Rust

The pairing of an Intel Core i5-11400F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is an unbalanced combination on paper: a six-core, twelve-thread Rocket Lake processor sitting in the 71st percentile of all CPUs in the database, feeding a GeForce 50-series Blackwell card in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. For Rust, a survival title released in early 2018, the recorded measurements show this imbalance matters far more at 1080p than it does at 1440p or 4K. The combo clears the 60 FPS threshold at every resolution in some form, ranking 843rd out of 3723 tested configurations in this game.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, delivering an average of 104 FPS. Every preset in the measurement set is playable at this resolution, from Low at 175 FPS up through High at 136 FPS.

At 2560x1440, Ultra again clears the bar with an average of 71 FPS. High sits at 94 FPS, Medium at 111 FPS, and Low at 154 FPS, so the entire preset range is viable at 1440p as well.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes. Ultra averages 42 FPS and High averages 55 FPS, both below the threshold. Medium is the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS, averaging 66 FPS with a recorded minimum of 56 FPS and a maximum of 75 FPS. Low remains an option at 98 FPS if frame consistency is the priority over visual fidelity.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story about which component governs performance at each resolution. At 1920x1080, the gap between Low (175 FPS) and Ultra (104 FPS) is 71 FPS, a spread the GPU should easily dominate on its own. The fact that the range compresses toward 1080p's ceiling rather than extending further suggests the Core i5-11400F becomes the limiter at the fastest settings: Low and Medium at 1080p land at 175 and 150 FPS respectively, and a stronger processor would likely push those figures higher. Rust's character as a survival game with large, simulation-heavy worlds makes this plausible, and the CPU's single-thread figures (a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2024, a Passmark single-thread score of 2981) sit well below what modern flagships record.

As resolution climbs, the load shifts decisively to the GPU. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra drops the average from 104 to 71 FPS, a roughly 32 percent decline. From 1440p to 4K at the same preset, the average falls from 71 to 42 FPS, roughly 41 percent. That progressive, resolution-driven decay is the signature of GPU-bound behavior: the RTX 5070, with 6144 shading units, 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, and 672 GB/s of memory bandwidth, is being fed pixels as fast as the CPU can supply draw calls, and the CPU's contribution to the frame-time budget shrinks accordingly. At 4K Medium the combo manages 66 FPS, meaning the GPU determines whether the game is playable, not the processor.

Between presets at a fixed resolution the same pattern emerges. At 4K, Low delivers 98 FPS and Ultra 42 FPS, a spread of 56 FPS from settings alone. At 1440p the Low-to-Ultra spread is 83 FPS. Settings changes move the framerate substantially at every tier, confirming that the RTX 5070's rendering throughput, not the Core i5-11400F's six cores, is the primary performance variable for this game at 1440p and 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are recorded averages from the database. Minimum and maximum values are available only for the Medium preset runs.

1920x1080:

• Low: 175 FPS average
• Medium: 150 FPS average, 128 FPS minimum, 173 FPS maximum
• High: 136 FPS average
• Ultra: 104 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 154 FPS average
• Medium: 111 FPS average, 94 FPS minimum, 128 FPS maximum
• High: 94 FPS average
• Ultra: 71 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 98 FPS average
• Medium: 66 FPS average, 56 FPS minimum, 75 FPS maximum
• High: 55 FPS average
• Ultra: 42 FPS average

The Medium preset frame ranges deserve attention because they are the only runs with min/max telemetry. At 1080p Medium, the 128-to-173 FPS span is wide but comfortably above threshold. At 1440p Medium, the range of 94 to 128 FPS is similarly healthy. At 4K Medium, the 56 FPS minimum sits below the 60 FPS line even though the 66 FPS average clears it, so players sensitive to dips should expect occasional sub-threshold moments at that specific point in the settings curve, or drop to Low where the 98 FPS average provides far more headroom against stutter.

