Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution and preset. The data shows this pairing is substantially overqualified for the game, with even the most demanding 4K Ultra configuration averaging 100 FPS, leaving massive headroom for high-refresh-rate displays.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces extraordinary frame rates across all settings. The Low preset averages 429 FPS, which is the highest recorded figure in the entire measurement set. Medium settings reach 366 FPS, while High drops to 230.4 FPS. The Ultra preset still maintains a commanding 215.7 FPS average. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the system is almost certainly bottlenecked by game engine limits or CPU draw-call throughput rather than GPU rendering capability, as the gap between Low and Ultra is only about 50% despite the significantly increased graphical workload.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scaling remains linear and impressive. Low settings produce 330.6 FPS, with Medium at 263.5 FPS and High at 166.7 FPS. The Ultra preset records 157.3 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p shows a consistent reduction of roughly 23-27% across all presets, which is a moderate penalty that reflects the increased pixel count while still leaving the system far above any playability concerns.

At 3840x2160, the 4K resolution brings the most substantial performance drop, yet the results remain outstanding. Low settings average 206.9 FPS, Medium achieves 168.2 FPS, and High settles at 104.6 FPS. The Ultra preset, which represents the maximum graphical load, still delivers a 100 FPS average. The scaling from 1440p to 4K shows a reduction of approximately 37% for Low, 36% for Medium, and 36-37% for High and Ultra, indicating that the GPU is now becoming the primary limiting factor but still has ample reserve.

Throughout all measurements, the minimum and maximum FPS values are not reported in the data, so the analysis relies solely on average frame rates. The absence of min/max figures means variance and frame-time consistency cannot be assessed directly, but the exceptionally high averages suggest that even rare dips would remain well above the 60 FPS threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination holds the 536th position out of 3,716 total tested combos in the database for Inside. This places it in the top 14.4% of all hardware pairings evaluated for this game. The percentile ranking is noteworthy because Inside is a lightweight puzzle platformer, meaning that many high-end components will saturate the game's modest requirements. A rank of 536 indicates that the Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 4070 sit firmly in the upper echelon of tested systems, though the game's low ceiling means that numerous other combinations likely achieve similar or identical frame rates at lower resolutions.

The CPU's percentileVsAllCpus score of 92 confirms that the Ryzen 9 9900X outperforms 92% of all processors in the benchmark database. Its average benchmark score of 57,498 places it in elite company. The GPU's percentileVsAllGpus score of 81 shows the RTX 4070 exceeds 81% of all graphics cards tested. When combined, these two components create a system that ranks highly not because of exceptional synergy in Inside specifically, but because both parts are independently powerful enough to trivialize this game's rendering demands.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset is the best playable setting, delivering a 215.7 FPS average. Since every preset clears 60 FPS, the recommendation is to use the highest quality configuration, which also happens to provide the most visually complete experience.

For 2560x1440, Ultra remains the optimal choice with a 157.3 FPS average. The system has sufficient headroom that even the most demanding settings produce frame rates nearly triple the playability threshold.

At 3840x2160, the best settings are again Ultra, achieving a 100 FPS average. This is a particularly strong result because 4K Ultra in most games would strain the RTX 4070, but Inside's stylized visuals and modest geometry allow the card to maintain triple-digit frame rates. The verdict data confirms all four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at every resolution, but Ultra is the recommended preset across the board due to its consistent 100+ FPS performance.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for how other processors would perform in this system. The AMD EPYC 9015 has an average score of 57,555, which is 0.1% lower than the Ryzen 9 9900X. The AMD EPYC 7313 scores 57,399, representing a 0.2% advantage for the Ryzen 9 9900X. The Intel Core i9-14900 leads with 58,115, outperforming the Ryzen 9 9900X by 1.1%. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M scores 58,323, a 1.4% edge. These differences are negligible in real-world gaming, especially for a game like Inside where the CPU is rarely the bottleneck. A system built around any of these processors would produce nearly identical frame rates in this title.

On the GPU side, the NVIDIA Tesla P4 has an average score of 37,628, just 0.1% lower than the RTX 4070's 37,648. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 scores 37,507, a 0.4% deficit. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile scores 38,135, outperforming the RTX 4070 by 1.3%. The AMD Radeon PRO W6400 scores 37,157, a 1.3% gap. These margins are small enough that swapping the RTX 4070 for any of these alternatives would result in virtually identical FPS in Inside, given the game's low graphical demands. The RTX 4080 Mobile's slight advantage would likely be imperceptible at 1080p but could provide a few extra frames at 4K Ultra.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured FPS data reveals how the balance of responsibility shifts between the CPU and GPU as resolution changes. At 1920x1080, the system produces between 215.7 and 429 FPS depending on the preset. The massive jump from Low to Ultra at the same resolution suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU far more frames than the graphics card can render at maximum settings. The fact that 1080p Low reaches 429 FPS while 4K Low only reaches 206.9 FPS indicates that resolution scaling directly impacts GPU throughput, confirming the RTX 4070 is the primary limiter as pixel count rises.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows an average reduction of about 24% across presets, while the scaling from 1440p to 4K shows a further reduction of approximately 37%. This non-linear degradation is typical of GPU-bound workloads, where the pixel fill rate becomes increasingly dominant. At 4K Ultra, the 100 FPS result demonstrates that the RTX 4070 is still not fully saturated, since the gap between High (104.6 FPS) and Ultra (100 FPS) is only 4.6 FPS, suggesting the game's Ultra preset does not impose a dramatically higher load than High.

The CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low, where 429 FPS likely approaches the engine's maximum frame-rate ceiling. The Ryzen 9 9900X's 12 cores and 24 threads provide far more compute than Inside can utilize, given that the game released in 2016 and has modest physics and logic requirements. Even at 4K, the CPU is unlikely to constrain performance, as the GPU remains the dominant factor. For players seeking maximum frame rates, the CPU is essentially never the bottleneck; for players pushing 4K Ultra, the GPU governs the outcome.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside flawlessly at every resolution and setting combination tested. The verdict data confirms that all four presets are playable at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. At 1080p, the Ultra preset averages 215.7 FPS, making it suitable for 144Hz and even 240Hz monitors. At 1440p, Ultra averages 157.3 FPS, comfortably supporting high-refresh-rate displays. At 4K, Ultra averages 100 FPS, which is more than sufficient for 60Hz displays and even allows for 100Hz+ monitors.

The lowest recorded average across all tests is 100 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is 40 FPS above the playable threshold. This margin ensures that even in scenes with heavy particle effects or complex lighting, the system will maintain smooth performance. The Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 4070 combination is dramatically overprovisioned for Inside, but that overprovisioning guarantees zero compromises: players can enable every graphical option at their native resolution and never worry about frame drops below the 60 FPS threshold. The data indicates this is one of the most capable configurations in the database for this title, ranking 536th out of 3,716 combos, and it will deliver a flawless experience on any current display.