The Medium

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 delivers a measured performance range of 33 FPS at 3840×2160 Ultra to 141 FPS at 1920×1080 Low in The Medium. Within the database, this specific processor and graphics card couple stands at rank 1075 out of 3724 tested combinations, placing it in the top 28.9% of all measured pairs.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS delivered by this configuration?

A: The highest measured average is 141 FPS at 1920×1080 with the Low preset. The same Low preset drops to 119 FPS at 2560×1440 and 93 FPS at 3840×2160.

Q: Is a 60 FPS target attainable at all three resolutions?

A: Yes, but the preset varies. At 1920×1080, the Medium preset yields 88 FPS and High yields 63 FPS; at 2560×1440, Medium yields 74 FPS; at 3840×2160, only the Low preset exceeds 60, with an average of 93 FPS.

Q: Which preset shows the largest average values?

A: The Medium preset includes min and max measurements: 1080p ranges from 75 to 101 FPS, 1440p from 63 to 85, and 4K from 50 to 67. The other presets report only averages.

Q: How does the 16 GB VRAM of the Radeon RX 9070 relate to the measured framerates?

A: The GPU memory capacity is 16GB with a 256-bit bus and a 644.6 GB/s bandwidth. Across from the highest 4K Ultra (33 FPS) to the lowest 1080p Low (141 FPS), the framerate scales consistently, indicating the memory subsystem provisions sufficient capacity, the limiting factor being the raster performance.

Q: What system-level component is indicated to be the primary bottleneck by the data?

A: The CPU cools at 2.10 GHz base and 5.40 GHz boost, while the GPU has a game clock of 2070 MHz and boost of 2520 MHz. The FPS slopes differ by resolution and preset, suggesting the GPU handles the main forcing tasks, while the CPU has enough headroom with 20 cores and 28 threads.

Q: What is the ranking percentile of this combo among all tested?

A: The CPU ranks in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU in the 69th percentile. The combined rank of 1075 out of 3724 suggests the system is slightly below the GPU's own percentile, aligning with the CPU mostly awaiting at low-to-medium presets.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread part from the Raptor Lake refresh, bridging the gap between multicore throughput and single-thread response. Its base clock stands at 2.10 GHz, and it boosts up to 5.40 GHz, which is reflected in the measured results for The Medium. The processor counts 20 cores arranged under a 33 MB shared L3 cache, with a per-core L2 of 2 MB.

Looking at the measured data, the active barrier to higher frame counts at lower resolutions is the peak processing speed. At 1920×1080 with the Low preset, the framerate goes to 141. When the resolution steps to 2560×1440, the same preset yields 119 FPS, and at 3840×2160, 93 FPS. The reduction from 141 to 93 FPS at Low does not correspond proportionally to reduction in pixel count; this points to the CPU delivering stable per-thread performance even when the render load varies. The high single-thread scores—Cinebench R23 single-core 4958, Geekbench 2429, PassMark single thread 3057—indicate that the Core i7's kept single-thread progress allows the game to maintain its main logic loop consistently.

The multi-thread scores are also remarkable: 35122 in Cinebench R23 multicore, 19620 in Geekbench multicore, and 14751 in Cinebench R20 multicore. The Medium appears to make limited use of the threaded capabilities, as evidenced by the modest falloff from 1080p to 4K at the same preset. For instance, at Medium the average goes from 88 FPS at 1080p to 74 FPS at 1440p, and then to 58 FPS at 4K. If the CPU were a major limiter, this gap would be flatter. The result is that the 20-core part sufficely provisions the game's main and background threads—the sibling of two rendering worlds that often double in The Medium—while remaining latent. The boost clock of 5.40 GHz ensures that the primary thread can hit high IPC when needed, although the game's performance plot predominantly tracks the resolution scaling rather than changes in processor speed.

Using the nearestRivals, the i7-14700F sits within a narrow band to four other CPUs: the Intel Xeon 6505p with a delta of -0.2%, the Xeon Phi 7290 with +0.3%, the Ryzen 9 7900X with +0.6%, and the EPYC 7313P with +0.8%. This suggests that across standard tavern workloads, the i7-14700F essentially behaves like a class-leading desktop-part, but those CPU differences are only secondarily relevant in The Medium, where the GPU asset dominates the overall frame.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on RDNA 4.0 and carries 16B of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, flooded with 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. The core runs at a base of 1330 MHz and a boost of 2520 MHz (game clock 2.07 GHz). These specs directly pattern the synthetic scores: a 3DMark Steel Nomad - DX12 result of 6290 and PassMark G3D score of 25381 place the card near GPUs, but not the top outright. The gating power and the GDDR6 capacity are ample for the tested resolutions, while the 128 ROPs and 224 TMUs handle the fill-rate duties in a game that renders two simultaneous views in certain horror sequences.

