Undisputed

The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers exceptional frame rates in Undisputed, a 2023 sports title. The measured data shows that this combination sits at rank 90 out of 3718 tested combos, placing it in the top 2.4% of all configurations. This pairing of a 12-core Alder Lake processor with NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell GPU produces results that are consistently above the thresholds required for high-refresh-rate displays, even at 4K resolution.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four available quality presets at each resolution. The most balanced experience is achieved with the High preset, which provides a substantial visual upgrade over Medium settings while maintaining frame rates that are comfortably within the range required for smooth gameplay. At 1920x1080, the High preset produces an average of 323 FPS, which is 83 FPS lower than the Low preset but still far beyond what any current display can utilize. The Ultra preset, while visually demanding, drops average frame rates to 208 FPS at 1080p, a 36% reduction compared to High.

At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers 233 FPS on average, while Ultra drops to 150 FPS. The 1440p High setting strikes the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance headroom. The 4K results reinforce this pattern: High averages 148 FPS, Medium 178 FPS, and Ultra only 95 FPS. The data shows that the High preset is the preferred choice for players with high-refresh-rate monitors, as it maintains frame rates above 144 FPS at both 1440p and 4K while providing superior visuals compared to the lower presets.

For competitive play where maximum frame rates are prioritized, the Low preset at 1080p achieves 542 FPS, but this comes at a significant cost to visual quality. The Medium preset offers a more practical midpoint, with 390 FPS at 1080p and 282 FPS at 1440p, though the minimum FPS readings of 332 and 240 respectively indicate occasional dips. The Ultra preset is only recommended for players with 4K displays who prioritize image quality over frame rate, as the 95 FPS average at 3840x2160 remains playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Core i7-12700K and RTX 5090 achieves a combo rank of 90 out of 3718 tested configurations in Undisputed. This places the pairing in the 97.6th percentile of all tested combos, indicating that this hardware combination outperforms the vast majority of systems in this specific title. The rank reflects the synergy between the CPU and GPU, where the 12-core processor with 20 threads provides sufficient computational throughput to feed the RTX 5090's massive 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance without creating a significant bottleneck.

The CPU itself holds an 84th percentile ranking among all processors based on its average benchmark score of 35287. Its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the Intel Core i5-13600T (average score 35305, delta -0.1%), the Intel Core i7-12700KF (35365, delta -0.2%), and the Intel Core i7-13700T (35403, delta -0.3%). These marginal differences in synthetic scores, all within 0.4%, suggest that the 12700K performs nearly identically to these adjacent processors in general workloads, though game-specific performance may vary.

The RTX 5090 ranks in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 79842. Its nearest competitors include the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (79605, delta +0.3%), the Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (79396, delta +0.6%), and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78940, delta +1.1%). The fact that the 5090's average score is only 1.4% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X (80959, delta -1.4%) highlights the high-performance ceiling of this GPU class, where even modest percentage differences translate into significant frame rate variations in games.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC, featuring 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2017 MHz and a boost clock of 2407 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for high-resolution textures and complex scenes in Undisputed.

Benchmark results indicate that the RTX 5090's memory subsystem is not a limiting factor in this title. The measured frame rates at 4K Ultra (95 FPS) versus 4K Low (248 FPS) show a 2.6x performance swing based on settings, which is characteristic of a GPU that has ample memory bandwidth for the game's requirements. The 176 ROPs and 680 TMUs provide sufficient pixel and texture throughput, as evidenced by the 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate.

The GPU's 21,760 shading units deliver 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, and the 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores provide additional capabilities that may be leveraged for ray tracing or DLSS features. In Undisputed, the data shows that the GPU is the primary driver of performance scaling across resolutions and settings. The transition from 1080p Low (542 FPS) to 4K Low (248 FPS) represents a 54% reduction in frame rate, while the same resolution change at Ultra drops from 208 FPS to 95 FPS, a 54% reduction as well. This consistent scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 5090's compute and memory resources are being utilized proportionally as resolution increases.

FAQ

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

A: The data shows that 2560x1440 with High settings provides an optimal balance, delivering 233 FPS average. This maintains frame rates well above 144 Hz while offering better image quality than 1080p. At 4K High, the 148 FPS average is also viable for high-refresh displays, though with less headroom.

Q: Does the RTX 5090 bottleneck the Core i7-12700K in this game?

A: The measured results indicate that the GPU is the performance limiter at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 542 FPS, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU effectively. The 4K Ultra result of 95 FPS shows the GPU's workload scaling with resolution, implying the 12700K's 12 cores and 20 threads are not constraining performance in this title.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from Low to Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, the average FPS drops from 542 (Low) to 208 (Ultra), representing a 62% reduction. At 1440p, the drop is from 392 to 150 FPS (62% reduction), and at 4K, from 248 to 95 FPS (62% reduction). The consistent percentage across resolutions confirms that settings scaling is uniform regardless of resolution.

Q: Is the 32 GB VRAM necessary for this game?

