Thief

This page examines the measured performance of Thief running on an Intel Core i9-14900K with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. The dataset contains average frame rates for three resolutions across four settings presets, and this specific combination holds the 107th spot out of 1,642 tested combinations in the game. Across all measured rows, the average FPS ranges from 61.2 at 3840x2160 Ultra to 230.1 at 1920x1080 Low, with the CPU and GPU each placing in the upper portion of their respective benchmark distributions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows that Thief scales as expected with pixel count, but the shape of the scaling changes with the settings preset. At 1920x1080, the RTX 4070 SUPER produces a very high average in every preset: Low reaches 230.1 FPS, Medium 205.4, High 164.4, and Ultra 156.3. Moving to 2560x1440 lowers those numbers to 192.7, 147.9, 115.1, and 105.8 respectively. The largest step is the move from 1440p to 4K, where Low drops to 111.4, Medium to 85.0, High to 63.4, and Ultra to 61.2.

This pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the binding constraint at 4K. At 1080p Low, the combination can push past the 230 FPS mark, which suggests the CPU is not preventing very high frame rates. Once the resolution rises, the pixel workload increases enough that even Low settings at 3840x2160 cannot match the 1440p Low result: 111.4 FPS versus 192.7 FPS. The data also shows that the gap between High and Ultra narrows at higher resolutions. At 1080p the two presets average 164.4 and 156.3; at 1440p they average 115.1 and 105.8; at 4K they are 63.4 and 61.2. That compression points to the GPU being forced closer to its limit as resolution rises, with Ultra costing less additional throughput at 4K than it does at 1080p.

The overall takeaway from the resolution scaling is clear: the i9-14900K provides enough headroom for high-FPS play at lower resolutions, but Thief's average frame rate is heavily reduced when the render target moves to 4K. This is a graphics-scaling pattern consistent with a GPU-limited workload at high pixel counts.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest measured average FPS for this combo?

A: The highest result is 230.1 FPS, recorded at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: What is the lowest measured average FPS for this combo?

A: The lowest result is 61.2 FPS, recorded at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: Are the 4K High and 4K Ultra results close together?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, High averages 63.4 FPS and Ultra averages 61.2 FPS, a much smaller spread than the 1080p gap between High and Ultra.

Q: Does 1440p UItra remain above the 4K Ultra average?

A: Yes. The 2560x1440 Ultra preset averages 105.8 FPS, while the 3840x2160 Ultra preset averages 61.2 FPS. Every 1440p preset exceeds every 4K preset in the measured data.

Q: Are minimum and maximum FPS values available in the data?

A: No. All measured FPS rows have null values for minFps and maxFps, so only average FPS can be used for analysis.

Q: What is the combo's rank in Thief relative to other tested combinations?

A: It ranks 107th out of 1,642 tested combinations, placing it well ahead of the majority of the tested field.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this CPU-GPU pairing at 107th out of 1,642 combinations tested in Thief. The CPU is in the 97th percentile against all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 84th percentile against all GPUs. These positions are consistent with a system that has substantial headroom in both aggregate compute performance and measured game frame rates.

The CPU's average benchmark score is 79,824. Its nearest rivals in CPU benchmark data are the AMD EPYC 7413 with an average score of 80,041 and a delta of -0.3 percent, the Intel Core i9-14900KF at 79,245 and 0.7 percent, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF at 79,240 and 0.7 percent, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K at 79,102 and 0.9 percent. The GPU's average benchmark score is 42,576. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A6000 at 42,653 and -0.2 percent, the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE at 42,723 and -0.3 percent, the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at 41,991 and 1.4 percent, and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 at 41,897 and 1.6 percent.

Given that the CPU sits in the 97th percentile and the GPU in the 84th percentile, the 107th placement in Thief is not surprising. The CPU has more aggregate benchmark headroom than the GPU, and the game data follows that ordering: at lower resolutions the CPU can feed high frame rates, while at higher resolutions the GPU's workload becomes the dominant factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS |

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

| 1920x1080 | Low | 230.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 205.4 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 164.4 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 156.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 192.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 147.9 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 115.1 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 105.8 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 111.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 85.0 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 63.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 61.2 |

The ordering of settings is consistent at every resolution: Low produces the highest average, followed by Medium, High, and Ultra. At 1080p, all four presets remain at or above the 156.3 FPS mark, which means even the highest setting is far from a frame-rate ceiling. At 1440p, Ultra still averages 105.8 FPS, so the combination can run the top preset without dropping into the range seen at 4K. At 4K, Low remains viable at 111.4 FPS, while High and Ultra sit close together at 63.4 and 61.2 FPS. The data contains no min or max values, so these averages represent the measured central tendency for each configuration.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K is a Core 14th Gen processor built on the Raptor Lake-R platform for Intel Socket 1700. It has 24 cores, 32 threads, a base clock of 3.20 GHz, and a boost clock of 6.00 GHz. The cache hierarchy is listed as 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 36 MB of shared L3. The memory interface supports DDR4 and DDR5 in a dual-channel configuration. These are the headlining CPU specifications in the data, and they place the processor in the 97th percentile against all CPUs.

In Thief, the CPU's role can be inferred from the measured frame rates. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 230.1 FPS, the highest row in the dataset. That result shows that the CPU can drive high frame rates when the GPU is not heavily loaded. The single-thread benchmark scores are also high: the CPU records 7,040 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 4,697 in PassMark single-thread. The boost clock of 6.00 GHz is the standout frequency figure in the pack, and it aligns with the high 1080p Low result. The multicore scores are equally strong, including 49,872 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 58,674 in PassMark multithread, but the measured game data does not show any sign that Thief requires that level of parallel throughput. Instead, the frame rate curve tracks resolution changes much more closely than it tracks CPU core counts.

The data indicates that the CPU is not the bottleneck in this pairing. The fact that 1080p Ultra still averages 156.3 FPS, while 4K Ultra averages 61.2 FPS, points to the GPU being the primary limiting component as resolution rises. The CPU's high boost clock and strong single-thread results provide the conditions needed for the GPU to deliver those 1080p and 1440p numbers without CPU-side pacing problems.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a direct basis for settings choices. At 1920x1080, Ultra is the strongest measured preset available and still averages 156.3 FPS. There is no need to drop below Ultra at that resolution based on the data. At 2560x1440, Ultra again delivers a high average of 105.8 FPS, while High stays close at 115.1. The Ultra preset at 1440p is the highest visual setting in the data and remains well above the 4K results, so it is the recommended target for that resolution.

At 3840x2160, the choice is between High and Ultra. High averages 63.4 FPS, while Ultra averages 61.2 FPS. The data shows that High offers a slightly higher average frame rate at 4K, which makes High the safer choice when the goal is preserving as much measured FPS as possible. For users who prioritize the Ultra preset above all else, the 4K Ultra row still averages 61.2 FPS, so it remains a usable setting according to the measured data. Low and Medium offer higher averages at every resolution, but they also leave visual quality off the table; at 1080p and 1440p, the Ultra preset already provides strong measured FPS, so dropping to Medium or Low is unnecessary for those resolutions.