Valorant

The Intel Core i7-14700KF and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 form a lopsided pairing in Valorant: the CPU ranks in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, the GPU in the 51st percentile of all GPUs, and the measured combo lands at a rank of 1354 out of 1,650 tested combos. Despite that low overall field position, the absolute frame rates are consistently high, with the lowest measured average being 197.1 fps at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s ranking of 1354 out of 1,650 tested combos places it well down the table in Valorant. That result looks surprising next to the CPU’s standing, but the rest of the dataset explains why: the i7-14700KF is a 96th-percentile processor, while the GTX 1070 is a 51st-percentile GPU. A pairing of a top-tier CPU with a mid-tier GPU is going to be held back by the component with less headroom, and the measured frame rate scaling confirms that pattern.

Valorant is a game where this mismatch is unusually visible. The measured average FPS never goes below 197.1 at any resolution or preset in the dataset. Even at 4K Ultra, the combo produces 197.1 fps. At 1080p Low, it produces 490.5 fps. These are not marginal results; they are strong absolute numbers for a GPU that sits at only the 51st percentile of all GPUs. But the combo rank stays low because the database is comparing complete systems, and the GTX 1070 caps what the i7-14700KF can fully exploit.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 70104, while the GPU’s average benchmark score is 12331. That large gap between the two components matters more in a game that already runs at very high frame rates. The combo rank reflects the system’s measured in-game behavior, not the CPU’s raw performance potential.

GPU Role

The GTX 1070 is a Pascal-generation GPU with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory clock is 2002 MHz, listed as 8 Gbps effective, and memory bandwidth is 256.3 GB/s. The GPU has a base clock of 1506 MHz and a boost clock of 1683 MHz. It contains 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, and 6.463 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. Those specifications, while far below a modern flagship, are clearly enough to push Valorant to high frame rates.

The GPU’s influence on the measured results is easy to trace. At the Low preset, average FPS moves from 490.5 at 1920x1080 to 418.8 at 2560x1440 to 330.9 at 3840x2160. At the High preset, the same resolution progression yields 308, 258, and 205.7 fps. At Medium and Ultra, the 4K averages are 216.4 and 197.1 fps respectively. The variations across presets and resolutions are the GPU’s workload scaling in action.

The GTX 1070’s average benchmark score of 12331 places it just below or alongside a tight cluster of comparable GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database are the Quadro K4200, GTX 880M, GTX 1650 SUPER, and Tesla K20Xm. The GTX 1070 is 0.7% above the Quadro K4200, and it is 1.3% below the GTX 880M, 1.4% below the GTX 1650 SUPER, and 1.7% below the Tesla K20Xm. This is a mid-pack GPU by aggregate benchmarks, and that standing shows up in the combo’s overall rank.

The 8 GB frame buffer and 256.3 GB/s bandwidth do not appear to be obstacles in the measured data. The GPU’s clocks and memory configuration are sufficient to produce a 330.9 fps average at 4K Low and a 205.7 fps average at 4K High. The limiting behavior in this combo is the GPU’s raw throughput, not the VRAM allocation or memory bus width.

CPU Role

The i7-14700KF is a Raptor Lake-R processor with 20 cores and 28 threads. Its base clock is 3.40 GHz and its boost clock is 5.60 GHz. The CPU has a 125 W TDP, 33 MB of shared L3 cache, and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration. It uses a 10 nm process and connects over Intel Socket 1700 with PCIe Gen 5, 16 lanes from the CPU. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 70104, which puts it in the 96th percentile of all CPUs.

Synthetic benchmarks reinforce that top-tier status. The CPU scores 44557 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 6290 in Cinebench R23 single-core. In Geekbench it scores 19287 multi-core and 2972 single-core. Those single-core numbers are particularly relevant for a competitive FPS like Valorant, where per-thread performance drives large parts of the frame-time budget. The 5.60 GHz boost clock and strong single-core score allow the combo to reach extremely high frame rates when the GPU is lightly loaded.

The CPU’s nearest rivals are all close in aggregate performance. The core i7-14700K has an average score of 70074 with a deltaPct of 0.0, effectively matching the 14700KF. The AMD EPYC 9115 averages 69887, and the 14700KF is 0.3% above it. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X averages 70420, putting the 14700KF 0.4% below it. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 averages 71056, leaving the 14700KF 1.3% below that part. This CPU is not the reason the combo rank is 1354th.

In-game, the CPU’s strength appears at low settings, where the GPU workload is smaller. At 1080p Low, the combo measures 490.5 fps. At 1440p Low, it still measures 418.8 fps, and at 4K Low it measures 330.9 fps. Those results show a processor with enough headroom to feed the GTX 1070 well past typical refresh rates. The CPU’s role in this combo is to provide the high ceiling, while the GPU determines how close the system can get to that ceiling as resolution and settings increase.

FAQ

Q: What is this combo’s rank in Valorant?

A: The combo is ranked 1354 out of 1,650 tested combos. That places it in the lower portion of the tested field, despite the CPU’s 96th-percentile ranking and the GPU’s 51st-percentile ranking.

Q: Which component is more likely the limiting factor?

A: The data points to the GTX 1070. The CPU sits in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 51st percentile. As resolution increases, average FPS drops from 490.5 at 1080p Low to 330.9 at 4K Low, and from 308 at 1080p High to 205.7 at 4K High.

Q: Does the GTX 1070’s memory configuration hold it back?

A: The GTX 1070 has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 256.3 GB/s bandwidth. The measured results show 4K Medium at 216.4 fps and 4K High at 205.7 fps, so the memory configuration is not preventing high frame rates in this dataset.

Q: How does the i7-14700KF compare to its closest CPU rivals?

A: The i7-14700KF has an average benchmark score of 70104. It is effectively tied with the i7-14700K, which scores 70074 with a deltaPct of 0.0. It is 0.3% above the EPYC 9115, 0.4% below the Ryzen 9 9950X, and 1.3% below the Xeon Platinum 8270.

Q: What are the measured frame rates at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the combo averages 490.5 fps on Low, 320.8 fps on Medium, 308 fps on High, and 287.6 fps on Ultra.

Q: How does the GTX 1070 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The GTX 1070 has an average benchmark score of 12331. It is 0.7% above the Quadro K4200, 1.3% below the GTX 880M, 1.4% below the GTX 1650 SUPER, and 1.7% below the Tesla K20Xm.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling in the measured data is consistent and clear. On the Low preset, average FPS goes from 490.5 at 1080p to 418.8 at 1440p to 330.9 at 4K. On the High preset, it goes from 308 at 1080p to 258 at 1440p to 205.7 at 4K. The same directional pattern appears across Medium and Ultra settings, with 4K averages of 216.4 and 197.1 fps respectively.

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is not a crash; the combo remains above 197 fps at every measured 4K setting. But the shape of the drop shows that adding pixels increases the GPU workload. The CPU, with its 96th-percentile standing, is not the component causing the downward slope. If the CPU were the ceiling, the frame rate would not move as much when the GPU load changes.

Instead, the data shows a system where the GTX 1070 is the binding constraint. The CPU can produce 490.5 fps at 1080p Low, but the GPU cannot sustain that throughput when the rendering resolution rises. The 51st-percentile GPU is the reason the combo’s rank sits at 1354 out of 1,650, even though the i7-14700KF is one of the highest-performing CPUs in the database.