RTX 4070 SUPER Review: A $599 Powerhouse
Benching Methodology
Test Configuration – Hardware
- 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K (Hyper-Threading/Turbo boost on; stock settings)
- ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4 motherboard (Intel Z690 chipset, v.1008 BIOS)
- CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB DDR4 (2×16GB, dual-channel at 3600 MHz XMP)
- RTX 4070 SUPER FE, Stock Clocks, supplied by Nvidia
- RTX 4070 FE 12GB, stock clocks; supplied by Nvidia
- ASUS TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC Edition 12GB, stock clocks; supplied by Nvidia
- RTX 3080 FE 10GB, stock clocks
- RTX 3070 FE, stock clocks
- 1 x TeamGroup 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD
- 2 x WD Blue 1TB SATA SSD
- Corsair RM850x, 850W 80PLUS Gold power supply unit
- ALIENWARE 34″ CURVED QD-OLED GAMING MONITOR – AW3423DWF
Test Configuration – Software
- NVIDIA GeForce 546.52 game-ready press drivers; ‘Prefer maximum performance’ (on a per-game profile basis); Shader Cache Size ‘Unlimited’ (globally); fixed refresh rate (globally).
- We enable Resizable BAR
- ‘V-Sync application controlled’ in the control panel; V-Sync off in-game.
- We note and specify the main in-game display, graphics, AA, and scaling settings in the performance summary charts.
- Windows 11 64-bit Pro edition, latest updates v22H2, High-performance power plan, HAGS & Game Mode are enabled, Game DVR & Game Bar features off, Control Flow Guard (CFG) off on a per-game basis, Hypervisor and Virtualization-based security are disabled.
- We do not install ASUS tools.
- Latest DirectX
- All games are patched to their latest versions at the time of publication.
- 3DMark suite, the latest version
- RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS), the latest version
- FrameView, the latest version
- Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), the latest version; always uninstall drivers using DDU in safe mode, clean, and restart.
- ISLC (Purge Standby List) before each benchmark.
GeForce Driver Suite-related
- We use DCH Game Ready drivers.
- The display driver is installed.
- We install the latest version of PhysX.
Hybrid & Non-Synthetic Tests-related
- Single run per test.
Game Benchmarks-related
- We use the corresponding built-in or custom benchmark sequence.
Frametimes Capture
- We use FrameView for capturing frame times and analyzing the relevant performance numbers obtained from each recorded built-in or custom benchmark sequence.
Benchmark Suite:
PC Games
DX11 Games
- Total War: Warhammer III (DX11)
DX12 Games
- Chernoblyte (DX12)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (DX12)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
- F1 2022 (DX12)
- Far Cry 6 (DX12)
- Resident Evil 4 (DX12)
- Red Dead Redemption 2(DX12)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12)
- Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition (DX12)
- Dirt 5 (DX 12)
Vulkan Games
- DOOM Eternal (VK)
Hybrid Tests (3DMark)
- DLSS Feature Test
- Fire Strike Extreme
- Fire Strike Ultra
- Time Spy
- Time Spy Extreme
Nvidia Control Panel settings
Here are the global Nvidia Control Panel settings:
