Valorant

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Valorant, with average FPS figures exceeding 500 in several configurations. Across all tested resolutions and settings, the measured average frames per second range from a low of 397 at 4K Ultra to a high of 616 at 1080p Low. This combination places the system at rank 545 out of 3,708 tested combos for this title, positioning it in the top 15% of all configurations. The data shows that the CPU's single-thread performance, indicated by a 3dmark single thread score of 1049 and a Cinebench R23 single core score of 1930, aligns perfectly with Valorant’s engine demands. The GPU’s performance, with a Passmark G3D score of 26927, is more than sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck at standard high refresh rate targets, though the FPS scaling across resolutions reveals where the workload shifts.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this combination at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the measured average FPS is 616. This is the peak average frame rate recorded in the entire dataset, highlighting the combination's strength in esports-oriented configurations.

Q: How does the average FPS drop when moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 517 at 1920x1080 High to 490 at 2560x1440 High. This 27 FPS reduction corresponds to a 5.2% drop in performance.

Q: Which setting provided the highest minimum frame rate at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 is the only setting in the dataset that includes a measured minimum FPS, recorded at 424. This indicates that the Medium preset demonstrates consistent frame times, with a difference of 149 between the minimum and maximum FPS.

Q: At 4K, what is the difference between the Low and Ultra presets?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves an average of 542 FPS, while the Ultra preset achieves an average of 397 FPS. This represents a 145 FPS difference between the two extremes of the settings spectrum.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 7700 perform in single-threaded workloads, which are critical for this game?

A: The CPU's results show a 3dmark single thread of 1049 and a Cinebench R23 single core score of 1930. These numbers are high, and given that Valorant is known to be CPU-bound, they help explain the high frame rates seen in the data.

Q: What is the GPU's rank compared to other video cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is in the 81st percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37648. Its closest rivals based on average score include the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37628, deltaPct 0.1) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, deltaPct 0.4).

Settings Recommendations

The measured data suggests that the best experience balances frame rate with visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, the High preset yields an average of 517 FPS, which is only 9 FPS below the Medium preset (526) but significantly below the Low preset's 616. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to an average of 509 FPS, which is still far above the refresh rate of any current monitor. However, the performance difference between High and Ultra is minimal (8 FPS), while the difference between Low and High is 99 FPS, indicating that the Low preset offers a substantial uncapping of frame rate.

At 1440p, the Medium preset stands out because it is the only one with a reported minimum FPS (424) and a maximum of 573, providing a 149 range. The High preset at 1440p averages 490 FPS, while the Low preset reaches 585 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 482 FPS, which is only 8 FPS below High, suggesting diminishing returns beyond High settings. The data shows that at 1440p, the High preset is a strong choice, delivering 490 FPS average with a lower minimum variance than the Low preset which is not reported for min FPS.

At 3840x2160, the measured frames per second show a larger spread between presets: Low (542), Medium (437), High (417), and Ultra (397) in descending order. The Medium preset at 4K includes a min of 372 and a max of 503, showing a range of 131 FPS, which is the only 4K setting with a min/max data. The High and Ultra presets at 4K are 85 and 145 FPS lower than Low, respectively. The High setting at 4K is likely the best balance for a high-resolution experience, as it maintains an average of 417 FPS while the Ultra preset only offers 397 FPS on average.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a chip AD104 and a 5 nm process. It has 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s, which is more than sufficient for Valorant at any of the tested settings and resolutions. The card's base clock is 1920 MHz and the boost clock is 2475 MHz. The data indicates that the GPU is rarely the limiting factor in this title, as the FPS scales more with CPU performance.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs. It has a Passmark G3D score of 26927 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 154858. Those scores place it close to the NVIDIA Tesla P4, which has an average score of 37628, and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 at 37507. The RTX 4070 results indicate it is a solidly mid-to-high tier GPU, but in Valorant it is the CPU that drives the frame rates, as seen by the high FPS in all configurations, meaning the RTX 4070 is not a limiting factor. The GPU's power draw, with a TDP of 200 W, is moderate, but the FPS achieved do not stress the card's capabilities.

