Inside

This combo ranks 1510th out of 3716 tested configurations in the database for Inside, placing it in the upper half of all systems. The Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 pairing is far more capable than this game demands, and the data reflects that: every resolution and preset combination clears the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin. The rank is modest not because of weak performance, but because Inside is a lightweight title that even mid-range hardware can run comfortably, so the field of tested combos is crowded at the top. The RTX 5090 sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, and the i5-10400F lands at the 68th percentile among CPUs, yet the game itself is a 2016 puzzle platformer that does not scale with such extreme hardware. The measured results confirm that this system is overqualified, with average frame rates ranging from 135.5 FPS at 4K Ultra to 235.3 FPS at 1080p Low. For a game like Inside, the bottleneck is never the hardware, it is the engine's own frame pacing and the monitor's refresh rate.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this combination 1510th out of 3716 tested combos for Inside. That position places it in the 40th percentile of all systems, which sounds underwhelming until the actual frame rates are examined. The ranking is heavily influenced by the fact that Inside is an older, visually simple title where even modest GPUs achieve high frame rates, so the field is compressed. The i5-10400F has an average benchmark score of 14185 across all tested workloads, putting it at the 68th percentile of all CPUs. The RTX 5090 has an average benchmark score of 79842, placing it at the 92nd percentile of all GPUs. Neither component is the limiting factor here. The combination produces average FPS figures that are between 2.3 and 3.9 times the playable threshold of 60 FPS, depending on resolution and settings. The rank reflects the game's low demands more than any deficiency in the hardware. In absolute terms, this system is in the top tier of what the database has measured for Inside, even if the percentile rank is dragged down by the sheer number of capable systems that can run this game smoothly.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data shows that the GPU is the dominant component in this pairing, but only in the sense that it is massively overprovisioned for Inside. The RTX 5090, with its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, is not stressed by a game that renders simple 2D-style side-scrolling environments. The i5-10400F, with 6 cores and 12 threads boosting to 4.30 GHz, provides more than enough single-thread performance for the game's logic and physics. The scaling between resolutions reveals the GPU's headroom. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 235.3 FPS. At 4K Low, it drops to 179.9 FPS, a reduction of 55.4 FPS or roughly 23.5 percent. The drop from 1080p to 4K is modest because the game's pixel shading load is light relative to the RTX 5090's raw throughput. The preset scaling tells a similar story. At 4K, moving from Low to Ultra reduces the average from 179.9 FPS to 137.1 FPS, a 42.8 FPS difference. At 1080p, the same preset change drops from 235.3 FPS to 175.8 FPS, a 59.5 FPS difference. The larger absolute drop at 1080p suggests that at lower resolutions the CPU has more room to push frames, and the GPU's extra rendering work becomes more visible as settings increase. Neither component becomes a hard bottleneck, but the CPU's role is more apparent at 1080p Low, where the 235.3 FPS result is likely closer to what the i5-10400F can feed rather than what the RTX 5090 can render.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the recorded averages are 235.3 FPS on Low, 215.2 FPS on Medium, 176.8 FPS on High, and 175.8 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra is 59.5 FPS, with the largest single step being the 38.4 FPS drop from Medium to High. The step from High to Ultra is nearly negligible at 1 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset adds visual features that cost almost nothing on this hardware. At 2560x1440, the averages are 207.6 FPS on Low, 194.5 FPS on Medium, 158.4 FPS on High, and 159 FPS on Ultra. The Medium to High transition costs 36.1 FPS, while High to Ultra actually gains 0.6 FPS, a measurement variance that falls within normal run-to-run fluctuation. At 3840x2160, the averages are 179.9 FPS on Low, 163.3 FPS on Medium, 135.5 FPS on High, and 137.1 FPS on Ultra. The pattern repeats: the steepest drop is from Medium to High at 27.8 FPS, while High to Ultra gains 1.6 FPS. The min and max FPS values are not recorded in the database for this title, so the analysis relies on average frame rates. The consistency of the High to Ultra behavior across all three resolutions, where the average either stays flat or increases slightly, suggests that the Ultra preset is not meaningfully heavier than High for this combination. The data does not show any resolution or preset where the average dips below 135.5 FPS, which is the lowest recorded number across all twelve measurements.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at every tested resolution and preset with frame rates far above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, all four settings are playable, with Ultra averaging 137.1 FPS. At 2560x1440, all four settings are playable, with Ultra averaging 159 FPS. At 1920x1080, all four settings are playable, with Ultra averaging 175.8 FPS. The database's playable threshold is 60 FPS, and the lowest recorded average across all twelve combinations is 135.5 FPS at 4K High. That is more than double the threshold. The RTX 5090's 92nd percentile GPU ranking and the i5-10400F's 68th percentile CPU ranking combine to produce a system that never struggles with this title. Even the most demanding configuration, 4K Ultra, leaves a 77.1 FPS margin over the playable threshold. The only practical limitation is the display's refresh rate, since a 60 Hz monitor would cap the experience at 60 FPS, and even a 144 Hz display would be saturated at 1080p Low where the combo produces 235.3 FPS. For Inside, this system is effectively future-proof, and the data supports running the game at maximum settings at any resolution without concern.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-10400F in the database are the Intel Xeon 6756E with an average score of 14163 and a delta of 0.2 percent, the Intel Core 7 160UL with an average score of 14232 and a delta of negative 0.3 percent, the AMD EPYC 7552 with an average score of 14115 and a delta of 0.5 percent, and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C with an average score of 14277 and a delta of negative 0.6 percent. All four CPUs sit within 0.6 percent of the i5-10400F's average score of 14185, meaning any of them would produce nearly identical frame rates in Inside when paired with the RTX 5090. The nearest rivals for the RTX 5090 are the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB with an average score of 79605 and a delta of 0.3 percent, the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB with an average score of 79396 and a delta of 0.6 percent, the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT with an average score of 78940 and a delta of 1.1 percent, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X with an average score of 80959 and a delta of negative 1.4 percent. These GPUs are within 1.4 percent of the RTX 5090's average score of 79842. A system using the i5-10400F with any of these rival GPUs, or a system using the RTX 5090 with any of these rival CPUs, would deliver frame rates in the same range as the measured values. The differences are so small that they would not be perceptible in Inside, where the game's frame rates are already several times the playable threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the best settings are Ultra with an average of 175.8 FPS. The database records Ultra as the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, and since all presets qualify, Ultra is the recommended choice. At 2560x1440, the best settings are also Ultra with an average of 159 FPS. The margin over the 60 FPS threshold is 99 FPS, leaving substantial headroom. At 3840x2160, the best settings are again Ultra with an average of 137.1 FPS. The margin over the threshold is 77.1 FPS. In every case, the most demanding preset is also the best choice because the hardware never comes close to the playable limit. The data shows that the High to Ultra transition costs almost nothing, with the average actually increasing slightly at 1440p and 4K, so there is no reason to drop below Ultra. The RTX 5090's 32 GB of VRAM and 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are far beyond what Inside requires, and the i5-10400F's single-thread score of 688 in 3DMark and 1451 in Cinebench R23 single-core is sufficient to feed the GPU at these frame rates. The recommended configuration is simple: run Inside at the highest preset at whatever resolution the display supports, and the system will deliver between 137.1 and 175.8 FPS depending on the resolution.