Control

Measured FPS Breakdown

Control is a demanding action-adventure title, and the recorded data for the Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 shows a system that is extremely sensitive to both resolution and quality preset. The measurements cover three resolutions and four settings tiers, with the full range of average, minimum, and maximum frame rates captured only for the Medium preset at each resolution.

At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The Low preset delivers an average of 32 FPS, which is the best result at this resolution. Medium drops to 23 FPS average, with a minimum of 19 FPS and a maximum of 26 FPS. High falls further to 20 FPS average, and Ultra bottoms out at 18 FPS average. No 4K configuration comes close to smooth gameplay.

At 2560x1440, the situation improves but remains firmly in unplayable territory for most settings. Low settings produce an average of 48 FPS. Medium averages 34 FPS, with a minimum of 29 FPS and a maximum of 39 FPS. High averages 30 FPS, and Ultra averages 26 FPS. The 1440p data shows that even the least demanding preset falls 12 FPS short of the 60 FPS target.

At 1920x1080, the system finally finds a playable configuration. Low settings achieve 63 FPS average, clearing the 60 FPS threshold by a narrow margin. Medium averages 45 FPS, with a minimum of 38 FPS and a maximum of 51 FPS. High averages 40 FPS, and Ultra averages 35 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium at 1080p is substantial: 18 FPS, indicating that the quality preset has a massive impact on this hardware combination.

The Medium preset data provides the only complete min/max frame time information across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the minimum of 38 FPS suggests noticeable dips during intense combat or particle-heavy scenes. At 1440p Medium, the minimum drops to 29 FPS, and at 4K Medium, the minimum falls to 19 FPS. These low points reinforce that the RX 580 is struggling to maintain consistent frame pacing as resolution scales upward.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario for this pairing. The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz and an L3 cache of 20 MB. Its synthetic benchmarks are strong: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 22604, single-core scores 3191, and it sits at the 77th percentile among all CPUs. The AMD Radeon RX 580, by contrast, is an older Polaris 20 part with a 53rd percentile ranking among all GPUs. The disparity in percentile placement, 77 for CPU versus 53 for GPU, points directly at the graphics card as the limiting factor.

The resolution scaling in the measured FPS data confirms this. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings drops the average from 63 FPS to 48 FPS, a 24% reduction. Moving from 1440p to 4K at Low settings drops the average from 48 FPS to 32 FPS, another 33% reduction. These are steep declines that track closely with pixel count increases, which is the signature of a GPU-limited workload. The CPU has ample headroom; it is not the bottleneck.

The preset scaling reinforces the GPU-bound analysis. At 1080p, Low to Medium costs 18 FPS, Medium to High costs 5 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 5 FPS. The largest single step is the first one, which is typical of a GPU that is already near its limits. At 1440p, the same pattern holds: Low to Medium costs 14 FPS, Medium to High costs 4 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 4 FPS. At 4K, the differences compress to single digits across all settings, with Low to Medium costing 9 FPS, Medium to High costing 3 FPS, and High to Ultra costing 2 FPS. When a GPU is severely overloaded, raising settings produces diminishing returns because the renderer is already maxed out.

The CPU's role becomes more relevant at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 63 FPS, and the i5-13400F's strong single-thread performance (3191 in Cinebench R23 single-core) helps ensure that frame times are not CPU-limited. However, even at this favorable configuration, the RX 580's 6.175 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth are the constraining factors. The database shows no configuration where the CPU's workload appears to be the primary limit; every FPS figure scales inversely with resolution in a way that only a GPU bottleneck can explain.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Control at 60 FPS on a 4K monitor?

A: No. The best 4K result is 32 FPS average on Low settings. Medium averages 23 FPS, High averages 20 FPS, and Ultra averages 18 FPS. None of the 3840x2160 configurations reach the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best settings preset at 1080p for this hardware?

A: Low settings is the only playable configuration at 1920x1080, delivering 63 FPS average. Medium drops to 45 FPS, High to 40 FPS, and Ultra to 35 FPS, all below the 60 FPS target.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 1440p?

A: At Low settings, the average drops from 63 FPS at 1080p to 48 FPS at 1440p, a 15 FPS loss. At Medium, it drops from 45 FPS to 34 FPS. At High, from 40 FPS to 30 FPS. At Ultra, from 35 FPS to 26 FPS.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-13400F or the AMD Radeon RX 580 the bottleneck?

