Undisputed

The Intel Core i5-14600KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti delivers a robust 1080p and 1440p experience in Undisputed, but the data shows that pushing to 4K Ultra requires a significant compromise in fluidity. The benchmark results across twelve measured configurations indicate that the most balanced experience is found at 1440p High, where the average frame rate of 100 FPS provides a solid baseline for the sports title. For players prioritizing maximum smoothness at 1080p, the Medium preset at 165.5 FPS offers a substantial jump over High while remaining well above the 60 FPS threshold, making it the optimal choice for high-refresh-rate displays. At 4K, the High preset at 61.8 FPS is the only configuration that keeps the average frame rate comfortably playable, though the Ultra preset’s 39.4 FPS average suggests that visual fidelity must be dialed back at this resolution.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy in performance scaling with settings. At 1080p, the jump from Low to Medium costs 61.5 FPS (from 227 to 165.5 FPS), while the jump from Medium to High costs another 27.3 FPS (down to 138.2 FPS). The High to Ultra transition is the most punishing, dropping the average by 52.5 FPS to 85.7 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset imposes a disproportionately heavy load relative to the visual gains it likely provides. The best experience per the measured rows is therefore the Medium preset at 1080p, as it retains 165.5 FPS while presumably offering substantially better visuals than Low, without the steep cost of High or Ultra.

At 1440p, the pattern shifts slightly. Medium delivers 118.8 FPS, which is a 49.2 FPS advantage over High’s 100 FPS, and a 52 FPS advantage over Ultra’s 66.8 FPS. Given that 100 FPS is already a strong target for most gaming monitors, the High preset at 1440p represents a better balance of quality and speed than Medium, as the 18.8 FPS difference between them is less severe than the 52 FPS drop from High to Ultra. For 4K, the data is unambiguous: High at 61.8 FPS is the only preset that maintains a playable average, as Medium drops to 74.1 FPS but Low jumps to 103.6 FPS, indicating that even Low at 4K is viable for players who prioritize frame rate over detail. The Ultra preset at 4K, with its 39.4 FPS average, is effectively unusable for competitive or fast-paced play.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA104 chip, featuring 4864 shading units and 152 tensor cores. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s, which is a critical factor in Undisputed’s performance scaling. The base clock is 1410 MHz, boosting to 1665 MHz, with a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 253.1 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput of 16.20 TFLOPS gives the card solid compute headroom.

The data shows that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the card achieves 227 FPS, but this drops to 85.7 FPS at Ultra, a 62% reduction in performance from the lowest to highest settings. At 4K, the Ultra preset’s 39.4 FPS average indicates that the 8 GB VRAM and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed, as the resolution scaling from 1440p to 4K at Ultra results in a 41% performance drop (from 66.8 to 39.4 FPS). The card’s percentile ranking of 69 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25120, places it in the mid-to-upper tier, but its closest rivals—the AMD Radeon RX 6700M at -0.2% delta, the RX 6600 at -0.5%, and the Radeon 890M at -0.5%—all show that the RTX 3060 Ti is competitive with but not dominant over its peers in synthetic tests.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Undisputed, this pairing of the Intel Core i5-14600KF and the RTX 3060 Ti holds a combo rank of 1162 out of 1580 total combos. This places it in the lower-middle quartile of all tested systems, indicating that while it is far from the slowest, it is also not among the top performers. The rank reflects a balance of CPU and GPU capabilities, where the CPU’s strong multi-threaded performance (Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32889) is not fully utilized by this sports title, which likely relies more heavily on the GPU for rendering the boxing ring and character models.

