Fivem

Fivem, the multiplayer take on Grand Theft Auto V's world, presents an interesting stress case for an imbalanced pairing: Intel's Core i7-13700K, a Raptor Lake flagship sitting in the 89th percentile of all CPUs in the database, matched with the AMD Radeon RX 570, an end-of-life Polaris card in the 74th percentile of GPUs. The recorded frame rates show a system that is almost entirely limited by its graphics card, and the data makes that story unusually clear. What follows is a resolution-by-resolution analysis of the measured results, the combo's rank against other tested pairings, and what nearby hardware would deliver a comparable experience.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-13700K + RX 570 run Fivem at 1080p?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, where the combo averages 76.7 FPS. Medium settings fall just under the 60 FPS playability threshold at 59.9 FPS, and High drops to 47.1 FPS, so Low is the sole preset that clears the bar at 1920x1080.

Q: Can this combo handle 1440p or 4K?

A: No. At 2560x1440 the best result is 51.1 FPS on Low, below the 60 FPS threshold, and at 3840x2160 the best is 30.4 FPS on Low. No preset at either resolution qualifies as playable by the recorded standard.

Q: Which component is the bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The GPU. The frame rate scales almost in lockstep with resolution and settings changes, which is the classic signature of a graphics-limited system, while the i7-13700K posts elite benchmark numbers (Cinebench R23 multi-core 30745, single-core 2116, Geekbench single-core 2529) that Fivem never comes close to taxing.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested pairings in Fivem?

A: It ranks 3590 out of 3707 tested combinations in the database, placing it near the bottom of the recorded field for this game.

Q: What CPUs perform similarly to the i7-13700K?

A: The nearest rivals by average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (-0.2%), AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (-0.3%), AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (+0.5%), and Intel Xeon w3-2535 (+0.5%), all effectively identical in aggregate performance.

Q: What GPUs would behave like the RX 570?

A: The closest 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%) by average score, so any of these would be expected to produce broadly similar frame rates when paired with comparable CPUs.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a one-sided story. Moving from 1080p Low to 1440p Low cuts the average from 76.7 FPS to 51.1 FPS, and pushing to 4K Low drops it further to 30.4 FPS. That is a near-proportional collapse as pixel count rises, which happens when the graphics card is the limiting factor at every step. If the CPU were the constraint, raising the resolution would barely change the frame rate, because the processor's work per frame stays roughly constant while the GPU's work multiplies.

Settings scaling points the same direction. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra more than halves the average, from 76.7 FPS to 34.9 FPS. Medium sits at 59.9 FPS and High at 47.1 FPS. A CPU bottleneck would flatten that curve; instead the curve is steep and smooth, tracking the growing pixel-shading load on the RX 570's 2048 shading units and its 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput.

The i7-13700K, by contrast, is nowhere near its limits. With 16 cores, 24 threads, a 5.40 GHz boost clock, a single-thread Passmark score of 4333, and a 3DMark single-thread score of 1136, it sits in the 89th percentile of all CPUs in the database. Fivem, a 2017-release multiplayer title, simply cannot ask enough of a processor this fast. The conclusion is unambiguous: at every resolution and preset tested, the RX 570 decides the frame rate, and the CPU has substantial headroom left over.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3707 hardware combinations tested in Fivem, this pairing ranks 3590. That is a low placement, and it deserves interrogation, because the rank reflects the pairing rather than either individual part. The i7-13700K is a top-tier CPU with an average benchmark score of 46881, but the RX 570, with an average score of 28766, is an end-of-life card from 2017, built on a 14 nm GlobalFoundries process with 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

In a game that is GPU-bound at all tested settings, the weaker half of the pair defines the result. A rank near the bottom of over three thousand combos signals that the database contains many pairings with more balanced or more modern graphics hardware. It also implies an upgrade path that is unusually clean: because the CPU is never the limiter here, replacing only the graphics card would lift the rank substantially without touching the processor.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Fivem? Yes, in a narrow window. The 60 FPS playability threshold is met in exactly one configuration: 1920x1080 at Low settings, averaging 76.7 FPS. Every other tested combination falls short. At 1080p Medium the average lands at 59.9 FPS, a fraction of a frame below the threshold, so the recorded verdict lists no playable settings there. At 2560x1440 the best result is 51.1 FPS on Low, and at 3840x2160 the ceiling is 30.4 FPS, also on Low.

The practical reading: this is a 1080p Low-settings machine for Fivem, nothing more. The margin at that setting is respectable, more than 16 FPS above the threshold, which suggests some room for absorbing multiplayer-heavy scenes where frame times can spike. But anyone hoping for 1440p play on this hardware will not find it in the data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages from the database; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs.

1920x1080:

• Low: 76.7 FPS average
• Medium: 59.9 FPS average
• High: 47.1 FPS average
• Ultra: 34.9 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 51.1 FPS average
• Medium: 37.4 FPS average
• High: 30.5 FPS average
• Ultra: 25 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 30.4 FPS average
• Medium: 23.1 FPS average
• High: 17.3 FPS average
• Ultra: 15.6 FPS average

The pattern is consistent and steep. Each step up in resolution costs roughly a third to a half of the frame rate at any given preset, and each step up in preset quality costs a similar share at any given resolution. The spread between the best and worst results is enormous: 76.7 FPS at 1080p Low versus 15.6 FPS at 4K Ultra, nearly a fivefold difference across the tested envelope. The 4 GB frame buffer on the RX 570 is also worth flagging qualitatively at 4K, where memory pressure on a card of this class plausibly compounds the raw throughput deficit.

Best Settings per Resolution

Applying the 60 FPS threshold to the recorded averages yields a short list.

• 1920x1080: Low is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, at 76.7 FPS average. Medium misses the cut at 59.9 FPS.
• 2560x1440: No preset qualifies. Low is the closest at 51.1 FPS average.
• 3840x2160: No preset qualifies. Low manages 30.4 FPS average.

There is an interesting near-miss worth noting. The 1080p Medium result of 59.9 FPS sits within a rounding error of the threshold. Whether that translates into a playable experience depends on frame-time consistency, which the recorded averages alone cannot answer, since minimum and maximum values were not captured for these runs. A cautious reading treats it as below the bar; a forgiving one might call it borderline.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i7-13700K's nearest rivals by aggregate score are effectively performance twins. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 averages 46971 (-0.2% versus the Intel chip's 46881), the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 averages 47022 (-0.3%), the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX averages 46654 (+0.5%), and the Intel Xeon w3-2535 averages 46653 (+0.5%). Since Fivem on this combo never stresses the processor, any of these CPUs paired with an RX 570 would be expected to produce nearly identical frame rates: the GPU would remain the ceiling in every case.

On the GPU side, the RX 570's closest rivals by average score are the AMD Radeon RX 6800M at 28874 (-0.4%), the AMD Radeon R9 M295X at 28580 (+0.7%), the AMD Radeon RX 470 at 28996 (-0.8%), and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 at 28421 (+1.2%). Substituting any of these for the RX 570 alongside a CPU of the i7-13700K's caliber would likely leave the Fivem results within a small margin of the recorded numbers, though the RX 470's sibling architecture and the differing memory configurations of the mobile and workstation parts could shift results slightly at higher resolutions.

The broader takeaway from the alternatives is confirming rather than complicating: the recorded rankings cluster tightly, and in a GPU-bound game the graphics card's neighborhood defines the experience. This combo is a 1080p Low machine for Fivem, with a processor that has ample headroom for a stronger card whenever one is added.