Undisputed

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus paired with the Intel Arc B570 demonstrates a clear performance ceiling in Undisputed, with results that vary dramatically based on the graphics preset selected. The data shows a system that is heavily tuned for high refresh rates at 1080p but begins to show its limitations as resolution and visual fidelity increase. This analysis breaks down the measured performance across all settings and resolutions, providing a clear picture of what this specific combination can deliver.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and playable frame rates, the Medium preset is the clear standout in this dataset. It is the only setting tier where the system provides a consistent and smooth experience across all three tested resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers an average of 141 FPS, which is more than sufficient for competitive play. This frame rate remains robust at 2560x1440, with an average of 102 FPS, indicating that the combination of the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the Arc B570 can handle the increased pixel count without a significant performance collapse. Even at 4K (3840x2160), the Medium preset maintains a playable average of 64 FPS, with the recorded minimum of 55 FPS suggesting that it stays within a smooth range for most gameplay scenarios.

The High preset offers a solid alternative for those prioritizing visual fidelity over maximum frame rates. It produces an average of 116 FPS at 1080p and 84 FPS at 1440p, which are both perfectly playable. However, the step up to 4K on High yields an average of only 53 FPS, which may be below the threshold for players using high-refresh-rate 4K monitors. The Low preset is the only way to achieve triple-digit frame rates at 4K, hitting 89 FPS, but it does so at a significant cost to visual quality that is unlikely to be worthwhile for most users. The Ultra preset, while offering the highest fidelity, is not recommended for this hardware. It produces average frame rates below 75 FPS at all resolutions, and at 4K, the average drops to just 34 FPS, which is not a smooth experience for a sports title.

The data suggests that Medium is the optimal setting for this specific CPU-GPU pairing. It provides a substantial performance headroom over High at 1440p and 4K, while still offering a significant visual upgrade over Low. The transition from Low to Medium yields a 27.7% decrease in frame rate at 1080p (from 195 to 141 FPS), but the visual improvement is substantial, making the trade-off worthwhile. For users with 1080p displays, the High preset at 116 FPS is also a strong choice if they prefer higher quality settings, as the frame rate remains comfortably high.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570, based on the Xe2-HPG architecture, is the primary limiting factor in this configuration, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU comes with 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 380.0 GB/s. This memory configuration appears sufficient for the game's demands at 1080p and 1440p, as evidenced by the relatively stable performance scaling. However, the 4K results suggest that the available memory bandwidth and the GPU's raw compute power—rated at 11.52 TFLOPS FP32—begin to struggle with the increased workload.

The GPU's clock speeds are uniform at 2500 MHz for both base and boost, which is a somewhat unusual characteristic. This suggests that the card is running at its maximum rated frequency consistently, but the performance data indicates that it cannot maintain playable frame rates at 4K with higher settings. The Ultra preset's 34 FPS average at 4K, compared to 75 FPS at 1080p, shows a stark 54.7% performance drop, pointing directly at the GPU as the bottleneck. The CPU, with its 24 cores and threads and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, is clearly not the limiting factor at lower resolutions, as the system achieves 195 FPS at 1080p Low, but the GPU's capabilities cap the overall performance.

The Arc B570 is positioned in the market with a percentile rank of 65 for all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and the Intel Arc A750, with the B570's average benchmark score being virtually identical to both (within 0.1% delta). This indicates that its performance level is comparable to those products, but in Undisputed, the specific demands of the game at 4K appear to expose the GPU's limitations. The 18 ray tracing cores and 80 ROPs do not seem to provide enough throughput for the highest settings at high resolutions, as the frame rates at Ultra are consistently the lowest across the board.

Resolution Scaling

The performance degradation from 1080p to 4K is steep and becomes more pronounced as the graphics settings increase. At the Low preset, the average frame rate drops from 195 FPS at 1080p to 141 FPS at 1440p, a 27.7% decrease. Moving to 4K, the frame rate falls another 36.9% to 89 FPS. This scaling suggests that even at low settings, the GPU is becoming a limiting factor at 4K, as the raw pixel count increases significantly.

The Medium preset shows a more dramatic scaling pattern. The average frame rate decreases from 141 FPS at 1080p to 102 FPS at 1440p, a 27.7% drop. However, the drop to 4K is much more severe, with the average falling to 64 FPS, representing a 37.3% decrease from the 1440p figure. This indicates that the GPU is hitting a computational wall at 4K, as the increased pixel count and the demand for more detailed textures and effects are overwhelming the Arc B570's capabilities.

