Evolve

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for this Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 combination in Evolve shows a clear pattern: lower resolutions and lower presets deliver strong frame rates, while 4K remains a struggle. All measurements are average FPS values, with no minimum or maximum frame data recorded in the database.

At 1920x1080, the combo is comfortably fast across every preset. Low settings produce 148 FPS average, which is more than double the 60 FPS playability threshold. Medium settings drop to 114.4 FPS, still a very high refresh rate experience. High settings yield 88.8 FPS, and even Ultra settings manage 62.4 FPS, barely clearing the 60 FPS line. For a 1080p gamer, this means every preset is playable, though Ultra sits close enough to the threshold that frame drops could become noticeable in heavy fights.

Moving to 2560x1440, the picture changes but remains mostly positive. Low settings deliver 100.6 FPS average, a strong result for 1440p gaming. Medium settings produce 77.3 FPS, which is smooth for most displays. High settings hit 62 FPS, exactly at the playability threshold, meaning it clears 60 FPS but with little headroom. Ultra settings fall to 42.6 FPS, which is below the playable line and likely to feel stuttery during intense action sequences. The database lists High, Low, and Medium as playable at 1440p, with High being the best playable preset at 62 FPS average.

At 3840x2160, the RTX 2060's 6 GB GDDR6 memory and 192-bit bus are pushed hard. Low settings average 54.8 FPS, just under the 60 FPS threshold. Medium settings drop to 45.7 FPS, High to 34.4 FPS, and Ultra to 23.3 FPS. None of the 4K presets clear 60 FPS, and the database confirms that no playable settings exist at this resolution. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 31.5 FPS, showing how much the preset level impacts performance when the GPU is already saturated.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database, the CPU and GPU each have close performance neighbors that would produce broadly similar results in Evolve.

For the Intel Core i5-11400F, the closest match is the AMD EPYC 7H12, which scores 17120 versus the i5's 17177, a delta of just 0.3 percent. That is effectively identical performance, so a system with that EPYC chip would behave nearly the same in CPU-bound scenarios. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 0.6 percent ahead at 17074, also a negligible difference. On the other side, the Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17239, which is 0.4 percent higher than the i5-11400F, and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G is 0.6 percent ahead at 17278. All four rivals sit within a 0.6 percent band of the i5-11400F, meaning any of them would deliver virtually indistinguishable frame rates in Evolve.

For the GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 matches the RTX 2060 almost exactly, with an average score of 15283 versus 15290, a delta of 0 percent. The AMD Radeon 680M is 0.1 percent behind at 15270, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is 0.6 percent ahead at 15199. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is 0.8 percent ahead at 15171. These deltas are all under 1 percent, so swapping the RTX 2060 for any of these cards would produce essentially the same FPS in Evolve. The practical takeaway is that if you have one of these GPUs paired with a similarly performing CPU, you can expect the same playability verdicts: 1080p Ultra is fine, 1440p High is fine, 4K is not.

It is worth remembering the GTX 580 is a much older card with different feature support, but the database scoring places it at parity with the RTX 2060 for overall GPU compute. For a game like Evolve, which launched in 2015 and does not heavily depend on ray tracing or DLSS, the raw rasterization performance is what matters, and these rivals are all within a rounding error of each other.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this specific CPU and GPU combination at position 2840 out of 3700 tested combos for Evolve. That places it in the lower half of all possible pairings, around the 77th percentile of tested combinations. In practical terms, this means there are roughly 860 tested combos that perform worse, and about 2840 that perform better. The ranking reflects that the i5-11400F and RTX 2060 are mid-range hardware from their respective generations, and Evolve is not a particularly demanding title by modern standards.

A rank of 2840 out of 3700 tells you that this combo is far from the top of the charts, but it is also not near the bottom. The hardware is capable of playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, as the measured FPS shows, so the rank is not a verdict of failure. It simply indicates that many newer or higher-end parts will push more frames. For the specific question of whether this PC can run Evolve, the rank is secondary to the actual measured FPS, which shows clear playability at two of the three tested resolutions.

