Fivem

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a robust Fivem experience, though the data clearly indicates that the game’s performance ceiling at lower resolutions is dictated by the processor, not the graphics card. The measured FPS rows show a classic CPU-bound scenario at 1080p, where scaling is limited, while the GPU takes over as the primary driver at 4K. This combo ranks in the 82nd percentile among all tested configurations, placing it well within the upper echelon of systems capable of running this multiplayer title smoothly. The following sections break down the resolution scaling, settings recommendations, and the specific roles of the CPU and GPU in producing these results.

Resolution Scaling

Analyzing the average FPS across the three tested resolutions reveals a performance curve that transitions from a CPU-limited state at 1080p to a GPU-limited state at 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 190 FPS at 1920x1080 to 127 FPS at 2560x1440, a 33% decrease, and then further down to 70 FPS at 3840x2160, a 45% drop from 1440p. This pattern is characteristic of a system where the RTX 4070 Ti’s rendering workload becomes the bottleneck as pixel count increases.

The scaling behavior is even more pronounced at lower settings. Moving from Low settings at 1080p (224 FPS) to Low at 1440p (195 FPS) represents only a 13% reduction, suggesting that the CPU is still keeping pace. However, the jump from 1440p Low to 4K Low (112 FPS) shows a 43% decrease, indicating that the GPU is now the limiting factor even at the lowest graphical preset. This is a crucial observation: the i5-10400F has enough single-thread headroom to feed the GPU at 1080p, but the sheer pixel throughput required at 4K overwhelms the graphics card, regardless of settings.

At Medium settings, the frame rate progression is 205 FPS at 1080p, 159 FPS at 1440p, and 88 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop of 22% is smaller than the 1440p to 4K drop of 45%, reinforcing that the CPU’s influence wanes as resolution increases. The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically at higher resolutions: at 1080p, the difference is 74 FPS (224 vs 150), but at 4K, the difference shrinks to 57 FPS (112 vs 55). This indicates that at 4K, even the most demanding preset cannot fully utilize the GPU’s potential because the CPU is no longer the primary constraint—the GPU’s raw pixel fill rate is.

The data shows that 1440p is the sweet spot for this combo. At High settings, the 127 FPS average is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, and even Ultra settings at 1440p hold at 98 FPS. Pushing to 4K at Ultra drops to 55 FPS, which is playable but shows the limits of the pairing for those seeking maximum fidelity. The 1080p numbers are exceptionally high, but the marginal gains from 1080p to 1440p at High settings (63 FPS difference) are far more impactful than the gains from 1440p to 4K (57 FPS difference), making 1440p the resolution where the hardware’s balance is most evident.

Settings Recommendations

For players prioritizing high refresh rates at 1080p, the Low preset provides the highest average of 224 FPS, but the Medium preset at 205 FPS is nearly as fast while offering improved visual quality. The High preset at 190 FPS is still exceptionally smooth and represents the best overall balance for competitive play on a 144Hz monitor. Ultra at 150 FPS is viable but sacrifices frame rate headroom for marginal visual gains, and the 1080p Medium row shows a minimum of 175 FPS and a maximum of 236 FPS, indicating stable performance even in busy scenes.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset delivers 159 FPS with a minimum of 135 FPS and a maximum of 182 FPS, making it the recommended choice for high-refresh 1440p panels. High settings at 127 FPS are equally playable and offer better visual fidelity, while Ultra at 98 FPS remains above 60 FPS for a smooth experience. The Low preset at 195 FPS is overkill for most 1440p displays and unnecessarily reduces image quality. The measured data suggests that Medium or High at 1440p provides the best experience, as the 31 FPS difference between Medium and High is less significant than the 61 FPS difference between High and Ultra.

For 4K gaming, the High preset at 70 FPS is the strongest choice, offering a 15 FPS advantage over Medium (88 FPS) while looking noticeably better. Ultra at 55 FPS is borderline for a smooth experience, and Low at 112 FPS is the only preset that truly excels, but it defeats the purpose of 4K resolution. The 4K Medium row shows a minimum of 75 FPS and a maximum of 101 FPS, suggesting that Medium is the most consistent option for those who value frame time stability over absolute peak performance. Given that the High preset at 4K lacks a minimum FPS reading, the Medium presets with their documented min/max values are safer for predicting worst-case performance in crowded multiplayer lobbies.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank in Fivem is 669 out of 3707 tested combinations, placing it in the top 82nd percentile of all systems. This is a strong showing, but it is important to contextualize this rank against the hardware’s individual performance. The GPU alone sits in the 84th percentile among all graphics cards, while the CPU is in the 68th percentile among all processors. The combo rank being slightly lower than the GPU’s individual percentile suggests that the i5-10400F is holding back the RTX 4070 Ti in this specific title, preventing the pairing from achieving the top tier of performance.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in terms of average benchmark score include the Intel Xeon 6756E (0.2% faster) and the AMD EPYC 7552 (0.5% faster), as well as the Intel Core 7 160UL (0.3% slower) and AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (0.6% slower). These rival CPUs are all within a 1% performance band, indicating that the i5-10400F’s computational throughput is competitive with a range of server and mobile processors, but none of these rivals are specifically optimized for gaming. The GPU’s nearest rivals, such as the RTX 5090 Mobile (0.8% slower) and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (1.3% slower), show that the RTX 4070 Ti is closely matched with higher-tier mobile parts, but its desktop-class performance is what drives the Fivem results.

