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Rate My PC: Intel Core i7-13700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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Intel Core i7-13700F

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The Intel Core i7-13700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is a desktop combination that positions the CPU in the 86th percentile of all tracked processors and the GPU in the 68th percentile of all tracked graphics cards, for a combined percentile of 77. That combined figure places this pairing firmly in the upper tier of desktop builds: not flagship territory, but comfortably ahead of the median system in both compute and graphics throughput. The data set contains no measured FPS rows for this exact combination (`dataIsMeasured` is false and `measuredFpsUltraByGame` is empty), so all frame-rate discussion below is framed as estimation derived from the benchmark scores rather than direct game measurement. The analysis walks through the CPU and GPU data in turn, then examines balance, platform, and intended use.

CPU Analysis

The Core i7-13700F is a 16-core, 24-thread Raptor Lake-S processor built on Intel's 10 nm process, with a 257 mm² die. Its hybrid layout feeds a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz. Cache is generous: 80 KB of L1 and 2 MB of L2 per core, plus a 30 MB shared L3. The chip sits in the 86th percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 39009, and its nearest rivals cluster remarkably tightly around it — the AMD EPYC 4245P sits 0.5 percent ahead, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS 0.8 percent ahead, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 1.2 percent ahead, and the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T 1.2 percent behind. In other words, within roughly a percent and a half of this chip's aggregate performance sit parts spanning a workstation EPYC, a mobile PRO APU, an AI-branded mobile part, and a desktop Core Ultra — evidence that the 13700F's multi-threaded throughput holds its own against a very diverse field.

The per-test picture clarifies where that performance lives. The single-thread score of 1092 in 3DMark, 456 in Cinebench R15 single-core, 1903 in R20 single-core, and 4532 in R23 single-core describe a CPU with strong per-core responsiveness — the 5.20 GHz boost and 30 MB of L3 do visible work for lightly threaded applications. Geekbench single-core lands at 2225 and PassMark single-thread at 4121. Scaling behavior is the more interesting story: 3DMark thread scaling runs 2178 at 2 threads, 4258 at 4 threads, 7136 at 8 threads, and 10716 at maximum threads. That is nearly linear scaling from two to four threads, solid but tapering gains from four to eight, and a further jump to full-thread load — the hybrid core layout keeps aggregate throughput climbing even past the eight-thread mark.

Multi-core results confirm sustained throughput: Cinebench R15 multi-core at 3235, R20 multi-core at 13482, R23 multi-core at 32101, Geekbench multi-core at 15058, and PassMark multithread at 38369. For real workloads, this translates into capable video encoding, code compilation, and 3D rendering performance — R23 multi-core above 32000 is the territory of a serious content-creation CPU rather than a pure gaming part. The PassMark subtests add texture: 471838 in data compression and 26956 in data encryption describe strong file-archive and cryptographic throughput; 141370 in integer math and 100422 in floating point math indicate healthy general compute; 49974 in string sorting and 156 in prime finding round out the profile. PassMark physics at 2236 gives a direct gaming-relevance signal, since that test approximates game-simulation load.

One notable limitation: the multiplier is locked, so the 13700F is not an overclocking-oriented part. The 65 W TDP rating is the official figure, and performance is delivered within that envelope's platform assumptions.

GPU Analysis

The RTX 3080 is an Ampere-generation card built on the GA102 die — 628 mm² of Samsung 8 nm silicon holding 28,300 million transistors at a density of 45.1M per mm². The raw specification sheet reads as a high-end part: 8704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, 96 render output units, 68 RT cores, and 272 tensor cores. Clocks run from a 1440 MHz base to a 1710 MHz boost, with memory clocked at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective).

The memory subsystem is central to this card's character. It carries 10 GB of GDDR6X on a 320-bit bus, delivering 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth — a figure that keeps the large shader array fed at high resolutions and texture settings. That bandwidth, combined with 96 ROPs and a pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s, is what sustains high-resolution output, while the texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s and 272 TMUs handle heavily textured scenes. Compute throughput is substantial: FP32 performance of 29.77 TFLOPS, with FP16 at the same 29.77 TFLOPS in a 1:1 configuration.

The 68 RT cores and 272 tensor cores matter for two distinct workloads. The RT cores accelerate ray-triangle intersection in real-time ray-traced rendering and path-traced lighting, and the tensor cores drive NVIDIA's AI-based upscaling and frame-generation ecosystem, as well as GPU compute in supported applications. For rendering workloads outside games, the OpenCL score of 152423 and Vulkan score of 33620 in Geekbench indicate genuinely usable GPU-compute throughput — the kind of number that benefits GPU-accelerated renderers, video encoders, and simulation tools. PassMark GPU compute at 14397 reinforces this.