A: The 32 GB GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is far more than Undisputed requires, as the game is not VRAM-limited in any tested configuration. The memory capacity provides future-proofing for other titles but does not meaningfully affect performance in this sports simulation.

Q: What frame rates can players expect with a 4K display?

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset averages 148 FPS, Medium averages 178 FPS with minimums of 152 FPS, Low averages 248 FPS, and Ultra averages 95 FPS. Players with 120 Hz or 144 Hz 4K displays should use High or Medium for optimal results.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested configurations?

A: This pairing ranks 90th out of 3718 tested combos, placing it in the top 2.4% of all systems tested in Undisputed. The CPU holds an 84th percentile ranking among all processors, while the GPU sits in the 92nd percentile among all graphics cards.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data reveals a predictable pattern of frame rate scaling as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 323 at 1080p to 233 at 1440p (28% reduction) and further to 148 at 4K (36% reduction from 1440p, 54% from 1080p). This scaling behavior is consistent across all settings presets. At Low settings, the progression is 542 → 392 → 248 FPS, representing 28% and 37% reductions respectively. Medium settings show 390 → 282 → 178 FPS, with reductions of 28% and 37%. Ultra settings scale from 208 → 150 → 95 FPS, with 28% and 37% reductions.

The consistency of these percentage reductions across all four presets indicates that the limiting component remains the same throughout the resolution range. Since the CPU workload in Undisputed does not scale significantly with resolution, the 28% drop from 1080p to 1440p and the subsequent 37% drop to 4K are attributable to the GPU's rendering workload. The RTX 5090's pixel throughput of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s scale proportionally with the increase in pixel count from 2.07 million (1080p) to 8.29 million (4K), resulting in the observed frame rate behavior.

The data also shows that the minimum FPS readings, available only for Medium settings, scale similarly: 332 FPS at 1080p, 240 FPS at 1440p (28% reduction), and 152 FPS at 4K (37% reduction from 1440p). This suggests that frame time variance remains consistent across resolutions, with no unexpected stuttering or frame pacing issues emerging at higher pixel counts. The maximum FPS readings at Medium settings follow the same pattern: 449 at 1080p, 324 at 1440p, and 205 at 4K.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor from the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It operates at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosts to 5.00 GHz, with 125 W TDP. The processor features 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 25 MB of shared L3 cache. In Undisputed, the game's sports simulation nature benefits from the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities, though the measured frame rates suggest that the workload is not heavily CPU-bound.

The CPU's synthetic benchmark scores provide context for its gaming performance. In Cinebench R23, the 12700K scores 19784 in multi-core and 1850.5 in single-core tests. The Geekbench scores are 15790 multi-core and 2308 single-core. The PassMark multi-thread score is 34404, with a single-thread score of 4013. These benchmarks indicate strong single-thread performance that is crucial for game logic and physics in Undisputed, while the multi-thread capabilities handle background tasks and AI computations.

The 3DMark tests show scaling from 1043 (single-thread) to 9276 (16 threads) and 9979 (max threads), demonstrating that the processor maintains efficiency as thread count increases. This scaling efficiency is important for maintaining consistent frame rates in Undisputed, where the CPU must process opponent AI, physics interactions, and match state updates. The 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35287, places the 12700K in the upper tier of processors, though its nearest rivals show that the synthetic performance is closely matched with several other Intel parts.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates span from 542 FPS at Low settings to 208 FPS at Ultra settings. The High preset averages 323 FPS, while Medium averages 390 FPS with minimum and maximum readings of 332 and 449 FPS respectively. These results indicate that even at the most demanding Ultra settings, the combo maintains frame rates well above 144 Hz, making 1080p gaming a non-issue for this hardware pairing.

At 2560x1440, the performance scales down proportionally. Low settings produce 392 FPS average, High produces 233 FPS, Medium produces 282 FPS with minimum 240 and maximum 324 FPS, and Ultra produces 150 FPS. The 1440p results demonstrate that players can comfortably use High settings for 144 Hz monitors or push to Ultra for 150 FPS average, though the minimum frame rate for Medium at 240 FPS indicates some variability in demanding scenes.

At 3840x2160, the 4K results show the most significant performance demands. High settings maintain 148 FPS average, which is sufficient for most high-refresh 4K displays. Medium settings produce 178 FPS average with minimum 152 and maximum 205 FPS, providing a good balance for players who want to maximize smoothness. Low settings achieve 248 FPS, while Ultra drops to 95 FPS average. The 4K data shows that Ultra settings are only suitable for 60 Hz displays or players who prioritize visual fidelity over raw frame rate, while High settings offer the best experience for 144 Hz 4K monitors.

The complete dataset reveals that this combo delivers exceptional performance across all resolutions and settings in Undisputed. The lowest measured average frame rate across all configurations is 95 FPS at 4K Ultra, which remains playable, while the highest is 542 FPS at 1080p Low. The consistent scaling patterns across resolutions and settings presets indicate a well-balanced system with no obvious bottlenecks, confirming that the Core i7-12700K and RTX 5090 form a top-tier gaming combination for this title.