Rust

Yes — the Intel Core Ultra 5 245 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER runs Rust comfortably at every tested resolution, with measured data placing the pairing in the top tier of all tested combos for this game. The combo ranks 196 out of 3723 tested configurations in Rust, which puts it in roughly the top five percent of hardware pairings benchmarked for this survival title. Below is the full breakdown of the measured results and what they mean in practice.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates from the benchmark database, with minimum and maximum values captured where available.

At 1920x1080, the pairing is effectively untouchable for Rust:

• Low: 269 FPS average
• Medium: 192 FPS average (163 min, 221 max)
• High: 162 FPS average
• Ultra: 123 FPS average

Even the maximum quality preset delivers more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. The Medium-setting capture shows a tight frame range — 163 to 221 — indicating smooth, consistent delivery rather than a spiky average propped up by occasional peaks.

At 2560x1440, the numbers scale down gracefully:

• Low: 197 FPS average
• Medium: 132 FPS average (112 min, 152 max)
• High: 112 FPS average
• Ultra: 85 FPS average

Ultra at 1440p still clears the playable threshold by a wide margin, and the Medium capture again shows a narrow spread with a minimum of 112 that never dips near unplayable territory.

At 3840x2160, the RTX 4080 SUPER works harder but the experience holds:

• Low: 116 FPS average
• Medium: 78 FPS average (66 min, 90 max)
• High: 66 FPS average
• Ultra: 50 FPS average

This is the only resolution where one preset falls below the playable line. Ultra at 4K averages 50 FPS, which misses the 60 FPS threshold. High squeaks past it at 66 FPS, and Medium provides a more comfortable 78 FPS average with a measured minimum of 66 — meaning even the slowest measured frames at 4K Medium stay at or above the playable threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling pattern across resolutions shows Rust is GPU-bound with this pairing at every tested setting tier. Moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium cuts the average from 192 to 78 FPS — a drop of more than half — which is the signature of graphics-limited scaling. If the Core Ultra 5 245 were the constraint, frame rates would plateau as resolution rises; instead they fall steeply at every preset.

Consider the Low preset: 269 FPS at 1080p, 197 at 1440p, 116 at 4K. That continued headroom at 1080p suggests the CPU can feed the RTX 4080 SUPER far more than Rust demands. The Core Ultra 5 245 sits in the 90th percentile versus all CPUs in the database, with a single-thread Passmark score of 4394 and Cinebench R23 single-core result of 4648 — strong per-core performance that matters for a game like Rust, where world simulation and draw calls lean heavily on a few fast threads.

The GPU is the deciding component. The RTX 4080 SUPER ranks in the 86th percentile versus all GPUs, built on the AD103 chip with 10240 shading units, 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, and 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. That is why 1440p Ultra runs at 85 FPS while 4K Ultra drops to 50 — the workload shift lands almost entirely on the graphics card.

How this Combo Ranks

The pairing ranks 196 out of 3723 tested combos in Rust. That placement means this specific CPU-plus-GPU configuration outperforms the overwhelming majority of tested setups for this game — fewer than two hundred configurations benchmarked faster.

Context from the component percentiles supports that ranking. The Core Ultra 5 245 sits in the 90th percentile of all CPUs, and the RTX 4080 SUPER sits in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Neither part is the absolute flagship of its generation, but combined they clear the requirements of Rust — a survival game released in early 2018 — with room to spare. The verdict data confirms it: every preset at 1080p and 1440p is playable, and three of four presets at 4K clear the 60 FPS bar.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Hardware that behaves similarly can be identified from the nearest-rival data for each component.

On the CPU side, the Core Ultra 5 245's rivals cluster within a fraction of a percent of its average benchmark score of 48995. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G averages 49196 (-0.4 percent relative delta), the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 averages 49228 (-0.5 percent), the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H averages 48698 (0.6 percent), and the Intel Core i5-14600K averages 48618 (0.8 percent). Any of these processors would deliver effectively indistinguishable CPU-side performance in Rust — the deltas are under one percent in every case. The Core i5-14600K is the most direct like-for-like desktop substitute.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4080 SUPER's average score of 54209 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 at 54247 (-0.1 percent). The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X averages 54828 (-1.1 percent), the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB averages 55698 (-2.7 percent), and the Radeon 8060S averages 55757 (-2.8 percent). The RTX 4080 is the closest substitute and would shift Rust frame rates by a rounding error; the Radeon alternatives would land within a few percent at most.

Pairing either CPU cluster with either GPU cluster would reproduce this combo's Rust behavior to within a few frames at any resolution.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the measured data and the 60 FPS playable threshold:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, at 123 FPS average. Every preset clears the threshold, so the maximum quality preset is the correct choice.
• 2560x1440: Ultra, at 85 FPS average. The most demanding preset still delivers well over the threshold, with more than forty frames of headroom.
• 3840x2160: High, at 66 FPS average. Ultra averages 50 FPS and misses the cutoff, making High the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS. Players wanting a larger safety margin should use Medium, which averages 78 FPS with a measured minimum of 66.

In short: max everything at 1080p and 1440p, and step back one notch to High at 4K.

FAQ

Q: Can the Core Ultra 5 245 and RTX 4080 SUPER run Rust at 4K?

A: Yes, but not at maximum settings. At 3840x2160, High averages 66 FPS, Medium averages 78 FPS (66 min, 90 max), and Low averages 116 FPS. Only Ultra — at 50 FPS — falls below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best settings preset for Rust at 1440p with this hardware?

A: Ultra. It averages 85 FPS at 2560x1440, comfortably above the playable threshold, so there is no reason to reduce quality at this resolution.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations for Rust?

A: It ranks 196 out of 3723 tested combos — roughly the top five percent of pairings benchmarked for this game.

Q: Is Rust CPU-bound or GPU-bound with this pairing?

A: GPU-bound. Frame rates drop steeply as resolution rises — Medium falls from 192 FPS at 1080p to 78 FPS at 4K — which indicates the graphics card is the limiting factor while the 90th-percentile CPU keeps up easily.

Q: What hardware would perform similarly in Rust?

A: On the CPU side, the Intel Core i5-14600K, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G, AMD Ryzen 9 7900, and Intel Xeon Gold 5318H all sit within one percent of the Core Ultra 5 245's average score. On the GPU side, the RTX 4080 is within 0.1 percent of the RTX 4080 SUPER, with several Radeon cards within three percent.

Q: Does the game ever drop below 60 FPS on this setup?

A: Only at 4K Ultra, which averages 50 FPS. At 4K Medium, even the measured minimum frame rate is 66 FPS, and every preset at 1080p and 1440p averages well above the threshold.