Looking at the measured rows, the GPU's role is most evident when looking at the frame rate differential between presets at a given resolution. At 3840×2160, moving from Medium to High reduces the average from 58 to 42 FPS, and from High to Ultra from 42 to 33 FPS. This configurable scaling indicates the Radeon's shader load and connection with the game's specialized lobes of indexed lighting. The 12 GB VRAM on the RX 9070 is simply across a requirement for 4K with textures at identifyless quality settings; the absence of a falloff beyond capacity is visible as the system still reaches 33 at Ultra, so the memory pool remains sufficient.

The relative role of the gpu is monospace: from the minimum high of 141 FPS at 1080p Low, down to 33 FPS at 4K Ultra, the pattern follows a monotone resolution and quality curve. The one measurement set with min/max—the Medium toggle—provides an interiors view: at 3840×2160 the FPS range of 50−67 implies the GPU holds a standard band of variability, still above the 60 FPS target at Medium but not at 4K-heavy peaks. The nearestRivals list states that in terms of raw GPU average score, the RX 9070 is within 1.2% of the RTX 2080 SUPER (delta -1.2%), 0.8% of the RX 6800S, and about 1.1% ahead of the RTX 3080 Mobile—placing its synthetic muscle in a tight pack that nonetheless drives this game's frame high.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database’s ranking for The Medium, this specific Core i7-14700F + RX 9070 configuration occupies position 1075 out of 3724. That corresponds to being above the 71th percentile of tested combos—a top 29% placement. The CPU's own percentile versus all other CPUs is 91, while the GPU's percentile sits at 69. The gap between those two percentiles and the niche game ranking suggests the game is not heavily reliant on multi-core CPU capacity, but rather uses the GPU as the main uncertainty, making the whole leaderboard locus.

Being placed above 71.1% of all combos among the total 3724, the result is solidly mid-upper tier. However, the fact that the GPU percentile (69) is lower than the CPU percentile (91) suggests that, relative to the rest of the database, the graphics core is the weaker link. For any gamer who already owns a high-tier Thread air, this combination would present itself as a large GPU opportunity; yet it's the GPU that primarily determines the final rank for the game. The core recent rivals of the i7-14700F—Ryzen 9 7900X at +0.6% and Xeon 6505P at −0.2%—all deliver nearly the same average CPU benchmark, so swapping CPU within that circle would minimally change this ranking.

Discussion Recommendations

The measured FPS data across presets yields several sources of a similar target. Choosing a particular preset depends on the user's target frame and quality goal. At 1920×1080, the acceptable sweet spot is High: average 63 FPS, sitting just above the 60 FPS line. Medium reaches 88 FPS, offering headroom for other tasks, while Ultra drops to 50 FPS, so it is not ideal for a PC that pushing a 60 Hz monitor. At 1440p, Medium is the best compromise: 74 FPS average, with min/max of 63/85 being stable. High falls well below 60 at 53F and Ultra at 42, making those plausible only for cinematic breaks. At 3840×2160, the Low preset yields 93 FPS average, while Medium only manages 58 FPS, which is below the typical 60 FPS threshold; High and Ultra are strictly non-playable at 42 and 33 FPS. Therefore, a general logical setup would be to prioritize resolution pixel density and drop settings accordingly: 1080p High, 1440p Medium, and 4K Low.

In terms of CPU-side, those choices would, with the i7-14700F's 4.4GHz boost, their are equally set on all cores and never a bottleneck. The GPU-side, by contrast, needs full memory bandwidth more aggressively at high resolution, so the Low preset at 4K uses more shading units and enables higher bound, explaining why 4K Low is highly playable, despite having to turn off more outer-world material.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured rows form a full grid of 12 combinations (4 static settings × 3 resolutions). None of them carries a max frame except for Medium, where min/max pairs are also recorded.

At 3840×2160 (4K)

• High: avg 42 FPS
• Low: avg 93 FPS
• Medium: avg 58 FPS, min 50, max 67
• Ultra: avg 33 FPS

At 2560×1440 (1440p)

• High: avg 53 FPS
• Low: avg 119 FPS
• Medium: avg 74 FPS, min 63, max 85
• Ultra: avg 42 FPS

At 1920×1080 (1080p)

• High: avg 63 FPS
• Low: avg 141 FPS
• Medium: avg 88 FPS, min 75, max 101
• Ultra: avg 50 FPS

The Medium preset is the only one with min/max in the database, offering a view into variance: for 1080p, the stutter goes between 75 and 101; at 4K, it ranges between 50 and 67, showing that even at a modest resolution the loops thicker.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling of the same preset as measured when moving from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story. At Low, the averages move from 141 (1080p) → 119 (1440p) → 93 (4K), a steady reduction that aligns with an increase in pixels. The gap between 1440p and 4K, a drop of 26 FPS, is slightly larger than the 22 FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p. This is indicative of the growing pixel demand on the Radeon RX