Fivem

The Intel Core i5-12400 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER combination delivers a remarkably versatile Fivem experience, with the data showing that the choice of settings is highly dependent on the display resolution. At 1920x1080, the system is so overwhelmingly powerful that even the most demanding preset leaves massive headroom, while at 3840x2160, the GPU begins to flex its muscles and settings selection becomes critical for maintaining high refresh rates.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data indicates that the optimal settings preset varies significantly by resolution, but the standout performer across the board is the Medium preset. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 240.1 FPS, which is only 21.3% lower than the Low preset's 305 FPS, yet it provides substantially better visual fidelity than Low. The High preset at 1080p still manages 196 FPS, making it a viable option for users with 144Hz monitors who prioritize image quality over raw frame rates. Ultra at 1080p remains playable at 152 FPS, but the diminishing returns are clear when compared to the massive jump from High to Ultra.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again proves to be the sweet spot, delivering 157.1 FPS. This is a 21.4% improvement over High's 125.7 FPS, while Low's 200 FPS offers diminishing visual returns for the performance gain. Ultra at 1440p drops to 98.7 FPS, which is still above the 60 FPS threshold but not ideal for high-refresh-rate displays. For 1440p users, Medium is the clear recommendation, as it balances the 157.1 FPS output with acceptable visual compromises.

The 3840x2160 results tell a different story, where the GPU becomes the limiting factor. Medium at 4K produces 89.2 FPS, which is the highest frame rate that still maintains reasonable visual quality. High at 4K drops to 69.7 FPS, while Ultra falls to 54.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target for many users. Low at 4K produces 112.2 FPS, but the visual penalty is severe. For 4K, the Medium preset is the recommended choice, as it is the only preset that combines playable frame rates with acceptable image quality, sitting 28% above High and 63.7% above Ultra.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing, and its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus with 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth provides ample headroom for Fivem's open-world streaming. The GPU's 8448 shading units, 264 TMUs, and 96 ROPs work together to push the measured frame rates, with the boost clock of 2610 MHz driving performance across all resolutions.

The data shows a clear GPU-bound pattern at higher resolutions. When moving from 2560x1440 High (125.7 FPS) to 3840x2160 High (69.7 FPS), the frame rate drops by 44.5%, which is a direct consequence of the pixel count increasing by 125%. The GPU's 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but the 4K results reveal that the card is working much harder, with the Ultra preset at 4K producing only 54.5 FPS compared to 152 FPS at 1080p Ultra.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 66 RT cores and 264 tensor cores are present but not directly reflected in the measured FPS data, as Fivem's workload is primarily rasterization-based. The GPU's performance percentile of 86 versus all GPUs places it well above the median, and its nearest rivals show a tight grouping: the NVIDIA CMP 50HX is only 0.7% ahead, while the NVIDIA RTX A2000 trails by 1.6%. This suggests that the 4070 Ti SUPER is positioned in a competitive performance band, though the actual Fivem results demonstrate its practical superiority in this specific workload.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 provides a solid foundation for this build, with 6 cores and 12 threads running at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boosting up to 4.40 GHz. The 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache are adequate for Fivem's multiplayer environments, which typically involve substantial NPC and player simulation overhead. The CPU's Alder Lake architecture on Intel's 10 nm process delivers respectable single-thread performance, as evidenced by the 3dmark_single_thread score of 910 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2249.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is less stressed. At 1920x1080 Low, the system achieves 305 FPS, which is 52.5% higher than the 1440p Low result of 200 FPS. This scaling suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with enough frames to reach very high rates, but the 4K results show that the GPU becomes the bottleneck long before the CPU is challenged. The CPU's 3dmark_max_threads score of 5890 and Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15935 indicate strong multi-threaded capability, which is relevant for Fivem's server-side simulation and physics workloads.

The i5-12400's percentile of 77 versus all CPUs places it in the upper quartile, with nearest rivals showing a remarkably tight cluster: the Intel Core i7-9700 is only 0.1% ahead, while the Intel Core i7-8700 trails by 0.2%. This proximity in raw benchmark scores suggests that the i5-12400 offers comparable CPU performance to those older i7 parts, and the Fivem data confirms that CPU performance is rarely the limiting factor in this configuration, especially at 1440p and 4K resolutions.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 1440p monitor with this hardware?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 delivers 157.1 FPS, which is the best balance of visual quality and performance. It is 25% faster than High at 125.7 FPS and 59.2% faster than Ultra at 98.7 FPS.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Fivem?

A: Yes, but with compromises. The Medium preset at 3840x2160 produces 89.2 FPS, which is playable, while High drops to 69.7 FPS and Ultra falls to 54.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the CPU performance compare to older Intel i7 processors?

A: The i5-12400's average benchmark score of 19850 is within 0.2% of the Intel Core i7-8700's 19894, and within 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-9700's 19831, indicating near-identical raw CPU performance.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER significantly faster than its closest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 48704 is 1.6% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A2000's 47915 and 2% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile's 47743, but it trails the NVIDIA CMP 50HX by 0.7% in synthetic tests.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with all settings maxed out?

A: The Ultra preset at 1920x1080 delivers 152 FPS, which is suitable for high-refresh-rate gaming. However, the High preset at 196 FPS offers a better performance-per-visual-quality trade-off.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: At the High preset, the drop from 196 FPS at 1080p to 69.7 FPS at 4K represents a 64.4% reduction. At the Medium preset, the drop is from 240.1 FPS to 89.2 FPS, a 62.8% reduction.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear and consistent scaling pattern across all settings presets, with the system demonstrating predictable performance degradation as resolution increases. At the Low preset, the frame rate drops from 305 FPS at 1920x1080 to 200 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 34.4% reduction), and then to 112.2 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 63.2% reduction from 1080p). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the CPU's performance remains constant regardless of pixel count.

The Medium preset shows a similar trajectory: 240.1 FPS at 1080p, 157.1 FPS at 1440p (34.6% lower), and 89.2 FPS at 4K (62.8% lower). The consistency of these percentage drops across presets—roughly 34-35% from 1080p to 1440p, and 62-64% from 1080p to 4K—strongly suggests that the scaling is resolution-bound rather than settings-bound. This is further supported by the High preset results: 196 FPS at 1080p, 125.7 FPS at 1440p (35.9% lower), and 69.7 FPS at 4K (64.4% lower).

The Ultra preset exhibits the most dramatic scaling, with 152 FPS at 1080p dropping to 98.7 FPS at 1440p (35.1% lower) and 54.5 FPS at 4K (64.1% lower). The fact that the 1080p-to-4K reduction is consistently around 63-64% across all presets indicates that the limiting component is the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth, not the CPU. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are being fully utilized at 4K, while the i5-12400's CPU performance remains largely untapped at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 305 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low. This analysis confirms that users targeting 4K should expect roughly one-third of the frame rate they would achieve at 1080p, regardless of quality settings.