Inside

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers an extraordinary performance profile for Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. Across all tested resolutions and presets, the combination never dips below 115 FPS on average, making it a system that utterly overwhelms the game’s graphical demands. The data reveals a configuration that is not merely playable but excessively capable, with frame rates that suggest the title is being run at a fraction of its potential ceiling. This analysis breaks down the measured performance, optimal settings, and how this hardware stack compares to other tested combinations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combo shows a clear and consistent scaling pattern across the three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the system produces staggering numbers: the Low preset averages 391.5 FPS, Medium delivers 357.1 FPS, High reaches 270.6 FPS, and even the most demanding Ultra preset holds an average of 254.4 FPS. This represents a performance delta of 137.1 FPS between the Low and Ultra presets, indicating that while settings do impact the frame rate, the hardware has such immense headroom that even the heaviest load fails to create any sense of strain.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages remain exceptionally high. The Low preset posts 351.1 FPS, Medium follows with 311.5 FPS, High drops to 196.3 FPS, and Ultra settles at 182 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra here is 169.1 FPS, showing a slightly wider spread than at 1080p. This suggests that at higher resolutions, the GPU begins to exert more influence, though the absolute numbers still indicate a massive surplus of performance. The transition from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 40 FPS on the Low preset, a 10.4% reduction, while the Ultra preset loses 72.4 FPS, a 28.5% reduction, highlighting the growing burden on the graphics card as pixel count increases.

At 3840x2160, the 4K resolution, the system still delivers playable and often blistering frame rates. The Low preset averages 245.3 FPS, Medium achieves 196.7 FPS, High produces 124.6 FPS, and Ultra manages 115.2 FPS. The difference between the lowest and highest presets at 4K is 130.1 FPS. Notably, the gap between High and Ultra at this resolution narrows to just 9.4 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns from the highest settings when the GPU is already processing four times the pixels of 1080p. The data shows no min or max FPS values recorded, but the average figures alone paint a picture of a system that never approaches the 60 FPS playability threshold, let alone falls below it.

Best Settings per Resolution

Given the playable threshold of 60 FPS, every single preset at every resolution qualifies as playable, but the "best" setting is the one that maximizes visual quality while maintaining a comfortable margin above that threshold. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset is the clear choice, delivering an average of 254.4 FPS. This is more than four times the playability threshold, ensuring that even in the most complex scenes, the frame rate would remain fluid and responsive. The fact that Ultra is only 16.2 FPS slower than High at this resolution reinforces that the GPU is not the limiting factor.

For 2560x1440, the Ultra preset again stands as the best option, with an average of 182 FPS. This represents a 46.5% drop from the 1080p Ultra figure, but the absolute number remains far above what the game requires. The High preset at this resolution averages 196.3 FPS, which is 14.3 FPS faster than Ultra, but the visual improvements from Ultra justify the slight performance cost. The system has enough headroom to absorb the extra load without compromising the experience.

At 3840x2160, the best settings remain Ultra, posting an average of 115.2 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset falls below the 120 FPS mark, but it still nearly doubles the 60 FPS target. The High preset at 4K averages 124.6 FPS, a margin of 9.4 FPS over Ultra, but the fidelity gain from the highest settings is worth the minor reduction. The data confirms that this combination can run Inside at maximum quality across all resolutions, with the 4K Ultra figure being the lowest performance point in the entire dataset, yet still overwhelmingly playable.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals how the CPU and GPU share responsibility for this game’s performance. At 1920x1080, the difference between Low and Ultra is 137.1 FPS, a 35% reduction from the fastest preset. This relatively modest spread suggests that the CPU, the Intel Core i7-14700F, is capable of feeding frames at a rate that exceeds the GPU’s output even at lower settings. The i7-14700F, with its 20 cores and 28 threads, posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122, placing it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs. This raw compute power ensures that the game’s logic and physics never bottleneck the rendering pipeline.

