Intel Core i7-12700K + Radeon RX 7900 XT
Intel Core i7-12700K
Radeon RX 7900 XT
The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the Radeon RX 7900 XT produces a 10.18% bottleneck. The GPU is the limit, so it finishes its share of each frame last and the other component waits. A gap this size is usually recoverable through resolution and settings rather than new hardware.
Estimated FPS at 1080p, high preset
Ranges, not exact figures: identical builds vary by roughly a quarter in real use depending on drivers, thermals and background load. Bars are scaled against the fastest title here, and each row states which component sets its ceiling.
Every title here is CPU-limited on this pairing.
Method: estimated from measured GPU baseline framerates and PassMark CPU scores, capped by whichever component limits first. Workload factors derived from the OpenML "fps-in-video-games" dataset (CC-BY, Sven Peeters).
Intel Core i7-12700K and Radeon RX 7900 XT: FPS by game and resolution
High preset. Each cell is a range; the label marks which component sets the ceiling. Blank cells mean this pairing has no measured data for that combination, and nothing is estimated in.
| Game | 720p | 1080p | 1440p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 199-331 CPU | 278-464 CPU | 201-335 CPU |
| CS:GO | 296-493 CPU | 356-593 CPU | 309-514 CPU |
| PUBG | 110-183 CPU | 142-237 CPU | 127-212 CPU |
| GTA V | 99-165 CPU | 121-202 CPU | 108-180 CPU |
| Apex Legends | - | 131-218 CPU | - |
| Overwatch | - | 246-410 CPU | 187-312 CPU |
| League of Legends | - | 266-443 CPU | - |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | - | 149-249 CPU | - |
| Battlefield 1 | - | 159-264 CPU | - |
| Battlefield 4 | - | 352-587 GPU | - |
| Rust | - | 77-128 CPU | - |
| Minecraft | - | 499-832 CPU | - |
| World of Tanks | - | 108-180 CPU | - |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | - | 121-201 CPU | - |
How quality settings affect this build: Fortnite at 1080p
Dropping settings only helps while the GPU is the limit. Once the label reads CPU, lowering quality stops buying frames on this pairing.
Every preset here is CPU-limited, which is exactly why the bars barely move.
Bottleneck by resolution
Raising resolution shifts load from the CPU to the GPU, so the balance of this pairing changes with the display it drives. Note this measures imbalance, not speed: the lowest figure is usually the lowest resolution, which is not the one to play at. Read it alongside the limiting part.
On this chart a longer bar is worse: it measures imbalance, not speed.
How these parts rank
Position within the 1,255 processors and 268 graphics cards in our database, by the same benchmark scores this calculator runs on.
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