Roblox

The Intel Core i7-13700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers exceptional performance in Roblox, placing this combination at rank 125 out of 1,800 tested combos. This top 7% placement reflects a system that is massively overqualified for the game’s demands, yet the data reveals interesting scaling patterns that show where the limits of this pairing actually lie. The combination of a 16-core Raptor Lake CPU and an Ada Lovelace GPU with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory ensures that Roblox runs at frame rates far beyond the refresh rates of most displays, even at 4K resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame metric places this specific CPU-GPU pairing at position 125 out of 1,800 tested combinations. This means that 1,675 other configurations were slower, while only 124 achieved higher average frame rates in Roblox. Given that Roblox is a sandbox title with relatively modest graphical requirements compared to AAA shooters, this ranking underscores how the hardware is the primary driver of performance rather than the game’s engine limitations.

The CPU itself sits in the 93rd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 47,282. Its nearest rivals are incredibly close: the Intel Core i7-13700KF scores 47,334 (0.1% faster), the AMD EPYC 4364P scores 47,131 (0.3% slower), and the Intel Core i9-12900F scores 47,081 (0.4% slower). The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 trails by a mere 0.5% with a score of 47,527. This clustering indicates that the i7-13700K is perfectly positioned in a performance tier where single-threaded and lightly-threaded workloads—which Roblox heavily relies on—are virtually indistinguishable from its direct competitors.

For the GPU, the RTX 4080 SUPER holds the 88th percentile among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 53,610. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, scores 53,489 (0.2% slower), while the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 0.4% behind at 53,414. The gap widens slightly with the AMD Radeon RX 7700S (2.1% slower) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (2.9% slower). In Roblox specifically, the GPU’s raw compute power is rarely the bottleneck, which is why the combo’s overall rank of 125 is more reflective of the CPU’s ability to feed frames quickly.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC’s 5 nm process, featuring the AD103 chip with 45,900 million transistors. It operates at a base clock of 2,295 MHz and boosts to 2,550 MHz, which provides substantial headroom for sustained performance. The memory subsystem is equally robust: 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivers 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, with memory clocks running at 1,438 MHz (23 Gbps effective). This configuration yields 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, 816.0 GTexel/s of texture fill rate, and 285.6 GPixel/s of pixel throughput.

In Roblox, the GPU’s role is primarily to handle the increasing visual complexity as settings rise from Low to Ultra. The data shows that at 1080p, frame rates range from 638.1 FPS on Low to 418.6 FPS on Ultra—a difference of 219.5 FPS. This 34% drop from Low to Ultra indicates that even at 1080p, the GPU is starting to feel the load of higher-quality shadows, lighting, and post-processing effects. However, the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 10,240 shading units and 112 ROPs are more than sufficient to keep Roblox well above any playable threshold. The GPU’s 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores are largely irrelevant for this title, but they contribute to the card’s overall benchmark standing and headroom for other games.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of diminishing returns as resolution increases, but the absolute numbers remain astonishingly high. At 1080p with Ultra settings, the combo achieves 418.6 FPS. Moving to 1440p Ultra drops this to 277.8 FPS—a 33.6% reduction. At 4K Ultra, the frame rate falls to 156 FPS, a 62.7% drop from the 1080p Ultra figure. This scaling behavior is typical of GPU-bound scenarios at higher resolutions, yet the fact that 4K Ultra still produces 156 FPS demonstrates the RTX 4080 SUPER’s immense capability.

The Low settings scaling tells a different story. At 1080p Low, the system hits 638.1 FPS. At 1440p Low, it drops to 430 FPS (32.6% reduction), and at 4K Low, it reaches 241.8 FPS (62.1% reduction from 1080p). The nearly identical percentage drops between Low and Ultra settings across resolutions suggest that the GPU is consistently the limiting factor once the resolution increases, regardless of visual complexity. However, the gap between settings at the same resolution reveals the CPU’s influence. At 4K, the difference between Low (241.8 FPS) and Ultra (156 FPS) is 85.8 FPS, indicating that the CPU can still push enough frames to keep the GPU busy even at Ultra settings. The i7-13700K’s 5.40 GHz boost clock and 30 MB of shared L3 cache are critical here, as they ensure that the game’s physics and scripting logic do not starve the GPU of draw calls.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo overkill for Roblox?

