Dave The Diver

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for this CPU-GPU combo in Dave The Diver at 1440p with High settings?

A: The measured average is 192 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings. This places the combo in the 798th position out of 3,710 tested combinations, meaning it outperforms roughly 78% of all recorded systems in this game.

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-10400F compare to its closest rival, the AMD EPYC 7552?

A: The i5-10400F has an average benchmark score of 14,185, which is 0.5% higher than the EPYC 7552's 14,115. This places the i5 in the 68th percentile of all CPUs, indicating solid mid-range performance for a 6-core, 12-thread processor.

Q: What is the RTX 5070's percentile ranking among all GPUs, and who is its nearest competitor?

A: The RTX 5070 sits in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 40,377. Its nearest rival is the AMD Radeon Pro 580, which scores 40,318 — a negligible 0.1% difference, effectively a statistical tie.

Q: What are the minimum and maximum FPS recorded at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Medium settings, the measured range is 214 FPS minimum and 290 FPS maximum, with an average of 252 FPS. This wide spread suggests some scenes are significantly more demanding than others.

Q: Does the RTX 5070 support modern graphics APIs needed for this game?

A: Yes, the RTX 5070 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Dave The Diver, being an adventure title from 2023, runs comfortably within these API specifications.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration, and does it suffice for 4K gaming?

A: The RTX 5070 comes with 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s bandwidth. At 4K with Ultra settings, the combo still achieves 113 FPS average, indicating the memory subsystem is not a bottleneck at these resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. Its 31,100 million transistors packed into a 263 mm² die give it a transistor density of 118.3M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 2325 MHz and boosts to 2512 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz effectively delivering 28 Gbps.

This GPU's 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. In Dave The Diver, the data shows this memory configuration is more than adequate. At 4K with Ultra settings, the combo maintains 113 FPS average — still well above playable thresholds. The 80 ROPs and 192 TMUs handle pixel and texture throughput at 201.0 GPixel/s and 482.3 GTexel/s respectively, which explains why even at 2160p the frame rates remain high.

The RTX 5070's 6,144 shading units deliver 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This raw compute power, combined with 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, makes the GPU capable of handling any modern rendering technique. The benchmark results support this: the GPU scores 29,137 in PassMark G3D and 15,787 in GPU compute tests. Its 82nd percentile ranking among all GPUs places it firmly in the upper tier.

Interesting observation: the RTX 5070's nearest rivals are professional workstation cards like the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (0.1% ahead) and Radeon Pro WX 7100 (0.8% ahead). This suggests the 5070's performance profile aligns more closely with prosumer hardware than with other gaming GPUs, which may explain its strong showing in a game like Dave The Diver that doesn't heavily stress ray tracing.

The 250W TDP with a suggested 600W PSU is worth noting for system builders. The dual-slot design with a single 16-pin connector keeps installation straightforward. With PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, the GPU has ample bandwidth for data transfer, though the game's modest requirements mean this isn't a limiting factor.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F brings 6 cores and 12 threads to this pairing, running at a base clock of 2.90 GHz with a boost up to 4.30 GHz. This Comet Lake architecture chip uses a 14 nm process from Intel, with a 65W TDP. The processor supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration, providing 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-10400F shows consistent scaling from single-thread to multi-thread workloads. Its 3DMark scores progress from 688 (single thread) to 4,748 (16 threads), while Cinebench R23 results show 1,451 single-core and 10,283 multi-core. Geekbench scores of 1,420 single-core and 6,257 multi-core reinforce this pattern.

The CPU's 68th percentile ranking among all CPUs reflects its position as a capable mid-range processor. Its average benchmark score of 14,185 places it within 0.6% of the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14,277) and 0.5% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7552 (14,115). This tight clustering suggests the i5-10400F delivers performance competitive with much newer processors.

For Dave The Diver specifically, the CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache helps with game logic and asset streaming. The PassMark physics score of 696 indicates adequate computational throughput for physics calculations. The data compression score of 185,944 shows strong integer performance, which benefits game state updates.

The question arises: does this 6-core/12-thread CPU bottleneck the RTX 5070 in this game? Looking at the FPS data, at 1080p Low the combo hits 268 FPS average. The CPU's single-thread score of 2,541 in PassMark suggests it can feed frames quickly enough, but the diminishing returns from 1080p to 4K (a 37% drop in FPS from Low to Ultra at 4K) indicate the GPU becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

In Dave The Diver, this Intel Core i5-10400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination ranks 798th out of 3,710 tested combos. This places it in the 78.5th percentile — meaning it outperforms nearly four out of every five recorded systems in this game.

