Undisputed

Settings Recommendations

For Undisputed, the measured data across all three resolutions shows a clear pattern: Medium settings deliver the most balanced experience, while Ultra settings exact a heavy toll on frame rates. At 1920x1080, Medium produces an average of 141 FPS with a minimum of 120 FPS and maximum of 162 FPS, which is more than sufficient for a sports title where smooth motion matters. High settings at the same resolution drop to 116 FPS average, still playable, but the gap between Medium and High is 25 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns for the visual upgrade.

The story becomes more interesting at 2560x1440. Medium again leads as the sweet spot with 102 FPS average, minimum of 86 FPS, and maximum of 117 FPS. High settings at this resolution deliver 84 FPS average, which remains playable but begins to approach the threshold where fast-paced gameplay could feel less responsive. Low settings at 1440p reach 141 FPS average, but the visual compromise is likely noticeable in a sports game where character models and arena details matter for immersion.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes dramatically. Medium settings yield 64 FPS average with a minimum of 55 FPS and maximum of 74 FPS, which is borderline for a smooth experience. High settings drop to 53 FPS average, while Ultra falls to 34 FPS average, which is arguably too low for comfortable gameplay. Low settings at 4K produce 89 FPS average, indicating that even at the lowest preset, the combination can push past 60 FPS at 4K.

The data suggests that Medium is the recommended preset across all resolutions. At 1080p and 1440p, it offers headroom above 100 FPS with minimums that never dip below 86 FPS. At 4K, Medium is the only preset that maintains an average above 60 FPS while keeping minimums at 55 FPS. High settings are a reasonable alternative at 1080p and 1440p for users prioritizing visual fidelity, but not at 4K. Ultra settings are not recommended at any resolution, as they produce the lowest frame rates in every case, with 4K Ultra being particularly prohibitive at 34 FPS average.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 brings 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, delivering 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock runs at 2375 MHz with 19 Gbps effective speed, and the GPU operates at a base and boost clock of 2500 MHz. The memory configuration is notable for this game because Undisputed appears to scale predictably with resolution changes, and the 10 GB frame buffer is sufficient even at 4K Ultra, where the game still runs at 34 FPS average without hitting memory capacity limits.

The GPU's rendering capabilities include 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units. It also features 18 ray tracing cores, though Undisputed is a sports title where ray tracing likely plays a minimal role. The pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput needed for the game's rendering demands. In synthetic benchmarks, the B570 scores 14,195 in Passmark G3D and 7,281 in Passmark GPU compute, placing it in the 65th percentile among all GPUs.

Compared to its nearest rivals in the benchmark database, the B570's average benchmark score of 20,556 sits within a narrow band. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20,534, a 0.1% difference, while the Intel Arc A750 scores 20,582, placing the B570 0.1% behind. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M trails at 20,480, with the B570 ahead by 0.4%, and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X leads at 20,662, putting the B570 0.5% behind. These tight margins indicate that the B570 performs in the same class as these GPUs, with no significant advantage or disadvantage in raw compute.

The GPU's power characteristics include a 150 W TDP and a suggested power supply of 450 W. The card requires a single 8-pin power connector and occupies a dual-slot form factor. Its physical dimensions are 272 mm in length and 115 mm in height. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8, which provides adequate bandwidth for the 10 GB frame buffer. For Undisputed specifically, the GPU's performance at Medium settings shows it can handle the game's requirements, but the steep drop at Ultra settings suggests that the B570's rasterization throughput becomes the limiting factor when visual effects are maxed out.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 141 at 1080p to 102 at 1440p, a decline of 39 FPS, and then to 64 at 4K, another 38 FPS decline. This linear progression indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at Medium settings, as the frame rate scales almost directly with the pixel count increase.

At High settings, the pattern is similar but with a more pronounced drop at 4K. The average FPS goes from 116 at 1080p to 84 at 1440p, a 32 FPS decline, then to 53 at 4K, a 31 FPS decline. The 4K result of 53 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold, showing that High settings at 4K stretch the B570 beyond its comfortable range. Low settings tell a different story: 195 FPS at 1080p, 141 at 1440p, and 89 at 4K. The 4K Low result at 89 FPS is notably higher than the 4K Medium result at 64 FPS, suggesting that at Low settings, the CPU has more headroom to keep the GPU fed even at high resolutions.

Ultra settings exhibit the steepest scaling curve. At 1080p, Ultra delivers 75 FPS average, which drops to 54 FPS at 1440p and 34 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result of 34 FPS is less than half of the 1080p Ultra result, indicating that the combination of high resolution and maxed-out settings overwhelms the B570's capabilities. The minimum FPS data, available only for Medium settings, reinforces this analysis: at 1080p the minimum is 120 FPS, at 1440p it's 86 FPS, and at 4K it's 55 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 55 FPS is close to the average of the 4K High result, showing that even the "safe" Medium preset at 4K produces frame rates that would be considered marginal for a demanding player.

The scaling pattern points to the GPU as the limiting component across all settings. The CPU, an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, has sufficient single-thread performance to drive high frame rates at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 195 FPS result at 1080p Low. However, as resolution increases, the GPU's workload grows disproportionately, and the B570's 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 compute becomes the constraint. The 4K results, in particular, show that the B570 can maintain playable frame rates only at Low or Medium settings, with High and Ultra falling below 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2256 out of 2813 tested combos in Undisputed. This places the combo in the bottom 20% of all configurations tested for this game, which is a surprisingly low position given the individual component specifications. The rank suggests that many other CPU-GPU pairings deliver higher frame rates in this title, even if their raw benchmarks are comparable.

