Inside

The Intel Core i7-14700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside across all tested resolutions and presets, with every single configuration clearing the 60 FPS playability threshold by a wide margin. At 4K with Ultra settings, the combo still produces an average of 98.8 FPS, while at 1080p with Low settings it reaches 409.7 FPS — indicating that this hardware is far beyond what the game requires, and that performance is limited more by the CPU's single-thread capabilities than by GPU rendering at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the dataset shows a clear progression from Low to Ultra. Low settings produce an average of 409.7 FPS, Medium drops to 367.8 FPS, High settles at 227 FPS, and Ultra yields 216.8 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is notably large — a 140.8 FPS difference — suggesting that the High preset introduces a significant rendering cost, likely from additional shadow or post-processing effects. Between High and Ultra, the drop is much smaller at only 10.2 FPS, implying that the Ultra preset adds relatively little extra GPU load beyond High. The 1080p results consistently exceed 200 FPS even at the most demanding settings, meaning the game is effectively CPU-bound at this resolution — the RTX 4070 has ample headroom to render frames as fast as the i7-14700K can feed them.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern repeats but with lower absolute numbers. Low settings average 328.6 FPS, Medium 262.8 FPS, High 165.3 FPS, and Ultra 155.7 FPS. The transition from Medium to High here costs 97.5 FPS, again the largest single-step penalty. The difference between High and Ultra shrinks to just 9.6 FPS, consistent with the 1080p behavior. The 1440p results show that increasing pixel count has a measurable impact — Low drops by 81.1 FPS compared to 1080p, and Ultra drops by 61.1 FPS — but the combo still maintains over 150 FPS at the highest settings, indicating that both the CPU and GPU remain comfortably within their operational sweet spots.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more GPU-dependent. Low settings average 205.8 FPS, Medium 166.5 FPS, High 102.1 FPS, and Ultra 98.8 FPS. The Medium-to-High transition is again the steepest, costing 64.4 FPS. Interestingly, the gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 3.3 FPS, the smallest such difference across all resolutions — at 4K, the Ultra preset appears to add only marginal effects that have minimal impact on rendering time. Compared to 1440p, 4K Low drops by 122.8 FPS, and 4K Ultra drops by 56.9 FPS, showing that resolution scaling is not uniform across settings. The 4K results still stay well above 60 FPS even at Ultra, meaning the RTX 4070’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for this game’s relatively modest visual demands.

FAQ

*Q: Can this PC run Inside at 4K with Ultra settings?*

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 98.8, which is 38.8 FPS above the 60 FPS playable threshold. All four settings at 4K — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — are listed as playable in the verdict data.

Q: What is the fastest preset at 1080p?

A: The Low preset produces the highest average FPS at 409.7, followed by Medium at 367.8, High at 227, and Ultra at 216.8. Even the slowest 1080p setting (Ultra) is more than three times the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: This CPU-GPU pairing ranks 599th out of 3,716 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the top 16% of all configurations. The rank reflects that while the hardware is strong, there are many other combos with even higher performance in this game.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU more important for achieving high frame rates?

A: At 1080p and 1440p, the CPU appears to be the limiting factor, as frame rates drop substantially when moving from Low to High settings (182.7 FPS at 1080p, 163.3 FPS at 1440p) — a pattern consistent with CPU-bound scenarios. At 4K, the GPU becomes more relevant, evidenced by the smaller absolute FPS differences between resolutions at Low settings (205.8 FPS at 4K vs. 328.6 FPS at 1440p).

Q: Does the Ultra preset provide a meaningful visual improvement over High?

A: The performance cost of Ultra over High is minimal — 10.2 FPS at 1080p, 9.6 FPS at 1440p, and 3.3 FPS at 4K. Given these tiny deltas, enabling Ultra is a low-risk choice for this hardware, as it never drops below 98.8 FPS at any resolution.

Q: What is the memory configuration of this GPU?

A: The RTX 4070 features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. This is more than sufficient for Inside, which does not appear to stress memory capacity based on the consistently high frame rates across all settings.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark data reveals a shifting balance between CPU and GPU influence depending on resolution. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are exceptionally high — ranging from 216.8 to 409.7 FPS — which strongly suggests the i7-14700K’s 20 cores and 28 threads are not a bottleneck, but the game’s engine likely has a single-threaded performance ceiling that the CPU’s 5.60 GHz boost clock helps reach. The large drop from Medium (367.8 FPS) to High (227 FPS) at 1080p indicates that the High preset adds CPU-side workload — perhaps more dynamic objects or physics calculations — that the GPU can render quickly but the CPU must process serially. This pattern is consistent across 1440p (262.8 to 165.3 FPS for Medium to High) and 4K (166.5 to 102.1 FPS), suggesting that the High preset introduces a fixed CPU cost independent of resolution.

As resolution increases, the GPU’s role becomes more pronounced. Comparing 1080p Low (409.7 FPS) to 4K Low (205.8 FPS), the frame rate roughly halves, which aligns with the fourfold increase in pixel count — a classic GPU-bound scaling behavior. However, the same comparison for Ultra shows only a 117.9 FPS drop (216.8 to 98.8), indicating that at higher settings the GPU is already working closer to its limits, so additional pixels have a relatively smaller impact. The RTX 4070’s 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 158.4 GPixel/s pixel rate are more than adequate for Inside’s 2D-style visuals, which are not geometry-heavy but do rely on precise pixel shading.

