Undisputed

The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 delivers a highly playable experience in Undisputed, but the data reveals a clear hierarchy: this combo is a 1080p champion that struggles to maintain smooth frame rates at 4K. Benchmark results show the system ranks 1317 out of 1580 tested combos in this game, placing it in the lower half of the database, yet the actual frame rates tell a more nuanced story of capability and limitation.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and revealing. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 208.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 150.5 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 98.4 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 53% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the GPU is the primary scaling bottleneck at lower presets. The pattern holds across all settings: High settings drop from 122.7 FPS at 1080p to 88.5 FPS at 1440p to 54.5 FPS at 4K, a 56% decline.

The scaling behavior changes character at Ultra settings. Here, the frame rate falls from 78.7 FPS at 1080p to 56.7 FPS at 1440p to 35.9 FPS at 4K, a 54% reduction. Interestingly, the consistency of these percentage drops across presets suggests that resolution scaling is largely uniform for this combo, with the RTX 2060's 6 GB GDDR6 memory and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth being the limiting factor rather than the CPU. The i3-12100F, with its 4 cores and 8 threads, shows it can feed the GPU adequately at lower resolutions—the 208.8 FPS at 1080p Low is evidence of headroom—but the GPU's compute capacity, rated at 6.451 TFLOPS FP32, simply cannot sustain high frame rates at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data strongly favors Medium settings as the optimal balance for this combo. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 149.9 FPS, which is 22% higher than High's 122.7 FPS and only 28% lower than Low's 208.8 FPS. The visual quality gain from Low to Medium is substantial, while the frame rate cost is manageable. At 2560x1440, Medium produces 106.9 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, whereas High drops to 88.5 FPS and Ultra falls to 56.7 FPS.

At 3840x2160, Medium is the only preset that remains playable, with 66.4 FPS. High manages 54.5 FPS, which may be acceptable for some players but sits below the 60 FPS standard. Ultra at 4K, with just 35.9 FPS, is effectively unplayable for competitive play. The data indicates that Low settings at 1080p are overkill—208.8 FPS exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors—so players should prioritize Medium for the best visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process from TSMC, is the decisive component in this combo's gaming performance. Its 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves adequate for 1080p and 1440p but becomes strained at 4K. The GPU's boost clock of 1680 MHz and base clock of 1365 MHz drive 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster operation pipelines, yielding a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s.

The RTX 2060's benchmark scores place it in the 58th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 16074. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, scores 15996, a delta of 0.5%—essentially a statistical tie. The AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and Pro 5700 both score 16351, putting them 1.7% ahead, while the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 trails at 15786, 1.8% behind. These margins are small, indicating that the RTX 2060 sits in a tightly contested performance band.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers exceptional performance across all presets. Low settings produce 208.8 FPS, Medium 149.9 FPS, High 122.7 FPS, and Ultra 78.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 130.1 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU has substantial headroom at this resolution. At 2560x1440, the numbers compress: Low hits 150.5 FPS, Medium 106.9 FPS, High 88.5 FPS, and Ultra 56.7 FPS. The spread narrows to 93.8 FPS, showing the GPU beginning to strain.

At 3840x2160, the limits become apparent. Low produces 98.4 FPS, Medium 66.4 FPS, High 54.5 FPS, and Ultra 35.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra shrinks to 62.5 FPS, and even Low settings cannot reach triple digits. The progression from 1080p to 4K shows a consistent pattern: the RTX 2060 loses roughly 50% of its performance at each resolution step, with the percentage loss accelerating at higher presets.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1317 out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the 17th percentile of all configurations. This seems harsh given the actual frame rates, but the ranking reflects the entire spectrum of tested hardware, which includes far more powerful CPUs and GPUs. The i3-12100F itself ranks in the 72nd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 13516, while the RTX 2060 sits in the 58th percentile of GPUs. The combo's relatively low ranking stems from the CPU's modest multi-threaded performance—a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11912—which may limit performance in CPU-intensive scenes, even though the game's measured results show the GPU as the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F, with its 4 cores and 8 threads, is a capable pairing for the RTX 2060 in this game. Its boost clock of 4.30 GHz and base clock of 3.30 GHz provide strong single-threaded performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2224 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1681. The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 cache per core help maintain responsiveness in a sports title that likely benefits from fast, predictable frame delivery.

The CPU's benchmark results show it sitting close to several rivals. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX scores 13534, a mere 0.1% difference, while the Intel Core i7-1250U scores 13462, 0.4% lower. The Intel Core i3-10105 scores 13430, 0.6% behind, and the Intel Core i7-7700K scores 13280, 1.8% behind. These tight margins suggest that the i3-12100F is well-matched to the RTX 2060, with neither component dramatically outclassing the other. In Undisputed, the data shows the CPU can deliver frame rates above 200 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating it is not the bottleneck at lower resolutions; the GPU's limits become apparent only as resolution increases.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Undisputed?*

A: The data shows 1920x1080 as the optimal resolution, with all presets delivering at least 78.7 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra drops to 56.7 FPS, and at 3840x2160, only Low and Medium exceed 60 FPS.

Q: Does this combo achieve 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, but only at Medium and Low settings, which produce 66.4 FPS and 98.4 FPS respectively. High yields 54.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 35.9 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600S?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 16074, while the RX 7600S scores 15996, a delta of 0.5%. This places them within statistical noise of each other.

Q: What is the CPU's single-threaded performance in this combo?

A: The i3-12100F scores 2224 in Geekbench single-core and 1681 in Cinebench R23 single-core, indicating strong single-threaded capability that supports high frame rates at 1080p.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary constraint at 4K. The RTX 2060's 6 GB memory and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot sustain high frame rates, while the CPU's 4.30 GHz boost clock provides ample headroom.

Q: What frame rate does Ultra settings produce at 1080p?

A: Ultra at 1920x1080 delivers 78.7 FPS, which is playable but significantly lower than Medium's 149.9 FPS and High's 122.7 FPS, making Ultra the least efficient preset at this resolution.