Undisputed

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 in Undisputed produces a heavily GPU-bound experience. Measured data places this combo at rank 1507 out of 1580 tested combinations, a bottom-tier result driven almost entirely by the aging Polaris GPU. While the CPU sits in the 96th percentile of all processors, the GPU's 74th percentile ranking and 4 GB VRAM cap frame rates severely, especially at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

From 1080p to 4K, the frame rate collapse is steep. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 111.7 at 1920x1080 to 50.4 at 3840x2160, a reduction of over half. At Ultra settings, the drop is even more dramatic, falling from 40.7 at 1080p to 17.7 at 4K. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the limiting component; the CPU has ample headroom, as evidenced by its 20 cores and 28 threads, but the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot sustain pixel throughput at 4K. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K (50.4 vs 17.7) shows how quickly the GPU's shading units (2048) and ROPs (32) are overwhelmed by higher quality presets. The transition from 1080p to 1440p at High settings sees a drop from 63.7 to 46.5 FPS, while the 1440p to 4K transition at High drops from 46.5 to 30.4 FPS. This relatively linear scaling at High settings contrasts with the steeper drop at Ultra, where 1080p to 1440p falls from 40.7 to 32 FPS, and 1440p to 4K falls from 32 to 17.7 FPS, indicating that the 4 GB VRAM buffer is saturated at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1507th out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed. This places it in a bottom-tier position, a placement that reflects the GPU's limitations rather than the CPU's. The i7-14700K alone benchmarks in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70074. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70104, 0% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (70420, -0.5% delta), showing the CPU is competitive with top-tier silicon. However, the RX 570's average benchmark score of 30158 places it in the 74th percentile, and its nearest rivals—such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (30109, 0.2% delta) and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (30097, 0.2% delta)—are all modern cards that vastly outperform it in raw rasterization. The rank is a direct consequence of pairing a top-tier CPU with a mid-range GPU from 2017.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is the decisive factor in this combo's performance. Its 4 GB of GDDR5 memory is a hard ceiling for modern titles like Undisputed, particularly at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160. The GPU's base clock of 1168 MHz and boost clock of 1244 MHz, combined with a memory clock of 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) over a 256-bit bus, yield a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it scores 880, while its Geekbench Vulkan score is 42752. Compared to its nearest rivals, the RX 570 is statistically tied with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0.2% delta) in average benchmark score, but this is misleading; those cards have far more VRAM and modern architectures. The 4 GB frame buffer is exhausted at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS collapses to 17.7. The GPU's launch MSRP was $169, but its end-of-life status and 14 nm process node (5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die) limit its longevity. The GPU's texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s are modest by modern standards, and its FP32 performance of 5.095 TFLOPS is insufficient for high-fidelity effects at 4K. The 128 TMUs and 32 ROPs further constrain geometry and fill-rate bound scenes.

Settings Recommendations

For a playable experience, the data points to 1920x1080 as the primary target. At 1080p, Medium settings deliver 78.7 FPS, which is smooth, while High yields 63.7 FPS. Ultra at 1080p drops to 40.7 FPS, which is borderline but playable. At 2560x1440, Low settings provide 82.5 FPS, but Medium falls to 58.3 FPS, and High to 46.5 FPS. Given the 4 GB VRAM limitation, 1440p Medium is the highest reasonable preset, but 1080p Medium offers the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate. At 3840x2160, only Low (50.4 FPS) is remotely playable; Medium (38.8 FPS) and High (30.4 FPS) are stutter-prone, and Ultra (17.7 FPS) is unplayable. The measured data suggests that users should prioritize resolution over preset quality, as dropping from High to Low at 4K yields a significant improvement (30.4 to 50.4). For users with 1440p monitors, the choice between Low and Medium is critical, as the gap between 82.5 and 58.3 FPS is substantial, but Medium provides better visual quality. At 4K, the data strongly advises against Ultra, as the 17.7 FPS average is below playable thresholds.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RX 570 delivers 111.7 FPS on Low, 78.7 FPS on Medium, 63.7 FPS on High, and 40.7 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 82.5 FPS (Low), 58.3 FPS (Medium), 46.5 FPS (High), and 32 FPS (Ultra). At 3840x2160, the results are 50.4 FPS (Low), 38.8 FPS (Medium), 30.4 FPS (High), and 17.7 FPS (Ultra). The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Medium settings shows a drop from 78.7 to 58.3 FPS. From 1440p to 4K at Medium, the drop is from 58.3 to 38.8 FPS. The most severe degradation occurs at Ultra settings, where 4K performance (17.7 FPS) is less than half of 1080p performance (40.7 FPS). These numbers confirm that the GPU's 4 GB memory and 32 ROPs are the primary bottlenecks. The data set includes only average FPS values, with no minimum or maximum frame times recorded, so stutter and frame pacing issues cannot be assessed from this data alone. However, the average FPS values provide a clear hierarchy of performance across the twelve tested configurations.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo capable of 4K gaming in Undisputed?

A: Only at Low settings, where it averages 50.4 FPS. At Medium, High, and Ultra, it drops to 38.8, 30.4, and 17.7 FPS respectively, making Ultra unplayable.

Q: What is the best setting for 1080p?

A: Medium settings provide 78.7 FPS, which is the highest average among the 1080p presets. High offers 63.7 FPS, while Ultra drops to 40.7 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 570 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: In average benchmark score, it is nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (0.2% delta) and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (0.2% delta), but those cards have significantly more VRAM and newer architectures.

Q: What is the CPU's performance percentile?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700K is in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70074.

Q: Why is the combo rank so low (1507 out of 1580)?

A: The rank is dragged down by the GPU, which sits in the 74th percentile. The CPU is top-tier, but the GPU's 4 GB VRAM and 2017 architecture limit overall frame rates.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: No. The CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads, along with a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, provide ample headroom. The GPU is the limiting factor at all resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700K is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. It features 33 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 44534 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 6287 in single-core, alongside a Geekbench multi-core score of 18896 and single-core score of 2932. Its Passmark multi-thread score is 52392, and single-thread is 4472. The CPU's average benchmark score of 70074 places it in the 96th percentile, with nearest rivals including the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70104, 0% delta) and AMD EPYC 9115 (69887, 0.3% delta). In Undisputed, the CPU is never the bottleneck; even at 1080p Low, where the GPU produces 111.7 FPS, the CPU's 5.60 GHz boost clock and 20 cores ensure that frame pacing is consistent. The launch MSRP for this CPU was $409. The data shows that upgrading the GPU would yield massive gains, as the CPU has the headroom to drive far more powerful graphics cards. The CPU's 33 MB of shared L3 cache and support for DDR5 memory reduce latency, which is beneficial for the physics and AI calculations in a sports title like Undisputed. Its Passmark data compression score of 695234 and encryption score of 40091 indicate strong general-purpose throughput, though these are not directly relevant to gaming frame rates.