This ranking is particularly impressive when considering the CPU's modest 68th percentile standing. The GPU's 82nd percentile ranking compensates for the CPU's relative weakness, resulting in a combined performance that exceeds either component's individual standing. This suggests Dave The Diver is more GPU-bound than CPU-bound in this configuration.

The delta between CPU percentile (68th) and combo percentile (78.5th) is revealing. It indicates that the RTX 5070's strengths are being fully utilized despite the i5-10400F's limitations. The game's relatively light CPU demands, combined with the GPU's substantial compute resources, create a synergy that boosts the combo above what either component alone would suggest.

Compared to the GPU's nearest rivals, the combo's performance is consistent with expectations. The RTX 5070's near-tie with the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (0.1% difference) suggests that any system pairing a similarly capable CPU with that GPU would achieve comparable results in this game.

The rank of 798 out of 3,710 also implies significant headroom. Many of the 2,912 combos ranked higher likely feature newer, more expensive processors. For a 2020 CPU paired with a 2025 GPU, achieving this ranking demonstrates the longevity of the i5-10400F platform when paired with a high-end graphics card.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance on optimal settings for this combo. At every resolution, Medium settings offer the best balance of visual quality and performance headroom. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 252 FPS average with a minimum of 214 FPS — both figures far exceed the 60 FPS target, leaving room for V-Sync or higher refresh rate displays.

For 1440p users, Medium settings produce 215 FPS average with a 182 FPS minimum. This remains comfortably above 144 Hz refresh rates, making it ideal for high-refresh monitors. The jump from Medium to High at 1440p costs 23 FPS (215 to 192), which might be acceptable for those prioritizing visual fidelity, but Medium maintains better frame time consistency.

At 4K, the choice becomes more nuanced. Medium settings yield 144 FPS average with 122 FPS minimum — still excellent for 4K gaming. High settings drop to 128 FPS, which remains playable, while Ultra falls to 113 FPS. Given that Medium shows the only recorded minimum/maximum variance at 4K (122-165 FPS), it appears to be the most stable configuration.

Low settings, while offering the highest frame rates (268 FPS at 1080p, 244 FPS at 1440p, 172 FPS at 4K), sacrifice too much visual quality for marginal gains. The difference between Low and Medium is only 16 FPS at 1080p (268 vs 252) but Medium provides substantially better visuals. The data clearly supports Medium as the sweet spot across all resolutions for this combo.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers consistently high frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce 268 FPS average, Medium 252 FPS (with a range of 214-290), High 242 FPS, and Ultra 225 FPS. The maximum variation between settings is just 43 FPS (from Low to Ultra), indicating the GPU is not heavily taxed at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales predictably. Low settings achieve 244 FPS, Medium 215 FPS (range: 182-247), High 192 FPS, and Ultra 169 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 75 FPS, showing increased GPU load at higher resolutions.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates remain impressive but show clearer differentiation. Low settings hit 172 FPS, Medium 144 FPS (range: 122-165), High 128 FPS, and Ultra 113 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is now 59 FPS, with the GPU becoming the primary bottleneck as resolution increases.

The Medium settings at each resolution show the most complete data with both minimum and maximum FPS recorded. At 1080p, the 76 FPS spread (214-290) suggests significant scene complexity variation. At 1440p, the spread narrows to 65 FPS (182-247), and at 4K it's 43 FPS (122-165). This pattern indicates that higher resolutions smooth out frame time variance, likely because the GPU is more consistently saturated.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about this combo's bottleneck characteristics. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p (268 FPS) to 4K (172 FPS) represents a 35.8% reduction. At Medium settings, the drop is from 252 to 144 FPS — a 42.9% reduction. High settings show a decline from 242 to 128 FPS (47.1%), while Ultra settings fall from 225 to 113 FPS (49.8%).

This progressive increase in performance loss at higher settings suggests the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as both resolution and graphical complexity rise. The 4K Ultra performance (113 FPS) is 50.2% lower than 1080p Ultra (225 FPS), which aligns with the theoretical pixel count increase of 4x being partially offset by the GPU's substantial compute resources.

The scaling pattern indicates the i5-10400F is sufficient to feed the RTX 5070 at 1080p, as evidenced by the relatively small FPS differences between settings at that resolution (268 to 225 FPS). The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads at 4.30 GHz boost can maintain frame pacing even at high frame rates. However, the growing divergence at higher resolutions confirms the GPU is the limiting component as pixel count increases.

The fact that 4K Medium (144 FPS) outperforms 1080p Ultra (225 FPS) by a smaller margin than the pixel count would suggest indicates that the game's visual effects, not just resolution, drive GPU load. This is characteristic of an adventure game where draw distance and particle effects scale with quality settings. The data implies that users with high-refresh 4K displays could comfortably use Medium settings, while those with 1080p 240Hz monitors could max out settings and still stay above 200 FPS.