Fivem

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-13700K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 29th out of 1792 tested combinations in Fivem, placing it in the top 1.6% of all systems evaluated. This is an exceptionally strong position, though the ranking suggests that a handful of other configurations—likely those with even more aggressive CPU tuning or different memory configurations—manage to edge out this pairing in this specific multiplayer title.

The CPU itself holds a 93rd percentile ranking among all processors, while the GPU sits at the 91st percentile among all graphics cards. Both components are near the top of their respective categories, yet the combo's 29th place finish out of 1792 indicates that Fivem's performance ceiling is influenced by factors beyond raw component strength. The data implies that this game, being a multiplayer modification platform, may have unique scaling characteristics that reward certain hardware combinations over others.

What stands out is the consistency between the CPU and GPU percentile positions. The i7-13700K's 93rd percentile and the RTX 4090's 91st percentile are closely aligned, suggesting a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically outclasses the other. This balance likely contributes to the strong but not absolute top-tier ranking—there is no obvious bottleneck creating a weak link, but also no single component pushing the system into the very highest echelon of Fivem performance.

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i7-13700K compare to its nearest rival, the i7-13700KF?

A: The i7-13700K averages a benchmark score of 47282, which is 0.1% lower than the i7-13700KF's average score of 47334. This difference is negligible in real-world terms, indicating the two processors perform virtually identically despite the KF variant lacking integrated graphics.

Q: What is the GPU's benchmark standing relative to its closest competitors?

A: The RTX 4090's average benchmark score of 66473 places it 0.4% below the NVIDIA Tesla T4's 66733 and 0.5% above the Tesla P40's 66127. Its position is remarkably tight, with the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 just 0.9% higher at 67097 and the Quadro P6000 1.3% higher at 67320.

Q: What frame rates can be expected at 1080p with High settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with High settings, the measured average FPS is 229.5. This represents a comfortable triple-digit experience that should satisfy most high-refresh-rate monitor owners.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its single-threaded performance?

A: The Cinebench R23 multicore score is 39000, while the single-core score is 5505. This gives a multi-to-single thread ratio of approximately 7.1:1, reflecting the processor's 16 cores and 24 threads working together effectively.

Q: Is the RTX 4090's memory bandwidth sufficient for 4K gaming?

A: With 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus delivering 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth, the GPU has ample memory resources. At 3840x2160 with High settings, it achieves 84.8 FPS average, indicating the memory subsystem is not a limiting factor.

Q: What is the CPU's overclocking potential given its unlocked multiplier?

A: The i7-13700K has an unlocked multiplier, allowing overclocking beyond its 5.40 GHz boost clock. Its 125W TDP provides thermal headroom for enthusiasts, though the measured Fivem results reflect stock configuration performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear progression across settings presets at every resolution, with the gap between Low and Ultra widening as resolution decreases. At 1080p, Low yields 366.8 FPS average, Medium drops to 288.6, High settles at 229.5, and Ultra bottoms out at 183. The spacing between presets is nearly uniform at 1080p, suggesting the RTX 4090 is not being stressed enough at this resolution to create bottlenecks.

At 1440p, the pattern shifts. Low produces 241.7 FPS, Medium 189.3, High 154.4, and Ultra 117.3. The percentage drop from Low to Ultra is approximately 51.5%, compared to 50.1% at 1080p. This similar scaling indicates the GPU still has headroom at 1440p, though the absolute numbers suggest diminishing returns for Ultra settings.

For 4K, the recommendation becomes clearer. High settings deliver 84.8 FPS average, which is the sweet spot for smooth gameplay on 60Hz displays. Ultra drops to 68.1 FPS—still playable but approaching the threshold where frame pacing issues can become noticeable. Medium at 106.5 FPS offers a strong alternative for those wanting higher refresh rates at 4K.

The best experience per the measured rows appears to be High settings at 1440p, delivering 154.4 FPS average. This strikes an optimal balance between visual fidelity and frame rate, providing a high-refresh experience without the performance penalty of Ultra or the visual compromise of Medium or Low. At 4K, High is the recommended preset, as it maintains above-60 FPS while offering better visual quality than Medium.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4090 demonstrates its raw power with exceptional frame rates across all presets. Low settings produce 366.8 FPS average, making this the highest measured performance in the entire dataset. Medium achieves 288.6 FPS, High reaches 229.5 FPS, and Ultra delivers 183 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 50.1% decrease in frame rate, showing that even at 1080p, graphics settings have a substantial impact.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain impressive but show expected scaling. Low delivers 241.7 FPS, Medium produces 189.3 FPS, High achieves 154.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 117.3 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 51.5%, slightly more pronounced than at 1080p, indicating that resolution scaling is beginning to stress the GPU.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve steepens considerably. Low yields 135.1 FPS, Medium drops to 106.5 FPS, High delivers 84.8 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 68.1 FPS. The jump from Low to Ultra represents a 49.6% reduction, but the absolute numbers show that even at 4K, the RTX 4090 maintains playable frame rates across all settings.

