Fivem

Fivem presents an interesting scaling challenge for the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination. The measured data reveals a title where the GPU is the primary driver at higher resolutions, but the CPU's capabilities become increasingly relevant as settings and resolution drop. This analysis breaks down the benchmark results to determine the optimal configuration and the role each component plays.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data clearly indicates that the "High" preset offers the most balanced experience across all tested resolutions. At 4K, High settings yield an average of 61.8 FPS, which is the only preset at that resolution to clear the 60 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset drops to 49.2 FPS at 4K, a significant 20.4% reduction from High, making it less suitable for smooth gameplay at that resolution. The Medium preset at 4K delivers 84.1 FPS, but the jump to High costs only 22.3 FPS while providing a substantial visual upgrade, making High the more efficient choice for image quality per frame.

Moving down to 1440p, the High preset achieves an average of 116.2 FPS, which is comfortably above the 100 FPS mark and provides a fluid experience on high-refresh-rate monitors. While the Low preset at 1440p hits 184 FPS, the visual fidelity loss is typically not worth the 67.8 FPS gain for most users in a multiplayer title where visibility matters. The Ultra preset at 1440p still manages 89.8 FPS, but the 26.4 FPS deficit compared to High suggests that the extra graphical features are taxing the GPU disproportionately.

At 1080p, the story shifts slightly. High settings produce 174.8 FPS, which is excellent for competitive play. The Medium preset at 220.6 FPS and Low at 284 FPS are available for those seeking maximum frame rates, but the High preset's 174.8 FPS is already beyond the refresh rate of most standard monitors. The Ultra preset at 1080p delivers 135.6 FPS, showing that even at the lowest resolution, the most demanding settings still maintain a high frame rate. The data suggests that High is the sweet spot, providing a strong balance between visual quality and performance across all three resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the dominant force in this configuration, and its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth provides ample resources for Fivem's asset-heavy multiplayer environments. The GPU's boost clock of 2512 MHz, combined with 6144 shading units, allows it to push substantial frame rates. The PassMark G3D score of 29137, which places the GPU in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, confirms its high-end positioning. The nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 with a deltaPct of 0.2 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 with a deltaPct of 0.6, indicating the RTX 5070 sits in a performance tier comparable to these established cards.

The GPU's role becomes clear when examining the frame rate deltas between presets. At 4K, moving from Low to Medium costs 16.0 FPS, from Medium to High costs 22.3 FPS, and from High to Ultra costs 12.6 FPS. These consistent drops indicate that the GPU is being progressively loaded with more complex shading and geometry work. The 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is clearly being utilized, as the GPU's performance scales predictably with the graphical workload. The data shows no signs of the GPU being starved for data, suggesting that the 12 GB VRAM allocation is sufficient for Fivem at these settings. The GPU's 83rd percentile ranking versus all GPUs, alongside its nearest rival results, underscores that this is a high-performing part capable of driving demanding titles.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 174.8 at 1080p to 116.2 at 1440p, a 33.5% reduction, and then to 61.8 at 4K, a further 46.8% reduction from the 1440p figure. This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU that is working progressively harder to fill more pixels. The 4K resolution demands four times the pixel count of 1080p, and the data shows the RTX 5070 cannot maintain the same performance level at that workload.

The scaling pattern shifts when looking at the Low preset. At 1080p Low, the frame rate peaks at 284 FPS, dropping to 184 FPS at 1440p and 100.1 FPS at 4K. The 184 FPS at 1440p is notably high, suggesting that at lower settings, the CPU begins to play a more significant role in determining the frame rate. The fact that the 1080p Low result of 284 FPS is nearly three times the 4K High result of 61.8 FPS illustrates the massive performance range available in Fivem depending on configuration. The resolution scaling data indicates that the limiting component changes based on settings: at Ultra, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck at all resolutions, while at Low, the frame rates are high enough that CPU limitations start to emerge, particularly at 1080p where the 284 FPS result suggests the Ryzen 5 8400F is nearing its practical limits.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination holds the 371st position out of 1792 tested combos in the database for Fivem. This places it in the top 20.7% of all configurations tested, which is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The ranking reflects the GPU's dominant role in this title, as the RTX 5070's high percentile ranking (83rd) boosts the combo despite the CPU's more modest positioning.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 25064 places it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X at a deltaPct of 0. This means the Ryzen 5 8400F performs virtually identically to the older Ryzen 7 2700X in synthetic benchmarks, despite having fewer cores and threads. The combo's rank of 371 suggests that while the GPU is doing the heavy lifting, the CPU is not holding the system back to a significant degree in Fivem. The data shows that combos ranking higher than this one likely feature even more powerful GPUs, as the RTX 5070's performance is the primary driver of this configuration's position in the rankings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix, manufactured on a 4 nm process. Its base clock of 4.20 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz provide solid single-thread performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2943 and 3DMark single-thread score of 951. The CPU's 16 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 cache per core offer reasonable data locality for game workloads. Its PassMark single-thread score of 3684, coupled with a 82nd percentile ranking versus all CPUs, confirms it is a capable gaming processor.

In Fivem, the CPU's role is most apparent at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 284 FPS, which is an extremely high frame rate that demands substantial CPU work to feed the GPU. The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities, shown by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and PassMark multi-thread score of 24530, allow it to handle the game's simulation and network processing tasks. The 3DMark max-threads score of 6165 indicates the CPU can utilize its 12 threads effectively in demanding scenarios. However, the data suggests that Fivem is not heavily multi-threaded, as the CPU's performance in this title is more dependent on its strong single-thread capabilities. The CPU's 65 W TDP and AM5 socket indicate it is an efficient, modern part that pairs well with the RTX 5070 without creating a significant bottleneck at standard gaming resolutions and settings. The benchmark results show that while the CPU is not the star of this configuration, it provides sufficient performance to allow the RTX 5070 to operate near its full potential.