The High preset follows a similar trend, with a 27.6% drop from 1080p (116 FPS) to 1440p (84 FPS), followed by a 36.9% drop from 1440p to 4K (53 FPS). The Ultra preset shows the worst scaling, with a 28% drop from 1080p (75 FPS) to 1440p (54 FPS), and a massive 37% drop to 4K (34 FPS). These consistent percentage drops across all settings suggest that the performance scaling is primarily resolution-bound rather than settings-bound. The system is able to handle the computational load of higher settings at 1080p, but at 4K, the sheer number of pixels being processed becomes the dominant factor, causing the frame rates to plummet regardless of the visual preset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

At this resolution, the system delivers excellent performance across all settings. The Low preset achieves the highest average frame rate at 195 FPS. The Medium preset is the most balanced, delivering 141 FPS with a respectable minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS. The High preset is also highly playable at 116 FPS. The Ultra preset, while still playable, drops to an average of 75 FPS, which is a 35.3% decrease from the High preset. This demonstrates that the CPU is capable of high frame rates, but the GPU's workload at Ultra settings begins to impact performance even at 1080p.

2560x1440:

The performance at 1440p remains strong for a 1440p resolution. The Low preset produces an average of 141 FPS, which is identical to the 1080p Medium score, highlighting the resolution's increased demand. The Medium preset delivers 102 FPS, with a minimum of 86 FPS and a maximum of 117 FPS, making it a smooth experience. The High preset drops to 84 FPS, which is still very playable. The Ultra preset falls to 54 FPS, which is a significant drop from 1080p and indicates that this setting is pushing the GPU to its limits at this resolution. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows an average reduction of about 27.8% across all settings, which is a significant but expected cost for the increased pixel density.

3840x2160:

The 4K results are where this combo clearly shows its limitations. The Low preset is the only one that provides a consistently smooth experience, with an average of 89 FPS. The Medium preset manages an average of 64 FPS, with the minimum frame rate of 55 FPS suggesting that some scenes may cause stuttering. The High preset drops to 53 FPS, which is borderline playable but not ideal. The Ultra preset is not suitable for 4K gaming, with an average of just 34 FPS. This data shows a clear pattern: the Arc B570 is not powerful enough to handle 4K with high or ultra settings in this game, and even Medium settings may be too demanding for a consistently smooth experience.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global ranking of tested hardware combinations for Undisputed, this specific pairing of the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the Intel Arc B570 sits at 2256th place out of 2813 total combinations. This places it in the bottom 20% of all tested systems, indicating that while it can run the game, its performance is not competitive with the majority of other configurations in the database.

This ranking is surprising given the strength of the CPU. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is a high-end processor, with a percentile rank of 96 against all CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 93,785 is nearly identical to the Intel Xeon 6520P, which is its closest rival. The CPU's multi-core performance is exceptional, with a Cinebench R23 score of 44,253, but this power is not being fully utilized in Undisputed. The game's performance is clearly bottlenecked by the GPU, as evidenced by the massive frame rate drops at higher resolutions.

The Arc B570's own performance percentile of 65 against all GPUs is middling, and its average benchmark score of 20,556 places it in a similar performance tier as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and the Intel Arc A750. The combination of a top-tier CPU with a mid-range GPU results in a system that is unbalanced for this game. The CPU is more than capable of feeding the GPU with data, but the GPU cannot keep up with the demands of the game at high settings and resolutions. This is a classic case of a CPU-bound system at lower settings, which transitions to a GPU-bound system as the resolution and visual quality increase, ultimately capping the overall experience at a lower tier than the CPU's potential would suggest. The combo's rank is a direct reflection of this GPU bottleneck, as the system's performance is held back by the Arc B570's limitations in this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the best graphics preset for a smooth 60 FPS experience at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset is the recommended choice for 1440p, as the data shows an average frame rate of 102 FPS. This provides a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, ensuring a smooth experience even during intense gameplay moments. The High preset is also viable, with an average of 84 FPS, but it is closer to the threshold.

Q: Is the Intel Arc B570 capable of running the game at 4K with High settings?

A: No, the data indicates that the Arc B570 cannot maintain a playable frame rate at 4K with High settings. The measured average FPS is 53, which is below the standard 60 FPS target. The Low preset is the only setting at 4K that provides a consistently smooth experience, with an average of 89 FPS.

Q: How does the performance at 1080p compare to 4K on the Medium preset?

A: The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is significant. At 1080p, the Medium preset delivers an average of 141 FPS, while at 4K, the average drops to 64 FPS. This represents a 54.6% decrease in performance, highlighting the GPU's struggle with the increased pixel count at 4K.

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

A: At lower resolutions and settings, the CPU is capable of very high frame rates, such as the 195 FPS seen at 1080p Low. However, the GPU becomes the bottleneck as resolution and settings increase. The stark performance drops at 4K across all presets suggest the Intel Arc B570 is the primary limiting component in this configuration.

Q: How does this system's average frame rate at 4K on Ultra compare to its 1080p Ultra performance?

A: The performance difference is substantial. At 1080p Ultra, the system achieves an average of 75 FPS, while at 4K Ultra, the average drops to 34 FPS. This is a 54.7% reduction in frame rate, indicating that the Ultra preset is not suitable for 4K gaming on this hardware.

Q: Is the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus a strong performer in this game?

A: The CPU is a very powerful processor, with a 96th percentile ranking against all CPUs. However, its performance in Undisputed is not fully utilized. The frame rates are largely dictated by the GPU, so while the CPU is capable of high performance, it is not the factor limiting the system's overall results in this game.