Inside

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the database shows this combination can run Inside at Ultra settings with an average of 169.6 FPS. That is the most demanding preset tested, and it clears the 60 FPS playability threshold by a wide margin. Lower presets at this resolution also deliver high frame rates, with High at 171.2 FPS, Medium at 203.9 FPS, and Low at 221.5 FPS, but Ultra remains the recommended choice because it maintains the highest visual quality while still staying far above 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the recorded data again places Ultra as the best settings choice, with an average of 150.9 FPS. The other presets at this resolution are also playable: High runs at 155.6 FPS, Medium at 180.5 FPS, and Low at 201.5 FPS. Since Ultra is the most demanding preset and still produces an average well above the playable threshold, there is no reason to drop to a lower preset for performance reasons.

At 3840x2160, the pattern continues. Ultra settings deliver an average of 131.1 FPS, which is the best preset available at this resolution. High runs at 129.6 FPS, Medium at 157.4 FPS, and Low at 170.4 FPS. All presets at 4K remain comfortably above 60 FPS, so the most demanding preset, Ultra, is the appropriate recommendation. The data indicates that this hardware combination is not constrained by the game's graphical demands at any tested resolution, and the frame rate headroom is substantial across the board.

CPU and GPU Roles

Benchmark results indicate that the GPU plays the dominant role in determining frame rates for Inside, but the CPU still matters at lower resolutions. The scaling between resolutions shows a clear pattern: as resolution increases, the average FPS drops for every preset, which is consistent with a GPU-bound workload. For example, at Ultra settings, the average FPS goes from 169.6 at 1080p to 150.9 at 1440p to 131.1 at 4K. That is a 22.7% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the RTX 5090 is being pushed harder at higher pixel counts.

At Low settings, the resolution scaling is even more pronounced. The average FPS at 1080p is 221.5, dropping to 201.5 at 1440p and 170.4 at 4K. This represents a 23.1% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The larger drop at Low settings suggests that when the GPU has less work per frame, the CPU becomes more relevant at lower resolutions, but the overall frame rates are so high that the CPU is never a limiting factor for playability.

The CPU, an Intel Core i5-9400 with 6 cores and 6 threads, posts a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 6629 and a single-core score of 935. Its percentile rank among all CPUs is 47, meaning it sits near the middle of the database's tested processors. For a puzzle platformer like Inside, which is not a heavily threaded title, the single-core performance is more relevant than multicore throughput. The data shows that even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would be most likely to bottleneck, the combination still produces 221.5 FPS, so the i5-9400 is sufficient for this game.

At 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the dominant component, as the average FPS drops to 131.1, which is still very high but noticeably lower than the 169.6 FPS at 1080p Ultra. The difference between resolutions is larger than the difference between presets at the same resolution, which further supports the conclusion that the GPU is the primary driver of performance in this game. The CPU's role is secondary, and it only becomes more relevant at lower resolutions and lower presets, where the GPU has less work to do.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals to the Intel Core i5-9400 in the database's average benchmark score are all within a narrow band. The Intel Core i7-1068NG7 has an average score of 2259, which is 0.2% higher than the i5-9400's average of 2254. The Intel Core i3-10305 scores 2264, 0.4% higher. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 scores 2246, 0.4% lower, and the Intel Core i7-10710U scores 2248, 0.3% lower. These deltas are all under half a percent, meaning any of these CPUs would behave essentially identically to the i5-9400 in Inside. For a game that is not CPU-intensive, swapping to any of these processors would produce nearly the same frame rates.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals to the RTX 5090 are also close in average score. The NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB scores 79605, which is 0.3% lower than the RTX 5090's average of 79842. The Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB scores 79396, 0.6% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT scores 78940, 1.1% lower, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X scores 80959, 1.4% higher. These deltas are all within 1.5%, so any of these GPUs would deliver nearly the same performance in Inside at all tested resolutions. The RTX 5090 sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, and its nearest rivals are all similarly powerful parts, so users with any of these alternatives would see very similar frame rates.

It is notably the RTX 5090's nearest rivals are a mix of professional workstation cards and mobile GPUs, which reflects the fact that the benchmark average score is a broad metric. In practice, for a game like Inside, the actual frame rates would be dominated by the GPU's raw rasterization performance, and all of these alternatives are within a small margin of each other.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Inside? Yes, at every tested resolution and preset. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, the playable settings include High, Low, Medium, and Ultra, with the best settings being Ultra at an average of 131.1 FPS. At 2560x1440, all four presets are playable, and Ultra is again the best choice at 150.9 FPS. At 1920x1080, the same holds true, with Ultra at 169.6 FPS.

The playable threshold is 60 FPS, and the lowest recorded average across all tests is 129.6 FPS at 4K High. That is more than double the threshold. Even at the most demanding settings and the highest resolution, this combination has substantial headroom. The RTX 5090's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are far more than Inside requires, and the i5-9400's 6 cores are more than enough for this title's modest CPU demands.

In short, this PC does not just run Inside, it runs it at maximum settings with frame rates that are suitable for high-refresh-rate displays. The data shows no scenario where the user would need to compromise on visual quality to maintain playability.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest preset that stays above 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Ultra settings at 3840x2160 produce an average of 131.1 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS playability threshold. All other presets at 4K are also above 60 FPS.

Q: How does the frame rate scale from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 Ultra, the average is 169.6 FPS. At 2560x1440 Ultra, it drops to 150.9 FPS. At 3840x2160 Ultra, it drops further to 131.1 FPS. The reduction from 1080p to 4K is 22.7%.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game?

A: The GPU is the dominant component. The frame rate drops more with resolution increases than with preset changes, indicating a GPU-bound workload. The CPU, an Intel Core i5-9400, is sufficient, as even at 1080p Low the combination produces 221.5 FPS.

Q: What are the playable settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, all four tested presets are playable: High at 155.6 FPS, Low at 201.5 FPS, Medium at 180.5 FPS, and Ultra at 150.9 FPS. The best settings are Ultra.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 5090 has an average benchmark score of 79842. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, scores 79605, which is 0.3% lower. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X scores 80959, 1.4% higher. All rivals are within 1.5% of the RTX 5090's score.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations?

A: This CPU and GPU combination ranks 1773 out of 3716 tested combos in the database for Inside.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of an Intel Core i5-9400 and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 ranks 1773 out of 3716 tested combos for Inside. That places it just below the median of the database's tested combinations. The rank reflects the fact that the CPU is a mid-range part from 2018, while the GPU is a top-tier part from 2025. The i5-9400 sits at the 47th percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 5090 sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs.

The rank is driven almost entirely by the GPU's performance, since Inside is not a demanding game and the CPU is more than capable of keeping up. The measured frame rates are very high across all resolutions and presets, with no result below 129.6 FPS. The combo's rank in the middle of the pack is likely due to the fact that many other tested combinations in the database also have high-end GPUs paired with newer or higher-tier CPUs, which would produce similar or slightly better frame rates in this game.

However, for the specific purpose of running Inside, this rank is not a concern. The data shows that the combination clears the 60 FPS threshold at every tested resolution and preset, and it does so with a large margin. The rank is a statistical position among many combos, but the practical outcome is that this PC delivers a smooth, high-frame-rate experience for this game. Users who own this hardware can expect excellent performance in Inside, with the ability to max out settings at any resolution.