Valorant

The data logged for Valorant with an Intel Core i7-13700K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 reveals an unusual combination of extreme single-frame throughput across nearly every preset and resolution. The measured FPS reaches 543 average at 1080p Ultra, and even the most demanding row in the dataset — 3840×2160 Ultra — maintains 478 FPS. Such sustained output places this duo among the top tiers of the database, ranking at position 275 out of 2,170 combos tested in the game. With numbers like these, the question is not whether the system is fast, but how it interprets the workload of a lightweight FPS title.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combination in Valorant?

A: The top figure is 658 FPS at 1920×1080 with the Low preset. In the same resolution, Medium reports 561 FPS, High 552, and Ultra 543.

Q: Does dropping the resolution from 1080p to 4K cost a large percentage of performance?

A: The average at Low goes from 658 FPS (1080p) to 624 FPS (1440p) and then to 579 FPS (4K). That 79-FPS total decline across two steps of resolution indicates a relatively low sensitivity; the CPU seems to be the primary driver, not the GPU.

Q: What specific hardware figures stand out on the CPU side?

A: The i7-13700K carries 16 cores and 24 threads, with a boost clock of 5.4 GHz. Also notable are the 3DMark single-thread score (1,136) and a Cinebench R23 single-core result of 2,116, which help explain the high per-thread performance Valorant values.

Q: How does the RTX 4090's memory configuration influence these results?

A: The GPU brings 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus with 1.01 TB/s bandwidth, plus base/boost clocks of 2235 / 2520 MHz. Those numbers far exceed what the engine calls for at the tested framerates, hinting that the GPU is underutilized here.

Q: How does this combination rank against others in the dataset for Valorant?

A: The comboRankInGame field places a rank of 275 out of 3,708 tested combinations. That puts it in the front 275 – approximately the top 7.4% of all systems measured, an inference from the raw ranks.

Q: Is there any chance of a major frame drop below 400 FPS with certain settings?

A: None of the measured rows falls under an average of 400 FPS. The lowest average is 478 FPS (4K Ultra); the few rows that report a minimum show no value lower than 452 FPS, at 1440p Medium.

Settings Recommendations

Given the unusually dense performance, the “choice” of preset in Valorant is more about tuning for a specific frame-rate target or visual preference than about avoiding a miss. The data shows that on all three resolutions, all four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) deliver an average above 470 FPS. For the pure maximum, Low at every resolution produces the highest measured counts: 658 FPS at 1080p, 624 at 1440p, and 579 at 4K. Those margins can support a 600 Hz display at 1080p, or a 500 Hz at 1440p/4K if it existed.

Switching to Ultra reduces the average a bit – 543 FPS at 1080p, 515 at 1440p, and 471 at 4K – but still comfortably surpasses any typical high-refresh monitor on the market. Among the preset names, the "highest experience" in raw framerate and smoothness is certainly Low, but for most players the extra realism of Ultra will cost only 20–30% of the framerate buffer, while everything is in the hundred- h z range. Because the min-FPS in the dataset for Medium at 1440p (452) is so much lower than the rest, Ultra is a safer choice if locked frame pacing matters, although all of them will exceed 400 FPS.

GPU Role

The RTX 4090, with its Ada Lovelace AD102 chip, is clearly over-provisioned for Valorant. The card's compute wings are barely stretched: 16,384 shading units, 128 RT cores, 82.58 TFLOPS FP32, and a pixel fill rate of 443.5 GPixel/s. Its memory pipeline runs at a bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s, far above what this game needs at currently delivered FPS. During the benchmark the GPU is not the wall; the difference between 1080p Low and 4K Low is only a 79 FPS decline (658 vs. 579), a dimger that suggests the CPU-side story remains dominant.

