Overpower

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the Intel Arc B370 ranks 3427 out of 3713 tested combos in Overpower. That places this configuration in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, a result driven almost entirely by the GPU's position in the database. The Arc B370 sits at the 5th percentile among all GPUs, which is exceptionally low, while the i5-10400F sits at the 68th percentile among all CPUs. The disparity between these two components is stark, and the measured frame rates reflect the GPU as the limiting factor.

The combo's rank means the vast majority of tested systems deliver higher frame rates in this game. Only 286 combos in the database perform worse. The data shows a configuration that can run Overpower at acceptable frame rates only under the lightest settings and at the lowest resolution. At 1080p Low, the combo averages 65 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Every other settings and resolution combination falls below that mark, and several fall well below it. The verdict is straightforward: this is a low-end pairing for Overpower, usable only at 1080p with the lowest preset.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results make the GPU's dominance in limiting performance clear. The Arc B370 is an integrated-class part with a 25 W TDP, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 places it near the very bottom of the GPU database. The CPU, by contrast, is a 6-core, 12-thread Comet Lake part with a 4.30 GHz boost clock and a 12 MB shared L3 cache. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 and single-core score of 1451 are respectable for a desktop processor from its generation.

The scaling between resolutions and presets shows the GPU bottleneck in action. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at the same preset costs roughly 11% to 12% of average frame rate. At Low settings, 1080p produces 65 FPS, while 1440p produces 58 FPS. At Medium settings, 1080p produces 41 FPS, while 1440p produces 36 FPS. The same pattern holds at High and Ultra. This is a consistent resolution penalty, but the larger story is how much the settings preset matters.

At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 34 FPS, from 65 FPS down to 31 FPS. At 1440p, the same gap is 30 FPS, from 58 FPS down to 28 FPS. At 4K, the gap is 25 FPS, from 49 FPS down to 24 FPS. The settings preset has a larger impact on frame rate than the resolution change does, which points to the GPU's limited shading units, texture units, and raster operation pipes. The Arc B370 has 1280 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, and its 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is modest by modern standards. Raising quality settings increases the workload on those fixed-function units, and the frame rate drops accordingly.

The CPU is not the constraint here. At 4K Ultra, the combo still manages 24 FPS, and at 4K Low it reaches 49 FPS. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would remain relatively flat across resolutions because the CPU workload per frame stays similar while the GPU workload grows. Instead, the frame rate scales down as resolution increases, which is the classic signature of a GPU-limited scenario. The i5-10400F's 3DMark scores, including 4748 in the 16-thread test and 688 in the single-thread test, suggest it has enough headroom to feed this GPU in Overpower.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data covers four settings presets at three resolutions. The strongest result for this combo is 1080p Low, where the average frame rate reaches 65 FPS. That is the only configuration in the entire dataset that meets the 60 FPS playable threshold. The 1080p Low result has no recorded minimum or maximum values, so the database only confirms the average.

At 1080p Medium, the average drops to 41 FPS, with a minimum of 34 FPS and a maximum of 47 FPS. At 1080p High, the average is 38 FPS with no min or max recorded. At 1080p Ultra, the average falls to 31 FPS. The step from Low to Medium is a 24 FPS loss, which is the largest single-preset drop in the dataset. The step from Medium to High is only 3 FPS, and the step from High to Ultra is 7 FPS.

At 1440p, the results shift downward across the board. Low settings produce 58 FPS, just 2 FPS short of the playable threshold. Medium produces 36 FPS with a minimum of 31 FPS and a maximum of 42 FPS. High produces 34 FPS. Ultra produces 28 FPS. The pattern mirrors 1080p: Low is far ahead of Medium, while Medium, High, and Ultra cluster together within a 8 FPS range.

At 4K, the results are mostly unplayable. Low settings produce 49 FPS, Medium produces 31 FPS with a minimum of 26 FPS and a maximum of 35 FPS, High produces 28 FPS, and Ultra produces 24 FPS. The 4K Low result is the second-best average in the entire dataset, behind only 1080p Low, which indicates that the GPU can still push a reasonable frame rate when the quality preset is minimal even at high pixel counts. However, 49 FPS is still 11 FPS short of the playable threshold.

