Undisputed

Undisputed is a surprisingly light load for the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination, with benchmark results showing the pairing delivers exceptionally high frame rates even at the most demanding settings. The data indicates that the optimal experience balances visual fidelity and refresh rate headroom, making the Ultra preset the most sensible choice for owners of high-refresh-rate displays, while the High preset remains the best option for those prioritizing maximum smoothness with a negligible visual compromise.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear hierarchy where the Ultra preset is the only setting that meaningfully challenges the hardware, yet it still remains perfectly playable. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset produces an average of 184 FPS, which is a substantial drop from the High preset's 285 FPS, but it is still well above the threshold for competitive play. The data suggests that the RTX 4080 has enough headroom to absorb the Ultra preset's demands without introducing any perceptible stutter, as the minimum FPS figures for the Medium preset at this resolution (293 FPS) show the GPU is far from being maxed out. Moving to 2560x1440, the Ultra preset averages 133 FPS, which remains excellent for a sports title, while the High preset at 206 FPS offers a more pronounced advantage for players using 144Hz monitors. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset dips to an average of 84 FPS, which is the only scenario where the preset's demands become significant, but it still clears the 60 FPS floor comfortably.

For the best overall experience, the Ultra preset is the recommended starting point at 1080p and 1440p, as the visual uplift from High to Ultra is not quantified in the data but the frame rate cost is clearly acceptable. At 4K, however, the High preset (130 FPS average) is the superior choice, as it nearly doubles the Ultra preset's frame rate (84 FPS) while likely retaining most of the visual quality that matters in a boxing game. The Medium preset offers a middle ground but is largely redundant given how well the High preset performs; at 1440p, Medium averages 249 FPS versus High's 206 FPS, a difference that is only relevant for players with 240Hz monitors. The Low preset, while delivering massive frame rates (479 FPS at 1080p), should be avoided because the visual degradation is not worth the performance surplus, especially since the GPU is never in danger of becoming a bottleneck at any resolution with the High preset.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the dominant component in this pairing, and the measured frame rates confirm that its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory is more than sufficient for Undisputed's demands. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s, paired with a 256-bit bus, ensures that texture streaming and asset loading are never a limiting factor, even at 4K resolution. The core clock configuration, with a base of 2205 MHz and a boost of 2505 MHz, provides the raw compute throughput necessary to drive the high frame rates observed, particularly at lower resolutions where the CPU becomes more relevant. The GPU's Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process, delivers 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is the primary engine behind the 130 FPS average at 4K High settings.

The data shows that the RTX 4080 is operating well within its capabilities across all tested configurations. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 479 FPS, indicating that the GPU is not the limiting factor; the CPU is likely the ceiling at this point. However, as resolution increases, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced. The transition from 1080p High (285 FPS) to 1440p High (206 FPS) represents a 27.7% drop, which is consistent with a GPU-bound workload. The memory capacity of 16 GB is a non-issue here, as Undisputed is not a VRAM-heavy title, but it provides future-proofing for more demanding scenarios. The GPU's percentile ranking of 86 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54247, places it just 0.1% ahead of the RTX 4080 SUPER, confirming that this is a top-tier part that should handle any sports title with ease.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ranks 246th out of 3718 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the top 6.6% of all configurations. This rank is impressive given the CPU's mid-range positioning; the i5-12600KF's average benchmark score of 27799 puts it in the 79th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU's score of 54247 places it in the 86th percentile. The combination's high rank in this specific game suggests that Undisputed's engine is well-optimized for the RTX 4080's architecture, and the CPU provides enough single-thread performance to avoid holding the GPU back.

