Undisputed

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Undisputed with the Intel Core i7-14700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 shows a steep and predictable drop as resolution increases, but the shape of that curve changes dramatically depending on the quality preset. At Low settings, the frame rate falls from 361.5 FPS at 1920x1080 to 260.1 FPS at 2560x1440, a 28% reduction, and then to 167.1 FPS at 3840x2160, another 36% drop from 1440p. This indicates that even at Low settings, the GPU is still the primary scaling factor once pixel count climbs, though the 1080p result is so high that it suggests the CPU is beginning to impose a ceiling there.

At Medium settings, the pattern is similar but with lower absolute numbers: 260.5 FPS at 1080p, 185.8 FPS at 1440p, and 121.1 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 29%, and from 1440p to 4K is 35%. The consistency of these percentage drops across Low and Medium reveals that the game's rendering load scales almost linearly with pixel count in these presets, and the RTX 3080's 10 GB GDDR6X memory and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to avoid any capacity-related cliff.

The High preset tells a more telling story. Frame rates go from 212.4 FPS at 1080p to 154.9 FPS at 1440p (a 27% drop) and then to 95.4 FPS at 4K (a 38% drop from 1440p). The larger relative decline at 4K under High settings points to the GPU's shader and rasterization throughput becoming the limiting component, as the RTX 3080's 8704 shading units and 96 ROPs are pushed harder by the additional visual effects. Ultra settings confirm this: 137.8 FPS at 1080p, 102.3 FPS at 1440p, and 64 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is less than half the 1080p Ultra number, and the 37% drop from 1440p to 4K is the largest in the entire dataset.

Benchmark results indicate that the RTX 3080 is the dominant bottleneck at 4K for every preset, while at 1080p the CPU's influence becomes visible only at the very highest frame rates. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 223.7 FPS, but at 4K that gap narrows to 103.1 FPS. This compression at higher resolutions is the classic signature of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads have ample headroom to feed the graphics card.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700K brings 20 cores, 28 threads, a 3.40 GHz base clock, and a 5.60 GHz boost clock to this combination. With a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 44534 and a single-core score of 6287, the processor sits in the 96th percentile among all CPUs, and its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-14700KF at a 0% delta and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X at -0.5% delta. For a sports title like Undisputed, which typically relies more on single-thread performance for game logic and physics, the high boost clock is the key asset.

In this game, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at 1080p Low, where the average frame rate reaches 361.5 FPS. That figure is so far beyond typical display refresh rates that the CPU is clearly not the limiting factor at any resolution in this dataset. Even at 1080p Ultra with 137.8 FPS, the i7-14700K's single-core strength, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2932 and a Passmark single-thread score of 4472, ensures that the processor does not drag down the average.

The data shows that moving from 1080p to 4K at any preset produces a frame rate drop consistent with GPU scaling, not CPU limitation. For example, at Medium settings the 1080p result is 260.5 FPS and the 4K result is 121.1 FPS. If the CPU were the constraint, the 1080p number would be much closer to the 1440p number, since the processor's workload per frame does not scale with resolution. Instead, the smooth downward progression confirms that the i7-14700K's 33 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 memory support are more than adequate for Undisputed's demands.

The processor's benchmark percentile of 96 means it outperforms the vast majority of tested CPUs, and its nearest rival in aggregate score is the Core i7-14700KF at a 0% delta. This near-identical performance to the KF variant, which lacks integrated graphics, suggests that the UHD Graphics 770 iGPU plays no meaningful role in this discrete-GPU setup. For Undisputed specifically, the CPU's job is to feed the RTX 3080 without stuttering, and the measured FPS at 1080p Low (361.5 FPS) demonstrates that it does so with massive headroom.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA102 chip, 8704 shading units, 68 RT cores, and 272 tensor cores. Its 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus delivers 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth, and the boost clock runs at 1710 MHz. The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 25086 places it in the 80th percentile among all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE at -0.9% delta and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile at 1% delta.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is decisive at every resolution above 1080p. At 4K Ultra, the combination produces 64 FPS, which is below the 95.4 FPS achieved at 4K High. The drop from High to Ultra at 4K is 31.4 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects (likely shadows, reflections, and post-processing) exact a heavy toll on the RTX 3080's compute throughput. The GPU's 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is the raw resource being consumed here, and the data shows that Ultra at 4K pushes it to its limits.

The memory subsystem also matters. With 10 GB of VRAM, the RTX 3080 does not appear to hit a capacity wall in this game, as the frame rate scaling from 1440p to 4K remains smooth and predictable across all presets. If VRAM were exhausted, the 4K results would show a disproportionate collapse relative to 1440p, but the percentage drops are consistent with the resolution's pixel increase. The 760.3 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient to keep the 28,300 million transistors on the GA102 die fed.