A: The GPU is the bottleneck. The i5-13400F ranks at the 77th percentile among CPUs, while the RX 580 ranks at the 53rd percentile among GPUs. The FPS drops steeply as resolution increases, which indicates GPU limitation rather than CPU limitation.

Q: What frame rates does the Medium preset produce at each resolution?

A: At 1080p Medium, the average is 45 FPS with a minimum of 38 FPS and maximum of 51 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average is 34 FPS with a minimum of 29 FPS and maximum of 39 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 23 FPS with a minimum of 19 FPS and maximum of 26 FPS.

Q: Is Ultra settings playable at any resolution?

A: No. Ultra averages 35 FPS at 1080p, 26 FPS at 1440p, and 18 FPS at 4K. None of these reach 60 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-13400F, based on average benchmark scores, offer a useful reference for CPU performance. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS scores 25284, essentially identical to the i5-13400F's 25292 with a delta of 0%. The Intel Core 5 120 scores 25362, which is 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D also scores 25365, 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800H scores 25201, 0.4% lower. Any of these processors would behave nearly identically to the i5-13400F in Control, given that the game is GPU-bound in this configuration. The differences are within a fraction of a percent, so swapping between these CPUs would produce no meaningful change in the measured FPS.

For the GPU side, the AMD Radeon RX 580's nearest rivals are similarly close. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile scores 12940, which is 0.1% lower than the RX 580's 12928. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER scores 12986, 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon 740M scores 12870, 0.5% lower. The AMD FirePro W5100 scores 12847, 0.6% lower. The GTX 1660 SUPER is the strongest alternative among these, but the margin is so small that in-game performance would be nearly indistinguishable. A user with any of these GPUs should expect the same general pattern: playable only at 1080p Low, with 1440p and 4K falling short of 60 FPS.

The combination rank in the database places this pairing at 3399 out of 3720 possible combos for Control, which is in the lower 9% of all tested configurations. That ranking aligns with the measured data: this system can run the game, but only at its most modest settings and lowest resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, there is no preset that reaches 60 FPS. The highest average recorded at 4K is 32 FPS on Low settings, which falls 28 FPS short of the playable threshold. Medium hits 23 FPS, High hits 20 FPS, and Ultra hits 18 FPS. The verdict data confirms that no 4K setting is playable for this hardware.

At 2560x1440, the situation is the same. No preset reaches 60 FPS. Low settings produce 48 FPS, which is the best result but still 12 FPS short. Medium produces 34 FPS, High produces 30 FPS, and Ultra produces 26 FPS. The verdict data lists no playable settings at 1440p.

At 1920x1080, Low settings is the only playable configuration, with an average of 63 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, and it is also the only preset that does so. Medium falls to 45 FPS, High to 40 FPS, and Ultra to 35 FPS. The verdict data identifies Low as the best settings preset at 1080p, with an average FPS of 63.

For players who prioritize visual quality over frame rate, the Medium preset at 1080p offers a compromise with a 45 FPS average and a minimum of 38 FPS. However, this falls below the 60 FPS threshold and will exhibit noticeable stutter during demanding scenes. The data is unambiguous: the only way to achieve smooth gameplay with this CPU and GPU combination is to run Control at 1080p with Low settings.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Control? The answer is conditional. The Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Radeon RX 580 combination can run the game, but only at 1920x1080 with Low settings, where it produces 63 FPS average. This clears the 60 FPS playable threshold, but just barely, and only at the lowest quality preset.

At 1440p, the system cannot reach 60 FPS at any setting. The best result is 48 FPS on Low, and every other preset falls further behind. At 4K, the results are worse still, with even Low settings averaging only 32 FPS. The verdict data is explicit: the playable settings list contains only Low at 1080p, and the best settings field for both 1440p and 4K is null, meaning no configuration is viable.

The bottleneck is clearly the RX 580. The CPU is far more capable, ranking at the 77th percentile among all processors, and its nearest rivals differ by less than a fraction of a percent in average score. The GPU, ranking at the 53rd percentile, is the limiting factor. Its nearest rival, the GTX 1660 SUPER, is only 0.4% faster on average, so swapping in any of the listed alternatives would not unlock higher resolutions or settings.

This is a system for 1080p Low settings gaming in Control. Players who want Medium quality at 45 FPS can tolerate the frame rate, but the strict 60 FPS target is only met at Low. The game is playable, the experience is smooth at the lowest settings, and the hardware combination is consistent with its low position in the database ranking. For anything beyond 1080p Low, a GPU upgrade would be required, and even then the RX 580's nearest rivals would not provide enough headroom to change the verdict.