Undisputed

The Intel Core i7-12700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 delivers a robust experience in Undisputed, with the measured data showing that the most balanced experience is found at 1440p on High settings. At 2560x1440 with High settings, the combo produces an average of 133.1 FPS, which is comfortably above the 119.2 FPS seen at 1080p Ultra, while still maintaining a substantial margin over the 4K High result of 82.1 FPS. This makes the 1440p High preset the sweet spot, offering a high frame rate without the steep performance penalty of Ultra settings or the resolution compromise of 1080p.

Settings Recommendations

The data presents a clear hierarchy across the four tested settings presets: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. At 1920x1080, the spread is significant, with Low achieving 310.6 FPS, Medium at 224.9 FPS, High at 182 FPS, and Ultra dropping to 119.2 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p still clears the 60 FPS threshold easily, but it represents a 34.5% reduction from the High preset’s 182 FPS. The performance drop from High to Ultra is the steepest of any settings transition at this resolution, indicating that the Ultra preset carries a disproportionate rendering load.

For users prioritizing visual fidelity, the High preset is the recommended choice because it preserves the majority of the visual enhancements over Medium while delivering a frame rate that is 52.8% higher than Ultra at 1080p. At 2560x1440, the story is similar: High produces 133.1 FPS, which is 58.6% higher than Ultra’s 83.9 FPS. The 4K results reinforce this trend, where High achieves 82.1 FPS versus Ultra’s 51.9 FPS. The data suggests that the Ultra preset is not optimized for this hardware combination, as it imposes a heavy cost that the RTX 3070 cannot fully amortize into a smooth experience at higher resolutions.

The Medium preset offers a viable alternative for users with high-refresh-rate 1440p displays, as it reaches 163.6 FPS. However, the visual quality trade-off from High is typically not worth the 22.9% frame rate increase. Consequently, the best experience per the measured rows is the High preset across all resolutions, with 1440p High being the overall recommendation for balancing image quality and performance.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this combo at 1080p?

A: The highest measured average frame rate at 1920x1080 is 310.6 FPS, achieved with the Low settings preset. This is significantly higher than the Ultra preset’s 119.2 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the average frame rates range from 142.2 FPS on Low to 51.9 FPS on Ultra. The High preset yields 82.1 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, but the Ultra preset falls below it.

Q: Is the RTX 3070’s 8 GB VRAM a limiting factor in this game?

A: The measured data does not indicate a VRAM capacity bottleneck, as the game runs at playable frame rates even at 4K. However, the significant performance drop from High to Ultra at all resolutions suggests a rendering workload limit rather than a memory capacity issue, given the 8 GB GDDR6 memory configuration.

Q: What is the performance difference between the High and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset produces an average of 133.1 FPS, while the Ultra preset produces 83.9 FPS. This represents a 58.6% performance advantage for High over Ultra, making Ultra a costly choice for marginal visual gains.

*Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Undisputed?*

A: The combo is ranked 734 out of 1580 tested combinations. This places it in the upper-middle portion of the overall distribution, indicating that it is a capable but not top-tier setup for this specific title.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance more at high resolutions?

A: The data shows that frame rates drop substantially from 1080p to 4K, with the 4K High average (82.1 FPS) being 54.9% lower than the 1080p High average (182 FPS). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the primary limiting component as resolution increases.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivers a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The GPU’s boost clock of 1725 MHz and base clock of 1500 MHz provide the computational foundation for the measured frame rates. The GPU’s performance, as reflected in its PassMark G3D score of 22214 and percentile rank of 72 versus all GPUs, positions it as a solid mid-range performer. The data shows that its role becomes more dominant as resolution increases; the transition from 1080p to 4K on High settings cuts the average FPS from 182 to 82.1, a drop of 54.9%, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

The RTX 3070’s 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for the tested settings, as evidenced by the playable frame rates at 4K Ultra (51.9 FPS) and 4K High (82.1 FPS). The large performance gap between High and Ultra presets at 4K (51.9 FPS vs 82.1 FPS) suggests that the Ultra preset’s additional visual effects, such as higher-resolution textures or more complex shading, place a heavy load on the GPU’s compute units rather than its memory capacity. The GPU’s 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units are likely the primary engines driving these results, with the 46 RT cores playing a minimal role in a sports title that does not heavily leverage ray tracing based on the data provided.