A: The data strongly suggests yes. At 1080p Low, the system produces 638.1 FPS, and even at 4K Ultra, it maintains 156 FPS. These numbers far exceed the refresh rates of typical gaming monitors, indicating that the hardware is not the bottleneck in any realistic scenario.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i7-13700K scores 47,282 on average, placing it within 0.5% of four rivals: the i7-13700KF (47,334), AMD EPYC 4364P (47,131), Core i9-12900F (47,081), and Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 (47,527). In Roblox, these differences are negligible, as the game is unlikely to expose multi-threaded differences beyond 16 threads.

Q: What is the biggest FPS drop when increasing resolution?

A: From 1080p Ultra (418.6 FPS) to 4K Ultra (156 FPS), the frame rate drops by 262.6 FPS, a 62.7% reduction. This is the largest absolute drop in the dataset, highlighting how resolution scaling heavily taxes the GPU.

Q: Does raising settings from Low to Ultra impact performance more at 1080p or 4K?

A: At 1080p, the drop from Low (638.1 FPS) to Ultra (418.6 FPS) is 219.5 FPS (34.4%). At 4K, the drop from Low (241.8 FPS) to Ultra (156 FPS) is 85.8 FPS (35.5%). The percentage impact is nearly identical, suggesting the GPU’s workload scales proportionally with settings regardless of resolution.

Q: How does the GPU’s benchmark percentile reflect its Roblox performance?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER sits in the 88th percentile among GPUs with an average score of 53,610. In Roblox, its nearest rival, the Radeon RX 6900 XT (0.2% slower), would likely produce near-identical frame rates, meaning the GPU tier is not the deciding factor for this game.

Q: Why does 4K Ultra still produce 156 FPS?

A: This is due to the combination of the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 16 GB GDDR6X memory and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth, which prevents VRAM capacity or bandwidth from becoming a constraint. The CPU’s 24 threads and high boost clock also ensure that the game logic keeps pace with the GPU’s rendering speed.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest raw frame rates. Low settings produce 638.1 FPS, Medium settings hit 580.7 FPS, High settings reach 515.4 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 418.6 FPS. The spread of 219.5 FPS between Low and Ultra shows that even at 1080p, the GPU is doing meaningful work as settings increase. These numbers are far beyond the 144 Hz or 240 Hz refresh rates common in gaming displays, making V-sync or frame limiting necessary for tear-free gameplay.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high but scale down proportionally. Low settings average 430 FPS, Medium settings hit 389.6 FPS, High settings reach 345.7 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 277.8 FPS. The reduction from 1080p to 1440p ranges from 32.6% at Low to 33.6% at Ultra, indicating that the GPU is handling the increased pixel count consistently. At this resolution, the system still outperforms any current display technology, with the lowest setting (Ultra) maintaining over 277 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the performance finally approaches levels where the frame rate might matter for high-refresh 4K displays. Low settings average 241.8 FPS, Medium settings hit 222.9 FPS, High settings reach 191.4 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 156 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure of 156 FPS is significant because it means the combo can drive a 4K 144 Hz monitor at its full refresh rate with maximum visual quality. The scaling from 1080p to 4K is steep—a 62.7% drop at Ultra settings—but the absolute numbers remain playable and smooth. The data shows that Roblox, regardless of settings, cannot push this hardware to its limits; the combo is always GPU-bound at higher resolutions and CPU-bound only at the lowest settings and resolutions, where the 638.1 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low suggests the game engine itself may be the limiting factor.