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Evolve
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Average FPS: resolution vs quality settings
| Ultra | High | Medium | Low | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K Ultra HD | 33 | 46 | 56 | 76 |
| 1440p QHD | 52 | 77 | 102 | 127 |
| 1080p Full HD | 81 | 120 | 152 | 194 |
Cell color: green is 120+ FPS, teal is 60+, amber is 30+, red is below 30. Cards marked Estimated above have no measured row and are scaled from your GPU benchmark percentile.
Performance Analysis: Evolve on Your System
The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT clears Evolve comfortably at 1080p and 1440p, and even manages a playable 4K experience at reduced settings. That is the headline from the recorded data: a mid-range Comet Lake CPU combined with a 12 GB RDNA 2 card delivers average framerates ranging from 33 FPS at 4K Ultra up to 193.6 FPS at 1080p Low. For a shooter released in 2015, this pairing sits in the upper half of all tested configurations in the database, ranking 1918 out of 3700 combos for this specific game.
How This Combo Ranks
Ranking 1918th out of 3700 tested combinations places this pairing just above the median for Evolve performance. That position is respectable rather than elite, and it reflects the balance of the two components rather than a weakness in either. The RX 6700 XT sits at the 72nd percentile against all GPUs in the database, while the i5-10400F sits at the 68th percentile against all CPUs. Neither part is a bottleneck that drags the pairing down, and neither is exotic enough to push it into the top tier.
Context matters here. Evolve is a 2015 title, and modern hardware capable of running it well is abundant, so the ranking pool includes many combinations with stronger GPUs. A combo rank in the upper half with a 65 W six-core CPU and a 230 W graphics card is a solid outcome, and the measured framerates below confirm that the ranking translates into genuinely smooth gameplay at mainstream resolutions.
CPU and GPU Roles
Evolve is GPU-bound on this configuration at every tested resolution, and the scaling data makes that clear. Moving from 1080p to 1440p cuts the average framerate at High settings from 119.8 to 76.5 FPS, a drop of roughly 36 percent. Pushing further to 4K High drops it again to 46.1 FPS. If the CPU were the limiting factor, framerates would stay flat as resolution climbs, because the per-frame processor workload does not change with pixel count. Instead, framerates fall steeply and consistently, which is the classic signature of graphics-limited scaling.
The i5-10400F is therefore more than sufficient for this game. With 6 cores and 12 threads, a 2.90 GHz base and 4.30 GHz boost clock, and a single-thread Passmark score of 2541, it feeds frames to the RX 6700 XT without issue even at 193.6 FPS average at 1080p Low. The preset scaling reinforces the GPU-limited picture: at a fixed resolution, raising settings from Low to Ultra at 4K drops the average from 75.9 to 33 FPS, more than halving performance on quality settings that primarily load the graphics card.
Measured FPS Breakdown
At 1920x1080, every preset clears the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin:
- Low: 193.6 avg FPS
- Medium: 151.5 avg FPS
- High: 119.8 avg FPS
- Ultra: 80.9 avg FPS
At 2560x1440, three of four presets remain playable:
- Low: 126.7 avg FPS
- Medium: 101.7 avg FPS
- High: 76.5 avg FPS
- Ultra: 51.5 avg FPS
At 3840x2160, only the lowest preset holds above 60:
- Low: 75.9 avg FPS
- Medium: 56.4 avg FPS
- High: 46.1 avg FPS
- Ultra: 33 avg FPS
The gaps between presets are large and consistent, roughly 25 to 35 percent steps downward as quality rises. The steepest cliff is at 4K, where Ultra delivers less than half the Low framerate. Minimum and maximum frametimes were not recorded for these runs, so the analysis rests on averages, but the margins above 60 FPS at 1080p and 1440p are wide enough that dips below the threshold are unlikely to be a persistent problem outside the most demanding 4K presets.
The Verdict
Yes, this PC runs Evolve, and in most scenarios it runs it very well. At 1080p, all four presets clear 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 80.9 FPS. At 1440p, Low, Medium, and High all clear the threshold, peaking at 126.7 FPS on Low, and the best playable setting is High at 76.5 FPS. Only 1440p Ultra falls short at 51.5 FPS average.
At 4K, the verdict narrows: Low is the single playable preset at 75.9 FPS average, while Medium (56.4), High (46.1), and Ultra (33) all sit below the 60 FPS line. Anyone targeting a 4K monitor should expect to run reduced settings, and anyone wanting maximum visual quality should stay at or below 1440p. For a fast-paced FPS where high refresh rates matter, the 1080p numbers, up to 193.6 FPS on Low, make that resolution the natural home for this pairing.
Similar Performance Alternatives
For the CPU side, the database lists several rivals within a fraction of the i5-10400F's average benchmark score of 14185. The Intel Xeon 6756E averages 14163, just 0.2 percent behind. The Intel Core 7 160UL averages 14232, 0.3 percent ahead. The AMD EPYC 7552 averages 14115, 0.5 percent behind, and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C averages 14277, 0.6 percent ahead. All four would produce effectively indistinguishable results in a GPU-bound title like Evolve.
On the graphics side, the RX 6700 XT's average score of 27425 is matched almost exactly by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile at 27435, a delta of 0 percent. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 averages 27565, only 0.5 percent ahead, meaning the venerable flagship offers no meaningful advantage in this class of measurement. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell averages 27135, 1.1 percent behind, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 averages 27839, 1.5 percent ahead. Any of these GPUs would land within a couple of frames per second of the numbers recorded here across all resolutions and presets.
FAQ
Q: Can the i5-10400F and RX 6700 XT run Evolve at 60 FPS?
A: Yes at every preset at 1080p (80.9 to 193.6 avg FPS) and at Low, Medium, and High at 1440p (76.5 to 126.7 avg FPS). At 4K, only Low clears 60 FPS with a 75.9 average.
Q: Which settings should I use for the best experience?
A: Ultra at 1080p (80.9 avg FPS) and High at 1440p (76.5 avg FPS) are the highest-quality presets that stay above 60 FPS. At 4K, Low at 75.9 avg FPS is the best playable option.
Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this game?
A: The GPU. Framerates drop sharply as resolution rises, from 119.8 FPS at 1080p High to 46.1 FPS at 4K High, which indicates graphics-limited scaling rather than a processor limit.
Q: How does this combo rank against other tested pairings for Evolve?
A: It ranks 1918 out of 3700 tested combinations, placing it in the upper half of the database for this game.
Q: Is the RX 6700 XT's 12 GB of memory enough for Evolve at 4K?
A: The recorded data shows 4K playability depends on settings, not memory limits: Low runs at 75.9 avg FPS while Ultra drops to 33. Lowering quality settings, rather than capacity, is what restores the framerate.
Q: What similar GPUs would perform about the same?
A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile scores within 0 percent of the RX 6700 XT's average, the RTX 3090 is 0.5 percent ahead, the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is 1.1 percent behind, and the Radeon Pro Vega 20 is 1.5 percent ahead.