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Rate My PC: Intel Core i9-13900KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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System Balance Analysis

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96%

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96%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core i9-13900KF

61,841 Benchmark Score

Top 4% Market Ranking

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

43,223 Benchmark Score

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0-30

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30-60

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60-85

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85-100

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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready

70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High

50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

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30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports

0-29

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Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The Intel Core i9-13900KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER form a desktop pairing that ranks at the 88th combined percentile. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 61841, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU’s average benchmark score is 43223, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. Those two numbers establish the central finding: the CPU is the stronger component, and every performance estimate for this build must start from that imbalance.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The Intel Core i9-13900KF is built on Raptor Lake architecture and uses Intel Socket 1700. The CPU is a Raptor Lake-S part manufactured on Intel’s 10 nm process, with a die size of 257 mm². It is listed as Active production status, which means the processor is not a dead-end platform component. The platform supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, and ECC memory support is listed as available. That combination gives the build flexibility for consumer memory or more workstation-oriented memory with error checking.

The CPU’s PCIe implementation is Gen 5 with 20 lanes (CPU only), while the GPU uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface. The CPU therefore provides a newer PCIe generation than the GPU actually consumes, leaving interface headroom for future components. The GPU is a dual-slot card with a 16-pin power connector. The suggested PSU for the GPU is 550 W, with a GPU TDP of 220 W and a CPU TDP of 125 W. These numbers are the relevant power reference points for any platform upgrade.

The most sensible next upgrade in this pairing is the graphics card. The RTX 4070 SUPER is listed as End-of-life, with a successor in the GeForce 50 series, while the i9-13900KF remains an Active product. Replacing the GPU would raise the component with the lower percentile standing; keeping the CPU makes sense because it already sits in the 93rd percentile. A future GPU upgrade would still need to work with the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface and stay within the 550 W suggested PSU classification, or the power supply would become part of the upgrade consideration.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 61841, and the GPU’s average benchmark score is 43223. The combined percentile for the pairing is 88, meaning it sits above the large majority of recorded builds. The CPU’s 93rd percentile is higher than the GPU’s 83rd percentile, so the benchmark profile is CPU-heavy.

Representative CPU benchmark scores include:

| Test | Score |

|---|---|

| 3DMark 16 threads | 11177 |

| 3DMark 2 threads | 2353 |

| 3DMark 4 threads | 4643 |

| 3DMark 8 threads | 8510 |

| 3DMark max threads | 15405 |

| 3DMark single thread | 1188 |

| Cinebench R23 multicore | 48855 |

| Cinebench R23 singlecore | 6897 |

| Geekbench multicore | 22486 |

| Geekbench singlecore | 2668 |

| PassMark multithread | 57729 |

| PassMark single thread | 4584 |

Representative GPU benchmark scores include:

| Test | Score |

|---|---|

| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 | 4627 |

| Geekbench OpenCL | 172795 |

| Geekbench Vulkan | 205624 |

| PassMark G3D | 29995 |

| PassMark GPU compute | 17108 |

| PassMark DirectX 12 | 110 |

| PassMark DirectX 11 | 273 |

| PassMark DirectX 10 | 167 |

| PassMark DirectX 9 | 344 |

The CPU’s nearest rivals are extremely close. The Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus has an average score of 61834 with a deltaPct of 0. The Intel Core i9-13900K scores 61766 with a deltaPct of 0.1, the Intel Core i9-13900T scores 61723 with a deltaPct of 0.2, and the Intel Xeon 636 scores 61360 with a deltaPct of 0.8. The GPU’s nearest rivals also sit close: the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB scores 43262 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile scores 43268 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 scores 43301 with a deltaPct of -0.2, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile scores 43667 with a deltaPct of -1.

Taken together, the benchmark data places the CPU at a near-top tier while the GPU sits above average but not at the highest level. That is the defining performance relationship of this build.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core i9-13900KF is a 24-core, 32-thread processor with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 5.80 GHz. It uses the Raptor Lake-S architecture, is built on Intel’s 10 nm process, and has a die size of 257 mm². The cache layout is 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 36 MB of shared L3. The processor has an unlocked multiplier, making it a part designed for overclocking in the right platform conditions.

The CPU’s thread-scaling results are clear in the 3DMark suite. The 2-thread score is 2353, the 4-thread score is 4643, the 8-thread score is 8510, the 16-thread score is 11177, and the max-thread score is 15405. These scores show a processor that continues to gain performance as more threads are used, with the max-thread result substantially above the 16-thread result. The single-thread 3DMark score is 1188.

The Cinebench results reinforce the same pattern. Cinebench R23 multicore scores 48855, while Cinebench R23 singlecore scores 6897. Geekbench multicore reaches 22486, and Geekbench singlecore reaches 2668. PassMark multithread scores 57729, PassMark single thread scores 4584, PassMark integer math scores 206859, and PassMark floating point math scores 150869. Additional PassMark results show data compression at 786218, data encryption at 46186, extended instructions at 46084, random string sorting at 86510, physics at 2956, and find prime numbers at 225.

In real workloads, this CPU is built for heavily multithreaded tasks. Rendering, code compilation, data compression, encryption, and scientific computing all benefit from the 32-thread capacity. The single-thread scores are also strong enough for responsive everyday use and lightly threaded applications. The 93rd percentile placement confirms that the CPU is one of the strongest components in the database, and its nearest CPU rivals are separated by deltaPct values of 0.8 or less.

Gaming Performance

The FACT PACK includes no measured FPS rows for this exact CPU+GPU combination. The measuredFpsUltraByGame field is empty, dataIsMeasured is false, and pairRankByFps is null. All frame-rate discussion in this section is therefore estimated from benchmark scores, not from observed gaming data.

