Road 96

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for Road 96 with the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 reveals a clear hierarchy across presets. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 147 FPS average, with a minimum of 125 FPS and maximum of 169 FPS. This represents a substantial 36.1% improvement over High settings (119 FPS) while still maintaining a frame rate that comfortably exceeds typical display refresh rates. The jump from Medium to Low at 1080p yields 201 FPS, but the visual quality trade-off is likely not worth the additional 54 FPS when Medium already provides a smooth experience.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again emerges as the sweet spot, producing 94 FPS average with a minimum of 80 FPS and maximum of 108 FPS. This resolution presents a more balanced workload distribution between CPU and GPU, and the 94 FPS figure remains well within the range of smooth gameplay. High settings at 1440p drop to 75 FPS, which is still playable but begins to approach the threshold where frame pacing issues might become noticeable on high-refresh displays. The Ultra preset at 1440p falls to 59 FPS, which is technically playable but represents a significant 37.2% reduction from Medium.

For 4K (3840x2160), the data tells a different story. Medium settings produce 50 FPS average with a minimum of 42 FPS and maximum of 57 FPS. High settings at 4K manage only 40 FPS, and Ultra drops to 31 FPS. Low settings at 4K achieve 68 FPS, but this comes with substantial visual compromises that undermine the purpose of rendering at 4K resolution. The 4K Medium preset, while not reaching 60 FPS, offers the best compromise between visual fidelity and playability at this resolution.

The optimal experience per the measured rows is Medium settings at 1440p. This configuration delivers 94 FPS average with a minimum of 80 FPS, providing both smooth gameplay and a resolution that takes advantage of the GPU's capabilities. For players prioritizing frame rate above all else, 1080p Medium at 147 FPS is the clear choice. The data suggests that Ultra settings are only viable at 1080p (93 FPS), and even then, the performance cost relative to Medium is steep.

FAQ

Q: Does the RTX 4070 maintain 60 FPS at 1440p with this CPU in Road 96?

A: Yes, at 1440p Medium settings, the combination produces 94 FPS average with a minimum of 80 FPS, comfortably exceeding the 60 FPS threshold. Even High settings at 1440p achieve 75 FPS, so the 60 FPS target is met across all presets except Ultra, which drops to 59 FPS.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 1440p at Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the system produces 147 FPS average, while 1440p Medium yields 94 FPS average. This represents a 36.1% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1080p to 1440p, indicating that the GPU becomes more heavily utilized at the higher resolution.

Q: Is the Ultra preset usable on this hardware?

A: At 1080p, Ultra delivers 93 FPS, which is quite usable. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 59 FPS, which is borderline but still playable. At 4K, Ultra falls to 31 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay. Ultra settings are therefore only recommended at 1080p or if the player accepts sub-60 FPS performance at 1440p.

Q: How does the 4K Low preset compare to 1440p Ultra in terms of frame rate?

A: The 4K Low preset achieves 68 FPS, while 1440p Ultra produces 59 FPS. Interestingly, rendering at 4K with Low settings yields a 15.3% higher frame rate than 1440p with Ultra settings, though the visual quality difference between these configurations is substantial.

Q: What is the best preset for a 60 Hz display at 1440p?

A: High settings at 1440p produce 75 FPS average, which exceeds 60 Hz and maintains a comfortable margin above the refresh rate. Medium settings at 1440p offer 94 FPS for additional headroom. Ultra at 1440p falls to 59 FPS, which is just below the 60 FPS target.

Q: Does the measured data include minimum frame rate information for all presets?

A: The data includes minimum FPS only for the Medium preset at each resolution: 125 FPS at 1080p, 80 FPS at 1440p, and 42 FPS at 4K. Other presets only have average FPS recorded, so frame pacing consistency cannot be fully assessed for High, Low, or Ultra settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data across resolutions reveals how Road 96 scales with rendering resolution on this hardware combination. Moving from 1080p Medium (147 FPS) to 1440p Medium (94 FPS) results in a 36.1% performance drop. Scaling further from 1440p Medium to 4K Medium (50 FPS) produces a 46.8% reduction. This progressive decline indicates that the GPU becomes increasingly the limiting factor as resolution increases.

At High settings, the scaling pattern is similar but slightly different in magnitude: 1080p produces 119 FPS, 1440p yields 75 FPS, and 4K drops to 40 FPS. The 37% drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings is nearly identical to the Medium preset's drop, suggesting a consistent resolution scaling behavior regardless of quality preset. However, the 46.7% drop from 1440p to 4K at High settings is slightly larger than the 46.8% observed at Medium, indicating that the higher quality settings amplify the GPU load at 4K.

Low settings show the most dramatic resolution scaling curve: 201 FPS at 1080p, 128 FPS at 1440p, and 68 FPS at 4K. The 36.3% drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is consistent with other presets, but the 46.9% drop from 1440p to 4K represents the steepest decline among all presets. This suggests that at Low settings, the GPU is still heavily taxed at 4K, but the lower quality settings reduce overall GPU workload compared to higher presets.

Ultra settings exhibit the most severe resolution scaling: 93 FPS at 1080p, 59 FPS at 1440p, and 31 FPS at 4K. The 36.6% drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent with other presets, but the 47.5% drop from 1440p to 4K is the largest in the dataset. The fact that all presets show roughly 36% scaling from 1080p to 1440p and roughly 47% scaling from 1440p to 4K indicates that Road 96 has predictable resolution scaling behavior on this hardware.

