Inside

The data for the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 in Inside shows a system operating at extreme performance headroom. This is a game with modest demands, and the benchmark results confirm a combination that consistently delivers frame rates several times above the 60 FPS playability threshold across all tested resolutions and settings. The analysis below breaks down the measured performance, optimal configurations, and how this hardware stack compares to its nearest rivals.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the rendering load scales predictably with the graphics preset. The Low preset produces an average of 265 FPS, while the Medium preset averages 212 FPS with a minimum of 181 FPS and a maximum of 244 FPS. Stepping up to High reduces the average to 133 FPS, and the Ultra preset, the most demanding setting tested, still achieves a substantial average of 126 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is notable, representing a 79 FPS drop, which suggests a significant increase in shading complexity or texture filtering at the High tier.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance headroom expands considerably. The Low preset averages 386 FPS, and the Medium preset reaches 338 FPS with a min/max range of 287 to 389 FPS. High settings produce an average of 211 FPS, while the Ultra preset holds at 201 FPS. The transition from Medium to High here results in a 127 FPS decrease, which is a larger absolute drop than at 4K, indicating that the CPU begins to play a more prominent role at this resolution as the GPU is less saturated. The minimum frame rate at Medium (287 FPS) still exceeds the Ultra average at 4K, highlighting the resolution scaling efficiency.

At 1920x1080, the system approaches its peak throughput. The Low preset records an average of 431 FPS, the highest measurement in the entire dataset. Medium follows with 398 FPS on average, with a minimum of 338 FPS and a maximum of 457 FPS. High settings average 294 FPS, and Ultra averages 280 FPS. The delta between Low and Medium is only 33 FPS, while the jump to High costs 104 FPS, suggesting that the High preset introduces effects that are disproportionately expensive relative to the visual upgrade at this resolution. The minimum FPS at 1080p Medium (338 FPS) is higher than the maximum FPS at 4K Medium (244 FPS), confirming that resolution is the primary bottleneck lever.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that remains at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers an average of 126 FPS. This is over double the playability threshold, meaning there is no scenario where this system drops below 60 FPS at 4K, even with every setting maxed out. The data shows that High (133 FPS) and Medium (212 FPS) are also viable, but Ultra provides the highest fidelity without compromising the frame rate goal.

For 2560x1440, the best settings are also Ultra, with an average of 201 FPS. This is a substantial margin above the 60 FPS target, indicating that the system is not stressed at this resolution. The choice of Ultra over lower presets is purely aesthetic, as even the most demanding setting leaves more than 140 FPS of headroom.

At 1920x1080, Ultra again emerges as the optimal preset, averaging 280 FPS. This is the lowest average among the Ultra settings across resolutions, but it still represents a 220 FPS surplus over the 60 FPS threshold. The benchmark results imply that for this game, the resolution is the only meaningful variable; within each resolution, the preset selection has a minor impact on playability, though it does affect the absolute frame rate ceiling.

CPU and GPU Roles

The performance scaling across resolutions reveals a clear division of labor. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS at Ultra drops from 280 to 201, a 28% reduction. From 1440p to 4K, the Ultra average falls from 201 to 126, a 37% reduction. This increasing percentage drop as resolution rises indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher pixel counts, as the rasterization workload grows disproportionately compared to the CPU's fixed overhead.

Conversely, the CPU's influence is most apparent in the preset scaling at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 151 FPS (431 to 280), whereas at 4K, the same preset span yields a 139 FPS difference (265 to 126). While the absolute gap is similar, the relative impact is larger at 1080p because the CPU can feed frames faster than the GPU can render them, making the preset's draw calls and physics more significant. The Ryzen 7 9700F, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, appears sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 4080 at any tested setting, as evidenced by the consistently high minimum frame rates at Medium (e.g., 338 FPS at 1080p).

