Undisputed

The Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination delivers a remarkably smooth experience in Undisputed, with the data showing that most presets at common resolutions are highly playable. The sweet spot for this pairing is the High preset at 1440p, which produces a frame rate of 120 FPS, striking an ideal balance between visual fidelity and performance headroom. While the Ultra preset at 1440p still achieves a solid 78.2 FPS, the High preset offers a more substantial buffer above typical high-refresh-rate targets, making it the recommended choice for consistent competitive play.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows reveal a clear hierarchy of performance across the four presets. At 1080p, the Low preset hits 272.2 FPS, which is excessive for most displays, while the Medium preset delivers 197.7 FPS and High reaches 164.5 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p still manages 104.3 FPS, but the jump from High to Ultra costs roughly 60 FPS, a significant drop that suggests diminishing returns on visual quality. At 1440p, the pattern is similar: Low achieves 197.6 FPS, Medium 139.7 FPS, High 120 FPS, and Ultra 78.2 FPS. The High preset at 1440p is the most compelling option because it retains a 120 FPS average, which is exactly double the 60 FPS console standard and aligns well with 120Hz displays. At 4K, the High preset drops to 74.2 FPS, which is still playable but begins to approach the threshold where competitive advantages fade; the Ultra preset at 4K falls to 49.9 FPS, making it the only measured configuration that dips below the 60 FPS playability line. For users prioritizing frame rate stability over maximum eye candy, the High preset at 1440p is the clear recommendation, as it provides a 53.5% higher frame rate than Ultra at the same resolution while maintaining a visually rich presentation.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die. Its memory configuration consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with memory running at an effective 17 Gbps. These specifications translate into a PassMark G3D score of 19545, placing the card in the 66th percentile among all GPUs. In Undisputed, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. At 1080p, the frame rates across all presets (from 104.3 FPS on Ultra to 272.2 FPS on Low) suggest the CPU is keeping the GPU well-fed, as the RTX 4060's compute capabilities are being fully utilized. However, at 4K, the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading throughput become the limiting factor, evidenced by the Ultra preset dropping to just 49.9 FPS. The RTX 4060's 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for this game's textures at all tested presets, as no memory-related stutters are indicated in the data. The card's FP32 throughput of 15.11 TFLOPS and texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s provide ample raw power for the sports simulation's rendering demands, particularly at 1440p where the High preset achieves a strong 120 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a predictable GPU-bound progression, but the magnitude of the drop varies significantly by preset. On the Low preset, the average FPS falls from 272.2 at 1080p to 197.6 at 1440p (a 27.4% reduction) and then to 123 at 4K (a 54.8% reduction from 1080p). The High preset shows a steeper decline: 164.5 at 1080p drops to 120 at 1440p (27.1% reduction) and then to 74.2 at 4K (54.9% reduction from 1080p). The Ultra preset exhibits the most dramatic scaling, starting at 104.3 at 1080p, falling to 78.2 at 1440p (25.0% reduction), and then crashing to 49.9 at 4K (52.2% reduction from 1080p). This consistent pattern across presets indicates that the limiting component at higher resolutions is unequivocally the GPU. The RTX 4060's 128-bit memory bus and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are the primary bottlenecks at 4K, as the pixel throughput demands outstrip the card's ability to feed the shaders. Interestingly, the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is remarkably uniform across all presets, hovering around 52-55%, which suggests that the GPU's compute resources scale linearly with resolution until they hit a hard memory bandwidth ceiling. The data shows that 1440p is the resolution where this combo thrives, as the GPU maintains over 78 FPS even on the most demanding Ultra preset.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this pairing of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 holds a combo rank of 894 out of 1580 total configurations, placing it in the 57th percentile of all tested combos. This mid-pack ranking is somewhat surprising given the strong absolute frame rates observed in Undisputed, but it reflects the fact that many higher-end GPUs and CPUs achieve far greater scores in other titles. The CPU component, however, is a standout performer, with an average benchmark score of 54097 that places it in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (which scores 54450, or 0.6% higher) and the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54681, 1.1% higher), with the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469, 1.2% lower) and AMD EPYC 7313P (53206, 1.7% lower) trailing behind. This indicates the i7-14700F is a top-tier processor that competes directly with flagship Ryzen 9 parts. On the GPU side, the RTX 4060's average benchmark score of 23181 places it in the 66th percentile, with competitors like the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23321, 0.6% higher) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (23338, 0.7% higher) slightly ahead, while the Intel Arc B580 (23021, 0.7% lower) and AMD Radeon 760M (22999, 0.8% lower) sit just behind. The gap between the CPU's 94th percentile rank and the GPU's 66th percentile rank suggests a slight imbalance, but in Undisputed specifically, the measured frame rates show that this combination is well-matched for 1080p and 1440p gaming, delivering performance that exceeds the needs of most displays.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake Refresh architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 257 mm². It features a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a substantial 33 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU's benchmark results are impressive, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35443 and a single-core score of 5003, alongside a Geekbench multi-core score of 16571 and single-core score of 2711. In Undisputed, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p where the frame rates are exceptionally high. At 1080p Low, the combination hits 272.2 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of virtually all monitors, indicating that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU far beyond what is needed. The 28 threads provide ample parallelism for the game's simulation and physics calculations, which are typical of sports titles. The CPU's high single-thread performance, evidenced by the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5003, is particularly important for the game's main loop and AI opponent logic. Compared to its rivals, the i7-14700F's 35443 multi-core score places it just 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X's 54450 average score, showing that the Intel chip holds its own against newer AMD parts. The CPU's 65W TDP is remarkably low for a 20-core processor, allowing for efficient cooling solutions that won't throttle during extended gaming sessions. At 4K, the CPU's influence diminishes as the GPU becomes the bottleneck, but the fact that the 4K Low preset still achieves 123 FPS demonstrates that the i7-14700F is never the limiting factor in this title, even at the highest resolution.