The GPU's FP32 performance is 29.15 TFLOPS, with a pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s. These figures are high, but in Valorant, the actual bottleneck is more likely to be the CPU's single-thread speed. The benchmark results show that the RTX 4070's performance is more than enough for the frame rates achieved; the GPU does not become a limiting factor until the resolution rises, and even then the FPS remains high.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data is consistent across all three resolutions, with the Low preset always producing the highest average FPS. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 616 FPS, Medium averages 526 FPS, High averages 517 FPS, and Ultra averages 509 FPS. The Medium preset at 1080p has a min FPS of 447 and a max of 604, giving a range of 157 FPS. The High and Ultra presets at 1080p do not have a reported min or max.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 585 FPS, Medium averages 498 FPS, High averages 490 FPS, and Ultra averages 482 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p has a min FPS of 424 and a max of 573, a range of 149 FPS. The other presets at 1440p have no min/max data. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 103 FPS, which is slightly less than the 107 FPS at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 542 FPS, Medium averages 437 FPS, High averages 417 FPS, and Ultra averages 397 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K has a min of 372 and a max of 503, a range of 131 FPS. The High and Ultra presets report no min/max. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 145 FPS.

Across all settings, the average FPS at 1080p is higher than at 1440p, and 1440p is higher than 4K. The Low preset at 4K averages 542 FPS, which is still higher than the Ultra preset at 1080p (509 FPS), showing that the resolution has a more significant impact on FPS than the preset. The data shows a consistent pattern: as resolution increases, the average FPS decreases, and the difference between Low and Ultra settings grows. The performance is more constrained by resolution than by settings, indicating a CPU/GPU balanced workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 7 7700 + RTX 4070 combination is ranked 545 out of 3,708 tested combos in this game. This places it in the top 14.7% of all combinations. The ranking of 545 is a high rank, indicating that this hardware pairing performs well in Valorant. The data does not provide the other combos' ranks, but the high percentile suggests that the combination is near the top tier for this game. The Ryzen 7 7700's percentile of 87 against all CPUs and the RTX 4070's percentile of 81 against all GPUs both contribute to this result. The combination's rank is a result of the game's engine, which is more CPU-dependent, and the CPU's high single-thread performance. The GPU is not a bottleneck, as shown by the high FPS at all resolutions. The combination's performance is a good match for the game's engine, which relies on the CPU's ability to feed the GPU with frames.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. It has a 32 MB L3 cache. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score is 1049, and Cinebench R23 single core score is 1930, both of which are high. The CPU's performance in single-threaded tasks is critical for Valorant's frame rate. The game's engine is not heavily multi-threaded, so the 8 cores are not fully utilized. The 3DMark 2-thread score is 2043, and the 4-thread score is 3931, indicating that the CPU's performance scales well with the number of threads, but the single-thread performance is the key factor in this game.

The CPU's benchmark scores, including a Geekbench multi-core of 15371 and a single-core of 2525, show a strong balance. The CPU's TDP is 65W, which is efficient, but the performance is high. The CPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, which has an average score of 40048 and a deltaPct of 0.1, and the Intel Core 5 221E, which has an average score of 40144 and a deltaPct of -0.2. These rivals are close in performance, indicating the Ryzen 7 7700 is a strong performer in its class. The CPU's scores are within 0.6% of the Intel Core i9-13905H, which has a deltaPct of -0.6, showing that the Ryzen 7 7700 is in the same performance range.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data shows a clear trend of decreasing performance as resolution increases. When comparing the High preset across resolutions, the average FPS goes from 517 at 1080p to 490 at 1440p to 417 at 4K. This is a 27 FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a 73 FPS drop from 1440p to 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 5.2%, and from 1440p to 4K is 14.9%. This indicates that the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as resolution rises, but the CPU is still able to maintain high FPS.

At Low settings, the FPS also drop: 616 at 1080p, 585 at 1440p, to 542 at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 31 FPS (5.0%), and from 1440p to 4K is 43 FPS (7.4%). This shows that at lower settings, the resolution scaling is more efficient, suggesting that the CPU is the primary bottleneck at lower resolutions. The GPU becomes more of a factor at higher resolutions, but the overall FPS remains high.

The data indicates that the CPU is the primary limiting factor at 1080p and 1440p, as the FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 107 FPS, which is a 17.4% drop. At 4K, the difference between Low and Ultra is 145 FPS, a 26.8% drop. This suggests that as the GPU workload increases, the GPU becomes more of a limiting factor, but the CPU's high single-thread performance allows it to maintain high FPS even at 4K. The resolution scaling shows that the combination is well-balanced, with the CPU handling the game's logic and the GPU handling the rendering, and the performance decreases as the GPU load increases. The FPS at 4K Low is above the refresh rate of most monitors, indicating that the combination is capable of high refresh rate gaming at 4K, which is unusual for many systems.