Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers an exceptional performance profile for Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016-07-06. Measured benchmark data shows this combination achieves average frame rates far above the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution and preset, with the dataIsMeasured flag confirming these results come from direct testing rather than estimation. The combo's performance is so robust that even the most demanding Ultra preset at 4K produces triple-digit average FPS, leaving substantial headroom for high-refresh-rate displays.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame places this configuration at rank 123 out of 3716 tested combinations, which translates to roughly the top 3.3% of all systems evaluated for this title. This positioning reflects the substantial performance headroom the RTX 4090 brings to a game that launched in 2016, when even flagship hardware of that era targeted 60 FPS at 1080p. The rank becomes more meaningful when considering the breadth of the field: 3716 combos represent a wide spectrum of hardware, from integrated graphics to current top-end parts, and landing at 123 means this pairing outperforms the vast majority of systems tested.

The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus of 79 places the Ryzen 5 7600X in the upper fifth of all processors in the database, while the GPU's percentileVsAllGpus of 88 puts the RTX 4090 in the top 12% of all graphics cards. These percentile rankings align with the combo's strong overall position, though the game's age means even mid-range modern hardware would likely achieve playable results. The measured FPS data confirms this: at 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo reaches 381 FPS average, which is more than six times the 60 FPS playable threshold.

The ranking at 123 suggests that roughly 122 other combinations deliver higher average frame rates in Inside. Given the game's modest hardware demands, many of those higher-ranked combos likely feature CPUs with stronger single-thread performance or GPUs with higher raw rasterization throughput, though the differences would manifest primarily in already-excessive frame rates rather than playability. The practical takeaway is that this system sits comfortably in the upper echelon for this title, with performance limited more by the game's engine or display refresh rate than by hardware capabilities.

FAQ

Q: Does this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 137.6, which is more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. All four tested presets at this resolution—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—exceed 60 FPS, with Low hitting 288.2 FPS and Medium reaching 234.6 FPS.

Q: How much does lowering settings from Ultra to Low improve performance at 4K?

A: The improvement is substantial. At 3840x2160, dropping from Ultra (137.6 FPS) to Low (288.2 FPS) more than doubles the frame rate, representing a 109.5% increase. The scaling is similar at lower resolutions: at 2560x1440, Ultra yields 226.2 FPS while Low reaches 340.2 FPS, and at 1920x1080, the gap narrows from 287.6 FPS on Ultra to 381 FPS on Low.

Q: What is the best preset to use at 2560x1440?

A: The verdictByResolution data lists Ultra as the best settings at this resolution, with an average FPS of 226.2. All presets—Low at 340.2 FPS, Medium at 314.4 FPS, and High at 236 FPS—are playable, but Ultra provides the maximum visual quality while still maintaining a frame rate nearly four times the playable threshold.

Q: How does the CPU benchmark compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600X has an avgBenchmarkScore of 27636, with its closest rival being the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE at 27712, a deltaPct of -0.3 meaning the 8500GE scores 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i5-12600K both score 27578, a 0.2% deltaPct behind, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 trails by 0.4% with a score of 27535.

Q: What GPU benchmark score does the RTX 4090 achieve?

A: The GPU's avgBenchmarkScore is 60347. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc Pro A60, scores 60326 with a deltaPct of 0, indicating essentially identical performance. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 is 0.3% behind at 60140, while the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M leads by 2.5% at 61896, and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 trails by 2.9% at 58657.

Q: Is there any resolution where the combo fails to reach 60 FPS?

A: No. Across all three tested resolutions—1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160—and all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), the lowest recorded average FPS is 137.6 at 4K Ultra. Every configuration exceeds the 60 FPS playable threshold by a wide margin.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across the board. Low settings produce 381 FPS average, Medium reaches 348.8 FPS, High achieves 289.3 FPS, and Ultra yields 287.6 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 93.4 FPS, representing a 24.5% reduction in performance when maxing out settings. Notably, the gap between High and Ultra is minimal—just 1.7 FPS—suggesting that the Ultra preset's additional visual features have almost no performance cost at this resolution. The scaling is not perfectly linear: Medium to High drops 59.5 FPS, while High to Ultra drops only 1.7 FPS, indicating that the High and Ultra presets are nearly equivalent in GPU demand.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high but show a clearer separation between presets. Low settings average 340.2 FPS, Medium drops to 314.4 FPS, High falls to 236 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 226.2 FPS. The resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 10-15% performance at each preset: Low drops from 381 to 340.2 FPS (10.7% loss), Medium from 348.8 to 314.4 FPS (9.9% loss), High from 289.3 to 236 FPS (18.4% loss), and Ultra from 287.6 to 226.2 FPS (21.3% loss). The larger percentage losses at High and Ultra suggest these presets become more GPU-bound as resolution climbs.

At 3840x2160, the performance envelope compresses considerably. Low settings still achieve 288.2 FPS, Medium reaches 234.6 FPS, High drops to 145.5 FPS, and Ultra yields 137.6 FPS. The jump from 1440p to 4K exacts a significant toll: Low loses 52 FPS (15.3%), Medium loses 79.8 FPS (25.4%), High loses 90.5 FPS (38.3%), and Ultra loses 88.6 FPS (39.2%). The pattern is clear—higher presets suffer disproportionately from resolution scaling, with Ultra at 4K retaining only 36.1% of its 1080p frame rate. Even so, 137.6 FPS at 4K Ultra is far beyond what most systems achieve in this title, and the game remains smooth even under maximum load.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearestRivals list provides several processors that would produce nearly identical frame rates in Inside, given the game's relatively low CPU demands. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i5-12600K both have avgBenchmarkScore of 27578, a deltaPct of 0.2% behind the Ryzen 5 7600X's 27636. In practical terms, these CPUs would deliver frame rates within a fraction of a percent of each other, making any performance differences imperceptible in actual gameplay. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE scores 27712, 0.3% higher, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 trails at 27535, 0.4% lower.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4090's nearestRivals present an interesting contrast. The Intel Arc Pro A60 matches the RTX 4090's avgBenchmarkScore of 60347 with a deltaPct of 0, meaning this professional-oriented GPU would deliver effectively identical performance in Inside. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 trails by 0.3% at 60140, while the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M leads by 2.5% at 61896, and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 falls 2.9% behind at 58657. Because Inside is not a demanding title, swapping the RTX 4090 for any of these alternatives would likely produce frame rates that differ by only a few percent, all remaining far above 60 FPS at any resolution.

