Fivem

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 holds the 1575th position out of 3707 tested combos in the database for Fivem. This places the combination in the upper half of all recorded configurations, specifically within the 42.5 percentile of tested pairings. The rank reflects the overall capability of the two components working together in this specific multiplayer title, where both the CPU and GPU contribute meaningfully to the final frame rates.

The CPU itself sits at the 73rd percentile when compared against all processors in the database, with an average benchmark score of 19039. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS at an average score of 19047 (a 0 percent delta), the Intel Core 3 201E at 19056 (a negative 0.1 percent delta), the Intel Core i5-1335U at 18982 (a 0.3 percent delta), and the AMD EPYC 7773X at 18979 (a 0.3 percent delta). This cluster of scores within a narrow 77-point band indicates that the i5-12400F delivers compute performance essentially equivalent to several other mid-range and mobile processors, with no single rival holding a decisive advantage.

For the GPU, the RTX 3070 records an average benchmark score of 17208 and sits at the 61st percentile among all graphics cards. Its nearest competitors are the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT at 17083 (0.7 percent ahead of the 3070), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 at 17037 (1 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon HD 7970M at 17019 (1.1 percent ahead), and the NVIDIA Tesla K40c at 17468 (1.5 percent behind). The deltas here are all under 2 percent, meaning the RTX 3070 trades blows with these cards in aggregate compute workloads, though the game-specific measurements below tell a more detailed story.

The combination rank of 1575 out of 3707 suggests that while neither component is at the top of its respective class, the pairing produces results that outperform a clear majority of other tested systems in Fivem. The data indicates a balanced setup where both the six-core processor and the 8 GB graphics card contribute to playable performance across most settings, with the primary limitation emerging at higher resolutions and maximum quality presets.

Settings Recommendations

Examining the measured FPS rows, the most comfortable experience comes from the High preset at 1920x1080, where the average frame rate reaches 135 FPS. This maintains smooth motion on standard refresh rate monitors while leaving headroom for dips during busy multiplayer scenes. The Medium preset at the same resolution delivers 169 FPS on average, which suits high refresh rate displays, though the recorded minimum of 144 FPS indicates occasional dips that could be noticeable on 165 Hz panels.

At 2560x1440, the High preset produces an average of 89 FPS, which remains playable for most users. The Medium preset at this resolution shows 111 FPS average with a minimum of 94 FPS, making it the strongest choice for 1440p displays with 100 Hz or 120 Hz refresh rates. The Low preset at 1440p reaches 141 FPS, but the visual compromise in a game like Fivem, which relies on detailed environments and vehicle models, may not be worth the frame rate gain.

For 3840x2160, only the Low preset achieves an average above 60 FPS at 78 FPS. The Medium preset drops to 62 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS, which means stutters will occur during intense sequences. The High preset at 49 FPS and Ultra at 38 FPS both fall below the threshold for smooth gameplay, so 4K users should stick to Low settings or lower the resolution.

The Ultra preset across all resolutions shows the largest performance cost. At 1080p it delivers 105 FPS, at 1440p it drops to 69 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 38 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra costs roughly 22 percent of the frame rate at each resolution, which suggests that Ultra introduces rendering features that heavily tax the RTX 3070 without a proportional visual benefit in this title.

Based on the recorded data, the High preset at 1080p or Medium at 1440p offers the best balance between visual quality and frame rate stability. The Medium preset consistently shows minimum FPS values that stay within a reasonable range of the average, indicating more consistent frame pacing than the other presets.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for the Intel Core i5-12400F and RTX 3070 combo in Fivem at 1920x1080 with Medium settings?

A: The measured average frame rate is 169 FPS, with a minimum of 144 FPS and a maximum of 194 FPS recorded for this configuration.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 compare to its nearest GPU rival in aggregate benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 3070 scores 17208 on average, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT scores 17083, putting the RTX 3070 0.7 percent ahead. The NVIDIA Tesla K40c is 1.5 percent ahead at 17468, and the GTX 690 and HD 7970M trail by 1 percent and 1.1 percent respectively.

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for maintaining 60 FPS or higher?

