Evolve

Evolve is a 2015 FPS, and the Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 makes short work of it. The measured data covers three resolutions — 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 — across four presets, and every single combination clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Even Ultra at 4K averages 65.1 FPS. What follows is a resolution-by-resolution breakdown of the numbers, where the performance ceiling sits at each setting, and how this pairing stacks up against the field.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the numbers are high across the board. Low averages 344.8 FPS, Medium 294.8, High 233.9, and Ultra 159.6. That spread tells a clear story: dropping from Ultra to Low more than doubles the frame rate at 1080p. The game simply stops being the limiting factor at this resolution long before the RTX 5090 runs out of headroom — the 5090's 21,760 shading units and 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput are massively underutilized pushing a 2015 title at two million pixels.

At 2560x1440, the figures scale down as expected: Low 256.1 FPS, Medium 196.9, High 156.8, Ultra 107.4. Note that Ultra at 1440p (107.4) is still faster than Low at 4K (147.2) is not quite true — but Ultra at 1440p remains nearly 65% faster than the 60 FPS threshold, and High at 1440p still beats Ultra at 1080p's visual-heavy sibling comparisons handily in raw frames. The key takeaway: even the most demanding preset at 1440p clears a 100 FPS average.

At 3840x2160, the most demanding configuration of the test, the numbers are Low 147.2, Medium 117.0, High 87.5, and Ultra 65.1. This is the only place where the pairing gets remotely close to the playable threshold. Ultra at 4K averages 65.1 FPS — a pass, but with limited margin. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured in this dataset; these are average figures only, so plan for some frame-time variance around that Ultra 4K result.

Across all twelve measured configurations, none dipped below the 60 FPS playable threshold. That is a clean sweep.

Best Settings per Resolution

Using the 60 FPS playable threshold and preferring the most demanding preset that holds at or above it:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 159.6 FPS average. Comfortably playable with more than double the threshold in reserve.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 107.4 FPS average. Nearly double the threshold at the most demanding preset.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra, 65.1 FPS average. The most demanding preset still clears 60 FPS, though the margin is slim. If you want breathing room at 4K, High delivers 87.5 FPS — a meaningful cushion with only a modest visual step down.

The practical read: Ultra is viable at every resolution tested. At 4K specifically, the choice between High and Ultra is a frame-rate-margin decision, not a playability one.

How This Combo Ranks

This pairing ranks 73rd out of 3,700 tested combinations for Evolve. That places it in roughly the top 2% of configurations benchmarked for this game. Given that the game dates to 2015 and the RTX 5090 launched in January 2025, that ranking is unsurprising — this is a modern flagship GPU (92nd percentile versus all GPUs in the database) paired with a still-strong 12th Gen CPU (79th percentile versus all CPUs).

Component context from the database: the i5-12600KF carries an average benchmark score of 27,799, sitting within a fraction of a percent of rivals like the Intel Core i9-10900K (27,872, -0.3%), AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27,896, -0.3%), AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (27,887, -0.3%), and AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27,772, +0.3%). The RTX 5090 averages 79,842, ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940, +1.1%) and the Tesla P100 PCIe variants, and just behind the Radeon Pro Vega 64X (80,959, -1.4%) on the blended average — though the 5090's PassMark G3D score of 39,650 and 1.79 TB/s of GDDR7 bandwidth dwarf what that comparison suggests for gaming. For a 2015 title, both components are operating far above the game's demands.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Evolve at 4K on Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The average at 3840x2160 Ultra is 65.1 FPS, above the 60 FPS playable threshold — though it's the tightest margin of any configuration tested.

Q: What is the highest frame rate this combo achieves in Evolve?

A: 344.8 FPS average at 1920x1080 on Low settings, making it a strong candidate for high-refresh-rate 1080p displays.

Q: Does any settings-and-resolution combination fail the 60 FPS threshold?

A: No. All twelve measured configurations — four presets across three resolutions — average at or above 60 FPS.

Q: How much performance do you lose going from High to Ultra at 4K?

A: The average drops from 87.5 FPS on High to 65.1 FPS on Ultra — roughly a quarter of the frame rate sacrificed for the top visual preset.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this pairing for Evolve?

A: Neither is seriously stressed. At 1080p the i5-12600KF's strong single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3,302) is the more relevant factor; at 1440p and 4K the RTX 5090 has headroom to spare.

Q: Where does this combo rank among tested Evolve configurations?

A: 73rd out of 3,700 tested combinations, placing it in the top few percent.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data shows a classic pattern. From 1080p to 4K at Ultra, the average falls from 159.6 to 107.4 to 65.1 FPS — frame rate drops as resolution rises, which is the signature of GPU-bound scaling. The RTX 5090 is doing the heavy lifting at higher pixel counts, and even its 512-bit bus and 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth only compress so much under a fourfold pixel increase from 1080p to 4K.

But look at the preset scaling within a resolution: at 1080p, going Low to Ultra costs 344.8 down to 159.6 FPS — a steep drop for settings changes. In an older title like this, preset shifts can move workload between CPU-side draw calls and GPU-side shading, and the magnitude of that drop suggests the CPU is not pegged at a hard ceiling at 1080p — otherwise presets wouldn't matter. The i5-12600KF, with 10 cores, 16 threads, a 4.90 GHz boost clock, and a Geekbench single-core score of 2,157, keeps frame delivery well fed.

The practical division: at 1920x1080, CPU capability matters more because the GPU finishes each frame trivially — single-thread performance dominates. At 2560x1440 and especially 3840x2160, the balance shifts decisively to the GPU, evidenced by the Ultra preset losing 59.6% of its frame rate between 1080p and 4K while Low loses 57.3% (344.8 to 147.2). For this game on this hardware, both components clear the bar with room to spare at every tested point.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Evolve at every resolution and preset tested. The verdict data confirms playable settings of Low, Medium, High, and Ultra at all three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. Best settings are Ultra across the board, averaging 159.6 FPS at 1080p, 107.4 FPS at 1440p, and 65.1 FPS at 4K.

One caveat worth stating plainly: the 4K Ultra result of 65.1 FPS is a pass by only a modest margin over the 60 FPS threshold, and since minimum frame rates weren't captured, dips below 60 are possible in worst-case moments. For maximum smoothness at 4K, High at 87.5 FPS average is the safer pick. Everywhere else, max out the game. For a title released in 2015 running on a 2025 flagship GPU, the outcome was never in doubt — the data simply confirms it.