Another notable pattern: High at 1440p (94 FPS) exactly equals the Medium minimum at that resolution (94 FPS), and High at 1440p matches the Medium average at 4K's neighbor tier in an interesting way, Medium at 1440p (111 FPS) exceeds High at 1080p territory only when compared indirectly. The cleanest takeaway is monotonic decline: each step up in resolution or preset costs framerate in an orderly, predictable fashion, with no anomalous reversals in the recorded data.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3723 hardware combinations tested in Rust, the Core i5-11400F plus RTX 5070 configuration ranks 843rd. That places it in roughly the top quarter of tested pairings for this game, which is consistent with the component percentiles: the CPU sits at the 71st percentile versus all CPUs and the GPU at the 82nd percentile versus all GPUs, so a top-quartile combined result is about what the data would predict. In practical terms, this is a configuration that outperforms the majority of systems in the Rust results table but is far from the leaderboard's peak, held back on the processor side more than on the graphics side.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs with comparable aggregate strength, the database lists the i5-11400F's nearest rivals by average benchmark score. The AMD EPYC 7H12 scores within 0.3 percent, the Intel Core i5-12450H within 0.4 percent (scoring slightly higher), the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G within 0.6 percent, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U within 0.6 percent in the other direction. Any of these processors, paired with an equivalent GPU, would be expected to produce Rust results in the same neighborhood, since the deltas are all under one percent on aggregate benchmark score. The Core i5-12450H in particular, scoring marginally higher on average, would be a near-drop-in expectation match.

On the graphics side, the RTX 5070's nearest rivals by average score are the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (within 0.1 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (within 0.8 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (scoring 1.2 percent higher), and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (scoring 2 percent lower). Substituting any of these cards for the RTX 5070 would, on aggregate scoring alone, place a system in the same performance bracket, though the 5070's 12 GB of GDDR7 and PCIe 5.0 x16 interface are specific to it among that group. A build combining one of the listed CPUs with one of the listed GPUs would land near this configuration's 843rd-place Rust ranking.

FAQ

Q: Can the Core i5-11400F and RTX 5070 run Rust at 4K?

A: Yes, but not at every preset. At 3840x2160, Low (98 FPS) and Medium (66 FPS) clear the 60 FPS threshold, while High (55 FPS) and Ultra (42 FPS) fall short. Medium is the best playable preset at 4K.

Q: What is the highest preset this combo can run above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra, at an average of 71 FPS. All four presets are playable at 2560x1440.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance in Rust on this system?

A: It depends on resolution. At 1080p the frame rates at Low and Medium (175 and 150 FPS) point to the Core i5-11400F as the ceiling. At 1440p and 4K, large resolution-driven drops (104 to 71 to 42 FPS at Ultra) show the RTX 5070 as the primary limiter.

Q: Where does this combination rank in the Rust results table?

A: 843rd out of 3723 tested combinations, placing it in roughly the top quarter of results for this game.

Q: Are there frame-time dips below 60 FPS even at playable settings?

A: Yes, in one recorded case. At 4K Medium the average is 66 FPS but the minimum is 56 FPS, so brief dips below the threshold occur. At 1440p and 1080p Medium, minimums of 94 and 128 FPS respectively indicate no such risk.

Q: Which CPUs would perform similarly to the Core i5-11400F here?

A: The AMD EPYC 7H12, Intel Core i5-12450H, AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G, and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U all sit within under one percent of its aggregate benchmark score.

The Verdict

Yes, this PC can run Rust at every tested resolution, with the caveat that 4K requires settings discipline. At 1920x1080, all presets from Low through Ultra are playable, topping out at Ultra with a 104 FPS average. At 2560x1440, all presets are again playable, with Ultra delivering 71 FPS. At 3840x2160, the verdict narrows: Medium at 66 FPS is the best playable setting, Low at 98 FPS is the safe choice, and High at 55 FPS and Ultra at 42 FPS do not meet the 60 FPS bar. For players targeting high frame rates rather than maximum fidelity, 1080p Medium at 150 FPS with a 128 FPS minimum is the strongest combination of smoothness and visual quality in the entire recorded dataset. The RTX 5070 provides ample rendering power for this 2018 survival title; the aging six-core processor is the component most likely to cap performance once settings are lowered.