Undisputed

Undisputed is a sports title that scales heavily with both CPU and GPU, and the combination of the Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Arc B570 produces a wide spread of results depending on the settings and resolution chosen. The measured data provides a clear picture of where this combo excels and where it struggles, particularly at the highest fidelity settings. The following analysis breaks down the performance characteristics, focusing on the measured FPS across different presets and resolutions, the role of the processor and graphics card, and how this pairing ranks among other tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combination of Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Arc B570 shows a clear hierarchy across the four available presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. The goal is to achieve a smooth, playable experience, typically considered to be around 60 FPS or higher, without sacrificing unnecessary visual quality. Based strictly on the average FPS scores, the Medium preset offers the best balance of performance and visual fidelity across all three resolutions.

At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers an average of 141 FPS with a minimum of 120 FPS, ensuring a very fluid experience. While the Low preset achieves a higher average of 195 FPS, the jump to High drops the average to 116 FPS, which is still excellent but shows a significant cost for the visual upgrade. Medium sits comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold with a massive margin, making it the most sensible choice for high-refresh-rate displays.

Moving to 1440p, the Medium preset again proves to be the optimal choice, producing an average of 102 FPS with a minimum of 86 FPS. This maintains a high level of smoothness. The High preset at 1440p drops to an average of 84 FPS, which is still playable, but the Medium preset provides a more substantial cushion against frame-rate drops during intense in-ring action. The Low preset at 1440p hits 141 FPS, but the visual compromise is likely too steep for most users.

At 4K, the landscape changes dramatically. The Medium preset is the only setting that maintains an average FPS above the 60 FPS target, hitting 64 FPS with a minimum of 55 FPS. This is a playable, albeit not perfect, experience. The High preset falls to 53 FPS, and the Ultra preset becomes unplayable at 34 FPS. Therefore, for 4K gaming, Medium is the only viable preset for a consistently smooth experience. The Low preset at 4K yields 89 FPS, but the graphical downgrade at such a high resolution defeats the purpose of 4K detail. Consequently, the Medium preset is the recommended setting for this hardware combo, providing the best overall experience by maintaining high frame rates while retaining a significant level of visual quality.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K is a 14-core, 20-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, running on the Intel Socket 1700 platform. Its performance profile is well-documented in the benchmark data, showing strong multi-threaded and single-threaded capabilities. This is relevant to Undisputed, as sports games often rely on a combination of physics simulation, AI logic for opponent behavior, and rendering tasks. The CPU's 24 MB of shared L3 cache and high boost clock of 5.30 GHz help ensure that the game's core logic and draw calls are processed without becoming a bottleneck.

In this specific pairing, the CPU's role appears to shift depending on the resolution and settings. At 1080p with Low settings, the game is likely heavily CPU-bound, and the i5-14600K's strong single-thread performance allows it to push a very high 195 FPS average. The data suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to achieve these high frame rates. The processor's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24491 and single-core score of 2064 indicate a substantial amount of processing power, which helps maintain consistency even when the game's logic becomes more complex.

However, as the resolution increases to 1440p and 4K, the rendering load on the GPU increases, and the CPU's relative importance diminishes. The frame rate drops are more pronounced when moving from Medium to High or Ultra, which points to the GPU becoming the limiting factor. The CPU’s strong multi-threaded performance, evidenced by a Geekbench multi-core score of 16673, ensures that it can handle the background tasks without causing hitches, but the ultimate frame rate ceiling at higher resolutions is dictated by the graphics card. The data indicates the i5-14600K provides a robust foundation, allowing the game to run at very high frame rates when the graphical load is light, and ensuring stability when the GPU is fully utilized.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset to use for this CPU and GPU combo at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset is recommended, delivering 141 FPS average with a minimum of 120 FPS. While Low achieves 195 FPS, Medium provides a significant visual upgrade while still maintaining a very high and smooth frame rate, far above the 60 FPS target.

Q: Can this system run Undisputed at 4K smoothly?

A: Yes, but only on the Medium preset, which achieves a 64 FPS average and a 55 FPS minimum. The High preset drops to 53 FPS, and Ultra is unplayable at 34 FPS, so Medium is the only viable option for a smooth 4K experience.

Q: How much of a performance drop is there between 1080p and 4K on the High settings?

A: The average frame rate drops from 116 FPS at 1080p to 84 FPS at 1440p, and finally to 53 FPS at 4K. This represents a 54% decrease in average FPS from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the graphics card becomes the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-14600K holding back the Intel Arc B570 in this game?

A: At lower resolutions like 1080p, the CPU is likely a significant contributor to the high frame rates, given its strong single-core performance. However, as the resolution increases, the performance scaling suggests the GPU becomes the bottleneck, meaning the CPU is not limiting the experience at 1440p or 4K.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B570 compare to its nearest rivals in general GPU benchmarks?

A: The Arc B570's average benchmark score is 20556, which is nearly identical to the Intel Arc A750, which has a score of 20582 and a deltaPct of -0.1%. It also performs similarly to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, which has a score of 20534 and a deltaPct of 0.1%.

