Undisputed

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B570 combination delivers a highly playable experience in Undisputed, with the measured data showing that the Medium preset offers the best balance of frame rate and visual fidelity across all tested resolutions. At 1080p, Medium produces an average of 141 FPS, which is more than double the 75 FPS seen at Ultra, while providing a 45 FPS uplift over High settings. At 1440p, Medium maintains a strong 102 FPS average, and even at 4K, the Medium preset yields 64 FPS, which remains fluid for a sports title. While Low settings push frame rates significantly higher—reaching 195 FPS at 1080p—the visual compromise is unnecessary given that Medium already exceeds the 60 FPS threshold at 4K and provides a smoother experience than High at every resolution. Ultra settings, by contrast, are only viable at 1080p, where 75 FPS is acceptable, but the 54 FPS at 1440p and 34 FPS at 4K fall below the standard for competitive play. Therefore, Medium is the recommended preset for this configuration, offering the highest frame rates that remain consistently above 60 FPS across all resolutions.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is the primary performance driver in this pairing, and its memory configuration plays a decisive role in the game’s scaling. The GPU features 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, delivering 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This capacity is sufficient for Undisputed at all tested settings, as the data shows no catastrophic frame rate collapses that would indicate memory swapping. However, the 4K Ultra result of 34 FPS suggests that the GPU’s raw compute limits, rather than memory capacity, are the bottleneck at the highest fidelity. The Arc B570’s boost clock is fixed at 2500 MHz, with a pixel rate of 200.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 360.0 GTexel/s. These specifications align with the observed performance: the GPU can handle the geometry and shading loads at Medium settings, but the transition to High and Ultra imposes a significant cost. Specifically, moving from Medium to High at 1080p reduces the average FPS from 141 to 116, a 17.7% drop, while moving from High to Ultra further reduces it to 75, a 35.3% drop from High. This pattern indicates that the Arc B570’s 2304 shading units and 80 ROPs are the limiting factors at higher presets, rather than any memory-related stutter. The GPU’s percentile ranking of 65 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20556, places it in the mid-range tier, and the measured game performance confirms this classification.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best settings preset for this CPU/GPU combo in Undisputed?*

A: The Medium preset provides the best experience, yielding 141 FPS at 1080p, 102 FPS at 1440p, and 64 FPS at 4K. These numbers are all above the 60 FPS threshold, making Medium the only preset that achieves fluid gameplay at every resolution.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to Medium across resolutions?

A: Ultra settings produce significantly lower frame rates: 75 FPS at 1080p, 54 FPS at 1440p, and 34 FPS at 4K. Compared to Medium, Ultra is 46.9% slower at 1080p, 47.1% slower at 1440p, and 46.9% slower at 4K, indicating a consistent performance penalty regardless of resolution.

*Q: Is the 10 GB VRAM on the Arc B570 sufficient for Undisputed at 4K?*

A: Yes, the data shows no evidence of VRAM-related stuttering at 4K. The 4K Medium result of 64 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS suggests the 10 GB buffer is adequate, as the performance drop from higher settings is more indicative of compute limitations.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Medium settings?

A: Low settings are substantially faster than Medium, with frame rates of 195 FPS versus 141 FPS at 1080p, 141 FPS versus 102 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS versus 64 FPS at 4K. The gap narrows as resolution increases, but Low remains approximately 38-39% faster across all resolutions.

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

A: Yes, at Medium settings the combo achieves 64 FPS at 4K, with a minimum of 55 FPS. Low settings push this to 89 FPS, but High and Ultra fall to 53 FPS and 34 FPS respectively, making Medium the highest playable preset at 4K.

