Inside

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers overwhelming performance in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far from demanding by modern standards. Measured data shows this combination produces triple-digit frame rates at every resolution and preset tested, from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. The lowest average recorded across the entire test matrix is 120.1 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is double the 60 FPS playability threshold. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 318.3 FPS average, indicating that the system is heavily bottlenecked by the game's engine limits rather than the hardware's actual capabilities.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5070 Ti and Core i5-12400F produce staggering frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of most displays. The Low preset averages 318.3 FPS, while Medium drops slightly to 293.5 FPS and High to 244.4 FPS. The most demanding preset, Ultra, still averages 238.5 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 79.8 FPS, representing a 25.1% performance reduction when enabling the highest quality settings. This scaling pattern shows that the GPU has ample headroom even at the most demanding 1080p settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains exceptionally high but shows a more pronounced impact from resolution scaling. The Low preset averages 284.8 FPS, which is 33.5 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium averages 262.5 FPS, High averages 200.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 193.7 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 91.1 FPS, which is a 32% reduction. Notably, the High and Ultra presets at 1440p produce nearly identical results to the 4K Medium and High presets respectively, suggesting that the game's rendering workload scales more with resolution than with the specific preset level.

At 3840x2160, the system still delivers well above 60 FPS across all settings. The Low preset averages 246.3 FPS, Medium averages 200.4 FPS, High averages 128.5 FPS, and Ultra averages 120.1 FPS. The performance drop from 1440p to 4K is substantial: the Ultra preset loses 73.6 FPS (38% reduction), while the Low preset loses 38.5 FPS (13.5% reduction). This indicates that the higher presets are more sensitive to resolution increases, likely due to increased pixel shading and texture bandwidth demands. The 4K High preset at 128.5 FPS is the closest any configuration comes to the 60 FPS threshold, but it still clears it by more than double.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset is the clear choice, averaging 238.5 FPS. This is the most demanding configuration tested at this resolution, and it still provides frame rates that far exceed any practical display refresh rate. The 238.5 FPS average means there is no reason to compromise on visual quality at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset also delivers the best experience, with an average of 193.7 FPS. This represents a 44.8 FPS drop compared to the same preset at 1080p, but the absolute performance remains overwhelmingly smooth. The 193.7 FPS average is still more than triple the 60 FPS threshold, so the Ultra preset is the recommended setting for 1440p gaming.

At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset averages 120.1 FPS, which is exactly double the playable threshold. While High at 128.5 FPS offers a slight performance improvement, the Ultra preset's 120.1 FPS is sufficiently high to justify enabling maximum quality settings. The data shows that the system can handle 4K Ultra with a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, making it the best choice for users with 4K displays. The 8.4 FPS difference between High and Ultra at 4K is minor, so the visual fidelity gain from Ultra is worth the small performance trade-off.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are led by the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, which scores 19047 versus the Core i5-12400F's 19039 average, a delta of 0%. The Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056, which is 0.1% higher. The Intel Core i5-1335U scores 18982, representing a 0.3% deficit, while the AMD EPYC 7773X scores 18979, also 0.3% lower. These four processors are essentially performance twins for this workload, meaning a system with any of them paired with the RTX 5070 Ti would produce nearly identical frame rates in Inside. The Core i5-12400F's percentile ranking of 73 among all CPUs confirms it is a mid-to-upper tier processor, but the game's low CPU demands mean even the closest rivals would not create a noticeable difference in gameplay.

On the GPU side, the RTX 5070 Ti's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, which scores 50001 versus the RTX 5070 Ti's 49957 average, a 0.1% difference. The Intel Arc A550M scores 49737, 0.4% lower, while the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT scores 50951, which is 2% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT scores 48477, representing a 3.1% deficit. The RX 6900 XT would offer a modest 2% performance advantage, translating to roughly 2-6 FPS difference at the frame rates observed in this game — an imperceptible change. The RX 6800 XT would be 3.1% slower, which at 4K Ultra would mean approximately 3.7 FPS fewer, still landing well above 60 FPS. All four alternatives would deliver essentially the same user experience in Inside, given the game's undemanding nature and the enormous performance headroom.

