Barony

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 ranks 559th out of 1,702 tested combos in Barony, placing it in the upper third of all configurations. This position reflects a system that delivers high frame rates across all tested settings, though the gap between its best and worst results reveals a significant dependency on graphics load. The combination of a 10-core, 16-thread Raptor Lake CPU with a 16 GB RDNA 4.0 GPU produces a balanced platform, but the data shows that Barony’s engine scales more aggressively with GPU compute than with CPU thread count.

How This Combo Ranks

The 559th rank out of 1,702 combos places this configuration in the 67th percentile of all tested systems. This is a strong showing, but not a top-tier one. The RX 9070’s individual performance percentile of 79 against all GPUs is higher than the combo’s overall position, suggesting that the CPU is holding the system back slightly in this particular title. The i5-13400F’s percentile of 82 against all CPUs is comparable, yet the combo rank implies that Barony’s workload does not fully utilize the CPU’s multithreading capabilities.

Benchmark results indicate that the CPU’s average benchmark score of 25,236 sits nearly identically to its nearest rivals, including the Intel Core i7-13620H (25,201, 0.1% faster) and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25,365, 0.5% faster). This means the processor is well-matched against its direct competitors, but the GPU’s nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA A2 (34,866, 0.2% faster), have similar average scores. The combo’s rank suggests that Barony rewards raw GPU throughput more than CPU multi-core performance, as the system’s weakest results occur at 4K Ultra where the GPU is pushed hardest.

FAQ

Q: What is the best setting for this combo in Barony at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low setting produces the highest average frame rate at 441.7 FPS, while Ultra still achieves 203.4 FPS. The data shows diminishing returns between Medium (330.3 FPS) and High (279.5 FPS), making High the most efficient balance of visual quality and performance.

Q: How does this combo perform at 4K compared to 1440p?

A: At 3840x2160, the average FPS drops significantly. High settings yield 95.8 FPS, while Ultra falls to 64.6 FPS. In contrast, 2560x1440 High produces 179.2 FPS, and Ultra reaches 129.5 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only tested configuration that falls below 60 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this system?

A: The resolution scaling indicates the GPU becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions. From 1080p to 4K at High settings, FPS drops from 279.5 to 95.8, a 65.7% reduction. This steep decline suggests the RX 9070 is the bottleneck, as the CPU’s 16 threads are less stressed by the increased pixel workload.

Q: How does the i5-13400F compare to its closest CPU rivals?

A: The i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25,236, which is within 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25,365) and 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-13620H (25,201). This indicates near-identical synthetic performance, meaning any in-game differences are likely due to the GPU or game engine.

Q: What is the lowest performance scenario for this combo?

A: The worst measured result is at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, averaging 64.6 FPS. This is the only configuration that approaches the 60 FPS threshold, suggesting that 4K Ultra is the practical ceiling for this system in Barony.

Q: Does the RX 9070’s 16 GB memory affect its benchmark ranking?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 34,780 places it in the 79th percentile of all GPUs. While the memory capacity is not directly reflected in synthetic scores, the 16 GB GDDR6 configuration with 644.6 GB/s bandwidth supports the high frame rates observed at 1440p, where the GPU is less constrained.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F features 10 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This Raptor Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 10 nm process, includes 20 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU’s multithreaded performance is substantial, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 21,279 and Geekbench multicore score of 10,971. However, Barony’s results suggest that the game does not heavily tax these resources.

The measured FPS data shows that the CPU is rarely the primary limiter. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 441.7 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s maximum frame output. The CPU’s single-thread score of 3,634 in Passmark indicates strong per-core performance, which is more relevant for a roguelike title that may have serial game logic. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1,880 versus the 16-thread score of 7,314 shows that scaling is present but not linear, and Barony likely benefits more from the first few threads than from the full 16.

The CPU’s 82nd percentile ranking against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25,236, places it just above the Intel Core i7-13620H (25,201) and below the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25,365). This tight grouping means the i5-13400F is neither a standout nor a weak link in this combo. In Barony, the CPU’s role appears to be maintaining a sufficiently high frame ceiling, which it does, as the GPU becomes the limiting factor well before the CPU is saturated.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings average 441.7 FPS, Medium reaches 330.3 FPS, High produces 279.5 FPS, and Ultra still manages 203.4 FPS. These numbers indicate that even at the highest quality preset, the system is nowhere near a performance cliff at this resolution. The gap between Low and Ultra is 238.3 FPS, showing that the RX 9070 has ample headroom for graphical enhancements.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clearer progression. Low settings average 279.9 FPS, Medium 208.5 FPS, High 179.2 FPS, and Ultra 129.5 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings is 100.3 FPS, a 35.9% reduction, which is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario. The 1440p Ultra result of 129.5 FPS is still well above the 60 FPS threshold, providing a smooth experience for most users.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates decline more sharply. Low settings average 148.7 FPS, Medium 107.5 FPS, High 95.8 FPS, and Ultra 64.6 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only one that approaches the 60 FPS line, suggesting that this is the practical limit for the combo. The difference between 4K Low and 4K Ultra is 84.1 FPS, which is smaller than the 238.3 FPS difference at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is becoming the bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. From 1080p to 4K at High settings, the average FPS drops from 279.5 to 95.8, a 65.7% decrease. At Low settings, the drop is from 441.7 to 148.7, a 66.3% decrease. These similar percentage reductions across different settings suggest that the RX 9070’s raw pixel throughput is the determining factor, not the CPU’s ability to feed it.

The scaling from 1440p to 4K is particularly telling. At High settings, the FPS drops from 179.2 to 95.8, a 46.5% reduction. At Ultra settings, the drop is from 129.5 to 64.6, a 50.1% reduction. These larger percentage drops compared to the 1080p to 1440p transition (35.9% at High) indicate that the GPU is increasingly saturated as pixel count rises. The RX 9070’s 36.13 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 644.6 GB/s memory bandwidth are sufficient for 1440p but show strain at 4K Ultra.

The limiting component is clearly the GPU. The CPU’s benchmark performance, which is nearly identical to its rivals, does not show a corresponding drop-off in frame rates when resolution increases. Instead, the FPS declines track the GPU’s compute load, with the 4K Ultra result of 64.6 FPS being the only scenario that falls below the 100 FPS mark. This indicates that users seeking higher 4K performance would need a more powerful GPU, while the i5-13400F has sufficient headroom to support even higher frame rates if the graphics card were upgraded.