As resolution increases to 2560x1440, the GPU begins to take a more prominent role. The performance gap between Low and Ultra widens to 169.1 FPS, a 48.2% reduction. This indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti, with its 7680 shading units and 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, is now more heavily tasked with pixel processing. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 31624 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5024 reflect a card that is well-suited for high-resolution workloads, but the data shows that its workload scales more steeply with resolution than the CPU’s does.

At 3840x2160, the pattern becomes even more pronounced. The difference between Low and Ultra is 130.1 FPS, a 53% reduction from the Low preset’s 245.3 FPS. This compression of frame rates at the high end suggests that the GPU is now the dominant constraint. The CPU’s role diminishes as the resolution climbs, with the i7-14700F’s high single-thread performance, evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4958, becoming less relevant when the GPU is busy rasterizing four million pixels. The data indicates that at 1080p, the CPU and GPU are more balanced, but at 4K, the RTX 4070 Ti is the clear bottleneck, albeit one that still delivers 115.2 FPS at Ultra.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals for both components provides context for what other hardware would behave similarly. For the CPU, the Intel Xeon 6505P has an average benchmark score of 53701, which is 0.2% lower than the i7-14700F’s 53620. This means the Xeon would perform virtually identically in CPU-bound scenarios. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, with an average score of 53288, trails by 0.6%, suggesting it would be nearly indistinguishable in this game. The AMD EPYC 7313P, scoring 53206, is 0.8% behind, and the Intel Xeon Phi 7290, at 53469, is 0.3% ahead. Any of these chips would deliver the same level of gameplay performance, as the game is not heavily reliant on CPU power beyond a certain threshold.

For the GPU, the nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, which has an average score of 45152, just 0.8% higher than the RTX 4070 Ti’s 44795. This mobile part would produce nearly the same frame rates, though thermal and power constraints might alter sustained performance. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT, with a score of 45384, is 1.3% ahead, and the Intel Arc A730M, at 45592, is 1.7% ahead. The NVIDIA RTX A6000, scoring 44075, is 1.6% behind. In practice, any of these GPUs would yield frame rates within a few percentage points of the RTX 4070 Ti, meaning the gameplay experience would be essentially identical across all tested resolutions and presets.

The Verdict

This system can absolutely run Inside, and it does so with extraordinary ease. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, the best settings are Ultra, with an average FPS of 115.2. This clears the 60 FPS threshold by a margin of 55.2 FPS, making it not just playable but exceptionally smooth. At 2560x1440, Ultra delivers 182 FPS, and at 1920x1080, Ultra achieves 254.4 FPS. Every resolution and every preset in the dataset is above the playability threshold, which means the user has complete freedom to choose any combination of settings without worrying about performance drops.

The data shows that the only scenario where the system approaches anything resembling a challenge is 4K Ultra, where the average FPS of 115.2 is still nearly double the target. For a game like Inside, which features a dark, atmospheric art style with limited particle effects, this hardware is overkill. The combination of the i7-14700F and RTX 4070 Ti is so powerful that it would likely maintain these frame rates even with external tools like DSR or supersampling enabled. The verdict is clear: this PC runs Inside flawlessly at maximum settings on any resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

Among all tested combinations in the benchmark database, this specific pairing of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks 281st out of 3716 combos for Inside. This places it in the top 7.6% of all configurations tested, a position that reflects the raw performance of both components. The rank is driven by the GPU’s 84th percentile standing among all GPUs and the CPU’s 91st percentile, with the combination’s measured FPS data confirming that it outperforms the vast majority of systems.

The rank of 281 is notable because it places this combo ahead of many newer or more expensive configurations, likely due to the game’s modest graphical requirements and the CPU’s strong single-thread performance. The data shows that the i7-14700F’s high boost clock of 5.40 GHz and the RTX 4070 Ti’s 40.09 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are more than sufficient to dominate a puzzle platformer. While the combo does not crack the top 100, the gap to the top is likely attributable to systems with even higher-end GPUs like the RTX 4090 or newer 50-series cards. For the vast majority of users, a rank of 281 out of 3716 indicates that this hardware stack is in the upper echelon of tested systems, with performance that will remain relevant for years to come.