Revolution Idle

The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers a solid, if unspectacular, experience in Revolution Idle, with benchmark results showing the combination landing in the 833rd position out of 3,712 tested combos. This places it comfortably in the top quarter of all systems, though the data reveals that the RTX 4070 is often the limiting factor at higher resolutions, particularly when demanding settings are enabled. The measured FPS figures show a clear pattern: 1080p performance is excellent, 1440p remains highly playable, but 4K Ultra dips below the 30 FPS threshold, indicating that this configuration is best suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p or lower.

FAQ

*Q: What is the overall ranking of this CPU and GPU combo in Revolution Idle?*

A: The combo ranks 833rd out of 3,712 tested combinations, placing it in the top 22.4% of all systems tested for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070's average benchmark score of 37,648 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37,628, delta 0.1%) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37,507, delta 0.4%). It is 1.3% behind the RTX 4080 Mobile and 1.3% ahead of the Radeon PRO W6400.

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combo for this hardware?

A: The data shows the sweet spot is 1440p High, delivering 83 FPS. At 1080p High, the system achieves 132 FPS, and even 4K Low reaches 61 FPS, making 4K viable with reduced settings.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU become the bottleneck in this game?

A: At 1080p, the system reaches 184 FPS on Low settings, suggesting strong CPU performance. However, the sharp FPS drop at 4K, down to 44 FPS on High, indicates the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Q: How does the i5-12600KF's CPU benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The i5-12600KF scores 27,799, which is 0.3% lower than the Intel Core i9-10900K (27,872) and 0.3% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27,896). It is 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27,712).

Q: What are the minimum FPS numbers for the Medium settings presets?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 118; at 1440p Medium, it drops to 74; and at 4K Medium, the minimum is 39 FPS, showing a clear scaling trend with resolution.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its memory configuration and clock speeds directly influence the measured frame rates. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. This memory subsystem is a critical factor in Revolution Idle, as the game's demand for texture and scene data increases with resolution. The boost clock of 2475 MHz, combined with the base clock of 1920 MHz, allows the GPU to maintain high throughput, but the data shows that this is not always enough to prevent frame rate drops at 4K.

The RTX 4070's performance profile in this game is characterized by its diminishing returns at higher settings. At 1080p, the GPU is rarely the bottleneck, with the system delivering 132 FPS on High and 184 FPS on Low. However, moving to 1440p, the High preset still produces a robust 83 FPS, but the Ultra preset falls to 54 FPS, a drop of 35% from High. At 4K, the GPU's limitations become stark: High settings yield 44 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 28 FPS. This pattern indicates that while the 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for these resolutions, the raw compute power of the AD104 chip—with its 5,888 shading units and 29.15 TFLOPS FP32 performance—struggles to maintain fluid frame rates at the highest quality settings in 4K.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark scores corroborate this finding. Its Passmark G3D score of 26,927 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,854 place it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs. However, its nearest rivals, such as the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 with a delta of 0.4%, show that the RTX 4070 is not a massive outlier in raw performance. Instead, its advantage lies in modern features and efficiency, which are less critical in an idle game than raw rasterization throughput. Consequently, the data suggests that the RTX 4070 is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming but is only marginally viable at 4K in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 achieves a rank of 833 out of 3,712 tested combos in Revolution Idle. This places the system in the top 22.4% of all configurations, which is a strong result, but not an elite one. The ranking indicates that while this hardware is capable, there are over 800 other combinations that deliver higher average frame rates in this specific game.

Analyzing the rank relative to the CPU's synthetic performance provides context. The i5-12600KF is in the 79th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27,799. This puts it on par with the Intel Core i9-10900K (delta -0.3%) and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (delta -0.3%). However, the combo's rank of 833 is slightly lower than what the CPU's percentile alone might suggest, which implies that the GPU is holding the system back from a higher position. The RTX 4070 is in the 81st percentile of all GPUs, but its performance in Revolution Idle appears to be constrained by the game's engine and the GPU's architecture at higher settings.