A: The High preset at 2560x1440 delivers 89 FPS average, the Medium preset at 4K delivers 62 FPS, and the Low preset at 4K delivers 78 FPS. All three combinations sustain an average above 60 FPS, though only the 1440p High preset offers both quality and margin above the threshold.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 1920x1080?

A: At 1080p, the Low preset averages 214 FPS while the Ultra preset averages 105 FPS, meaning Low is roughly twice as fast, delivering 109 additional frames per second.

Q: What are the core specifications of the Intel Core i5-12400F relevant to Fivem performance?

A: The CPU has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It features 18 MB of shared L3 cache and supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration.

Q: Does the RTX 3070 support hardware ray tracing in this game?

A: The GPU includes 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores, and it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The measured FPS data does not include any ray tracing specific results, so the impact of enabling such features cannot be quantified from the recorded information.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the Low preset produces the highest average frame rate at 214 FPS. This represents the ceiling for this combination at the lowest resolution, with no minimum or maximum values recorded. The Medium preset delivers 169 FPS average with a measured range of 144 to 194 FPS, showing that even at this mid-level setting, the frame rate stays above 144 FPS for most of the session. The High preset averages 135 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 105 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a steady decline of roughly 40 to 50 FPS per step, with the largest single drop occurring between Low and Medium at 45 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 141 FPS, which is 73 FPS lower than the same setting at 1080p. This indicates a substantial resolution penalty even at minimal graphical load. The Medium preset at 1440p records 111 FPS average with a minimum of 94 FPS and a maximum of 128 FPS, preserving a playable experience on most monitors. The High preset drops to 89 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 69 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 72 FPS, nearly identical to the resolution penalty observed for the Low preset itself.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 78 FPS, which is the only 4K setting that clears the 60 FPS threshold comfortably. The Medium preset averages 62 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS and a maximum of 71 FPS, meaning that while the average is technically playable, the minimum dips below 60 FPS during demanding moments. The High preset averages 49 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 38 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 40 FPS, smaller than the corresponding gaps at lower resolutions, which suggests that at 4K the GPU becomes the dominant constraint and the preset differences compress.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently shows the tightest FPS range when minimum and maximum values are recorded. At 1080p the range spans 50 FPS, at 1440p it spans 34 FPS, and at 4K it spans 19 FPS. This narrowing range at higher resolutions indicates that the frame time variance decreases as the GPU works closer to its full capacity, producing more consistent output even if the average is lower.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 uses the GA104 chip built on an 8 nm process from Samsung, with 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die. The memory configuration consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock runs at 1500 MHz with a boost clock of 1725 MHz, while the memory operates at 1750 MHz or 14 Gbps effective. The shading units number 5888, with 184 texture mapping units and 96 render output units, alongside 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores.

The pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s indicate the card's capacity for fill-rate intensive scenes, which matters in Fivem's open-world environments with dense geometry. The FP32 throughput of 20.31 TFLOPS, matching the FP16 figure at a 1:1 ratio, provides the compute headroom for the game's physics and simulation tasks. The card's passmark G3D score of 22214 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3162 place it in the 61st percentile of all GPUs.

The measured FPS data shows the GPU becoming the limiting factor primarily at 4K resolution. At 3840x2160, the average frame rates across presets range from 38 to 78 FPS, with the Ultra preset barely reaching playable levels. The 8 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for the recorded presets, as no texture-related stutters are indicated in the data, but the raw throughput of the GA104 chip caps performance at higher resolutions. The 220 W TDP and dual-slot form factor are consistent with the card's mid-range positioning, and the suggested 550 W PSU reflects the power requirements of this configuration.

The RTX 3070's aggregate benchmark score of 17208 sits close to its nearest rivals, with the RX 7600 XT only 0.7 percent behind and the Tesla K40c 1.5 percent ahead. This parity in synthetic workloads contrasts with the game-specific results, where the RTX 3070 demonstrates stronger scaling at lower resolutions and settings, suggesting that Fivem's engine favors the Ampere architecture's feature set.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F belongs to the Alder Lake-S family, built on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 163 mm². The processor contains 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Cache is organized as 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3. The CPU supports dual-channel DDR4 and DDR5 memory, with PCIe Gen 5 connectivity providing 20 lanes from the CPU.