Synthetic graphics scores place the card at the 68th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23172. Its nearest rivals are an eclectic set — the NVIDIA P106-100 at 0.3 percent ahead, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 at 0.3 percent ahead, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 0.4 percent ahead, and the AMD Radeon R9 M290X at 0.4 percent ahead. The spread of under half a percent across those parts indicates the aggregate score sits in a dense performance band. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4407 is the most gaming-relevant modern metric here, describing DirectX 12-heavy workload capability. PassMark G3D comes in at 25086, with older-API sub-scores (258 in DirectX 9, 207 in DirectX 11, 100 in DirectX 12, 170 in DirectX 10) rounding out the profile. The card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so it is fully current on the API side.

The card is end-of-life in production status, succeeded by the GeForce 40 series, with the GeForce 20 series as its predecessor — relevant context for anyone weighing long-term availability.

FAQ

Q: No measured FPS data exists for this pairing — what does that mean for this page?

A: The FACT PACK contains no `measuredFps` entries (`measuredFpsUltraByGame` is empty and `dataIsMeasured` is false). Every frame-rate statement on this page is an estimate extrapolated from the CPU and GPU benchmark scores, not direct game measurement.

Q: How does the Core i7-13700F compare to its nearest rivals?

A: Its average score of 39009 sits within 1.2 percent of all four nearest rivals: 0.5 percent behind the AMD EPYC 4245P, 0.8 percent behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS, 1.2 percent behind the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450, and 1.2 percent ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T.

Q: Is the RTX 3080 still a strong GPU by the numbers here?

A: It sits in the 68th percentile of all tracked GPUs with an average score of 23172, backed by 10 GB of GDDR6X and 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth. That is upper-third territory, with 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput and full DX12 Ultimate support.

Q: Can this CPU be overclocked?

A: No. The `multiplierUnlocked` field is false, so the 13700F is a locked part; its 5.20 GHz boost is the ceiling defined by the chip itself.

Q: What power supply does this build need?

A: The RTX 3080's `suggestedPsu` is 700 W. That figure accounts for the GPU's 320 W TDP and leaves headroom for the rest of the system.

Q: What memory does the platform support?

A: The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 on a dual-channel bus, and the platform offers PCIe Gen 5 with 16 CPU lanes — flexible for both new and carried-over builds.

Q: What was the launch MSRP of each component?

A: The Core i7-13700F launched at a launch MSRP of $359, and the RTX 3080 at a launch MSRP of 699 USD.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The platform story is straightforward. The CPU uses Intel Socket 1700, supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus, and exposes PCIe Gen 5 with 16 CPU lanes. That Gen 5 link is relevant because the RTX 3080 itself connects over PCIe 4.0 x16 — the GPU will run at its own bus speed, but the platform retains faster-lane headroom for future storage or a next-generation GPU. ECC memory is not supported, which rules this out for error-correction-sensitive workstation roles.

Power is the main planning constraint. The RTX 3080 carries a 320 W TDP, a single 12-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 700 W. That 700 W figure already builds in headroom above the GPU's 320 W draw and the CPU's 65 W TDP rating, and a quality unit at that rating leaves margin for drives, cooling, and transient spikes. Physically, the card is a dual-slot design measuring 285 mm long, 112 mm tall, and 40 mm wide — case clearance should be checked against that length. Display connectivity consists of one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs.

A sensible next upgrade follows the percentile data. The CPU at the 86th percentile is the stronger half of the pair, while the GPU at the 68th percentile is the limiting component for graphics workloads — so the graphics card is the logical upgrade target. The RTX 3080 is end-of-life and succeeded by the GeForce 40 series, meaning replacement options exist within NVIDIA's own lineage. Because the CPU side already sits high in the charts and matches or nearly matches parts like the EPYC 4245P, spending the next upgrade budget on the GPU yields the largest shift in the combined 77th-percentile position.

Balance and Bottleneck

The percentiles tell the balance story before any workload analysis does: CPU at the 86th percentile, GPU at the 68th, combined at 77. The CPU is the senior partner by eighteen percentile points.

For gaming, the GPU is the limiter at graphically demanding settings. The RTX 3080's 68th-percentile position means that once resolution and quality presets rise, the graphics subsystem becomes the constraint while the 13700F's strong single-thread numbers (3DMark single-thread 1092, Geekbench single-core 2225) and PassMark physics score of 2236 keep frame delivery well above what the GPU can rasterize. The CPU's thread scaling — 7136 at 8 threads, 10716 at max threads — means background tasks such as streaming or voice chat barely dent its gaming headroom.

For content creation and compute, the picture inverts in usefulness: the CPU's R23 multi-core of 32101 and PassMark multithread of 38369 can be fully exercised independently of the GPU, while GPU-accelerated work benefits from the 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 and the OpenCL score of 152423. The 10 GB VRAM buffer is the one spec that can become the binding constraint in heavy rendering or high-texture scenarios — it is paired with 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which mitigates but does not eliminate capacity limits when scenes exceed the buffer.

Because no measured FPS rows exist for this pairing, the bottleneck reasoning here rests on percentile divergence and synthetic scores rather than game-level frame data — a caveat worth holding in mind, though the eighteen-point percentile gap is a robust directional signal on its own.