The practical implication is that this combo's performance in Inside is far from unique. A system pairing any of the listed rival CPUs with any of the rival GPUs would achieve similar results, because the game's bottleneck is primarily the GPU at higher resolutions, and even the weakest of these alternatives—the AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58657—still offers roughly 97% of the RTX 4090's benchmark score. For a game that runs at 287.6 FPS at 1080p Ultra, a 2.9% reduction would still leave frame rates near 280 FPS, an imperceptible difference in practice.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which achieves 287.6 FPS average. This is the maximum quality setting available, and the frame rate is nearly five times the playable threshold. The data shows no reason to compromise on visual quality at this resolution, as even the highest preset leaves enormous headroom.

At 2560x1440, the best settings are also Ultra, with an average FPS of 226.2. This represents a 21.3% reduction from the 1080p Ultra result, but still comfortably exceeds 60 FPS by a factor of 3.8. The High preset at 236 FPS offers a marginal 9.8 FPS improvement over Ultra, but the visual quality trade-off is unnecessary given the headroom available.

At 3840x2160, Ultra remains the best settings choice, delivering 137.6 FPS average. This is the only resolution where the frame rate dips below 200 FPS, but it still more than doubles the 60 FPS threshold. The gap between High (145.5 FPS) and Ultra (137.6 FPS) is just 7.9 FPS, meaning players can run at maximum settings with virtually no performance penalty relative to the next step down. Across all three resolutions, the verdictByResolution data consistently identifies Ultra as the best settings, with no resolution requiring a reduction to lower presets to maintain playability.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at maximum quality across every tested resolution. The verdictByResolution data lists all four playableSettings—High, Low, Medium, and Ultra—at 3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080, with no exclusions. The playableThresholdFps of 60 is cleared by a wide margin in every configuration, with the lowest result being 137.6 FPS at 4K Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the best settings are Ultra with an avgFpsAtBest of 137.6, which is more than double the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440, Ultra achieves 226.2 FPS, nearly four times the threshold. At 1920x1080, Ultra delivers 287.6 FPS, approaching five times the threshold. The data shows no scenario where this combo fails to maintain smooth gameplay, even under the most demanding preset and resolution combination.

The practical verdict is unambiguous: this system is overqualified for Inside. The game's 2016 release date means it was designed for hardware that is now several generations old, and the RTX 4090's 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are far beyond what this title requires. The measured FPS numbers suggest that the limiting factor in any real-world session would be the display's refresh rate rather than the hardware's capability, as even 4K Ultra output exceeds 120 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data reveals distinct scaling patterns that indicate which component dominates at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the CPU's role is more significant because the GPU has ample bandwidth and compute headroom. The frame rate differences between presets—381 FPS at Low versus 287.6 FPS at Ultra—show a 93.4 FPS spread, but the minimal gap between High (289.3 FPS) and Ultra (287.6 FPS) suggests the GPU is not fully saturated even at maximum settings. The Ryzen 5 7600X's single-thread score of 1060 in 3dmark_single_thread and its 1965 in cinebench_r23_singlecore indicate strong per-core performance, which matters for a game like Inside that likely has modest thread utilization.

At 2560x1440, the GPU begins to exert more influence. The frame rate drop from 1080p to 1440p is larger at Ultra (21.3%) than at Low (10.7%), which is the classic signature of increasing GPU-bound behavior. The CPU's workload remains roughly constant as resolution rises, but the GPU must process more pixels, so the performance delta between presets widens. The Ultra preset at 1440p achieves 226.2 FPS, which is still far above the CPU's ability to be the limiting factor—even a significantly weaker CPU would likely sustain this frame rate given the game's age.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck. The 4K Ultra frame rate of 137.6 FPS is 52.1% lower than the 1080p Ultra result, while the 4K Low frame rate of 288.2 FPS is only 24.4% lower than its 1080p counterpart. This disproportionate scaling at higher presets indicates that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth—1.01 TB/s—are being taxed more heavily at 4K. The RTX 4090's pixelRate of 443.5 GPixel/s and textureRate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s are the relevant metrics here, and the data shows they are sufficient for 137.6 FPS at 4K Ultra, but the scaling pattern confirms the GPU is the primary constraint at this resolution.

The CPU's role diminishes as resolution increases, which is typical for a game with modest CPU demands. The Ryzen 5 7600X's multicore score of 15236 in cinebench_r23 and its avgBenchmarkScore of 27636 place it well above the level needed for Inside, and the benchmark data shows no CPU-related frame rate limitations even at the highest FPS values recorded. At 1080p Low (381 FPS), the CPU is likely near its practical limit for this title, but the game's low thread requirements mean the 6-core, 12-thread configuration is more than adequate. The GPU, conversely, scales from being only partially utilized at 1080p Low to being the dominant factor at 4K Ultra, where its 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is the key resource driving frame rates.