Undisputed

The Intel Core i5-14600K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER pairing delivers a surprisingly versatile experience in Undisputed, with the data revealing a clear hierarchy among the four tested presets. Across all three resolutions, the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience, providing a substantial jump over High settings while maintaining playable performance. At 1080p, Medium produces 184.5 FPS, which is 33.3 FPS higher than High’s 151.2, while Ultra drops to 98.9. The story is similar at 1440p, where Medium hits 130.9 FPS versus High’s 107.6, and at 4K, Medium maintains 81.1 FPS. The Low preset is the outlier for frame rate chasers—it delivers 255.2 FPS at 1080p and a still-massive 184.7 at 1440p—but the quality sacrifice is steep. For users with high-refresh 1080p or 1440p monitors, Medium is the sweet spot: it keeps the action fluid without pushing the GPU to its Ultra limits, where 4K performance falls to 44.7 FPS. If visual fidelity is paramount and 60 FPS is the target, High at 1440p (107.6 FPS) is the ceiling, but the data shows Medium as the recommended default for a consistent experience.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution to play Undisputed with this combo?*

A: Based on the measured rows, 1440p with Medium settings offers the most compelling balance, delivering 130.9 FPS. This is well above the 60 FPS threshold and only 53.8 FPS lower than the 1080p Medium result, showing the combo has headroom beyond 1080p.

*Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER handle 4K gaming in Undisputed?*

A: The data shows 4K is playable but not ideal. At High settings, the average FPS is 68.1, which is smooth, but Ultra drops to 44.7 FPS, which is below the standard 60 FPS target. Low settings at 4K reach 115.8 FPS, indicating the GPU can handle the resolution if graphics quality is reduced.

Q: Is the i5-14600K a bottleneck for the RTX 2070 SUPER in this game?

A: The benchmark results suggest the CPU is not a limiting factor. The 14-core processor with a 5.30 GHz boost clock allows the GPU to reach high frame rates, as evidenced by the 255.2 FPS result at 1080p Low settings. The bottleneck shifts to the GPU at higher resolutions and settings.

Q: What is the difference between the High and Ultra presets?

A: The Ultra preset imposes a significant performance penalty. At 1080p, Ultra averages 98.9 FPS, which is 52.3 FPS lower than High’s 151.2 FPS. The gap widens at 4K, where Ultra (44.7 FPS) is 23.4 FPS slower than High (68.1 FPS), suggesting Ultra applies effects that heavily tax the GPU.

*Q: Can this combo reach 240 FPS in Undisputed?*

A: Only the Low preset at 1080p achieves this, with an average of 255.2 FPS. The Medium preset at 1080p (184.5 FPS) falls short, so reaching 240 FPS requires sacrificing all visual detail.

Q: How does the combo rank against other tested systems?