Q: How does the Arc B570’s average benchmark score relate to its in-game performance?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 20556 places it at the 65th percentile, with a PassMark G3D score of 14195. The measured frame rates in Undisputed align with this mid-range positioning, as the GPU handles Medium presets well but struggles with the computational demands of Ultra settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2256 out of 2813 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the 19.8th percentile of all pairings. This rank reflects the GPU’s mid-range capabilities, as the CPU is a high-performance part that is not the limiting factor in this configuration. The Ryzen 7 9700F’s average benchmark score of 69996 places it at the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with rivals like the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (0.2% higher), Intel Core i7-14700KF (0.2% lower), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (0.7% higher), and Intel Core i7-14700K (0.9% higher) all within a narrow performance band. This CPU strength does not translate to a top-tier game ranking because Undisputed is GPU-bound at the settings tested. The combo’s rank is consistent with the Arc B570’s 65th percentile GPU score, suggesting that the pairing performs as expected for its components. Notably, the rank indicates that 557 other combos outperform this setup, which is logical given that the Arc B570 is a budget-oriented GPU when paired with a high-end CPU. The data shows that upgrading the GPU would yield a more substantial improvement in game ranking than upgrading the CPU, as the latter is already near the top of its class.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear GPU bottleneck, as frame rates drop proportionally with the increase in pixel count. At Medium settings, the average FPS decreases from 141 at 1080p to 102 at 1440p (a 27.7% drop) and then to 64 at 4K (a 37.3% drop from 1440p). This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-limited scenario, where the Arc B570’s processing power cannot keep up with the 4x pixel count increase from 1080p to 4K. At Low settings, the drop is even more pronounced: 195 FPS at 1080p falls to 141 FPS at 1440p (27.7% drop) and then to 89 FPS at 4K (36.9% drop from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across presets indicates that the GPU is the sole limiting component, as the CPU’s performance would not degrade with resolution. The High and Ultra presets show similar patterns, with High dropping from 116 FPS at 1080p to 84 FPS at 1440p (27.6% drop) and to 53 FPS at 4K (36.9% drop from 1440p), while Ultra drops from 75 FPS to 54 FPS (28% drop) and then to 34 FPS (37% drop). The fact that the 1440p-to-4K drop is consistently around 37% across all settings, compared to the 27-28% drop from 1080p to 1440p, suggests that the GPU’s memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s and its 160-bit bus become more strained at higher resolutions, though the overall trend confirms that the Arc B570 is the performance ceiling.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are consistently high across all presets. Low settings produce an average of 195 FPS, Medium produces 141 FPS with a minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS, High produces 116 FPS, and Ultra produces 75 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 54 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 25 FPS, and the gap between High and Ultra is 41 FPS. This distribution shows that the most significant performance cost occurs when moving from High to Ultra, where the average FPS drops by 35.3%. At 2560x1440, the frame rates are lower but still playable at most settings. Low achieves 141 FPS, Medium achieves 102 FPS with a minimum of 86 FPS and a maximum of 117 FPS, High achieves 84 FPS, and Ultra achieves 54 FPS. The relative differences are similar to 1080p, with Ultra being 47.1% slower than Medium. At 3840x2160, only Medium and Low remain above the 60 FPS threshold, with Medium at 64 FPS (minimum 55 FPS, maximum 74 FPS) and Low at 89 FPS. High drops to 53 FPS, and Ultra falls to 34 FPS. The 4K results highlight the GPU’s limitations, as the difference between Medium and High is 11 FPS (17.2% drop), while the difference between High and Ultra is 19 FPS (35.8% drop). The minimum FPS data for Medium settings shows a consistent pattern: 120 FPS at 1080p, 86 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K, which are all within 15% of their respective averages, indicating stable frame pacing without major stutters.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a high-performance processor that does not bottleneck the Arc B570 in Undisputed. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, the CPU has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, making it well-suited for gaming workloads. Its average benchmark score of 69996 and 94th percentile ranking confirm its strength, with PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and multithread score of 36470. The nearest rivals—AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX, Intel Core i7-14700KF, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, and Intel Core i7-14700K—all score within 0.9% of the 9700F, demonstrating that the CPU is competitive with top-tier parts. In Undisputed, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and physics calculations, but the game’s sports genre does not impose heavy CPU demands. The evidence for this is the consistent FPS scaling across resolutions: if the CPU were a bottleneck, the frame rates would not drop as sharply from 1080p to 4K. Instead, the 37% average FPS drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings indicates that the GPU is saturated before the CPU reaches its limits. The CPU’s 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth are more than sufficient for the game’s data requirements, and the 65W TDP suggests efficient power management. The data shows that the Ryzen 7 9700F provides ample headroom for the Arc B570, and any performance limitations in Undisputed are attributable to the GPU’s mid-range capabilities rather than the CPU’s processing power.