Undisputed

FAQ

Q: What is the Intel Core i7-13700K's percentile ranking among all CPUs?

A: The Core i7-13700K sits in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 47282. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-13700KF, scores 47334, a negligible 0.1% difference, meaning the K and KF variants are effectively interchangeable in synthetic tests.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon RX 570 compare to its closest GPU rivals?

A: The RX 570 ranks in the 74th percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 30158. Its closest competitor, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, scores 30109 — a 0.2% delta — while the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT scores 30097, also 0.2% higher. The data shows these GPUs are clustered tightly in raw benchmark performance.

Q: What is the best playable preset for this combo at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 110.5 FPS average, while Medium drops to 82.1 FPS and High to 67.7 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to 41.9 FPS. Based on measured results, Medium is the highest setting that maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, making it the optimal balance for smooth gameplay.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K on the High preset?

A: The High preset at 1920x1080 yields 67.7 FPS, but at 2560x1440 it drops to 47.5 FPS, and at 3840x2160 it falls to 32.3 FPS. That is a 52.3% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and how does it affect this game?

A: The RX 570 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. Memory clocks run at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). Given that the Ultra preset at 4K produces only 18.9 FPS, the 4 GB frame buffer likely struggles with the game's higher texture loads at extreme settings.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested combinations?

A: The Core i7-13700K + RX 570 combo ranks 1492 out of 1580 tested combos for Undisputed. This places it in the bottom 5.6% of all combinations, confirming that the GPU is a severe performance limiter despite the CPU's high percentile standing.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data paints a clear picture: this pairing is heavily GPU-bound, and settings selection is critical for playability. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 110.5 FPS, which is more than sufficient for the fast-paced action of a sports title. Medium drops to 82.1 FPS — still smooth — while High falls to 67.7 FPS, just above the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra at 1080p produces 41.9 FPS, which is noticeably less fluid.

For the best experience, the Medium preset at 1080p is the recommended starting point because it maintains 82.1 FPS while offering better visual fidelity than Low. If a player prioritizes maximum smoothness, Low's 110.5 FPS provides a large headroom for frame-time spikes. High at 1080p (67.7 FPS) is playable but leaves little margin for demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the situation changes. Low yields 77.4 FPS, but Medium drops to 57.1 FPS, and High to 47.5 FPS. Ultra at 1440p falls to 33.4 FPS, which is not recommended. For 1440p, Low is the only preset that consistently stays above 60 FPS, making it the sensible choice for competitive play. At 3840x2160, all presets fall below 50 FPS, with Low at 49.8 FPS, Medium at 37.6 FPS, High at 32.3 FPS, and Ultra at 18.9 FPS. 4K gaming is effectively not viable on this combo, even at the lowest settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is the dominant component in this pairing. Its GCN 4.0 architecture, built on a 14 nm process, features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. The GPU runs at a base clock of 1168 MHz with a boost of 1244 MHz, delivering 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. Pixel rate is 39.81 GPixel/s and texture rate is 159.2 GTexel/s.

The 4 GB GDDR5 memory operates at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is the likely culprit behind the severe performance collapse at 4K Ultra (18.9 FPS). The game's higher resolution and texture settings demand more memory capacity and bandwidth than the RX 570 can provide. The PCIe 3.0 x16 interface also limits data transfer rates compared to newer GPUs, though this is secondary to the raw compute deficit.

The GPU's nearest rivals — the RTX 5060 and RX 7700 XT — score within 0.2% in synthetic benchmarks, yet those are modern GPUs with vastly superior memory subsystems. The RX 570's 74th percentile ranking among all GPUs is respectable for its age, but in this game, the measured FPS data shows it cannot sustain high settings at any resolution above 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1492 out of 1580 tested combinations places this pairing in the bottom 5.6% of all systems tested for Undisputed. This is a damning statistic when considering that the CPU alone ranks in the 93rd percentile. The data reveals a stark mismatch: the Core i7-13700K is a top-tier processor, yet the RX 570 drags the entire system down to near-last place.

This ranking suggests that for Undisputed, the GPU determines the experience almost entirely. Even with a powerful 16-core, 24-thread CPU, the RX 570's 4 GB memory and Polaris architecture create a hard ceiling. The combination's position so close to the bottom indicates that most other tested systems — even those with weaker CPUs — outperform this pairing because they have more capable graphics cards.

The implication is clear: if a user owns this CPU and wants to play Undisputed, upgrading the GPU would yield dramatic improvements. The CPU has ample headroom to drive a much faster graphics card, but the current GPU cannot utilize the CPU's full potential in this game.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread processor based on Raptor Lake architecture, manufactured on a 10 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost of 5.40 GHz, with a TDP of 125 W. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration ranks in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 47282.

In synthetic tests, the CPU demonstrates exceptional multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 39000, while Geekbench multicore reaches 17731. Single-thread scores are equally strong, with Cinebench R23 singlecore at 5505 and Geekbench singlecore at 2850. The 3DMark 16-thread test yields 10717, while the max-thread test reaches 12412.

For Undisputed, this CPU is far more capable than necessary. The game's FPS numbers across all resolutions and settings are consistently GPU-limited, as evidenced by the sharp drop in performance when increasing resolution. At 1080p Low, the CPU can feed the GPU enough frames to reach 110.5 FPS, but the GPU cannot push higher. The CPU's nearest rivals — the Core i7-13700KF (0.1% faster) and AMD EPYC 4364P (0.3% slower) — show that this processor is at the top of its class, yet that power is untapped in this gaming scenario.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets.

1920x1080: Low delivers 110.5 FPS, Medium 82.1 FPS, High 67.7 FPS, and Ultra 41.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 68.6 FPS, a 62% reduction. This resolution is the only one where the combo reaches playable frame rates on multiple presets.

2560x1440: Low yields 77.4 FPS, Medium 57.1 FPS, High 47.5 FPS, and Ultra 33.4 FPS. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is 33.1 FPS, showing that even a single resolution step significantly impacts performance.

3840x2160: Low produces 49.8 FPS, Medium 37.6 FPS, High 32.3 FPS, and Ultra 18.9 FPS. None of these are playable for a competitive sports title, and Ultra at 4K is nearly a slideshow.

The pattern across all resolutions shows that the High preset consistently lands between Medium and Ultra, offering no special advantage. The Ultra preset is uniformly poor, suggesting it enables effects that the RX 570's 4 GB memory cannot handle.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the GPU-bound nature of this system. On the Low preset, going from 1080p (110.5 FPS) to 1440p (77.4 FPS) is a 30% reduction, and further to 4K (49.8 FPS) is a 55% total reduction. On the High preset, the drop is from 67.7 FPS at 1080p to 47.5 FPS at 1440p (30% down) to 32.3 FPS at 4K (52% down).

These scaling patterns are characteristic of a GPU bottleneck. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the FPS would remain relatively flat across resolutions, since the CPU workload for physics and game logic does not increase with resolution. Instead, the FPS drops sharply as pixel count increases, directly reflecting the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth constraints.

The RX 570's 224.0 GB/s bandwidth and 4 GB capacity are simply insufficient for 4K rendering in this game. The 32 ROPs at 39.81 GPixel/s cannot sustain the pixel throughput required at 3840x2160. The data suggests that users should stick to 1080p for this combo, where the GPU can still deliver playable frame rates on Medium settings. Anything above that resolution requires dropping to Low, and 4K is effectively off the table.