Undisputed

# Undisputed with Intel Core i7-12700KF + Intel Arc B570

The Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the Intel Arc B570 delivers a playable but not flawless experience in Undisputed, with the data showing a clear sweet spot at Medium settings across all tested resolutions. The combo ranks 2256th out of 2813 tested configurations, placing it in the lower-middle tier of systems, yet it achieves 75 FPS at 1080p Ultra and 53 FPS at 4K High, indicating that this pairing is more than adequate for competitive boxing matches when settings are tuned correctly. The CPU, with its 12 cores and 20 threads, never appears to be the limiting factor; the GPU's 10 GB of GDDR6 memory and 160-bit bus define the performance ceiling, especially as resolution climbs.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows make the optimal settings choice unambiguous: Medium is the best experience per the data. At 1080p, Medium delivers 141 FPS average, which is 25 FPS higher than High (116 FPS) and nearly double Ultra (75 FPS), while the minimum FPS of 120 and maximum of 162 show a tight, stable frame delivery. Moving to 1440p, Medium still holds 102 FPS average with a minimum of 86 FPS, which comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. At 4K, Medium drops to 64 FPS average with a 55 FPS minimum, which is borderline but still playable, whereas High falls to 53 FPS and Ultra bottoms out at 34 FPS.

Low settings offer higher raw FPS — 195 FPS at 1080p, 141 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K — but the jump from Low to Medium costs only 54 FPS at 1080p, 39 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K, while providing substantially better visual fidelity for a sports title where readability of opponent animations matters. Ultra settings are not recommended: at 1080p the 75 FPS average is playable, but at 1440p it drops to 54 FPS and at 4K it becomes a slideshow at 34 FPS. The data suggests that Medium is the balanced choice for 1080p and 1440p, while 4K users should accept Medium's 64 FPS or drop to Low for a guaranteed 89 FPS.

For competitive play, Medium at 1440p provides the best combination of frame rate and resolution, with the 86 FPS minimum ensuring no dips below the refresh rate of most standard monitors. At 1080p, Medium's 120 FPS minimum makes it ideal for high-refresh displays, and the 162 FPS maximum shows headroom for future driver optimizations. The data does not support Ultra at any resolution as a sensible choice.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming in Undisputed?

A: Medium is the clear winner, delivering 141 FPS average with a 120 FPS minimum and 162 FPS maximum. High trails at 116 FPS, and Ultra drops to 75 FPS, making Medium the optimal balance of smoothness and visual quality.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Undisputed?

A: Yes, but only at Medium or Low settings. Medium achieves 64 FPS average with a 55 FPS minimum, while Low reaches 89 FPS. High and Ultra are not viable at 4K, producing 53 FPS and 34 FPS respectively.

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

A: The Arc B570's average benchmark score of 20556 is essentially tied with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 0.1% higher) and the Intel Arc A750 (20582, 0.1% lower). It also sits within 0.5% of the AMD Radeon R9 M390X and the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M.

Q: Is the Intel Core i7-12700KF a strong CPU for gaming workloads?

A: The CPU ranks in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35365. It is nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-13700T (35403, 0.1% higher) and the Intel Core 5 213PE (35428, 0.2% higher), while slightly beating the i5-13600T and i7-12700K by 0.2%.

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

A: Low produces 141 FPS, while Ultra drops to 54 FPS — a difference of 87 FPS, or roughly 2.6 times lower performance. Medium sits at 102 FPS, and High at 84 FPS, showing a steep performance penalty for the highest preset.

Q: Does the combo's ranking in Undisputed reflect its overall hardware strength?

A: The combo ranks 2256th out of 2813 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 20% of all combos. This is lower than the individual component percentiles (CPU at 85th, GPU at 65th), suggesting that the game's engine is more demanding on the GPU than the CPU in this pairing.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling across resolutions. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 141 at 1080p to 102 at 1440p (a 27.7% reduction) and then to 64 at 4K (a 54.6% reduction from 1080p). This scaling curve is steeper than what a CPU-bound scenario would produce — the fact that 4K performance is less than half of 1080p performance indicates the Intel Arc B570's rendering pipeline is the limiting component, not the Core i7-12700KF.

Looking at Low settings, the drop from 195 FPS at 1080p to 141 FPS at 1440p (27.7% loss) and then to 89 FPS at 4K (54.4% loss from 1080p) mirrors the Medium pattern almost exactly. This consistent percentage loss across settings presets confirms that resolution scaling is independent of graphics quality — the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth (380.0 GB/s over a 160-bit bus) are the primary constraints. The 10 GB GDDR6 memory capacity is not exhausted at 4K, as evidenced by the playable 64 FPS at Medium, but the 160-bit bus width limits the effective bandwidth needed for higher resolutions.

