Dave The Diver

# Dave The Diver with Intel Core i5-13400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

This combo pairs a 10-core, 16-thread Intel Core i5-13400F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D, a 32 GB GDDR7 monster built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture. The data shows a system that delivers remarkably high frame rates across all resolutions, but the pattern of results raises questions about where the bottleneck truly lies—the CPU's 2.50 GHz base clock and 4.60 GHz boost, or the GPU's sheer 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The benchmark results place this combo at rank 48 out of 2867 tested configurations, which is a strong showing, but the measured FPS numbers suggest this game is far from demanding on either component.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a Raptor Lake-S desktop processor with 10 cores and 16 threads, built on Intel's 10 nm process. Its 2.50 GHz base clock and 4.60 GHz boost clock provide the foundation for its compute performance. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and a shared 20 MB L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, this processor scores 960 in 3dmark_single_thread, 1880 in 3dmark_2_threads, 3459 in 3dmark_4_threads, 5591 in 3dmark_8_threads, and 7314 in 3dmark_16_threads. The scaling from 2 to 16 threads shows strong multi-threaded efficiency, with the 16-thread score nearly matching the max-threads score of 7307.

For a game like Dave The Diver, which is an adventure title rather than a heavily threaded simulation, the CPU's single-thread performance is likely the more relevant metric. The 3dmark_single_thread score of 960 is modest compared to the multi-threaded results, and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3191 reinforces this picture. The processor's percentile rank of 77 against all CPUs suggests it sits comfortably in the upper tier, but it is not a top-tier chip. The nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS with an average score of 25284 (0% delta), the Intel Core 5 120 at 25362 (-0.3% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D at 25365 (-0.3% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H at 25201 (0.4% delta). These rivals are all within a fraction of a percent of the i5-13400F's average benchmark score of 25292, indicating that this CPU is closely matched with several other mid-range to upper-mid-range processors.

In the context of Dave The Diver, the CPU's role appears to be secondary to the GPU, given the extremely high frame rates observed. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 384 FPS average, which is far beyond what most displays can show. The question becomes whether the CPU is limiting the GPU at lower resolutions, or whether the game engine simply allows the GPU to run at full tilt. The 10-core, 16-thread configuration provides ample parallelism for any background tasks, but the game itself likely uses only a few threads. The 65 W TDP and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory suggest this is a flexible platform, though the measured results do not directly isolate memory bandwidth effects.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 164 FPS. This is the lowest average across all tested settings and resolutions, but it still clears 144 Hz refresh rates comfortably.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Core i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25292. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS, scores 25284, which is a 0% delta. The Intel Core 5 120 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D both score slightly higher at 25362 and 25365, respectively, with -0.3% deltas.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth and how does it affect performance?

A: The RTX 5090 D has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. This massive bandwidth likely contributes to the consistently high frame rates, even at 4K resolution, where memory throughput becomes more critical.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 48th out of 2867 tested configurations in Dave The Diver. This places it in the top 2% of all tested combos, indicating excellent overall performance.

Q: What is the FPS difference between 1080p Low and 4K Ultra?

A: At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 384, while at 4K Ultra, it drops to 164. This represents a 57% reduction in average FPS when moving from the lowest settings at 1080p to the highest settings at 4K.

Q: Does the GPU's percentile rank among all GPUs align with its performance in this game?

A: The RTX 5090 D has a percentile rank of 92 against all GPUs, which is high but not top-tier. Yet in Dave The Diver, the combo achieves a rank of 48 out of 2867, suggesting the game is not particularly demanding on the GPU, or the CPU is not holding it back in any meaningful way.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 384 FPS average. Moving to 1440p Low, the average drops to 349 FPS, a decline of 35 FPS or roughly 9%. At 4K Low, the average falls further to 248 FPS, which is a 136 FPS drop from 1080p Low, or about 35% lower. This scaling suggests that the GPU is not the primary limiting factor at 1080p, because the frame rate is so high that it may be hitting some engine-level cap or the CPU is providing all the frames the GPU can render.

Looking at the High settings across resolutions, the pattern continues: 347 FPS at 1080p, 277 FPS at 1440p, and 186 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 70 FPS (20%), and from 1440p to 4K is 91 FPS (33%). This suggests that as resolution increases, the GPU becomes more of a limiting factor, which is expected. However, the 4K High result of 186 FPS still indicates that the GPU has plenty of headroom, as this is far above the 60 FPS target most games aim for.

The Medium settings show a similar trend with a bit more granularity. At 1080p Medium, the average FPS is 360, with a minimum of 306 and a maximum of 414. At 1440p Medium, the average is 310, with a minimum of 264 and a maximum of 357. At 4K Medium, the average is 208, with a minimum of 177 and a maximum of 239. The minimum FPS values at each resolution are notably lower than the averages, suggesting some frame time spikes, but the overall experience remains smooth.

The Ultra settings show the largest resolution impact: 325 FPS at 1080p, 245 FPS at 1440p, and 164 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K is 161 FPS, or roughly 50%. This indicates that the GPU is doing more work at Ultra settings, but even at 4K Ultra, the frame rate is sufficient for high-refresh-rate displays. The data implies that in Dave The Diver, the CPU is likely capable of feeding the GPU at all resolutions, and the GPU is not being pushed to its limits until 4K Ultra, where it still delivers 164 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combo of Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D achieves a rank of 48 out of 2867 tested configurations in Dave The Diver. This is an exceptional ranking, placing the combo in the top 1.7% of all tested systems. The fact that a mid-range CPU like the i5-13400F, with a percentile rank of 77 among all CPUs, can pair with the RTX 5090 D to achieve such a high game-specific rank suggests that Dave The Diver is not heavily CPU-bound. If the game were CPU-limited, we would expect the combo's rank to be lower, closer to the CPU's percentile rank.

