Evolve

The Intel Core i5-9400 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 can run Evolve, but only at 1080p and only at Low-to-Medium settings. The recorded data shows Medium at 1920x1080 averaging exactly 60 FPS, right at the playable threshold, while every preset at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 falls short of 60 FPS. This pairing ranks 3545 out of 3700 measured combinations for this game, which signals a hardware combination near the bottom of the recorded field for Evolve. The game itself launched in early 2015, and the hardware here is newer than the title, yet the RX 570's 4 GB of GDDR5 and the GPU's raw throughput are clearly the limiting factors at higher resolutions. The verdict is simple: playable at 1080p Medium, marginal at 1080p High, and not playable at either 2560x1440 or 4K on any preset.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080: Medium, averaging 60 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays at or above the 60 FPS threshold. Medium is the correct choice over Low because it delivers identical average performance to the threshold, with a recorded minimum of 51 FPS and maximum of 69 FPS. Low averages 77 FPS if more headroom is desired.
• 2560x1440: none. The best result at this resolution is Low at 52 FPS average, below 60. Medium averages 40 FPS, High 31, and Ultra 22. No preset qualifies.
• 3840x2160: none. Low averages 29 FPS, Medium 23, High 18, and Ultra 12. Nothing approaches playability at 4K.

FAQ

Q: Can the i5-9400 and RX 570 run Evolve at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, but only at 1920x1080. Medium settings average exactly 60 FPS and Low averages 77 FPS. At 2560x1440 the highest average is 52 FPS on Low, and at 3840x2160 the highest is 29 FPS on Low.

Q: What is the best settings preset for this hardware in Evolve?

A: Medium at 1080p. It hits the 60 FPS threshold exactly, with frame rates ranging from 51 to 69 FPS. Dropping to Low raises the average to 77 FPS for smoother minimum behavior.

Q: Can this PC handle 4K in Evolve?

A: No. At 3840x2160, even the Low preset averages only 29 FPS, and Ultra drops to 12 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K averages 23 FPS with a minimum of 19 and maximum of 26.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The GPU. Frame rates scale steeply with resolution, falling from 60 FPS at 1080p Medium to 40 at 1440p Medium and 23 at 4K Medium. That pattern indicates the RX 570's rendering throughput is the limiting factor, not the six-core i5-9400.

Q: How does this hardware combination rank against others measured for Evolve?

A: The database places this CPU and GPU combination at rank 3545 out of 3700 measured combinations for this game, meaning it sits near the bottom of the recorded field.

Q: What CPUs and GPUs would perform similarly?

A: On the CPU side, the i5-9400's nearest rivals by average benchmark score are the Intel Core i7-1068NG7 (-0.2%), Intel Core i7-10710U (+0.3%), AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 (+0.4%), and Intel Core i3-10305 (-0.4%), all effectively identical. On the GPU side, the RX 570's nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (-0.4%), AMD Radeon R9 M295X (+0.7%), AMD Radeon RX 470 (-0.8%), and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 (+1.2%).

Measured FPS Breakdown

All numbers below come from measured runs in the database, with the 60 FPS threshold used as the playability bar.

1920x1080:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 77 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 60 | 51 | 69 |

| High | 47 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 32 | not recorded | not recorded |

At 1080p, Medium is the dividing line. It sits exactly at 60 FPS average, and its recorded spread of 51 to 69 FPS means dips below the threshold will occur during demanding scenes. High at 47 FPS and Ultra at 32 FPS are both clearly below the bar, with Ultra roughly half the Medium average.

2560x1440:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 52 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 40 | 34 | 46 |

| High | 31 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 22 | not recorded | not recorded |

1440p is out of reach. Even Low only manages 52 FPS average, 8 frames short of the threshold. Medium's recorded band runs from 34 to 46 FPS, which never touches 60 even at its maximum. Ultra at 22 FPS is less than half the Low result.

3840x2160:

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 29 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Medium | 23 | 19 | 26 |

| High | 18 | not recorded | not recorded |

| Ultra | 12 | not recorded | not recorded |

4K is not viable on any preset. Low averages 29 FPS and Medium's full range spans only 19 to 26 FPS. Ultra at 12 FPS is roughly one fifth of the threshold. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is smaller than at lower resolutions, indicating the GPU is saturated by pixel count before preset detail becomes the differentiator.

