Downfall

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a highly capable 1080p and 1440p experience in Downfall, with the data showing a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases. Across all tested presets, the combination demonstrates that the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at 4K, while the CPU’s six cores and twelve threads provide ample headroom at lower resolutions. The measured frame rates indicate that this pairing is well-balanced for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p, but the Ultra preset at 4K falls below the 60 FPS threshold, demanding careful settings selection.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average frame rate at 1920x1080 with High settings is 144.1 FPS, which is comfortably above the 144 Hz refresh rate often targeted by gamers.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest rival, the RTX 4060 Mobile?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 22206, which is 2.3% lower than the RTX 4060 Mobile’s score of 22729, indicating very similar rasterization performance despite the generational gap.

*Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations in Downfall?*

A: This specific CPU-GPU combination ranks 1033 out of 1741 tested combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all possible pairings for this game.

Q: Is the i5-11400F a bottleneck at 4K Ultra settings?

A: No, the data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K. The Ultra preset yields 38.2 FPS at 3840x2160, a significant drop from the 63.5 FPS at 1440p, demonstrating that the GPU’s rendering load, not the CPU, is the constraint.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 152.7 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 63.5 FPS. This represents a 89.2 FPS reduction, or roughly a 58% performance penalty for the highest visual quality.

Q: Does the CPU’s multi-threaded performance align with its in-game results?

A: The i5-11400F scores 14372 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, which is a strong result for a 6-core part. This is consistent with the high frame rates observed at 1080p, where the CPU is not the primary bottleneck.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip and features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. Its base clock is 1605 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz, and it contains 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The GPU’s 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, making it fully compatible with modern rendering pipelines.

In Downfall, the GPU’s role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution scales. At 1080p, the RTX 2070 SUPER easily drives frame rates above 144 FPS on High settings, suggesting that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU adequately. However, at 4K, the GPU’s raw fillrate and compute power become the deciding factors. The pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s are taxed heavily by the 3840x2160 resolution, leading to a steep performance cliff on the Ultra preset. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for this title, as the data does not indicate any memory-related stuttering or crashes, but the GPU’s overall compute throughput of 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 is what ultimately caps performance at higher resolutions.

The benchmark results show a clear pattern: the RTX 2070 SUPER is a 1440p-class card for this game. At 2560x1440 High, it achieves 103.9 FPS, which is excellent. At 1080p, even the Ultra preset maintains 88.4 FPS, proving that the GPU has headroom when paired with a capable CPU. The 65th percentile ranking among all GPUs further confirms that this card sits above the median in terms of overall performance, but the 4K Ultra result of 38.2 FPS is a stark reminder that it is not a 4K powerhouse.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of presets across all resolutions. For the best balance of visual fidelity and playability, the High preset is the recommended choice. At 1080p, High delivers 144.1 FPS, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors. At 1440p, High still maintains 103.9 FPS, providing a smooth experience without the steep performance cost of Ultra. The Medium preset offers a modest FPS boost over High—174.7 FPS at 1080p and 122.5 FPS at 1440p—but the visual quality reduction is not justified unless the user is targeting extremely high refresh rates.

The Ultra preset is not recommended for this combination. At 1080p, it drops to 88.4 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 55.7 FPS loss compared to High. At 1440p, Ultra falls to 63.5 FPS, which is borderline for smooth gameplay. At 4K, Ultra is effectively unplayable at 38.2 FPS. The Low preset, conversely, offers the highest frame rates—207.8 FPS at 1080p and 152.7 FPS at 1440p—but is likely to degrade the horror atmosphere of Downfall with reduced lighting and texture quality.

Given the genre, maintaining a stable frame rate is crucial for immersion. The data shows that High at 1440p is the sweet spot, offering a 103.9 FPS average that is both visually rich and responsive. If the user prioritizes frame rate over fidelity, Medium at 1440p is a viable alternative at 122.5 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High is only a 18.6 FPS loss while gaining significant visual improvements. For 4K users, the Low preset at 95.7 FPS is the only viable option, but the visual compromise is severe.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame places this pairing at 1033 out of 1741 tested configurations, which puts it in the 59th percentile of all possible CPU-GPU combinations for Downfall. This is a solid, above-average ranking, but it is not in the top tier. The ranking reflects the balance between the i5-11400F and the RTX 2070 SUPER, where neither component is egregiously weak, but neither is a flagship part.

To contextualize this rank, consider the CPU’s nearest rivals. The i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17181, which is essentially identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, 0% delta) and the Intel Core i7-1260P (17212, -0.2% delta). This means the CPU is right at the performance level of these mobile and low-power parts, despite being a desktop chip. The GPU’s nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A400 (22307, -0.5% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (21670, 2.5% delta), indicating the RTX 2070 SUPER is slightly faster than the RX 5700 but slightly slower than the RTX A400 in synthetic benchmarks.

The combination’s rank of 1033 suggests that while each component is mid-pack, the pairing is not optimized for Downfall’s specific demands. The game seems to favor GPUs with higher memory bandwidth, as the 448.0 GB/s of the RTX 2070 SUPER is likely a limiting factor at 4K. The CPU’s 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are sufficient for the game’s logic, but the GPU’s fillrate bottleneck at higher resolutions prevents this combo from climbing higher in the rankings. In practice, the combo performs best at 1440p, where the rank of 1033 is respectable, but it would rank higher if paired with a stronger GPU or used purely as a 1080p setup.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 144.1 FPS at 1920x1080 to 103.9 FPS at 2560x1440, and finally to 60.8 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 57.8% decrease in performance from 1080p to 4K. The scaling is not linear, which indicates that the GPU is being progressively more taxed as resolution increases.

The data shows that the RTX 2070 SUPER has a significant amount of headroom at 1080p. At 144.1 FPS on High, the GPU is likely not at 100% utilization, and the CPU, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is able to keep up. Moving to 1440p, the frame rate drops by 40.2 FPS, which is a 27.9% reduction. This suggests that the GPU is becoming more stressed, but the CPU still has capacity. At 4K, the frame rate drops another 43.1 FPS, a 41.5% reduction from 1440p. This steep drop indicates that the GPU is now the absolute bottleneck, as the pixel fillrate and shading workload at 3840x2160 overwhelm the TU104 chip.

The limiting component is clearly the GPU at higher resolutions. The CPU’s performance, as measured by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14372, is more than adequate for this game. Even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would be most stressed, the frame rate reaches 207.8 FPS, suggesting the i5-11400F is not a limiting factor. The Ultra preset at 4K, with a 38.2 FPS average, is the clearest evidence of a GPU bottleneck. The 8 GB VRAM and 256-bit memory interface are simply insufficient for the demands of 4K Ultra, leading to a sub-60 FPS experience. For users seeking higher frame rates at 4K, the data indicates that reducing settings to Low (95.7 FPS) is the only way to achieve playable performance, further confirming the GPU as the primary constraint.