Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers overwhelming performance for Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is anything but demanding by modern standards. The measured data shows this pairing never dips below triple-digit frame rates at any tested resolution or preset, making it a system that can run the game with massive headroom for future titles or high-refresh-rate displays.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows extraordinary performance across all four presets. The Low preset produces an average of 423.3 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded in the entire test suite. Medium follows closely at 392.8 FPS, while High drops to 255.2 FPS. The most demanding Ultra preset still maintains an average of 246 FPS. The scaling between presets at 1080p shows a predictable pattern: Low and Medium are within 7.2% of each other, while High and Ultra cluster together with a 3.6% gap between them.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high but show the expected impact of increased pixel count. Low delivers 369.7 FPS, Medium reaches 294.5 FPS, High produces 183.6 FPS, and Ultra maintains 175 FPS. The relative ordering stays consistent with 1080p, but the delta between Low and Medium widens to 20.3%, while High and Ultra remain close at a 4.7% difference. This suggests the GPU begins to feel the resolution load while still operating far above any playability threshold.

At 3840x2160, the story continues with strong but comparatively lower numbers. Low hits 231 FPS, Medium drops to 185.8 FPS, High manages 117 FPS, and Ultra produces 110.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 19.6%, while High and Ultra are separated by 5.4%. Even at 4K, the lowest recorded average (Ultra at 110.7 FPS) is nearly double the 60 FPS playability threshold, indicating that this game presents virtually no challenge to the hardware.

Notably, the measured FPS data for this title contains only average frame rates; minimum and maximum values are not provided in the dataset. The absence of min/max figures means the analysis relies entirely on average performance, which for a game with this level of headroom is sufficient to draw clear conclusions about playability.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results indicate that Inside is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at lower resolutions, with the CPU becoming relatively more relevant as resolution increases. The evidence lies in the scaling between 1080p and 1440p. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 423.3 FPS at 1080p to 369.7 FPS at 1440p, a 12.7% reduction. This modest decline suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU at both resolutions, and the GPU is the limiting factor even at 1080p.

However, the CPU's role becomes more pronounced at 4K. At Low settings, the transition from 1440p to 2160p reduces the average from 369.7 FPS to 231 FPS, a 37.5% drop. This is a substantial reduction that points to the GPU struggling with the pixel throughput required at 3840x2160, even for a lightweight title. The Ryzen 7 9700X, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, is never the bottleneck here; its benchmark scores, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 20485 and a single-core score of 2211, place it in the 86th percentile of all CPUs.

The preset scaling further clarifies the division of labor. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 177.3 FPS (423.3 vs 246), which is a 41.9% penalty for maxing out settings. At 4K, the same comparison shows a 120.3 FPS difference (231 vs 110.7), a 52.1% penalty. The larger percentage drop at 4K indicates that the GPU is working harder relative to its capacity, while the CPU maintains consistent performance across all configurations. For a game like Inside, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer without complex physics simulations, the CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 1280 and multi-thread score of 9771 are more than adequate.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset is the clear choice, delivering an average of 246 FPS. This is more than four times the 60 FPS playability threshold, and no other preset offers a meaningful advantage in visual quality that would justify sacrificing the already-excessive frame rate. The data shows that even the most demanding settings at 1080p leave enormous headroom.

At 2560x1440, Ultra remains the optimal selection with an average of 175 FPS. The gap between Ultra and High is only 8.6 FPS, but Ultra's 175 FPS average still comfortably clears any refresh-rate requirement up to 165 Hz. Choosing anything less than Ultra would reduce visual fidelity without any practical benefit, as even the lowest preset at 1440p (369.7 FPS) exceeds what most displays can show.

At 3840x2160, Ultra again stands as the best setting, producing 110.7 FPS on average. This is the only resolution where the frame rate dips below 200 FPS, but it remains well above the 60 FPS threshold. The 4K Ultra result is 55% lower than the 1080p Ultra figure, but the absolute number is still high enough for smooth 4K gaming on 120 Hz displays. For users with 60 Hz 4K panels, there is no reason to drop below Ultra, as the margin over the playability threshold is nearly double.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination ranks 293rd out of 3716 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the top 7.9% of all configurations in the database. This high percentile reflects the strength of both components individually: the CPU sits in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs.

The combo's ranking is notable because Inside is not a graphically demanding title. The fact that this pairing still lands in the top 293 of nearly 4,000 combos suggests that the CPU's strong single-thread performance and the GPU's raw throughput both contribute to the high frame rates measured. The CPU's PassMark single-thread score of 4654 and the GPU's PassMark G3D score of 29995 indicate that neither component is a weak link in this configuration.

In context, the ranking means that the vast majority of tested systems (3,423 combos) deliver lower average frame rates in Inside than this setup. However, the game's low system requirements mean that even far less powerful hardware would likely produce playable results. The ranking is more a signal of the hardware's overall capability than a reflection of any specific optimization for this game.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, include the Intel Core i9-14901E, which scores 37911 versus the Ryzen 7 9700X's 37943, a mere 0.1% difference. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores 37904, also 0.1% behind, while the Intel Core 5 211E trails by 0.3% at 37829. The AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 completes the group at 37804, a 0.4% deficit. Any of these processors would produce statistically indistinguishable frame rates in Inside, as the game's CPU load is minimal.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4070 SUPER's nearest rivals are all NVIDIA products. The Quadro M6000 24 GB scores 43262, just 0.1% below the RTX 4070 SUPER's 43223 average. The GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile matches at 43268, also 0.1% off. The Quadro M6000 (non-24GB version) scores 43301, 0.2% higher, and the RTX 4090 Mobile leads the group with 43667, a 1% advantage. For Inside, all of these GPUs would perform nearly identically, as the game's frame rates are so high that minor GPU differences become negligible.

Users considering alternatives should note that the RTX 4070 SUPER is marked as end-of-life in the production status, while the CPU remains active. The GPU's successor is the GeForce 50 series, but the data shows the 40-series card still holds its own against newer mobile parts like the RTX 5050 Mobile.

The Verdict

This PC can absolutely run Inside, and the data confirms it does so with exceptional margin across every resolution and preset combination tested. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 246 FPS, which is more than four times the 60 FPS playability threshold. The 2560x1440 Ultra setting maintains 175 FPS, still nearly three times the threshold. Even at 3840x2160, the most demanding configuration tested, Ultra produces 110.7 FPS, comfortably clearing 60 FPS by 84%.

The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: all four settings (Low, Medium, High, and Ultra) are playable at all three resolutions (1080p, 1440p, and 4K). The best settings are Ultra at every resolution, with average frame rates of 246 FPS at 1080p, 175 FPS at 1440p, and 110.7 FPS at 4K. The lowest recorded performance in the entire test suite—4K Ultra at 110.7 FPS—is still 50.7 FPS above the playability threshold.

For a game released in 2016, this hardware is overkill. The combo's 293rd place ranking out of 3,716 tested systems underscores that it is in the upper echelon of configurations, but the game itself does not require such firepower. The practical takeaway is that users can max out every setting at any resolution without concern, and the system will still have substantial headroom for more demanding titles or future games. The Ryzen 7 9700X's 65W TDP and the RTX 4070 SUPER's 220W TDP also indicate that this performance does not come at the cost of extreme power consumption, though power figures for the full system are not part of the measured data.