Road 96

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

The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread Raptor Lake-S desktop processor based on Intel's 10 nm process. It runs at a 3.40 GHz base clock and boosts to 5.40 GHz, with a 125 W TDP. The chip carries 30 MB of shared L3 cache alongside 2 MB of L2 per core and 80 KB of L1 per core. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory over a dual-channel bus, and it connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 20 CPU lanes.

In synthetic workloads, this CPU posts strong numbers across the board. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 39000 and single-core score of 5505 highlight balanced throughput for both heavily threaded and lightly threaded tasks. The Geekbench multicore result of 17731 and single-core result of 2850 reinforce that profile. PassMark multithread score sits at 45887, while PassMark single-thread score is 4333. The 3DMark suite shows scaling from 1136 in single-thread to 12412 at max threads, with intermediate scores of 2262 at 2 threads, 4469 at 4 threads, 8193 at 8 threads, and 10717 at 16 threads.

In Road 96, an adventure title that does not demand extreme CPU throughput, this processor's headroom is substantial. The benchmark results show that even at 1080p Low, where the CPU is most likely to be a limiting factor, the system reaches 189.7 FPS. That figure suggests the i7-13700K is not a bottleneck at any tested setting. The CPU's percentile rank of 93 among all tested processors places it comfortably in the top tier, and its average benchmark score of 47282 is nearly identical to the closest rival, the Intel Core i7-13700KF, which sits at 47334 with a deltaPct of -0.1. The AMD EPYC 4364P trails by 0.3, the Intel Core i9-12900F by 0.4, and the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 leads by 0.5.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is a Turing-architecture GPU built on TSMC's 12 nm process, with a die size of 545 mm² and 13,600 million transistors. It runs at a base clock of 1605 MHz and boosts to 1770 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz or 14 Gbps effective. The card has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its compute resources include 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 40 RT cores, and 320 tensor cores. The GPU delivers 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 18.12 TFLOPS of FP16 with a 2:1 ratio.

This GPU's synthetic scores position it solidly in the mid-range. PassMark G3D returns 18169, while Geekbench OpenCL scores 98316 and Vulkan scores 94918. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1651. The GPU's percentile rank of 65 among all tested GPUs places it above the median but not in the upper echelon. Its average benchmark score of 22206 is closely matched by the NVIDIA RTX A400 at 22307 (deltaPct -0.5), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z at 22006 (deltaPct 0.9), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile at 22729 (deltaPct -2.3), and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 at 21670 (deltaPct 2.5).

In Road 96, the GPU's role becomes clear when observing the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p Low, the system produces 189.7 FPS; at 4K Low, that falls to 65 FPS. This 65.7% reduction indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the primary constraint as resolution climbs. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for this game's demands, as no settings combination appears to exceed memory limits based on the consistent scaling pattern.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear narrative about where the bottleneck lies. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the average FPS drops by roughly 39-41% across all settings. From 1440p to 4K, the drop is another 45-46%. This steep scaling curve is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the RTX 2070 SUPER's compute and memory bandwidth determine the ceiling.

At 1080p Low, the system hits 189.7 FPS, which is high enough to suggest the CPU could push further if the GPU allowed. But at 4K Ultra, the average falls to 29.4 FPS, a 84.5% reduction from the 1080p Low figure. The pattern is consistent: each resolution step roughly halves the pixel count impact, and the FPS scales accordingly. This indicates that the i7-13700K has ample headroom, and the RTX 2070 SUPER is the component that dictates performance in Road 96.

The settings ladder at each resolution also confirms this. At 1080p, dropping from Ultra to Low yields a 102.9 FPS improvement (from 86.8 to 189.7). At 1440p, the same settings change yields a 61.1 FPS improvement (from 58.1 to 119.2). At 4K, the improvement is 35.6 FPS (from 29.4 to 65). The shrinking absolute gains as resolution increases further point to the GPU being the limiting factor, as the same settings change produces less absolute headroom when the GPU is already saturated.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 189.7 FPS. Medium settings yield 135.7 FPS. High settings return 111.4 FPS. Ultra settings bring the average down to 86.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 102.9 FPS, which represents a 54.2% reduction in performance when maxing out the visual quality.

At 2560x1440, the averages are more moderate. Low settings achieve 119.2 FPS. Medium settings produce 86.6 FPS. High settings deliver 67.7 FPS. Ultra settings drop to 58.1 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra here is 61.1 FPS, a 51.3% reduction. This narrower absolute range compared to 1080p reflects the GPU's increasing workload.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain high frame rates. Low settings average 65 FPS. Medium settings produce 43.9 FPS. High settings return 36.7 FPS. Ultra settings bottom out at 29.4 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 35.6 FPS, a 54.8% reduction. Notably, even the best 4K result of 65 FPS is lower than the worst 1080p result of 86.8 FPS, underscoring how resolution dominates the performance envelope.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

This specific combination of the Intel Core i7-13700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1029 out of 1684 tested combos in Road 96. That places it in the lower-middle portion of the overall distribution, which is surprising given the CPU's high percentile standing. The explanation lies in the GPU: while the processor ranks in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, the graphics card ranks in only the 65th percentile among all GPUs.

The data indicates that this combo's rank is driven almost entirely by the GPU's capabilities. The i7-13700K's benchmark scores — including a PassMark multithread score of 45887 and a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 39000 — suggest it could support a much faster graphics card without becoming a constraint. However, the RTX 2070 SUPER's average benchmark score of 22206 and its PassMark G3D score of 18169 place it in a tier that limits overall gaming performance.

In the context of Road 96, an adventure game that is not particularly demanding on either component, this rank of 1029 out of 1684 means the combo sits below the median of tested configurations. The measured FPS at 1080p High (111.4 FPS) and 1440p High (67.7 FPS) are playable, but the 4K Ultra result of 29.4 FPS shows the ceiling. The gap between this combo's rank and what the CPU alone might suggest is a direct consequence of pairing a top-tier processor with a mid-range GPU. For this game, the GPU is the deciding factor, and the combo's position in the rankings reflects that balance.