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

A: The Low preset achieves an average of 141 FPS, while the Ultra preset only manages 54 FPS. This is a difference of 87 FPS, highlighting the massive performance cost of the highest visual fidelity settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this specific combination of Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Arc B570 at position 2256 out of 2813 tested combos for Undisputed. This places it in the lower half of all configurations tested. This rank is likely influenced by the GPU's performance class, as the Arc B570 is a mid-range graphics card. While the CPU is high-performing, ranking in the 90th percentile among all CPUs, the GPU's overall benchmark score of 20556 puts it in the 65th percentile among all GPUs.

This combination of a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU creates a performance profile where the system is often limited by the graphics card, especially at higher resolutions and settings. The combo's rank of 2256 suggests that there are many other pairings that achieve higher frame rates in this game, likely those with more powerful GPUs. However, it is important to note that this rank is specific to Undisputed and its particular demands. The system still delivers playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p on Medium settings, and even manages a playable 4K experience on the same preset. The rank reflects the overall competitive standing of the hardware pairing, indicating that while the CPU is a top-tier performer, the GPU limits the combo's ability to compete with higher-end graphics solutions in this particular title.

Resolution Scaling

The measured performance data reveals how the frame rate scales with resolution, which in turn highlights the bottleneck in the system. The pattern is consistent across all settings: as resolution increases, the average frame rate decreases. The most significant drop occurs between 1440p and 4K. For example, on the High preset, the average FPS goes from 116 at 1080p to 84 at 1440p (a 28% drop), and then to 53 at 4K (a 37% drop from 1440p). This trend is typical of a system that becomes more GPU-bound at higher resolutions.

The fact that the frame rate drops are not linear suggests that the graphics card is the limiting component. At 1080p, the CPU can feed frames quickly, but the GPU is still able to render them at a high rate. As the pixel count increases, the GPU's workload grows, and its performance ceiling becomes the primary constraint. This is further evidenced by the fact that the frame rate gap between the Low and Ultra presets widens at higher resolutions. At 1080p, Low is 195 FPS and Ultra is 75 FPS, a 120 FPS difference. At 4K, Low is 89 FPS and Ultra is 34 FPS, a 55 FPS difference. The absolute numbers are lower, but the percentage drop from Low to Ultra is actually greater at 4K (62% drop) than at 1080p (62% drop is the same), showing the GPU struggles to maintain high frame rates when both resolution and settings are increased.

The data strongly indicates that the Intel Arc B570 is the primary limiting factor when scaling up resolution. The CPU's performance is sufficient to drive high frame rates, but the GPU's rendering power dictates the final output. This is a classic example of a system where upgrading the graphics card would yield the most significant performance gains at 1440p and 4K, while the CPU would continue to provide a strong foundation.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The following is a detailed breakdown of the measured average frame rates for each resolution and settings preset.

1920x1080:

• Low: 195 FPS average.
• Medium: 141 FPS average, with a minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS.
• High: 116 FPS average.
• Ultra: 75 FPS average.

2560x1440:

• Low: 141 FPS average.
• Medium: 102 FPS average, with a minimum of 86 FPS and a maximum of 117 FPS.
• High: 84 FPS average.
• Ultra: 54 FPS average.

3840x2160:

• Low: 89 FPS average.
• Medium: 64 FPS average, with a minimum of 55 FPS and a maximum of 74 FPS.
• High: 53 FPS average.
• Ultra: 34 FPS average.

The data shows a clear and consistent performance ladder. The Medium preset at 1440p (102 FPS) is the highest resolution and setting combination that maintains a very comfortable frame rate above 100 FPS. At 4K, the Medium preset is the only one that stays above the 60 FPS threshold, albeit narrowly. The Ultra preset is consistently the most demanding, yielding the lowest frame rates at every resolution, and it is only realistically playable at 1080p, where it achieves 75 FPS. The minimum FPS values recorded for the Medium preset provide additional confidence in its stability, showing that even in demanding moments, the frame rate does not dip below 55 FPS at 4K, 86 FPS at 1440p, and 120 FPS at 1080p.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570, based on the Xe2-HPG architecture (Battlemage), is the graphics card in this configuration. It features 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s. Its boost clock is fixed at 2500 MHz. In general synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 14195 in PassMark's G3D test and has an average benchmark score of 20556, placing it in the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its performance is closely matched with the Intel Arc A750, which has an average score of 20582.

The GPU's role in Undisputed is critical, as the data shows it is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings. The memory configuration of 10 GB is likely sufficient for this game at 1080p and 1440p, but the rendering power, as measured by its 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, is what limits the high-end presets. The frame rate drops from High to Ultra are substantial, indicating that the Ultra preset's visual effects place a heavy load on the GPU's shading units, texture mapping units (144 TMUs), and render output units (80 ROPs).

At 4K, the GPU's limitations become very apparent. The High preset's 53 FPS average and the Ultra preset's 34 FPS average show that the card cannot handle the pixel count and visual complexity of the highest settings. The 10 GB VRAM buffer might also be a factor at 4K Ultra, but the core compute performance is the more likely constraint. The GPU's performance is consistent with its mid-range positioning, as its PassMark G3D score is similar to a mobile RTX 3070. This confirms that while the GPU is capable of delivering a good experience at 1080p and a playable one at 1440p on Medium, it is not suited for maximum fidelity at 4K. The card's 150 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for its class, and its performance in this game is a direct reflection of its compute and memory capabilities.