Roblox

FAQ

Q: What is the combo rank of the Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the Intel Arc B570 in Roblox?

A: This combination ranks 2,405 out of 3,010 tested combos in the database for Roblox. That places it in the lower-middle portion of the field, indicating that while it delivers playable performance, a substantial number of other CPU-GPU pairings produce higher frame rates in this title.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B570 compare to its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A750?

A: In the overall average benchmark score, the Arc B570 scores 20,556, which is 0.1% lower than the Arc A750's score of 20,582. The delta is negligible, meaning the two GPUs are statistically tied in general compute performance, though their gaming behavior in Roblox may differ due to driver and architecture specifics.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p for this combo?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS drops from 262 on Low settings to 171 on Ultra settings. This represents a 91 FPS reduction, or approximately 34.7% lower performance when moving from the lowest to the highest preset.

Q: Does the Intel Core i7-12700K have integrated graphics, and does it matter for this benchmark?

A: The CPU does include UHD Graphics 770 as integrated graphics. However, all measured FPS data in the FACT PACK reflects the discrete Intel Arc B570 GPU, so the integrated solution is irrelevant to these results and does not affect the measured frame rates.

Q: What memory bandwidth does the Arc B570 provide, and how does this relate to its 10 GB VRAM?

A: The GPU has a 160-bit memory bus with a bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s, using 10 GB of GDDR6 memory. This bandwidth is substantial for the VRAM capacity, which helps sustain performance when texture loads increase at higher resolutions and settings.

Q: Is the Intel Core i7-12700K's single-thread performance stronger or weaker than its multi-thread performance relative to its rivals?

A: The CPU's Geekbench single-core score is 2,308, while its multi-core score is 15,790. The multi-core result is approximately 5.8 times higher, but the single-thread score is what often matters more for Roblox, which is known to be sensitive to per-core performance.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, specifically the Battlemage (Arc 5) generation, using TSMC's 5 nm process. The chip, designated BMG-G21, contains 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. Its GPU clocks run at a base and boost of 2500 MHz, which is a relatively high operating frequency for a mid-range card, while the memory clock runs at 2375 MHz, translating to 19 Gbps effective on the GDDR6 modules.

VRAM capacity sits at 10 GB across a 160-bit bus, providing 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is notable for Roblox, as the game's blocky aesthetic often belies heavy texture and world-data streaming. The 10 GB pool offers headroom for high-resolution rendering, but the 160-bit bus width limits how quickly data can be fed to the GPU cores. The shading units number 2,304, paired with 144 texture mapping units and 80 raster output pipelines. The pixel rate is 200.0 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 360.0 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute rated at 11.52 TFLOPS.

Looking at the measured results, the GPU's role is clearly dominant at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 262 FPS average, which is likely near the CPU's ability to feed frames. As settings increase, the GPU load grows, and by Ultra at 1080p, the average drops to 171 FPS. The data suggests the Arc B570 is well-suited to Roblox's visual demands, as even at 4K Ultra it maintains 65 FPS average, which is above the 60 FPS threshold often considered the baseline for smooth play.

In benchmark comparisons, the Arc B570 scores 14,195 in Passmark G3D and 83,514 in Geekbench OpenCL, with a Vulkan score of 96,844. The GPU's percentile ranking against all GPUs is 65, indicating it outperforms roughly two-thirds of the tested graphics cards in the database. Its average benchmark score of 20,556 places it in close competition with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, which scores 20,534 (a 0.1% difference), and the Intel Arc A750 at 20,582 (-0.1%). This positions the B570 as a solid mainstream performer, but not a high-end contender.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2,405 out of 3,010 tested combinations places this pairing in the 80th percentile from the top, meaning about 80% of tested CPU-GPU combos perform better in Roblox. This is a surprisingly low rank given the hardware's specifications, and it suggests that either the CPU or GPU is not being fully utilized, or that Roblox's engine favors different hardware configurations.

The CPU itself holds an 84th percentile ranking against all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 35,287. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-13600T at 35,305 (-0.1%), the Intel Core i7-12700KF at 35,365 (-0.2%), the Intel Core i7-13700T at 35,403 (-0.3%), and the Intel Core 5 213PE at 35,428 (-0.4%). These deltas are all within 0.5%, meaning the i7-12700K is performance-equivalent to its closest competitors.

The GPU holds a 65th percentile ranking against all GPUs, which is lower than the CPU's 84th percentile. This discrepancy indicates that the GPU is more likely the performance bottleneck in this pairing. When a combo ranks poorly relative to its individual component percentiles, it often points to a game that is either heavily single-threaded (limiting the CPU) or poorly optimized for the GPU architecture. Roblox, being a long-running sandbox title with a custom engine, may not fully utilize the Arc B570's Xe2-HPG features.

Looking at the measured FPS across all resolutions, the pattern is consistent: Low settings always yield the highest frame rates, followed by Medium, then High, then Ultra. This monotonic decrease indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor as settings increase, which aligns with the GPU being the weaker component relative to the CPU.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal settings depend on the target refresh rate and resolution. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 239 FPS average with a minimum of 203 FPS and a maximum of 275 FPS. This is the sweet spot for high-refresh monitors, as it stays well above 200 FPS at all times while providing better visual quality than Low.

For 2560x1440, the Medium preset again appears optimal, delivering 159 FPS average with a minimum of 135 FPS. This comfortably exceeds 120 FPS, making it suitable for 144Hz displays, and the 135 FPS minimum ensures no significant drops below the refresh threshold.

