Valorant

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER combination delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Valorant, with all measured configurations exceeding 239 frames per second. The data shows this pairing ranks 981st out of 1650 tested combos in this title, placing it in the upper half of all systems. The benchmark results indicate that the CPU, which sits in the 91st percentile of all processors, provides ample headroom for the GPU across all settings and resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

For competitive play, the Low preset at 1920x1080 delivers the highest average frame rate of 594.4 FPS, which is 59.9% higher than the High preset at the same resolution. This dramatic gap suggests that the Low preset removes graphical bottlenecks that otherwise limit performance, making it the optimal choice for players prioritizing maximum responsiveness.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 511.4 FPS, still providing a substantial 60.8% advantage over the High preset's 318.1 FPS. The Medium preset offers a balanced alternative, delivering 334.8 FPS at 1440p and 388.3 FPS at 1080p, which represents a 4.4% improvement over High at both resolutions. For players who value visual fidelity without sacrificing significant performance, Medium provides the best compromise.

The Ultra preset produces the lowest frame rates across all resolutions, with 354.9 FPS at 1080p and 239.5 FPS at 4K. While still playable, the performance drop from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 40.3%, indicating that the extra visual features exact a measurable toll. The data suggests that competitive players should stick with Low, while those with high-refresh-rate 4K displays can still comfortably use Medium, which delivers 267 FPS at that resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest achievable frame rate with this hardware?

A: The maximum measured average is 594.4 FPS, achieved with the Low preset at 1920x1080. This represents the peak performance envelope for this combination in Valorant.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its closest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 19774 is 0.3% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN and 0.5% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, while it trails the NVIDIA Quadro K5200 by 0.8% and the NVIDIA Tesla K40m by 1.3%.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, the Low preset produces 594.4 FPS compared to 354.9 FPS on Ultra, a 67.5% improvement. At 4K, the gap widens to 70.0%, with Low achieving 407 FPS versus Ultra's 239.5 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K?

A: The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K on Low settings is 31.5%, from 594.4 to 407 FPS. This relatively modest decline indicates the CPU maintains strong performance, but the GPU becomes more influential at higher resolutions.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 7700 rank among all CPUs?

A: The processor sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 40468. It outperforms the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 by 0.5% and the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T by 1.2%, while trailing the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H by 0.1% and the Intel Core i9-13905H by 0.6%.

Q: What frame rates can players expect at 1440p with High settings?

A: The High preset at 2560x1440 delivers 318.1 FPS, which is 14.5% lower than the same settings at 1080p. This remains well above the refresh rates of most monitors.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process, provides 8 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock of 1470 MHz boosts to 1650 MHz, and the card delivers 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. These specifications place the GPU in the 63rd percentile of all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 19774.

The GPU's memory configuration proves sufficient for Valorant's requirements, as evidenced by the high frame rates across all settings. The 8 GB VRAM capacity does not appear to bottleneck performance, even at 4K with Ultra settings, where the system still achieves 239.5 FPS. The card's 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs handle the game's rendering demands efficiently, while the 272 tensor cores and 34 RT cores remain largely unused in this title.

Benchmark results show the GPU's DirectX 12 score of 61 and DirectX 11 score of 130, indicating solid API support for modern rendering paths. The Vulkan score of 83503 and OpenCL score of 87670 further demonstrate computational versatility. In Valorant specifically, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions; the transition from 1080p to 4K on Low settings reduces frame rates by 31.5%, suggesting the graphics card increasingly governs performance as pixel count rises.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 594.4 FPS, which stands as the highest measured result in the entire dataset. Medium produces 388.3 FPS, representing a 34.7% reduction from Low. High follows closely at 372 FPS, just 4.2% lower than Medium. Ultra trails at 354.9 FPS, a 40.3% decrease from Low and a 4.6% drop from High.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern repeats with diminished absolute values. Low delivers 511.4 FPS, which is 14.0% lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium achieves 334.8 FPS, a 13.8% reduction from its 1080p counterpart. High produces 318.1 FPS, down 14.5% from 1080p High. Ultra reaches 299.4 FPS, representing a 15.7% decrease from the 1080p Ultra figure.

At 3840x2160, performance scales down further. Low maintains 407 FPS, which is 20.4% lower than 1440p Low and 31.5% below 1080p Low. Medium drops to 267 FPS, a 20.3% reduction from 1440p Medium. High achieves 252.8 FPS, down 20.5% from 1440p High. Ultra produces 239.5 FPS, a 20.0% decrease from 1440p Ultra and the lowest overall result in the dataset.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently outperforms Medium by approximately 35-38%, while Medium and High remain within 4-5% of each other. Ultra consistently ranks last, trailing High by 4-5% at each resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about system bottlenecks. On Low settings, performance drops from 594.4 FPS at 1080p to 511.4 FPS at 1440p and 407 FPS at 4K. This represents a 14.0% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 20.4% reduction from 1440p to 4K, for a total 31.5% decline from 1080p to 4K.

The Medium preset shows similar scaling behavior: 388.3 FPS at 1080p, 334.8 FPS at 1440p, and 267 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 13.8% and 20.3% respectively, closely mirroring the Low preset's scaling pattern. High settings follow the same trend with 372 FPS, 318.1 FPS, and 252.8 FPS, representing 14.5% and 20.5% reductions.

Ultra settings exhibit marginally different scaling characteristics. The 1080p result of 354.9 FPS drops to 299.4 FPS at 1440p (15.7% reduction) and then to 239.5 FPS at 4K (20.0% reduction). The total decline from 1080p to 4K on Ultra is 32.5%, slightly higher than the 31.5% observed on Low.

The consistency of these percentage declines across all settings suggests the scaling is primarily resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. The relatively modest total drop of approximately 32% from 1080p to 4K indicates that the CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 4 architecture, maintains strong performance even as pixel count quadruples. The RTX 2060 SUPER's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth appears adequate for the increased data throughput, though the growing gap between Low and Ultra at 4K (70.0%) compared to 1080p (67.5%) hints that the GPU becomes progressively more stressed at higher resolutions. Overall, this system demonstrates that Valorant remains highly playable at any resolution and settings combination, with even the most demanding configuration exceeding 239 FPS.