Fivem

The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti delivers a playable but settings-sensitive experience in Fivem. The data shows that the Ultra preset is only viable at 1080p, while High settings provide a balanced experience across all tested resolutions. For the best combination of fluidity and visual quality, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 offers a strong compromise, yielding an average of 91.2 FPS, which is substantially smoother than the 55 FPS seen at Ultra with the same resolution.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results indicate a clear hierarchy in performance across the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 180.7 FPS, which is the highest average recorded for this combo. However, this comes at a significant cost to visual fidelity. The High preset at 1080p produces 110.5 FPS, which is 70.2 FPS lower than Low but still provides a thoroughly smooth experience for a multiplayer title.

The Medium preset at 1080p delivers 139.6 FPS, placing it 29.1 FPS ahead of High. This makes Medium the optimal choice at 1080p for players who want a noticeable frame rate buffer over High without sacrificing the moderate visual uplift that Medium provides over Low. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset’s 91.2 FPS is the standout result; it is 18 FPS faster than High’s 73.2 FPS and 36.2 FPS faster than Ultra’s 55 FPS. The 4K resolution (3840x2160) is where the combo struggles, with High producing 42.4 FPS and Ultra dropping to exactly 30 FPS, making both presets less ideal for competitive play. The Low preset at 4K, at 65.5 FPS, is the only 4K option that approaches a consistently smooth frame rate.

GPU Role

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti’s specifications directly explain the performance scaling observed in Fivem. With 11 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 352-bit bus, the card provides a memory bandwidth of 484.4 GB/s, which is sufficient for the game’s asset streaming at 1080p and 1440p. The GPU’s architecture, Pascal, is built on a 16 nm process and features a base clock of 1481 MHz with a boost clock of 1582 MHz. Its raw compute capability is rated at 11.34 TFLOPS FP32.

The data shows that the GPU becomes the primary limiter at 4K. The transition from 1080p High (110.5 FPS) to 4K High (42.4 FPS) represents a 61.6% drop in frame rate, demonstrating that the GTX 1080 Ti’s fill rate and shading power are taxed heavily at higher pixel counts. The card’s PassMark G3D score of 18600 places it in the 61st percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the NVIDIA TITAN Xp, scores 19184 with a deltaPct of 1.1, indicating the GTX 1080 Ti is performing within a narrow margin of that higher-tier card. The 88 ROPs and 224 TMUs are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra result of 30 FPS shows the architecture’s limits under maximum load.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Fivem with this hardware?

A: Based on the measured data, 2560x1440 with the Medium preset offers the best balance, producing an average of 91.2 FPS. This resolution provides a sharper image than 1080p while maintaining a frame rate well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K in Fivem?

A: Yes, but only with reduced settings. The Low preset at 3840x2160 achieves 65.5 FPS, which is playable. However, the High preset drops to 42.4 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to 30 FPS, indicating that high and ultra settings are not recommended for 4K.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 180.7 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 85.6 FPS. This is a difference of 95.1 FPS, showing that Low is more than twice as fast as Ultra at this resolution.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more responsible for the frame rate at 1440p?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the primary factor at 1440p. The frame rate drops from 116 FPS on Low to 55 FPS on Ultra, a 61 FPS reduction, while the CPU’s multi-threaded score of 23444 in Cinebench R23 indicates it has ample headroom to feed the GPU.

Q: What is the average FPS difference between High and Medium at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset averages 42.4 FPS, while the Medium preset averages 53.8 FPS. The Medium preset is 11.4 FPS faster than High, making it the preferable choice between the two at that resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Intel Core i5-12600KF and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ranks 1068 out of 1792 tested combos in Fivem. This places the combo in the lower half of all possible pairings, indicating that while it is not a top-tier configuration, it is also not among the weakest. The CPU’s performance percentile versus all CPUs is 84, meaning it outperforms 84% of processors in general workloads, yet the combo’s overall rank is dragged down by the GPU’s 61st percentile standing.

The ranking suggests that the GTX 1080 Ti is the bottleneck in this pairing. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i9-10900K, have an average score of 27829 with a deltaPct of 0, showing the i5-12600KF is effectively on par with that older flagship in synthetic tests. However, the GPU’s rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 560X, scores 19426 with a deltaPct of -0.1, highlighting that the GTX 1080 Ti’s performance is not exceptional by modern standards, which limits the combined rank in a demanding multiplayer environment like Fivem.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep performance cliff as resolution increases. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 on the High preset reduces the average frame rate from 110.5 FPS to 73.2 FPS, a 33.7% decrease. The jump from 1440p to 4K is even more punishing, with the High preset falling from 73.2 FPS to 42.4 FPS, a 42.1% drop from the 1440p figure.

This pattern is consistent across all presets. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 180.7 FPS at 1080p to 116 FPS at 1440p, and then to 65.5 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling, going from 85.6 FPS at 1080p to 55 FPS at 1440p, and finally to exactly 30 FPS at 4K. These results indicate that the GPU’s pixel throughput is the limiting factor as resolution climbs. The CPU’s strong multi-core performance, evidenced by a PassMark multithread score of 27575, is not the bottleneck, as the relative FPS drops correlate directly with the increase in pixel count that the GTX 1080 Ti must process.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings is usable. The Low preset produces 180.7 FPS, Medium produces 139.6 FPS, High produces 110.5 FPS, and Ultra produces 85.6 FPS. This resolution offers the widest performance envelope, with a 95.1 FPS difference between the lowest and highest settings.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 116 FPS for Low, 91.2 FPS for Medium, 73.2 FPS for High, and 55 FPS for Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 61 FPS, but all presets remain above the 50 FPS mark. At 3840x2160, the results are 65.5 FPS for Low, 53.8 FPS for Medium, 42.4 FPS for High, and 30 FPS for Ultra. The 4K data shows that only the Low preset maintains an average above 60 FPS, while the Ultra preset sits at the minimum threshold for playable frame rates.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz, with a 20 MB shared L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 23444 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3309 in single-core, which are strong results that place it in the 84th percentile of all CPUs.

In the context of Fivem, the CPU’s role is to maintain a stable frame pipeline for the GPU. The benchmark results show that at 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 180.7 FPS, which is an indicator that the CPU can feed frames fast enough to avoid bottlenecking the GTX 1080 Ti. The single-thread score of 1016 in 3DMark and 3925 in PassMark suggests that the processor’s high boost clock is effective for the game’s primary simulation thread. However, the combo’s rank of 1068 out of 1792 indicates that in Fivem, the GPU’s performance ceiling is hit before the CPU’s capability is fully utilized, especially at higher resolutions where the frame rate drops are more pronounced.