Barony

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is a mid-range desktop combination that, in Barony, lands at rank 2616 out of 3717 tested combos. This places the pair in the 30th percentile of all tested configurations, meaning roughly 70% of tested combos deliver higher average frame rates in this roguelike title. The data, however, shows that this ranking is heavily influenced by the game’s low system demands, allowing the GPU to push very high frame rates at lower resolutions while the CPU still holds its own.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2616 out of 3717 is a percentile position, not an absolute performance verdict. In Barony, a game built around procedural dungeon crawling and first-person exploration, the measured frame rates are consistently high across most tested settings. The ranking is dragged down primarily by the Ultra preset at 4K, where the average FPS drops to 43, and by the fact that many competing combos in the database include newer or higher-tier hardware. Still, the data indicates that this pairing is far from a bottleneck at typical gaming resolutions.

Looking at the CPU’s standalone position, the Intel Core i5-10400F holds a 68th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 14185. Its nearest rivals in the database include the Intel Xeon 6756E (average score 14163, deltaPct +0.2), the Intel Core 7 160UL (average score 14232, deltaPct -0.3), the AMD EPYC 7552 (average score 14115, deltaPct +0.5), and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (average score 14277, deltaPct -0.6). These deltas are all within a single percentage point, indicating that the i5-10400F sits in a very tightly clustered performance band. The GPU, meanwhile, is at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 18093. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (average score 18159, deltaPct -0.4), AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (average score 18189, deltaPct -0.5), AMD Radeon RX 460 (average score 18373, deltaPct -1.5), and Intel Arc A770M (average score 18383, deltaPct -1.6).

The combo’s overall rank in Barony suggests that while the individual components are solid mid-pack performers, the game itself is not particularly demanding. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo hits 287 FPS on average, which is well above the refresh rates of most monitors. The ranking is thus more a reflection of the hardware’s ceiling in a lightweight title, not a sign of inadequacy.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective. The GPU’s base clock is 1470 MHz, boosting to 1650 MHz. It has 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, along with 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores.

In Barony, the GPU’s role is dominant at higher resolutions. The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern: at 4K (3840x2160), the average frame rate drops from 95 at Low settings to 70 at Medium, 60 at High, and 43 at Ultra. This is a steep decline, especially from Medium to High (a 10 FPS drop) and from High to Ultra (a 17 FPS drop). The only row with a reported minimum FPS is 4K Medium, showing a minimum of 60 FPS and a maximum of 81 FPS. At 1440p (2560x1440), the GPU still handles the load well, with averages ranging from 181 at Low to 83 at Ultra. At 1080p (1920x1080), the GPU is clearly not the limiting factor, as Low settings produce an average of 287 FPS and even Ultra reaches 131 FPS.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reinforce this picture. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it scores 2011, while in Geekbench OpenCL it hits 76957 and in Vulkan 77402. Passmark G3D gives a score of 16462, and GPU compute is 6721. The GPU’s 62nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 18093, places it slightly below the RTX 3060 Mobile and Radeon Pro 5700, but the differences are minimal (deltaPct under -0.5 for those two). The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM is not stressed in Barony, which is a simple roguelike with modest texture demands, so the VRAM size matters less than raw compute throughput.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank in Barony?

A: The combo ranks 2616 out of 3717 tested combinations, placing it in the 30th percentile.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F has an average benchmark score of 14185, which is 0.2% higher than the Intel Xeon 6756E (14163), 0.3% lower than the Intel Core 7 160UL (14232), 0.5% higher than the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115), and 0.6% lower than the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14277).

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average FPS is 287, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: At which setting does the 4K resolution drop below 60 FPS?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 43, which is below 60 FPS.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration?

A: The GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s and an effective memory speed of 14 Gbps.

Q: How does the GPU’s average benchmark score compare to the RTX 3060 Mobile?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 18093, which is 0.4% lower than the RTX 3060 Mobile’s 18159.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings each, providing a full grid. At 1920x1080, the results are: Low averages 287 FPS, Medium averages 213 FPS with a minimum of 181 FPS and maximum of 245 FPS, High averages 183 FPS, and Ultra averages 131 FPS. The step from Low to Medium is a 74 FPS drop, while Medium to High is a 30 FPS drop, and High to Ultra is a 52 FPS drop. This shows that the Low preset is far less demanding, likely reducing texture quality and shadow detail significantly.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 181 FPS, Medium at 135 FPS (with minimum 114 and maximum 155), High at 116 FPS, and Ultra at 83 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 46 FPS, Medium to High is 19 FPS, and High to Ultra is 33 FPS. The pattern holds: each preset increase costs a substantial number of frames, but even Ultra at 1440p remains above 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 95 FPS, Medium at 70 FPS (with minimum 60 and maximum 81), High at 60 FPS, and Ultra at 43 FPS. Here, the drop from Low to Medium is 25 FPS, Medium to High is 10 FPS, and High to Ultra is 17 FPS. The 4K Ultra setting is the only configuration in the entire dataset that falls below 60 FPS on average, making it the sole potentially problematic setting for smooth gameplay.