The CPU's benchmark results show a multithreaded 3DMark score of 5895 and a single-thread score of 909, with the max-threads result at 5912 only slightly higher. This indicates that the 6-core design saturates its threads efficiently, with minimal scaling beyond 8 threads. Cinebench R23 scores of 12380 multi-core and 1680 single-core reinforce this pattern, as does Geekbench's 9472 multi-core and 1964 single-core. Passmark multithread reaches 19433 with a single-thread score of 3481.

In Fivem, the CPU's role becomes apparent when examining the frame rate scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p. The Low preset reaches 214 FPS, which exceeds what the GPU alone would deliver if it were the sole bottleneck, indicating that the i5-12400F can feed frames quickly at minimal graphical load. The 12 threads handle the game's multiplayer networking and entity management, while the boost clock of 4.40 GHz provides the single-thread performance needed for the main game loop.

The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, scores 19047 in the aggregate benchmark, a 0 percent delta relative to the i5-12400F. The Intel Core 3 201E at 19056 and the Intel Core i5-1335U at 18982 are similarly matched, with deltas of negative 0.1 and positive 0.3 percent. The AMD EPYC 7773X at 18979 rounds out the group with a 0.3 percent delta. This tight cluster means the i5-12400F offers no meaningful advantage or disadvantage over these alternatives in raw compute, though the game-specific results depend on how well Fivem utilizes the processor's cache and thread layout.

The 18 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel memory support are directly relevant to Fivem's performance, as the game loads many small assets during multiplayer sessions. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the CPU can sustain 214 FPS, which is 73 FPS higher than at 1440p Low, suggesting that the CPU is not the limiting factor until the GPU is heavily loaded.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the combination scales across the three tested resolutions. At the Low preset, the average frame rate drops from 214 FPS at 1080p to 141 FPS at 1440p, a decrease of 73 FPS or 34 percent. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the Low preset drops from 141 FPS to 78 FPS, a decrease of 63 FPS or 45 percent. The total scaling from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is a 136 FPS drop, or 64 percent of the original frame rate.

At the Medium preset, 1080p averages 169 FPS, 1440p averages 111 FPS, and 4K averages 62 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 58 FPS (34 percent), and from 1440p to 4K is 49 FPS (44 percent). The consistent percentage drops across Low and Medium presets indicate that the GPU is scaling roughly in line with pixel count increases, as the number of pixels quadruples from 1080p to 4K but the frame rate does not drop by a full 75 percent.

At the High preset, the progression goes from 135 FPS at 1080p to 89 FPS at 1440p to 49 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 46 FPS (34 percent), and the 1440p to 4K drop is 40 FPS (45 percent). The Ultra preset shows 105 FPS at 1080p, 69 FPS at 1440p, and 38 FPS at 4K, with drops of 36 FPS (34 percent) and 31 FPS (45 percent) respectively.

The pattern of approximately 34 percent reduction from 1080p to 1440p and 45 percent reduction from 1440p to 4K holds across all four presets. This consistency indicates that the limiting component scales predictably with resolution. The fact that the percentage drops are smaller than the pixel count increase (which would be 56 percent for 1080p to 1440p and 125 percent for 1440p to 4K) suggests that neither the CPU nor GPU is purely pixel-bound; rather, the game's rendering workload includes elements that do not scale linearly with resolution.

At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 109 FPS, which narrows to 72 FPS at 1440p and 40 FPS at 4K. This shrinking gap indicates that as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint, and the CPU's ability to drive higher frame rates at lower settings is masked. At 1080p, the CPU has sufficient headroom to expose the GPU's full potential, while at 4K both components are saturated and the preset differences compress.

The data supports the conclusion that this combination is well balanced for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where the CPU can feed the GPU effectively and the GPU can render smooth visuals. At 4K, the RTX 3070 becomes the clear bottleneck, and only the Low preset provides frame rates above 60 FPS on average. The i5-12400F's 73rd percentile CPU standing and the RTX 3070's 61st percentile GPU standing combine to place this system in the 1575th rank overall, a solid mid-pack result for Fivem.