The Medium

The Medium, a fixed-perspective horror title, stresses both processor and graphics throughput. This page covers the measured performance of the Intel Core i7-14700F with an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT across three resolutions and four visual presets. The data includes 12 average FPS readings, with minimum and maximum values for the Medium preset at each resolution. The i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake part with a 5.40 GHz boost clock, and the RX 7800 XT is a Navi 32 GPU with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. This combination produces a peak average of 135 FPS at 1920x1080 Low, and a low of 32 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra, as the database indicates.

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

The Intel Core i7-14700F is built on the Rapto Lake architecture, using a 10 nm process from Intel. It contains 20 physical cores and 28 threads, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. The L3 cache is shared at 33 MB. These specifications are typical of a desktop processor designed for multithreaded workloads, and they appear in the benchmark data for this CPU. The processor scores 35122 in Cinebench R2023 multi-core, 4958 in R23 single-core, 19620 in Geekbench multi-core, and 2429 in Geekbench single-core. Its average benchmark score is 53620, which places it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs in the database.

When compared to its nearest rivals, the i7-14700F is 0.2% lower in average score than an Intel Xeon 6505P (53701), and 0.6% higher than an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (53288). Relative to an AMD EPYC 7313P (53206), it is 0.8% higher, and it trails a Xeon Phi 7290 (53469) by 0.3%. These deltas are small, meaning the i7-14700F is in a very tight performance band around the top-tier processors.

The relevance to The Medium is visible in the measured frame rates at low-quality settings. At 1920x1080 Low, the system averages 135 FPS, and at 2560x1440 Low, 114 FPS. These two numbers are the highest of any preset and resolution in the test data. At 3840x2160 Low, it still reaches 89 FPS. The gap between 1080p and 1440p Low is only 21 FPS (135 to 114), while between 1440 and 4K it's 25 FPS. This scaling indicates that the CPU is supplying most of the frames at these low graphical loads; the processor's high boost and 28 threads allow it to keep up with the game's logic and scene streaming. The 20 cores ensure that even heavy fixed-pixel-a foreach of the game's many layers is handled without anomaly. The launch MSRP of the CPU is $359.

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

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture using a 5 nm process. It has 3840 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, plus 60-ray accelerator cores. The GPU runs at a base clock of 1295 MHz, a game clock of 2124 MHz, and a boost clock of 2430 MHz. Memory is 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with a raw bandwidth of 624.1 GB/s. In synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 4157 in 3Dmark Steel Nomad DX12, and 24176 in Passmark G3D. Its average benchmark score is 11627, which places it in the 51st percentile of all GPUs. That percentile is exactly at the middle of the pack. The nearest rivals show that the card sits just below the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (11680, −0.5%), and also below the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (11842, −1.8%). It sits above the Radeon Pro 5500M (11528, +0.9%) and the Tesla K20c (11479, +1.3%). These are minuscule deltas, indicating that the RX 7800 XT occupies a mid-range slot among the GPU set.

Measured in The, the GPU’s influence appears at higher graphical settings. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the average frame rate drops to 48 FPS, compared to 61 on High and 84 on Medium. At 2560x1440, the same shift yields 40 FPS Ultra, 51 FPS High, and 71 FPS Medium. The pattern is consistent: the 16 GB of VRAM never becomes a limitation, as even 4K Ultra stays within memory capacity. The 3D rendering workload, specifically the twin-view layer approach of The game, requires extreme pixel work. The compute load at 4K Ultra produces a 32 FPS average, with Ultra hitting 48 at 1080. The GPU’s PWM architecture is primarily fill-rate limited under these extreme loads. The 260+ GB/s bandwidth is obviously enough, but the 2430 MHz boost is not sufficient to float extreme workloads. The launch MSRP of the GPU is 499 USD.

FAQ

Q: What benchmark scores in the CPU set the i7-14600F apart from similar processors? A: The CPU averages 53620 marks overall, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and single-core 4958. Those put it in the 91st percentile of all desktop CPUs.

Q: How much VRAM does the RX 7800 XT have and what bandwidth? A: It has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, operating over a 256-bit bus with a total bandwidth of 624.1 GB/s.

Q: What is the smoothest measured setting at 1920x1080? A: The Low preset yields an average of 135 FPS. For a more visual, the Medium preset produces 84 FPS with a minimum of 72 and max 97.