The CPU’s percentile of 93 among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 49367, shows that the i5-14600KF is a high-end part, but the GPU’s percentile of 69 suggests that the RTX 3060 Ti is the limiting factor in this combo. The nearest rivals for the CPU include the i5-14600K at 0.4% delta, the AMD EPYC 4345P at -0.5%, and the Ryzen 9 5950X at 0.6%, all within a 1.4% range, meaning the CPU choice has minimal impact on the overall ranking. The GPU’s rivals, such as the RX 6700M at -0.2% and RX 6600 at -0.5%, are all within 0.7% of the RTX 3060 Ti’s average score, suggesting that swapping the GPU for a comparable alternative would not significantly change the combo’s position in the rankings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a wide spread across presets. Low averages 227 FPS, Medium 165.5 FPS, High 138.2 FPS, and Ultra 85.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra is a 141.3 FPS drop, or 62% of the Low score. The most linear progression is from Medium to High (27.3 FPS drop) and High to Ultra (52.5 FPS drop), with the latter being the steepest single-step reduction.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 167.4 FPS at Low, 118.8 FPS at Medium, 100 FPS at High, and 66.8 FPS at Ultra. The drop from Low to Ultra is 100.6 FPS, which is 60% of the Low score. The relative performance loss from 1080p to 1440p is consistent: Low loses 59.6 FPS (26% drop), Medium loses 46.7 FPS (28% drop), High loses 38.2 FPS (28% drop), and Ultra loses 18.9 FPS (22% drop). This indicates that the GPU handles the resolution increase proportionally across settings.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 103.6 FPS at Low, 74.1 FPS at Medium, 61.8 FPS at High, and 39.4 FPS at Ultra. The drop from Low to Ultra is 64.2 FPS, or 62% of the Low score. Comparing 1440p to 4K, Low loses 63.8 FPS (38% drop), Medium loses 44.7 FPS (38% drop), High loses 38.2 FPS (38% drop), and Ultra loses 27.4 FPS (41% drop). The near-uniform 38% drop across Low, Medium, and High suggests a resolution-bound bottleneck, while the slightly larger 41% drop at Ultra points to additional memory pressure.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drops from 1080p to 4K provide insight into the limiting component. From 1080p to 1440p, the average loss across all presets is roughly 27%, which is close to the pixel count increase of 77% (from 2.07 million to 3.69 million pixels). This suggests that the GPU is scaling efficiently, with the RTX 3060 Ti’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth able to feed the rendering pipeline without major stutter. However, from 1440p to 4K, the pixel count doubles (to 8.29 million), and the average FPS loss is approximately 38%, which is less than the 50% one might expect from a pure pixel-bound scenario. This indicates that the CPU, with its 14 cores and 20 threads, is providing sufficient headroom to keep the GPU fed, but the 8 GB VRAM capacity is likely becoming a constraint at 4K Ultra, where the 41% drop is the largest single-step degradation.

The data shows that at 1080p, the i5-14600KF’s boost clock of 5.30 GHz and 24 MB of shared L3 cache allow the RTX 3060 Ti to reach its maximum frame rates, with the 227 FPS Low result being largely GPU-limited. At 4K, the CPU’s role diminishes, and the GPU’s memory bandwidth and VRAM size become the primary factors, as evidenced by the 39.4 FPS Ultra result. The 14 Gbps effective memory speed and 256-bit bus width are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra preset is clearly beyond the card’s comfortable operating range.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600KF is a 14-core, 20-thread processor from the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. Its 125 W TDP and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory make it a versatile high-end desktop part. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 32889 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4643 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 15636 and single-core of 2778. Its Passmark multithread score of 38697 and single-thread score of 4273 further confirm its strong all-around performance.

In Undisputed, the CPU’s role is primarily to maintain frame pacing at lower resolutions and settings. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 227 FPS, which is far above the refresh rate of most displays, indicating that the CPU is not a bottleneck at this level. Even at 4K Low, the 103.6 FPS average suggests that the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s output. However, the combo rank of 1162 out of 1580 indicates that this pairing is not optimized for the highest-end performance, as the CPU’s 93rd percentile ranking is not fully matched by the GPU’s 69th percentile. The nearest CPU rivals—including the i5-14600K at 0.4% and the Ryzen 9 5950X at 0.6%—all show that the i5-14600KF is positioned at the top of its class, but the GPU’s performance envelope ultimately caps the system’s overall capability in this game.