How This Combo Ranks

In the comprehensive database of tested combinations for Undisputed, this specific pairing of the Intel Core i7-12700KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 holds a rank of 734 out of 1580 total combinations. This places it in the 46th percentile, meaning it outperforms slightly less than half of all tested setups. The CPU itself is a strong performer, with an average benchmark score of 35355 and a percentile rank of 89 against all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in CPU benchmarks include the Intel Core i5-14400 with a delta of 0.1%, the Intel Core i7-13800H at -0.2%, and the Intel Core i9-12900HX at 0.2%, indicating that the 12700KF is essentially competitive with these modern parts in synthetic tests.

The GPU, however, only achieves a percentile rank of 72, with an average benchmark score of 28238. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT with a delta of 0.9% and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti at 1.0%. The modest delta percentages among these rivals suggest that the RTX 3070’s raw performance is tightly clustered with other mid-range options. The combination of a top-tier CPU and a mid-range GPU results in a combo rank that is lower than the CPU’s percentile but higher than the GPU’s percentile, reflecting that the GPU is the performance bottleneck in this pairing for Undisputed. The data indicates that the CPU is not holding back the GPU, as the frame rates scale predictably with resolution changes, a hallmark of a GPU-limited setup.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K clearly demonstrates the GPU’s role as the limiting component. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 182 at 1920x1080 to 133.1 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 26.9%, and then further to 82.1 at 3840x2160, a 54.9% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern is consistent with the GPU being the primary bottleneck, as the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, while the CPU workload remains relatively constant. The CPU’s high performance, evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 28979 and single-core score of 4091, ensures that it is not the limiting factor even at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 300 FPS.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more pronounced, with 1080p achieving 310.6 FPS, 1440p achieving 220.4 FPS, and 4K achieving 142.2 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 54.2%, nearly identical to the High preset’s 54.9% drop. This consistency across settings presets reinforces that the performance scaling is driven by the GPU’s pixel throughput. The Ultra preset shows a similar pattern, with 1080p at 119.2 FPS, 1440p at 83.9 FPS, and 4K at 51.9 FPS, a 56.5% drop from 1080p to 4K. The data suggests that the RTX 3070’s 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is the primary resource being consumed as resolution increases, and the CPU’s 12 cores and 20 threads are more than adequate to feed the GPU at all tested settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured FPS data for this combo is as follows: at 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 310.6 FPS, Medium achieves 224.9 FPS, High achieves 182 FPS, and Ultra achieves 119.2 FPS. The transition from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 27.6% of the frame rate, from Medium to High costs 19.1%, and from High to Ultra costs 34.5%. This indicates that the Ultra preset is the least efficient in terms of performance per visual increment.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 220.4 FPS for Low, 163.6 FPS for Medium, 133.1 FPS for High, and 83.9 FPS for Ultra. The relative drops between presets are 25.8% from Low to Medium, 18.6% from Medium to High, and 37.0% from High to Ultra. The High to Ultra drop is even steeper at 1440p than at 1080p, reinforcing that the Ultra preset imposes a disproportionate load on the GPU.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 142.2 FPS for Low, 103.6 FPS for Medium, 82.1 FPS for High, and 51.9 FPS for Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 27.1%, from Medium to High is 20.8%, and from High to Ultra is 36.8%. The 4K Ultra result of 51.9 FPS is the only measured configuration that falls below 60 FPS, making it unsuitable for a consistently smooth experience. Across all resolutions, the High preset offers the best balance, with 4K High being the only 4K configuration that stays above 60 FPS, while 1440p High and 1080p High provide substantial headroom for high-refresh-rate displays.