At 3840x2160, the Medium preset provides 90 FPS average with a minimum of 77 FPS and a maximum of 104 FPS. This is the only 4K setting that maintains an average above 90 FPS while keeping the minimum above 60 FPS, which is the threshold for a smooth experience on most displays.

The High preset is viable at 1080p (211 FPS average) and 1440p (141 FPS average), but at 4K it drops to 80 FPS, which is borderline. Ultra is only recommended for 1080p (171 FPS average) or 1440p (114 FPS average), as 4K Ultra falls to 65 FPS, and the lack of min/max data for that row suggests it may be less stable.

For the best experience per the measured rows, Medium settings at each resolution provide the best balance of frame rate and visual fidelity, with the added benefit of having reported minimum FPS values to indicate stability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

• Low: 262 FPS average
• Medium: 239 FPS average (min 203, max 275)
• High: 211 FPS average
• Ultra: 171 FPS average

At 1080p, the combo is clearly CPU-limited at Low settings, as the 262 FPS average is exceptionally high. The drop from Low to Medium is 23 FPS (8.8%), while the drop from Medium to High is 28 FPS (11.7%), and from High to Ultra is 40 FPS (19.0%). The increasing percentage drops indicate the GPU becomes progressively more load-bound as settings rise.

2560x1440:

• Low: 175 FPS average
• Medium: 159 FPS average (min 135, max 183)
• High: 141 FPS average
• Ultra: 114 FPS average

At 1440p, the frame rates are approximately 33% lower than 1080p across all settings. The Low-to-Medium drop is 16 FPS (9.1%), Medium-to-High is 18 FPS (11.3%), and High-to-Ultra is 27 FPS (19.1%). The pattern remains consistent, with Ultra causing the largest relative penalty.

3840x2160:

• Low: 99 FPS average
• Medium: 90 FPS average (min 77, max 104)
• High: 80 FPS average
• Ultra: 65 FPS average

At 4K, the performance scales down by roughly 43% from 1440p. The Low-to-Medium drop is 9 FPS (9.1%), Medium-to-High is 10 FPS (11.1%), and High-to-Ultra is 15 FPS (18.8%). The 4K results show the GPU is heavily taxed, but the Arc B570 still manages to keep all settings above 60 FPS average.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a TDP of 125 W. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and a 25 MB shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, and it uses the Intel Socket 1700 interface with PCIe Gen 4 (20 lanes).

In Roblox, the CPU's role is significant at lower resolutions and settings. The 1080p Low result of 262 FPS is far above what most games would produce, indicating that Roblox's engine can scale well with high single-thread performance. The i7-12700K's single-thread score in Geekbench is 2,308, and its Passmark single-thread score is 4,013, which are strong numbers. However, the game's performance at higher settings is increasingly GPU-bound, as evidenced by the consistent pattern of FPS drops when settings increase.

The CPU's multi-thread capabilities are substantial, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 19,784 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 15,790. But Roblox is not known to scale well beyond a few cores, so the extra threads (20 total) may go largely unused. The 3DMark scores show a clear scaling pattern: 2,065 for 2 threads, 4,011 for 4 threads, 7,202 for 8 threads, and 9,279 for 16 threads. This indicates the CPU has strong multi-threaded scaling, but the game's engine likely does not exploit it.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 35,287 places it at the 84th percentile, and its nearest rivals are all within 0.4% performance delta. This suggests the i7-12700K is a well-balanced processor that is not the limiting factor in this pairing. In fact, the data implies the CPU is more than capable of feeding the Arc B570, as the frame rates are primarily determined by GPU workload.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. Moving from 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS at Low settings drops from 262 to 175, a 33.2% reduction. At Medium, it drops from 239 to 159, a 33.5% reduction. At High, it drops from 211 to 141, a 33.2% reduction. And at Ultra, it drops from 171 to 114, a 33.3% reduction.

Moving from 1440p to 4K, the drops are more pronounced. At Low, the average goes from 175 to 99, a 43.4% reduction. At Medium, it goes from 159 to 90, a 43.4% reduction. At High, it goes from 141 to 80, a 43.3% reduction. And at Ultra, it goes from 114 to 65, a 43.0% reduction.

The consistency of these percentage drops is striking. The 1080p-to-1440p scaling is almost exactly 33.3% across all settings, and the 1440p-to-4K scaling is almost exactly 43.3% across all settings. This uniformity indicates that the limiting component scales in a predictable manner with pixel count.

The pixel count increase from 1080p to 1440p is 1.78x (from 2.07 million to 3.69 million pixels), and the FPS reduction of 33.3% corresponds to a 1.5x reduction in frame rate. The pixel count increase from 1440p to 4K is 2.25x (from 3.69 million to 8.29 million pixels), and the FPS reduction of 43.3% corresponds to a 1.76x reduction in frame rate.

This pattern suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at all resolutions. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see frame rates plateau at a certain level regardless of resolution, especially at low settings. Instead, the frame rates continue to scale with resolution, indicating the Arc B570 is being fully utilized and the CPU has headroom.

The frame rate scaling is less steep than the pure pixel-count scaling (1.5x FPS reduction vs 1.78x pixel increase from 1080p to 1440p), which suggests that Roblox's rendering engine has some efficiency gains at higher resolutions, possibly due to reduced CPU overhead per pixel or better memory access patterns. However, the overall trend is clear: this combo is GPU-limited, and users seeking higher frame rates at 4K should consider reducing settings, as the data shows the Medium preset provides a 90 FPS average, which is the best balance of quality and performance at that resolution.