The CPU itself performs well in synthetic benchmarks, with an average benchmark score of 25,005 and a percentile rank of 77 among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with an average score of 24,964, a 0.2% difference, and the Intel Core i7-11850H at 24,935, a 0.3% difference. The Intel Core i7-13620H scores 24,911, placing the 8400F 0.4% ahead, and the AMD EPYC 9474F scores 25,103, putting the 8400F 0.4% behind. These margins are small, indicating that the CPU is competitive with its peers in general compute tasks.

The GPU's percentile rank of 65 among all GPUs is lower than the CPU's rank of 77, suggesting that the B570 is a weaker link in this pairing. The GPU's average benchmark score of 20,556 is close to its rivals, but the combo's rank of 2256 out of 2813 in Undisputed indicates that the game's specific workload favors other GPU architectures. The fact that the B570 is only 0.1% behind the RTX 3070 Mobile in average score, yet the combo ranks poorly, suggests that Undisputed may not be optimized for Intel's Xe2-HPG architecture.

The discrepancy between the component-level benchmarks and the in-game rank highlights the importance of game-specific testing. While the CPU and GPU individually perform adequately in synthetic tests, their combined performance in Undisputed places them in the lower quartile of tested configurations. Players using this combo should expect frame rates that are lower than what the component specifications might suggest, particularly at higher settings and resolutions where the GPU's limitations become more apparent.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix. It operates at a base clock of 4.20 GHz and boosts to 4.70 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. It features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 16 MB of shared L3 cache. The processor is built on TSMC's 4 nm process node with 25,000 million transistors on a 178 mm² die.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 8400F demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance. It scores 20,851 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 8,757 in Cinebench R20 multi-core. Single-thread performance is also robust, with scores of 2,943 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 1,236 in Cinebench R20 single-core. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 1,874 in the 2-thread test to 6,165 in the max-threads test, indicating good thread scaling. Passmark results include 24,389 in multi-thread and 3,685 in single-thread.

For Undisputed, the CPU's role is likely secondary to the GPU, as the game appears to be GPU-bound at most settings. However, the CPU's single-thread performance becomes relevant at low settings and 1080p, where the frame rate reaches 195 FPS. At this level, the CPU must process game logic and physics updates quickly enough to keep pace with the GPU's output. The 8400F's boost clock of 4.70 GHz and 3,685 Passmark single-thread score indicate it has sufficient single-core capability for this task.

The CPU's multi-threaded performance, while strong in synthetic tests, is less critical for a sports game like Undisputed, which likely relies more on single-threaded game logic rather than heavy multi-threaded workloads. The 16 MB of L3 cache provides adequate capacity for the game's data footprint, and the 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth ensures the CPU can feed the GPU without bottlenecks. The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are all within 0.4% of its average score, indicating that no significant performance difference exists between these processors in general tasks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured frame rates for the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F + Intel Arc B570 combination show a wide spread across settings. Low settings deliver the highest average at 195 FPS, followed by Medium at 141 FPS with a minimum of 120 FPS and maximum of 162 FPS. High settings produce 116 FPS average, while Ultra drops to 75 FPS average. The gap between Low and Ultra is 120 FPS, representing a 61.5% reduction in frame rate from the lowest to highest settings preset.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds but with lower absolute values. Low settings achieve 141 FPS average, Medium reaches 102 FPS with a minimum of 86 FPS and maximum of 117 FPS, High produces 84 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 54 FPS average. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 87 FPS, a 61.7% reduction, nearly identical to the percentage drop at 1080p. This consistent percentage scaling suggests that the GPU's relative performance across settings is stable regardless of resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress significantly. Low settings deliver 89 FPS average, Medium produces 64 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS and maximum of 74 FPS, High drops to 53 FPS average, and Ultra bottoms out at 34 FPS average. The Low-to-Ultra gap at 4K is 55 FPS, a 61.8% reduction, maintaining the same proportional pattern seen at lower resolutions. However, the absolute values at 4K are concerning: only Low and Medium settings exceed 60 FPS average, and even Medium's minimum of 55 FPS falls below that threshold.

Comparing settings across resolutions, Medium at 1080p (141 FPS) matches Low at 1440p (141 FPS), indicating that the visual quality of Medium at 1080p is equivalent in performance cost to Low at 1440p. Similarly, High at 1080p (116 FPS) is close to Medium at 1440p (102 FPS), though not identical. At 4K, Low (89 FPS) outperforms High at 1440p (84 FPS), showing that resolution scaling has a larger impact on performance than settings changes in this game.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo at 1080p?

A: Medium settings provide the best balance, with an average of 141 FPS, a minimum of 120 FPS, and a maximum of 162 FPS. This offers 25 FPS more than High settings and 66 FPS more than Ultra, while maintaining a minimum above 120 FPS.

Q: Can this combo run Undisputed at 4K with playable frame rates?

A: Yes, but only at Medium settings or lower. Medium delivers 64 FPS average with a 55 FPS minimum, while Low reaches 89 FPS average. High and Ultra fall below 60 FPS at 53 FPS and 34 FPS average, respectively.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20,556, placing it 0.1% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and 0.1% behind the Intel Arc A750. It is 0.4% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon R9 M390X.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at higher settings and resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 195 FPS, showing the CPU can drive high frame rates, but the B570's performance drops significantly at 4K Ultra to 34 FPS.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: Low settings produce 141 FPS average, while Ultra drops to 54 FPS average, a difference of 87 FPS. This represents a 61.7% reduction in frame rate when switching from the lowest to highest settings preset.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in Undisputed?

A: The combo ranks 2256 out of 2813 tested combos, placing it in the lower 20% of configurations. This rank is lower than what the individual component benchmarks might suggest, indicating the game's specific workload does not favor this pairing.