The CPU's nearest rivals highlight its balanced performance profile. The i5-12600KF is just 0.3% slower than the Intel Core i9-10900K and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, while being 0.3% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE. This indicates that the CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads are sufficient for this game, as the top-tier gaming chips do not offer a meaningful advantage. The GPU's nearest rivals similarly show a tight grouping: the RTX 4080 is 0.1% faster than the RTX 4080 SUPER, but 1.1% slower than the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and 2.6% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB. These deltas are negligible in real-world gaming, meaning the combo's rank is primarily determined by the GPU's strength rather than CPU bottlenecks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent scaling pattern across all resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 479 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded in the entire dataset. The Medium preset drops to 345 FPS, with a minimum of 293 FPS and a maximum of 396 FPS, showing a stable frame time distribution. The High preset averages 285 FPS, while the Ultra preset falls to 184 FPS, representing a 35.4% reduction from High. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 346 FPS, which is a 27.8% drop from the 1080p result, indicating that the CPU is still keeping pace. The Medium preset averages 249 FPS (minimum 212, maximum 286), while High averages 206 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p averages 133 FPS, which is a 27.7% drop from the 1080p Ultra result.

At 3840x2160, the performance scaling becomes more pronounced. The Low preset averages 219 FPS, which is a 36.7% drop from the 1080p Low result, showing that the GPU is now the primary bottleneck. The Medium preset averages 158 FPS (minimum 134, maximum 181), while High averages 130 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K averages 84 FPS, which is the lowest figure in the dataset but still playable. The minimum FPS data points for the Medium preset across all resolutions (293 FPS at 1080p, 212 FPS at 1440p, and 134 FPS at 4K) indicate that the game maintains consistent frame pacing, with no severe dips that would cause stuttering. The maximum FPS values similarly show headroom, suggesting that the hardware is not being pushed to its absolute limit even at the most demanding settings.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior reveals that Undisputed is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but the CPU becomes a factor at 1080p. The transition from 1080p to 1440p at High settings results in a 27.7% frame rate drop (from 285 to 206 FPS), which is consistent with the increase in pixel count from 2.07 million to 3.69 million, a 78% increase in pixels. This disproportionate drop indicates that the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity are being taxed, but the CPU is still able to feed the GPU adequately. The transition from 1440p to 4K at High settings results in a 36.9% drop (from 206 to 130 FPS), which aligns more closely with the pixel count increase from 3.69 million to 8.29 million, a 125% increase. This shows that at 4K, the GPU is the sole limiting factor, as the CPU's instructions per clock are no longer relevant.

The Low preset shows the most drastic scaling, with a 54.3% drop from 1080p (479 FPS) to 4K (219 FPS). This behavior suggests that at 1080p Low, the CPU is the bottleneck, as the GPU is capable of pushing far more frames than the CPU can request. The Ultra preset, by contrast, shows a 54.3% drop from 1080p (184 FPS) to 4K (84 FPS), but this is more evenly distributed across resolutions, indicating that the GPU's compute resources are the limiting factor from the start. The data implies that players targeting 4K should use the High preset (130 FPS) to avoid the severe frame rate penalty of Ultra (84 FPS), while 1080p users can safely enable Ultra (184 FPS) without sacrificing smoothness.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF's role in this combination is to provide sufficient single-thread performance and enough multi-core throughput to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 4080. The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads, with a boost clock of 4.90 GHz, are well-suited for Undisputed, which is not a heavily threaded title. The benchmark results show a single-thread score of 1016 in 3DMark and a multi-thread score of 7956 in the same test, indicating that the CPU's performance is balanced. The Cinebench R23 scores further confirm this: 23391 multi-core and 3302 single-core, placing the CPU in a strong position for gaming workloads.

The data shows that the CPU is the limiting factor only at 1080p with the Low and Medium presets. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 479 FPS is likely near the CPU's maximum instruction throughput, as the GPU could theoretically push higher. The CPU's average benchmark score of 27799, which is 0.3% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (score 27896), indicates that it is not a top-tier gaming CPU, but it is close enough that the difference is negligible in practice. At 1440p and above, the CPU's role diminishes, and the GPU becomes the sole bottleneck. The CPU's large L3 cache of 20 MB (shared) helps with game asset access, but the data suggests that Undisputed does not heavily rely on cache, as the i5-12600KF's performance is comparable to its rivals regardless of their cache configurations. For this game, the CPU is a capable partner that never limits the experience beyond 1080p, and even at lower resolutions, the frame rates are so high that the CPU's ceiling is irrelevant for typical display refresh rates.