Who Should Build It

High-refresh and high-resolution gamers are the primary audience: the GPU's 96 ROPs, 164.2 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth suit 1440p-and-above play, while the 68th-percentile position sets honest expectations at 4K ultra. Content creators benefit most from the pairing's dual strength — the CPU's 32101 R23 multi-core score handles timeline scrubbing, encoding, and effects, and the GPU's 68 RT cores, 272 tensor cores, and 152423 OpenCL score accelerate rendering and AI-assisted tools. Software developers get a compilation workhorse: the max-thread 3DMark score of 10716 and PassMark integer math of 141370 describe fast build and test cycles, with cores to spare for containers and VMs. Students and office users are over-served rather than underserved — the 2225 Geekbench single-core score means snappy everyday responsiveness, though this pairing is far more than that audience needs. Small-business workstation builders should note the lack of ECC support, which makes this a general-purpose workstation pairing rather than one for error-correcting-sensitive workloads.

Benchmark Performance

The exact numbers, by component. CPU: 3DMark single-thread 1092, 2 threads 2178, 4 threads 4258, 8 threads 7136, 16 threads 8994, max threads 10716; Cinebench R15 3235 multi / 456 single; R20 13482 multi / 1903 single; R23 32101 multi / 4532 single; Geekbench 15058 multi / 2225 single; PassMark multithread 38369, single-thread 4121, physics 2236, plus sub-scores of 471838 (compression), 26956 (encryption), 141370 (integer math), 100422 (floating point), 28295 (extended instructions), 49974 (string sorting), and 156 (prime numbers). Average benchmark score: 39009, at the 86th percentile.

GPU: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 4407; Geekbench OpenCL 152423 and Vulkan 33620; PassMark G3D 25086, GPU compute 14397, G2D 1054, DirectX 9 258, DirectX 11 207, DirectX 12 100, DirectX 10 170. Average benchmark score: 23172, at the 68th percentile.

The combined picture is a 77th-percentile desktop. Read together, the data describes a system where multi-threaded CPU work is near the top of the chart, GPU rasterization is solidly upper-third, and the pairing as a whole lands in the upper quartile of tracked systems. The rivals data adds nuance: the CPU trades blows within about a percent of the EPYC 4245P, Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS, Ryzen AI 7 450, and Core Ultra 5 235T, while the GPU's nearest neighbors — P106-100, Radeon Pro Vega 16, RX 6600M, and R9 M290X — all sit within 0.4 percent of its aggregate.

Gaming Performance

To be clear once: there are no measured FPS rows for this exact CPU+GPU combination in the data set, so the following is estimated from benchmark scores rather than recorded game performance.

The estimation logic runs as follows. The PassMark G3D score of 25086 and Steel Nomad score of 4407 place the GPU in the 68th percentile — the band associated with high-setting 1440p gaming and generally playable 4K in most titles, with ray-traced effects usable thanks to the 68 RT cores and tensor-core-driven upscaling support. The CPU side is not the constraint: a PassMark physics score of 2236, single-thread figures of 4121 (PassMark) and 2225 (Geekbench), and the 5.20 GHz boost indicate frame delivery comfortably above what the GPU can render at demanding settings. At lower resolutions where the GPU load lightens, the CPU's scaling profile — 10716 at max threads, 8994 at 16 threads — suggests it can sustain high frame rates without falling over. The 10 GB of GDDR6X and 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth support high texture settings, though the buffer size is the spec most likely to pinch in the heaviest modern titles at maximum settings. Treat per-game frame expectations accordingly: strong at 1440p ultra, workable at 4K ultra with adjustments, and estimates throughout.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: The GPU's 465.1 GTexel/s texture rate and 25086 G3D score support high frame rates at 1440p, while the CPU's 2236 physics score and 1092 3DMark single-thread result keep the processor side from throttling frame delivery. At 1080p, the CPU's thread headroom (8994 at 16 threads) matters more, and it holds up.

Streaming: Simultaneous gaming and encoding is a multi-thread story, and the 13700F's 32101 R23 multi-core and 38369 PassMark multithread scores, plus 471838 in data compression, describe a CPU that can carry encode load alongside game load without starving either.

Video editing: Timeline work leans on single-core snappiness (Geekbench 2225) while exports lean on the 32101 R23 multi-core result; GPU-accelerated effects benefit from the 152423 OpenCL score and 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32. The 10 GB VRAM buffer handles most timelines comfortably at this tier.

3D rendering: The 68 RT cores accelerate ray-traced viewport work and the 272 tensor cores serve AI-denoising and upscaling paths in supported renderers; sustained multi-thread CPU rendering is covered by the 13482 R20 and 32101 R23 multi-core scores. Very large scenes may press against the 10 GB buffer.

Software development: Compilation scales with threads — the max-thread 3DMark score of 10716 and PassMark integer math of 141370 indicate fast builds; 26956 in encryption supports secure tooling and repository operations without friction.

Student and office work: Everyday responsiveness is governed by single-thread performance, and 2225 Geekbench single-core with a 4532 R23 single-core score makes for an effortlessly quick general-use machine — though this pairing substantially exceeds what document and browser workloads demand, making it an enthusiast-grade choice for that audience.

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