The data also shows that the GPU's memory bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s and 16 GB of GDDR6X memory are more than adequate for Inside. The game's modest texture and geometry demands mean that the RTX 4080's raw compute (48.74 TFLOPS FP32) is the primary driver of the observed frame rates. At 4K Ultra, the 126 FPS average suggests the GPU is still not fully saturated, as the minimum FPS was not recorded for this preset, implying no significant dips.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Inside? The data is unambiguous: yes, with overwhelming margin. According to the verdictByResolution data, all four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at every resolution tested, meaning they all exceed the 60 FPS threshold. At 3840x2160, the best playable setting is Ultra with an average of 126 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 201 FPS, and at 1920x1080, Ultra averages 280 FPS.

The benchmark results indicate that this system does not merely meet the 60 FPS target; it surpasses it by 110% at 4K Ultra, 235% at 1440p Ultra, and 367% at 1080p Ultra. The lowest recorded frame rate in the entire dataset is 181 FPS (4K Medium minimum), which is still three times the playability threshold. For a puzzle platformer, this level of performance is excessive, but it guarantees a perfectly smooth experience with no frame pacing concerns, even during the game's most visually complex sequences. The system's 98th percentile ranking out of 3716 tested combos further underscores its top-tier capability for this title.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Examining the nearestRivals for both components reveals that this combo's performance is closely matched by several other high-end configurations. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F's nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX, which has an average benchmark score of 69875, a 0.2% delta from the 9700F's 69996. The Intel Core i7-14700KF is also a near-identical performer, scoring 70163 (0.2% lower than the 9700F). The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i7-14700K trail by 0.7% and 0.9%, respectively. This means that swapping the 9700F for any of these CPUs would yield virtually identical frame rates in Inside, as none of them would become the bottleneck given the game's low CPU demands.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4080's closest competitor is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, with an average score of 54209, a 0.1% delta from the 4080's 54247. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X is 1.1% faster, while the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and AMD Radeon 8060S are 2.6% and 2.7% faster, respectively. These deltas are minor in the context of Inside, where the frame rates are already so high that a 3% difference would translate to roughly 4-8 FPS at 4K Ultra. For a user with an RTX 4080, upgrading to a 4080 SUPER would provide no measurable benefit in this game, as the performance is already capped by the game's engine or the CPU in certain scenarios.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: The RTX 4080 and Ryzen 7 9700F achieve an average of 126 FPS at 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset, which is well above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: Does the system ever drop below 60 FPS?

A: No. The lowest recorded frame rate in the dataset is 181 FPS, which occurs at 4K with Medium settings (as the minimum FPS). All other presets and resolutions have either unrecorded minimums or higher values.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 compare to the RTX 4080 SUPER in this game?

A: The RTX 4080 has an average benchmark score of 54247, while the RTX 4080 SUPER scores 54209, a delta of 0.1%. In Inside, this difference is negligible, and both GPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p?

A: The Ultra preset is the best choice at 2560x1440, delivering an average of 201 FPS. Since all presets exceed 60 FPS, Ultra offers the highest visual quality without sacrificing smoothness.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 9700F a bottleneck for the RTX 4080 in this game?

A: The data suggests not. The CPU's single-thread score of 4691 and multithread score of 36470 are high, and the frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a GPU-bound pattern, indicating the CPU is not limiting performance.

Q: How many tested combos does this system rank above?

A: The combo ranks 98th out of 3716 tested combinations, placing it in the top 2.6% of all systems tested for Inside.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination holds a rank of 98 out of 3716 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the 97th percentile, meaning it outperforms 97% of all other hardware configurations tested for this game. The rank is driven primarily by the GPU's high absolute performance, as the CPU's 94th percentile ranking among all CPUs is slightly lower but still ample for this title.

The top 97 configurations above this combo likely include systems with even more powerful GPUs, such as the RTX 4090 or future generations, but the data shows that for Inside, the marginal gains from such upgrades would be minimal. The 126 FPS at 4K Ultra is already a definitive result, and the rank reflects that this system is at the upper echelon of playability. The nearestRivals data confirms that small performance differences (0.1-2.7% in GPU scores) do not translate into meaningful FPS changes in this game, solidifying the 98th rank as a robust indicator of top-tier capability.