Fivem

Fivem’s performance on the Intel Core i3-12100F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 combo reveals a system heavily influenced by resolution and graphics settings, with the data showing a clear transition from a CPU-bound state at lower resolutions to a GPU-bound state at higher ones. The measured frame rates across the 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions provide a comprehensive look at this pairing's capabilities in a multiplayer environment, where consistent frame delivery is often as critical as peak output. This analysis breaks down the measured FPS data, examining the role each component plays and how this specific configuration ranks against other tested hardware combinations.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is substantial and tells a clear story about the limiting component at each step. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces an average of 198.8 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same Low settings, the average drops to 133.9 FPS, a significant 64.9 FPS decrease. Pushing further to 4K at Low settings yields 75.4 FPS, another 58.5 FPS drop. This scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 5060 is the primary constraint as pixel count increases; the GPU's rendering workload expands geometrically, and the frame rate falls accordingly.

The scaling is even more pronounced at higher quality presets. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 94.8 FPS, which falls to 61.7 FPS at 1440p Ultra, a 33.1 FPS loss. The 4K Ultra result of 37.5 FPS represents a 57.3 FPS drop from the 1080p Ultra figure. The percentage decrease from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings is roughly 60%, while at Low settings it is about 62%. This consistency suggests that while the GPU is the bottleneck at 4K, the CPU’s ability to feed frames at 1080p is also a limiting factor, preventing the GPU from achieving even higher frame rates at lower resolutions.

At 1080p, the gap between Low (198.8 FPS) and Ultra (94.8 FPS) is 104 FPS, showing that the settings have a massive impact on the GPU load. However, the fact that the 1080p Low result is not significantly higher than what a more powerful GPU might achieve in this title suggests the Core i3-12100F is nearing its ceiling. The data indicates that the CPU's four cores and eight threads are enough to maintain high frame rates, but the scaling from 1080p Low to 1440p Low (a 48.5% reduction) is larger than the pure pixel count increase would suggest, hinting that the CPU is no longer the main limiting factor once the resolution increases.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 features 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. In Fivem, which often has large draw distances and detailed world geometry, this bandwidth is a critical resource. The measured FPS data shows that at 4K Ultra, the average frame rate drops to 37.5 FPS, suggesting that the 8 GB capacity and the available bandwidth are being heavily taxed. The GPU's boost clock of 2497 MHz and base clock of 2280 MHz provide the raw compute throughput, with a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s, which are instrumental in processing the high-resolution textures and effects.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 30109. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, has an average score of 30097, a delta of 0%, indicating the RTX 5060 is statistically tied with that card in synthetic tests. In real-world Fivem performance, the data shows the GPU is the dominant factor in determining FPS at higher resolutions. For instance, at 1440p High, the combo achieves 84.6 FPS, while at 4K High it falls to 43.8 FPS. This 48% reduction in performance is a direct consequence of the GPU's rendering workload. The RTX 5060's performance in DirectX 12 (a Passmark score of 77) and Vulkan (a Geekbench score of 116626) indicates its modern API support, but the actual FPS data suggests that memory bandwidth and capacity are the more significant constraints in this specific game.

FAQ

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

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings is 123.8 FPS.

Q: How does the frame rate at 4K Low compare to 4K Ultra?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves an average of 75.4 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 37.5 FPS, a difference of 37.9 FPS.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 1440p Medium?

A: At 2560x1440 Medium, the average FPS is 105.8. Given that 1080p Medium produces 158.2 FPS, the drop to 1440p Medium indicates the GPU is starting to become the primary bottleneck, though the CPU is still capable of high throughput.

Q: What is the best average FPS recorded for this system?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 198.8 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How does the RTX 5060 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 5060 has an average benchmark score of 30109, which is essentially identical to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT’s score of 30097 (a 0% delta).

Q: What is the frame rate at 1440p Ultra?

A: The measured average FPS at 2560x1440 with Ultra settings is 61.7 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a complete matrix of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. Starting at 1920x1080, the Low preset yields an average of 198.8 FPS, the Medium preset produces 158.2 FPS, the High preset delivers 123.8 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 94.8 FPS. This shows a steady, predictable decline as the graphics load increases.

At 2560x1440, the scaling shifts. The Low preset averages 133.9 FPS, which is a substantial reduction from 1080p. The Medium preset drops to 105.8 FPS, and the High preset averages 84.6 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p yields 61.7 FPS, which is a playable frame rate for many users but shows the performance cost of high detail at a higher resolution.

The 3840x2160 results show the most significant impact. The Low preset averages 75.4 FPS, which is still smooth. The Medium preset drops to 56.4 FPS, and the High preset averages 43.8 FPS. The Ultra preset is the most demanding scenario tested, with an average of just 37.5 FPS. These 4K numbers highlight the GPU's limitations with this configuration, particularly at higher quality presets where the 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth become bottlenecks for the high-resolution textures and effects.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested configurations for Fivem, this specific combo of the Intel Core i3-12100F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 ranks 874th out of 1792 total combos. This places it in the middle of the pack, which is consistent with its performance characteristics. The ranking reflects that while the RTX 5060 is a capable GPU, the Core i3-12100F is a budget-oriented processor that limits the overall potential of the system in this title.

The combo rank is a holistic metric, but the data suggests that the CPU is holding back the GPU in certain scenarios. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 198.8 FPS, which is high, but the CPU's benchmark scores—such as a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 11912 and a single-core score of 1681—indicate that it is a mid-range performer. The CPU's percentile rank of 72 against all CPUs shows it is better than average, but it is not a high-end part. The ranking of 874 out of 1792 suggests that there are many combos that achieve higher frame rates, likely those with more powerful CPUs that can better feed the GPU at lower resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F is a 4-core, 8-thread processor with a base clock of 3.30 GHz and a boost clock of 4.30 GHz. It belongs to the Alder Lake architecture and has a 12 MB shared L3 cache. These specifications are crucial for understanding its role in Fivem. The game is a multiplayer mod for Grand Theft Auto V, which is known to be sensitive to CPU performance, particularly in crowded online servers where many entities and scripts are active.

The benchmark data shows that the i3-12100F has a multi-thread score of 4051 in 3DMark's 16-thread test and a single-thread score of 893. Its Geekbench single-core score is 2224, and its multi-core score is 7413. These scores indicate that while the CPU has strong single-core performance, its multi-core performance is limited by having only 4 physical cores. In Fivem, the game engine often relies heavily on a few cores, so the strong single-core performance helps, but the lack of additional cores can be a limitation when many background processes are running.

The measured FPS data supports this analysis. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 198.8 FPS, which suggests the CPU is capable of maintaining high frame rates. However, when comparing to the GPU's capability, the RTX 5060 is not being fully utilized at 1080p, as evidenced by the relatively small frame rate increase from 1440p High (84.6 FPS) to 1080p High (123.8 FPS). The CPU's 4.30 GHz boost clock helps in single-threaded scenarios, but the overall system performance is capped by the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities. The CPU's average benchmark score of 13516 places it near the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX (13534, -0.1% delta), but in a real-time game like Fivem, the i3-12100F's fewer cores and threads will be a limiting factor in maintaining high frame rates in demanding multiplayer scenarios.