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows progressive performance tiers: Low leads with 151 FPS, Medium follows at 114 FPS with a 97-131 FPS range, High reaches 109 FPS, and Ultra drops to 70 FPS. The 81 FPS gap between Low and Ultra represents a 53.6% performance loss for higher visual fidelity, a substantial trade-off for an idle game.

The 2560x1440 results compress these differences: Low achieves 95 FPS, Medium hits 72 FPS (61-83 range), High reaches 69 FPS, and Ultra falls to 44 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 51 FPS (53.7% loss), showing consistent relative scaling despite the lower absolute values.

At 3840x2160, all settings cluster in the sub-60 FPS territory: Low produces 50 FPS, Medium reaches 38 FPS (32-43 range), High delivers 36 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 23 FPS. The Medium preset's min/max data reveals a tight 11 FPS range, indicating stable frame delivery even at this demanding resolution.

The Medium settings at all three resolutions include min and max FPS values, providing insight into frame consistency. At 1080p, the 97-131 range spans 34 FPS; at 1440p, the 61-83 range spans 22 FPS; at 4K, the 32-43 range spans 11 FPS. This tightening range suggests the GPU becomes more consistently loaded as resolution increases, reducing frame time variance.

Cross-referencing these results with the GPU's 8 GB VRAM capacity, the 4K Ultra setting likely exceeds comfortable memory usage, explaining the dramatic 15 FPS drop from High to Ultra at that resolution. The 1080p and 1440p Ultra results (70 and 44 FPS) show less severe penalties, indicating VRAM headroom remains sufficient until 4K.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF's 10 cores and 16 threads provide substantial processing power for Revolution Idle, though the game's idle genre likely demands less CPU work than traditional action titles. The 3DMark scores demonstrate strong multi-threaded performance: 7956 for 16 threads and 7952 for max threads, indicating the processor saturates its thread count effectively.

Single-thread performance, measured at 1016 in 3DMark and 3302 in Cinebench R23, proves adequate for the game's main thread. The 4.90 GHz boost clock and 3.70 GHz base clock give the CPU flexibility to ramp up for intensive moments, while the 20 MB shared L3 cache provides fast access to frequently used game data.

The CPU's Passmark scores reinforce its capability: multithread results hit 27575, single-thread reaches 3925, and physics workloads score 1539. The data compression score of 343231 and integer math at 87830 suggest the processor handles background tasks easily, which matters in an idle game where incremental calculations occur continuously.

Comparing to rivals, the i5-12600KF's 27799 average score sits within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896), Intel Core i9-10900K (27872), and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (27887). This tight clustering indicates that CPU choice makes minimal difference for this game's performance, as the measured FPS data confirms—the resolution scaling patterns point to GPU limitation rather than CPU bottleneck.

The 125 W TDP and Alder Lake architecture with 10 nm process deliver efficient performance, while the unlocked multiplier allows overclocking for users seeking marginal gains. The 79th percentile ranking among all CPUs places it well above average, yet the combo's 1569th position in-game suggests Revolution Idle simply does not stress the processor enough to differentiate it from cheaper alternatives.