Across the board, each step up in resolution cuts frame rates by roughly a third to a half at a given preset: Medium goes 60, 40, 23, and Low goes 77, 52, 29 as resolution climbs from 1080p to 4K.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Swapping either component for a near-equivalent rival from the database would produce essentially the same Evolve experience.

For the CPU, the i5-9400's average benchmark score of 2254 sits within a fraction of a percent of four alternatives. The Intel Core i7-1068NG7 averages 2259, a 0.2% difference. The Intel Core i7-10710U averages 2248, 0.3% below. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 averages 2246, 0.4% below. The Intel Core i3-10305 averages 2264, 0.4% above. Any of these processors would deliver indistinguishable results in this game given the GPU-bound nature of the measured data.

For the GPU, the RX 570 carries an average benchmark score of 28766 and a percentile ranking of 74 against all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals cluster just as tightly. The AMD Radeon RX 6800M averages 28874, 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon R9 M295X averages 28580, 0.7% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 470 averages 28996, 0.8% higher, and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 averages 28421, 1.2% lower. A build using any of these cards in place of the RX 570 should land within the same measured FPS bands at every resolution and preset recorded here.

The practical takeaway: since all listed rivals on both sides fall within about 1.2% of the original parts, users with hardware from these lists can treat the numbers in this page as their own expected performance. Escaping this performance tier requires a meaningfully faster GPU, not a CPU swap, because the data shows resolution scaling, not processor throughput, drives the frame rates.

CPU and GPU Roles

The GPU is the component that matters in this pairing, at every resolution tested.

The evidence is in the scaling. If the i5-9400 were the constraint, raising the resolution would initially have little effect on frame rates, because the CPU workload per frame stays largely constant as pixel count grows. Instead, the data shows steep declines: Medium drops from 60 FPS at 1080p to 40 at 1440p, a 33% loss, and then to 23 at 4K, a further 43% loss. Low falls from 77 to 52 to 29 across the same ladder. That trajectory tracks almost exactly with the fourfold pixel increase from 1080p to 4K, the signature of a GPU-limited configuration.

Preset scaling reinforces the point. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra cuts the average from 77 to 32 FPS, a 58% reduction, which is detail load landing squarely on the RX 570's 2048 shading units and 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. The card's 4 GB of GDDR5 across a 256-bit bus provides 224 GB/s of bandwidth, and the recorded frame rates suggest that memory capacity and fill capability are what run out first as resolution and preset climb.

None of this means the i5-9400 is a weak processor for this title. It is a six-core, six-thread Coffee Lake part with a 4.10 GHz boost clock, 9 MB of shared L3 cache, and a single-core Cinebench R23 score of 935, placing it in the 47th percentile of all CPUs in the database. Its multi-core scores of 668 in R15, 2784 in R20, and 6629 in R23 are more than adequate for a 2015 FPS. The bottleneck sits entirely on the graphics side, which is consistent with the RX 570's end-of-life status and its position as a Polaris 20 card fabbed on a 14 nm process.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Evolve, with clear limits.

At 1920x1080, both Low (77 FPS) and Medium (60 FPS) clear the 60 FPS threshold, and Medium is the best setting since it is the more demanding preset that holds the bar. High at 47 FPS and Ultra at 32 FPS do not qualify. Players who want consistent frame delivery above 60 should use Low; players who want more visual detail and can tolerate dips to the recorded 51 FPS minimum should use Medium.

At 2560x1440, the answer is no. No preset reaches 60 FPS, with Low topping out at 52 FPS average. At 3840x2160, the answer is a firm no, with the best result being 29 FPS on Low.

The database ranks this pairing 3545 out of 3700 combinations for Evolve, and the measured data explains why: the RX 570 has enough throughput for 1080p play at moderate settings and nothing more. The i5-9400 contributes no meaningful limitation of its own. For owners of this hardware, the recommended configuration is 1920x1080 at Medium, accepting frame rates between 51 and 69 FPS, or 1920x1080 at Low for a 77 FPS average with additional headroom.