The minimum FPS data is only provided for the Medium preset at each resolution: 181 FPS at 1080p, 114 FPS at 1440p, and 60 FPS at 4K. These minimums suggest that even in demanding scenes, the Medium preset maintains playable frame rates at all resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 213 FPS on average with a minimum of 181 FPS, which is more than enough for any high-refresh-rate monitor. At 1440p, Medium averages 135 FPS with a minimum of 114 FPS, still well above the 60 FPS threshold. At 4K, Medium averages 70 FPS with a minimum of 60 FPS, meaning it never drops below the standard 60 FPS target. This consistency across all resolutions makes Medium the safest recommendation.

The High preset is also viable at 1080p and 1440p, with averages of 183 FPS and 116 FPS respectively, but at 4K it drops to exactly 60 FPS on average, with no minimum FPS data to confirm stability. The Ultra preset is only recommended for 1080p, where it averages 131 FPS, and for 1440p, where it averages 83 FPS. At 4K, Ultra’s 43 FPS average is too low for smooth gameplay. The Low preset, while offering the highest frame rates (287 FPS at 1080p, 181 FPS at 1440p, 95 FPS at 4K), likely sacrifices too much visual fidelity for a game that benefits from seeing enemy attacks clearly in its first-person view.

For users with a 60 Hz display, High at 4K is acceptable since it averages exactly 60 FPS, but the lack of a reported minimum means there is a risk of dips. Medium at 4K is safer because its reported minimum is 60 FPS. For 1440p and 1080p displays, Medium provides the best combination of high frame rates and visual quality, with headroom for future content updates.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Comet Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel’s 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 256 KB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with a memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s. The CPU uses the Intel Socket 1200 and has PCIe Gen 3 with 16 lanes from the CPU.

In Barony, the CPU’s role is secondary to the GPU, but not negligible. The game’s roguelike nature involves procedural generation and AI calculations, which can stress single-thread performance. The i5-10400F’s single-threaded benchmark scores are solid: 3DMark single-thread scores 688, Cinebench R15 single-core scores 146, R20 single-core scores 609, R23 single-core scores 1451, and Geekbench single-core scores 1420. Multi-threaded scores are equally respectable, with Cinebench R23 multicore at 10283 and Passmark multithread at 12115. The CPU’s 68th percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates it sits above average, but its nearest rivals are all within 0.6% in average score, suggesting that in CPU-bound scenarios, the difference between this chip and its peers is minimal.

In the measured FPS data, the CPU’s impact is most visible at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 287 FPS, which is exceptionally high and likely CPU-limited at that point, as the GPU has ample headroom. The fact that 1080p Ultra still reaches 131 FPS suggests the CPU can keep up with the GPU’s output even under higher settings. At 4K, the CPU becomes less relevant, as the GPU takes over as the primary bottleneck, evidenced by the steep FPS drops from Low to Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data shows a clear scaling pattern as resolution increases. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops by roughly 37% across all settings: Low goes from 287 to 181 (a 106 FPS drop), Medium from 213 to 135 (78 FPS drop), High from 183 to 116 (67 FPS drop), and Ultra from 131 to 83 (48 FPS drop). From 1440p to 4K, the drops are more severe in percentage terms: Low goes from 181 to 95 (86 FPS drop), Medium from 135 to 70 (65 FPS drop), High from 116 to 60 (56 FPS drop), and Ultra from 83 to 43 (40 FPS drop).

The pattern reveals that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial: Low drops by 66.9% (from 287 to 95), Medium by 67.1% (from 213 to 70), High by 67.2% (from 183 to 60), and Ultra by 67.2% (from 131 to 43). These near-identical percentage drops across all settings indicate that the scaling is primarily driven by pixel count, not by settings. The GPU’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 performance are being taxed more heavily as resolution increases.

The CPU’s role in this scaling is minimal. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect the FPS to remain more constant across resolutions, but the data shows significant drops. Instead, the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are the constraints. The fact that 4K Ultra drops to 43 FPS while 1080p Ultra holds 131 FPS confirms that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s compute resources are insufficient for maxed-out 4K in this title, despite the game’s relatively simple graphics. For users targeting 4K, the Medium preset is the practical ceiling, while 1440p and 1080p offer more flexibility.