Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver with Intel Core i5-11400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 delivers a top-tier experience in Dave The Diver, achieving a combo rank of 468 out of 1,626 tested configurations. This places the pairing in the upper 29% of all tested combos, a strong result for a game that is largely GPU-driven at high resolutions. The data shows a system capable of maintaining excellent frame rates across all tested settings, with the RTX 3080's substantial compute resources providing the primary performance headroom. The CPU, while not the bottleneck in most scenarios, still contributes meaningfully to the overall frame pacing, particularly at lower resolutions where the GPU is less saturated.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 468 out of 1,626 tested combos positions this system firmly in the upper quartile of tested hardware pairings for Dave The Diver. This percentile placement indicates that the combination of the Core i5-11400F and the RTX 3080 is well-balanced for this title, though there is clearly room for improvement at the very top of the ranking table. The CPU's percentile versus all CPUs is 75, and the GPU's percentile versus all GPUs is 80, meaning both components are individually strong performers. However, the combo's relative rank (468th out of 1,626, roughly the 71st percentile of combos) is slightly lower than either component's individual percentile, suggesting that the pairing may not extract the absolute maximum performance from each part in this specific game. The average benchmark score for the CPU is 17,181, while the GPU averages 35,787, reinforcing that the graphics card carries the bulk of the performance weight. The nearest rivals for the CPU include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (averaging 17,189, a 0% delta) and the Intel Core i7-1260P (17,212, -0.2% delta), showing that the i5-11400F is statistically tied with these mobile-oriented chips. For the GPU, the AMD Radeon Pro Duo (35,860, -0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (36,101, -0.9% delta) are the closest competitors, indicating that the RTX 3080 sits in a competitive mid-to-high tier of graphics hardware.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the dominant component in this combo, and the benchmark results in Dave The Diver reflect its substantial capabilities. The GPU features 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s. This high bandwidth is crucial for texture-heavy scenes common in adventure titles, ensuring that asset streaming does not become a bottleneck. The card's base clock is 1440 MHz with a boost clock of 1710 MHz, and its memory runs at 1188 MHz, translating to 19 Gbps effective. With 8,704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units, the RTX 3080 has the raw compute throughput to handle high-resolution rendering with ease. Its FP32 performance of 29.77 TFLOPS is particularly relevant for modern game engines that rely on parallel compute shaders. The GPU's 68 ray tracing cores and 272 tensor cores, while not heavily utilized in a title like Dave The Diver, provide future-proofing for games that implement more advanced rendering techniques. The pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s explain why the card excels at both fill-rate-bound and texture-bound scenarios. The GPU's percentile rank of 80 versus all GPUs places it ahead of the vast majority of graphics cards, and its average benchmark score of 35,787 confirms its position as a high-end part. The nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, is only 0.9% ahead in average score, making the RTX 3080 a very close competitor to much newer hardware.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Rocket Lake architecture, built on Intel's 14 nm process node. Its base clock of 2.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz provide solid single-threaded performance, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 868 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,029. The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache per core are adequate for feeding the GPU in most gaming scenarios. However, in Dave The Diver, which is not a CPU-intensive title, the processor's role is primarily to maintain a consistent frame delivery without becoming a limiting factor. The data supports this: at 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 308.1 FPS, which suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU well beyond typical display refresh rates. The CPU's multi-threaded performance, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14,372 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 5,652, ensures that background tasks and game logic do not cause stutters. The processor's 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for this workload. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, has an identical average benchmark score (17,189 vs. 17,181, a 0% delta), making the i5-11400F statistically indistinguishable from that mobile chip in synthetic tests, though in gaming the desktop part's higher sustained clock speeds likely give it an edge that is not captured in the average score.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates for this combo in Dave The Diver show a clear scaling pattern across resolutions and settings. At 1080p, the system is heavily GPU-bound at the highest settings but shows CPU limitations at lower settings. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average FPS is 308.1, which is an extremely high frame rate that indicates the CPU is near its limit for this game. Moving to Medium settings at 1080p drops the average to 256.1 FPS, a 16.9% reduction, while High settings yield 229.8 FPS, a further 10.3% drop. At Ultra settings, the average is 204.6 FPS, showing that even at the highest quality preset, the system remains well above the 144 Hz threshold favored by competitive gamers. At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. Low settings produce 232.8 FPS, which is 75.3 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result, indicating that the GPU is now becoming more of a factor. Medium settings at 1440p average 194.9 FPS, while High settings average 173 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p still delivers 150.7 FPS, which is above the 144 Hz mark. This suggests that at 1440p, the RTX 3080 is still not fully saturated, but the gap between settings is narrowing. At 4K (3840x2160), the GPU is clearly the limiting component. Low settings average 156.7 FPS, which is a substantial drop from 1080p Low. Medium settings at 4K produce 130.9 FPS, High settings yield 118 FPS, and Ultra settings average 105.1 FPS. These numbers indicate that even at 4K Ultra, the combo maintains above 100 FPS, which is an excellent result for a demanding resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the nature of the bottleneck in this combo. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p to 1440p results in a 75.3 FPS drop (from 308.1 to 232.8, a 24.4% decrease), and from 1440p to 4K, the drop is 76.1 FPS (from 232.8 to 156.7, a 32.7% decrease). The percentage drop increases with resolution, which is typical of a GPU-bound scenario. At Ultra settings, the drops are smaller in absolute terms but similar in percentage: 1080p to 1440p is a 53.9 FPS drop (from 204.6 to 150.7, a 26.3% decrease), and 1440p to 4K is a 45.6 FPS drop (from 150.7 to 105.1, a 30.3% decrease). The fact that the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is roughly consistent across all settings (around 49-50% reduction in FPS) suggests that the GPU is the primary limiter at all quality presets, but the CPU is also contributing at lower resolutions. Specifically, at 1080p Low, the 308.1 FPS result is likely near the CPU's maximum frame delivery capability for this game, as the GPU could theoretically render more frames at such low settings. This is confirmed by the relatively small FPS difference between 1080p Low and 1080p Medium (a 52 FPS drop), which is proportionally larger than the difference between 1440p Low and 1440p Medium (a 37.9 FPS drop). The data indicates that at 4K, the RTX 3080's compute resources are fully engaged, with the CPU having ample headroom to feed frames. The 4K Ultra result of 105.1 FPS is particularly notable, as it shows that this combo can deliver a smooth, high-refresh experience even at the most demanding settings, with the GPU's 10 GB of VRAM and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth proving sufficient for the game's asset requirements at this resolution.