Road 96

Road 96 is an adventure game released on 2021-08-15. The measured configuration on this page pairs an Intel Core i5-12400 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, and it ranks 773rd out of 1,684 tested combos for this title. The CPU sits in the 77th percentile of all CPUs and the GPU in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, making this a near-middle result in Road 96's measured leaderboard.

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

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor built on Intel's Alder Lake-S architecture and manufactured on a 10 nm process. It runs at a 2.50 GHz base clock and boosts to 4.40 GHz, with 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. The chip supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus and exposes PCIe Gen 5 with 16 CPU lanes. It also includes UHD Graphics 730, though the Road 96 results on this page are driven by the discrete GeForce RTX 3070.

Benchmark data shows the CPU's average score is 19,850, placing it in the 77th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals by average benchmark score are tightly packed. The Core i7-9700 scores 19,831 and sits 0.1% behind, while the Core i5-11600K scores 19,771 and sits 0.4% behind. On the other side, the Core i7-8700 scores 19,894 and sits 0.2% ahead, and the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX scores 19,928 and sits 0.4% ahead. In aggregate CPU performance, this chip is effectively within a rounding error of all four rivals.

The measured single-thread and multithread metrics reinforce that picture. Cinebench R23 results are 15,935 multi-core and 2,249 single-core, while Cinebench R20 scores are 6,692 multi-core and 944 single-core. 3DMark results show 910 single-thread, 3,012 4-thread, 4,745 8-thread, 5,873 16-thread, and 5,890 max-thread scores. The PassMark single-thread score is 3,456. For a game like Road 96, the combination of solid single-thread performance and 12 threads supports very high frame rates at lower resolutions and lower presets. The measured result at 1920x1080 Low is 226.7 FPS average, which is the fastest result recorded for this combo and relies on the CPU being able to feed frames quickly. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the same CPU/GPU pair averages 36.5 FPS, showing that the CPU's role shrinks as GPU load becomes much larger.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is an Ampere-generation GPU using the GA104 chip, manufactured by Samsung on an 8 nm process with 17,400 million transistors. The GPU has 5,888 shading units, 184 texture units, 96 ROPs, 46 RT cores, and 184 tensor cores. It runs at a 1500 MHz base clock and a 1725 MHz boost clock. The memory subsystem uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz and 14 Gbps effective speed, yielding a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The card is rated at 220 W TDP, lists a 550 W suggested power supply, and connects via PCIe 4.0 x16.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 3070 posts a PassMark G3D score of 22,214 and a PassMark GPU compute score of 11,195. Geekbench OpenCL is 123,479 and Vulkan is 120,664. The average benchmark score is 28,238, which puts the GPU in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are close in aggregate score: the AMD FirePro S7150 scores 28,409 and is 0.6% ahead, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT scores 27,985 and is 0.9% behind, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti scores 27,956 and is 1% behind, and the AMD Radeon R9 M295X scores 28,541 and is 1.1% ahead.

In Road 96, the GPU's effect appears directly in settings scaling. At 3840x2160, Low averages 79.7 FPS, Medium 56.3 FPS, High 42.4 FPS, and Ultra 36.5 FPS. At 2560x1440, the same preset ladder goes from 146.7 FPS on Low to 108.4 FPS on Medium, 84.3 FPS on High, and 67.1 FPS on Ultra. At 1920x1080, Low averages 226.7 FPS, Medium 165.9 FPS, High 135.9 FPS, and Ultra 108.9 FPS. The consistent order, with Low producing the highest average FPS and Ultra the lowest, is the clearest sign of the GPU responding to increasing graphics preset load.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for this combo at 1080p Ultra?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 Ultra is 108.9.

Q: How does the Core i5-12400 compare to the Core i7-8700 in aggregate CPU benchmark score?

A: The i5-12400 averages 19,850, while the Core i7-8700 averages 19,894, putting the i7-8700 0.2% ahead.

Q: Is the RTX 3070's aggregate benchmark score close to the RX 6600 XT?

A: Yes. The RTX 3070 averages 28,238 and the RX 6600 XT averages 27,985, putting the RTX 3070 0.9% ahead.

Q: What happens to the average FPS between 1080p Low and 4K Ultra?

A: The measured average is 226.7 FPS at 1920x1080 Low and 36.5 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Q: Where does this CPU+GPU combo rank in the Road 96 test database?

A: It ranks 773rd out of 1,684 tested combos.

Q: What are the measured average FPS values at 1440p High?

A: The measured average is 84.3 FPS at 2560x1440 High.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's in-game rank is 773rd out of 1,684 tested configurations, which places it near the center of the Road 96 test field. The CPU's 77th percentile and the GPU's 72nd percentile are both above average when measured against all CPUs and all GPUs, yet the combined system ends up in the middle of Road 96's specific combo leaderboard. This is because the rank is generated from measured Road 96 frame rates rather than from component aggregate scores alone.

The measured frame rate spread is wide. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo produces 226.7 FPS, while at 3840x2160 Ultra it drops to 36.5 FPS. Those two endpoints define the system's capability range across the tested settings. The 2560x1440 results sit between them, with Medium at 108.4 FPS, High at 84.3 FPS, and Ultra at 67.1 FPS. Since the Road 96 leaderboard includes combos tested across many resolutions and presets, the 773rd rank reflects the aggregate of all these specific measured points rather than any single frame rate.

The data is measured, not estimated. That makes the 773rd placement a directly recorded result rather than a projected one, and it gives the rank more weight when comparing this Core i5-12400 + RTX 3070 system to the other 1,683 entries in the database.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS |

|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | Low | 79.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 56.3 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 42.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 36.5 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 146.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 108.4 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 84.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 67.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 226.7 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 165.9 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 135.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 108.9 |

The pattern is consistent across every resolution: Low yields the highest measured average FPS, Medium comes next, then High, and Ultra yields the lowest. The 1920x1080 Low result of 226.7 FPS is the fastest recorded for this combo, while the 3840x2160 Ultra result of 36.5 FPS is the slowest. The 2560x1440 Medium average of 108.4 FPS and the 1920x1080 Ultra average of 108.9 FPS are effectively the same target frame rate, showing that this combo can trade resolution against preset level to reach a similar average FPS.