Downfall

Downfall, a horror game released on 2016-02-28, is measured here with an Intel Core i5-10400F and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. The measured rows place this pairing 162nd out of 1741 tested combos, with dataIsMeasured set to true. The CPU holds a 73rd-percentile aggregate score, while the GPU sits in the 91st percentile, a combination that explains the consistently high average frame rates across the test matrix.

Settings Recommendations

At 1920x1080, the preset ladder runs from 285.2 at Low to 262.8 at Medium, 243.4 at High, and 184 at Ultra. At 2560x1440, the same ladder is 251.7, 237.2, 214.2, and 134.6. At 3840x2160, Low delivers 196.8, Medium delivers 162.4, High delivers 135.1, and Ultra delivers 81.4.

The data indicates that High is the most balanced preset for general use. It keeps the 4K average at 135.1 and the 1440p average at 214.2, while Ultra at 4K falls to 81.4. For a 1080p display, Ultra remains attractive at 184 average FPS, but the drop from High to Ultra at 1440p and 4K is large enough that High is the safer recommendation. Low and Medium produce higher frame counts but cut settings that the RTX 4090 does not need to sacrifice, since even 4K High stays above 130 FPS. Thus, the measured rows support High as the best experience preset, with Ultra reserved for users who want maximum visual quality and can accept lower average frame rates at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread Comet Lake part built on Intel's 14 nm process. It has a 2.90 GHz base clock and a 4.30 GHz boost clock, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 256 KB of L2 cache per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. Its memory interface is dual-channel DDR4 with 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth. It uses Intel Socket 1200, connects over PCIe Gen 3 with 16 CPU lanes, has no integrated graphics, and is listed as active in production. These specifications put it in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 14168.

Synthetic results reinforce that position. In Cinebench R23, the CPU scores 10297 multi-core and 1453 single-core. In Cinebench R20, it scores 4324 multi-core and 610 single-core. In Geekbench, it scores 5783 multi-core and 1454 single-core. PassMark multi-thread and single-thread scores are 12115 and 2541, respectively. The 3DMark CPU tests show scaling from 1350 with 2 threads to 2560 with 4 threads, 3929 with 8 threads, 4748 with 16 threads, and 4735 with max threads. Single-thread 3DMark is 688. These numbers indicate a CPU that can handle both lightly threaded and fully threaded loads without becoming an obvious bottleneck in a high-frame-rate game.

Relative to its nearest rivals, the i5-10400F is effectively tied with the AMD EPYC 7552, which scores 14115 with a delta of 0.4. It trails the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C by 0.8, as that chip scores 14277. It is also 1.1 behind the Intel Core i5-8500 at 14332 and 1.2 behind the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 at 14336. All four deltas are within 1.2, so the CPU is not an outlier within its aggregate-performance peer group.

In Downfall, the CPU's ability to sustain high frame rates is visible in the measured rows. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo averages 285.2 FPS; at Medium it is 262.8; at High it is 243.4; and at Ultra it is 184. A 6-core/12-thread CPU with a 4.30 GHz boost clock and 12 MB of L3 cache is sufficient to keep these averages high in the context of the measured results. The game's CPU demands, as reflected by the data, are met comfortably by this chip.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is built on the AD102 chip using TSMC's 5 nm process, with 76,300 million transistors on a 609 mm² die. Its base clock is 2235 MHz and its boost clock is 2520 MHz, while the memory runs at 1313 MHz, rated at 21 Gbps effective. The card has 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. Its 16384 shading units, 512 TMUs, and 176 ROPs are paired with 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores. The compute ratings are 82.58 TFLOPS for FP32 and FP16, 1290.2 GTexel/s texture rate, and 443.5 GPixel/s pixel rate. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, and it uses a triple-slot design with a 16-pin power connector and a 450 W TDP. The suggested PSU is 850 W. The card is 304 mm long, 137 mm high, and 61 mm wide. It was released on 2022-09-19 and is listed as end-of-life, with GeForce 30 as its predecessor and GeForce 50 as its successor. The GPU had a launch MSRP of 1,599 USD.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark score is 66473, which puts it in the 91st percentile of all GPUs. In nearest-rival comparisons, it trails the NVIDIA Tesla T4 by 0.4, as the Tesla T4 scores 66733. It leads the NVIDIA Tesla P40 by 0.5, with the P40 scoring 66127. It trails the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 by 0.9, with that card scoring 67097, and it trails the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 by 1.3, with that card scoring 67320. These are small aggregate deltas, but the RTX 4090's game-specific performance in Downfall is far stronger than those aggregate margins suggest.

In the measured FPS rows, the GPU's dominance is apparent. The card maintains 196.8 average FPS at 4K Low, 162.4 at 4K Medium, 135.1 at 4K High, and 81.4 at 4K Ultra. At 1440p, every preset stays above 134.6, and at 1080p every preset is at or above 184. The 24 GB frame buffer and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 4K preset scaling, as evidenced by the measured averages. The GPU is clearly the dominant component in this pairing.

How This Combo Ranks

This combo's in-game rank of 162 out of 1741 is a strong result. The CPU's global percentile is 73, while the GPU's is 91. The difference between the CPU percentile and the combo rank suggests that the RTX 4090 is doing most of the heavy lifting in Downfall. A rank of 162 out of 1741 puts the pairing in the upper part of the measured combo database, far above what the CPU's aggregate percentile alone would imply.

The ranking is consistent with the GPU's 91st-percentile standing and with the measured FPS figures. The pair does not drop below 81.4 average FPS in any tested preset, and it reaches 285.2 at 1080p Low. The aggregate rival deltas for the GPU are small, but the game-specific FPS range is wide: from 285.2 at the top end to 81.4 at 4K Ultra. This combination of a high GPU percentile and a high in-game rank 162 out of 1741 indicates that the pairing is well matched to Downfall's rendering demands.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data is as follows:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|---|---|---|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 285.2 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 262.8 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 243.4 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 184 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 251.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 237.2 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 214.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 134.6 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 196.8 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 162.4 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 135.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 81.4 |

At Low, the average falls from 285.2 at 1080p to 251.7 at 1440p and then 196.8 at 4K. At Medium, it goes from 262.8 to 237.2 and then 162.4. At High, it goes from 243.4 to 214.2 and then 135.1. At Ultra, it goes from 184 to 134.6 and then 81.4. The 4K High result of 135.1 is close to the 1440p Ultra result of 134.6, which shows how similar the average frame rate can be when resolution and preset are traded against each other.

The FPS drops from 1080p to 4K are consistent with a GPU-bound workload. Raising resolution increases the cost of each rendered frame, and the measured average falls at every preset. The CPU is not the primary limiter in this scaling pattern, because 1080p Low already reaches 285.2 and 1080p Ultra still reaches 184, indicating that the CPU can push very high frame rates before the GPU's resolution load grows. The data points to the RTX 4090 as the component that determines how far these averages fall when moving up to 1440p and 4K.