Overpower

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the Intel Arc B390 delivers an average of 32 FPS on High settings, 54 FPS on Low, 34 FPS on Medium, and 26 FPS on Ultra. The only resolution with recorded frame time variance data is 4K Medium, where the average sits at 34 FPS with a minimum of 29 FPS and a maximum of 39 FPS. This narrow range indicates that frame pacing is relatively stable even when the combination is clearly below the 60 FPS playability threshold. The gap between Low and Medium at this resolution is only 20 FPS, while the step from Medium to Ultra costs another 8 FPS, showing that the most demanding preset extracts a meaningful performance penalty.

Moving down to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with slightly higher averages. High settings produce 37 FPS, Low produces 64 FPS, Medium produces 40 FPS, and Ultra produces 31 FPS. The Medium preset again has recorded frame time data, with a minimum of 34 FPS and a maximum of 46 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium here is 24 FPS, which is a substantial jump for a single settings tier. The delta between High and Ultra is only 6 FPS, suggesting that Ultra adds visual features that are comparatively cheap to render at this resolution, or that the GPU is already saturated by the High preset's workload.

At 1920x1080, the combination reaches its best results. Low settings average 72 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold by 12 FPS. High settings average 42 FPS, Medium averages 45 FPS, and Ultra averages 35 FPS. The Medium preset records a minimum of 38 FPS and a maximum of 52 FPS. Notably, the jump from Low to Medium costs 27 FPS, which is the largest single-tier drop across all tested resolutions. This suggests that Medium enables effects that are disproportionately expensive on this hardware, such as high-resolution shadows or ambient occlusion, while the step from Medium to High costs only 3 FPS.

Across all resolutions, the scaling is roughly linear with pixel count. 4K Low (54 FPS) is 16% slower than 1440p Low (64 FPS), and 1440p Low is 11% slower than 1080p Low (72 FPS). The same pattern appears at Medium: 4K at 34 FPS, 1440p at 40 FPS, and 1080p at 45 FPS. The Ultra preset shows the least resolution sensitivity, with only 9 FPS separating 1080p Ultra from 4K Ultra, which indicates that Ultra settings shift the bottleneck heavily toward the CPU or toward fixed-cost rendering features that do not scale with pixel count.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this specific CPU and GPU pairing as 3301 out of 3713 tested combinations for Overpower. That places it in the 11th percentile of all tested systems, meaning roughly 89% of recorded combinations deliver higher average frame rates in this title. The ranking reflects the GPU's position as the primary limiting factor, as the Arc B390 sits at the 9th percentile among all GPUs in the database's synthetic benchmarks, while the CPU sits at the 72nd percentile among all processors.

The combination's rank of 3301 is consistent with the measured FPS data: it clears 60 FPS only at Low settings on 1080p and 1440p, and never reaches that threshold at 4K. For a game released in 2023, this is a modest result, but the data shows that the pairing is not uniformly weak. The CPU's strong multi-threaded performance, evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15989 and PassMark multi-thread score of 18747, means that the system does not suffer from CPU-bound stutters in this action title. The bottleneck is almost entirely on the GPU side, which is why the frame rates cluster tightly and drop predictably as resolution increases.

In relative terms, the Arc B390's nearest rivals in the database's GPU benchmark are the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1.3% slower, with a delta of 1.3), the NVIDIA GeForce 800M (1.5% slower), the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM (2.5% slower), and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 (2.7% slower). All of these are entry-level or legacy mobile/desktop parts, which underscores how far below the mainstream performance tier the Arc B390 sits in this particular title.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data shows that the GPU is the dominant constraint at every resolution and preset combination tested. Evidence for this comes from the resolution scaling: when moving from 1080p Low to 1440p Low, the average FPS drops from 72 to 64, a 12.5% reduction for a 78% increase in pixel count. The same move from 1080p Medium to 1440p Medium drops from 45 to 40 FPS, an 11% reduction. These are large percentage losses for relatively modest pixel increases, which indicates that the GPU is already near its fill-rate or shader-throughput limits even at 1080p.