A: The combo ranks 971 out of 1580 tested combinations, placing it in the lower third of the database. This reflects the aging GPU, which sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU is much stronger at the 93rd percentile.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured data places this combination at rank 971 out of 1,580 tested combos in Undisputed, which is a mid-to-low tier position. This ranking is heavily influenced by the GPU’s age; the RTX 2070 SUPER holds a percentile of 65 among all GPUs, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of the field. The CPU, however, is a different story—the i5-14600K ranks in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, showing it is a top-tier processor. This disparity is critical: the data implies the system’s overall position is dragged down by the GPU’s relative weakness in this title. In practical terms, the 971st ranking means the combo outperforms 609 other configurations but trails 970. For a sports game like Undisputed, this rank suggests the system is adequate for mainstream gaming but not competitive with high-end rigs. The GPU’s nearest rivals—the NVIDIA RTX A400 (0.5% faster), GTX TITAN Z (0.9% slower), and RTX 4060 Mobile (2.3% faster)—show that the 2070 SUPER sits in a tight performance cluster, reinforcing that small GPU gains would move the combo up the ranks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings, providing a comprehensive view of performance scaling. At 1920x1080, the Low preset leads with 255.2 FPS, followed by Medium at 184.5, High at 151.2, and Ultra at 98.9. The spread of 156.3 FPS between Low and Ultra illustrates the heavy cost of the highest settings. At 2560x1440, the pattern holds: Low produces 184.7 FPS, Medium 130.9, High 107.6, and Ultra 67.7. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent—Low loses 70.5 FPS, Medium loses 53.6, High loses 43.6, and Ultra loses 31.2. At 3840x2160, the numbers fall further: Low still manages 115.8 FPS, Medium 81.1, High 68.1, and Ultra 44.7. Notably, the 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the dataset, making it the sole unusable preset for smooth play. The data reveals that Low settings at any resolution exceed 100 FPS, while Ultra at 4K is the only configuration that fails to reach 60. This suggests the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra workload exceeds what the GPU can handle.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial, but the pattern is not uniform across settings. At Low, the transition from 1080p (255.2) to 4K (115.8) represents a 54.6% reduction in frame rate. At Medium, the drop is from 184.5 to 81.1, a 56.0% reduction. High falls from 151.2 to 68.1, a 55.0% drop, while Ultra goes from 98.9 to 44.7, a 54.8% decline. This consistent ~55% reduction across all settings is a key finding: it indicates the scaling is resolution-bound rather than settings-bound. The pixel count increases by a factor of 4 from 1080p to 4K, but the FPS does not quarter—it roughly halves. This implies the GPU is not purely fill-rate limited; the i5-14600K’s strong single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4,642) helps maintain frame rates at lower resolutions, but at 4K, the GPU’s 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute becomes the primary constraint. The relatively smaller drop from 1440p to 4K (e.g., High from 107.6 to 68.1, a 36.7% reduction) versus 1080p to 1440p (High from 151.2 to 107.6, a 28.8% reduction) shows the scaling is non-linear, with the GPU’s memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s) becoming more critical at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K is a 14-core, 20-thread processor with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, built on Intel’s 10 nm process. In Undisputed, the CPU’s role appears to be that of a capable and non-limiting partner. The benchmark results show that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 255.2 FPS, a frame rate that would saturate most displays and indicates the CPU is feeding the GPU efficiently. The processor’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32,881 and single-core score of 4,642 demonstrate strong performance, but the game’s reliance on the GPU is evident in the FPS scaling. The CPU’s 24 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache likely help with game logic and physics, but the data suggests that the i5-14600K is not the bottleneck. Its 93rd percentile ranking among all CPUs, with nearest rivals like the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (0.2% faster) and Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (1.0% slower), places it in elite company. However, the FPS drops from 1080p to 4K are almost entirely attributable to the GPU, as the CPU’s performance headroom is not fully utilized at lower resolutions. For a sports title like Undisputed, which is not typically CPU-intensive, the i5-14600K’s high boost clock ensures smooth frame pacing even when the GPU is under load.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the defining component in this combo, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s 2,560 shading units and 40 RT cores are based on the Turing architecture, and its 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 performance places it in the mid-range of modern GPUs. In Undisputed, the GPU’s limitations become apparent at higher settings and resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 44.7 FPS is the clearest evidence: the GPU’s pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s are overwhelmed by the combined load. The 8 GB VRAM is likely the primary constraint at 4K Ultra, as the game’s textures and effects likely exceed this capacity, causing performance to crater. At 1080p and 1440p, the GPU performs admirably, with Medium settings delivering 184.5 and 130.9 FPS respectively, showing that the 2070 SUPER is well-suited to mainstream resolutions. The GPU’s 65th percentile ranking, with rivals like the RTX 4060 Mobile (2.3% faster) and RX 5700 (2.5% slower), confirms it sits at the upper edge of mid-range performance. The data indicates that for Undisputed, the GPU is the limiting factor in all scenarios where settings exceed Low, and its 12 nm process and 215 W TDP are indicative of an older architecture that struggles with the game’s most demanding presets.