The data implies that for this specific game, the CPU matters most at lower resolutions and lower settings, where the GPU can brute-force rendering quickly and the CPU’s ability to issue draw calls becomes the limiting factor. At 4K Ultra, the GPU is the primary constraint, but even then the combo delivers 98.8 FPS, showing that neither component is seriously challenged. The i7-14700K’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 33440.5 and PassMark single-thread score of 4472 indicate strong all-around performance, but Inside likely depends more on the single-thread score, which is in the 94th percentile of all CPUs. The RTX 4070’s PassMark G3D score of 26927 and 81st percentile ranking among GPUs confirm it is a high-end part, yet the game’s simple rendering pipeline means the GPU is often idle-waiting for CPU instructions.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU’s nearest rivals, based on average benchmark scores, include the AMD EPYC 9115 (delta 0.1%), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (delta -0.2%), AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (delta -0.7%), and AMD Ryzen 7 9700F (delta -0.9%). These processors all fall within a 1% performance band of the i7-14700K, meaning that swapping to any of them would produce virtually identical frame rates in Inside — the differences are within measurement noise. The Ryzen 9 7950X is a particularly close match, with only a 0.2% lower average score, so users with that CPU would expect the same 98.8 FPS at 4K Ultra. The EPYC 9115, despite being a server-class part, scores nearly identically, indicating that Inside does not benefit from the i7-14700K’s consumer-oriented feature set.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4070’s nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (delta 0.1%), AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (delta 0.4%), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (delta -1.3%), and AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (delta 1.3%). The Tesla P4 and RX Vega 56 are both older architectures, yet they deliver comparable average scores — meaning that in Inside, the RTX 4070’s Ada Lovelace features like DLSS or ray tracing are irrelevant, and raw rasterization performance is what matters. The RTX 4080 Mobile is actually 1.3% faster on average, so a laptop with that GPU could slightly outperform this desktop combo. The Radeon PRO W6400, a workstation card, is 1.3% slower, but the difference would translate to about 1.3 FPS at 4K Ultra — imperceptible.

For users considering alternatives, any of these CPUs or GPUs would offer nearly identical gameplay experience in Inside. The i7-14700K’s 33 MB of L3 cache and the RTX 4070’s 46 RT cores are irrelevant for this game, which does not appear to use ray tracing or large data sets based on the consistent frame rates. The practical takeaway is that the combo’s performance is not unique — it sits in a dense cluster of similarly-capable hardware, and the 599th rank out of 3,716 combos reflects this crowded field.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 599th out of 3,716 tested configurations for Inside, placing it in the 84th percentile overall. This rank is notable because it is higher (better) than the individual component percentiles might suggest — the CPU is in the 94th percentile and the GPU in the 81st, but the combined rank is worse than the CPU’s percentile and better than the GPU’s. This indicates that Inside is more sensitive to GPU performance than to CPU performance, as the combo’s rank falls closer to the GPU’s percentile. The rank of 599 means there are 598 other combos that perform better, which likely include higher-tier GPUs like the RTX 4080 or 4090, but the i7-14700K’s strong single-thread performance keeps it ahead of many CPU-bound configurations.

The rank also reflects the game’s low graphical demands. Since even the weakest settings produce over 200 FPS at 1080p, the combo’s position in the rankings is determined by how far above the 60 FPS threshold it can go — a metric that rewards raw FPS ceilings. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo achieves 98.8 FPS, which is likely higher than many combos with weaker GPUs but similar CPUs. However, combos with faster GPUs, such as the RTX 4090, would push frame rates even higher, pushing this combo down the rankings. The 599th rank is therefore a reflection of the RTX 4070’s position as a high-end but not flagship GPU, paired with a CPU that is among the best for gaming.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at all tested resolutions and presets with frame rates far exceeding the 60 FPS playable threshold. At 3840x2160, the verdict data lists High, Low, Medium, and Ultra all as playable, with Ultra achieving 98.8 FPS — a 64.7% margin above the threshold. At 2560x1440, all four settings are also playable, with Ultra at 155.7 FPS, which is 159.5% above the threshold. At 1920x1080, every setting clears 60 FPS by a massive margin, with Ultra at 216.8 FPS — 261.3% above the threshold. There is no resolution or preset in the dataset that fails to meet the playable standard, meaning the hardware is more than sufficient for this game.

The practical verdict is that users can run Inside at maximum settings without concern. The lowest recorded average FPS across all 12 measured configurations is 98.8 at 4K Ultra, which is still well above 60 FPS. This suggests that even if the game’s frame rate were to dip in complex scenes, it would likely stay above the threshold given the large buffer. The i7-14700K’s 125 W TDP and the RTX 4070’s 200 W TDP are modest power requirements for this level of performance, and the suggested 550 W PSU provides ample headroom. In short, the combo is not just playable — it is overkill for Inside.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, which delivers 216.8 FPS. Since all presets far exceed the threshold, Ultra is the recommended choice for maximum visual quality without sacrificing performance. The frame rate at Ultra is 156.8 FPS above the threshold, providing a comfortable margin for any potential frame-time spikes.

At 2560x1440, Ultra is again the best choice, averaging 155.7 FPS — 95.7 FPS above the threshold. The step down to High (165.3 FPS) offers only a 9.6 FPS improvement, so there is no reason to reduce settings. The 1440p Ultra result is still more than double the 60 FPS requirement, ensuring smooth gameplay.

At 3840x2160, Ultra remains the recommended setting, with an average of 98.8 FPS — 38.8 FPS above the threshold. While High achieves 102.1 FPS, the difference of 3.3 FPS is negligible, and Ultra provides the best visual experience. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration that comes relatively close to the threshold, but it still clears it by a significant margin, making it the definitive choice for maximum quality at this resolution.