The CPU's role becomes visible only when comparing presets at the same resolution. At 1080p, the jump from Low to Medium costs 27 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs only 3 FPS. This non-linear response suggests that the Medium preset introduces a specific rendering feature that is extremely expensive on the Arc B390's architecture, rather than a gradual scaling of load. The CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads based on Alder Lake architecture, does not appear to be the limiting factor: if it were, the frame rate would remain roughly constant across resolution changes at a fixed preset, which is not what the measurements show.

At 4K, the GPU's dominance is even more pronounced. The difference between 4K Low and 4K Medium is only 20 FPS, and the difference between 4K Medium and 4K Ultra is only 8 FPS. These small gaps at high resolution indicate that the GPU is so heavily loaded that even large preset changes produce minimal frame rate movement. The CPU's single-thread performance, measured at 2257 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 910 in 3DMark single-thread, is sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the GPU simply cannot render enough frames to expose any CPU limitation.

The Verdict

This PC can run Overpower, but only under specific conditions. The verdict data is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, no preset achieves the 60 FPS playability threshold, and the best average recorded is 54 FPS on Low settings, which still falls short. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 64 FPS, which clears the threshold by 4 FPS. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 72 FPS, providing a comfortable 12 FPS margin above the playability line.

The key finding is that Low settings are the only playable option at 1080p and 1440p. Medium, High, and Ultra all fail to reach 60 FPS at every resolution tested. The best non-Low result is 1080p Medium at 45 FPS, which is 15 FPS below the threshold. For users who prioritize frame rate over visual fidelity, the system is viable at 1080p Low with headroom, and at 1440p Low with a slim margin. For 4K, the system is not playable at any tested preset, and even Low settings cannot sustain 60 FPS.

The recorded frame time data at Medium settings shows that the system does not suffer from severe stuttering: the minimum FPS values are within 7 FPS of the averages at each resolution. This means that the low average frame rates are consistent, not erratic, which is a small comfort for users who must play on Medium or above but cannot reach 60 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database's average benchmark score are the AMD EPYC 7643 (0.1% faster, delta of -0.1), the Intel Core i7-1355U (0.3% faster, delta of -0.3), the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 (0.7% faster, delta of -0.7), and the Intel Core i3-14100F (0.9% slower, delta of 0.9). For Overpower, any of these processors would deliver nearly identical CPU-side performance, meaning the frame rate would remain GPU-bound in all cases. The i3-14100F is particularly relevant as a direct desktop alternative with similar single-thread characteristics.

The GPU's nearest rivals are all NVIDIA parts, and they are all within 2.7% of the Arc B390's average benchmark score. The GeForce GT 520MX, GeForce 800M, GeForce GT 625 OEM, and GeForce GT 710 would all produce frame rates within a few FPS of the Arc B390 in Overpower. However, the Arc B390 has a significant architectural advantage that these rivals lack: it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, which means it can handle modern rendering features in this 2023 title, whereas the older NVIDIA parts may fall back to less efficient code paths.

Users considering a system with any of these GPUs should expect the same fundamental limitation: no preset above Low will reach 60 FPS at 1080p or 1440p, and 4K is entirely out of reach. The CPU choice among the listed rivals will not change this outcome, as the GPU is the binding constraint in every scenario.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, there is no preset that reaches 60 FPS, so the best achievable setting is Low with an average of 54 FPS, which is 6 FPS below the playability threshold. The database records no playable settings at this resolution, and the verdict confirms that no combination of settings can produce a playable experience.

At 2560x1440, the best playable preset is Low, with an average of 64 FPS. This is the only setting that clears the 60 FPS threshold at this resolution. Medium falls to 40 FPS, High to 37 FPS, and Ultra to 31 FPS, all of which are well below playable.

At 1920x1080, the best playable preset is Low, with an average of 72 FPS. This provides the largest playable margin of any resolution and preset combination. Medium, High, and Ultra all fail to reach 60 FPS, with the closest being Medium at 45 FPS.

The practical takeaway is that this system is a 1080p Low or 1440p Low machine for Overpower. Users who want higher visual fidelity will need to accept frame rates in the 31 to 45 FPS range, or consider that the GPU's 9th percentile ranking among all GPUs makes it one of the weaker options in the database for this title. The CPU, by contrast, is a capable mid-range part that will not hold back the system at any resolution or preset tested.