The GPU's percentile rank of 92 among all GPUs is higher than the CPU's 77, which aligns with the idea that the GPU is the more dominant component in this pairing. However, the combo's rank of 48 out of 2867 is better than either component's individual percentile would suggest. This indicates that the combination of this CPU and GPU is particularly well-suited to this game, or that the game is simply not demanding enough to expose any weaknesses in the pairing.

Comparing to the nearest rival CPUs, the i5-13400F's average benchmark score of 25292 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS at 25284. This means that swapping the CPU for a similar-performing alternative would likely result in a similar combo rank, assuming the GPU remains the same. The data suggests that the RTX 5090 D is the primary driver of this combo's high ranking, and the CPU is sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck in Dave The Diver.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is a massive GPU built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It features 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, with 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output units. The GPU has 170 ray tracing cores and 680 tensor cores, making it a powerhouse for both traditional rasterization and ray-traced workloads. Its base clock is 2017 MHz with a boost clock of 2407 MHz, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed.

The 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This is a staggering amount of memory and bandwidth, which is likely why the GPU can maintain high frame rates even at 4K Ultra settings. In Dave The Diver, which is not a graphically intensive game by modern standards, the GPU is probably not using anywhere near its full memory capacity or bandwidth. The 164 FPS at 4K Ultra is likely limited by the game engine or the CPU at that point, rather than the GPU's raw compute power.

The GPU's benchmark scores include 14326 in 3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12, 310674 in geekbench_opencl, and 376915 in geekbench_vulkan. The passmark_g3d score of 44065 and passmark_gpu_compute score of 28396 further illustrate its compute capability. The GPU's average benchmark score is 77712, with a percentile rank of 92 against all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT with an average score of 76904 (1.1% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78940 (-1.6% delta), and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB at 79396 (-2.1% delta). These rivals are all within a few percent, but the RTX 5090 D outperforms most of them in synthetic benchmarks.

In the context of Dave The Diver, the GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is likely overkill. The game's simple art style and relatively low polygon counts do not require such massive compute resources. The data shows that even at the lowest settings and resolution, the frame rate is 384 FPS, which suggests the GPU is not the limiting factor. The GPU's role appears to be providing a safety margin that ensures smooth gameplay regardless of in-game action or scene complexity.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080 resolution, the measured average FPS values are as follows: Low settings produce 384 FPS, Medium settings produce 360 FPS (with a minimum of 306 and a maximum of 414), High settings produce 347 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 325 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 59 FPS, which is a 15% reduction in performance when moving to the highest settings. The Medium settings show a minimum FPS of 306, which is 54 FPS below the average, indicating some frame time variance, but the maximum of 414 FPS shows the GPU can push even higher.

At 2560x1440 resolution, the measured average FPS values drop: Low settings achieve 349 FPS, Medium settings achieve 310 FPS (with a minimum of 264 and a maximum of 357), High settings achieve 277 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 245 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is 35 FPS, while at Ultra settings it is 80 FPS. The Medium settings at 1440p show a minimum of 264 FPS, which is 46 FPS below the average, and a maximum of 357 FPS, which is actually higher than the 1080p High average of 347 FPS, suggesting some variability in the measurements.

At 3840x2160 resolution, the measured average FPS values are: Low settings produce 248 FPS, Medium settings produce 208 FPS (with a minimum of 177 and a maximum of 239), High settings produce 186 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 164 FPS. The drop from 1440p to 4K at Low settings is 101 FPS, while at Ultra settings it is 81 FPS. The Medium settings at 4K show a minimum of 177 FPS, which is 31 FPS below the average, and a maximum of 239 FPS, which is 31 FPS above the average. The 4K Ultra result of 164 FPS is the lowest measured average, but it still comfortably exceeds 144 FPS for high-refresh-rate displays.

Across all resolutions, the Medium settings consistently provide the most complete data, with both minimum and maximum FPS recorded. The pattern shows that increasing resolution has a larger impact on frame rate at higher settings, but even the worst case (4K Ultra at 164 FPS) is well above playable thresholds.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset appears to offer the best balance of performance and visual quality. At 4K Medium, the average FPS is 208, with a minimum of 177 and a maximum of 239. This provides a smooth experience with a 31 FPS buffer above the average for scene complexity spikes. The minimum FPS of 177 at 4K Medium is higher than the average FPS of 164 at 4K Ultra, meaning that even the worst-case frame times at Medium settings are better than the typical frame times at Ultra settings.

At 1440p Medium, the average FPS is 310, with a minimum of 264 and a maximum of 357. This is a significant improvement over the 4K Medium results, and the minimum FPS of 264 is well above the 240 Hz refresh rate that some high-end monitors offer. The 1080p Medium results show an average of 360 FPS, with a minimum of 306 and a maximum of 414, which is likely beyond the refresh rate of most displays, making the extra performance of Low or the visual improvements of High less relevant.

The High preset also offers strong performance, with 186 FPS at 4K, 277 FPS at 1440p, and 347 FPS at 1080p. However, the lack of minimum FPS data for High settings makes it harder to assess frame time consistency. The Ultra preset, while visually the most demanding, still delivers 164 FPS at 4K, which is playable, but the 44 FPS drop from Medium to Ultra at 4K (208 to 164) suggests diminishing returns for the visual upgrade.

For players with 144 Hz displays, the Medium preset at 4K is the recommended choice, as it provides a minimum FPS of 177, ensuring no drops below the refresh rate. For 240 Hz displays, the Medium preset at 1440p with a minimum of 264 FPS is ideal. The Low preset, while providing higher average FPS, does not offer a meaningful advantage at these frame rates and likely sacrifices visual fidelity for performance that exceeds display capabilities.