Fivem

The pairing of the Intel Core i7-13700K with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 in Fivem presents a stark contrast in capabilities. The data shows a system where a top-tier processor is clearly constrained by a lower-tier graphics card, particularly as resolution increases. This analysis examines the measured frame rates to understand the nature of this bottleneck and the practical experience it delivers across different settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frames per second (FPS) data reveals a severe dependency on resolution, indicating that the GTX 1650 is the primary limiting component in this configuration. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves an average of 75.6 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same Low preset drops the average to 52.9 FPS, a reduction of 22.7 FPS. At 4K (3840x2160) with Low settings, the average falls further to 30.6 FPS, representing a 45 FPS drop from the 1080p result. This steep decline shows that the rendering workload is scaling heavily with pixel count, a classic sign of a GPU-bound system.

The High preset demonstrates an even more pronounced scaling penalty. The average frame rate at 1080p is 47.2 FPS, which drops to 31.9 FPS at 1440p and plummets to 18.2 FPS at 4K. The relative performance loss from 1080p to 4K is significant; the 4K High result is less than 40% of the 1080p High result. This pattern confirms that the GTX 1650's processing power is insufficient to maintain fluid frame rates at higher resolutions, regardless of the Intel Core i7-13700K's substantial compute capacity. The CPU is not the limiting factor here; the data points to the GPU struggling with the increasing pixel throughput demands.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. Its benchmark scores are excellent, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 39000 and a single-core score of 5505. This places the CPU in the 93rd percentile when compared to all CPUs, and its average benchmark score of 47282 is within 0.5% of its closest rivals, such as the Intel Core i7-13700KF and the AMD EPYC 4364P. In the context of Fivem, a multiplayer title, the CPU's high single-thread performance is crucial for handling game logic and player interactions.

However, the measured FPS in this combo suggests that the CPU's power is largely untapped. The difference between the 1080p Low (75.6 FPS) and 1440p Low (52.9 FPS) results is large, which would not be the case if the CPU were the primary bottleneck. At 1080p, the CPU is likely preparing frames faster than the GPU can render them, but the GPU's limits are hit before the CPU can push the frame rate higher. The data shows a high-performing CPU paired with a GPU that cannot keep up, leaving significant performance on the table. The CPU's role is to provide a stable foundation, but it is not the component determining the final frame rate in this configuration.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results show a clear trade-off between visual quality and smoothness, with the GTX 1650 being the deciding factor. For the best experience per the measured rows, the Low preset is the only viable option for achieving playable frame rates at higher resolutions. At 1080p, Low settings deliver an average of 75.6 FPS, which is the highest score recorded for this combo. This is the only preset at 1080p that breaks the 60 FPS threshold, providing a fluid experience for a multiplayer title.

Moving to Medium settings at 1080p drops the average to 62.7 FPS, which is still playable, but the High preset at 1080p falls to 47.2 FPS, which may feel less responsive. At 2560x1440, only the Low preset (52.9 FPS) approaches a playable range, while Medium (39.6 FPS), High (31.9 FPS), and Ultra (22.2 FPS) are all likely to feel sluggish. At 4K, all presets are below 30.6 FPS, making the game effectively unplayable. The data suggests that users should prioritize the Low preset, particularly at resolutions above 1080p, to maintain a responsive frame rate. The Ultra preset is the least viable, yielding only 34.9 FPS at 1080p and falling to 14.6 FPS at 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

The overall ranking for this combination in Fivem is 1705 out of 1792 tested combos. This places it in the bottom 5% of all configurations, a poor result that reflects the severe imbalance between the CPU and GPU. The Intel Core i7-13700K is a top-tier processor, but the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is a modest graphics card, ranking in the 43rd percentile among all GPUs. The GTX 1650's average benchmark score of 8713 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile and the AMD Radeon 550X, with delta percentages of -0.4%.

This low combo rank is directly attributable to the GPU's performance limits. The data indicates that even with a high-end CPU, the system's overall gaming capability is hamstrung by the graphics card. The rank is not a reflection of the CPU's ability but rather a measure of the entire system's output. In a game like Fivem, which can be CPU-intensive in populated areas, the i7-13700K provides headroom that the GTX 1650 cannot utilize, resulting in a combo that performs far below the potential of its processor component.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU117 chip, featuring 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s, and it has a base clock of 1485 MHz with a boost clock of 1665 MHz. The GPU has 896 shading units and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 93.24 GTexel/s. Its benchmark scores show a mixed profile; for instance, it scores 124 in Passmark DirectX 9 but only 35 in Passmark DirectX 12, indicating weaker performance in modern graphics APIs.

The measured FPS data shows that the GTX 1650's 4 GB VRAM and limited computational power are the primary constraints. The steep drop-off in performance from 1080p Low (75.6 FPS) to 1080p Ultra (34.9 FPS) shows that the card cannot handle the increased shading and texture workload of higher presets. The 4K results, with a maximum average of 30.6 FPS on Low, demonstrate that the GPU is unable to push the necessary pixels for a smooth experience at that resolution. The card's performance is consistent with its 43rd percentile ranking, and it sits at the lower end of its performance class, with rivals like the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 scoring slightly higher (0.5% delta). Ultimately, the GTX 1650 is the definitive bottleneck in this system, capping the frame rate well below what the Intel Core i7-13700K could otherwise deliver.