Road 96

Resolution Scaling

Road 96 presents a clear picture of how this Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti combination scales across resolutions. The transition from 1080p to 1440p and then to 4K shows a predictable but steep drop in frame rates, indicating the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as pixel count rises.

At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the combo delivers 111 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at Ultra drops that to 72.3 FPS, a 34.9% reduction. The jump to 3840x2160 at Ultra yields just 37.4 FPS, which is 66.3% below the 1080p figure. This scaling pattern is typical for a game where visual fidelity settings heavily influence the rendering load.

The Low settings curve tells a similar story but with higher absolute numbers. At 1080p Low, the system produces 239.9 FPS, which falls to 151.1 FPS at 1440p and 81.9 FPS at 4K. The 4K-to-1080p ratio at Low is 34.1%, while at Ultra it is 33.7%, suggesting the resolution penalty is relatively consistent regardless of quality preset.

Medium settings show 178.6 FPS at 1080p, 112.9 FPS at 1440p, and 56.7 FPS at 4K. High settings produce 144.7 FPS, 92.9 FPS, and 47 FPS respectively. The data indicates that the RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB GDDR6X memory and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle Road 96's demands at all tested resolutions, though the 4K Ultra result falls below the 40 FPS threshold that many players consider playable.

The limiting component at 1080p appears to be the CPU. With a 239.9 FPS ceiling at Low settings, the i5-12400's six cores and twelve threads are nearing their practical limit for this game engine. At 4K, however, the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck, as evidenced by the dramatic FPS decline despite the CPU having ample headroom.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 brings a solid foundation for Road 96. Its six physical cores and twelve threads operate at a base clock of 2.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. The Alder Lake architecture uses a 10 nm process from Intel, and the processor carries 18 MB of shared L3 cache alongside 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core.

Benchmark results for this CPU show a single-thread score of 910 in 3DMark and 2249 in Cinebench R23. Multi-threaded performance reaches 5890 in 3DMark max threads and 15935 in Cinebench R23 multicore. These figures place the i5-12400 at the 77th percentile among all CPUs tested in the database, with an average benchmark score of 19850.

The nearest rivals in the database are tightly grouped. The Intel Core i7-9700 scores 19831, just 0.1% lower than the i5-12400. The Intel Core i7-8700 posts 19894, which is 0.2% higher. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX reaches 19928, 0.4% above, while the Intel Core i5-11600K sits at 19771, 0.4% below. This clustering suggests that for Road 96, the i5-12400's performance is well within the expected range for its class.

The game's adventure genre typically does not demand extreme multi-threaded performance, and the measured FPS figures support this. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 239.9 FPS, which approaches the practical limit for many displays. The CPU's single-thread strength, evidenced by the 3456 Passmark single-thread score, helps maintain high frame rates even when the GPU is not fully taxed.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 667th out of 1684 tested combos for Road 96. This places it in the 60.4th percentile of all combinations, meaning roughly 60% of tested systems perform better in this game.

The ranking reflects a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically bottlenecks the other. The RTX 3070 Ti's 74th percentile among all GPUs and the i5-12400's 77th percentile among CPUs suggest they are well-matched in overall capability. The combo's position in the middle-upper tier of tested systems indicates that Road 96 players with this hardware can expect solid performance across most settings and resolutions.

The 1684 total combos tested provide a broad comparison field. A rank of 667 means 1017 other combinations delivered higher frame rates in Road 96, while 667 combinations performed worse. This puts the i5-12400 + RTX 3070 Ti pairing in the upper-middle segment, which aligns with the measured FPS results showing playable frame rates at most settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its strongest performance. Low settings produce 239.9 FPS, Medium delivers 178.6 FPS, High reaches 144.7 FPS, and Ultra settles at 111 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 128.9 FPS, representing a 53.7% reduction from the lowest to highest quality preset.

The 2560x1440 results show a predictable step down. Low settings yield 151.1 FPS, Medium drops to 112.9 FPS, High manages 92.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 72.3 FPS. The Ultra-to-Low delta at this resolution is 78.8 FPS, which is a 52.1% reduction.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limits become apparent. Low settings still produce a respectable 81.9 FPS, but Medium falls to 56.7 FPS, High drops to 47 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 37.4 FPS. The Ultra-to-Low gap here is 44.5 FPS, a 54.3% reduction. Notably, the percentage reduction from Low to Ultra remains remarkably consistent across all three resolutions, ranging from 52.1% to 54.3%, indicating the settings scaling is resolution-independent.

For players targeting 60 FPS, the system achieves this at 1440p with High settings (92.9 FPS) and at 4K with Medium settings (56.7 FPS, slightly below 60). The 4K High result of 47 FPS and Ultra result of 37.4 FPS fall below the 60 FPS target, making 1440p the practical ceiling for high-refresh gaming with this combo.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture using Samsung's 8 nm process. The GA104 chip contains 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die, with a transistor density of 44.4 million per square millimeter. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1575 MHz and boosts to 1770 MHz, with memory running at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective).

Memory configuration includes 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, providing 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output pipelines deliver a pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s. Compute performance reaches 21.75 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 operations.

Benchmark scores for the GPU include a Passmark G3D score of 23356 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 137518. The Vulkan score reaches 130778, while 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 posts 3478. The GPU's average benchmark score is 30849, placing it at the 74th percentile among all GPUs in the database.

The nearest rivals in the GPU database are closely matched. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME scores 30755, just 0.3% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 reaches 31112, 0.8% higher. The NVIDIA Quadro M5000 posts 31142, 0.9% above, and the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q achieves 31220, 1.2% higher. This tight grouping shows the RTX 3070 Ti sits in a competitive performance band.

In Road 96, the GPU's role becomes increasingly critical at higher resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 37.4 FPS indicates the 8 GB VRAM and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for the game's textures, but the rendering pipeline becomes saturated. The 21.75 TFLOPS compute capability is sufficient for the adventure genre's visual effects, though the 37.4 FPS floor suggests the game's Ultra preset demands more than this GPU can deliver at 4K.