Valorant

Valorant is a competitive FPS where frame rate consistency often matters more than absolute visual fidelity, and the measured data for the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER shows a system that is overwhelmingly capable of delivering high-speed gameplay. The combination ranks in the 1824th position out of 3708 tested combos for this title, placing it in the upper half of all systems tested. The benchmark results indicate that this pairing is heavily CPU-bound at lower resolutions, with the GPU only becoming a meaningful factor as the resolution and settings increase.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic shift in system bottleneck. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces an average of 559 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 530 FPS, a modest 5.2% decrease. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls to 447 FPS, which is still a 20.0% reduction from the 1080p figure. This relatively gentle scaling curve at Low settings suggests the CPU is the primary limiter; the GPU has ample headroom to render frames quickly, so resolution increases do not drastically alter the output.

However, the scaling pattern changes dramatically when settings are raised. At High settings, the average FPS goes from 412 at 1080p to 351 at 1440p (a 14.8% drop), and then to 281 at 4K (a 31.8% drop from 1080p). The Ultra preset shows a similar trend: 392 FPS at 1080p, 334 at 1440p, and 267 at 4K. This steeper decline at higher settings indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is starting to become a more significant contributor to the frame time, as the increased graphical workload begins to saturate the GPU’s capabilities. The data suggests that at 1080p, the Ryzen 5 7400F is the primary driver of performance, while at 4K, the load is more balanced, though the GPU still manages to maintain exceptionally high frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3708 tested combinations, this pairing achieves a rank of 1824 in Valorant. This places it just shy of the median, which is a noteworthy result given the game’s reputation for being easy to run. The rank indicates that while the system is not at the top tier for this title, it sits comfortably in the middle of the pack, outperforming a majority of the database’s tested configurations. The data shows that the combo is far from a low-end performer; a rank of 1824 means that 1884 other combinations scored lower, which is a solid result for a mid-range CPU and a previous-generation GPU.

The ranking reflects a balance between the CPU's strong single-threaded performance and the GPU's ability to handle high frame rates. The Ryzen 5 7400F’s percentile versus all CPUs is 83, meaning it outperforms 83% of all processors in the database. The RTX 2070 SUPER’s percentile versus all GPUs is 65, which is lower, indicating the graphics card is a weaker link relative to the CPU. This discrepancy is the reason the combo does not rank higher; the CPU is capable of pushing far more frames than the GPU can consistently render at higher settings, but the GPU still provides enough power to avoid being a severe bottleneck at the resolutions tested.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The GPU’s base clock is 1605 MHz, with a boost clock of 1770 MHz. In Valorant, these specifications translate to an ability to handle high frame rates, but the data shows that its role is mostly passive at lower settings. The GPU’s compute power, measured at 9.062 TFLOPS FP32, is sufficient for this title, but it is not the deciding factor in the measured FPS.

Instead, the GPU’s influence becomes apparent when comparing the Low and Ultra presets at the same resolution. At 4K, the Low preset averages 447 FPS, while Ultra averages 267 FPS, a difference of 180 FPS. This 40.3% reduction in performance when moving from Low to Ultra at 4K shows that the RTX 2070 SUPER is being tasked with more work. The GPU’s 8 GB of VRAM is not a limiting factor here, as Valorant’s textures are not particularly demanding, but the increased shading and effects load does impact the frame rate. The data indicates that the GPU’s 12 nm process node and 13,600 million transistors allow it to maintain high frame rates, but it is clearly the component that scales with visual fidelity.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results point to the Low preset as the optimal choice for maximizing competitive performance, though the differences are less stark than in other titles. At 1920x1080, Low delivers 559 FPS, which is 147 FPS higher than High (412 FPS) and 167 FPS higher than Ultra (392 FPS). This substantial gap suggests that for players using high-refresh-rate monitors, the Low preset is the only option that fully utilizes the CPU’s potential. The Medium preset at 1080p averages 432 FPS, which is a 127 FPS drop from Low, indicating that even a moderate increase in settings has a significant cost.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset still leads with 530 FPS, but the gap narrows: High is 351 FPS, Medium is 369 FPS, and Ultra is 334 FPS. The data suggests that at 1440p, the Low preset is still the best choice for frame rate, but the Medium preset offers a compromise for those who want better visuals without sacrificing too much speed. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 447 FPS, while High and Ultra drop to 281 and 267 FPS respectively. For 4K gaming, the Low preset is the only one that guarantees a frame rate above the 400 FPS mark, which is critical for maintaining a consistent experience on high-refresh displays. The recommendation is clear: for pure performance, use Low; for a balance at higher resolutions, Medium is acceptable, but High and Ultra are not recommended for competitive play.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a clear hierarchy. Low settings produce an average of 559 FPS. Medium settings drop to 432 FPS, with a minimum of 367 and a maximum of 497. High settings average 412 FPS, and Ultra settings average 392 FPS. The gap between Low and the next step (Medium) is 127 FPS, which is the largest jump between presets at this resolution. This pattern suggests that the Low preset removes a significant amount of GPU workload, allowing the CPU to run unimpeded.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 530 FPS for Low, 369 FPS for Medium (min 313, max 424), 351 FPS for High, and 334 FPS for Ultra. The difference between Low and Medium is 161 FPS, which is larger than at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is becoming more of a factor as resolution increases. The spread between High and Ultra is only 17 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset’s extra effects have diminishing returns at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 447 FPS. Medium averages 295 FPS (min 251, max 339), High averages 281 FPS, and Ultra averages 267 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 152 FPS, but the gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 14 FPS. The data reveals that at 4K, the GPU is the bottleneck, as the frame rates converge at higher settings. The minimum FPS recorded in the entire dataset is 251 FPS at 4K Medium, which is still a very high floor, indicating that the system does not suffer from severe frame time spikes.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. Its benchmark scores are particularly strong in single-threaded tasks, which is critical for Valorant. The Cinebench R23 single-core score is 3072, and the Passmark single-thread score is 3689. These numbers are reflected in the game’s performance at low resolutions, where the CPU is the primary driver.

The CPU’s 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache help reduce latency, which is beneficial for a game that relies on quick reaction times. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 559 FPS, a figure that is only 5.2% higher than the 530 FPS at 1440p Low. This small difference indicates that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough data to maintain similar performance even as resolution increases. The CPU’s percentile rank of 83 versus all CPUs confirms its strong standing, and its average benchmark score of 32750 places it within 0.3% of rivals like the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, which scores 32662.

The nearest rival data shows the Ryzen 5 7400F has a delta of 0.1% versus the Intel Core i5-14600T (32707) and 0.2% versus the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32697). This indicates that the CPU’s raw processing power is competitive with other mid-range and mobile processors. In Valorant, this translates to a system that rarely experiences CPU-bound frame drops, as evidenced by the high minimum FPS of 251 at 4K Medium. The CPU’s 65W TDP and 5 nm process node contribute to its efficiency, but the benchmark results are what matter here: this processor has the single-threaded muscle to drive frame rates well above what most monitors can display, making the GPU the only limiting factor at higher settings.