Rust

Rust, a Survival title from 2018, is measured here on an Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. The measured data covers 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets, with average FPS only; minimum and maximum frame rates are not recorded. The combo ranks 966 out of 1,717 tested combos in Rust. The CPU alone sits at the 89th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU at the 66th percentile of all GPUs; their average benchmark scores are 35,355 and 23,181, respectively.

Resolution Scaling

At Low settings, Rust averages 161.2 fps at 1080p, 109.7 fps at 1440p, and 65.5 fps at 4K. Medium follows the same path: 107.8 fps, 74.4 fps, then 43.8 fps. High moves from 94.9 fps at 1080p to 65.9 fps at 1440p, then 38.4 fps at 4K. Ultra begins at 72.2 fps at 1080p, drops to 45.6 fps at 1440p, and falls to 31.2 fps at 4K.

Every preset loses frame rate as resolution increases, but the starting point matters. 4K Low at 65.5 fps is nearly identical to 1440p High at 65.9 fps, while 4K Medium drops to 43.8 fps. The 4K Ultra result of 31.2 fps is the lowest row in the entire measured set, and 1080p Low at 161.2 fps is the highest. The shape of the data points toward the GPU becoming the dominant limiter as resolution and preset level climb. At 1080p Low, the rendering load is much smaller, so the CPU and the rest of the platform occupy a larger share of the frame-time equation.

GPU Role

The RTX 4060 in this combo uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit memory bus with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth. Its clock spec is 1830 MHz base and 2460 MHz boost, while the memory runs at 2125 MHz, described in the data as 17 Gbps effective. The GPU die is AD107 on TSMC's 5 nm process, with 18,900 million transistors and a 159 mm² die. It packs 3,072 shading units, 96 texture units, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores, with a 115 W TDP and a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark score is 23,181, and its percentile versus all GPUs is 66. Its PassMark G3D score is 19,545; Geekbench reports 98,095 in Vulkan and 101,030 in OpenCL. The nearest rivals by average score are the RX 6600M at 23,321 with a deltaPct of -0.6, the GTX 780 Ti at 23,338 with -0.7, the Arc B580 at 23,021 with 0.7, and the Radeon 760M at 22,999 with 0.8.

In Rust, the GPU's pressure is visible in the preset spread. At 1080p, the average is 161.2 fps on Low and 72.2 fps on Ultra. At 1440p, Low is 109.7 fps and Ultra is 45.6 fps. At 4K, Low is 65.5 fps and Ultra is 31.2 fps. The 8 GB frame buffer and 128-bit bus sit behind all of those Ultra rows, and the data shows the highest preset at 4K as the weakest measured result in the table. This pattern is consistent with a GPU that can handle 1080p and 1440p comfortably, but whose rendering and memory resources are stretched when both resolution and preset ambition rise.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows give a clear hierarchy at each resolution. At 1080p, Low is 161.2 fps, Medium is 107.8 fps, High is 94.9 fps, and Ultra is 72.2 fps. If frame rate is the priority, 1080p Low is the fastest result in the whole table. If visual quality is the priority, 1080p Ultra still holds 72.2 fps, while High sits at 94.9 fps. The 1080p rows are the only group where every preset stays above the 72.2 fps mark.

At 1440p, Low delivers 109.7 fps, Medium 74.4 fps, High 65.9 fps, and Ultra 45.6 fps. Medium is the strongest non-Low preset at this resolution, and the best measured pairing for players who want a higher pixel count without giving up most of the frame rate. The Ultra row at 45.6 fps is the first setting where the combo falls below the 4K Low result of 65.5 fps when compared across the same visual tier.

At 4K, Low is 65.5 fps, Medium is 43.8 fps, High is 38.4 fps, and Ultra is 31.2 fps. Low is the only 4K preset that does not land below the 43.8 fps range. So the measured data points to 1080p High or Ultra as the strongest overall experience for this combo, with 1440p Medium as the best compromise for higher resolution. 4K is only practical on Low.

How This Combo Ranks

In the Rust-specific combo leaderboard, this pairing is 966th out of 1,717. That places the combo in the lower-middle portion of the tested field, despite the CPU's high aggregate percentile. The CPU is at the 89th percentile with an average score of 35,355. The GPU is at the 66th percentile with an average score of 23,181.

The gap between those aggregate positions and the Rust rank is notable. A CPU at the 89th percentile normally suggests a strong performer, but the Rust-specific result depends on the whole platform. The measured FPS table offers context: the 4K Ultra row at 31.2 fps and the 4K Medium row at 43.8 fps are the lowest results in the dataset, and the 4K Low row at 65.5 fps is the only 4K row that stays competitive with lower-resolution presets.

The CPU's nearest rivals by average score emphasize how tight the aggregate CPU field is. The Core i5-14400 scores 35,336 with a deltaPct of 0.1, the Core i7-13800H scores 35,416 with -0.2, the Core i9-12900HX scores 35,289 with 0.2, and the Core i5-13600T scores 35,256 with 0.3. These tiny deltas mean the i7-12700KF's strong CPU standing does not automatically translate into a top Rust-specific rank when paired with this GPU and measured under these preset/resolution combinations.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores and 20 threads. It is built on Intel 10 nm Alder Lake-S, with a 3.60 GHz base clock and a 5.00 GHz boost clock, a 125 W TDP, 25 MB of shared L3 cache, and dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 support. It provides Gen 4 PCIe with 20 CPU lanes and has no integrated graphics.

The CPU's benchmark profile reinforces this position. 3DMark scores are 1,043 single-thread, 2,065 two-thread, 4,011 four-thread, 7,211 eight-thread, 9,282 sixteen-thread, and 9,983 max-thread. Cinebench R23 is 4,091 single-core and 28,979 multi-core. Geekbench is 2,526 single-core and 13,596 multi-core. PassMark single-thread is 3,984 and multithread is 34,092. All of these feed into the CPU's 35,355 average benchmark score and 89th percentile.

In Rust, the CPU's role is clearest at the low end of the settings stack. The 1080p Low result is 161.2 fps, the 1440p Low result is 109.7 fps, and the 4K Low result is 65.5 fps. These are the highest measured values at each resolution, which suggests the CPU can push this GPU close to its practical ceiling when the GPU is not fully saturated. As presets climb to Ultra, the same resolution drops to 72.2, 45.6, and 31.2 fps, shifting the limiting component toward the GPU's shading and memory resources.

The mix of high single-thread and high multi-thread scores gives this CPU room to handle both lightly threaded and heavily loaded scenes. The measured Rust data shows that at 1080p Low and Medium, the combo can stay well above the 1440p High and 4K Low results, which indicates that the CPU side of the platform is not the main constraint in those rows. Once the GPU is loaded with Ultra settings and higher pixel counts, the frame rate falls in a pattern consistent with a GPU-limited system.