Road 96

FAQ

Q: What is the measured performance of the Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 580 combo in Road 96?

A: The combo ranks 1570 out of 1684 tested combinations in this game. The measured frame rates range from a low of 14.9 FPS at 4K Ultra settings to a high of 92.4 FPS at 1080p Low settings.

Q: How does the RX 580 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in terms of average benchmark scores?

A: The RX 580 has an average benchmark score of 13559. This puts it essentially level with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (13564, 0% delta) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (13549, 0.1% delta). It sits 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 455 and 1.1% behind the NVIDIA P106-090.

Q: What is the CPU's standing relative to all processors tested?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700KF sits in the 89th percentile when compared to all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 35355 places it within a 0.3% margin of its nearest rivals, including the Intel Core i5-14400, Intel Core i7-13800H, Intel Core i9-12900HX, and Intel Core i5-13600T.

Q: What memory configuration does the RX 580 use, and what is its bandwidth?

A: The GPU features 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 2000 MHz with 8 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts, and what is its boost clock?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores and 20 threads. Its base clock is 3.60 GHz, and it boosts up to 5.00 GHz. The processor has a 25 MB shared L3 cache.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the combo achieve playable frame rates above 60 FPS?

A: Only at 1920x1080 with Low settings does the combo exceed 60 FPS, achieving an average of 92.4 FPS. At 2560x1440, the best result is 59.2 FPS on Low settings, which is just below the 60 FPS threshold.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580 is a Polaris 20 chip built on a 14 nm process, featuring 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. Its GCN 4.0 architecture operates at a base clock of 1257 MHz and a boost clock of 1340 MHz. The GPU's raw compute capability is rated at 6.175 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 operations, with a pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s.

The 8 GB GDDR5 frame buffer on a 256-bit bus provides 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is essential for Road 96's stylized adventure rendering at higher resolutions. The data shows a clear correlation between resolution and frame rate drop: moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings reduces average FPS from 50.9 to 32.5, a substantial 36% decrease. The jump to 4K at High settings further crushes performance to just 15.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources are insufficient for 4K in this title.

The GPU's benchmark profile reinforces its mid-range positioning. Its average benchmark score of 13559 places it in the 53rd percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 and GTX 950, both within 0.1% of its score. This suggests the RX 580 delivers performance comparable to those older NVIDIA parts, which aligns with its measured results in Road 96. The DirectX 12 benchmark score of 43 and DirectX 11 score of 60 highlight that the GPU's API performance is modest, though the game does not appear to be heavily bottlenecked by API overhead at lower resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. Its 3.60 GHz base clock and 5.00 GHz boost clock, combined with a 25 MB shared L3 cache, provide substantial headroom for gaming workloads. The processor's benchmark results demonstrate strong multi-threaded capability: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 28979, while the single-core score reaches 4091. 3DMark results show scaling from 1043 in single-thread to 9983 at max threads, indicating the processor can leverage its 20 threads effectively.

For Road 96, an adventure game, the CPU's role is less demanding than in fast-paced shooters, but the data still shows its influence. The processor's Passmark multithread score of 34092 and Geekbench multicore score of 13596 place it in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it outpaces the vast majority of processors. Its nearest rivals—the Intel Core i5-14400, Core i7-13800H, Core i9-12900HX, and Core i5-13600T—are all within 0.3% of its average score of 35355, showing that the 12700KF sits at the top of a tightly clustered group.

The CPU's 125 W TDP and support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus give it flexibility, though the game's frame rates at high settings are more likely constrained by the GPU. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 92.4 FPS, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at lower graphical loads. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p (92.4 vs 44.6 FPS) is primarily a GPU-side scaling effect, but the CPU's high single-thread score of 4091 in Cinebench R23 ensures it does not become a limiting factor in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 580 combination ranks 1570 out of 1684 tested combos in Road 96, placing it in the bottom 7% of all tested systems. This ranking reflects the significant mismatch between the high-end CPU and the mid-range GPU. While the processor sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs, the GPU's 53rd percentile standing drags the overall combo down considerably.

The rank disparity highlights that Road 96's performance is heavily GPU-bound at most settings. With a CPU this capable, the bottleneck clearly lies with the RX 580, which delivers average frame rates that are merely adequate at 1080p but fall below playable thresholds at higher resolutions. The combo's rank of 1570 suggests that most other tested systems—including those with weaker CPUs but stronger GPUs—achieve better overall performance in this game.

The data indicates that pairing a top-tier 12th Gen Intel processor with an older Polaris GPU creates an imbalanced system for this adventure title. The CPU's 3DMark max-thread score of 9983 and Cinebench R23 multicore score of 28979 are wasted potential when the GPU can only produce 50.9 FPS at 1080p High. For Road 96 specifically, the combo's ranking reflects the GPU's inability to keep pace with the CPU's capabilities, making this configuration better suited for CPU-intensive tasks than for high-resolution gaming.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 92.4 FPS, which is smooth and well above the 60 FPS threshold. Medium settings drop to 65.1 FPS, still playable. High settings yield 50.9 FPS, while Ultra settings bring the average down to 44.6 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 51.7% performance reduction, showing the GPU's sensitivity to graphical fidelity.

At 2560x1440, performance becomes more constrained. Low settings achieve 59.2 FPS, just missing the 60 FPS mark. Medium settings fall to 44.3 FPS, High settings drop to 32.5 FPS, and Ultra settings bottom out at 27.2 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 14.9 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs another 11.8 FPS, indicating that each settings tier has a meaningful impact on the GPU's workload at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles significantly. Low settings produce 29.1 FPS, which is below the playable threshold for most users. Medium settings achieve 24.3 FPS, High settings fall to 15.5 FPS, and Ultra settings bottom out at 14.9 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 0.6 FPS, suggesting the GPU is completely saturated at these settings and resolution. The data shows that 4K gaming is not viable with this configuration for Road 96, regardless of settings.

Across all resolutions, the pattern is consistent: the GPU's 256.0 GB/s bandwidth and 6.175 TFLOPS compute are adequate for 1080p at lower settings but insufficient for higher resolutions. The measured results confirm that this combo is best suited for 1080p gaming, where it can achieve playable frame rates up to Medium settings, with Low settings providing the smoothest experience.