Core i7-12700K + RTX 5070 Ti in Elden Ring

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the frame rate the GPU delivers in this game, combined. The CPU figure is the highest frame rate that CPU sustained in this game with a flagship GPU installed — past that frame rate, the CPU is the limit. Settings: Highest settings (TechPowerUp RTX 5090 review suite), framerate cap removed - the shipped game caps at 60 fps. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, highest settings (TechPowerUp CPU suite), RTX 4090, framerate cap removed.

1080p139–139 fps · Mild CPU limit 1440p139–139 fps · Mild CPU limit 4K108–108 fps · Mild GPU limit

1080p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 139–139 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i7-12700Kceiling ~139 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5070 Tidelivers ~194 fps in this game at 1080p

The CPU side is lower by about 28.5% in this game at 1080p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~139 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (194 − 139) ÷ 194 ≈ 28.5% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

1440p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 139–139 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i7-12700Kceiling ~139 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5070 Tidelivers ~176 fps in this game at 1440p

The CPU side is lower by about 21.3% in this game at 1440p. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~139 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (176 − 139) ÷ 176 ≈ 21.3% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

4K

Mild GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 108–108 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Core i7-12700Kceiling ~139 fps on its own

GPU RTX 5070 Tidelivers ~108 fps in this game at 4K

The GPU side is lower by about 22.2% in this game at 4K. The math, from the two measured figures above: the pair runs at the lower one (~108 fps), and the gap to the faster side is (139 − 108) ÷ 139 ≈ 22.2% of the faster side's output. That percentage belongs to this game, this resolution and these settings only — the same two parts score differently in another game, which is why no universal bottleneck percentage exists for a pair of parts. Upgrading the faster part alone would not raise the frame rate.

That range suits a 60 Hz monitor; a high-refresh panel would be underused in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

CPUs measured in this game that clear this GPU:

Ryzen 7 9800X3D — ceiling ~198 fps (smallest step that removes the limit) · full result

This pair in other games

Alan Wake 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Baldur's Gate 3 — Estimated: Strong CPU limit, ~65–144 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Counter-Strike 2 — Estimated: Mild GPU limit, ~282–360 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Cyberpunk 2077 — Estimated: Mild CPU limit, ~86–109 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Estimated: Strong GPU limit, ~124–124 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Estimated: Mild GPU limit, ~124–131 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — only your GPU has a figure there so far.
Starfield — Estimated: Mild GPU limit, ~88–93 fps at 1440p (labelled estimate)

Sources for Elden Ring

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Full data: Elden Ring benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.