Q: What frame time can you expect from Medium preset at 2560x1440? A: At 2560x1440 Medium, the average FPS is 71, with a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 82 observed.

Q: Does the system maintain playable rates at 4K with ultra quality? A: No – 3840x2160 Ultra gives only 32 FPS average, which is the lowest reading of any tested preset. Low settings at 4K do reach 89 FPS.

Q: Where does this combo rank among other tested systems? A: This CPU+GPU pairing sits at rank 1221 out of 3724 measured combos in the database.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings

The following data was measured from the full suite of presets. Only the Medium settings provide margins, and they are listed as min and max in parentheses.

| Resolution | Preset | Avg FPS | Min – Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 135 | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 84 | 72 – 97 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 61 | – |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 48 | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 114 | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 71 | 60 – 82 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 51 | – |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 40 | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 89 | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 56 | 47 – 64 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 40 | – |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 32 | – |

The 1080p Low result is the fastest of the entire set, while the 4K Ultra is the slowest. The 1440p Medium numbers are useful for a frame-time reference: min 60, avg 71, max 82 – a 22 FPS spread. At 4K Medium, the width narrows slightly: 47, 56, and 64, a 17 FPS range. These margins show stability in the Medium stays well within playable limits for a Radeon 7800 XT.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the i7-14600 and RX 7800 XT is sorted at position 1221 out of 3724 recorded configurations. That places exactly at the one-third point of the ranking table. Although the CPU sits at the 91st overall percentile, the mid-tier GPU position (51st percentile) drags the combined result down. The sparse number of tested systems with comparable CPU interrupts: the top-ranking combos use higher-tier processors, such as the Ryzen 9 7900X which is only 0.6% above this CPU in average score, but they pair with faster graphic boards. This result is consistent with the fact that the GPU is the weak link in this system. On the rank list, the i7-14700F plus RX 7800 XT falls right in the middle of the whole database, a sensible visual for a mid-range assembly.

Settings Recommendations

According to the measured rows, the optimal balance of frame rate and visual components is the Medium preset across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 84 FPS average with a minimum of 72 – far above the 30 threshold. High slides to 61 FPS, which is still acceptable, but Ultra drops to 48, which for a fixed-pixel game may feel inconsistent. At 2560x1440, Medium gives 71 FPS and a 60-82 range; that is the sweet spot for total response. Ultra at 1440p falls to 40 FPS, which is just inside a constant play rate, but the lack of margin could cause drops. The only reason to leave Medium is if a user wants the toggle Quality of Graphics – the High preset drops to 51 FPS at 1440, arguably too close to 40 for comfort.

At 3840x2160, only Low quality gives a safe margin: 89 FPS average. Medium at 4K yields 56 FPS with a min of 47, which may induce stutter in transitions. The data points: The Medium at 1080/1440p provides both high average and high margin; at 4K, Low is the only setting that moves fast. Because the game does not have any extraneous advanced features in High (the twin-layer only affects later areas), the Medium preset appears as the recommended balance for normal play.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates drop severely as the resolution climbs. This tells about the bottleneck. Consider the Low column: 135 FPS at 1080, 114 at 1440, and 89 at 4K. That is a cut of 21 FPS from 1080 to 1440, and a further 25 FPS from 1440 to 4K, finally sitting at 132 FPS outcome. For Medium, the 3 are 84, 71, and 56 at 4K. The gap between 1080 and 1440 is roughly 13 FPS, and the 1440 to 4K is 15 FPS. Ultra shows the most dramatic fall: 1080 has 48, 1440 gets 40, and 4K only 32 – a 16 FPS total change. In all cases, the fraction of drop is not constant; it flattens a bit from low to medium, but the trend is clear: the GPU is the limiting component as pixels increase.

The CPU's strength at-low settings is confirmed by the 1080 Low result of 135 FPS, which is well above the 300-rate meaning. As the pixel load increases, the Radeon RX 7800 XT's compute time builds up, leading to the 4K Ultra result of 32 FPS. That 32 FPS at 4K Ultra is not a result of any VRAM or CPU, but purely the graphics engine. Without any real vector of the GPU's workload, the frame rate scaling from 1080 to 4K is about a 35 FPS, which matches the demand of the game’s twin-model filter. So, the data shows that this is a GPU-bound system,