The min and max values appear only for Medium presets across all three resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the frame rate ranges from 34 to 47 FPS, a 13 FPS spread. At 1440p Medium, the range is 31 to 42 FPS, an 11 FPS spread. At 4K Medium, the range is 26 to 35 FPS, a 9 FPS spread. The narrowing range at higher resolutions suggests the GPU becomes more consistently saturated as pixel count increases.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 60 FPS?

A: Only at 1920x1080 with Low settings, where the average frame rate is 65 FPS. All other tested settings and resolutions fall below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best 4K result for this combo?

A: The best 4K result is at Low settings, with an average of 49 FPS. Medium produces 31 FPS, High produces 28 FPS, and Ultra produces 24 FPS. None of these meet the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the Arc B370 compare to other GPUs in the database?

A: The Arc B370 sits at the 5th percentile among all GPUs. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 is nearly identical to the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, which scores 1186, and the ATI Radeon HD 5770, which scores 1190.

Q: Is the i5-10400F holding the combo back?

A: The data suggests not. The CPU sits at the 68th percentile among all CPUs, and the frame rate drops consistently as resolution increases, which indicates the GPU is the limiting component. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 is well above what this GPU would require.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings?

A: The average drops from 65 FPS at 1080p to 58 FPS at 1440p, a 7 FPS loss. This is a consistent penalty across all presets, with similar 4 to 5 FPS drops for Medium, High, and Ultra.

Q: Which settings preset costs the most performance?

A: The step from Low to Medium is the largest single drop. At 1080p, the average falls from 65 FPS to 41 FPS, a 24 FPS loss. At 1440p, it falls from 58 FPS to 36 FPS. At 4K, it falls from 49 FPS to 31 FPS.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the only playable preset is Low, which delivers an average of 65 FPS. This clears the 60 FPS threshold by 5 FPS and is the sole configuration in the dataset that is playable. Medium settings at 1080p produce 41 FPS, which is comfortably below the threshold, so there is no headroom to raise quality while maintaining playability.

At 2560x1440, no preset reaches the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings come closest at 58 FPS, just 2 FPS short. The database records no playable settings for this resolution, and the best available preset, Low, still misses the mark. Users at 1440p would need to accept a frame rate below 60 FPS or reduce the resolution to 1080p.

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches the 60 FPS threshold either. Low settings produce 49 FPS, Medium produces 31 FPS, High produces 28 FPS, and Ultra produces 24 FPS. The best result at 4K is still 11 FPS short of playable. The verdict data confirms this: the playable settings list is empty for 4K and 1440p, and only 1080p Low is recorded as playable.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest rivals for the Intel Core i5-10400F in the database's average benchmark score are a tight cluster. The Intel Xeon 6756E scores 14163, which is 0.2% below the i5-10400F's average score of 14185. The Intel Core 7 160UL scores 14232, 0.3% above. The AMD EPYC 7552 scores 14115, 0.5% below. The AMD Ryzen 3 7320C scores 14277, 0.6% above. All four rivals sit within a fraction of a percent of the i5-10400F's overall benchmark average, meaning any of them would behave nearly identically in terms of CPU performance for Overpower. The closest match is the Xeon 6756E at 0.2% lower, followed by the Core 7 160UL at 0.3% higher.

The nearest rivals for the Intel Arc B370 are also tightly grouped, but they are all legacy parts. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1186, which is 0.2% above the Arc B370's 1184. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1190, 0.5% above. The AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192, 0.7% above. The AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168, 1.4% below. These deltas are small, but the practical implication is that the Arc B370 performs at the level of graphics cards from over a decade ago. Any of these alternatives would produce similar frame rates in Overpower, which means all of them would also struggle to exceed 60 FPS except at 1080p Low.

The database's measured results for this combo show a system that is heavily GPU-bound. The CPU has ample headroom relative to the GPU, as evidenced by its mid-pack percentile ranking and the resolution scaling pattern in the frame rate data. The GPU's 5th percentile ranking and its proximity to the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and similar legacy parts define the performance ceiling. For Overpower, the practical takeaway is simple: this combo runs the game at 1080p Low with an average of 65 FPS, and every other settings and resolution combination falls short of the 60 FPS playable threshold.