The Verdict

This PC can run Evolve, but the playable range depends heavily on your target resolution. At 1920x1080, the answer is a definitive yes. Every preset from Low to Ultra clears 60 FPS, with Ultra averaging 62.4 FPS. That means you can run the game at maximum settings on a 1080p monitor and stay above the playable threshold, though the margin is slim enough that you should expect occasional dips in demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the answer is yes with conditions. High settings average 62 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS line, and Low and Medium are well above it. Ultra at 1440p is not playable, averaging 42.6 FPS, so you will need to stay on High or below. The database lists High as the best playable preset at this resolution, with an average of 62 FPS. If you have a 1440p display, you can enjoy the game smoothly at High settings, but you must avoid Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the answer is no. None of the four presets reach 60 FPS. The closest is Low at 54.8 FPS, which is playable in a loose sense but does not meet the database's 60 FPS threshold. Medium, High, and Ultra all fall further behind, with Ultra bottoming out at 23.3 FPS. The database confirms this with an empty list of playable settings for 4K. If you want 4K, this combo is not sufficient, and you would need to lower the resolution or accept sub-60 frame rates.

The overall verdict is straightforward: this is a 1080p Ultra and 1440p High machine for Evolve, and it cannot handle 4K at any preset.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling across resolutions and presets reveals how the workload shifts between the Intel Core i5-11400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 in Evolve.

At 1920x1080, the CPU plays a larger relative role because the GPU has plenty of headroom. The jump from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 148 FPS down to 62.4 FPS, a drop of 85.6 FPS, which shows that the preset level has a massive impact on frame rate. The i5-11400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads boosting up to 4.40 GHz, is strong enough to feed the GPU at this resolution, as evidenced by the 148 FPS Low result. The CPU's single-thread performance, measured at 868 in 3dmark single-thread and 2981 in Passmark single-thread, is adequate for a 2015 FPS title at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the GPU begins to take on more responsibility. The Low preset still hits 100.6 FPS, but Ultra drops to 42.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 58 FPS, slightly smaller than the 1080p gap but still substantial. The RTX 2060's 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed more at this resolution. The fact that High stays at 62 FPS while Ultra falls to 42.6 FPS indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor when you push beyond High at 1440p. The CPU is still keeping up, but the GPU is running out of steam on the higher presets.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck. Even Low settings only reach 54.8 FPS, and Ultra plunges to 23.3 FPS. The RTX 2060's 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs are simply not enough to drive 4K at a playable frame rate in this game. The CPU's role diminishes because the GPU is so heavily loaded that the i5-11400F is never waiting on data. The 54.8 FPS Low result at 4K versus the 148 FPS Low result at 1080p shows how much the resolution increase costs, a drop of 93.2 FPS. This is a GPU-bound scenario through and through.

The pattern is consistent: at 1080p the CPU matters more, at 1440p the balance shifts toward the GPU, and at 4K the GPU is the sole limiting factor. If you were to upgrade one component, the data suggests the GPU should be the priority for higher resolutions, while the CPU is sufficient even at 1080p Low where frame rates are extremely high.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Evolve at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 Ultra is 62.4, which clears the 60 FPS playability threshold. The database lists Ultra as a playable setting at this resolution.

Q: What is the best playable preset at 1440p?

A: High settings are the best playable preset at 2560x1440, with an average of 62 FPS. Low and Medium are also playable, but Ultra falls to 42.6 FPS and is not playable.

Q: Is 4K playable with this hardware?

A: No. None of the 3840x2160 presets reach 60 FPS. The closest is Low at 54.8 FPS, which is below the playable threshold. The database lists no playable settings at 4K.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to the GTX 580 in the database?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 15290, while the GTX 580 scores 15283, a delta of 0 percent. They are effectively identical in overall GPU performance according to the recorded data.

Q: What CPU performance is comparable to the i5-11400F?

A: The AMD EPYC 7H12 is 0.3 percent behind at 17120, the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U is 0.6 percent ahead at 17074, and the Intel Core i5-12450H is 0.4 percent ahead at 17239. All are within a 0.6 percent band.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p Low settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 Low is 148. This is the highest frame rate recorded across all tested settings and resolutions for this combo.