Road 96

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-12700K compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i7-12700K posts an average benchmark score of 35287, which places it 0.1% behind the Intel Core i5-13600T (35305), 0.2% behind the Intel Core i7-12700KF (35365), 0.3% behind the Intel Core i7-13700T (35403), and 0.4% behind the Intel Core 5 213PE (35428). This places it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs, indicating a strong but not top-tier position.

Q: What is the GPU's benchmark standing relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 20282, sitting 1% below the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480), 1.2% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534), 1.3% below the Intel Arc B570 (20556), and 1.5% below the Intel Arc A750 (20582). It ranks in the 65th percentile of all GPUs.

Q: What is the best FPS result recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average FPS is 187, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next best is 137 FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings, showing a significant drop when raising the preset.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested combinations for Road 96?

A: The i7-12700K + RTX 2070 SUPER combo ranks 2154 out of 3713 tested combinations, meaning it falls slightly below the median performance tier for this game. This rank reflects the balance between the CPU's strong 84th percentile standing and the GPU's more modest 65th percentile.

Q: What are the core and clock specifications of the CPU?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K features 12 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. It has a 25 MB shared L3 cache, with 80 KB L1 and 1.25 MB L2 per core, based on the Alder Lake architecture on a 10 nm process.

Q: What memory specifications does the GPU have?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. The memory clock is 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective, and the GPU has a base clock of 1605 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Road 96 shows a clear hierarchy across settings at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 187 FPS, which is remarkably high and suggests the game is not demanding at this level. Medium settings drop to 137 FPS, High to 110 FPS, and Ultra to 86 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 50 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 24 FPS — the diminishing returns become apparent at the higher presets.

At 2560x1440, the pattern shifts: Low produces 119 FPS, Medium 87 FPS, High 70 FPS, and Ultra 55 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 32 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 15 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p still maintains 87 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, making it a viable option for higher resolutions.

At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more constrained: Low yields 63 FPS, Medium 46 FPS, High 37 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS. Only the Low preset reaches playable territory above 60 FPS, and even that is borderline. The Medium preset's 46 FPS with a min of 39 and max of 53 indicates noticeable frame variability.

The best experience per the measured rows appears to be the Medium preset at 2560x1440, which balances the 87 FPS average with a min of 74 and max of 100 — this consistency suggests a stable frame pacing without severe dips. Alternatively, High at 1920x1080 offers 110 FPS, but the visual fidelity gain over Medium may not justify the 27 FPS loss. For users prioritizing visual quality, High at 1440p with 70 FPS remains acceptable, but the data suggests Medium at 1440p is the sweet spot for this combo.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals how this combination scales under increasing pixel loads. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 110 at 1080p to 70 at 1440p (a 36% reduction) and then to 37 at 4K (a 47% reduction from 1440p). This steep decline indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic: 187 FPS at 1080p falls to 119 FPS at 1440p (a 36% drop) and then to 63 FPS at 4K (a 47% drop from 1440p). The consistent percentage drops across settings suggest a uniform GPU bottleneck that scales linearly with pixel count, rather than a CPU limitation that would manifest differently.

The Medium settings tell a similar story: 137 FPS at 1080p, 87 FPS at 1440p (a 36% drop), and 46 FPS at 4K (a 47% drop from 1440p). The Ultra preset follows the same pattern: 86 FPS at 1080p, 55 FPS at 1440p (a 36% drop), and 29 FPS at 4K (a 47% drop from 1440p).

The uniformity of these percentage drops — approximately 36% from 1080p to 1440p and 47% from 1440p to 4K across all settings — strongly suggests that the RTX 2070 SUPER's rendering throughput is the primary constraint. The i7-12700K's 12 cores and 20 threads appear sufficient to feed the GPU at all resolutions, as the FPS scaling follows the expected pixel-count relationship rather than showing any CPU-induced plateau. The 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth of the GPU are likely the determinants of this scaling behavior.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2154 out of 3713 tested combinations places this system in the lower-middle portion of the performance distribution for Road 96. This ranking is interesting because the individual components have disparate standings: the i7-12700K sits in the 84th percentile of all CPUs, while the RTX 2070 SUPER sits in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. The combo's overall position suggests that the GPU's lower percentile exerts a stronger influence on this game's performance than the CPU's higher standing.

The data implies that Road 96 is a title where GPU throughput matters more than CPU capability. The i7-12700K's synthetic benchmarks — including a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 19784 and a Geekbench multicore score of 15790 — indicate a processor that can handle demanding workloads, yet the combo's rank does not reflect this strength. The nearest rival GPUs all score slightly higher on average (the Quadro M4000M at 20480, RTX 3070 Mobile at 20534, Arc B570 at 20556, and Arc A750 at 20582), and these small deltas of 1-1.5% likely translate to the observed FPS differences in Road 96.

