Barony

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers exceptional performance in Barony, a roguelike title that proves surprisingly demanding at high settings. The measured data shows a configuration capable of triple-digit frame rates across all tested resolutions, though the scaling patterns reveal distinct bottlenecks depending on the graphics preset.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data indicates that the High preset offers the most balanced experience for this combination. At 1920x1080, High produces an average of 352.4 FPS, which is 57.4 FPS above the 252.7 FPS recorded at Ultra. The gap between Medium at 410.6 FPS and High at 352.4 FPS is a 58.2 FPS difference, suggesting that High provides a meaningful reduction in rendering load without the steep cost seen when moving to Ultra.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds. High delivers 224.1 FPS, while Ultra drops to 159.1 FPS. The difference between High and Medium at this resolution is 32.2 FPS, with Medium achieving 256.3 FPS. For 4K, High manages 114.9 FPS, which remains comfortably above 60 FPS, while Ultra falls to 81.5 FPS. The Low preset is available for players seeking maximum refresh rates, hitting 549.5 FPS at 1080p, but the visual sacrifice is substantial.

The data suggests High is the sweet spot for this hardware. It maintains high frame rates across all resolutions while avoiding the diminishing returns of Ultra. Medium presents a viable alternative for users with high-refresh displays, especially at 1440p where it reaches 256.3 FPS, but the improvement over High is marginal compared to the visual quality trade-off.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus with a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. Its boost clock runs at 2610 MHz with a base clock of 2310 MHz. The GPU's 7680 shading units and 240 texture mapping units are backed by 80 ROPs, with 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and DLSS.

In Barony, the GPU's role becomes evident when examining the frame rate scaling with settings. The jump from Low to Medium at 1080p is 410.6 FPS versus 549.5 FPS, a 138.9 FPS reduction. This shows the GPU is heavily engaged even at lower presets. The RTX 4070 Ti's 40.09 TFLOPS of FP32 performance allows it to handle the game's rendering demands without becoming the primary constraint, except at Ultra settings where the 285 W TDP GPU is pushed harder.

The 12 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for this title's texture requirements at all tested settings. The memory clock of 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed provides ample bandwidth for the data transfer rates needed at 4K Ultra, where the GPU still manages 81.5 FPS. The GPU's percentile ranking of 85 among all tested GPUs places it in the upper tier, and its average benchmark score of 44900 confirms its capability.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rates scale predictably as resolution increases. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 352.4 at 1080p to 224.1 at 1440p, a 36.4% reduction. Moving from 1440p to 4K brings the average down to 114.9 FPS, a further 48.7% decrease. This scaling pattern indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions, particularly at 4K where pixel count quadruples.

The Low preset shows similar scaling: 549.5 FPS at 1080p, 348.5 at 1440p, and 179.9 at 4K. The percentage drops are 36.6% and 48.4% respectively, nearly identical to the High preset scaling. This consistency suggests the CPU is not the bottleneck even at 1080p Low, where the frame rate reaches 549.5 FPS.

Ultra settings reveal the steepest resolution scaling. From 252.7 FPS at 1080p to 159.1 at 1440p is a 37.0% drop, and going to 4K brings 81.5 FPS, a 48.8% reduction. The RTX 4070 Ti's rendering workload at 4K Ultra is substantial, yet the combination still delivers playable frame rates. The data shows that the CPU, with its 10 cores and 16 threads, is sufficient to feed the GPU at all but the highest frame rate extremes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range shows a clear progression. Low produces 549.5 FPS, Medium achieves 410.6 FPS, High reaches 352.4 FPS, and Ultra delivers 252.7 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 296.8 FPS, indicating that settings have a profound impact on performance at this resolution. The 16.9% reduction from Medium to High is smaller than the 25.3% reduction from High to Ultra, suggesting diminishing returns at the highest preset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 348.5 FPS on Low, 256.3 FPS on Medium, 224.1 FPS on High, and 159.1 FPS on Ultra. The spread narrows to 189.4 FPS between Low and Ultra. The Medium to High gap is 32.2 FPS, while High to Ultra is 65.0 FPS, showing that Ultra becomes progressively more expensive relative to other presets.

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are 179.9 FPS on Low, 133.4 FPS on Medium, 114.9 FPS on High, and 81.5 FPS on Ultra. The Low to Ultra difference is 98.4 FPS. Notably, the High to Ultra gap of 33.4 FPS is smaller than the 18.5 FPS gap between Medium and High, which contrasts with the pattern seen at lower resolutions. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU's workload is so intense that the relative cost of Ultra over High diminishes, though the absolute frame rate still drops significantly.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-13400F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks 247th out of 1702 tested combinations in Barony, placing it in the top 14.5% of all configurations. This rank reflects the strong synergy between the CPU and GPU, as both components sit in the upper echelon of their respective benchmark distributions.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 25236 places it near the Intel Core i7-13620H, which scores 25201 with a deltaPct of 0.1%, and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, which scores 25365 with a deltaPct of -0.5%. The i5-13400F sits between these rivals, showing that its 10-core, 16-thread configuration with a 4.60 GHz boost clock provides competitive processing power. Its 82nd percentile ranking among all CPUs further validates its capability.

For the GPU, the RTX 4070 Ti's average benchmark score of 44900 is close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile at 45152 (deltaPct -0.6%) and the Intel Arc A730M at 45592 (deltaPct -1.5%). The 85th percentile ranking places it ahead of most GPUs in the database. The combination's 247th rank out of 1702 suggests that while both components are individually strong, the pairing is not among the absolute top-tier configurations, likely due to the CPU's mid-range positioning relative to higher-core-count processors.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combination?

A: The highest measured average is 549.5 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti compare to its nearest rival in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti scores 44900 on average, which is 0.6% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile's 45152 and 1.5% lower than the Intel Arc A730M's 45592.

Q: What is the frame rate at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate is 81.5 FPS.

Q: Which settings preset shows the largest performance gap between consecutive levels?

A: At 1080p, the gap between High and Ultra is 99.7 FPS, which is larger than the 58.2 FPS gap between Medium and High.

*Q: What rank does this CPU-GPU combination achieve among all tested combos in Barony?*

A: The combination ranks 247th out of 1702 tested combos, placing it in the top 14.5% of configurations.

Q: How does the Core i5-13400F's average benchmark score compare to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D?

A: The Core i5-13400F scores 25236, which is 0.5% lower than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D's 25365.