Downfall

Downfall is a 2016 horror title, and the pairing of AMD's Ryzen 5 8400F with Intel's Arc B570 raises an immediate question: does a modern mid-range combination extract anything meaningful from an older game, or does the hardware simply idle through it? The measured data suggests something in between — comfortable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but a genuine struggle once 4K is on the table. The combo ranks 2988 out of 3716 tested configurations in this game, which places it in the bottom fifth, an interesting result given how modest the game's demands appear to be. What follows unpacks the numbers resolution by resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows the pairing running away from the game. Low settings average 163 FPS, Medium climbs in at 133 FPS with a minimum of 113 and a maximum of 153, High delivers 109 FPS, and even Ultra holds a 68 FPS average. Every single preset at 1080p sits above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Move to 2560x1440 and the picture compresses in a very regular way. Low averages 116 FPS, Medium averages 95 FPS with a floor of 81 and a ceiling of 110, High lands at 78 FPS, and Ultra drops to 49 FPS — below the threshold. Three of four presets clear the bar here.

At 3840x2160, the ceiling closes. Low manages 72 FPS, Medium averages 59 FPS with a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 68, High falls to 49 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 30 FPS. Only the Low preset is playable at 4K, and even Medium's 59 FPS average misses the cutoff by a single frame — a near miss that makes the minimum of 50 worth pondering, since momentary dips in a horror game are exactly when stutter hurts atmosphere most.

The frame-rate spreads between presets are remarkably consistent: each step from Low to Ultra roughly costs a similar proportion of performance at every resolution, which points to GPU-bound behavior across the board rather than settings that selectively stress the CPU.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 8400F + Arc B570 run Downfall at 60 FPS?

A: Yes at 1080p on every preset including Ultra (68 FPS average), at 1440p on Low, Medium, and High (72–116 FPS range across those presets at this resolution is 78, 95, and 116), and at 4K only on Low (72 FPS average).

Q: What is the highest setting I can use at 1440p and still average 60 FPS?

A: High, at 78 FPS average. Ultra at 1440p averages 49 FPS and fails the threshold.

Q: Is 4K playable at all?

A: Barely. Only the Low preset clears 60 FPS at 4K, averaging 72 FPS. Medium sits at 59 FPS average — just under — with dips to 50.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Downfall?

A: It ranks 2988 out of 3716 tested combos, meaning the large majority of configurations tested in this game outran it.

Q: What framerates were recorded with min/max data?

A: Medium preset is the only one with full frame-time detail: 113–153 FPS at 1080p, 81–110 at 1440p, and 50–68 at 4K.

Q: Does the CPU hold the game back?

A: The data indicates no. Frame rates scale heavily with resolution — 163 FPS at 1080p Low falling to 72 FPS at 4K Low — which is the signature of a GPU-limited scenario, not a CPU bottleneck.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story about which component is in charge. Going from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 cuts frame rates by more than half on every preset: Low drops from 163 to 72, Medium from 133 to 59, High from 109 to 49, and Ultra from 68 to 30. If the Ryzen 5 8400F were the limiting factor, resolution changes would barely move the numbers, since the CPU's workload is largely resolution-independent. Instead, frame rate tracks pixel count almost proportionally, meaning the Arc B570 is the deciding component at every tested resolution in Downfall.

That said, the CPU is no weak link here. The 8400F posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and a single-core score of 2943, with a 3DMark max-threads score of 6165 — figures that sit at the 77th percentile against all CPUs in the database. For a horror title released in 2016, that is far more processor than the game can meaningfully use. Even the jump between Low and Ultra presets behaves like a GPU-side cost: at 1080p, Ultra costs 95 FPS relative to Low, a gap that only a graphics-bound configuration would exhibit so cleanly.

The practical implication: to improve Downfall performance on this system, the lever is the graphics card, not the processor. A faster CPU in this socket would change essentially nothing given the measured scaling.

How This Combo Ranks

Ranking 2988 out of 3716 places this pairing below roughly 80% of configurations benchmarked in Downfall. That sounds poor, yet the absolute frame rates are strong — 68 FPS at 1080p Ultra is comfortably playable. The explanation is that Downfall attracts a lot of high-end hardware in the benchmark pool, so a mid-tier combination ranks low even while clearing playability targets that stronger rigs exceed by large margins. Percentile context for the parts themselves supports this reading: the Arc B570 sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 8400F sits at the 77th percentile among CPUs. The GPU is the modest half of the pair, consistent with the GPU-bound scaling observed above.

It is also worth questioning what rank actually measures. It reflects relative performance in this specific game, not suitability. A configuration that runs Ultra at 1080p above 60 FPS is functionally sufficient for a single-player horror experience, regardless of how many faster combos exist in the database.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Downfall — with one caveat about 4K. Per the verdict data:

• 1920x1080: Fully playable on all four presets. Low, Medium, High, and Ultra all clear 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 68 FPS as the best setting.
• 2560x1440: Playable on Low, Medium, and High. The best setting is High at 78 FPS average; Ultra at 49 FPS falls short.
• 3840x2160: Playable only on Low, at 72 FPS average. Medium's 59 FPS average technically misses the 60 FPS threshold, though it is a marginal miss.

In short, 1080p and 1440p are solved problems for this hardware in Downfall. 4K is attainable but demands concessions, and the Medium-preset near-miss there suggests a slightly faster GPU would flip that result.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 68 FPS average. The most demanding preset stays above the 60 FPS threshold, so there is no reason to step down at this resolution.
• 2560x1440 — High, 78 FPS average. Ultra at this resolution averages 49 FPS and fails, making High the ceiling; it clears the threshold with an 18-frame cushion.
• 3840x2160 — Low, 72 FPS average. Medium averages 59 FPS and misses the cutoff, so Low is the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS.

The pattern is tidy: each resolution loses exactly one preset relative to the one below it as the bar moves up. That one-step-per-resolution structure again reflects pure GPU scaling.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the 8400F's nearest rivals are clustered remarkably tightly. The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F sits within 0.2% of its average benchmark score, the Intel Core i7-11850H within 0.3%, the Intel Core i7-13620H within 0.4%, and the AMD EPYC 9474F within 0.4% in the other direction. Any of these processors — particularly the 7500F — would be expected to produce effectively identical results in Downfall, especially given that the game is GPU-bound on this configuration.

On the graphics side, the rivals are equally close. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile trails the Arc B570 by just 0.1% in average score, the Intel Arc A750 is 0.1% ahead, the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M sits 0.4% behind, and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X is 0.5% ahead. Swapping the B570 for an Arc A750 or an RTX 3070 Mobile should shift Downfall frame rates by fractions of a percent — meaning the 4K Medium near-miss at 59 FPS would remain a near-miss on any of these alternatives. Players wanting to reliably clear 60 FPS at 4K Medium would need to step meaningfully beyond this performance tier, not sideways within it.