The GPU's pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s are the limiting factors at 4K Ultra. The measured 64 FPS at that setting represents a 56% reduction from the 1440p Ultra result of 102.3 FPS. This is a larger relative drop than the 36% seen from 1440p to 4K at Low settings, proving that the Ultra preset's increased pixel and texture work disproportionately stresses the RTX 3080's ROPs and TMUs. For a game like Undisputed, where character models and ring textures dominate, the GPU's 96 ROPs are the bottleneck at the highest quality settings.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 60 FPS as a baseline, the data shows that 4K Ultra is the only setting that falls below that threshold, at 64 FPS. The 4K High preset delivers 95.4 FPS, which is a 49% improvement over Ultra and clearly the better choice for 4K displays. At 2560x1440, every preset exceeds 100 FPS, with High at 154.9 FPS and Medium at 185.8 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result of 102.3 FPS is playable but leaves little headroom for frame-time spikes, so High is the recommended preset for a smooth experience.

At 1920x1080, the RTX 3080 and i7-14700K combination is so powerful that even Ultra produces 137.8 FPS. Medium and High reach 260.5 FPS and 212.4 FPS respectively, which are far beyond the refresh rate of most monitors. The Low preset at 1080p yields 361.5 FPS, which is useful only for competitive play or for users with extremely high refresh displays. Benchmark results indicate that the optimal balance between visual fidelity and frame rate is the High preset at 1440p or 4K, as it provides a substantial improvement over Medium while remaining well above 60 FPS.

The data suggests that Ultra is not worth the performance cost on this hardware. From High to Ultra, the average frame rate drops by 38.5% at 1080p, 34% at 1440p, and 32.9% at 4K. These are large penalties for what the measured rows show to be the highest quality tier. The Medium preset, by contrast, offers a 22.5% improvement over High at 4K, making it a viable option for users who prioritize frame rate over the marginal visual gains of High. For most users, High at 1440p is the sweet spot, delivering 154.9 FPS with solid image quality.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-14700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination ranks 478th out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed. This places it in the 70th percentile of all combinations, which is a strong showing given that the GPU is from the previous generation and is now marked as end-of-life. The CPU's 96th percentile ranking among all CPUs is the primary driver of this combo's position, as the i7-14700K's aggregate benchmark score of 70074 is within 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and 1.4% of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270.

The combo's rank of 478 out of 1580 means that approximately 30% of tested combinations outperform it in this game. Given that many of those combinations likely pair newer, higher-end GPUs with similar CPUs, this is an expected result. The RTX 3080's percentile of 80 among all GPUs, combined with the i7-14700K's 96th percentile, produces a balanced pairing where neither component severely bottlenecks the other in Undisputed, as evidenced by the smooth scaling across resolutions.

The data shows that this combo is not at the top of the leaderboard, but it is comfortably in the upper-middle tier. The 4K High result of 95.4 FPS and 1440p Ultra result of 102.3 FPS are both strong for a game released in 2023. The combo's rank is likely held back by the RTX 3080's 10 GB VRAM and 320-bit bus, which are smaller than what newer flagship GPUs offer, but within Undisputed's demands, these do not cause a failure. The measured data confirms that the combo is capable of delivering a high-refresh experience at 1440p and a solid 60+ FPS experience at 4K with the right preset.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Undisputed?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 at High settings delivers 154.9 FPS, which is the highest frame rate above 100 FPS with good visual quality. At 4K, High settings still achieve 95.4 FPS.

Q: Can this combo run Undisputed at 4K?

A: Yes. The measured results show 95.4 FPS at 4K High and 121.1 FPS at 4K Medium. Even 4K Ultra reaches 64 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at 1440p and 4K, as frame rates drop proportionally with resolution. At 1080p Low, the 361.5 FPS result shows the CPU has significant headroom.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 compare to its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3080 has an average benchmark score of 35787, which is 0.2% behind the AMD Radeon Pro Duo and 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon 880M. It sits in the 80th percentile among all GPUs.

Q: What is the CPU's benchmark standing relative to other processors?

A: The i7-14700K is in the 96th percentile among all CPUs, with an average score of 70074. It is within 0.3% of the AMD EPYC 9115 and 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X.

Q: Which preset should I avoid with this hardware?

A: The data suggests avoiding Ultra at 4K, as it drops to 64 FPS, which is 31.4 FPS lower than High. At 1080p, Ultra is still playable at 137.8 FPS but the penalty from High is 74.6 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination produces 361.5 FPS on Low, 260.5 FPS on Medium, 212.4 FPS on High, and 137.8 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 223.7 FPS, with each step up in quality costing a significant number of frames. The jump from Medium to High costs 48.1 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 74.6 FPS, making Ultra the most expensive tier in absolute terms.

At 2560x1440, the results are 260.1 FPS on Low, 185.8 FPS on Medium, 154.9 FPS on High, and 102.3 FPS on Ultra. The Low to Ultra spread narrows to 157.8 FPS, and the High to Ultra drop is 52.6 FPS. This resolution is where the RTX 3080's 10 GB VRAM and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth provide a comfortable buffer, as even Ultra stays above 100 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the numbers fall to 167.1 FPS on Low, 121.1 FPS on Medium, 95.4 FPS on High, and 64 FPS on Ultra. The Low to Ultra spread is 103.1 FPS, the smallest of any resolution. The Medium to High drop is 25.7 FPS, and High to Ultra is 31.4 FPS, confirming that Ultra is disproportionately demanding at 4K. The data shows that 4K Low still delivers 167.1 FPS, which is higher than 1080p Ultra, illustrating how much the preset choice matters more than resolution for this hardware.