The Ultra settings tell a more dramatic story: 75 FPS at 1080p, 54 FPS at 1440p, and 34 FPS at 4K. This represents a 28% loss from 1080p to 1440p, but a 54.7% loss from 1080p to 4K — nearly identical percentage drops to the other settings. This uniformity suggests that the GPU's shading units (2304) and texture units (144) are the bottleneck, with the 80 ROPs limiting pixel fill at higher resolutions. The CPU's 5.00 GHz boost clock and 20 threads are more than sufficient to feed the GPU at all tested configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Intel Core i7-12700KF and Intel Arc B570 combination shows its strongest performance. Low settings produce 195 FPS average, which is the highest number recorded in the entire dataset. Medium settings follow at 141 FPS average, with a minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS — the only setting in the dataset that provides both minimum and maximum values, indicating consistent frame pacing. High settings yield 116 FPS average, while Ultra drops significantly to 75 FPS average. The 1080p results show a clear hierarchy where each settings tier costs roughly 20-35% performance from the previous tier.

At 2560x1440, the performance scales predictably. Low settings deliver 141 FPS average, which is identical to the 1080p Medium result, highlighting the resolution penalty. Medium settings achieve 102 FPS average with an 86 FPS minimum and 117 FPS maximum, making it the most well-rounded option at this resolution. High settings produce 84 FPS average, which is still comfortably above 60 FPS for smooth gameplay. Ultra settings fall to 54 FPS average, which is playable but marginal for competitive matches where frame timing is critical.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become pronounced. Low settings manage 89 FPS average, which is the only 4K preset that exceeds 60 FPS comfortably. Medium settings achieve 64 FPS average with a 55 FPS minimum and 74 FPS maximum — the minimum dips below 60 FPS, but the average remains playable. High settings drop to 53 FPS average, which is borderline for smooth motion. Ultra settings produce only 34 FPS average, making the game effectively unplayable at maximum quality on a 4K display.

The data shows that across all resolutions, the gap between Medium and High is smaller than the gap between High and Ultra. At 1080p, the Medium-to-High drop is 25 FPS (from 141 to 116), while High-to-Ultra drops 41 FPS (from 116 to 75). This pattern repeats at 1440p (18 FPS vs 30 FPS) and 4K (11 FPS vs 19 FPS), suggesting that Ultra settings introduce disproportionately heavy effects that tax the GPU's 11.52 TFLOPS FP32 compute.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination ranks 2256th out of 2813 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the 19.8th percentile of all systems tested for this game. This is notably weaker than the individual component rankings — the CPU sits in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU sits in the 65th percentile among all GPUs. The discrepancy indicates that this specific game is particularly demanding on the GPU, or that the combination's overall performance is dragged down by the GPU's limits at higher resolutions and settings.

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for the processor's contribution. The Intel Core i7-13700T scores 35403 (0.1% higher than this CPU's 35365), the Intel Core 5 213PE scores 35428 (0.2% higher), and the Intel Core i5-13600T scores 35305 (0.2% lower). These are all within a rounding error of each other, meaning the CPU is not a differentiator in this combo's rank. The GPU's nearest rivals are similarly clustered: the Intel Arc A750 scores 20582 (0.1% higher than the B570's 20556), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534 (0.1% lower), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X scores 20662 (0.5% higher).

The ranking suggests that Undisputed is not a title where this combo excels. With a rank in the bottom 20% of all combos, the system will struggle at high settings and 4K, but the measured FPS shows that Medium settings at 1080p and 1440p provide an excellent experience. The combo's synthetic benchmark scores — CPU average of 35365 and GPU average of 20556 — would suggest a mid-tier system, but the game's performance reveals that the GPU's 10 GB memory and 160-bit bus are the constraining factors.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF brings 12 cores (8 performance and 4 efficiency, based on the 12-core count with 20 threads) and 20 threads to this pairing. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 5.00 GHz provide strong single-thread performance, as evidenced by the 3DMark single-thread score of 1043 and Geekbench single-core score of 2255. The 25 MB shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 cache per core ensure that game data is readily accessible.

Synthetic benchmarks show the CPU's multi-threaded strength: Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 28838, Geekbench multicore hits 14367, and PassMark multithread scores 34092. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 9282 and max-thread score of 9983 indicate that the CPU can handle heavily threaded workloads, but Undisputed's performance scaling across resolutions suggests this headroom is not needed for this game.

The architecture — Alder Lake on Intel's 10 nm process — is a mature design that pairs well with the Arc B570's Xe2-HPG architecture. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory, though the measured performance does not specify which memory type was used. The 20 PCIe Gen 4 lanes from the CPU provide ample bandwidth for the GPU's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.

In this game, the CPU's role is clearly secondary. The FPS drops from 1080p to 4K follow a pattern consistent with GPU limitation — the percentage losses are nearly uniform across all settings presets, which would not be the case if the CPU were the bottleneck. The CPU's 85th percentile ranking and the fact that its nearest rivals are all within 0.2% of its average score confirm that it is not holding back the GPU. The 5.00 GHz boost clock ensures that even the most demanding simulation logic in boxing matches — AI opponent behavior, physics calculations, and damage models — can be processed without frame drops. The data indicates that users considering upgrades should focus on the GPU side, as the Core i7-12700KF provides more than enough processing power for Undisputed's demands.