Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 combination delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside, a 2D puzzle platformer that places minimal stress on modern desktop hardware. Across all tested resolutions and presets, the system never dips below 79 FPS on average, indicating that the game is effectively maxed out by this pairing at every setting tier.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the benchmark results show an extraordinary level of performance. The Low preset produces an average of 269.7 FPS, while Medium reaches 251.4 FPS. High settings yield 187 FPS, and the Ultra preset, which is the most demanding configuration, still manages an average of 180.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is substantial—a 89.5 FPS difference—but even the lowest figure remains nearly three times above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high but begin to show a more pronounced scaling pattern. Low settings produce 245.2 FPS, Medium follows at 218.3 FPS, and High drops to 137.9 FPS. The Ultra preset at this resolution delivers 131 FPS, which is still more than double the playability threshold. The drop from Low to Ultra here is 114.2 FPS, indicating that the GPU is becoming more influential as pixel count increases, but the overall performance headroom remains massive.

At 3840x2160, the resolution scaling becomes more evident. Low settings produce 173.9 FPS, Medium drops to 136.4 FPS, and High falls to 84.6 FPS. The Ultra preset yields 79 FPS, which is the lowest average across the entire benchmark suite. Despite this, every setting at 4K remains above 60 FPS, with Ultra holding a 19 FPS margin over the threshold. The difference between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 94.9 FPS, showing that the GPU workload scales significantly with both resolution and preset quality.

No minimum or maximum FPS values were recorded in the data, so the analysis relies solely on average frame rates. The absence of min/max figures means stutter behavior and frame time consistency cannot be assessed directly, but the high averages across all configurations suggest a smooth experience.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data reveals that the RTX 3070 is the primary bottleneck in this pairing, but only at higher resolutions and presets. At 1080p, the CPU's strong single-thread performance, reflected in a PassMark single-thread score of 2970 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3157, allows the GPU to run near its full potential. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is only 89.5 FPS, which suggests that the GPU is already near its limit even at the lowest settings.

At 1440p, the GPU's role becomes more defined. The scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 114.2 FPS drop, which is larger than the 1080p delta. This indicates that the RTX 3070 is working harder as pixel count increases, but the Ryzen 7 5700X3D's 96 MB of shared L3 cache and 8-core/16-thread configuration are still sufficient to feed the GPU without introducing a CPU-side limitation.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 produces 79 FPS, which is 101.2 FPS lower than the 1080p Ultra result. This 4K-to-1080p scaling shows that the RTX 3070's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed heavily at higher resolutions. The CPU's role diminishes further at 4K, as the frame rate is almost entirely determined by the GPU's rasterization throughput.

The CPU's benchmark scores support this interpretation. A Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22366 and a PassMark multi-thread score of 26318 indicate that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has ample processing headroom for a game like Inside, which is not heavily threaded. The single-thread performance is also strong, with a Geekbench single-core score of 1849, ensuring that the game's logic and physics calculations are handled without delay.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The Ryzen 7 5700X3D's nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, include the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D, which scores 24728 with a delta of -0.1%, and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, scoring 24822 with a -0.5% delta. The Intel Core i5-12450HX and Intel Core i5-11600 are also close, with scores of 24576 and 24563, respectively, showing deltas of 0.5% and 0.6%. These differences are negligible, meaning any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Inside when paired with the same GPU.

For the GPU, the RTX 3070's nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, which scores 17083 with a 0.7% delta, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, scoring 17037 with a 1% delta. The AMD Radeon HD 7970M and NVIDIA Tesla K40c are also within a narrow margin, scoring 17019 and 17468, respectively, with deltas of 1.1% and -1.5%. In practice, the RX 7600 XT would deliver nearly identical performance in Inside, while the GTX 690, despite its age, would also keep pace due to the game's light GPU demands.

The combination of any of these rival CPUs with the RTX 3070 would yield results within a few percentage points of the measured figures. Similarly, swapping the GPU for an RX 7600 XT would produce frame rates that differ by less than 1% from the RTX 3070's output. This means that the benchmark results are highly representative of a broad range of mid-range hardware from the same era.

The Verdict

The data clearly shows that this PC can run Inside at all tested resolutions and presets, with every configuration delivering an average FPS above 60. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves 180.2 FPS, which is 120.2 FPS above the playability threshold. At 2560x1440, Ultra produces 131 FPS, leaving a 71 FPS margin. Even at 3840x2160, the most demanding scenario, Ultra delivers 79 FPS, which is 19 FPS above the threshold.

The verdict by resolution confirms that all settings are playable at every resolution. At 4K, the playable settings include High, Low, Medium, and Ultra, with the best setting being Ultra at an average of 79 FPS. At 1440p, all presets are also playable, with Ultra reaching 131 FPS. At 1080p, Ultra hits 180.2 FPS, making it the most comfortable experience of the three resolutions.

The lack of any min or max FPS data means that frame time spikes cannot be evaluated, but the high averages suggest that even momentary dips would remain well above 60 FPS. For a game like Inside, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with modest visual effects, this hardware is significantly overqualified.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, with an average of 79 FPS. This is the highest quality setting available, and it clears the threshold by a comfortable margin. Players seeking the best visual fidelity at 4K can confidently select Ultra without concern for performance drops.

At 2560x1440, Ultra is also the best choice, delivering 131 FPS. This leaves substantial headroom for any potential frame time variations, making it the optimal setting for high-refresh-rate monitors at this resolution. The 131 FPS average is more than enough for 120 Hz displays.

At 1920x1080, Ultra again provides the best experience, with an average of 180.2 FPS. This is the highest frame rate recorded in the entire benchmark suite, and it will easily drive 144 Hz or even 165 Hz monitors. The performance margin at 1080p is so large that users could enable additional GPU-intensive features without dropping below 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and RTX 3070 ranks 1659 out of 3716 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the top 44.6% of all configurations, which is a solid result considering the GPU's age and the game's low system requirements. The ranking reflects the fact that the RTX 3070, while capable, is not a top-tier card by modern standards, but it is more than sufficient for this title.

The percentile rankings for the individual components support this positioning. The CPU ranks in the 77th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 61st percentile among all GPUs. The CPU's higher percentile indicates that it is relatively stronger than the GPU within this pairing, which aligns with the observed performance scaling where the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

The combo rank of 1659 suggests that there are many systems with faster GPUs that achieve higher frame rates in Inside, but the practical difference is minimal given that the game already runs at multiples of the 60 FPS threshold. The combination is well-balanced for this workload, with the CPU's strong cache architecture and the GPU's ample memory bandwidth ensuring that neither component holds the other back in a meaningful way.