The gap between the combo's rank and the individual component percentiles is most evident at 4K. At that resolution, the system's FPS drops significantly, and the combo's overall average is pulled down by the 28 FPS result at Ultra settings. In contrast, at 1080p, the system's performance is strong enough to compete with higher-tier combos. The data indicates that the combo's rank is representative of a balanced mid-to-high-end system that excels at standard resolutions but falls behind at extreme settings, making it a versatile but not top-tier option for this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a detailed view of how the system performs across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the system is exceptionally capable, with the Low preset achieving 184 FPS, Medium reaching 139 FPS, and High delivering 132 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 85 FPS, which is still well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The 1080p Medium preset also shows a minimum FPS of 118 and a maximum of 160, indicating consistent performance without significant frame time spikes.

Moving to 2560x1440, the system remains strong but shows a noticeable performance cost. The Low preset delivers 116 FPS, Medium reaches 88 FPS, and High produces 83 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to 54 FPS, which is a significant drop from the 85 FPS at 1080p Ultra, representing a 36.5% reduction. The Medium preset at 1440p has a minimum of 74 FPS and a maximum of 101 FPS, showing that while the average is high, there is some variability in frame times.

At 3840x2160, the system's performance becomes marginal. The Low preset achieves 61 FPS, which is just above the 60 FPS target, but Medium drops to 46 FPS, High to 44 FPS, and Ultra to 28 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K has a minimum of 39 FPS and a maximum of 53 FPS, indicating that even with some headroom, the system cannot maintain a steady 60 FPS at this resolution. The data clearly shows that 4K gaming with this combo is only viable at Low settings, and even then, it is close to the edge of playability.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scaling pattern. At High settings, the system achieves 132 FPS at 1080p, which drops to 83 FPS at 1440p (a 37.1% reduction) and further to 44 FPS at 4K (a 66.7% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline indicates that the RTX 4070's rendering throughput is the primary constraint as pixel count increases.

The scaling is even more pronounced at Ultra settings. The system delivers 85 FPS at 1080p, 54 FPS at 1440p, and only 28 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is a 67.1% drop from 1080p Ultra, demonstrating that the GPU is overwhelmed by the combination of high resolution and maximum quality settings. In contrast, the Low preset shows a more moderate scaling: 184 FPS at 1080p, 116 FPS at 1440p, and 61 FPS at 4K. This is a 66.8% drop from 1080p to 4K, but the absolute numbers remain playable.

The data suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this scaling. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 184 FPS, which is a high frame rate that would require a capable CPU to sustain. The i5-12600KF, with its 10 cores and 16 threads, is more than sufficient for this task. The bottleneck is clearly the GPU, as evidenced by the linear FPS drop with resolution increases. This is typical for a game like Revolution Idle, where the visual complexity scales with resolution and the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity determine the final frame rate.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF plays a supporting role in this combo, but its specifications ensure that it does not bottleneck the RTX 4070 in most scenarios. The CPU features 10 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz. This Alder Lake-S architecture chip, built on Intel's 10 nm process, has a 125 W TDP and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory. Its cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache, which helps maintain low latency access to frequently used data.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-12600KF demonstrates strong single-threaded and multi-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 23,391, and its single-core score is 3,302. The Geekbench multicore score is 12,137, with a single-core score of 2,157. These numbers indicate that the CPU can handle the game's logic and physics calculations without issue, especially in an idle game where the simulation is not as demanding as a fast-paced action title.

The CPU's benchmark scores place it in the 79th percentile of all CPUs, with an average score of 27,799. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-10900K (delta -0.3%) and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (delta -0.3%), showing that it is competitive with previous-generation flagship parts. In the context of Revolution Idle, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with data and manage the game state. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 184 FPS, which is a strong indication that the CPU is not holding back performance. Even at 4K, where the GPU is the bottleneck, the CPU's high boost clock of 4.90 GHz ensures that it can keep up with the GPU's output. The data shows that the i5-12600KF is a well-matched partner for the RTX 4070, providing enough processing power to avoid becoming the limiting component in this game.