The relevant gaming-oriented scores are the CPU single-thread results and the GPU 3D results. The 3DMark single-thread score is 1188, Cinebench R23 singlecore is 6897, and PassMark single thread is 4584. On the GPU side, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 scores 4627, and PassMark G3D scores 29995. The CPU’s 93rd percentile against the GPU’s 83rd percentile suggests that this system should have strong CPU headroom for frame generation, while the GPU sets the ceiling for graphics-heavy scenes.

At lower display resolutions, where the CPU does more of the frame-pacing work, the i9-13900KF’s high single-thread and multi-thread scores should allow the system to push toward the limit of the GPU. At higher display resolutions, the RTX 4070 SUPER becomes the more relevant component, and the GPU’s 83rd percentile standing would define the frame-rate boundary. Since no measured Ultra-quality FPS values exist, these expectations are estimates rather than tested results.

Balance and Bottleneck

The CPU is the stronger half of this pairing. The CPU sits in the 93rd percentile, the GPU sits in the 83rd percentile, and the combined build sits at the 88th percentile. In workloads that depend primarily on the processor, the system should be limited more by software scaling or memory configuration than by raw CPU throughput. In workloads that depend primarily on the graphics card, the GPU is the lower-ranked component and therefore the likely bottleneck.

The absence of measured FPS scaling means there is no direct frame-rate evidence for bottleneck behavior. The benchmark score distribution provides a proxy: the GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 4627, and the CPU’s max-thread 3DMark score is 15405. In CPU-bound tasks, the processor has more relative headroom. In GPU-bound tasks, the graphics card’s lower percentile makes it the limiting half.

Power data also informs the balance. The CPU TDP is 125 W, the GPU TDP is 220 W, and the suggested PSU is 550 W. That power relationship is normal for a high-end CPU plus strong mid-to-high-end GPU pairing; the CPU is not an unusually heavy power component relative to the GPU. The benchmark profile, however, clearly points to the CPU as the component with higher relative performance.

Who Should Build It

This desktop build suits users who need high multithreaded CPU performance and a strong GPU in the same machine. The 24-core, 32-thread CPU, with Cinebench R23 multicore of 48855 and PassMark multithread of 57729, is well matched to content creation, 3D rendering, data processing, and software build workloads. The PassMark data compression score of 786218 and data encryption score of 46186 also point toward database, file-service, and security-related tasks.

Developers and students working with compilation, simulation, or data-intensive workloads can use the CPU’s 32 threads, and the GPU’s 56 RT cores, 224 tensor cores, and 12 GB GDDR6X memory provide additional compute capabilities. The GPU’s OpenCL score of 172795 and Vulkan score of 205624 indicate viable GPU-accelerated rendering and compute. Small business workstations could benefit from the CPU’s ECC memory support and the overall desktop class package.

Gamers should consider this build when they want a system where the CPU will not be the limiting factor. The CPU’s 93rd percentile is high enough that most gaming bottlenecks would shift to the GPU, whose 83rd percentile is still above the majority of recorded GPUs. The target user is therefore someone running mixed productivity and gaming workloads, with heavier CPU demands than a pure gaming build would require.

FAQ

Q: What socket and platform does the Intel Core i9-13900KF use?

A: It uses Intel Socket 1700 and is based on the Raptor Lake architecture.

Q: Does the CPU include integrated graphics?

A: No, the integratedGraphics field is null.

Q: What memory types does the CPU support?

A: It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with ECC memory support.

Q: What are the GPU memory specifications?

A: The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

Q: Is there measured gaming FPS data for this exact pairing?

A: No, measuredFpsUltraByGame is empty, dataIsMeasured is false, and pairRankByFps is null.

Q: What is the combined performance percentile of this build?

A: The combined percentile is 88, with the CPU at the 93rd percentile and the GPU at the 83rd percentile.

Q: What power supply is suggested for the GPU?

A: The suggested PSU is 550 W, with a GPU TDP of 220 W and a CPU TDP of 125 W.

Build Overview

This is a desktop-class build pairing the Intel Core i9-13900KF with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. The buildClass is desktop, and the combined percentile is 88, placing it in the upper tier of the benchmark database. The CPU is in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU is in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. The CPU is listed as Active production, while the GPU is listed as End-of-life with a successor in the GeForce 50 series.

The pairing is best described as a high-performance productivity desktop with a strong but not flagship GPU. The CPU carries the system’s highest relative ranking, and the GPU follows at a lower tier. For users comparing this to other builds, the key distinction is that the processor is the standout component, and the graphics card is solid but not the most elite part in the database.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is based on the AD104 chip and uses the Ada Lovelace architecture. It is manufactured by TSMC on a 5 nm process with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1980 MHz, boost clock is 2475 MHz, and memory clock is 1313 MHz, listed as 21 Gbps effective.

The GPU contains 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, 80 ROPs, 56 RT cores, and 224 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 198.0 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 554.4 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 35.48 TFLOPS, and FP16 performance is also 35.48 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio. The supported APIs are DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

The benchmark results show a GPU with strong 3D and compute performance. 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 scores 4627, Geekbench OpenCL scores 172795, and Geekbench Vulkan scores 205624. PassMark G3D scores 29995, PassMark GPU compute scores 17108, and PassMark DirectX results are 344 for DirectX 9, 167 for DirectX 10, 273 for DirectX 11, and 110 for DirectX 12.

For rendering and compute workloads, the 12 GB VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth provide room for large textures and data sets. The 56 RT cores support ray-traced rendering workloads, and the 224 tensor cores provide tensor-based compute capability. The 83rd percentile standing indicates that the GPU performs above the majority of the database while remaining below the highest-tier graphics cards.

Rate My PC: Intel Core i9-13900KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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