The 669th rank out of 3707 combos means that roughly 18% of tested systems outperform this pairing in Fivem. Given that the RTX 4070 Ti is a high-end desktop GPU with a 84th percentile ranking, the shortfall is almost entirely attributable to the CPU. The i5-10400F’s 68th percentile ranking places it in the mid-range of processors, and in a game like Fivem, which is known for its dependence on single-threaded performance, the CPU’s 2.90 GHz base clock and 4.30 GHz boost clock are sufficient but not exceptional. The data indicates that this combo is well-suited for high-refresh 1080p or smooth 1440p gaming, but it does not reach the top tier of performance that the GPU alone could achieve with a stronger processor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages are 224 FPS on Low, 205 FPS on Medium, 190 FPS on High, and 150 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset provides the only documented min/max data at this resolution, with 175 FPS minimum and 236 FPS maximum, showing a 61 FPS variance that suggests occasional dips in demanding scenes. The Low preset’s 224 FPS average is the highest of any resolution and setting combination, demonstrating that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates when the GPU workload is light. The step from Low to Medium costs 19 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs 15 FPS, and the step from High to Ultra costs 40 FPS, making Ultra a significant performance hit.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 195 FPS on Low, 159 FPS on Medium, 127 FPS on High, and 98 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 135 FPS and a maximum of 182 FPS, a 47 FPS variance that is tighter than at 1080p, indicating that the GPU is now exerting more influence over frame pacing. The drop from Low to Medium is 36 FPS, from Medium to High is 32 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 29 FPS. This linear degradation pattern suggests that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck, as each settings tier imposes a more consistent performance penalty. The 98 FPS average on Ultra at 1440p is still well above the 60 FPS target, making this resolution the most versatile for this combo.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 112 FPS on Low, 88 FPS on Medium, 70 FPS on High, and 55 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset’s minimum of 75 FPS and maximum of 101 FPS show a 26 FPS variance, which is the narrowest of any resolution, confirming that the GPU is fully saturated at 4K. The performance deltas between settings are 24 FPS (Low to Medium), 18 FPS (Medium to High), and 15 FPS (High to Ultra). These smaller deltas indicate that the GPU’s rendering capabilities are the limiting factor, and lowering settings yields diminishing returns. The 55 FPS average on Ultra is the only sub-60 FPS result in the entire dataset, highlighting the boundary of this hardware combination at maximum fidelity and resolution.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process, featuring 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Fivem’s texture streaming and draw calls. The GPU’s 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units deliver a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s. These specifications explain why the GPU is not the bottleneck at 1080p: the rendering workload is light enough that the i5-10400F can outpace the GPU’s output.

The GPU’s boost clock of 2610 MHz and base clock of 2310 MHz, combined with its 40.09 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, allow it to handle 4K resolutions with ease, as evidenced by the 70 FPS average at High settings. The 84th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44795, places it just below the RTX 5090 Mobile (which is 0.8% faster) and above the RTX A6000 (which is 1.6% slower). This positioning confirms that the RTX 4070 Ti is a high-end part, and its 12 GB VRAM is ample for Fivem, which is not a VRAM-heavy title. The memory clock of 1313 MHz, effective 21 Gbps, provides the bandwidth needed to feed the GPU’s cores without throttling, even at Ultra settings where the 4K average drops to 55 FPS.

The GPU’s role in this combo becomes clear when examining the 4K results: the frame rates are consistently above 55 FPS even at Ultra, and the Low preset reaches 112 FPS. This indicates that the GPU has the raw horsepower to push high frame rates, but the CPU’s limitations prevent it from achieving the same scaling seen at lower resolutions. The 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is a key asset, as it ensures that the GPU does not starve for data when rendering complex multiplayer environments with many player models and vehicles. The RTX 4070 Ti’s 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are irrelevant for Fivem, as the game does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS in the measured settings, but they contribute to the GPU’s overall architectural efficiency.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Comet Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel’s 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.30 GHz, combined with 12 MB of shared L3 cache, provide solid single-threaded performance that is critical for Fivem’s simulation and scripting workloads. The CPU’s 3dmark single-thread score of 688 and passmark single-thread score of 2541 are modest figures that place it in the 68th percentile among all CPUs, which is a clear indicator of its mid-range status in 2024. The CPU’s memory support for DDR4 in a dual-channel configuration provides 42.7 GB/s of bandwidth, which is shared with the GPU via the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.

The CPU’s performance in multi-threaded workloads is more robust, with a cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10283 and a passmark multithread score of 12115. However, Fivem is not a heavily threaded game; it relies on a few primary threads for game logic and physics. The data shows that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p, where the average FPS on Low (224 FPS) is only 34 FPS higher than at 1440p Low (195 FPS), despite the GPU having 65% fewer pixels to render. This indicates that the CPU’s single-thread performance is capping the frame rate. The 2.90 GHz base clock is relatively low, but the boost to 4.30 GHz helps in single-threaded scenarios, as evidenced by the 3dmark 2-thread score of 1350.

The CPU’s 68th percentile ranking, with an average benchmark score of 14185, is closely matched by its nearest rivals, all of which are within 0.6% of its score. This suggests that the i5-10400F is a balanced mid-range processor, but it lacks the high single-thread performance of newer architectures that would allow the RTX 4070 Ti to reach its full potential in Fivem. The 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient for the game’s multi-threaded overhead, but the CPU’s 14 nm process node and older architecture mean that its per-core performance is not competitive with modern chips. In practical terms, the CPU’s role is to maintain a high baseline frame rate, which it does admirably at 1080p, but it fails to scale with the GPU as resolution increases, resulting in the 4K performance being solely dependent on the GPU’s capabilities.