Cross-referencing the data, the 1080p Ultra result of 183 FPS is higher than the 1440p High result of 154.4 FPS, reinforcing that resolution has a more significant impact than settings within a single resolution tier. The 4K Low result of 135.1 FPS is lower than 1440p High's 154.4 FPS, demonstrating that the move from 1440p to 4K costs more performance than dropping from High to Low settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows a clear pattern of frame rate degradation as resolution increases, though the scaling is not uniform across all settings presets. From 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the average FPS drops from 229.5 to 154.4, a 32.7% reduction. From 1440p to 4K at High, the drop is from 154.4 to 84.8, a 45.1% reduction. This accelerating decline indicates that the GPU is becoming progressively more stressed as pixel count increases.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more dramatic. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops from 366.8 to 241.7, a 34.1% reduction. From 1440p to 4K, the drop is from 241.7 to 135.1, a 44.1% reduction. The fact that Low settings show similar percentage drops to High settings suggests that the limiting factor at higher resolutions is not settings complexity but raw pixel throughput.

Ultra settings tell a slightly different story. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops from 183 to 117.3, a 35.9% reduction. From 1440p to 4K, the drop is from 117.3 to 68.1, a 41.9% reduction. The slightly smaller 4K drop at Ultra compared to other presets hints that at Ultra, the GPU's shading and compute resources are being taxed in ways that partially offset the pixel-count penalty.

The resolution scaling pattern points to the RTX 4090 as the primary limiting component at higher resolutions. The GPU's 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth and 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance are being fully utilized at 4K, whereas at 1080p, the frame rates are so high that the CPU's 5.40 GHz boost clock likely becomes the limiting factor. The 1080p Low result of 366.8 FPS approaches the theoretical maximum that even high-end CPUs can feed in this multiplayer title.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K brings substantial processing power to this Fivem configuration, with 16 cores and 24 threads operating at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.40 GHz. This Raptor Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process, features a 30 MB shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache, providing the high-bandwidth data access that multiplayer games often require.

The CPU's benchmark results reveal strong multi-threaded capabilities. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 39000 and Geekbench multicore score of 17731 demonstrate that the 16-core design excels at parallel workloads. The PassMark multithread score of 45887 and 3DMark max threads score of 12412 further reinforce this picture. In a game like Fivem, which is built on the GTA V engine and must handle multiple players, vehicles, and scripts simultaneously, this multi-threaded performance is likely crucial.

Single-threaded performance is equally important for game logic and physics. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5505 and Geekbench single-core score of 2850 indicate that the i7-13700K's 5.40 GHz boost clock delivers strong per-core performance. The PassMark single-thread score of 4333 and 3DMark single-thread score of 1136 suggest that the CPU can handle the game's main thread effectively, even at the high frame rates seen at 1080p.

The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking among all processors, combined with its average benchmark score of 47282, places it in elite company. Its nearest rivals—the i7-13700KF at 47334, AMD EPYC 4364P at 47131, i9-12900F at 47081, and Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 at 47527—are all within 0.5% of its score. This tight clustering suggests that Fivem's performance is not highly sensitive to CPU choice within this performance tier, but the i7-13700K's position above several alternatives gives it a slight edge.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the dominant graphics component in this pairing, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process. With 76,300 million transistors on a 609 mm² die, this GPU represents a massive computational resource. Its 16,384 shading units, 512 TMUs, and 176 ROPs provide the raw pixel-crunching capability that Fivem's demanding multiplayer environments require.

The GPU's clock behavior is noteworthy: a base clock of 2235 MHz boosting to 2520 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). This translates to 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 1,290.2 GTexel/s of texture rate. The 128 RT cores and 512 tensor cores add ray tracing and AI acceleration capabilities, though these are less relevant for Fivem's rasterization-focused rendering.

Memory configuration is a key strength. The 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus delivers 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for high-resolution textures and large draw distances common in multiplayer mods. The 443.5 GPixel/s pixel rate ensures that even at 4K Ultra settings, the GPU can fill pixels rapidly. The RTX 4090's 91st percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 66473, confirms its position near the top of the graphics hierarchy.

The measured FPS data shows the GPU's scaling behavior. At 1080p, frame rates range from 183 at Ultra to 366.8 at Low, indicating the GPU is not fully saturated—the CPU becomes the limiting factor at this resolution. At 4K, the range narrows to 68.1 at Ultra and 135.1 at Low, showing the GPU approaching its limits. The PassMark G3D score of 38194 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9223 provide synthetic confirmation of the GPU's capabilities, though Fivem's real-world results show that even this powerful card has clear resolution-dependent behavior.