The 24 GB VRAM would be wasted in most scenarios; Valorant rarely demands large pools, and the texture setload at these settings is almost negligible. Yet the datasheet shows the card's boost clock (2520 MHz) and base clock (2235 MHz) are running high, but these numbers only appear in the list of hardware specs, not in the performance metrics. In practice the RTX 4090 on this combo runs far from its limits, as evidenced by the tiny resolution impact.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global list of CPU-GPU pairs measured for Valorant, this combination occupies the exact rank 275 out of 3,708. That equates to the top 7% of all tested configurations. Considering the mix of older and newer GPUs in the database, a ranking in the 200s leaves ample headroom above most systems. The pair performs nearly on par with other top-tier CPUs: the i7-13700K's average CPU benchmark score (46,881) sits 0.2% below the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (46,971) and 0.3% below the Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (47,022), while the neighboring AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (46,654) is only 0.5% behind. These visceral differences imply the CPU is in the same broad tier as high-end desktop parts, not a different class.

The GPU’s average score – 60,371 – is 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48, and 0% off the Intel Arc Pro A60, confirming that the 4090’s place in benchmark rankings is more about specialized compute than raw raster speed. Still, that benchmark position at 88 percentile for all GPUs and the CPU at 89 percentile reinforce the pair as a high-performing combination for this shooter.

CPU Role

Valorant's low thread count makes single-core throughput essential, and the i7-13700K’s architecture (Raptor Look, 10 nm process) shines. The chip lists 16 cores and 24 threads, base 3.4 / boost 5.4 GHz, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache. Single-thread results in the benchmark include a 3DMark single-thread of 1,136 (out of a max amount) and Passmark single-thread of 4,333. These whole values jump into the context of the FPS numbers: at 1080p Low, the average 658 FPS likely leaves the CPU near its core-light ceiling.

The depth of multi-core, while present, adds little for the title, but the 3Dmark 16-thread score (10,717) shows the raw capacity for other tasks. Still, in the gameplay measured, the FPS differences between 1080p and 1440p are small, which is exactly what a CPU-bound scenario would look like. The delta between the i7-13700K and its nearest rival (0.2% from Ryzen 9 5900) is almost zero, so while the CPU is competitively strong, it isn’t out-classing the pack – the 4090 still remains the star of that combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The dataset contains 12 separate measurements; the table below summarizes the average (and minimum/maximum when provided) for all according to resolutions:

| Resolution | Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 3840×2160 | High | 486 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 579 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 494 | 420 | 568 |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 478 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | High | 523 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 624 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 532 | 452 | 612 |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 515 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | High | 552 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Low | 658 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 561 | 477 | 645 |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 543 | – | – |

Across the matrix, the scores are remarkably stable—it smells like the real legal “Ultra” to your monitor. For the entire recorded set, the range from the weakest (4K Ultra, 478 FPS) to the strongest (1080p Low, 658 FPS) is only 46% of the peak number. Even the minimum frame in any tested row—452 FPS at 1440p Medium—remains 100 FPS above a typical 144 Hz display’s target. So whether you choose both Ultra and 4K or push Low at 1080p, the machine stays far from the threshold of visible motion stutter.

Resolution Scaling

Beyond the numbers themselves, the shape of the scaling deserves attention. Looking at the Low preset, the average FPS goes 658 (1080p) → 624 (1440p) → 579 (4K). From 1080 to 1440 you lose 34 FPS; from 1440 to 4K you lose 45 more. That's a comparatively shallow curve, suggesting the render workload is not the deciding factor. In typical GPU-bound scenarios, dropping from 1080p to 4K often halves the framerate. Here the 1080→4K drop is only ~80 FPS out of 658, a mild 12% reduction. This is characteristic of a bottleneck that is CPU-heavy—the frames are largely produced before the pixel filling begins.

For the High preset, the same journey goes 552 → 523 → 486 FPS, a total drop of 66 FPS. At Ultra, it’s 543 → 515 → 477 FPS. All of those are sub-15% differences in relative terms. If the GPU were in charge, moving from 2.1M pixels to 8.3M pixels (a 4x increase) would cause a much sharper fall. The measured results therefore point directly to a CPU-constrained title, one which Max frames from a fast, single-threaded core. The RTX 4090 has capacity to spare, and the i7-13700K is the true threshold in this part, but both far exceed what most players require.