Interestingly, the combo rank of 2154 out of 3713 means it outperforms roughly 42% of tested combinations but lags behind 58%. This suggests that many other GPU+CPU pairings achieve better results in this game, potentially due to more balanced configurations or GPUs with higher memory bandwidth. The i7-12700K's 125W TDP and the RTX 2070 SUPER's 215W TDP represent a substantial power envelope, yet the performance outcome does not proportionally reflect this investment in this specific game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER plays a critical role in shaping Road 96's performance, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for this game's demands at lower resolutions but becomes strained at 4K. The memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and the boost clock of 1770 MHz are the key specifications that determine frame rates.

At 1080p, the GPU's capabilities are more than adequate, with even Ultra settings achieving 86 FPS. The shading units (2560) and texture mapping units (160) handle the game's visual effects efficiently at this resolution. However, the 4K results tell a different story: Ultra settings drop to 29 FPS, indicating that the GPU's 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is insufficient for the pixel count at maximum quality.

The GPU's 64 ROPs and 113.3 GPixel/s pixel rate are likely the limiting factors at higher resolutions, as the fill rate requirement scales with pixel density. The 4K Medium result of 46 FPS with a min of 39 and max of 53 shows that the GPU can maintain playable performance but with notable frame time variance. The 4K Low result of 63 FPS demonstrates that reducing settings can compensate for the GPU's limitations, but this sacrifices visual fidelity.

The RTX 2070 SUPER's percentile ranking of 65 places it below the upper echelon of GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 20282 reflects this mid-tier positioning. The Turing architecture with 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores provides features that Road 96 likely doesn't heavily utilize, as the game's genre (Adventure) typically doesn't stress ray tracing or DLSS to the same degree as AAA shooters. The GPU's 12 nm process node and 13,600 million transistors indicate a mature design that delivers consistent, if not exceptional, performance in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of this combo's performance across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the results are: Low 187 FPS, Medium 137 FPS (min 116, max 157), High 110 FPS, and Ultra 86 FPS. The Medium preset's frame range shows a 41 FPS spread, indicating some inconsistency, while the other presets lack min/max data for comparison.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low 119 FPS, Medium 87 FPS (min 74, max 100), High 70 FPS, and Ultra 55 FPS. The Medium preset here shows a tighter 26 FPS spread, suggesting better frame pacing at this resolution. The step from Low to Medium is 32 FPS, from Medium to High is 17 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 15 FPS — a relatively even degradation pattern.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 63 FPS, Medium 46 FPS (min 39, max 53), High 37 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS. The Medium preset's 14 FPS spread is the narrowest of all Medium settings, indicating that the GPU becomes more consistent when pushed to its limits. The drop from Low to Medium is 17 FPS, from Medium to High is 9 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 8 FPS — the diminishing returns at 4K are clear.

Comparing across resolutions, the Low preset shows the largest absolute FPS drops (68 FPS from 1080p to 1440p, and 56 FPS from 1440p to 4K), while the Ultra preset shows smaller absolute drops (31 FPS and 26 FPS respectively). This pattern indicates that at lower settings, the GPU's headroom is more fully utilized, while at Ultra settings, the GPU is already saturated at 1080p. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS is the only sub-30 FPS measurement, making it effectively unplayable, while the 4K High result of 37 FPS is marginal.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K's role in Road 96 performance appears secondary to the GPU, but its capabilities still shape the overall experience. With 12 cores and 20 threads, the CPU provides ample parallelism for the game's logic and physics, as evidenced by the consistent FPS scaling across resolutions. The 3.60 GHz base clock and 5.00 GHz boost clock ensure responsive single-threaded performance, which is critical for adventure games with complex scripting.

The CPU's synthetic benchmarks paint a picture of a high-performing processor: a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 19784 and single-core score of 1850.5, a Geekbench multicore of 15790 and single-core of 2308, and a 3DMark max threads score of 9979. These scores indicate that the i7-12700K can handle multi-threaded workloads exceptionally well, with its 84th percentile ranking confirming its position among desktop CPUs.

However, the measured FPS data suggests that Road 96 does not fully leverage the CPU's capabilities. The uniform percentage drops from 1080p to 1440p to 4K (approximately 36% and 47% respectively) across all settings indicate that the GPU is the bottleneck, not the CPU. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect to see smaller FPS differences at higher resolutions, where the GPU becomes more stressed.

The CPU's 25 MB shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 per core provide ample on-die storage for game assets, reducing the need for slower memory access. The dual-channel memory support for DDR4 and DDR5 allows for flexible system configurations, though the measured performance doesn't highlight memory bandwidth as a constraint. The 10 nm Alder Lake architecture with 12 cores (likely 8 performance and 4 efficiency) provides a balance of high-clock performance cores and power-efficient cores, though the game's workload likely primarily utilizes the performance cores.

The i7-12700K's launch MSRP is $409, positioning it as a high-end desktop processor. Its nearest rivals — the i5-13600T, i7-12700KF, i7-13700T, and Core 5 213PE — all score within 0.4% of the i7-12700K, indicating that the CPU market is highly competitive at this performance tier. In Road 96, this CPU's strengths are underutilized, as the game's performance ceiling is dictated by the RTX 2070 SUPER's rendering capabilities rather than the CPU's processing power.