The Verdict

This PC can absolutely run Inside at maximum settings across all tested resolutions. The verdict data confirms that every single preset — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — is playable at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. The 60 FPS playability threshold is cleared by a wide margin in every configuration. At 4K Ultra, the worst-case scenario, the system averages 120.1 FPS, which is exactly double the threshold. At 1440p Ultra, the average jumps to 193.7 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra it reaches 238.5 FPS.

The verdictByResolution data explicitly lists all four settings as playable at each resolution, with Ultra recommended as the best setting everywhere. The 4K Ultra average of 120.1 FPS is the only configuration that falls below 200 FPS, but it remains comfortably above the playable threshold. Users with high-refresh-rate displays at 1080p or 1440p will find that the system can drive frame rates well beyond 200 FPS at the highest quality presets, making this an ideal pairing for competitive or high-refresh gaming. The only limitation is the game's own engine, which appears to cap performance around 318 FPS at 1080p Low — a ceiling that no modern hardware combination can exceed.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals that Inside is primarily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but the CPU still plays a significant role at lower resolutions. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a 14.7% performance drop at Low settings (from 318.3 to 284.8 FPS), while the drop at Ultra is 18.8% (from 238.5 to 193.7 FPS). Moving from 1440p to 4K, the Low preset drops by 13.5% (from 284.8 to 246.3 FPS), while Ultra drops by 38% (from 193.7 to 120.1 FPS). This pattern indicates that the Ultra preset is more sensitive to resolution increases, which points to GPU pixel throughput becoming the limiting factor at 4K.

However, the CPU's influence is visible in the preset scaling at each resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 79.8 FPS (25.1% reduction), while at 1440p it is 91.1 FPS (32% reduction), and at 4K it is 126.2 FPS (51.2% reduction). The widening gap between presets as resolution increases suggests that the GPU is doing progressively more work per frame, while the CPU's contribution remains relatively constant. The Core i5-12400F's 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 4.40 GHz boost clock is likely sufficient to keep up with the RTX 5070 Ti's output at all resolutions, given that the game is from 2016 and does not feature complex physics or AI workloads.

The fact that 1080p Low averages 318.3 FPS while 4K Low averages 246.3 FPS indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU fast enough to reach near-engine-limit frame rates at lower resolutions. As resolution increases, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, which is why the 4K Ultra preset drops to 120.1 FPS. For this specific game, the RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component at 4K, while the Core i5-12400F provides ample headroom at 1080p and 1440p. Users upgrading either component would see minimal gains in Inside because the system already exceeds the game's requirements by such a large margin.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 549th out of 3716 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the top 14.8% of all systems evaluated. This rank reflects the GPU's high percentile of 86 among all GPUs, while the CPU sits at the 73rd percentile. The GPU's strong performance is the primary driver of this ranking, as the game's visual workload heavily favors graphics processing power. The top 549 ranking means that roughly 3,167 other combinations perform better in this game, but given that this system already delivers 120 FPS at 4K Ultra, the difference between rank 549 and rank 1 is likely imperceptible in actual gameplay.

The data shows that the combo's average benchmark score of 49957 (GPU) combined with the CPU's 19039 average score creates a system that is far more powerful than Inside requires. The rank of 549 out of 3716 reflects the RTX 5070 Ti's high-end positioning, as the Core i5-12400F is a mainstream processor that does not hold back the GPU in this lightweight title. The percentile rankings confirm that the GPU is the stronger component relative to its peers, and the measured FPS results validate that this pairing is well-balanced for high-resolution gaming. For users seeking a system that can handle Inside at maximum settings with massive headroom, this combination ranks in the top 15% of all tested configurations and delivers a flawless experience.