The consistent scaling percentages across presets suggest that the rendering pipeline in Road 96 is well-optimized, with pixel count being the dominant factor in performance. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth appear sufficient at all tested resolutions, as memory bandwidth limitations would typically manifest as inconsistent scaling across presets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a complete picture of performance across all four presets. Low settings deliver 201 FPS average, which is the highest frame rate recorded in the entire dataset. Medium settings produce 147 FPS average with a minimum of 125 FPS and maximum of 169 FPS, providing a substantial performance buffer. High settings achieve 119 FPS average, and Ultra settings drop to 93 FPS average. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 53.7% performance reduction, illustrating the significant cost of higher quality settings at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the performance profile shifts downward across all presets. Low settings deliver 128 FPS average, maintaining excellent playability. Medium settings produce 94 FPS average with a minimum of 80 FPS and maximum of 108 FPS, which remains smooth for most display configurations. High settings achieve 75 FPS average, and Ultra settings fall to 59 FPS average. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 53.9%, nearly identical to the 1080p scaling, confirming that preset quality has a consistent impact regardless of resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance envelope compresses significantly. Low settings deliver 68 FPS average, which is playable but notably lower than lower resolutions. Medium settings produce 50 FPS average with a minimum of 42 FPS and maximum of 57 FPS, dipping below the 60 FPS threshold. High settings achieve 40 FPS average, and Ultra settings fall to 31 FPS average. The Low-to-Ultra gap at 4K is 54.4%, consistent with the other resolutions but with absolute values that are much lower across the board.

The Medium preset at each resolution provides the most complete data, including minimum and maximum frame rates. At 1080p Medium, the minimum of 125 FPS and maximum of 169 FPS indicate a frame time variance of 44 FPS, suggesting some scene complexity variation. At 1440p Medium, the range spans 80 to 108 FPS, a 28 FPS variance that is proportionally similar. At 4K Medium, the range is 42 to 57 FPS, a 15 FPS variance that suggests more consistent frame pacing at higher resolutions, likely due to GPU-bound scenarios smoothing out CPU-side variations.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 achieves a combo rank of 1541 out of 2903 tested combinations in Road 96. This places the combination in the 53rd percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 53% of tested hardware configurations perform worse in this game. This mid-pack ranking is notable given the specifications of both components.

The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 83 indicates that the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H outperforms 83% of all tested CPUs in general benchmark scenarios. However, the combo rank of 1541 out of 2903 suggests that Road 96 does not heavily reward the CPU's strengths. The GPU's percentileVsAllGpus of 81 shows similar general performance positioning, with the RTX 4070 outperforming 81% of all tested GPUs. Yet the combo rank reveals that this hardware pairing is merely average for Road 96 specifically.

The discrepancy between component-level percentiles and the game-specific combo rank implies that Road 96 has unique performance characteristics. The game's Adventure genre suggests it may be more dependent on specific rendering paths or CPU-bound scenarios rather than raw compute throughput. The data shows that many combinations with lower-ranked individual components achieve better performance in this title.

The combo rank of 1541 out of 2903 also indicates that there is substantial performance variation among tested configurations. With 1362 combinations ranking above this pairing, the field is competitive. The mid-pack positioning suggests that players seeking optimal Road 96 performance might consider different hardware pairings, though the measured FPS data shows this combination is certainly capable of smooth gameplay at most settings and resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H features 16 cores and 22 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.80 GHz. This Meteor Lake architecture processor includes 24 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15028 and single-core score of 1743 indicate strong general-purpose performance, with the multi-core result placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs.

In Road 96, the CPU's role appears to be secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the resolution scaling behavior. At 1080p Low settings, the system achieves 201 FPS, which is well beyond what most games would require and suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU efficiently at lower resolutions. The consistent 36% performance drop from 1080p to 1440p across all presets indicates that the CPU is not creating a bottleneck at 1080p, as a CPU bottleneck would typically show less resolution scaling.

The Passmark multi-thread score of 24873 and single-thread score of 3468 provide additional context. Road 96, being an Adventure game, likely does not utilize all 16 cores effectively. The single-thread performance of 3468 in Passmark suggests adequate per-core performance for game logic and physics, but the game's frame rates are likely determined primarily by GPU rendering throughput rather than CPU computational capacity.

The CPU's 28 W TDP and mobile form factor indicate it is designed for power efficiency rather than peak performance. Despite this, the measured FPS data shows that at 1080p, the CPU can support frame rates exceeding 200 FPS at Low settings, demonstrating that the 16-core configuration with 22 threads is more than sufficient for Road 96's CPU demands. The boost clock of 4.80 GHz provides the single-thread performance necessary for any CPU-bound sections of the game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU's Ada Lovelace architecture operates at a base clock of 1920 MHz and boost clock of 2475 MHz, with 5888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The FP32 compute performance of 29.15 TFLOPS places it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs.

In Road 96, the GPU is clearly the primary performance determinant. The resolution scaling data shows that the GPU becomes increasingly saturated as resolution increases, with the 4K Medium preset producing 50 FPS average and minimum of 42 FPS. The 12 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for all tested settings, as there is no evidence of texture thrashing or memory-related performance anomalies in the measured data.

The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 26927 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3854 provide reference points for its general gaming performance. The 184 tensor cores and 46 RT cores suggest the GPU is well-equipped for modern rendering techniques, though Road 96's Adventure genre may not heavily utilize these features. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is likely sufficient for the game's texture streaming requirements at all tested resolutions.

At 4K Ultra, the GPU produces only 31 FPS, indicating that the combination of high resolution and maximum quality settings overwhelms the GPU's capabilities. The 4K Low preset achieves 68 FPS, suggesting that the GPU can handle 4K when quality settings are reduced. The boost clock of 2475 MHz provides the raw compute throughput needed for the game's rendering tasks, but the data shows that Road 96's Ultra preset at 4K requires more GPU performance than this configuration can provide.